| BAE | • bae n. (Slang) Darling (term of endearment). • bae n. Asian pear. • bae v. (Intransitive) To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay. |
| BED | • bed n. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. • bed n. A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. • bed n. (Heading) A layer or surface. |
| BEE | • bee n. A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its… • bee n. A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee. • bee n. A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee. |
| BEG | • beg v. (Intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money. • beg v. (Transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat. • beg v. (Transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume. |
| BEL | • bel n. A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference… • bel n. Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”). • bel sym. (International standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Belarusian. |
| BEN | • ben n. (Obsolete) A prayer; a petition. • ben prep. (Scotland, Northern England) In, into. • ben adv. (Scotland, Northern England) Inside. |
| BES | • bes v. (Now chiefly dialectal) third-person singular simple present indicative form of be. • bes v. (Dialectal, nonstandard) Present tense inflected form of be: am or are. • bes n. (Historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as. |
| BET | • bet n. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to… • bet n. (Philippines, figuratively, informal, by extension) A candidate (for elections and pageants). • bet n. A degree of certainty. |
| BEY | • bey n. (Historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions. • bey n. In various other places, a prince or nobleman. • Bey prop.n. A surname. |
| BEZ | • bez n. The second tine of an antler’s beam. • bez v. (Nonstandard, dialectal) first-person plural simple present of be. • bez v. (Nonstandard, dialectal) third-person plural simple present of be. |
| BYE | • bye n. The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular… • bye n. (Cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting… • bye n. (Obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc. |
| DEB | • deb n. (Informal) Clipping of debutante. • deb n. (Informal) Debutante ball or debut. • Deb prop.n. Abbreviated form of the female given name Deborah. |
| EBB | • ebb n. The receding movement of the tide. • ebb n. A gradual decline. • ebb n. (Especially in the phrase ’at a low ebb’) A low state; a state of depression. |
| KEB | • keb v. (Northern England, dialect) Of a ewe, to abort a lamb. • keb n. (Northern England, dialect) A still-born lamb. • Keb prop.n. Alternative form of Geb. |
| NEB | • neb n. (Now dialectal) A bird’s beak or bill. • neb n. (Obsolete) A person’s mouth. • neb n. (Now dialectal) A person’s nose. |
| OBE | • obe n. (Historical) A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia. • obe n. Obsolete form of obeah. • OBE prop.n. Initialism of Office of Bilingual Education. |
| REB | • reb n. (US, historical) Clipping of rebel: a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier. • reb n. Shortened form of Rebbe. • reb n. An honorific used by traditional Jews, much like sir and mister/Mr. |
| WEB | • web n. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip… • web n. (By extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles… • web n. (Baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. |