Name Report For First Name BETH:

BETH

First name BETH's origin is English. BETH means "variation of elizabeth. my god is bountiful:god of plenty". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BETH below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of beth.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with BETH and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BETH - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BETH

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BETH AS A WHOLE:

bethia annabeth bethanee bethani bethanie bethann bethanna bethany bethea betheli bethiar bethsaida bethsheba elisabeth elsbeth elysabeth elyzabeth hepzibeth jennabeth lilibeth lisabeth lizabeth lizbeth lyzbeth tabetha macbeth elizabeth bethseda bethel betha lilybeth

NAMES RHYMING WITH BETH (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (eth) - Names That Ends with eth:

seth elspeth gweneth gwyneth hildireth liesheth marineth conleth eth gareth garreth japheth jareth kenneth weth aeth hildreth gwenneth janneth

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (th) - Names That Ends with th:

ailith edith okoth alchfrith fath ghiyath harith kadyriath perth month thoth ashtaroth roth iorwerth aethelthryth ardith eadgyth edyth elswyth fayth gormghlaith gwenith gwynith halfrith jacynth lioslaith maegth maridith orghlaith orlaith sheiramoth tanith arth barth both caith cath coopersmith firth gairbith garth griffyth heath jaith jarlath keith kenath lapidoth layth leith math parth picaworth raedpath sigifrith smyth walworth wealaworth weorth winefrith winfrith wintanweorth wynfrith wyth liosliath gairbhith worth wordsworth winth wentworth thryth smith ridpath pickworth booth blyth atworth trwyth griffith margrith ruth

NAMES RHYMING WITH BETH (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bet) - Names That Begins with bet:

beta betia betje betlic betsey betsy bette betti bettina bettine betty betzalel

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (be) - Names That Begins with be:

beacan beacher beadu beadurinc beadurof beadutun beadwof beagan beagen beal bealantin beale beall bealohydig beaman beamard beamer bean bearacb bearach bearcban bearn bearnard bearrocscir beartlaidh beat beatha beathag beathan beathas beatie beaton beatrice beatricia beatrisa beatriz beattie beatty beau beaufort beaumains beauvais beb bebeodan bebhinn bebti becan becca beceere beck beckham becki becky beda bede bedegrayne bedivere bednar bedrosian bedver bedwyr beecher behdeti behrend behula beinvenido beircheart beiste beitris bek bekele bekki bel bela belakane belda beldan beldane belden beldene beldon belen belia belina belinda belisarda bell bella

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BETH:

First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'h':

badriyyah baigh baillidh bailoch baleigh barakah bardalph bardolph bariah bartleah bartleigh baruch bashirah basimah basmah ben-aryeh bentleah bentleigh beolagh berakhiah bercleah beruriah beulah bich binah binh birch blaecleah blanch boadhagh bocleah bosworth brachah bradach bradaigh bradleah braleah brandubh braweigh brawleigh briannah brinleigh brocleah brocleigh bromleah bromleigh brothaigh bryleigh buach buagh burch burleigh buthaynah byreleah

English Words Rhyming BETH

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BETH AS A WHOLE:

bethelnoun (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
 noun (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
 noun (n.) A house of worship for seamen.

bethinkingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethink

bethlehemnoun (n.) A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
 noun (n.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.

bethlehemitenoun (n.) Alt. of Bethlemite

bethlemitenoun (n.) An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
 noun (n.) An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.
 noun (n.) One of an extinct English order of monks.

bethumpingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bethump

elizabethannoun (n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature.

libethenitenoun (n.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.

tebethnoun (n.) The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.

turbethnoun (n.) See Turpeth.

zibethnoun (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BETH (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (eth) - English Words That Ends with eth:


ashtorethnoun (n.) The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.

eightiethnoun (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.
 adjective (a.) The next in order after seventy-ninth.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.

fiftiethnoun (n.) One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.
 adjective (a.) Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.

fortiethnoun (n.) One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.
 adjective (a.) Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.
 adjective (a.) Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.

meethnoun (n.) Mead. See Meathe.

methnoun (n.) See Meathe.

monethnoun (n.) A month.

montethnoun (n.) Alt. of Monteith

ninetiethnoun (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.
 noun (n.) The next in order after the eighty-ninth.
 adjective (a.) Next in order after the eighty-ninth.
 adjective (a.) Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts.

perichaethnoun (n.) The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete.

scibbolethnoun (n.) Shibboleth.

seventiethnoun (n.) One next in order after the sixty-ninth.
 noun (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
 adjective (a.) Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.
 adjective (a.) Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.

shethnoun (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.

shibbolethnoun (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.
 noun (n.) Also in an extended sense.
 noun (n.) Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.

sixtiethnoun (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
 noun (n.) The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
 adjective (a.) Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
 adjective (a.) Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.

teethnoun (n.) pl. of Tooth.
 verb (v. i.) To breed, or grow, teeth.
  (pl. ) of Tooth

thirtiethnoun (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
 adjective (a.) Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.
 adjective (a.) Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.

