(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.
(transitive) To give as a gift.
belafonte
beleft
beleft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beleave
belfast
belfast
Proper noun
A seaport in and the capital of Northern Ireland.
A city in the State of Maine, USA.
A town in New York
A in Pennsylvania
An unincorporated community in California
A township in Murray County, Minnesota
A village in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
belfather
belfort
bellefonte
bellefonte
Proper noun
a ghost town in Alabama, USA, and the former county seat.
a town in Arkansas, USA.
a town in Delaware, USA.
a small city in Kentucky, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
bellyflaught
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactress
benefactress
noun
A female benefactor.
benefactresses
benefactresses
noun
plural of benefactress
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficent
beneficent
adj
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
beneficiated
beneficiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
beneficient
beneficient
adj
(sometimes proscribed) beneficent
benefit
benefit
noun
(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
An advantage; help or aid from something.
An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
Intended audience (as for the benefit of).
verb
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
benefited
benefited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
benefiter
benefiter
noun
A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
A person who receives a benefit.
benefiting
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
benefitted
benefitted
verb
Alternative form of benefited
benefitting
benefitting
verb
present participle of benefit
benfleet
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
bereareft
bereft
bereft
adj
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bereave
bernstorff
besanctify
betafite
betafite
noun
(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral in the pyrochlore group, having chemical formula (Ca,U)₂(Ti,Nb,Ta)₂O₆(OH).
bethflower
bettendorf
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bft
bifidate
bifidate
adj
bifid
bifidated
bifidated
adj
Alternative form of bifidate
bifidities
bifidities
noun
plural of bifidity
bifidity
bifidity
noun
The quality of being bifid.
bifistular
bifistular
adj
Doubly fistular; having two tubelike parts.
biflabellate
biflabellate
adj
(zoology) flabellate on both sides
biflagelate
biflagellate
biflagellate
adj
(biology) Having two flagella.
noun
Any organism that has two flagella.
biflected
biflorate
biflorate
adj
(botany) Biflorous.
bifoliate
bifoliate
adj
(botany) Having exactly two leaves. Compare bifoliolate, having two leaflets per leaf.
bifoliolate
bifoliolate
adj
(botany) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves do.
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
biformity
biformity
noun
A double form.
bifront
bifront
adj
Having two fronts, faces or aspects.
bifrontal
bifrontal
adj
Situated on both sides of the front (of the cranium)
bifronted
bifronted
adj
Having two fronts.
bifrost
bifrost
Proper noun
The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard.
bifteck
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bifurcately
bifurcately
adv
In a bifurcate manner.
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bigfeet
bigfeet
noun
(plural only) snowblades; a smaller version of skis.
bigfoot
bigfoot
verb
(intransitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
(transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
bilifaction
bilification
biosafeties
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
biotransformation
biotransformation
noun
(biochemistry) The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism
biperforate
biperforate
adj
Having two foramina or perforations
bipinnatifid
bipinnatifid
adj
(botany) Doubly pinnatifid.
birdcraft
birefracting
birefraction
birefractive
birefringent
birefringent
adj
Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation)
Of or pertaining to birefringence
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitripinnatifid
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blackfeet
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blaffert
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blastful
blastoff
blastoff
noun
The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
blastoffs
blastoffs
noun
plural of blastoff
blatiform
blattiform
blindfast
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blithefully
blithefully
adv
In a blitheful manner.
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.
blueshifted
blueshifted
adj
Whose frequency/wavelength has been changed by a blueshift
bluffest
bluffest
adj
superlative form of bluff: most bluff
bluffton
blufter
boarstaff
boastful
boastful
adj
Tending to boast or brag.
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
boatfalls
boatful
boatful
noun
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
boatlifting
boatlifting
verb
present participle of boatlift
bobfloat
bocstaff
bonification
bonification
noun
The paying of a bonus (especially in relation to taxes).
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
booklift
bootful
bootful
noun
As much as a boot will hold.
botflies
botflies
noun
plural of botfly
botfly
botfly
noun
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
botsford
bottleflower
bottleful
bottleful
noun
as much as a bottle will hold
bottlefuls
bottlesful
bottlesful
noun
plural of bottleful
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
bouffante
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.