| ANTBEAR | • antbear n. Alternative spelling of ant bear. • ant-bear n. Alternative spelling of ant bear. • ant␣bear n. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer). |
| BEARCAT | • bearcat n. Any member of diverse species of the order Carnivora… • bear␣cat n. A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae). • bear␣cat n. (US, slang, now rare) An excellent or formidable thing or person. |
| BEARDED | • bearded v. Simple past tense and past participle of beard. • bearded adj. Having a beard; involving a beard. • bearded adj. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with). |
| BEARDIE | • beardie n. (Informal) Alternative form of beardy. • beardie n. (Scotland) A fish, the bearded loach or stone loach, Barbatula barbatula. • BEARDIE n. a fish, the bearded loach. |
| BEARERS | • bearers n. Plural of bearer. • Bearers prop.n. Plural of Bearer. • BEARER n. one who bears. |
| BEARHUG | • bearhug n. Alternative spelling of bear hug. • bearhug v. (Transitive) To embrace in a bear hug. • bear␣hug n. Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male. |
| BEARING | • bearing v. Present participle of bear. • bearing adj. (In combination) That bears (some specified thing). • bearing adj. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load. |
| BEARISH | • bearish adj. Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy. • bearish adj. (Stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by falling prices. • bearish adj. (By extension) Pessimistic about the future. |
| BEARPAW | • BEARPAW n. the paw of a bear. |
| BUGBEAR | • bugbear n. An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity. • bugbear n. A source of dread; resentment; or irritation. • bugbear n. (Archaic) An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children. |
| CUDBEAR | • cudbear n. A violet-red powder, difficult to moisten with water, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia… • cudbear n. A rim lichen, crabseye lichen (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained. • CUDBEAR n. a purple or reddish dyestuff obtained from various lichens. |
| DEBEARD | • debeard v. (Transitive) To remove the beard from (Mussels, clams, seeds, etc.). • DEBEARD v. to remove the beard from. |
| FORBEAR | • forbear v. (Transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. • forbear v. (Intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. • forbear v. (Intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. |
| UNBEARS | • unbears v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbear. • UNBEAR v. to free from the pressure of a rein. |
| UPBEARS | • upbears v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upbear. • UPBEAR v. to raise aloft. |