Name Report For First Name BRAD:

BRAD

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

Rhymes with BRAD - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BRAD

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BRAD AS A WHOLE:

bradamate brademagus braden brady bradana bradaigh bradan bradbourne bradd braddock bradene bradey bradig bradleah bradlee bradley bradly bradshaw bradyn bradach bradburn bradford bradwell braddon bradon

NAMES RHYMING WITH BRAD (According to last letters):

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

mairearad konrad angharad conrad garrad jarrad jerad jerrad kiarad zarad rad meinrad elrad

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

shahrazad widad mildread asad boulad raad sayad abdul-samad ahmad amjad awad ayyad fouad hadad imad jawad jihad maudad mu'ayyad mus'ad rashad saad ziyad artaxiad cathbad ferdiad arpad glad brimlad mairead natividad sinead soledad verdad amad ashaad bhraghad birkhead chad clustfeinad gad hammad koenraad lad mohamad mohammad muhammad muhunnad niichaad rashaad read shad tad vlad mead halstead ead riyad fahad scead mairghread mad su'ad souad aswad haddad galahad arvad

NAMES RHYMING WITH BRAD (According to first letters):

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

bra brachah braeden braedon braedyn braelyn braemwiella braiana braiden brain brainard brainerd brale braleah bram bramley bramwell bran brand branda brandan branddun brande brandee brandeis brandeles brandelis brandelyn branden brandi brandice brandie brandilyn brandin brando brandon brandubh branduff brandy brandyce brandyn brangaine brangore brangorre branhard branigan brann brannan brannen brannon branor bransan branson brant brantley branton brantson branwen branwyn braoin brarn brasil braweigh brawleigh brawley braxton brayden braydon braylie braylon brayton

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

bre brea breac breana breanainn breandan breanna breanne breasal brecc breck brecken bred bredbe bredbeddle brede bredon bree bree-ana breeda breen breena breezy brehus breindel breine bren brenda brendalynn

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRAD:

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

baird ballard bamard bannruod bard barend barnard bathild bayard bayhard beamard bearnard behrend bemossed beortbtraed beorthtraed berchtwald berend beresford berford berinhard bernard bernd bernhard berthold bertrand bickford biecaford biford bird birdoswald birkhed bladud blaed blandford blanford blathnaid bofind bond boyd brid brighid brigid brunhild brygid bud budd burchard burford burghard burhford burnard byford byrd byrtwold

English Words Rhyming BRAD

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BRAD AS A WHOLE:

abradantnoun (n.) A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

abradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrade

bradnoun (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

bradoonnoun (n.) Same as Bridoon.

labradornoun (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.

labradoritenoun (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.

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


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


adradadjective (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.

baradnoun (n.) The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.

dradadjective (p. p. & a.) Dreaded.

faradnoun (n.) The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.

macrofaradnoun (n.) See Megafarad.

megafaradnoun (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.

microfaradnoun (n.) The millionth part of a farad.

pradnoun (n.) A horse.

tetradnoun (n.) The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.
 noun (n.) A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad.

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


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


brabantineadjective (a.) Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

brabblenoun (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
 verb (v. i.) To clamor; to contest noisily.

brabblementnoun (n.) A brabble.

brabblernoun (n.) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler.

braccateadjective (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

bracenoun (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
 noun (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
 noun (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.
 noun (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
 noun (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.
 noun (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
 noun (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
 noun (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.
 noun (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
 noun (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
 noun (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
 noun (n.) The mouth of a shaft.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
 verb (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
 verb (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
 verb (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
 verb (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
 verb (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.

bracingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brace
 noun (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
 noun (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss.
 adjective (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

braceletnoun (n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.
 noun (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.

bracernoun (n.) That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
 noun (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart.
 noun (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.

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

brachelytranoun (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.

brachianoun (n. pl.) See Brachium.

brachialadjective (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
 adjective (a.) Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.

brachiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.

brachiateadjective (a.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

brachioganoidnoun (n.) One of the Brachioganoidei.

brachioganoideinoun (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.

brachiolarianoun (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.

brachiopodnoun (n.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.

brachiopodanoun (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

brachiumnoun (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

brachmannoun (n.) See Brahman.

brachycatalecticnoun (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.

brachycephalicadjective (a.) Alt. of Brachycephalous

brachycephalousadjective (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

brachycephalynoun (n.) Alt. of Brachycephalism

brachycephalismnoun (n.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.

brachyceraladjective (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects.

brachydiagonalnoun (n.) The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.

brachydomenoun (n.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.

brachygraphernoun (n.) A writer in short hand; a stenographer.

brachygraphynoun (n.) Stenography.

brachylogynoun (n.) Conciseness of expression; brevity.

brachypinacoidnoun (n.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.

brachypteranoun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

brachypteresnoun (n.pl.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.

brachypterousadjective (a.) Having short wings.

brachystochronenoun (n.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid.

brachytypousadjective (a.) Of a short form.

brachyuranoun (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.

brachyuraladjective (a.) Alt. of Brachyurous

brachyurousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.

brachyurannoun (n.) One of the Brachyura.

bracknoun (n.) An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.
 noun (n.) Salt or brackish water.

brackennoun (n.) A brake or fern.

bracketnoun (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
 noun (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
 noun (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
 noun (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
 noun (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
 noun (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
 noun (n.) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork.
 verb (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
 verb (v. t.) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).

bracketingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bracket
 noun (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.

