Name Report For First Name BENA:
BENA
First name BENA's origin is Native American. BENA means "pheasant". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BENA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bena.(Brown names are of the same origin (Native American) with BENA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with BENA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming BENA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BENA AS A WHOLE:
abena kwabena robena benatNAMES RHYMING WITH BENA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ena) - Names That Ends with ena:
makena zena zwena alhena nena bozena methena athena celena irena philomena polyxena pyrena rena yalena kalena adena jardena meena allena elena filomena marilena jelena serena aghadreena aleena alena almundena analena andena angellena arleena arlena ashleena asucena aurkena autena azucena azusena birdena breena buena charleena charlena cholena christeena christena collena correena cullodena cyrena daena dalena darena darleena darlena deena defena dena doreena dreena duena earlena eilena eleena ellena elvena ena fineena francena galena helena ilena jaena jeena jena jimena jolena jonathena jovena judeena kareena kathleena kemena kolena kristalena kristeena kristena larena laurena leena lena lorena lucena madalena maddalena madelena madena magdalenaNAMES RHYMING WITH BENA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ben) - Names That Begins with ben:
ben ben-ami ben-aryeh ben-tziyon benci bendigeidfran bendision benecroft benedetta benedicto benedictson benen benes beniamino benicio benigna benita benjamin benji benjiro benjy benkamin benn bennet bennett bennie bennu benny benoic benon benoni benoyce benroy benson bent bentle bentleah bentleigh bentley benton benwick benzionRhyming 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 bednarNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BENA:
First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'a':
baba badi'a badra baduna baha baheera bahira bahiya balbina balinda balisarda bama bana baptista baraka barbara barbra barda barika barkarna barra barta baseema basheera bashiga bashira basilia bathilda bathsheba battista batula batya bautista behula bela belda belia belina belinda belisarda bella belva bemia beomia beornia berangaria berdina berengaria bernadea bernadina bernarda bernetta bernia bernicia bernita berta bertha bertilda bertina bertuska beta betha bethanna bethea bethia bethsaida bethseda bethsheba betia bettina beula bha bhadraa bhagiratha bianca bibiana bidelia bidina bienvenida bilagaana binata binga binta birkita bitya bixenta blanca blandina blasa blathma blyana boadicea boda bodiccea bodicea bodicia bohdana bonita bora borbalaEnglish Words Rhyming BENA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BENA AS A WHOLE:
| verbena | noun (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. |
| verbenaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom. |
| verbenating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbenate |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BENA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ena) - English Words That Ends with ena:
| amphisbaena | noun (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. |
| noun (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| antilegomena | noun (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. |
| arena | noun (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. |
| noun (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. | |
| noun (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys. |
| avena | noun (n.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses. |
| cantilena | noun (n.) See Cantabile. |
| catena | noun (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other. |
| coralligena | noun (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa. |
| dracaena | noun (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. |
| dreissena | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. |
| galena | noun (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. |
| noun (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. |
| helena | noun (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint. |
| homologoumena | noun (n. pl.) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena. |
| hyaena | noun (n.) Same as Hyena. |
| hyena | noun (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. |
| ingena | noun (n.) The gorilla. |
| lagena | noun (n.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. |
| lena | noun (n.) A procuress. |
| marena | noun (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus. |
| melaena | noun (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood. |
| melena | noun (n.) See Melaena. |
| modena | noun (n.) A certain crimsonlike color. |
| molybdena | noun (n.) See Molybdenite. |
| muraena | noun (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. |
| ozena | noun (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose. |
| patena | noun (n.) A paten. |
| noun (n.) A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon. |
| phagedena | noun (n.) A canine appetite; bulimia. |
| noun (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration. |
| phalaena | noun (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general. |
| philopena | noun (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. |
| pyrena | noun (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. |
| scena | noun (n.) A scene in an opera. |
| noun (n.) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. |
| subpena | noun (n. & v. t.) See Subpoena. |
| subpoena | noun (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. |
| verb (v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. |
| vena | noun (n.) A vein. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BENA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ben) - Words That Begins with ben:
| bench | noun (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. |
| benching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bench |
| bencher | noun (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court. |
| noun (n.) An alderman of a corporation. | |
| noun (n.) A member of a court or council. | |
| noun (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler. |
| bending | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend |
| noun (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. |
| bend | noun (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. |
| noun (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. | |
| noun (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. | |
| noun (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt. | |
| noun (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind. | |
| noun (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. | |
