5 Letter Words That Start With BE

begin

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

Verb : (intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation

Verb : (intransitive) To come into existence.

being

Noun : A living creature.

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

Noun : (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).

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.

belie

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about.

becon

beset

Verb : (transitive) To surround or hem in.

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

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

beard

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

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

Noun : The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

beget

Verb : To father; to sire; to produce (a child).

Verb : To cause; to produce.

Verb : To bring forth.

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.

bench

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

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

Noun : (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.

berth

Noun : A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).

Noun : Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)

Noun : A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.

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.

bezel

Noun : The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool.

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

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.

beast

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

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

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

bevel

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

Noun : (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.

belly

Noun : The abdomen, especially a fat one.

Noun : The stomach.

Noun : The womb.

beans

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

Noun : (slang, vulgar) Testes.

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

beige

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

Noun : Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.

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

belay

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

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

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

belle

Noun : An attractive woman.

Noun : (dated) A fellow gay man.

Noun : A female given name from French

beech

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

Noun : The wood of the beech tree.

Noun : A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).

beryl

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

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

Noun : (uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.

bella

Noun : A female given name from Italian

beaux

Noun : (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.

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

Noun : A male escort.

betty

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

Noun : A picklock, skeleton key; a tool for opening locks.

Noun : (archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; (originally) an effeminate or gay man.

beret

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

began

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

Verb : (intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation

Verb : (intransitive) To come into existence.

beano

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

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

Noun : Alternative form of bingo [(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.]

benin

Noun : A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.

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

Noun : Republic of Benin, since 1990

betel

Noun : Either of two plants often used in combination:

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

Noun : the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut

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

besom

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

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

Noun : Any cleansing or purifying agent.

bears

Noun : A surname.

belch

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

Noun : The sound one makes when belching.

befit

Verb : to be fit for

begot

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

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

beads

Noun : A beaded necklace.

begat

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

belli

Noun : A surname.

bento

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

Noun : (graphical user interface) A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.

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.

beefy

Adjective : Similar to, or tasting like beef.

Adjective : Containing beef.

Adjective : (informal) Strong or muscular.

begor

besot

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

beats

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

betid

Verb : (transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.

Verb : (intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.

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.

berka

benny

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

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

Noun : (informal) A benefit.

benji

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin.

begun

Noun : A surname.

befog

Verb : To envelop in fog or smoke.

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.).

begum

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

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

Noun : the form of address for such a woman

bedim

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

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). [(colloquial shortening) Had better.]

beams

Noun : the debut studio album by Australian electronic dance music duo The Presets, released in September 2005 by record label Modular.

Noun : a Japanese clothing brand, established in 1976 in Harajuku district of Tokyo, whose chief executive officer is Yo Shitara.

Noun : a psych-folk band formed in Toronto in 2012.

bends

Noun : (nautical) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.

Noun : (underwater diving, pathology, usually with the) Synonym of decompression sickness.

becky

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.

Noun : (US, colloquial, derogatory) A (usually white) woman held in contempt by the speaker because she is basic or unaware of, or is taking advantage of, her social privilege (white privilege).

Noun : (incel slang, derogatory) An average-looking woman.

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

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

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

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

beven

berle

beery

Adjective : Smelling or tasting of beer.

Adjective : Under the influence of beer.

Noun : A surname from Irish.

berne

Noun : A surname

Noun : A placename [A placename]

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

belen

Noun : A city in New Mexico

Noun : Alternative spelling of Blin [An ethnic group from Eritrea.]

belts

Noun : 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.

beale

Noun : A surname.

beets

Noun : A surname from Dutch.

berge

berra

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

beton

Noun : a type of concret

bedew

Verb : (transitive) To make wet with or as if with dew.

bello

Noun : A young man; sweetheart.

Noun : A surname.

betsy

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

beene

Noun : A surname.

Verb : Obsolete spelling of been [(Southern US or African-American Vernacular) remote past form of be.]

benzo

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

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

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

bevan

Noun : A surname from Welsh.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States.

benne

Noun : (chiefly attributive) Sesame.

Noun : A surname.

bevvy

Noun : (Britain, Ireland, slang) Alcoholic beverage.

Verb : (Britain, Ireland, slang, intransitive) To get drunk.

belem

Noun : Alternative form of Belém [A municipality, the state capital of Pará, Brazil.]

beira

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

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

beamy

Adjective : Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

Adjective : (archaic) Having horns or antlers.

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

bedel

Noun : (historical) An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.

Noun : A surname from French.

bette

Noun : A variant of Betty, a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

bever

Verb : (intransitive) To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.

Noun : A drink.

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

beria

Noun : soviet chief of secret police under joseph stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following stalin's death (1899-1953

bevin

Noun : A surname.

besta

beary

Adjective : (informal) Of or pertaining to a bear.

Noun : A Muslim people mostly living in the Karnataka state of India.

Noun : The dialect of Malayalam, spoken by Muslim communities in the Karnataka and Kerala states of India.

bevil

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

beany

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of beans.

benni

Noun : Alternative form of benne (“sesame”) [(chiefly attributive) Sesame.]

berea

beele

bearn

beroe

Noun : A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

beers

Noun : (uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

Noun : (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

Noun : (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.

benue

Noun : A river in Cameroon and Nigeria; major tributary of the Niger river.

Noun : A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Makurdi.

beall

Noun : A surname.

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