Word Meanings - PRESERVATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
- 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. - Belibel
To libel or traduce; to calumniate. - Bevy
A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. - Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. - Bemourn
To mourn over. - Statesmanlike
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - Beetle brow
An overhanging brow. - Bepuffed
Puffed; praised. - BEZOARTICBEZOARTICAL
Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.] - Beholden
of Behold - Beslaver
To defile with slaver; to beslobber. - Bestraddle
To bestride. - Bear's-breech
See Acanthus, n., 1. - Belittling
of Belittle - Bewigged
of Bewig - Bedeviling
of Bedevil - Bent
of Bend - BEARINGRING
In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship. - Befittingly
In a befitting manner; suitably. - Berate
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
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