| noun (n.) A band. | |
| noun (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. | |
| verb (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. | |
| verb (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. | |
| verb (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. | |
| verb (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed. | |
| verb (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. |
| bendable | adjective (a.) Capable of being bent. |
| bender | noun (n.) One who, or that which, bends. |
| noun (n.) An instrument used for bending. | |
| noun (n.) A drunken spree. | |
| noun (n.) A sixpence. |
| bendlet | noun (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend. |
| bendy | adjective (a.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge. |
| bene | noun (n.) See Benne. |
| noun (n.) A prayer; boon. | |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Ben |
| ben | noun (n.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis). |
| adverb (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. | |
| adverb (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment. | |
| () Alt. of Ben nut | |
| () An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. |
| beneaped | adjective (a.) See Neaped. |
| benedicite | noun (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 !. |
| benedict | noun (n.) Alt. of Benedick |
| adjective (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities. |
| benedick | noun (n.) A married man, or a man newly married. |
| benedictine | noun (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet. |
| benediction | noun (n.) The act of blessing. |
| noun (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness. | |
| noun (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction. | |
| noun (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop. | |
| noun (n.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God. |
| benedictional | noun (n.) A book of benedictions. |
| benedictionary | noun (n.) A collected series of benedictions. |
| benedictive | adjective (a.) Tending to bless. |
| benedictory | adjective (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. |
| benedictus | adjective (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. |
| benedight | adjective (a.) Blessed. |
| benefaction | noun (n.) The act of conferring a benefit. |
| noun (n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation. |
| benefactor | noun (n.) One who confers a benefit or benefits. |
| benefactress | noun (n.) A woman who confers a benefit. |
| benefic | adjective (a.) Favorable; beneficent. |
| benefice | noun (n.) A favor or benefit. |
| noun (n.) An estate in lands; a fief. | |
| noun (n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson. | |
| verb (v. t.) To endow with a benefice. |
| beneficed | adjective (a.) Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Benefice |
| beneficeless | adjective (a.) Having no benefice. |
| beneficence | noun (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness. |
| beneficent | adjective (a.) Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. |
| beneficential | adjective (a.) Relating to beneficence. |
| beneficial | adjective (a.) Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to. |
| adjective (a.) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. | |
| adjective (a.) King. |
| beneficialness | noun (n.) The quality of being beneficial; profitableness. |
| beneficiary | noun (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. |
| noun (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. | |
| adjective (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. | |
| adjective (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts. |
| beneficient | adjective (a.) Beneficent. |
| benefit | noun (n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred. |
| noun (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. | |
| noun (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use. | |
| noun (n.) Beneficence; liberality. | |
| noun (n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. | |
| verb (v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. | |
| verb (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change. |
| benefitting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benefit |
| benefiter | noun (n.) One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit. |
| benevolence | noun (n.) The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. |
| noun (n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given. | |
| noun (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity. |
| benevolent | adjective (a.) Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. |
| benevolous | adjective (a.) Kind; benevolent. |
| bengal | noun (n.) A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. |
| noun (n.) A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. | |
| noun (n.) Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. |
| bengalee | noun (n.) Alt. of Bengali |
| bengali | noun (n.) The language spoken in Bengal. |
| bengalese | noun (n. sing. & pl) A native or natives of Bengal. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Bengal. |
| bengola | noun (n.) A Bengal light. |
| benighting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benight |
| benightment | noun (n.) The condition of being benighted. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BENA:
English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'a':
| baa | noun (n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat. |
| verb (v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep. |
| baba | noun (n.) A kind of plum cake. |
| babiroussa | noun (n.) Alt. of Babirussa |
| babirussa | noun (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. |
| babyroussa | noun (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa |
| babyrussa | noun (n.) See Babyroussa. |
| baccara | noun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat |
| bacchanalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler. |
| bacteria | noun (n.p.) See Bacterium. |
| (pl. ) of Bacterium |
| badiaga | noun (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises. |
| bafta | noun (n.) A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. |
| baggala | noun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean. |
| balaenoidea | noun (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen. |
| balistraria | noun (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged. |
| ballista | noun (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles. |
| balsa | noun (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. |
| banana | noun (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. |
| bandala | noun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis). |
| bandanna | noun (n.) Alt. of Bandana |
