Word Meanings - HORNBEAM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.

• Belay
  To lay on or cover; to adorn.
• Bear's-paw
  A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament.
• Betterment
  A making better; amendment; improvement.
• Whiteblow
  Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
• Belute
  To bespatter, as with mud.
• Bedewed
  of Bedew
• Commonish
  Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.
• BELLYPINCHED
  Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf." Shak.
• Benzal
  A compound radical, C6H5.CH, of the aromatic series, related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination.
• Befogging
  of Befog
• Waterboard
  A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
• WATERGAGE
  See Water gauge.
• Beseemed
  of Beseem
• Bejewelled
  of Bejewel
• Water ouzel
  Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of
• Belecture
  To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.
• Beatificate
  To beatify.
• Bevelled
  of Bevel
• White-limed
  Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
• Bemired
  of Bemire

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