5 Letter Words That Start With BE

beast

Noun : An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

Noun : (often collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.

Noun : (chiefly in Commonwealth English, more specifically) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.

berth

Noun : (by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.

Noun : (by extension) A job or position on a vessel.

Noun : (by extension) A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.

beset

Verb : (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.

Verb : (transitive) To surround or hem in.

Verb : (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.

beget

Verb : To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.

Verb : To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

Verb : (UK dialectal) To happen to; befall.

belie

Verb : (transitive) To give a false representation of.

Verb : (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.

Verb : (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).

beefy

Adjective : (informal) Strong or muscular.

Adjective : (informal) Sturdy; robust.

Adjective : Large; overweight; fat.

begin

Verb : (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

Verb : (intransitive) To come into existence.

Noun : (nonstandard) Beginning; start.

belay

Verb : (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.

Verb : (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.

Verb : (transitive) To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.

betty

Noun : A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.

Noun : (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.

Noun : (slang) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.

bevel

Noun : An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

Verb : (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Noun : An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.

being

Noun : The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

Noun : A living creature.

Noun : (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.

bezel

Noun : The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

Noun : (computing) The area on the front of a computing device surrounding the display.

Noun : The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.

beige

Noun : A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

Adjective : Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

Adjective : (informal, originally US) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

befog

Verb : To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).

Verb : To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).

Verb : To envelop in fog or smoke.

below

Verb : In or to a lower place.

Verb : On or to a lower storey.

Verb : (nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.

beryl

Noun : (uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈).

Noun : (countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.

Noun : (uncountable) A dull blueish green color.

belle

Noun : An attractive woman.

Noun : (dated) A fellow gay man.

Noun : A female given name from French.

bench

Noun : A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

Noun : (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

Noun : (law) The seat where the judges sit in court.

belly

Noun : The abdomen (especially a fat one).

Noun : stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)

Noun : (anatomy, countable) uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)

beaut

Noun : (informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.

Noun : (informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.

Adjective : (informal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.

bever

Noun : (obsolete) A drink.

Noun : (now rare, archaic) A snack or light refreshment between meals.

Noun : (obsolete) A time for drinking.

beach

Noun : The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

Noun : A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Noun : (UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

belch

Verb : (ambitransitive, immunology) To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

Noun : An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.

betel

Noun : An evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper.

Noun : The betel palm, Areca catechu, and in particular its seed, the areca nut or betel nut.

Noun : A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.

befit

Verb : to be fit for

beano

Noun : A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.

Noun : (figuratively) Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.

Noun : Alternative form of bingo (“game of chance”). [(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.]

bedim

Verb : (transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

beath

Verb : (transitive, dialectal) To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.

Verb : (transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.

begod

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.

beken

Verb : (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.

Verb : (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.

Verb : (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

beech

Noun : The wood of the beech tree.

Noun : A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

Noun : (aviation) An aircraft made by Beechcraft.

besom

Noun : A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.

Noun : Any cleansing or purifying agent.

Noun : (Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.

benny

Noun : (informal) A benefit.

Noun : (slang, usually in the plural) An amphetamine tablet.

Verb : (slang, usually with "up") To take amphetamines.

beats

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Beatrice or Beatrix.

betta

Noun : Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).

Adjective : Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of good. [Greater in amount or quantity]

Verb : Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of well.

berme

Noun : Alternative spelling of berm. [A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.]

bed in

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.

berry

Noun : A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

Noun : (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

Noun : A coffee bean.

beret

Noun : (clothing) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

beamy

Adjective : Showing or emitting rays of light; beaming; radiant; shining.

Adjective : (figuratively) Radiant; beamsome; joyous; gladsome.

Adjective : (nautical) Having much beam or breadth; wide.

began

Verb : (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

Verb : (intransitive) To come into existence.

Noun : (nonstandard) Beginning; start.

begot

Verb : (nonstandard) To beget.

Noun : (nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible

beams

Verb : (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.

Verb : (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.

Noun : A broad smile.

begat

Verb : (nonstandard) To beget.

Noun : (nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible

besee

Verb : (transitive, dialectal) To look to; see to; attend to; care for; take care of; provide for; treat; arrange.

