A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.

A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

The depression in the middle of the abdomen in humans left as a residue of the umbilical cord; the umbilicus; the navel{1}.

a vigorous, loud laugh, expressing a strong amusement.

to approach (a counter) and stand in front of it; -- used mostly in the phrase belly up to the bar (i.e. to a counter in a saloon).

One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

to land on the underside without the landing gear; -- of airplanes.

to laugh a deep, hearty laugh.

Pinched with hunger; starved.

defunct; bankrupt; -- used mostly of commercial organizations; often used in the phrase go belly-up, i. e. to go bankrupt.

to complain, especially in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe.

a person who complains habitually, usually about everyday minor problems.

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

Costive; constipated.

An apron or covering for the front of the person.

To revel; to feast.

As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.

The capital city of Belize. Population (2000) = 5,845.

To lock, or fasten as with a lock.

A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.

To be deserved by.

That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects.

Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

To act the lord over.

To love.

One greatly loved.

In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.

To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to.

A grandfather, or ancestor.

A lewd man; also, a bully.

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.

See Beltane.

The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

lacking a belt.

A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

To bespatter, as with mud.

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

To make mad.

To mangle; to tear asunder.

To mask; to conceal.

To master thoroughly.

To maul or beat severely; to bruise.

To bewilder.

To make mean; to lower.

To meet.

To mete.

To mingle; to mix.

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

To envelop in mist.

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

One who bemoans.

To mock; to ridicule.

To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.

The sign /; the same as B flat.

To make monstrous or like a monster.

To mourn over.

To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.

To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.

An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.

A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

To promise; to name.

To sit on a seat of justice.

One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

A band.

Capable of being bent.

to reproduce by the Benday method.

One who, or that which, bends.

The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.

A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

Diagonally.

Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

A prayer; boon.

See Neaped.

In a lower place; underneath.

An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.

A married man, or a man newly married.

Having mild and salubrious qualities.

One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846.

The act of blessing.

A book of benedictions.

A collected series of benedictions.

Tending to bless.

Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer.

The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

Blessed.

The act of conferring a benefit.

One who confers a benefit or benefits.

A woman who confers a benefit.

Favorable; beneficent.

To endow with a benefice.

Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.

Having no benefice.

The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

Relating to beneficence.

In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.

Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.

In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.

The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.

A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.

To reduce (ores).

Beneficent.

To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.

One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.

To deprive (of), or take away (from).

Promised; vowed.

To catch in a net; to insnare.

The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.

Kind; benevolent.

A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.

Of or pertaining to Bengal. A native or natives of Bengal.

Of or pertaining to the Bengali language; as, Bengali poetry.

The language spoken in Bengal.

One of the capital cities of Libya.

A Bengal light.