Word Meanings - CONVENTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

• Bearberry
  A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
• Betide
  To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.
• Complicateness
  Complexity.
• Bellwort
  A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• Comanches
  A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.
• Comrade
  A mate, companion, or associate.
• Benevolence
  The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Commendator
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.
• BENTINGTIME
  The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden.
• Berserk
  Alt. of Berserker
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Communing
  of Commune
• Bestarred
  of Bestar
• Compatibleness
  Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement.
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Betrayed
  of Betray
• Complotting
  of Complot
• Belonging
  of Belong

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