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One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.

• Belletristic
  Alt. of Belletristical
• Bewigged
  of Bewig
• Beclap
  To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
• Benedictional
  A book of benedictions.
• BELLSHAPED
  Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate.
• Beechnut
  The nut of the beech tree.
• 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.
• Begrudging
  of Begrudge
• Bespatter
  To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
• Beambird
  A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.
• 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
• Bedding
  of Bed
• Beneficently
  In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
• BENTHOS
  The bottom of the sea, esp. of the deep oceans; hence (Bot. & Zoöl.), the fauna and flora of the sea bottom; -- opposed to plankton.
• Beem
  A trumpet.
• Berm
  Alt. of Berme
• Behavior
  Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle.
• Bespitting
  of Bespit

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