Name Report For First Name BETTE:

BETTE

First name BETTE's origin is French. BETTE means "a form of elizabeth". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BETTE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bette.(Brown names are of the same origin (French) with BETTE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BETTE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BETTE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BETTE AS A WHOLE:

babette lisabette

NAMES RHYMING WITH BETTE (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (ette) - Names That Ends with ette:

linette suette annemette huette josette pierrette yolette bernadette tienette vedette mette adette amette anjanette anjeanette annette annjeanette antoinette ariette arlette bemadette bernette bridgette brigette charlette clarette colette collette danette dawnette ellette evette georgette ginnette hanriette harriette hugette hughette idette ivette jaenette janette jaquenette jeanette jenette johnette jonette juliette kinnette lanette laurette linnette lisette lissette lizette lucette lynette lyonette mignonette minette monette musette nanette nannette nicholette nickolette nicolette nynette odette omette rupette shawnette suzette velouette vidette villette yvette lafayette ornette pierette dorette nadette viollette vignette trinette robinette odelette ninette mariette manette lynnette jacquenette henriette fanette corette claudette angelette rillette irvette kolette

NAMES RHYMING WITH BETTE (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (bett) - Names That Begins with bett:

betti bettina bettine betty

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

beta beth betha bethanee bethani bethanie bethann bethanna bethany bethea bethel betheli bethia bethiar bethsaida bethseda bethsheba betia betje betlic betsey betsy 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

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BETTE:

First Names which starts with 'be' and ends with 'te':

bergitte

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

babatunde backstere baecere baibre bailee bainbridge bainbrydge bairbre baladie baldassare baldhere baldlice balere balgaire balie ballinamore banbrigge bane bankole baptiste barbie bardene barkarne barnabe barre barrie bartle bartolome basile baste bathilde bawdewyne baylee baylie belakane beldane beldene bellance bellangere belle beltane bemabe bembe bemeere bemelle bennie benoyce bentle beore beorhthilde berde berdine berenice berhane berke berkle bernadine berne bernelle bernice bernyce beroe berthe bertie bertilde bertrade bessie beverlee bibsbebe billie binge birche birde birdie birdine birkhe birte birtle blade blaine blaire blaise blaize blake blakemore blanche blane blase blayne blayze blaze blisse blithe blondelle blondene bluinse blysse blythe boarte

English Words Rhyming BETTE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BETTE AS A WHOLE:

abetternoun (n.) Alt. of Abettor

barbettenoun (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

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.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ette) - English Words That Ends with ette:


aigrettenoun (n.) The small white European heron. See Egret.
 noun (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
 noun (n.) A tuft like that of the egret.
 noun (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

aiguillettenoun (n.) A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.
 noun (n.) One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.

ailettenoun (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.

allumettenoun (n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

amassettenoun (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

amorettenoun (n.) An amoret.

amusettenoun (n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

anisettenoun (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

ariettenoun (n.) A short aria, or air.

aviettenoun (n.) A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.

baguettenoun (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
 noun (n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

banquettenoun (n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
 noun (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
 noun (n.) A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle.

blanquettenoun (n.) A white fricassee.

bombazet bombazettenoun (n.) A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

brunetteadjective (a.) A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion.
 adjective (a.) Having a dark tint.

burettenoun (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.

briolettenoun (n.) An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.

briquettenoun (n.) A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel.
 noun (n.) A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.

brochettenoun (n.) A small spit or skewer.

cashmerettenoun (n.) A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

cassinettenoun (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

cassolettenoun (n.) a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

chansonnettenoun (n.) A little song.

chemisettenoun (n.) An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

chevrettenoun (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

cigarettenoun (n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

coquettenoun (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.
 noun (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.

corvettenoun (n.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.

crossettenoun (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.
 noun (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

cunettenoun (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.

curettenoun (n.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb.
 verb (v. t.) To scrape with a curette.

cuvettenoun (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
 noun (n.) A cunette.
 noun (n.) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.

