English words: bettership to bewrinkled
300 English words, part 52 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.
English words bettership to bewrinkled
- bettership noun: Betterment; improvement.
- bettersome adjective: Characterised or marked by betterness; finer; superior; improved.
- Betterton proper noun: A surname.
- bettertonite noun: A white monoclinic arsenate mineral with the formula [Al₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₉(H₂O)₅]・11H₂O.
- Bettes proper noun: A surname.
- betther adjective [ˈbɛt̪ɚ]: Pronunciation spelling of better.
- Betti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Betti number noun: Any of a sequence of numbers, denoted bₙ, which characterise a given topological space K by giving, for each dimension, the number of holes in K of said...
- Bettie proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
- bettin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of betting.
- Bettina proper noun: A female given name from German.
- betting adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/: Describing one who bets or gambles.
- betting parlor noun: A business establishment for the placing of wagers on athletic competitions and horse or dog races.
- betting ring noun: An area at a racecourse in which bookmakers take bets from punters.
- betting shop noun: The premises of a bookmaker, where people may place bets, watch horse races etc on television, and collect their winnings.
- betting terminal noun: A self-service machine where a user can quickly place a bet on sports or other events without outside assistance.
- Bettinger proper noun: A surname.
- bettle noun /ˈbɛtəl/: A beetle; a mallet.
- Betton proper noun: A surname.
- bettong noun: Any of the marsupial genera Bettongia and Aepyprymnus; closely related to kangaroos.
- bettor noun /ˈbɛtə/: A person who makes a bet, such as a wager on the outcome of a game of chance or a sporting event.
- Betts proper noun: A surname.
- Bettws proper noun: A village in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8986).
- betty noun, verb /ˈbɛti/: A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
- Betty Boop-ish adjective: Alternative form of Betty Boopish.
- Betty Boopish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.
- betty lamp noun: A lamp consisting of a shallow lidded metal vessel with a small spout for a coarse wick, fueled by tallow, grease, or oil, usually hung by a hook and chain,...
- Betty Uprichard noun: A certain British cultivar of rose.
- Betul proper noun: A district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- betulaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Betulaceae.
- betulase noun: An enzyme that hydrolyzes the glucoside of methyl salicylate.
- betulate noun: Any salt or ester of betulinic acid
- betulin noun: A naturally-abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid
- betulinamaric acid noun: An organic compound with chemical formula C₃₆H₅₂O₁₆, obtained by adding betulin to nitric acid.
- betuline noun: Synonym of betulin, especially when used as a medication
- betulinic adjective: Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
- betulinic acid noun: A naturally-occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid with antiretroviral, antimalarial and antiinflammatory properties
- betulinyl noun: A univalent radical derived from betulinic acid
- betulonate noun: Any salt or ester of betulonic acid
- betulone noun: A hydroxy derivative of lupenone
- betulonic acid noun: A particular triterpenoid carboxylic acid related to betulinic acid
- betumble verb: To cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.
- betumbled adjective, verb: Tossed in confusion; disordered.
- betune preposition: between
- beturbaned adjective: wearing a turban.
- beturbanned adjective: Alternative spelling of beturbaned.
- beturn verb: To turn round or about.
- beturtlenecked adjective: Wearing a turtleneck.
- betusked adjective: Synonym of tusked (“having tusks”).
- betuxed adjective /bɪˈtʌkst/: Synonym of tuxedoed.
- betuxedoed adjective: Synonym of tuxedoed.
- betw. preposition: Abbreviation of between.
- betwaddle verb: Alternative spelling of betwattle.
- betwaddled adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of betwattled.
- betwattle verb: To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind.
- betwattled adjective: surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind.
- between noun, preposition /bɪˈtwiːn/: In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
- between a rock and a hard place prepositional phrase: In a difficult and inescapable position.
- between decks noun: The space between any two decks of a ship
- between jobs prepositional phrase: Unemployed.
- between-maid noun: A maidservant employed to help the cook as well as the housemaid.
- between ourselves prepositional phrase: Synonym of between you and me.
- between Scylla and Charybdis prepositional phrase /bəˈtwiːn ˈsɪlə ænd kəˈɹɪbdɪs/: Between two dangers or undesired situations.
- between-seasons jacket noun: Synonym of transitional jacket.
- between-step adjective, noun: An intermediate or intermediary step, stage, process, or phase.
- between-subjects adjective: Of an experiment: designed so that each participant is tested on one variable.
- between the devil and the deep blue sea prepositional phrase: Between undesirable alternatives.
- between the ears prepositional phrase: On the head.
- between the hammer and the anvil prepositional phrase: With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.
- between the jigs and the reels prepositional phrase: eventually, despite all the confusion.
- between the lines prepositional phrase: By implication or way of inference; indirectly.
