Word origins

• besprengeTo sprinkle or scatter.
• besprentbesprinkled
• besprinkleTo sprinkle.
• besprinkledSprinkled.
• bestainedStained all over, completely stained or discoloured.
• bestayTo secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
• besteadTo help, assist.
• bestealTo steal, move stealthily.
• bestepTo step on; step over, tread upon.
• best friendAn especially close and trusted friend.
• bestiallyIn a bestial manner.
• bestrewTo strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
• bestrideTo be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
• bestripTo strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.
• besullyTo make sullied or soiled; defile.
• beswatheto cover (something) (both literally and figuratively).
• besweatCovered with sweat.
• beswingeTo scourge; beat.
• beswinkto labour, toil; belabour
• beteachTo show; point out.
• betellTo speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
• bethatchTo cover with thatch; to thatch.
• bethinkingThe act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
• bethrowTo throw or twist about; throw off; torture.
• betidesAt any early period.
• betimberTo build.
• betimeTo occur; betide.
• betineTo hedge about; enclose; shut up.
• betokenTo signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
• betowTo tow about; pull; draw; lead about; conduct.
• betrapTo catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
• betrashTo make or treat as trash.
• betravailTo work at; compose (a book, etc.).
• betreadTo tread over or walk upon.
• betrustTo trust; place confidence in (a person).
• betternessThe state or quality of being better; superiority.
• beturnTo turn round or about.
• bewakeTo watch; keep watch over; guard.
• bewallowTo wallow around or about; wallow all over.
• bewardTo guard about or completely; protect.
• bewaveTo shield; hide.
• bewedTo pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
• beweepTo weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
• beweeperOne who beweeps or laments someone or something.
• bewellTo well up.
• bewendTo turn; turn around.
• bewestTo the west of.
• bewetTo wet or moisten profusely.
• bewieldTo hold in hand; rule; control; manage; handle; wield.
• bewileTo delude; deceive; beguile.
• bewimpleTo cover with a wimple; veil.
• bewinTo gain, win, or get possession of.
• bewindTo wind (a thing) about; involve; envelop (with).
• bewistFood; provision; victual; a living.
• bewitTo bequeath.
• beworkTo work around or about; surround.
• bewrapTo wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
• bewrayerA betrayer or divulger.
• bewrayingThe act or process of divulging or revealing information
• bewreakTo avenge; revenge.
• beyelpTo boast about or glory in, especially in a loud manner.
• bezantA coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
• bezantedSynonym of bezanty.
• bezantyCovered with bezants; semé (strewn) with bezants.
• bezzleTo plunder; to lay waste to, in riot.
• bieldBoldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
• biglyIn a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale.
• BigottA surname.
• billettySemé (strewn) with billets.
• birchenMade from birch wood.
• birdlessWithout birds.
• birdlingA little bird; especially, a baby bird.
• bird's nestA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
• birlTo spin.
• birleTo pour a drink (for).
• birthsteadThe place of one's birth, birthplace.
• birthtideThe time or season of one's birth, birthtime.
• birth timeThe time at which someone is born.
• birthtongueOne's first language, learnt in early childhood; native language.
• bishopdomSynonym of bishopric.
• bishophoodThe state, condition, or office of a bishop.
• bishoplyLike, relating to, or characteristic of a bishop
• bispelA proverb or parable.
• bissextThe bissextile intercalary day.
• biteableCapable of being bitten.
• bitterfulFull of bitterness.
• biverTo shiver; to tremble, shake, quiver.
• black and blueOf a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
• black as coalCompletely black.
• blacksterOne who dyes or colours things black
• black swanCygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is endemic to Australia.
• blaeberryThe bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus.
• blaenessThe state or quality of being blue-grey.
• blamableDeserving blame
• blamefulThat imputes or conveys blame
• blamefullyIn a blameful manner.
• blamerOne who blames.
• blandishTo persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
• blandishmentOften in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.
• blartTo sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.