Word Meanings - FEATHERNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state or condition of being feathery.

• 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.
• Belletristic
  Alt. of Belletristical
• Bewondered
  of Bewonder
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• Benedictional
  A book of benedictions.
• BELLICBELLICAL
  Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic Cæsar." Feltham.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Bergamot
  A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Bespatter
  To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
• Bethel
  A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Bell jar
  A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keepin
• Bez-antler
  The second branch of a stag's horn.
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• Beneficently
  In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
• BENCHMARK
  Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured.
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Berm
  Alt. of Berme
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.

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