- between the pegs prepositional phrase: Designating the body length of a killed animal based on the distance between a peg placed near its nose and another near the end of its tail.
- between the pipes prepositional phrase: Between the goalposts; with respect to or playing the position of goaltender.
- between the sheets prepositional phrase: Synonym of in the sack (“in bed, especially in the context of sexual intercourse”).
- between the sticks noun: Eighty-six.
- between time noun: The period or time between two events; interim; meantime; meanwhile.
- between times adverb, noun: Alternative form of betweentimes.
- between two stools phrase: Not fitting neatly into either of two categories or positions.
- between wind and water prepositional phrase: In that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface.
- between you and me prepositional phrase: In confidence; used to impose an obligation to keep something being discussed secret.
- between you and me and the bedpost prepositional phrase: Synonym of between you, me, and the bedpost.
- between you and me and these four walls prepositional phrase: Synonym of between you and me.
- between you, me, and the bedpost prepositional phrase: between you and me
- between you, me, and the fencepost prepositional phrase: Synonym of between you, me, and the bedpost.
- between you, me, and the gatepost prepositional phrase: Synonym of between you, me, and the bedpost.
- between you, me, and the lamppost prepositional phrase: Synonym of between you, me, and the bedpost.
- betweenager noun: Synonym of tweenager.
- betweenane noun: Any bicyclic alkene having a double bond, each trans position of which is joined by a chain of carbon atoms.
- betweenbrain noun: Alternative form of 'tweenbrain.
- betweenhood noun: The state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness.
- betweenity noun: The state of being between two things.
- betweenmaid noun: Alternative form of between-maid.
- betweenness noun: The state or quality of being between.
- betweentimes adverb: In an interim period; meanwhile.
- betweenwhiles adverb: from time to time; now and again
- betwine verb: To twine together; entwine.
- betwixen preposition: Betwixt; between.
- betwixt preposition /bɪˈtwɪkst/: Between.
- betwixt a rock and a hard place prepositional phrase: Alternative form of between a rock and a hard place
- betwixt and between adjective, adverb: Neither one thing nor the other.
- betwixt the devil and the deep blue sea prepositional phrase: Alternative form of between the devil and the deep blue sea.
- betwixtness noun: The state or quality of being betwixt.
- betwynde verb: To escape.
- betyl noun: Alternative spelling of baetyl.
- Betz proper noun: A surname.
- Betz cell noun: A large pyramidal cell neuron located within the fifth layer of the grey matter in the primary motor cortex.
- Betz limit noun: The limit of achievable efficiency described by Betz's law.
- beudantite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
- Beulah proper noun /ˈbjuːlə/: A female given name from Hebrew.
- beuniformed adjective: Wearing a uniform.
- Beuningen proper noun: A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
- Beuren proper noun: A surname.
- beurrage noun: A dough made of mostly butter, used in French cuisine
- beurré noun: Any of various pears with soft, juicy flesh, that seems to melt in the mouth.
- beurre blanc noun: A warm emulsified sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which butter is whisked.
- beurre manié noun: A dough consisting of equal parts of soft butter and flour, used to thicken soups and sauces.
- beurre monté noun: Butter emulsified in water.
- beurre rouge noun: An emulsified sauce of butter in red wine.
- beusite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- Beutel proper noun: A surname from German.
- Beutler proper noun: A surname.
- bev noun: Initialism of billion electron volt, 10⁹ eV. A unit used for measuring the energy of subatomic particles.
- bev-alc noun: The segment of the commercial drink industry involved in the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- bevacizumab noun /ˌbɛv.əˈsɪz.ʊˌmæb/: An anticancer drug that is a genetically engineered monoclonal antibody administered intravenously to slow or inhibit tumor growth especially in some...
- Bevacqua proper noun: A surname.
- BevAlc noun: Alternative form of bev-alc.
- bevan noun: a bogan
- Bevan circle noun: The circle through the centers of the three excircles of a triangle.
- Bevan point noun: A triangle center, defined as the center of the Bevan circle.
- Bevanism noun: The ideology of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Aneurin Bevan.
- Bevanite noun: A member of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Aneurin Bevan.
- bevantolol noun: A drug that acts as a beta blocker and calcium channel blocker.
- bevasiranib noun: A drug that was investigated for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.
- bevatron noun /ˈbɛv.əˌtɹɒn/: A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
- beveil verb: To cover or furnish with a veil.
- beveiled adjective, verb: Covered or furnished with a veil.
- bevel adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɛv.əl/: An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- bevel gear noun: A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose...
- bevel wheel noun: A wheel forming part of a bevel gear.
- beveled adjective, verb: Having a bevel, especially at an edge
- beveler noun: Alternative form of beveller.
- beveling noun, verb: Alternative spelling of bevelling.
