Word origins

• basinfulAs much as a basin will hold.
• basketfulThe amount that will fit into a basket
• bastardryThe state of being a bastard (illegitimate child).
• batfulRich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
• battailousWarlike, battle-ready.
• battledoreA game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
• battlefulFull of battles or conflicts.
• bay windowA window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
• be-By, near, next to, around, close to.
• beadfulPrayerful.
• beadhookA kind of boathook.
• beadleryThe office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
• beadsmanA petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
• beamyResembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
• bearbaitingA blood sport in which dogs are set upon a chained bear
• bearlingA small, young, or juvenile bear.
• bear outTo corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
• bearwardSomeone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or dancing displays; a bearherd.
• bear-whelpThe whelp of a bear.
• bearwortA perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
• bebarTo put a bar around; bar about; debar.
• bebarkTo bark at or about; to criticize.
• bebatheTo bathe all over; bathe completely; suffuse.
• bebayTo bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.
• bebleedTo cover or stain with blood; make bloody.
• bebloodyTo make bloody.
• beblotTo blot all over; stain.
• beblowTo blow upon; blow around or about; proclaim or spread about (word, news, fame, etc.)
• bebreakTo break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.
• beburyTo entomb; inter; bury.
• becallTo accuse.
• becareTo care about; care for; provide or administer care to; take care of.
• becarveTo cut off.
• becastTo cover or surround by casting (something) about.
• becharmTo charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
• bechideto chide or scold completely; reprimand thoroughly
• becladClothed about; clad.
• beclamTo beclog with anything clammy or sticky.
• beclapTo grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
• beclartTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
• beclepeTo complain against; indict; accuse.
• beclipTo fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
• beclippingAn embrace.
• becloseTo shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
• beclotheTo clothe about; put clothes on someone or something; wrap or cover in clothing.
• becraveTo crave; crave for.
• becryTo cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
• becutTo cut about; cut around; cut up; cut off; sever.
• bedaffTo befool; make a fool of.
• bedagTo bedaggle.
• bed and boardA place to sleep and eat; bed and breakfast; the services provided by an inn or similar establishment.
• bedarkTo darken.
• bedawTo awake.
• bedazeTo cause to become dazed.
• bedealTo deprive (of).
• bedeemTo condemn.
• bedeenAs a single unit or body; together.
• bedemanbeadsman
• bedewTo make wet with or as if with dew.
• bedightTo equip or bedeck.
• bedipto dip, submerge
• bedirtenFouled with dirt or excrement; befouled.
• bedizenTo dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
• bedoleTo stupefy with pain or grief.
• bedoneOutwitted.
• bedovendrenched.
• bedrabbleTo make dirty or wet, e.g. with rain and mud.
• bedrawTo draw aside or away.
• bedrenchTo drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
• bedrinkTo drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest
• bedripTo drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
• bedriveTo drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.
• bedropTo cover with drops; to splash or spatter.
• bedungTo cover with dung or manure.
• bedustTo cover with dust.
• beechenConsisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
• beeherdBeekeeper.
• beerhouseA tavern or restaurant in which the primary drink served is beer.
• beerwortWort prepared by the infusion of malt with water, intended to be converted into beer.
• beewortThe plant Acorus calamus, the sweet flag or calamus.
• beeyardAn apiary.
• befangTo lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
• befastTo fasten.
• befightTo deprive of by fighting.
• befileTo make filthy; befoul; soil.
• befindTo find; discover.
• beflappedFlogged, beaten, or bruised
• beflayTo flay; strip; peel.
• befleeTo flee from; flee; avoid; shun.
• beflyTo fly about; fly from; shun; escape.
• befoldTo fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop.
• befoolTo make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
• befurTo cover or clothe with fur.
• befurredWearing fur.
• begabTo deceive; mock.
• begetterA procreator; one who begets.
• beggarhoodThe condition or state of being a beggar.
• begiftTo entrust; endow.
• begirdTo bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
• beglossedRife with glosses