Beck (n.) A vat. See Back.
Becked (imp. & p. p.) of Beck
Becking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beck
Beck (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
Beck (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
Beck (n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
Becker (n.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.
Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
Becket (n.) A spade for digging turf.
Beckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Beckon
Beckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beckon
Beckon (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
Beckon (n.) A sign made without words; a beck.
Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
Beclipped (imp. & p. p.) of Beclip
Beclip (v. t.) To embrace; to surround.
Beclouded (imp. & p. p.) of Becloud
Beclouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Becloud
Becloud (v. t.) To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.
Became (imp.) of Become
Become (p. p.) of Become
Becoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Become
Become (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character.
Become (v. i.) To come; to get.
Become (v. t.) To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things.
Becomed (a.) Proper; decorous.
Becoming (a.) Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
Becoming (n.) That which is becoming or appropriate.
Becomingly (adv.) In a becoming manner.
Becomingness (n.) The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.
Becripple (v. t.) To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame.
Becuna (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.
Becurl (v. t.) To curl; to adorn with curls.
Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
Bed (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
Bed (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
Bed (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
Bed (n.) The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
Bed (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
Bed (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
Bed (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.
Bed (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
Bed (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
Bed (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
Bed (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
Bed (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
Bedded (imp. & p. p.) of Bed
Bedding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bed
Bed (v. t.) To place in a bed.
Bed (v. t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
Bed (v. t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
Bed (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
Bed (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
Bed (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
Bed (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
Bed (v. i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.
Bedabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedabble
Bedabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedabble
Bedabble (v. t.) To dabble; to sprinkle or wet.
Bedaff (v. t.) To make a daff or fool of.
Bedagat (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah.
Bedaggle (v. t.) To daggle.
Bedashed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedash
Bedashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedash
Bedash (v. t.) To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
Bedaubed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedaub
Bedaubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedaub
Bedaub (v. t.) To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
Bedazzled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedazzle
Bedazzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedazzle
Bedazzle (v. t.) To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.
Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Bedchair (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.
Bedchamber (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.
Bedclothes (n. pl.) Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed.
Bedcord (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.
Bedded (a.) Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.
Bedding (n.) A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
Bedding (n.) The state or position of beds and layers.
Bede (v. t.) To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.
Bede (n.) A kind of pickax.
Bedecked (imp. & p. p.) of Bedeck
Bedecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedeck
Bedeck (v. t.) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
Bedeguar (n.) Alt. of Bedegar
Bedegar (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.
Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.
Bedel (n.) Alt. of Bedell
Bedell (n.) Same as Beadle.
Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.
Beden (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.
Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.
Bedevilled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedevil
Bedeviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedevil
Bedevilling () of Bedevil
Bedevil (v. t.) To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
Bedevil (v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.
Bedevilment (n.) The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.
Bedewed (imp. & p. p.) of Bedew