- bevelled adjective, verb: Having a bevel, especially at an edge
- beveller noun /ˈbɛvələ/: One who bevels.
- bevelless adjective: Without a bevel.
- bevelling noun, verb: A bevel, a bevelled facet.
- bevelment noun: The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
- bevelveted adjective: Dressed or covered in velvet.
- bevenomed adjective: full of venom, or affected by venom (also figuratively)
- bever noun, verb /ˈbiːvə/: Alternative spelling of bevor.
- beverage noun /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/: A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
- beverageware noun: Drinking utensils collectively.
- Beveren noun: A rabbit of a rare Belgian breed.
- Beveridge curve noun: A graphical representation of the relationship between unemployment and the job vacancy rate.
- Beveridge model noun: A health care system in which the government provides care for all its citizens through income tax payments.
- Beveridgean adjective: Alternative form of Beveridgian.
- Beveridgian adjective: Of or relating to William Beveridge (1879-1963), British economist and Liberal politician who played a central role in designing the British welfare state.
- Beverley proper noun /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/: A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- Beverly proper noun: A surname.
- Beverly Hills Iranian noun: A member of the Iranian diaspora in the United States, particularly one living in affluent regions like Beverly Hills, who is perceived as being out of...
- Bevier proper noun: A surname from French.
- bevil noun: Alternative spelling of bevel
- Bevilacqua proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- beviled adjective: Alternative form of bevilled.
- Bevill proper noun: A surname from Norman.
- Beville proper noun: A surname from French.
- bevilled adjective: Alternative spelling of bevelled
- Bevin proper noun: A surname.
- Bevin Boy noun: Any of the young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines between 1943 and 1948.
- Bevington proper noun: A hamlet in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST657949).
- bevirimat noun: An anti-HIV drug derived from a betulinic acid-like compound.
- Bevis proper noun /ˈbivɪs/: An English habitational surname of Norman French origin.
- BeVo noun: A style of fabric weave originally produced by punchcard Jacquard looms from the companies of Lucas Vorsteher and Ewald Vorsteher in Wuppertal-Barmen (later...
- bevoice verb: To give voice to; endow with a voice.
- bevomit verb: To vomit upon; vomit all over.
- bevonium noun: A particular antimuscarinic.
- bevor noun /ˈbivɚ/: A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
- bevowelled adjective: containing a large number of vowels.
- bevvie noun: Alternative spelling of bevvy.
- bevvied adjective, verb: Drunk.
- bevvy noun, verb /ˈbɛvi/: Clipping of beverage; especially, an alcoholic beverage.
- bevvying noun, verb: drinking (alcohol)
- BEVx noun: Initialism of battery electric vehicle with extender, a battery electric vehicle with a range extender, a type of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
- bevy noun /ˈbɛvi/: A group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.
- Bew proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
- bewag verb: To wag about; waggle.
- bewail verb /bɪˈweɪl/: To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- bewailable adjective: able to be, or fit to be bewailed; lamentable.
- bewailer noun: Someone who bewails
- bewailing noun, verb: The act of one who bewails something.
- bewailingly adverb: in a bewailing manner
- bewailment noun: The act of bewailing.
- bewaistcoated adjective: Synonym of waistcoated.
- bewake verb: To watch; keep watch over; guard.
- bewallow verb: To wallow around or about; wallow all over.
- bewander verb: To wander around or about; roam.
- beward verb: To guard about or completely; protect.
- beware verb /biˈwɛɚ/: To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
- beware of Greeks bearing gifts proverb: One should not trust one's enemies.
- bewarm verb: To make warm; warm all over; warm up.
- bewarred adjective: Fought over; war-torn.
- bewash verb: To drench (someone or something) with water; to wash (someone or something) all over.
- bewaste verb: To waste utterly or completely.
- bewatch verb: To keep watch over; guard; observe.
- bewater verb /bɪˈwɔːtɚ/: To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.
- bewatered adjective, verb: Watered about or all over; wet; hydrated.
- bewave verb: To shield; hide.
- beway conjunction, noun: By way; because.
- beways conjunction: Alternative form of beway.
- bewb noun /ˈbuːb/: A boob (woman's breast).
- BEWD noun: Abbreviation of Blue-Eyes White Dragon (a trading card in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh!).
- Bewdley proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7875).
- bewdy interjection, noun: Pronunciation spelling of beauty.
- beweapon verb: To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.
- beweaponed adjective, verb: Armed with weapons.
- beweary verb: To make weary; to tire.
- bewebbed adjective: Covered in webs.
- bewed verb /biˈwɛd/: To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
- beweep verb: To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
- beweeper noun: One who beweeps or laments someone or something.
- beweigh verb: To determine the weight of; weigh; consider.
