English words: begay to behind bars

300 English words, part 39 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words begay to behind bars

begay verb: To make cheerful or merry.
begaze verb: To gaze at.
Begbie proper noun: A surname from Old Norse.
begeck noun, verb: To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
begedil noun /ˈbəɡədɪl/: A deep fried potato patty of Javanese origin, derived from the Dutch meat based frikadel. Introduced to Singapore and Malaysia by Javanese immigrants.
begedkefet noun: Alternative form of begadkefat.
begem verb: To adorn (as if) with gems.
begemmed adjective, verb: Adorned (as if) with gems.
begena noun /ˈbɛɡənə/: A type of lyre of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin with a rectangular soundbox and ten strings, which is played with a plectrum.
beget verb /biˈɡɛt/: To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
begettal noun: Act of begetting; conception of a child.
begetter noun: A procreator; one who begets.
begetting noun, verb: The act or product of one who begets.
Begg proper noun: A surname.
beggable adjective: Capable of being begged.
beggar noun, verb /ˈbɛɡɚ/: A person who begs.
beggar belief verb: To appear implausible or unbelievable.
beggar description verb: Synonym of beggar belief.
beggar-my-neighbor noun: A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
beggar-my-neighbour noun: Alternative spelling of beggar-my-neighbor.
beggar off verb: Synonym of bugger off.
beggar's buttons noun: The plant Arctium lappa.
beggar's chicken noun: A Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and leaves, and baked slowly at a low heat.
beggar's-lice noun: Any of various plants, including Galium aparine and (US) Hackelia virginiana, which stick to clothing.
beggar's purse noun: An appetizer in the form of a pouch of phyllo dough with various toppings.
beggar's ticks noun: The bur marigold (Bidens spp.) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns that adhere to clothing.
beggar the question verb: To beg the question.
beggar-thy-neighbor adjective: An economic policy that favors domestic interests at greater total cost to the economies of trading partners.
beggar-thy-neighbour noun: Alternative spelling of beggar-thy-neighbor.
beggar-ticks noun: Alternative form of beggar's ticks
beggardom noun: The realm or state of beggars.
beggared adjective, verb: poor; empoverished
beggarer noun: One who beggars another.
beggaress noun: A female beggar.
beggarhood noun: The condition or state of being a beggar.
beggarism noun: beggary (the state of being a beggar)
beggarize verb: To reduce to a state of extreme poverty.
beggarlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
beggarliness noun: The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.
beggarly adjective, adverb: In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
beggarman noun: A male beggar.
beggars can't be choosers proverb: Something is better than nothing: those who can't provide for themselves should accept whatever help is available.
beggars' velvet noun: A blend of cotton and linen, used for making suits etc.
beggarsome adjective: Characteristic or typical of a beggar
beggartick noun: Alternative form of beggar's ticks
beggarticks noun: Alternative form of beggar's ticks
beggarware noun: freeware that encourages the user to make an optional donation to its author
beggarweed noun: A type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.
beggarwise adverb: In the manner of a beggar; by begging or scrounging.
beggarwoman noun: A female beggar.
beggary adjective, noun /ˈbɛɡəɹi/: The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
beggee noun: A person who is begged for something; someone approached by a beggar seeking charity.
begger off verb: Synonym of bugger off.
beggin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of begging.
begging noun, verb /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/: The act of one who begs.
begging bowl noun: A bowl held by a beggar seeking money and food.
begging letter noun: A letter in which the writer asks for money.
begging the question noun, verb /ˈbɛɡɪŋ ðə ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/: A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument;...
beggingly adverb: in a begging manner
beggingness noun: The state or quality of being begging.
Beggs proper noun: A surname.
beghadhkephath noun: Alternative form of begadkefat.
