English words: beardfish to beats one's swords into plowshares

300 English words, part 33 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words beardfish to beats one's swords into plowshares

beardfish noun: Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
beardgrass noun: Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially those currently or formerly classified in the genus Andropogon
Beardian adjective: Of or relating to Charles A. Beard (1874–1948), influential American historian.
beardie noun: Alternative form of beardy.
beardie-weirdie noun: A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views.
beardiness noun: The state of being beardy.
bearding noun, verb: An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts.
beardish adjective: Characteristic of a beard; somewhat like a beard.
beardism noun: Prejudice against bearded people.
beardist noun: One who practices prejudice against bearded people.
beardless adjective: Lacking a beard.
beardlessness noun: The state or quality of being beardless.
beardlet noun: A little beard.
beardletted adjective: Having small awns.
beardlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
beardline noun: The line below the baseline where the descending letters, such as ⟨p⟩ or ⟨q⟩, sit.
beardling noun: One who wears a beard.
beardly adjective: Of, relating to, or resembling a beard; beardish.
Beardmore proper noun: A surname.
beardog noun: Any of the extinct family †Amphicyonidae of large-bodied terrestrial carnivorans.
beardom noun /ˈbɛədəm/: The state, essence, or quality of being a bear (the mammal).
beardruff noun: Scaly dry dead skin in the human beard.
Beardslee proper noun: A surname.
Beardslee trout noun: Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus f. beardsleei, a kind of rainbow trout that is endemic to Lake Crescent in Washington.
Beardsley proper noun: A surname.
Beardsleyan adjective: Of or relating to Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.
Beardsleyesque adjective: Reminiscent of the artistic style of Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author, whose black-ink drawings emphasized the grotesque, the...
beardtongue noun: A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardworm noun: Alternative spelling of beard worm.
beardy adjective, noun /ˈbɪədi/: Bearded.
Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder characterized by craniosynostosis and cutis gyrata.
bearer noun /ˈbɛəɹə/: One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
bearer bond noun: A negotiable loan instrument payable to its holder (bearer) by the issuer according to preset conditions. The owner must safeguard bearer bonds to prevent...
bearer note noun: Synonym of bearer bond.
bearer of bad news noun: One who informs someone else of bad news.
bearership noun: The role or status of bearer.
bearess noun: Synonym of she-bear.
beargrass noun: Xerophyllum tenax, a grasslike perennial closely related to lilies, formerly used in basketweaving by the Native Americans.
bearheaded adjective: With a head or mindset resembling that of a bear.
bearherd noun /ˈbɛəhɜːd/: Synonym of bearward (“someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments...
bearhide noun: The hide (skin) of a bear.
bearhound noun: A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting.
bearhug noun, verb: Alternative spelling of bear hug.
bearhunt noun: The act of hunting bears.
bearin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of bearing.
bearing adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/: That bears (some specified thing).
bearing pile noun: A deep foundation structural element driven or drilled into the ground to support vertical loads by transferring a building's weight through weak upper soil...
bearing rein noun: A checkrein.
bearing sword noun: An oversized ceremonial sword usually carried by a squire or servant during parades to demonstrate the wealth and status of its owner, and not intended for...
bearingless adjective: Without mechanical bearings.
bearinglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a mechanical bearing.
bearish adjective: Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
bearishly adverb: In a bearish manner.
bearishness noun: The characteristic of being bearish.
bearkind noun: Bears as a collective.
bearleader noun /ˈbɛəˌliːdə/: Someone who handles and keeps bears, especially for use in public entertainments such as bearbaiting or dancing displays; a bearward.
bearleap noun: A basket used for carrying.
bearless adjective: Not having any bears.
bearlessness noun: Absence of bears.
bearlet noun: A little bear.
bearlike adjective: Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a bear.
bearlikeness noun: The quality or state of being bearlike.
bearling noun: A small, young, or juvenile bear.
bearly adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
Bearman proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation.
bearmeal noun: barley meal
bearmode noun: A heavy and massive physique with very large muscles.
Béarn proper noun: A geographic area and former province in the current Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Occitania, France.
Béarnais noun: An inhabitant or descendant of the population of the Béarn region in the French Pyrenees
béarnaise noun: Ellipsis of béarnaise sauce.
bearnaise sauce noun: A sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.
bearness noun: The quality of being a bear.
bearpaw noun: Alternative form of bear paw.
bearpit noun: Alternative form of bear pit.
bearpost noun, verb /ˈbɛə̯ˌpəʊ̯st/: To engage in the act of bearposting.
bearposting noun /ˈbɛə̯ˌpəʊ̯stɪŋ/: A media usage practice consisting of positioning oneself in expectation of market downturns and thus magnifying disagreeable outcomes.
bearproof adjective, verb: Resistant to bears.
