Word Meanings - SELECTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

• 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.
• Bez-antler
  The second branch of a stag's horn.
• Beltin
  See Beltane.
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• BELLSYSTEMOFCONTROL
  See Cloche.
• Benumbed
  of Benumb
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Beseech
  To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Betide
  To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.
• Beleft
  of Beleave
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Select
  Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
• Bemeeting
  of Bemeet
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• BENZOLEBENZOL
  An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene. Note: It has great solvent powers, and is used by manufacturers of India rubber and gutta percha; also for cleaning soiled kid gloves, and for other purposes
• Benzoyl
  A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Beshow
  A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.

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