| BEACHING | • beaching v. Present participle of beach. • beaching n. An event in which a marine animal beaches itself. • BEACH v. to drive onto the shore by a lake or the sea. |
| BEATHING | • beathing v. Present participle of beath. • be␣a␣thing v. (Stative, colloquial) to exist, or to be available, widespread, possible, or a common practice. • BEATH v. (Spenser) to bathe, heat, also BATHE. |
| BEHAVING | • behaving v. Present participle of behave. • behaving n. Behaviour. • BEHAVE v. to act properly. |
| BEHOTING | • BEHOTE v. to vow, promise. |
| BEHOVING | • behoving v. Present participle of behove. • BEHOVE v. to be fit, right or necessary, also BEHOOVE. |
| BEKNIGHT | • beknight v. (Transitive, rare) To make a knight of. • BEKNIGHT v. to raise to knighthood. |
| BELCHING | • belching v. Present participle of belch. • belching n. The act of producing a belch. • BELCH v. to expel gas through the mouth. |
| BENCHING | • benching n. An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity. • benching v. Present participle of bench. • BENCH v. to provide with benches. |
| BENIGHTS | • benights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benight. • BENIGHT v. to be overtaken by night. |
| BERGHAAN | • berghaan n. (South Africa) Verreaux’s eagle (Aquila verreauxii). • BERGHAAN n. (South African) the bateleur eagle. |
| BERTHING | • berthing v. Present participle of berth. • berthing n. (Obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. • berthing n. (Nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility. |
| BOUGHTEN | • boughten adj. (Archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade). • boughten v. (Archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy. • BOUGHTEN adj. (archaic) purchased; not obtained or produced at home. |
| BRIGHTEN | • brighten v. (Transitive) To make bright or brighter in color. • brighten v. (Transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. • brighten v. (Transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven. |
| BUNGHOLE | • bunghole n. Alternative spelling of bung-hole. • bung-hole n. A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung. • bung-hole n. (Vulgar, slang) The anus. |
| HANGABLE | • hangable adj. Able to be hung or suspended. • hangable adj. Punishable with execution by hanging. • HANGABLE adj. able to be hung. |
| HEADBANG | • headbang v. To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music. • head␣bang n. Alternative form of headbang. • HEADBANG v. to nod one's head violently to the beat of loud music. |
| NEIGHBOR | • neighbor n. US standard spelling of neighbour. • neighbor v. US standard spelling of neighbour. • Neighbor prop.n. A surname from Middle English. |
| OBEAHING | • obeahing v. Present participle of obeah. • OBEAH v. to bewitch. |
| SHEBANGS | • shebangs n. Plural of shebang. • SHEBANG n. a situation, organization, or matter. |