Beghard noun /bəˈɡɑːɹd/: One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by...
beghast verb: To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
beghilos noun: The alphabet consisting of the letters that can be spelled out when a traditional calculator screen is viewed upside down.
beghost verb: To endow with a spirit or ghost; haunt.
begift verb: To entrust; endow.
begifting noun, verb: The act or process of giving or bestowing gifts; endowment.
begigged adjective: Infatuated, crazy.
begild verb: To cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
begin noun, verb /bɪˈɡɪn/: To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
begin at the wrong end verb: To manage something badly.
begin upon verb: To physically attack (someone or something).
begin with the chucky verb: To live beyond one's means.
begincement noun: The beginning.
begink verb: Alternative form of begunk.
beginnable adjective: Able to be begun.
beginner noun /bɪˈɡɪnə/: Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
beginner's license noun: Synonym of learner's permit.
beginner's luck noun: Good luck supposedly enjoyed during a beginner's first attempt.
beginner's permit noun: Synonym of learner's permit.
beginner's trap noun: A trap that commonly deceives those who are new to something, especially a practice or a game.
beginner slope noun: A ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before.
beginnerish adjective: Characteristic of a beginner or novice.
beginnin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of beginning.
beginning adjective, noun, verb /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/: The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act,...
beginning of day noun: The start of the workday.
beginning of the end noun: The point when something starts to end or become worse.
beginningless adjective: Incomplete for lack of a beginning.
beginninglessness noun: Quality of having no beginning; eternalness.
beginningly adverb: So as to begin; as a beginner.
begintermediate adjective, noun: Between beginner and intermediate.
begird verb: To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
begirdle verb: To encircle or surround, as with a girdle.
begive verb: To give out; give of oneself; issue; endow; administer; transfer.
begiving noun, verb: The act or process of begiving or giving out; issuing.
begladden verb: To gladden about or all over; make glad; overjoy.
beglammer verb: To bewitch; deceive; hoodwink.
beglamor verb: Alternative form of beglamour.
beglamorment noun: Alternative form of beglamourment.
beglamour verb: To make glamorous.
beglamourment noun: The act of beglamouring; the state of being beglamoured.
beglare verb: To glare at or on.
beglassed adjective: Synonym of bespectacled.
beglerbeg noun: Alternative form of beylerbey.
beglerbeglic noun: The territory under the jurisdiction of a beglerbeg.
beglerbeglik noun: Alternative form of beglerbeglic.
beglerbegship noun: The role or status of a beglerbeg.
beglerbey noun: Alternative form of beylerbey.
Begley proper noun /ˈbɛɡli/: A surname from Irish.
beglic noun: Alternative form of beylic.
beglik noun: Alternative form of beylic.
beglisten verb: To glisten all about.
beglitter verb: To cover with glitter; to make glittery.
begloom verb: To make gloomy; darken.
beglory verb: To glory in, about, or over; exalt; make glorious; impart with glory; glorify.
beglossed adjective: Rife with glosses
begloved adjective: Wearing a glove or gloves.
beglue verb: To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
begnaw verb /bɪˈnɔː/: To gnaw; to eat away at.
begnet noun: A bayonet.
bego noun, verb: To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
begoateed adjective: Synonym of goateed.
begob interjection: By God.
begod verb: To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
begoggled adjective: Wearing goggles.
begohm noun: A billion ohms.
begold verb: To cover with or as with gold.
begomoviral adjective: Of or relating to begomoviruses.
begomovirus noun: Any member of the genus Begomovirus of plant viruses.
begone interjection, verb /biːˈɡɒn/: Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
begonia noun /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/: Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.
begoniaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Begoniaceae.
begorah interjection: Alternative spelling of begorra.
begore verb: To make gory.
begorra interjection /biˈɡɒɹə/: Alternative form of by God.
begorrah interjection: Alternative spelling of begorra.
begorry interjection: Alternative spelling of begorra.
begotten adjective, verb /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/: Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
begottenness noun: The quality of being begotten.
begowk verb: To play a trick on, make a fool of.
begown verb: to gown, dress in a gown
begowned adjective, verb: Wearing a gown.
begpacker noun: A backpacker who finances their travels by begging.
begpost noun: An online post in which the poster solicits money.
begrace verb: To address (one) as "Grace".
begrasp verb: To grasp around or about; grasp firmly, fully, or completely; apprehend.
begrassed adjective: Covered with grass.
begrave verb: To bury.
begrease verb: To dirty or smear with grease or other oily matter.
begreet verb: To give or send greetings to; hail; salute; greet; acknowledge by greeting.
begrieve verb: To grieve over or about.
begrime verb /bɪˈɡɹaɪm/: To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil.
begrimed adjective, verb: Dirty, soiled, grimy.