turpethnoun (n.) The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.
 noun (n.) A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.

twentiethnoun (n.) The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after nineteen others.
 noun (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole.
 adjective (a.) Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
 adjective (a.) Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided.

unkethadjective (a.) Uncouth.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BETH (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bet) - Words That Begins with bet:


betnoun (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
 verb (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
 adverb (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bet
  () imp. & p. p. of Beat.

bettingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bet

betainenoun (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

betakingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betake

betaughtadjective (a.) Delivered; committed in trust.

beteelanoun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.

beteemadjective (a.) To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
 adjective (a.) To allow; to permit; to suffer.

betelnoun (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.

betelguesenoun (n.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion.

betidingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betide

betokeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betoken

betonnoun (n.) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.

betonynoun (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

betornadjective (a.) Torn in pieces; tattered.

betrayingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betray

betrayalnoun (n.) The act or the result of betraying.

betrayernoun (n.) One who, or that which, betrays.

betraymentnoun (n.) Betrayal.

betrimmingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betrim

betrothingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Betroth

betrothalnoun (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance.

betrothmentnoun (n.) The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.

betrustmentnoun (n.) The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted.

betsonoun (n.) A small brass Venetian coin.

betternoun (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
 noun (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.
 noun (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
 adjective (a.) Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
 adjective (a.) Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.
 adjective (a.) Greater in amount; larger; more.
 adjective (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better.
 adjective (a.) More advanced; more perfect; as, upon better acquaintance; a better knowledge of the subject.
 adjective (a.) To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.
 adjective (a.) To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.
 adjective (a.) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
 adjective (a.) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
 verb (v. i.) To become better; to improve.
  (compar.) In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.
  (compar.) More correctly or thoroughly.
  (compar.) In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another.
  (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better.

betteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Better

bettermentnoun (n.) A making better; amendment; improvement.
 noun (n.) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.

bettermostadjective (a.) Best.

betternessnoun (n.) The quality of being better or superior; superiority.
 noun (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.

bettongnoun (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.

bettornoun (n.) One who bets; a better.

bettynoun (n.) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
 noun (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
 noun (n.) A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask.

betulinnoun (n.) A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor.

betweennoun (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval.
 prep (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
 prep (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
 prep (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
 prep (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
 prep (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.
 prep (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.

betanoun (n.) The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, /. See B, and cf. etymology of Alphabet.

betacismnoun (n.) Alt. of Betacismus

betacismusnoun (n.) Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BETH:

English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'h':

babishadjective (a.) Like a babe; a childish; babyish.

bablahnoun (n.) The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

baboonishadjective (a.) Like a baboon.

babyishadjective (a.) Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

babylonishnoun (n.) Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
 noun (n.) Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
 noun (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
 noun (n.) Confused; Babel-like.

bacharachnoun (n.) Alt. of Backarack

backlashnoun (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

backsheeshnoun (n.) Alt. of Backshish

backshishnoun (n.) In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".

backstitchnoun (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
 verb (v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

baddishadjective (a.) Somewhat bad; inferior.

baksheeshnoun (n.) Alt. of Bakshish

bakshishnoun (n.) Same as Backsheesh.

balderdashnoun (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
 noun (n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
 verb (v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors.

balkishadjective (a.) Uneven; ridgy.

bardishadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.

barfishnoun (n.) Same as Calico bass.

barmclothnoun (n.) Apron.

barographnoun (n.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.

barometrographnoun (n.) A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

barthnoun (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.

basquishadjective (a.) Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque

batfishnoun (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)

bathnoun (n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
 noun (n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.
 noun (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
 noun (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
 noun (n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
 noun (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
 noun (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.
 noun (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

beachnoun (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
 noun (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
 verb (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

bearishadjective (a.) Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners.

beauishnoun (n.) Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.

beechnoun (n.) A tree of the genus Fagus.

behemothnoun (n.) An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.

bekahnoun (n.) Half a shekel.

belchnoun (n.) The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.
 noun (n.) Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
 verb (v. i.) To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
 verb (v. i.) To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
 verb (v. i.) To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
 verb (v. i.) To issue with spasmodic force or noise.

belzebuthnoun (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

benchnoun (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
 noun (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
 noun (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
 noun (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
 noun (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
 noun (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with benches.
 verb (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
 verb (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.

berdashnoun (n.) A kind of neckcloth.

berghnoun (n.) A hill.

berthnoun (n.) Convenient sea room.
 noun (n.) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
 noun (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.
 noun (n.) An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
 noun (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.
 verb (v. t.) To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.
 verb (v. t.) To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.

beseechnoun (n.) Solicitation; supplication.
 verb (v. t.) To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

bibliographnoun (n.) Bibliographer.

bibliotaphnoun (n.) Alt. of Bibliotaphist

bikhnoun (n.) The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.

