Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
Benight (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
Benight (v. t.) To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Benightment (n.) The condition of being benighted.
Benign (a.) Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
Benign (a.) Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.
Benign (a.) Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
Benignancy (n.) Benignant quality; kindliness.
Benignant (a.) Kind; gracious; favorable.
Benignity (n.) The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.
Benignity (n.) Mildness; gentleness.
Benignity (n.) Salubrity; wholesome quality.
Benignly (adv.) In a benign manner.
Benim (v. t.) To take away.
Benison (n.) Blessing; beatitude; benediction.
Benitier (n.) A holy-water stoup.
Benjamin (n.) See Benzoin.
Benjamin (n.) A kind of upper coat for men.
Benjamite (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.
Benne (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
Bennet (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.
Benshee (n.) See Banshee.
Bent () imp. & p. p. of Bend.
Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bent (v.) A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
Bent (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass.
Benthal (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.
Benthamic (a.) Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.
Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.
Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.
Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields.
Benty (a.) Resembling bent.
Benumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Benumb
Benumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benumb
Benumb (a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind.
Benumbment (n.) Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.
Benzal (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH, of the aromatic series, related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination.
Benzamide (n.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.
Benzene (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum.
Benzile (n.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.
Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.
Benzine (n.) Same as Benzene.
Benzoate (n.) A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
Benzoic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
Benzoin (n.) A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.
Benzoin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.
Benzoin (n.) The spicebush (Lindera benzoin).
Benzoinated (a.) Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard.
Benzole (n.) Alt. of Benzol
Benzol (n.) An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.
Benzoline (n.) Same as Benzole.
Benzoline (n.) Same as Amarine.
Benzoyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.
Benzyl (n.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.
Bepaint (v. t.) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
Bepelt (v. t.) To pelt roundly.
Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinch
Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
Beplastered (imp. & p. p.) of Beplaster
Beplastering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beplaster
Beplaster (v. t.) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.
Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.
Bepommeled (imp. & p. p.) of Bepommel
Bepommeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bepommel
Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.
Bepowder (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
Bepraise (v. t.) To praise greatly or extravagantly.
Beprose (v. t.) To reduce to prose.
Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.
Bepurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye with a purple color.
Bequeathed (imp. & p. p.) of Bequeath
Bequeathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bequeath
Bequeath (v. t.) To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.
Bequeath (v. t.) To hand down; to transmit.
Bequeath (v. t.) To give; to offer; to commit.
Bequeathable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed.
Bequeathal (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.
Bequeathment (n.) The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
Bequest (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.
Bequest (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
Bequest (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.
Bequethen () old p. p. of Bequeath.
Bequote (v. t.) To quote constantly or with great frequency.
Berained (imp. & p. p.) of Berain
Beraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berain
Berain (v. t.) To rain upon; to wet with rain.
Berated (imp. & p. p.) of Berate
Berating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berate
Berate (v. t.) To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.