begrimer noun: Someone or something that begrimes.
begrimest verb: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of begrime
begrimeth verb: (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of begrime
begrip verb: To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
begripe verb /bɪˈɡɹaɪp/: To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
begroan verb: To groan about; bewail; groan at.
begrouch verb: To grouch over; complain about
begrudge verb /bɪˈɡɹʌd͡ʒ/: To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
begrudged adjective, verb: Given, received, or done grudgingly; resented.
begrudgement noun: The act or result of begrudging
begrudger noun /bɪˈɡrʌd͡ʒəɹ/: One who begrudges.
begrudgery noun: resentment or envy of the success of a peer; criticism of ostentatious display of success.
begrudging adjective, verb: grudgeful, envious
begrudgingly adverb: In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
begrudgingness noun: The quality of being begrudging.
begrumble adjective, verb: To grumble.
begrumpled adjective: Sour, displeased or offended
begruntle verb: To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten adjective: Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
begti noun: A fish of the species Lates calcarifer.
Beguard noun: Alternative form of Beghard.
beguena noun: Alternative spelling of begena.
beguide verb: To guide, direct
beguilable adjective: Susceptible to being beguiled.
beguile verb /bɪˈɡaɪl/: To deceive or delude (using guile).
beguileful adjective: Synonym of beguiling
beguilement noun: The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguiler noun: A person who beguiles.
beguiling adjective, noun, verb: A beguilement.
beguilingly adverb: In a beguiling manner
beguilingness noun: Quality of being beguiling.
beguilt verb: To make guilty; cause to sin.
beguilty verb: To render guilty; burden with a sense of guilt.
béguin noun /beˈɡiːn/: An infatuation or fancy.
beguinage noun: A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines.
beguine noun /beɪˈɡiːn/: A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music...
begum noun, verb /bəˈɡʌm/: To daub or cover with gum.
Begumpet proper noun: An upscale locality of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
begun adjective, verb /bɪˈɡʌn/: Having begun.
begunk noun, verb: To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
Begusarai proper noun: A district of Bihar, India.
behabitive adjective, noun: Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.
behad adjective: Beholden; indebted.
Behaghelian adjective: Of or relating to Behaghel's laws, formulated by the linguist Otto Behaghel, which describe the basic principles behind the position of words and phrases in...
behalf noun /bɪˈhæf/: The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
behalfism noun: A policy of doing things on behalf of others.
behallow verb: To make holy; consecrate; sanctify; hallow completely.
behaloed adjective: Having a halo.
Behan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
behand verb: To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.
behandle verb: To handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat.
behang verb: To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
behap verb: To happen.
behappen adverb, verb: To happen to, to befall.
Behar proper noun: A surname.
Beharry proper noun: A surname.
behat verb: To place a hat upon (someone's head).
behate verb: To hate; detest.
behated adjective: hated
behatted adjective: Wearing a hat.
behave verb /bᵻˈheɪv/: To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
behave oneself verb: To act in a polite or proper way.
behaved adjective, verb /bɪˈheɪvd/: Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.
behaver noun: Someone or something that behaves.
behavin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of behaving.
behaving noun, verb: Behaviour.
behavior noun /bɪˈheɪ.vjə/: Human conduct relative to social norms.
behavioral adjective /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/: Of or relating to behavior.
behavioral contagion noun: Synonym of social contagion.
behavioral crisis noun: An episode of mental disorder in a person that is considered unacceptable by the community, friends, family, or the person themselves.
behavioral economics noun: A field of economic analysis concerned with the influence of psychological factors on the economic decision making of individuals or institutions.
behavioral economist noun: A person who studies behavioral economics.
behavioral force noun: Any type of influence, such as peer pressure, that compels people in a society to behave according to certain norms.
behavioral objective noun: In behaviorist-based instructional design processes, an expected outcome of an instructional unit. A well-constructed behavioral objective consists of three...
behavioral pattern noun: Alternative spelling of behavioural pattern.
behavioral psychology noun: Synonym of behaviorism.
behavioral science noun: Alternative spelling of behavioural science.
behavioral sink noun: A collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation.
behavioral subtyping noun: A subtype relation of the form that each subtype object satisfies the specification of the supertype.
behavioralism noun: US standard spelling of behaviouralism.