Bearsden proper noun: A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5372).
bearship noun: The character or personality of a bear.
bearsite noun: A monoclinic white mineral containing arsenic, beryllium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
bearskin noun /ˈbɛə.skɪn/: The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
bearskinned adjective: Wearing a bearskin, or a bearskin hat.
bearsona noun: A fursona that is a bear.
Bearss proper noun: A surname.
Bearss' lime noun: Synonym of Persian lime.
beartamer noun: Alternative spelling of bear tamer.
bearthite noun: A mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
beartrap noun: A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
beartrap gate noun: A waterflow/impoundment hydraulically-operated rising double-leaf floodgate used for weirs and dam spillways, and canals, to control waterflow across the...
bearward noun /ˈbɛəwɔːd/: Someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or...
Bearwood proper noun: A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0596).
bearwort noun: A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beary adjective, noun /ˈbɛə.ɹi/: Of or pertaining to a bear.
Beas proper noun: A river of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India, rising in the Himalayas and emptying into the Sutlej.
Beasant proper noun: A surname, variant of Bessant.
Beasley proper noun: A surname.
Beason proper noun: A surname.
beast adjective, noun, verb /biːst/: Any four-footed land mammal.
beast-gate noun: A meadow.
beast mode noun: A high level of performance.
beast of burden noun /ˈbiːst əv ˈbɝdn̩/: A domestic animal that performs heavy work for humans, such as carrying a load (on its body) or pulling a load (which trails behind).
beast of draft noun: Alternative spelling of beast of draught.
beast of draught noun: draught animal
beast of prey noun: A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.
beast of venery noun: A game animal.
beast on verb: To defeat or dominate; to outdo.
beast with two backs noun: Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
beastdom noun: The condition of a beast; beasthood.
beasten adjective: Of, relating to, or pertaining to beasts; bestial.
beasterly adjective /ˈbiː.stə.li/: Of the wind: cold, unpleasant, and from the east.
beastfolk noun: Humanoid people with animal features.
beastful adjective: Having the nature of a wild beast; beastly.
beastfully adverb: In a beastful manner; in the manner of a wild beast.
beastfulness noun: The quality of being beastful.
beasthood noun: The property or state of being a beast.
beastie noun /ˈbiːsti/: Beast, animal.
beastification noun: The process of beastifying.
beastify verb: To make beastly or bestial.
beastily adverb /ˈbiːstɪli/: in a beasty manner
beasting noun, verb: The imposition of arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
beastings noun: Alternative spelling of beestings (“first milk after giving birth”).
beastish adjective: Like a beast; brutal; beastly.
beastishness noun: The state or quality of being beastish.
beastkeeper noun: One who is in charge of the care and management of animals.
beastkin noun: Fictional animal-like people or beastmen.
beastkind noun: All beasts, considered as a group.
beastless adjective: Without a beast.
beastlihead noun: Beastliness (as a mock title or style akin to "Highness" or "Holiness").
beastlihood noun: Beastlihead; beasthood.
beastlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beastlily adverb: In a beastly manner.
beastliness noun: The state of being beastly.
beastling noun: A little beast.
beastly adjective, adverb /ˈbiːstli/: Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
beastly careless adjective: indifferent
beastlyhead noun: The character or quality of a beast; beastliness.
beastman noun: An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.
beastmaster noun: A character in video games who fights monsters and other creatures.
beastmistress noun: A female beastmaster.
beastship noun: The quality of being a beast, or beastly.
beasty adjective, noun: Alternative form of beastie.
beat adjective, noun, verb /biːt/: A stroke; a blow.
beat a dead horse verb: To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
beat a hasty retreat verb: To leave as quickly as possible.
beat a retreat verb: To leave hastily in the face of opposition.
beat about verb: To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something.
beat about the bush verb /ˈbiːt əˌbaʊ̯t ðə bʊʃ/: Alternative form of beat around the bush.
beat all verb: To outdo everything or everyone; to surpass in every way.
beat around the bush verb /ˈbiːt əˌɹaʊ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/: To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
beat as one verb /biːt əz ˈwɒn/: To share the same feelings.
beat back verb: To fight against and cause to recede.
beat Banaghan verb: To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.
beat boxing noun: Alternative form of beatboxing.
