Chapter 8

beach,n.shore, strand, shingle, marge.beached,a.stranded,aground.beacon,n.balefire, signalfire;signal, pharos.Associated word: pharology.beadle,n.apparitor,summoner, servitor.beads,n. pl.rosary; passementerie (beaded trimming); chaplet; wampum, suckanhock, peag.beak,n.bill, nib, neb, mandible; prow,bow,rostrum.Associated word: cere.beam,n.girder, joist;ray,gleam.beam,v.gleam,shine,glitter,glisten, scintillate.beaming,a.radiant,shining.beanlike,a.fabaceous.bear,n.Bruin; Ursus; Ephraim; cub, whelp;grumbler,growler,boor; musquaw.bear,v.endure,tolerate,stand, undergo,brook, submit to, suffer, bear with;harbor,cherish,entertain;support, sustain,uphold;carry, convey, transport, waft;render, produce,yield; bring forth,teem;relate,refer,concern;press,push,oppress.bearable,a.sufferable,tolerable,endurable.Antonyms:unbearable,intolerable.beard,n.whiskers; goatee, mustache; awn, arista (beard of grain).beard,v.defy,encounter,oppose.bearded,a.whiskered; aristate, awned.bearing,n.mien,carriage,port,demeanor,air,deportment;endurance,forbearance,long-suffering,toleration, sufferance;relation,connection, dependency;course,aim,direction; bringing forth,yielding.bearish,a.discourteous,boorish,uncivil,rude; ursine, ursiform.bear out.sustain,support, corroborate,confirm,uphold.beast,n.brute; quadruped;monster,brute.beastly,a.bestial, irrational,brutal; (Colloq.)abominable,disagreeable,nasty.beat,v.forge, malleate,beetle, weld,hammer; belabor,maul, buffet,smite, flagellate, whack,pelt,strike; Seewhip;overcome,vanquish,surpass,conquer,eclipse,subdue,checkmate,rout,excel,outdo;cheat,swindle,defraud;throb, pulsate;pulverize, comminute,bruise, bray, triturate;perplex,pose,nonplus.beat,n.throb, pulsation;round;superior.beat,a.(Colloq.)exhausted,weary, fatigued,beaten.beat back.repel,repulse,resist.beaten,a.conquered, defeated, vanquished.beating,n.flagellation, drubbing, flogging, fustigation,castigation, thumping,mauling, verberation, pommeling; pulsation,throb,throbbing, saltation;defeat,repulse; malleation, forging, welding.beating,a.pulsating,throbbing, pulsatile.beau,n.lover,sweetheart,gallant, swain,flame, cicisbeo, admirer, suitor, inamorato;dandy, popinjay,dude,fop,coxcomb,exquisite,blade.beautiful,a.fair,lovely, handsome,comely, personable, beauteous,elegant,exquisite.Antonyms:homely,ugly,repulsive,unlovely,hideous, uncomely, inelegant.beautify,v.embellish,adorn,grace,garnish.beauty,n.loveliness, fairness,elegance, comeliness, pulchritude,grace, exquisiteness,charm,attraction.Associated words: æsthetics, æsthetician, æstheticism, æsthete, æsthetic, esthetology, Apollo, Adonis,Venus, Hebe, Hyperion, Houri, Aphrodite.becloud,v.dim,cloud,obscure, adumbrate, obfuscate.becoming,a.appropriate,fit,seemly,befitting,comely.Antonyms: Seeunbecoming.bed,n.berth, bunk,couch,cot; pallet, paillasse, mattress;cradle, trundle-bed;deposit,seam,vein, stratum.Associated words: decumbiture, lectual, clinic, clinical, valance, alcove.bedbug,n.chinch.bedclothes,n. pl.Associated words: floccillation, carphology, tilmus.bedim,v.obscure,becloud, adumbrate, overcast.bedlam,n.madhouse, insaneasylum; babel, pandemonium.bedroom,n.chamber.bedsore,n.decubitus.bedspread,n.counterpane, coverlet.bed-wetting,n.enuresis.beehive,n.beehouse, apiary, alveary.bees,n. pl.Associated words: apiology, apiculture, apiologist, apian, apiarian, apiarist, apivorous, hive,swarm, cerago, beebread.beetle,n.mallet (heavy); scarabee,clock, coleopter, scarab.Associated words:: coleopterist, coleopteral.beetle,v.overhang, jutout, protrude, project.befall,v.happen, supervene, betide, bechance.befitting,a.suitable,proper,becoming,appropriate,seemly,meet,applicable, congruous.before,prep.preceding, ahead of, anterior to, previously