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A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.

• Betso
  A small brass Venetian coin.
• Bellwort
  A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
• Bedding
  of Bed
• Radiate-veined
  Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
• Benevolence
  The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
• Beem
  A trumpet.
• BETENOIRE
  Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
• Berserk
  Alt. of Berserker
• 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.
• Bestarred
  of Bestar
• 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.
• Betwixt
  In the space which separates; between.
• Belonging
  of Belong
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• BEANCAPER
  A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.
• Benignly
  In a benign manner.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Besaile
  Alt. of Besayle
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.

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