| alarm clock |
a clock with a bell or buzzer that can be set to sound at a chosen time. |
| Angelus |
a bell rung to announce the time of this prayer. [1/2 definitions] |
| belfry |
a tower of a church or other building in which a bell is hung; bell tower. |
| bell |
the ringing of a bell. [2/4 definitions] |
| bell buoy |
a buoy having a warning bell that rings whenever the buoy is rocked by waves. |
| bell curve |
see "bell-shaped curve." |
| bellflower |
one of a group of plants that bear bell-shaped pendant flowers; campanula; harebell. |
| bell jar |
a bell-shaped glass cover for a platform, used for displaying and protecting delicate objects. [2 definitions] |
| bellman |
one who carries or rings a bell, such as a town crier. [1/2 definitions] |
| bell-shaped curve |
a graphic representation of a statistically normal frequency distribution, which resembles the outline of a bell; bell curve. |
| bellwether |
a male sheep, with a bell hung about its neck, that leads the flock. [1/2 definitions] |
| Big Ben |
the bell in the clock tower of the Parliament building in London. [1/2 definitions] |
| bluebell |
any of various plants with blue, bell-shaped flowers. |
| bong1 |
the sound made by a large bell or gong. [2 definitions] |
| butternut squash |
a yellow, bell-shaped winter squash. |
| campanile |
a bell tower, esp. a free-standing one near another building such as a church. |
| campanula |
any of various bellflower plants that bear bell-shaped, usu. blue flowers. |
| cannon |
the metal loop attached to the top of a bell. [1/4 definitions] |
| celesta |
a small keyboard instrument fitted with a set of graduated metal plates that produce bell-like sounds when struck with hammers. |
| chime |
a bell, or the sound of a bell. [5/8 definitions] |
| clapper |
a usu. dangling object inside a bell that hits the bell's sides and produces a ringing sound. [1/2 definitions] |