to,prior.before death.ante-mortem.before the flood.antediluvian, antediluvial.before the war.ante-bellum.befuddle,v.confuse,mystify,bewilder.beg,v.beseech, supplicate,implore; askalms.beget,v.procreate, engender,generate,get.begetter,n.procreator, generator,father.beggar,n.mendicant, starveling, fakir,vagrant, eleemosynary, prog,tramp, bezonian, mumper, schnorrer (Jewish).beggar,v.impoverish,ruin;exhaust,surpass,go beyond.beggarly,a.indigent,destitute;despicable,pitiable, paltry.beggary,n.mendicancy, indigence,penury,want,pauperism.begging letterordrawing.screeve.begin,v.commence;arise,spring, originate.begin again.resume, recommence.beginner,n.tyro,novice,neophyte, learner, apprentice, understudy,novitiate, probationer, catechumen, recruit.beginning,n.commencement, inception,opening, outset, initiation,indication, incipience, nascency, incipiency,threshold, tyronism,novitiate;origin,source.beginning again.resumption, recommencement.begone,interj.avaunt.beguile,v.insnare, mislead,lure,deceive,cheat; whileaway.beguilement,n.imposition,deception.behave,v.deport one'sself,act,bear.behavior,n.conduct,deportment, actions,demeanor.behead,v.decapitate, decollate,execute.beheading,n.decapitation, decollation,execution.behindhand,a.andadv.in arrears; dilatory,late,tardy, unpunctual.beholden,a.obliged, indebted,bound.beholder,n.spectator,witness,onlooker, eye-witness.being,n.existence, entity.Antonyms: nonexistence,nonentity.Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.belch,v.eruct,expel,throw up; eructate.belching,n.eructation.belfry,n.bell-tower, campanile.Associated words: louver boarding.belief,n.credence;persuasion,faith; conviction,assurance,confidence; tenet,dogma,creed,opinion,doctrine, cult,view, principle; intuition; superstition, fanaticism.Antonyms:doubt, disbelief,skepticism,misgiving, incredulity.Associated words:credulous, incredulous, credulity, credibility, incredibility,gull,gullible, gullibility.believable,a.credible.belittle,v.decry,disparage,underrate, depreciate.bell,n.campana, carillon, curfew, tocsin, gong.Associated words: campanology, campanologist,peal,ring, knell, toll,chime.bellicose,a.pugnacious,belligerent.belligerent,a.atwar, warring, militant;bellicose, pugnacious.bell-ringer,n.sexton, campanologist.bell-shaped,a.campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform.bell-tower,n.belfry, campanile.belly,n.abdomen,paunch; recesses,penetralia, depths.belly-ache,n.colic,gripes, tormina, enteralgia.belly-band,n.girth,surcingle.belly-god,n.glutton,epicure, gourmand, sybarite,voluptuary.belonging,n.appendage, appurtenance, adjunct concomitant, accessary,attribute.below,adv.under, beneath, underneath.below,prep.under, beneath, underneath; inferior to; unworthy of, unbefitting.belt,n.girdle;girth,surcingle, cincture, cestus;zone; bandolier.belt,v.encircle, begird, encompass,surround.bemoan,v.lament,bewail,deplore.bench,n.form; workbench.bend,v.curve, flex, deflect,crook;direct,turn,apply;stoop,incline;yield,condescend.bend,n.curve, deflection,crook,curvature, bight,coil, flexure, incurvation.bendable,a.flexible,supple, lithe,pliable, pliant.Antonyms: Seeinflexible.benefice,n.living (Eccl.); sinecure.Associated words: advowson, simony, donative.beneficent,a.benevolent,charitable, philanthropic, magnanimous, benignant.beneficial,a.advantageous, salutary,profitable,useful,wholesome.benefit,n.avail,profit, behalf,advantage,service.benefit,v.help,conduce, avail,advantage, be useful to, do good to.benevolence,n.beneficence,bounty, benignity,charity.benevolent,a.benign,beneficent,bountiful,charitable, philanthropic.benighted,a.unenlightened; belated.bent,a.crooked, flexed,hooked; determined.bent,n.leaning,bias, proclivity,tendency, predilection, predisposition.benumb,v.stupefy,blunt, hebetate.benumbed,a.torpid,unfeeling, stupefied.bequeath,v.devise,will.bequest,n.legacy.berate,v.upbraid,rate, reprimand,censure.berry,n.Associated