Verb : (reflexive, dialectal) To look about oneself; look to oneself.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.

bewit

Noun : (chiefly in the plural, archaic, falconry) A small strip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

Verb : (transitive) To endue or impart wit (to); instruct.

Verb : (transitive) To bequeath.

bebel

Noun : A surname from German.

bevil

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative spelling of bevel [An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.]

beere

Noun : A surname.

beare

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete form of bear. [A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.]

Verb : Obsolete form of bear. [(finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.]

bemud

Verb : (transitive) To cover, bespatter, or befoul with mud.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To confuse; muddle.

begam

befie

Verb : (transitive) To say "fie" to; defy.

beard

Noun : Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

Noun : The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.

beery

Adjective : Under the influence of beer.

Adjective : Smelling or tasting of beer.

Noun : A surname from Irish.

beaux

Noun : (dated, US, Canada) A male lover; a boyfriend.

Noun : A suitor of a lady.

Noun : A male escort.

beira

Noun : A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa

Noun : A city and port in Sofala Province, Mozambique.

bella

Noun : A female given name from Italian.

beata

Noun : Beata or Beate is a female given name or Portuguese surname that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin beatus, meaning "blessed".

Noun : a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1895.

Noun : (1769–unknown) (also known as Beade and Beate) a Lenape woman who was instrumental in the revival and adaptation of Indigenous religious and cultural practices among the Lenape (Delaware) and other native groups in what is today central Indiana.

behen

Noun : Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen

Noun : Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris

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 limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.

belee

bemad

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To make mad.

belga

Noun : a former Belgian monetary uni

bebee

Noun : (India, obsolete) A woman or wife.

Noun : A surname.

beild

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.

beisa

Noun : A species of antelope from East Africa (Oryx beisa, East African oryx)

benis

Noun : (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of penis. [(anatomy) The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).]

belka

Noun : A surname.

begad

becka

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.

belva

berka

Noun : a river of Hesse, Germany.

belta

Adjective : (Geordie) Fantastic; excellent.

bemar

Verb : (transitive) To mar about or all over; injure seriously.

beate

benth

besra

Noun : A bird of prey of southern Asia, Accipiter virgatus.

Noun : A surname.

becry

Verb : (transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.

Verb : (transitive) To accuse.

Verb : (transitive) To bewitch.

benew

Verb : (archaic) To make like new; renew; refresh.

benow

Verb : (UK dialectal) By this time; by now.

beway

Noun : (rare, India) Movement; sway; influence.

Noun : (rare, India) Movement away; loss.

bebop

Noun : (music) An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.

Verb : (intransitive) To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.

Verb : (informal, intransitive, usually with a directional preposition) To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner.

beady

Adjective : Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.

Adjective : Bright and penetrating. (of eyes or a look)

Adjective : Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.

beans

Noun : (slang, chiefly in the negative) An insignificant value or amount.

Noun : (slang, urban) Pills; drugs in pill form.

Noun : (slang, vulgar) The testicles.

begun

Noun : A surname.

begum

Noun : a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia

Noun : the form of address for such a woman

Verb : (transitive) To daub or cover with gum.

bells

Noun : (nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.

Noun : A city in Tennessee.

Noun : A town in Texas.

beads

Noun : A beaded necklace.

benin

Noun : A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.

Noun : Republic of Benin, since 1990

Noun : People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990

bears

Noun : A surname.

benne

Noun : (chiefly attributive) Sesame.

Noun : A surname.

bendy

Adjective : Having the ability to be bent easily.

Adjective : (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.

Adjective : Containing many bends and twists.

benet

Noun : An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.

Verb : (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.

Verb : (transitive) To surround as by a net.

besot

Verb : (transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

berne

Noun : A surname

Noun : Alternative spelling of Bern: the capital city of Switzerland; the capital city of Bern canton. [A placename]

Noun : Alternative spelling of Bern: a canton of Switzerland. [A placename]

belts

Noun : (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

Noun : A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

Noun : A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

benzo

Noun : (organic chemistry) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.

Adjective : (organic chemistry) Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.

Noun : (organic chemistry) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.

bergh

Noun : (UK dialectal) A hill.

Noun : A surname.

beria

Noun : A surname from Mingrelian; especially when referring to Lavrentiy Beria, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architect of the Great Purge.

bento

Noun : (also attributive) A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.

Noun : Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).

Noun : (Singapore, by extension) A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.

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