Word Meanings - UNDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house.

• Betso
  A small brass Venetian coin.
• Belletristic
  Alt. of Belletristical
• BERINGSEACONTROVERSY
  A controversy (1886 --93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court
• Beclap
  To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
• Houseless
  Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
• Benedictional
  A book of benedictions.
• Beechnut
  The nut of the beech tree.
• Underglaze
  Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.
• 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
• Understair
  Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial.
• Bespatter
  To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
• Underwriting
  of Underwrite
• Beambird
  A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.
• Betwixt
  In the space which separates; between.
• 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
• BETELNUT
  The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
• Bedding
  of Bed
• Lowering
  of Lower
• Beneficently
  In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.

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