words: baccate, baccated, baccivorous, bacciferous, cocciferous, bacciform.beseech,v.entreat,implore, adjure, supplicate.beset,v.besiege, obsess, beleaguer, environ, encompass;perplex,harass.besides,adv.moreover,furthermore, further, too.besiege,v.obsess, environ,beset, beleaguer, encompass.besieging,n.obsession.best,a.supreme,consummate, superlative,crowning,incomparable,utmost.bet,v.wager,stake.--n.wager.betoken,v.foreshadow,portend,presage, foreshow,indicate,augur.betray,v.seduce, mislead, delude,beguile,inveigle;reveal, disclose; give up treacherously, give over to theenemy, act the traitor, be false to.betrayal,n.treason,treachery,perfidy;revelation,exposure;seduction.betrayer,n.traitor,seducer;Judas.betroth,v.affiance.betrothal,n.affiance, betrothment.better,n.upperhand,domination,advantage,control,superiority;improvement.better,v.ameliorate,improve, emend,promote,reform, meliorate, amend.betterment,n.amelioration,improvement,promotion, amendment,reformation.between,prep.betwixt (Obsolescent).--a.interjacent,intervening.betwixt and between.(Colloq.)so-so,mediocre,average,ordinary,indifferent.bevy,n.(of birds)flock, covey; (of deer)herd; (of girls)group.bewail,v.deplore,lament,bemoan, wailover.bewilder,v.confuse,perplex,nonplus, obfuscate,confound,mystify,embarrass.bewildered,a.perplexed, confused, mystified, nonplused, obfuscated.bewildering,a.perplexing, confusing,puzzling,mystifying.bewilderment,n.perplexity,confusion,mystification, obfuscation.bewitch,v.charm,fascinate,captivate, enamor.Antonyms:disillusionize,repel, disabuse.bewitchery,n.bewitchment,charm,fascination,witchery.bewitching,a.enchanting,captivating,charming, irresistible.bias,n.bent, proneness, predisposition,prejudice.Bible,n.the Scriptures, the Word ofGod; (Catholic) DouayBible, Vulgate; (Mohammedan) Koran.Associated words: canonics,canon, canonical, anagogics, anagoge, exegesis, biblical, biblicist, bibliolater, bibliolatry, bibliology, biblist, bibliomancy, Hagiographa, hagiographer, hagiologist, hagiology,commentator, Heptateuch, Hexapla, Octapla, Apocrypha, Hexateuch, apologetics, concordance, synoptist,uncanonical, Homologoumena, Antilegomena.bibulous,a.absorbent;intemperate, cup-loving, bibacious.bickering,n.altercation,contention, wrangling, sparring, dissension,quarrel.bid,v.offer, proffer;order,direct, enjoin,command;invite,ask;wish,greet,salute.bidding,n.command,order, behest, dictation;offer,bid.big,a.large,huge,bulky,massive,immense,gross, voluminous, capacious, extensive; pregnant;arrogant,overbearing,lordly, magisterial,pompous;bombastic,grandiose, grandiloquent,highflown, sesquipedalian,inflated, turgid.bigamy,n.polygamy, polygyny.big-bellied,a.abdominous, paunchy, pot-bellied.bigness,n.size,bulk, largeness, magnitude, dimensions,volume, amplitude.bigot,n.fanatic,zealot, dogmatist.bigoted,a.dogmatic,narrow-minded,illiberal,intolerant.bigotry,n.intolerance, dogmatism,narrow-mindedness.bile,n.Associated words: acholia, acholous, biliation, biliferous, cholecystis, Ibilious, cholagogue,choleric, choledology, fellinic, hypercholia, biliary, bilin, choleic.bile,n.choler,bitterness:,anger,spleen,rancor,acrimony.bill,n.circular,placard,dodger,poster,broadside, bulletin; invoice;statement;beak, nib, mandible.billingsgate,n.vituperation,tirade, invective,ribaldry,abuse.bill of fare.menu.bin,n.crib,bunker, recepotacle.bind,v.fetter,tie,fasten,secure,gird,confine,restrict,restrain;bandage, swathne;oblige, obligate, layunder,obligation; indenture, apprentice;confirm,sanction,ratify; swaddle.Antonyms: unbind,loose.

