| BEDIGHTED | • bedighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of bedight. • BEDIGHT v. (archaic) to equip, array, furnish. |
| BEESTINGS | • beestings n. The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth. • beestings n. Plural of beesting. • bee␣stings n. Plural of bee sting. |
| BEGETTING | • begetting v. Present participle of beget. • begetting n. The act or product of one who begets. • BEGET v. to cause to exist. |
| BEHIGHTED | • behighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of behight. • BEHIGHT v. (obsolete) to vow, to promise, also BEHOTE. |
| BENEDIGHT | • benedight adj. (Obsolete, poetic) Blessed; benedict. • BENEDIGHT adj. blessed. |
| BENETTING | • benetting v. Present participle of benet. • BENET v. to catch in a net, to ensnare. |
| BENIGHTED | • benighted adj. (Obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night… • benighted adj. (Obsolete) Plunged into darkness. • benighted adj. (Figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous. |
| BENIGHTEN | • benighten v. (Obsolete, transitive) To benight. • BENIGHTEN v. to overtake with night, also BENIGHT. |
| BENIGHTER | • benighter n. One who benights or keeps others in darkness. • BENIGHTER n. one who benights. |
| BENIGNEST | • benignest adj. Superlative form of benign: most benign. • BENIGN adj. favourably disposed. |
| BEPELTING | • bepelting v. Present participle of bepelt. • BEPELT v. to pelt hard. |
| BESETTING | • besetting v. Present participle of beset. • besetting n. The act of one who besets or attacks. • besetting adj. Deeply rooted; persistent. |
| BETEEMING | • beteeming v. Present participle of beteem. • BETEEME v. (Spenser) to grant, vouchsafe, also BETEEM. |
| BETTERING | • bettering v. Present participle of better. • bettering n. Improvement. • BETTERING n. improvement. |
| BEWETTING | • bewetting v. Present participle of bewet. • BEWET v. (Shakespeare) to make wet. |
| BIGGETIER | • BIGGETY adj. conceited, also BIGGITY. |
| BREVETING | • breveting v. Present participle of brevet. • BREVET v. to confer an honorary military rank upon. |
| EYEBRIGHT | • eyebright n. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. • EYEBRIGHT n. a small annual plant, formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye. |
| GIBBETTED | • gibbetted v. (Britain) simple past tense and past participle of gibbet. • GIBBET v. to execute by hanging. |
| ZEITGEBER | • zeitgeber n. (Physiology) A rhythmically occurring cue given by the environment, such as a change in light or temperature… • ZEITGEBER n. (German) an environmental cue, such as light, that helps to regulate the biological clock in an organism. |