cassettenoun (n.) Same as Seggar.

collarettenoun (n.) A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.

cossettenoun (n.) One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.

dancetteadjective (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

dettenoun (n.) Debt.

echauguettenoun (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

egrettenoun (n.) Same as Egret, n., 2.

epaulettenoun (n.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

epinglettenoun (n.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.

eprouvettenoun (n.) An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.

escopettenoun (n.) A kind of firearm; a carbine.

estafettenoun (n.) A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

etiquettenoun (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.

facettenoun (n.) See Facet, n.

fauvettenoun (n.) A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.

fossettenoun (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple.
 noun (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea.

fourchettenoun (n.) A table fork.
 noun (n.) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.
 noun (n.) The wishbone or furculum of birds.
 noun (n.) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
 noun (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.
 noun (n.) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
 noun (n.) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

frizettenoun (n.) A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
 noun (n.) a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.


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


alouattenoun (n.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

bayattenoun (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).

buttenoun (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

calottenoun (n.) Alt. of Callot

charlottenoun (n.) A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.

carottenoun (n.) A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique.

euosmittenoun (n.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.

eurittenoun (n.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.

fumettenoun (n.) The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long.

fyttenoun (n.) See Fit a song.

frisettenoun (n.) Alt. of Frizette

gargoulettenoun (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.

gazettenoun (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
 verb (v. t.) To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

genettenoun (n.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.
 noun (n.) The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.

glissettenoun (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

grisettenoun (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.

historiettenoun (n.) Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story.

kerseynettenoun (n.) See Cassinette.

kitchenettenoun (n.) A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors.

lafayettenoun (n.) The dollar fish.
 noun (n.) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

leatherettenoun (n.) An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

lobulettenoun (n.) A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.

lorettenoun (n.) In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.

lorgnettenoun (n.) An opera glass
 noun (n.) elaborate double eyeglasses.

lunettenoun (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
 noun (n.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
 noun (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
 noun (n.) A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
 noun (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
 noun (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.

layettenoun (n.) The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for used.

marionettenoun (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
 noun (n.) The buffel duck.

mascottenoun (n.) A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

mattenoun (n.) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.
 noun (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.

mignonettenoun (n.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.

minettenoun (n.) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.

minionettenoun (n.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc.
 adjective (a.) Small; delicate.

moquettenoun (n.) A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.

mottenoun (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie.

musettenoun (n.) A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.
 noun (n.) An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.

matelottenoun (n.) A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.
 noun (n.) An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe.

noisettenoun (n.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.

novelettenoun (n.) A short novel.

oubliettenoun (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

quartettenoun (n.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
 noun (n.) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.
 noun (n.) A stanza of four lines.
 noun (n.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
 noun (n.) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.
 noun (n.) A stanza of four lines.

quintettenoun (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
 noun (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

palettenoun (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments.
 noun (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
 noun (n.) A breastplate for a breast drill.

palmettenoun (n.) A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.

parasolettenoun (n.) A small parasol.

parquettenoun (n.) See Parquet.

patteadjective (a.) Alt. of Pattee

pianettenoun (n.) A small piano; a pianino.

pipettenoun (n.) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

pirouettenoun (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
 noun (n.) The whirling about of a horse.
 verb (v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.

planchettenoun (n.) A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.
 noun (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (bett) - Words That Begins with bett:


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

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.


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.

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.

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

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.

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 BETTE:

English Words which starts with 'be' and ends with 'te':

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.

bedlamitenoun (n.) An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.

bedplatenoun (n.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

bedright bedritenoun (n.) The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.

bedsitenoun (n.) A recess in a room for a bed.

belemnitenoun (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages.

belonitenoun (n.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

benedicitenoun (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
 noun (n.) An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.

benjamitenoun (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.

benthamitenoun (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.

benzoatenoun (n.) A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.

bergmotenoun (n.) See Barmote.

berthieritenoun (n.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.