beach,n.shore, strand, shingle, marge.

beached,a.stranded,aground.

beacon,n.balefire, signalfire;signal, pharos.Associated word: pharology.

beadle,n.apparitor,summoner, servitor.

beads,n. pl.rosary; passementerie (beaded trimming); chaplet; wampum, suckanhock, peag.

beak,n.bill, nib, neb, mandible; prow,bow,rostrum.Associated word: cere.

beam,n.girder, joist;ray,gleam.

beam,v.gleam,shine,glitter,glisten, scintillate.

beaming,a.radiant,shining.

beanlike,a.fabaceous.

bear,n.Bruin; Ursus; Ephraim; cub, whelp;grumbler,growler,boor; musquaw.

bear,v.endure,tolerate,stand, undergo,brook, submit to, suffer, bear with;harbor,cherish,entertain;support, sustain,uphold;carry, convey, transport, waft;render, produce,yield; bring forth,teem;relate,refer,concern;press,push,oppress.

bearable,a.sufferable,tolerable,endurable.Antonyms:unbearable,intolerable.

beard,n.whiskers; goatee, mustache; awn, arista (beard of grain).

beard,v.defy,encounter,oppose.

bearded,a.whiskered; aristate, awned.

bearing,n.mien,carriage,port,demeanor,air,deportment;endurance,forbearance,long-suffering,toleration, sufferance;relation,connection, dependency;course,aim,direction; bringing forth,yielding.

bearish,a.discourteous,boorish,uncivil,rude; ursine, ursiform.

bear out.sustain,support, corroborate,confirm,uphold.

beast,n.brute; quadruped;monster,brute.

beastly,a.bestial, irrational,brutal; (Colloq.)abominable,disagreeable,nasty.

beat,v.forge, malleate,beetle, weld,hammer; belabor,maul, buffet,smite, flagellate, whack,pelt,strike; Seewhip;overcome,vanquish,surpass,conquer,eclipse,subdue,checkmate,rout,excel,outdo;cheat,swindle,defraud;throb, pulsate;pulverize, comminute,bruise, bray, triturate;perplex,pose,nonplus.

beat,n.throb, pulsation;round;superior.

beat,a.(Colloq.)exhausted,weary, fatigued,beaten.

beat back.repel,repulse,resist.

beaten,a.conquered, defeated, vanquished.

beating,n.flagellation, drubbing, flogging, fustigation,castigation, thumping,mauling, verberation, pommeling; pulsation,throb,throbbing, saltation;defeat,repulse; malleation, forging, welding.

beating,a.pulsating,throbbing, pulsatile.

beau,n.lover,sweetheart,gallant, swain,flame, cicisbeo, admirer, suitor, inamorato;dandy, popinjay,dude,fop,coxcomb,exquisite,blade.

beautiful,a.fair,lovely, handsome,comely, personable, beauteous,elegant,exquisite.Antonyms:homely,ugly,repulsive,unlovely,hideous, uncomely, inelegant.

beautify,v.embellish,adorn,grace,garnish.

beauty,n.loveliness, fairness,elegance, comeliness, pulchritude,grace, exquisiteness,charm,attraction.Associated words: æsthetics, æsthetician, æstheticism, æsthete, æsthetic, esthetology, Apollo, Adonis,Venus, Hebe, Hyperion, Houri, Aphrodite.

becloud,v.dim,cloud,obscure, adumbrate, obfuscate.

becoming,a.appropriate,fit,seemly,befitting,comely.Antonyms: Seeunbecoming.

bed,n.berth, bunk,couch,cot; pallet, paillasse, mattress;cradle, trundle-bed;deposit,seam,vein, stratum.Associated words: decumbiture, lectual, clinic, clinical, valance, alcove.

bedbug,n.chinch.

bedclothes,n. pl.Associated words: floccillation, carphology, tilmus.

bedim,v.obscure,becloud, adumbrate, overcast.

bedlam,n.madhouse, insaneasylum; babel, pandemonium.

bedroom,n.chamber.

bedsore,n.decubitus.

bedspread,n.counterpane, coverlet.

bed-wetting,n.enuresis.

beehive,n.beehouse, apiary, alveary.

bees,n. pl.Associated words: apiology, apiculture, apiologist, apian, apiarian, apiarist, apivorous, hive,swarm, cerago, beebread.

beetle,n.mallet (heavy); scarabee,clock, coleopter, scarab.Associated words:: coleopterist, coleopteral.

beetle,v.overhang, jutout, protrude, project.

befall,v.happen, supervene, betide, bechance.

befitting,a.suitable,proper,becoming,appropriate,seemly,meet,applicable, congruous.

before,prep.preceding, ahead of, anterior to, previously to,prior.