billfishnoun (n.) A name applied to several distinct fishes
 noun (n.) The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.
 noun (n.) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).
 noun (n.) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
 noun (n.) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

birchnoun (n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).
 noun (n.) The wood or timber of the birch.
 noun (n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
 noun (n.) A birch-bark canoe.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
 verb (v. t.) To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

birthnoun (n.) The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
 noun (n.) Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
 noun (n.) The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
 noun (n.) The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
 noun (n.) That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
 noun (n.) Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
 noun (n.) See Berth.

bishnoun (n.) Same as Bikh.

bismuthnoun (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.

bitchnoun (n.) The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.
 noun (n.) An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.

bitterishadjective (a.) Somewhat bitter.

blackfishnoun (n.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.
 noun (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
 noun (n.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry.
 noun (n.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family.
 noun (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.

blackishadjective (a.) Somewhat black.

blacksmithnoun (n.) A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc.
 noun (n.) A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, / Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

black washnoun (n.) Alt. of Blackwash

blackwashnoun (n.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
 noun (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny.

bladefishnoun (n.) A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish.

bladesmithnoun (n.) A sword cutler.

blanchnoun (n.) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
 adjective (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
 adjective (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
 adjective (a.) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.
 adjective (a.) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
 adjective (a.) To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
 adjective (a.) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
 adjective (a.) Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.
 verb (v. i.) To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.
 verb (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
 verb (v. i.) To use evasion.

bleachadjective (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
 verb (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

blemishnoun (n.) Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.
 verb (v. t.) To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.
 verb (v. t.) To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.

blenchnoun (n.) A looking aside or askance.
 verb (v. i.) To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
 verb (v. i.) To fly off; to turn aside.
 verb (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.
 verb (v. t.) To draw back from; to deny from fear.
 verb (v. i. & t.) To grow or make pale.

blindfishnoun (n.) A small fish (Amblyopsis spelaeus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.

blockishadjective (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.

bloothnoun (n.) Bloom; a blossoming.

blotchadjective (a.) A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.
 adjective (a.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.

blowthnoun (n.) A blossoming; a bloom.

bluefishnoun (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.
 noun (n.) A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae.

bluishadjective (a.) Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins.

bluntishadjective (a.) Somewhat blunt.

blushnoun (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.
 noun (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
 verb (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.
 verb (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
 verb (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.
 verb (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.
 verb (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.

boarfishnoun (n.) A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.
 noun (n.) An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.

boarishadjective (a.) Swinish; brutal; cruel.

bobbishadjective (a.) Hearty; in good spirits.

bobsleighnoun (n.) A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.

bogglishadjective (a.) Doubtful; skittish.

bonefishnoun (n.) See Ladyfish.

boobyishadjective (a.) Stupid; dull.

boodhnoun (n.) Same as Buddha.

bookishadjective (a.) Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.

boomorahnoun (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

boorishadjective (a.) Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.

boothnoun (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.
 noun (n.) A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.

boroughnoun (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
 noun (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
 noun (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
 noun (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.

boshnoun (n.) Figure; outline; show.
 noun (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
 noun (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.
 noun (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
 noun (n.) In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

botchnoun (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
 noun (n.) A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
 noun (n.) Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle.
 noun (n.) To mark with, or as with, botches.
 noun (n.) To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.
 noun (n.) To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.

bothnoun (a. or pron.) The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.
  (conj.) As well; not only; equally.

bouchnoun (n.) A mouth.
 noun (n.) An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.

boughnoun (n.) An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.
 noun (n.) A gallows.

boxfishnoun (n.) The trunkfish.

boyishadjective (a.) Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

brachnoun (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.

brackishadjective (a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.

brainishadjective (a.) Hot-headed; furious.

branchnoun (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
 noun (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
 noun (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
 noun (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
 noun (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
 noun (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
 adjective (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
 verb (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
 verb (v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
 verb (v. t.) To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
 verb (v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

brandishnoun (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.
 noun (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
 noun (n.) A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.

brashnoun (n.) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
 noun (n.) Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
 noun (n.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
 noun (n.) Broken fragments of ice.
 adjective (a.) Hasty in temper; impetuous.
 adjective (a.) Brittle, as wood or vegetables.

breachnoun (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
 noun (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
 noun (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
 noun (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
 noun (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
 noun (n.) A bruise; a wound.
 noun (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
 noun (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.
 verb (v. t.) To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
 verb (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

breadthadjective (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

breastploughnoun (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.

breathnoun (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.
 noun (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.
 noun (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life.
 noun (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
 noun (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.
 noun (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.
 noun (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.
 noun (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
 noun (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
 noun (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

breechnoun (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
 noun (n.) Breeches.
 noun (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
 noun (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
 verb (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
 verb (v. t.) To cover as with breeches.
 verb (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
 verb (v. t.) To whip on the breech.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.

breechclothnoun (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

brigandishadjective (a.) Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.