- bewelcome verb: To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.
- bewell verb: To well up.
- bewelter verb /bɪˈwɛltɚ/: To welter all over; besmear by weltering.
- beweltered adjective: Besmeared by weltering in blood.
- bewend verb: To turn; turn around.
- Bewes proper noun: A surname.
- bewest preposition: To the west of.
- bewet verb: To wet or moisten profusely.
- bewhack verb: To whack about; whack all over
- bewhape verb /bɪˈweɪp/: To bewilder; amaze; confuse; utterly confound.
- bewhine verb: To whine about.
- bewhisker verb: To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
- bewhiskered adjective: Having whiskers
- bewhisper verb: To whisper.
- bewhiten verb: Synonym of whiten.
- Bewick proper noun: A deserted medieval village in Aldbrough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- Bewick's swan noun: A small swan, Cygnus columbianus, of the family Anatidae.
- Bewick's wren noun: Thryomanes bewickii, a North American wren.
- bewield verb /bɪˈwiːld/: To hold in hand; rule; control; manage; handle; wield.
- bewife verb: To marry (a woman).
- bewifed adjective, verb: Having a wife.
- bewig verb: To furnish or cover with a wig; put a wig on.
- bewigged adjective: Wearing a wig.
- bewilder verb /bɪˈwɪldə(ɹ)/: To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
- bewildered adjective, verb /bəˈwɪldɚd/: Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
- bewilderedly adverb: In a bewildered manner; with puzzlement.
- bewilderedness noun: The state or quality of being bewildered.
- bewildering adjective, noun, verb /bɪˈwɪldəɹɪŋ/: Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
- bewilderingly adverb: In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
- bewilderingness noun: Quality of being bewildering.
- bewilderment noun /bɪˈwɪldəmənt/: The state of being bewildered.
- bewile verb /bɪˈwaɪl/: To delude; deceive; beguile.
- bewill verb /bɪˈwɪl/: To will (to); bequeath by a will or testament.
- bewimple verb: To cover with a wimple; veil.
- bewin verb: To gain, win, or get possession of.
- bewind verb /bəˈwaɪnd/: To wind (a thing) about; involve; envelop (with).
- bewing verb /biˈwɪŋ/: To furnish or equip with wings.
- bewinged adjective: Having, or equipped with wings
- bewinter verb: To make like winter.
- bewish verb /bɪˈwɪʃ/: To confer, grant, or make a wish; wish.
- bewist noun: Food; provision; victual; a living.
- bewit noun, verb /bɪˈwɪt/: To bequeath.
- bewitch verb /bəˈwɪt͡ʃ/: To cast a spell upon.
- bewitchable adjective: Capable of being bewitched.
- bewitched adjective, verb /bɪˈwɪt͡ʃt/: Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
- bewitchedly adverb: While, or as if, bewitched.
- bewitchedness noun: The state or quality of being bewitched.
- bewitchee noun: One who is bewitched.
- bewitcher noun: One who bewitches; an enchanter.
- bewitchery noun: The power of bewitching or fascinating; charm; witchcraft.
- bewitchful adjective: Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
- bewitching adjective, noun /bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/: The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
- bewitchingly adverb: In a bewitching manner.
- bewitchingness noun: The state or quality of being bewitching.
- bewitchment noun: The characteristic of being bewitched.
- bewith noun: A makeshift; substitute.
- bewizard verb: To influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.
- Bewley proper noun: A surname.
- Bewlian adjective: Of or relating to Truman Bewley (*1941), American economist.
- bewonder verb: To wonder about; wonder over; wonder at; regard wonderingly; admire.
- bewonderment noun: Wonderment; amazement; a state of wonder.
- beword verb /bɪˈwɜː(ɹ)d/: To happen; come to pass.
- bework verb /bɪˈwɜːk/: To work around or about; surround.
- bewormed adjective: attached with a worm, or containing worms
- beworry verb /bɪˈwʌɹi/: To worry about.
- bewound verb /bɪˈwuːnd/: To wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
- bewoven adjective: Woven about; woven into or throughout; (by extension) pervasive
- bewrap verb /bɪˈɹæp/: To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
- bewrapt adjective: wrapped
- bewray verb /bɪˈɹeɪ/: To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
- bewrayer noun: A betrayer or divulger.
- bewraying noun, verb: The act or process of divulging or revealing information
- bewrayingly adverb: By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray
- bewrayment noun: The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
- bewreak verb: To avenge; revenge.
- bewreath verb: To wreath.
- bewreck verb /bɪˈɹɛk/: To wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- bewrinkle verb: To make or put a wrinkle (or wrinkles) in; furrow; fill with wrinkles.
- bewrinkled adjective, verb: Filled with or characterised by wrinkles.
Part 51 · Part 53 · English words: B
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.