beat cop noun: A police officer who patrols the streets on foot (walks the beat).
beat down noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down.
beat 'em up noun: A video game of the genre oriented around interpersonal combat (e.g. martial arts, street fighting, brawling).
beat feet verb: To run.
beat frequency oscillator noun: A dedicated oscillator in a radio receiver, used to create an audio frequency signal from Morse code radiotelegraphy transmissions to make them audible.
beat generation noun: Alternative letter-case form of Beat Generation.
beat hollow verb: To beat up (a person) severely.
beat into verb: To teach or instil by harsh repetition.
beat into a cocked hat verb: Synonym of knock into a cocked hat.
beat into fits verb: To surpass or defeat utterly.
beat into shape verb: Synonym of whip into shape.
beat it verb /ˈbiˌdɪt/: To leave; to go away.
beat Jack out of doors noun: Synonym of beggar-my-neighbor.
beat level noun: The main level of a piece.
beat like a jungle drum verb: Of a heart, to beat very fast, usually because of strong emotions.
beat match verb: Alternative form of beatmatch.
beat mix verb: Alternative form of beatmix.
beat mixing noun, verb: Alternative form of beatmixing.
beat my neighbour out of doors noun: Synonym of beggar-my-neighbor.
beat off verb: To drive something away with blows or military force.
beat off with a stick verb: To reject (a person making an unwanted amorous approach).
beat on verb: To talk at length; to go on and on; to rant or expound.
beat one's brain verb: To struggle to think or remember something.
beat one's brains out verb: to think very hard about.
beat one's breast verb: To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset.
beat one's chest verb: To brag ostentatiously.
beat one's face verb: To apply makeup.
beat one's head against a stone wall verb: Alternative form of bang one's head against a brick wall.
beat one's swords into ploughshares verb: To refrain from destructive military or paramilitary acts (war, terrorism, etc.) and put energy and resources to peaceful ends that would otherwise go to...
beat one's swords into plowshares verb: Alternative spelling of beat one's swords into ploughshares.
beat oneself verb: To masturbate.
beat out verb: To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
beat panel noun: A panel without dialog (speech bubbles or the like) and no significant visual changes to the previous panel, symbolizing passing of time.
beat parry noun: The deflection of the incoming attack with a sharp striking motion
beat retreat verb: Alternative form of beat a retreat.
beat-script noun: A beatscript.
beat sheet noun: A document describing a succession of story beats.
beat someone at their own game verb: To successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them.
beat someone round the ears verb: To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
beat someone's brains out verb: To beat someone very severely (especially in the head).
beat someone's time verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, time.
beat the air verb: To fight to no purpose, or against an imaginary enemy.
beat the allegations verb: To disprove rumours and/or stereotypes about oneself.
beat the bat verb: Of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.
beat the bishop verb: To masturbate.
beat the bounds verb: To trace out the boundaries of a parish in a periodic survey or perambulation.
beat the bushes verb: Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).
beat the clock verb: To perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit.
beat the crowd verb: To arrive at a location or complete a task before a large group of people do so.
beat the daylight out of verb: Alternative form of beat the daylights out of.
beat the daylights out of verb: To beat (someone) severely.
beat the drum verb: To mark the rhythm.
beat the drum for verb: To give voice to one's support of; to promote or publicize.
beat the dummy verb: to masturbate
beat the dust verb: To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
beat the hoof verb: To walk; to go on foot.
beat the odds verb: To succeed despite being unlikely to do so.
beat the pants off verb: To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
beat the poop out of verb: To beat (someone) severely.
beat the rap verb: To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.
beat the stuffing out of verb: To beat very severely.
beat the system verb: To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.
beat the tar out of verb: Synonym of beat the stuffing out of.
beat the wing verb: To flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush.
beat time verb: To measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot.
beat to verb: To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else).
beat to a pulp verb: To beat up (a person) more than usually severely.
beat to quarters verb: To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy.
beat to the punch verb: To carry out an action before another person is able to do so.
beat up adjective, noun, verb /ˈbiːt ˌʌp/: To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
beat up on verb: To hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times.
beat up someone's quarters verb: To visit for lascivious purposes.
beat your neighbour noun: Synonym of beggar-my-neighbor.
beat your neighbour out of doors noun: Synonym of beggar-my-neighbor.
beatability noun: The quality of being beatable.
beatable adjective: Able to be beaten or bettered.
beatbox noun, verb /ˈbiːt.bɑks/: A type of electronic percussion device.
