Name Report For First Name BES:

BES

First name BES's origin is African. BES means "myth name (dwarf god, brings joy)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BES below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bes.(Brown names are of the same origin (African) with BES and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BES - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BES

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BES AS A WHOLE:

nourbese sebestyen bess bessie bessy anbessa forbes gibbesone webbestre bestandan besyrwan

NAMES RHYMING WITH BES (According to last letters):

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

agnes atropes ceres erinyes hyades keres numees pules el-marees farees mounafes tiridates calles eliaures gesnes kanelingres benes devries menes psusennes ramses styles atlantes jacques acestes achates achilles aeetes agamedes alcides anchises antiphates ares atreides cebriones chryses corybantes damocles diomedes eteocles eupeithes gilles gyes hercules hermes hippomenes iobates iphicles laertes laestrygones lycomedes melecertes oles orestes philoctetes pityocamptes polites polydeuces polynices procrustes pylades socrates thersites thyestes ulysses xerxes zelotes zetes mozes abantiades rares anglides anlicnes brites delores dolores eadignes gertrudes ines lourdes louredes lyones mercedes ynes ames andres aries bates brandeles byrnes des eames eulises fitzjames giannes hayes hughes innes ionnes ives

NAMES RHYMING WITH BES (According to first letters):

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 bellamy bellance bellangere belle bellerophon bellinus beltane beltran beluchi belva bem bemabe

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BES:

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

baccaus baccus bagdemagus balqis baltsaros barnabas basilius batholomeus baucis berniss bersules bevis bilqis blais blas bleoberis bliss bliths blyss boas boethius boghos bohous bonifacius boreas bors boulus brademagus brandeis brandelis brehus brendis brenius brennus briareus briefbras briseis britomartus brooks brus brutus brys burgeis burgess burns busiris butrus

English Words Rhyming BES

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BES AS A WHOLE:

abbessnoun (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

albescencenoun (n.) The act of becoming white; whitishness.

albescentadjective (a.) Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.

arabesquenoun (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
 adjective (a.) Arabian.
 adjective (a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

arabesquedadjective (a.) Ornamented in the style of arabesques.

asbesticadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.

asbestiformadjective (a.) Having the form or structure of asbestus.

asbestineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.

asbestousadjective (a.) Asbestic.

asbestusnoun (n.) Alt. of Asbestos

asbestosnoun (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.

anaerobesnoun (n. pl.) Anaerobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaerobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaerobia when they thrive only in its absence.

besaielnoun (n.) Alt. of Besayle

besailenoun (n.) Alt. of Besayle

besaylenoun (n.) A great-grandfather.
 noun (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.

besantnoun (n.) See Bezant.

beseechingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beseech
 adjective (a.) Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look.

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

beseechernoun (n.) One who beseeches.

beseechmentnoun (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.

beseemingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beseem
 noun (n.) Appearance; look; garb.
 noun (n.) Comeliness.
 adjective (a.) Becoming; suitable.

beseemlyadjective (a.) Fit; suitable; becoming.

beseenadjective (a.) Seen; appearing.
 adjective (a.) Decked or adorned; clad.
 adjective (a.) Accomplished; versed.

besettingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beset
 adjective (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

besetmentnoun (n.) The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin.

besetternoun (n.) One who, or that which, besets.

beshiningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beshine

beshownoun (n.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.

besidenoun (n.) At the side of; on one side of.
 noun (n.) Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.
 noun (n.) Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.
 adverb (adv.) On one side.
 adverb (adv.) More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.

besiegingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besiege
 adjective (a.) That besieges; laying siege to.

besiegementnoun (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.

besiegernoun (n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

beslaveringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beslaver

besmearingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmear

besmearernoun (n.) One that besmears.

besmirchingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmirch

besmuttingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmut

besognenoun (n.) A worthless fellow; a bezonian.

besomnoun (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
 verb (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom.

besomernoun (n.) One who uses a besom.

besortnoun (n.) Befitting associates or attendants.
 verb (v. t.) To assort or be congruous with; to fit, or become.

besottingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besot

besottedadjective (a.) Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Besot

bespanglingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespangle

bespatteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespatter

bespeakingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeak

bespeaknoun (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)
 verb (v. t.) To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
 verb (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
 verb (v. t.) To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
 verb (v. t.) To speak to; to address.
 verb (v. i.) To speak.

bespeakernoun (n.) One who bespeaks.

bespecklingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeckle

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (es) - English Words That Ends with es:


abdominalesnoun (n. pl.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.
  (pl. ) of Abdominal

abiesnoun (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

aboriginesnoun (n. pl.) The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
 noun (n. pl.) The original fauna and flora of a geographical area

acatesnoun (n. pl.) See Cates.

accipitresnoun (n. pl.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
  (pl. ) of Accipiter

acinacesnoun (n.) A short sword or saber.

aerobiesnoun (n. pl.) Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

aetitesnoun (n.) See Eaglestone.

agrappesnoun (n. pl.) Hooks and eyes for armor, etc.

albigensesnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Albigeois

alcyonesnoun (n. pl.) The kingfishers.

alectoridesnoun (n. pl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

alferesnoun (n.) An ensign; a standard bearer.

alkermesnoun (n.) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

altricesnoun (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces.

ambagesnoun (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

anaerobiesnoun (n. pl.) Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.

androidesnoun (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

anglesnoun (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

annatesnoun (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

anseresnoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

anseriformesnoun (n. pl.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

antaresnoun (n.) The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

antesnoun (n. pl.) Antae. See Anta.

antipodesnoun (n.) Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
 noun (n.) The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
 noun (n.) Anything exactly opposite or contrary.

apachesnoun (n. pl.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

aphidesnoun (n. pl.) See Aphis.
  (pl. ) of Aphis

apicesnoun (n. pl.) See Apex.
  (pl. ) of Apex

apodesnoun (n. pl.) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
 noun (n. pl.) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
  (pl. ) of Apode

apsidesnoun (n. pl.) See Apsis.
  (pl. ) of Apsis

apterygesnoun (n. pl.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

archimedesnoun (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

ariesnoun (n.) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.
 noun (n.) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
 noun (n.) A battering-ram.

arlesnoun (n. pl.) An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

ascitesnoun (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

ashesnoun (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
 noun (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
 noun (n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.

aspergesnoun (n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
 noun (n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

atelesnoun (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

atlantesnoun (n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.

atlantidesnoun (n. pl.) The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.

avesnoun (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.

axillariesnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Axillars

anophelesnoun (n.) A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.

ascomycetesnoun (n. pl.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphae, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc.

balbutiesnoun (n.) The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.

barbadoesnoun (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.

barytesnoun (n.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.

bedclothesnoun (n. pl.) Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed.

beevesnoun (n.) plural of Beef, the animal.

bloodybonesnoun (n.) A terrible bugbear.

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


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


beauxitenoun (n.) A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.
 noun (n.) See Bauxite.

beingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Be
 noun (n.) Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
 noun (n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
 noun (n.) Lifetime; mortal existence.
 noun (n.) An abode; a cottage.
 adverb (adv.) Since; inasmuch as.
  (p. pr.) Existing.

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.

beachingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beach

beachedadjective (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Beach

beachyadjective (a.) Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.

beaconnoun (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
 noun (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
 noun (n.) A high hill near the shore.
 noun (n.) That which gives notice of danger.
 verb (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

beaconingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beacon

beaconagenoun (n.) Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.

beaconlessadjective (a.) Having no beacon.

beadnoun (n.) A prayer.
 noun (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
 noun (n.) Any small globular body
 noun (n.) A bubble in spirits.
 noun (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
 noun (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
 noun (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
 noun (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
 verb (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

beadingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead
 noun (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
 noun (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.

beadhousenoun (n.) Alt. of Bedehouse

bedehousenoun (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
 noun (n.) Same as Beadhouse.

beadlerynoun (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

beadleshipnoun (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.

beadrollnoun (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.

beadsmannoun (n.) Alt. of Bedesman

bedesmannoun (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
 noun (n.) Same as Beadsman.

beadsnakenoun (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.

