Word Meanings - FOOTPOUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

• Beaucatcher
  A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
• Bewitcher
  One who bewitches.
• Bell-shaped
  Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
• Bedpiece
  Alt. of Bedplate
• BEETLEHEADED
  Dull; stupid. Shak.
• Bene placito
  At or during pleasure.
• Begemming
  of Begem
• Berries
  of Berry
• Best
  Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
• Betel nut
  The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
• Beautiless
  Destitute of beauty.
• Beylic
  The territory ruled by a bey.
• Belock
  To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
• Bed rock
  The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.
• BELLELETTRIST
  One versed in belleslettres.
• Benignancy
  Benignant quality; kindliness.
• Beggar's lice
  The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
• Beryllium
  A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.
• Beacon
  A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
• Betided
  of Betide

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