Word Meanings - INCLOSURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.
- Betide
To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. - 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 - Commoner
One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. - Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. - Benedictional
A book of benedictions. - BELLEEKWARE
A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland. - 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. - Betrayed
of Betray - 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 - Encompass
To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. - Bedeviling
of Bedevil - Beneficently
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence. - BELLYGOD
One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure. - Befittingly
In a befitting manner; suitably. - Berm
Alt. of Berme
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