beadswomannoun (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoman

bedeswomannoun (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.

beadworknoun (n.) Ornamental work in beads.

beadyadjective (a.) Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
 adjective (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.

beaglenoun (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
 noun (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

beaknoun (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
 noun (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
 noun (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
 noun (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
 noun (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
 noun (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
 noun (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
 noun (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
 noun (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
 noun (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
 noun (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
 noun (n.) A magistrate or policeman.

beakedadjective (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
 adjective (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

beakernoun (n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
 noun (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.

beakheadnoun (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
 noun (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
 noun (n.) Same as Beak, 3.

beakironnoun (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.

bealingnoun (p. pr & vb. n.) of Beal

beamnoun (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
 noun (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
 noun (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
 noun (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
 noun (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
 noun (n.) The pole of a carriage.
 noun (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
 noun (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
 noun (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
 noun (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
 noun (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
 noun (n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
 noun (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
 verb (v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
 verb (v. i.) To emit beams of light.

beamingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beam
 adjective (a.) Emitting beams; radiant.

beambirdnoun (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

beamedadjective (a.) Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Beam

beamfuladjective (a.) Beamy; radiant.

beaminessnoun (n.) The state of being beamy.

beamlessadjective (a.) Not having a beam.
 adjective (a.) Not emitting light.

beamletnoun (n.) A small beam of light.

beamyadjective (a.) Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
 adjective (a.) Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
 adjective (a.) Having horns, or antlers.

beannoun (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
 noun (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

bearingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bear
 noun (n.) The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
 noun (n.) Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
 noun (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
 noun (n.) Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
 noun (n.) The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
 noun (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
 noun (n.) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
 noun (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
 noun (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
 noun (n.) The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates.
 noun (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.
 noun (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.
 noun (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
 noun (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

bearnoun (n.) A bier.
 noun (n.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects.
 noun (n.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
 noun (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
 noun (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
 noun (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
 noun (n.) A portable punching machine.
 noun (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Bere
 verb (v. t.) To support or sustain; to hold up.
 verb (v. t.) To support and remove or carry; to convey.
 verb (v. t.) To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons.
 verb (v. t.) To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
 verb (v. t.) To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
 verb (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
 verb (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
 verb (v. t.) To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
 verb (v. t.) To gain or win.
 verb (v. t.) To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To render or give; to bring forward.
 verb (v. t.) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
 verb (v. t.) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
 verb (v. t.) To manage, wield, or direct.
 verb (v. t.) To behave; to conduct.
 verb (v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.
 verb (v. t.) To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
 verb (v. i.) To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.
 verb (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
 verb (v. i.) To endure with patience; to be patient.
 verb (v. i.) To press; -- with on or upon, or against.
 verb (v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear.
 verb (v. i.) To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?
 verb (v. i.) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
 verb (v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.
 verb (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.

berenoun (n.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare).
 noun (n.) See Bear, barley.
 verb (v. t.) To pierce.

bearableadjective (a.) Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.

bearberrynoun (n.) A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

bearbindnoun (n.) The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

beardnoun (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
 noun (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
 noun (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
 noun (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
 noun (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
 noun (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
 noun (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
 noun (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
 noun (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
 noun (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
 noun (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
 noun (n.) An imposition; a trick.
 verb (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
 verb (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
 verb (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

beardingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beard

beardedadjective (a.) Having a beard.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Beard

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BES:

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

bacchiusnoun (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

bacchusnoun (n.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

bacciferousadjective (a.) Producing berries.

baccivorousadjective (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

bacillusnoun (n.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

backhandednessnoun (n.) State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.

backlessadjective (a.) Without a back.

backsnoun (n. pl.) Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.

backstairsadjective (a.) Alt. of Backstair

backstressnoun (n.) A female baker.

backwardnessnoun (n.) The state of being backward.

backwoodsnoun (n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

badderlocksnoun (n.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.

badgelessadjective (a.) Having no badge.

badnessnoun (n.) The state of being bad.

baisemainsnoun (n. pl.) Respects; compliments.

balaniferousadjective (a.) Bearing or producing acorns.