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

brackishnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.

brackyadjective (a.) Brackish.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRAD:

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

babehoodnoun (n.) Babyhood.

babillardnoun (n.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.

babyhoodnoun (n.) The state or period of infancy.

baccatedadjective (a.) Having many berries.
 adjective (a.) Set or adorned with pearls.

bachelorhoodnoun (n.) The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

backbandnoun (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

backboardnoun (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
 noun (n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
 noun (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
 noun (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
 noun (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

backbondnoun (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

backbonedadjective (a.) Vertebrate.

backedadjective (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Back

backfriendnoun (n.) A secret enemy.

backgroundnoun (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
 noun (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
 noun (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
 noun (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

backhandnoun (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
 adjective (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
 adjective (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

backhandedadjective (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
 adjective (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
 adjective (a.) Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

backswordnoun (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
 noun (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.

backwardnoun (n.) The state behind or past.
 adjective (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
 adjective (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
 adjective (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
 adjective (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
 adjective (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
 adjective (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Backwards
 verb (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

bacteroidadjective (a.) Alt. of Bacteroidal

baenopodnoun (n.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

balanoidadjective (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

balconiedadjective (a.) Having balconies.

baldadjective (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
 adjective (a.) Undisguised.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
 adjective (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

baldheadnoun (n.) A person whose head is bald.
 noun (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.

baldheadedadjective (a.) Having a bald head.

baldpatedadjective (a.) Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.

balistoidadjective (a.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidae. See Filefish.

balladnoun (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
 verb (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
 verb (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

balloonedadjective (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

balusteredadjective (a.) Having balusters.

banneredadjective (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, banners.

barbatedadjective (a.) Having barbed points.

barbedadjective (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
 adjective (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Barb

bardnoun (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
 noun (n.) Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Barde
 noun (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
 noun (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark.
 verb (v. t.) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

bardedadjective (p.a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
 adjective (p.a.) Wearing rich caparisons.

barebackedadjective (a.) Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

barefacedadjective (a.) With the face uncovered; not masked.
 adjective (a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.

barefootedadjective (a.) Having the feet bare.

barehandednoun (n.) Having bare hands.

bareleggedadjective (a.) Having the legs bare.

bareneckedadjective (a.) Having the neck bare.

bargeboardnoun (n.) A vergeboard.

barkboundadjective (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

barmaidnoun (n.) A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.

barnyardnoun (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.

barreledadjective (a.) Alt. of Barrelled
  (imp. & p. p.) of Barrel

barrelledadjective (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
  () of Barrel

barwoodnoun (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

basaltoidadjective (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

baseboardnoun (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

basednoun (n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases.
 adjective (a.) Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Base

baselardnoun (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.

basihyoidnoun (n.) The central tongue bone.

basinedadjective (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

basipterygoidnoun (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

basisphenoidnoun (n.) The basisphenoid bone.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal

basswoodnoun (n.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.

bastardnoun (n.) A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
 noun (n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.
 noun (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
 noun (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
 noun (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
 noun (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
 noun (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
 noun (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
 adjective (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
 verb (v. t.) To bastardize.

bastionedadjective (a.) Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.

batailledadjective (a.) Embattled.

batedadjective (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bate

batrachoidadjective (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

battlementedadjective (a.) Having battlements.

bawdnoun (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.
 verb (v. i.) To procure women for lewd purposes.

bayadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

bayardadjective (a.) Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
 adjective (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow.

bayedadjective (a.) Having a bay or bays.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bay

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

bearherdnoun (n.) A man who tends a bear.

bearhoundnoun (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

bearwardnoun (n.) A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.

beasthoodnoun (n.) State or nature of a beast.

beastliheadnoun (n.) Beastliness.

beautiedadjective (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.

beaveredadjective (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.

becardnoun (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

becomedadjective (a.) Proper; decorous.

bednoun (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
 noun (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
 noun (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
 noun (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
 noun (n.) The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
 noun (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
 noun (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
 noun (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.
 noun (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
 noun (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
 noun (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
 noun (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
 noun (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
 noun (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
 verb (v. t.) To place in a bed.
 verb (v. t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
 verb (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
 verb (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
 verb (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
 verb (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
 verb (v. i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.

bedcordnoun (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

beddedadjective (a.) Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bed

bedspreadnoun (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

bedsteadnoun (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

beebreadnoun (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

beefwoodnoun (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

beeldnoun (n.) Same as Beild.

beetleheadnoun (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
 noun (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

beforehandadjective (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
 adverb (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
 adverb (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

beggarhoodnoun (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

beghardnoun (n.) Alt. of Beguard

beguardnoun (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.

behindnoun (n.) The backside; the rump.
 adjective (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
 adjective (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
 adjective (a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
 adverb (adv.) At the back part; in the rear.
 adverb (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
 adverb (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
 adverb (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
 adverb (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.

beildnoun (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.

belatedadjective (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Belate

belgardnoun (n.) A sweet or loving look.