behavioralist adjective, noun: Of, or relating to behavioralism.
behaviorally adverb: With respect to behavior.
behaviorceutical noun: An activity that can improve an individual's mental health.
behavioreme noun: A segmentable unit of human behavior.
behavioremic adjective: Relating to behavioremes.
behaviorism noun: An approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent...
behaviorist adjective, noun: One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
behavioristic adjective: Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically adverb: In a behavioristic manner
behavioristics noun: The study of the behavior of an organism in relation to its environment
behaviormetric adjective: Relating to behaviormetrics.
behaviormetrics noun: The measurement of human behavior.
behaviorwise adjective: With respect to behavior.
behaviour noun: British standard spelling of behavior.
behavioural adjective /bɪˈheɪvjərəl/: Of or pertaining to behaviour.
behavioural contagion noun: Synonym of social contagion.
behavioural modernity noun: All the behavioural and cognitive traits that distinguishes Homo sapiens from other anatomically modern humans, hominins and primates
behavioural pattern noun: A design pattern which specifies how the entities of a software communicate with each other.
behavioural psychology noun: Synonym of behaviorism.
behavioural science noun: The systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour through controlled and naturalistic observation and disciplined scientific...
behaviouralism noun: The branch of philosophy concerned with objective behaviour.
behaviouralist adjective, noun: relating to behaviouralism.
behaviourally adverb: With respect to behaviour
behaviourceutical noun: Commonwealth standard spelling of behaviorceutical.
behavioureme noun: UK spelling of behavioreme.
behaviourism noun: behaviorism (an approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any...
behaviourist noun: behaviorist (one who studies behavior of humans or animals)
behaviouristic adjective: UK standard spelling of behavioristic.
behaviourwise adjective: Alternative form of behaviorwise.
Behcet's disease noun /ˈbeɪt͡ʃɛts dɪˈziːz/: A multi-system disorder involving ulcerations on the mouth and sometimes the genitals, notorious for causing hypopyon uveitis (actually a rare symptom).
Behçet's syndrome noun: Synonym of Behçet's disease.
behead verb /bɪˈhɛd/: To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
beheadable adjective: Able to be beheaded.
beheadal noun /bɪˈhɛd(ə)l/: Beheading.
beheaded adjective, verb: Having had one's head cut off.
beheadee noun: One who is beheaded.
beheader noun: One who beheads or decapitates.
beheading noun, verb /bɪˈhɛˌdɪŋ/: An instance of a person being beheaded.
beheadment noun: In word games, the ability to form words by removing the initial letter.
beheadphoned adjective: Alternative form of be-headphoned.
behear verb: To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to.
behearken verb: To listen to; hearken to; observe; obey.
beheart verb: To enamour; ravish.
behedge verb: To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
behell verb: To torture as with pains of hell; give hell (to).
behelm verb: To cover; cover over.
behelmed adjective, verb: Synonym of helmed (“wearing a helm”).
behelmeted adjective: Synonym of helmeted.
behelp verb /bɪˈhɛlp/: To help (with); give aid or assistance to.
behemoth noun /bəˈhi(ː).məθ/: A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.
behemothian adjective: Huge; very large.
behemothic adjective: colossal, of enormous size and power.
behen noun: Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice...
behenamide noun: An acid amide of behenic acid.
behenate noun: Any salt or ester of behenic acid.
behenic adjective: Of or pertaining to behenic acid or its derivatives.
behenic acid noun: A fatty acid, docosanoic acid, having twenty-two carbon atoms.
behenoyl noun: An acyl group derived from behenic acid.
behentrimonium chloride noun: A yellow wax-like organic compound with chemical formula CH₃(CH₂)₂₁N(Cl)(CH₃)₃, used as an antistatic agent and a disinfectant.
behest noun, verb /bɪˈhɛst/: A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
behest loan noun: A loan granted to an individual or corporation at the sole behest of an authoritative government official
behew verb: To carve; adorn; embellish.
behierite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pink gray mineral containing boron, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.
behight noun, verb: To vow, promise (someone).
behind adjective, adverb, noun, preposition /bɪˈhaɪnd/: At or to the back or far side of.
behind bars prepositional phrase: In jail, in prison.

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.