balanoglossusnoun (n.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

baldnessnoun (n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.

balefulnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being baleful.

ballisticsnoun (n.) The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.

balsamiferousadjective (a.) Producing balsam.

balsamousadjective (a.) Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.

bancusnoun (n.) Alt. of Bank

bankeressnoun (n.) A female banker.

bannsnoun (n. pl.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.

barbadosnoun (n.) Alt. of Barbadoes

barbarousadjective (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
 adjective (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
 adjective (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
 adjective (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

barbarousnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

barbiersnoun (n.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

barbigerousadjective (a.) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

barefacednessnoun (n.) The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.

barenessnoun (n.) The state of being bare.

barklessadjective (a.) Destitute of bark.

baronessnoun (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

barrasnoun (n.) A resin, called also galipot.

barrennessnoun (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.

baselessadjective (a.) Without a base; having no foundation or support.

basenessnoun (n.) The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.

bashfulnessnoun (n.) The quality of being bashful.

bashlessadjective (a.) Shameless; unblushing.

basisnoun (n.) The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
 noun (n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.
 noun (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
 noun (n.) The principal component part of a thing.

bassnoun (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.
 noun (n.) The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
 noun (n.) Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
 noun (n.) The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.
 noun (n.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.
 noun (n.) A hassock or thick mat.
 adjective (a.) A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
 adjective (a.) The lowest part in a musical composition.
 adjective (a.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.
 adjective (a.) Deep or grave in tone.
 verb (v. t.) To sound in a deep tone.
  (pl. ) of Bass

basylousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.

batatasnoun (n.) Alt. of Batata

batelessadjective (a.) Not to be abated.

bathosnoun (n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

bathybiusnoun (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

batrachophagousadjective (a.) Feeding on frogs.

battailousnoun (n.) Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.

bawdinessnoun (n.) Obscenity; lewdness.

baysnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayze

beardlessadjective (a.) Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat.

beardlessnessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being destitute of beard.

bearishnessnoun (n.) Behavior like that of a bear.

beastingsnoun (n. pl.) See Biestings.

beastlinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being beastly.

beauteousadjective (a.) Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.

beautilessadjective (a.) Destitute of beauty.

becomingnessnoun (n.) The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.

beerinessnoun (n.) Beery condition.

beestingsnoun (n.) Same as Biestings.
 noun (n. pl.) The first milk given by a cow after calving.

beggarlinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

beholdingnessnoun (n.) The state of being obliged or beholden.

bellicousadjective (a.) Bellicose.

bellowsnoun (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.

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

benefactressnoun (n.) A woman who confers a benefit.

beneficelessadjective (a.) Having no benefice.

beneficialnessnoun (n.) The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.

benevolousadjective (a.) Kind; benevolent.

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.

bewilderednessnoun (n.) The state of being bewildered; bewilderment.

bewitchednessnoun (n.) The state of being bewitched.

biangulousadjective (a.) Biangular.

biantheriferousadjective (a.) Having two anthers.

biasnoun (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
 noun (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
 noun (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
 noun (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
 adjective (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
 adjective (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
 adverb (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
 verb (v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

bibaciousadjective (a.) Addicted to drinking.

bibbsnoun (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

bicallousadjective (a.) Having two callosities or hard spots.

bicephalousadjective (a.) Having two heads.

bicepsnoun (n.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

bicipitousadjective (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.

bicornousadjective (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

biestingsnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Beestings

bifariousadjective (a.) Twofold; arranged in two rows.
 adjective (a.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

biferousadjective (a.) Bearing fruit twice a year.

biflorousadjective (a.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

biforousadjective (a.) See Biforate.

bifurcousadjective (a.) See Bifurcate, a.

bigamousadjective (a.) Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.

bignessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

bignoniaceousadjective (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

bijugousadjective (a.) Bijugate.

biliferousadjective (a.) Generating bile.

bilinguousadjective (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages.

biliousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the bile.
 adjective (a.) Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
 adjective (a.) Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.

biliousnessnoun (n.) The state of being bilious.

billiardsnoun (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.

bimanousadjective (a.) Having two hands; two-handed.