| bandana | noun (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form. |
| noun (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. |
| barbara | noun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. |
| baria | noun (n.) Baryta. |
| barilla | noun (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. |
| noun (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. | |
| noun (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| barracuda | noun (n.) Alt. of Barracouata |
| noun (n.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyraena and family Sphyraenidae. The great barracuda (S. barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyraena of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. |
| barracouata | noun (n.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food. |
| noun (n.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). |
| barranca | noun (n.) A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. |
| baryta | noun (n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4. |
| basilica | noun (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. |
| noun (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached. | |
| noun (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction. | |
| noun (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. |
| basommatophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. |
| bassa | noun (n.) Alt. of Bassaw |
| batata | noun (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas). |
| batrachia | noun (n. pl.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia. |
| batta | noun (n.) Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. |
| noun (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. |
| battalia | noun (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. |
| noun (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. |
| battuta | noun (n.) The measuring of time by beating. |
| baya | noun (n.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus). |
| bdelloidea | noun (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea. |
| bdellomorpha | noun (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams. |
| beccabunga | noun (n.) See Brooklime. |
| becuna | noun (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda. |
| bega | noun (n.) See Bigha. |
| begonia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors. |
| belladonna | noun (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade. |
| noun (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily. |
| bellona | noun (n.) The goddess of war. |
| beluga | noun (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. |
| bema | noun (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. |
| noun (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. | |
| noun (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit. |
| beretta | noun (n.) Same as Berretta. |
| berretta | noun (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. |
| bertha | noun (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies. |
| beteela | noun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. |
| bibliomania | noun (n.) A mania for acquiring books. |
| bibliophobia | noun (n.) A dread of books. |
| bibliotheca | noun (n.) A library. |
| biga | noun (n.) A two-horse chariot. |
| bigha | noun (n.) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. |
| bignonia | noun (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus. |
| bimana | noun (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. |
| bipinnaria | noun (n.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. |
| biretta | noun (n.) Same as Berretta. |
| blastema | noun (n.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows. |
| blastoidea | noun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form. |
| blastula | noun (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm. |
| blea | noun (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood. |
| blennorrhea | noun (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. |
| noun (n.) Gonorrhea. |
| boa | noun (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques). |
| noun (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor. |
| bocca | noun (n.) The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out. |
| bohea | noun (n.) Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea. |
| bohemia | noun (n.) A country of central Europe. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. |
| bologna | noun (n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects. |
| noun (n.) A Bologna sausage. |
| bonanza | noun (n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. |
| bonetta | noun (n.) See Bonito. |
| bosa | noun (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza. |
| bothrenchyma | noun (n.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. |
| bougainvillaea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts. |
| boza | noun (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. |
| brachelytra | noun (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles. |
| brachia | noun (n. pl.) See Brachium. |
| brachiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea. |
| brachiolaria | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. |
| brachiopoda | noun (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. |
| brachyptera | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. |
| brachyura | noun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| bractea | noun (n.) A bract. |
| brahma | noun (n.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. |
| noun (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra. |
| brama | noun (n.) See Brahma. |
| branchia | noun (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have. |
| branchiogastropoda | noun (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata. |
| branchiopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense. |
| branchiostoma | noun (n.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus. |
| branchiura | noun (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus). |
| brassica | noun (n.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc. |
| bravura | noun (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. |
| breccia | noun (n.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. |
| bregma | noun (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull. |
| bretwalda | noun (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes. |
| britannia | noun (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal. |
| britzska | noun (n.) A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey. |
| broma | noun (n.) Aliment; food. |
| noun (n.) A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it. |
| bronchia | noun (n. pl.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. |
| bruta | noun (n.) See Edentata. |
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