before death.ante-mortem.

before the flood.antediluvian, antediluvial.

before the war.ante-bellum.

befuddle,v.confuse,mystify,bewilder.

beg,v.beseech, supplicate,implore; askalms.

beget,v.procreate, engender,generate,get.

begetter,n.procreator, generator,father.

beggar,n.mendicant, starveling, fakir,vagrant, eleemosynary, prog,tramp, bezonian, mumper, schnorrer (Jewish).

beggar,v.impoverish,ruin;exhaust,surpass,go beyond.

beggarly,a.indigent,destitute;despicable,pitiable, paltry.

beggary,n.mendicancy, indigence,penury,want,pauperism.

begging letterordrawing.screeve.

begin,v.commence;arise,spring, originate.

begin again.resume, recommence.

beginner,n.tyro,novice,neophyte, learner, apprentice, understudy,novitiate, probationer, catechumen, recruit.

beginning,n.commencement, inception,opening, outset, initiation,indication, incipience, nascency, incipiency,threshold, tyronism,novitiate;origin,source.

beginning again.resumption, recommencement.

begone,interj.avaunt.

beguile,v.insnare, mislead,lure,deceive,cheat; whileaway.

beguilement,n.imposition,deception.

behave,v.deport one'sself,act,bear.

behavior,n.conduct,deportment, actions,demeanor.

behead,v.decapitate, decollate,execute.

beheading,n.decapitation, decollation,execution.

behindhand,a.andadv.in arrears; dilatory,late,tardy, unpunctual.

beholden,a.obliged, indebted,bound.

beholder,n.spectator,witness,onlooker, eye-witness.

being,n.existence, entity.Antonyms: nonexistence,nonentity.Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.

belch,v.eruct,expel,throw up; eructate.

belching,n.eructation.

belfry,n.bell-tower, campanile.Associated words: louver boarding.

belief,n.credence;persuasion,faith; conviction,assurance,confidence; tenet,dogma,creed,opinion,doctrine, cult,view, principle; intuition; superstition, fanaticism.Antonyms:doubt, disbelief,skepticism,misgiving, incredulity.Associated words:credulous, incredulous, credulity, credibility, incredibility,gull,gullible, gullibility.

believable,a.credible.

belittle,v.decry,disparage,underrate, depreciate.

bell,n.campana, carillon, curfew, tocsin, gong.Associated words: campanology, campanologist,peal,ring, knell, toll,chime.

bellicose,a.pugnacious,belligerent.

belligerent,a.atwar, warring, militant;bellicose, pugnacious.

bell-ringer,n.sexton, campanologist.

bell-shaped,a.campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform.

bell-tower,n.belfry, campanile.

belly,n.abdomen,paunch; recesses,penetralia, depths.

belly-ache,n.colic,gripes, tormina, enteralgia.

belly-band,n.girth,surcingle.

belly-god,n.glutton,epicure, gourmand, sybarite,voluptuary.

belonging,n.appendage, appurtenance, adjunct concomitant, accessary,attribute.

below,adv.under, beneath, underneath.

below,prep.under, beneath, underneath; inferior to; unworthy of, unbefitting.

belt,n.girdle;girth,surcingle, cincture, cestus;zone; bandolier.

belt,v.encircle, begird, encompass,surround.

bemoan,v.lament,bewail,deplore.

bench,n.form; workbench.

bend,v.curve, flex, deflect,crook;direct,turn,apply;stoop,incline;yield,condescend.

bend,n.curve, deflection,crook,curvature, bight,coil, flexure, incurvation.

bendable,a.flexible,supple, lithe,pliable, pliant.Antonyms: Seeinflexible.

benefice,n.living (Eccl.); sinecure.Associated words: advowson, simony, donative.

beneficent,a.benevolent,charitable, philanthropic, magnanimous, benignant.

beneficial,a.advantageous, salutary,profitable,useful,wholesome.

benefit,n.avail,profit, behalf,advantage,service.

benefit,v.help,conduce, avail,advantage, be useful to, do good to.

benevolence,n.beneficence,bounty, benignity,charity.

benevolent,a.benign,beneficent,bountiful,charitable, philanthropic.

benighted,a.unenlightened; belated.

bent,a.crooked, flexed,hooked; determined.

bent,n.leaning,bias, proclivity,tendency, predilection, predisposition.

benumb,v.stupefy,blunt, hebetate.

benumbed,a.torpid,unfeeling, stupefied.

