Word Meanings - INFLATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

• 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.
• 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
• Bewondered
  of Bewonder
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• Beneficently
  In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
• BELESPRIT
  A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel esprit." W. Irving.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Berm
  Alt. of Berme
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Bespitting
  of Bespit
• Bethel
  A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Bellwort
  A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
• Bez-antler
  The second branch of a stag's horn.
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• Benevolence
  The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
• BELLOWSFISH
  A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Berserk
  Alt. of Berserker
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.

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