beatboxer noun: A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice
beatboxing noun, verb: The practice of using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats, rhythms and melodies for music, mainly hip hop.
beatdown noun /ˈbitˌdaʊn/: A severe beating.
beatee noun: One who receives a beating.
beatemest adjective: Best.
beaten adjective, verb /ˈbiː.tən/: Defeated.
beaten biscuit noun: A baked good associated with the Southern United States, resembling hardtack.
beaten rice noun: Synonym of flattened rice.
beaten track noun: A well-populated area or well-trodden path; any busy area.
beatenest adjective: Alternative form of beatingest.
beatenness noun: The quality of being beaten.
beater noun /ˈbiːtə/: Someone or something that beats.
beater-upper noun: One who beats people up.
beaterman noun: The operator of a beater machine in papermaking.
beath verb /biːð/: To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
beatific adjective /bɪəˈtɪfɪk/: Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
beatific vision noun: The eternal and direct visual perception of God.
beatifical adjective /ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪkəl/: beatific
beatifically adverb: In a beatific manner.
beatificate verb: To beatify.
beatification noun /biˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a...
beatified adjective, verb: Blissful or supremely blessed.
beatify verb /biˈætɪfaɪ/: To make blissful.
beatin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of beating.
beatin'est adjective: Alternative form of beatingest.
Beatine adjective: Of or relating to Beatus of Liébana, a Spanish monk of the 8th century.
Beatine map noun: Synonym of T and O map.
beatinest adjective: Alternative form of beatingest.
beating noun, verb /ˈbiːtɪŋ/: The action by which someone or something is beaten.
beating heart noun: The core of a thing; its most essential or important part.
beating-heart transplant noun: A heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.
beatingest adjective: That beats or surpasses all others, in a positive or negative sense; most extreme, remarkable, or unusual.
beatitude noun /biːˈætɪtjuːd/: Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
beatize verb: Synonym of beatify
Beatle noun [ˈbiːtəɫ]: Any of the four members of the Beatles quartet; or a person associated with the Beatles.
Beatle boot noun: A tight-fitting, Cuban-heeled, ankle-high boot with a sharp pointed toe and either zipped or elastic sides.
Beatle cut noun: A mid-length hairstyle popularised and commonly used by the Beatles.
Beatle-esque adjective: Alternative spelling of Beatlesque.
Beatledom noun: The state or quality of being a Beatle.
Beatlehead noun: One who has excessive knowledge of and interest in the Beatles.
Beatlemania noun: Intense fanatical enthusiasm for the Beatles.
Beatlemaniac noun: A devoted fan of the Beatles.
Beatles-esque adjective: Alternative form of Beatlesque.
Beatles-like adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the Beatles.
Beatlesmania noun: Alternative form of Beatlemania.
Beatlesque adjective /biːtəˈlɛsk/: Similar to The Beatles or their music.
beatless adjective: Having no beat.
beatlessness noun: Absence of a beat in music.
Beatley adjective: in the style of The Beatles.
beatmaker noun: A music producer in hip-hop etc., responsible for constructing a beat and melody (often composed of samples).
beatmaking noun: The work of a beatmaker; the creation of musical beats in hip-hop etc.
beatmap noun: A data file for a rhythm game, comprising a song with images or video, storyboard, custom interactive elements, etc.
beatmatch verb: To synchronize the beats in two pieces of music, as performed by a disc jockey in order to mix tracks seamlessly.
beatmatching noun, verb: The synchronization of beats in two pieces of music, as performed by a disc jockey in order to mix tracks seamlessly.
beatmix noun, verb: To transition from playing one song to playing another by adjusting the second track so that its tempo and pitch match the song that is ending, resulting in...
beatmixing noun, verb: The technique employed by disc jockeys to match the pitch and tempo of one track to the next, fading out the first track while bringing up the second, so...
beatnickery noun: Alternative form of beatnikery.
beatnik noun /ˈbiːtnɪk/: A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in...
beatnikery noun: The behaviour and attitudes of beatniks.
beatnikish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a beatnik.
beatnikism noun: The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatnikkery noun: Alternative form of beatnikery.
Beato proper noun: A surname.
Beaton proper noun: A surname.
Beatrice proper noun /ˈbɪətɹɪs/: A female given name from Latin.
Beatrix proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
Beatriz proper noun: A female given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Beatrice or Beatrix.
beats noun, verb /biːts/: An assault by beating.
beats me phrase: I don't know; I have no idea.
beats one's swords into plowshares verb: Alternative spelling of beats one's swords into ploughshares.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.