bequeath,v.devise,will.

bequest,n.legacy.

berate,v.upbraid,rate, reprimand,censure.

berry,n.Associated words: baccate, baccated, baccivorous, bacciferous, cocciferous, bacciform.

beseech,v.entreat,implore, adjure, supplicate.

beset,v.besiege, obsess, beleaguer, environ, encompass;perplex,harass.

besides,adv.moreover,furthermore, further, too.

besiege,v.obsess, environ,beset, beleaguer, encompass.

besieging,n.obsession.

best,a.supreme,consummate, superlative,crowning,incomparable,utmost.

bet,v.wager,stake.--n.wager.

betoken,v.foreshadow,portend,presage, foreshow,indicate,augur.

betray,v.seduce, mislead, delude,beguile,inveigle;reveal, disclose; give up treacherously, give over to theenemy, act the traitor, be false to.

betrayal,n.treason,treachery,perfidy;revelation,exposure;seduction.

betrayer,n.traitor,seducer;Judas.

betroth,v.affiance.

betrothal,n.affiance, betrothment.

better,n.upperhand,domination,advantage,control,superiority;improvement.

better,v.ameliorate,improve, emend,promote,reform, meliorate, amend.

betterment,n.amelioration,improvement,promotion, amendment,reformation.

between,prep.betwixt (Obsolescent).--a.interjacent,intervening.

betwixt and between.(Colloq.)so-so,mediocre,average,ordinary,indifferent.

bevy,n.(of birds)flock, covey; (of deer)herd; (of girls)group.

bewail,v.deplore,lament,bemoan, wailover.

bewilder,v.confuse,perplex,nonplus, obfuscate,confound,mystify,embarrass.

bewildered,a.perplexed, confused, mystified, nonplused, obfuscated.

bewildering,a.perplexing, confusing,puzzling,mystifying.

bewilderment,n.perplexity,confusion,mystification, obfuscation.

bewitch,v.charm,fascinate,captivate, enamor.Antonyms:disillusionize,repel, disabuse.

bewitchery,n.bewitchment,charm,fascination,witchery.

bewitching,a.enchanting,captivating,charming, irresistible.

bias,n.bent, proneness, predisposition,prejudice.

Bible,n.the Scriptures, the Word ofGod; (Catholic) DouayBible, Vulgate; (Mohammedan) Koran.Associated words: canonics,canon, canonical, anagogics, anagoge, exegesis, biblical, biblicist, bibliolater, bibliolatry, bibliology, biblist, bibliomancy, Hagiographa, hagiographer, hagiologist, hagiology,commentator, Heptateuch, Hexapla, Octapla, Apocrypha, Hexateuch, apologetics, concordance, synoptist,uncanonical, Homologoumena, Antilegomena.

bibulous,a.absorbent;intemperate, cup-loving, bibacious.

bickering,n.altercation,contention, wrangling, sparring, dissension,quarrel.

bid,v.offer, proffer;order,direct, enjoin,command;invite,ask;wish,greet,salute.

bidding,n.command,order, behest, dictation;offer,bid.

big,a.large,huge,bulky,massive,immense,gross, voluminous, capacious, extensive; pregnant;arrogant,overbearing,lordly, magisterial,pompous;bombastic,grandiose, grandiloquent,highflown, sesquipedalian,inflated, turgid.

bigamy,n.polygamy, polygyny.

big-bellied,a.abdominous, paunchy, pot-bellied.

bigness,n.size,bulk, largeness, magnitude, dimensions,volume, amplitude.

bigot,n.fanatic,zealot, dogmatist.

bigoted,a.dogmatic,narrow-minded,illiberal,intolerant.

bigotry,n.intolerance, dogmatism,narrow-mindedness.

bile,n.Associated words: acholia, acholous, biliation, biliferous, cholecystis, Ibilious, cholagogue,choleric, choledology, fellinic, hypercholia, biliary, bilin, choleic.

bile,n.choler,bitterness:,anger,spleen,rancor,acrimony.

bill,n.circular,placard,dodger,poster,broadside, bulletin; invoice;statement;beak, nib, mandible.

billingsgate,n.vituperation,tirade, invective,ribaldry,abuse.

bill of fare.menu.

bin,n.crib,bunker, recepotacle.

bind,v.fetter,tie,fasten,secure,gird,confine,restrict,restrain;bandage, swathne;oblige, obligate, layunder,obligation; indenture, apprentice;confirm,sanction,ratify; swaddle.Antonyms: unbind,loose.


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