Alexander Graham Bell |
U.S. inventor of the telephone (b.1847--d.1922). |
bell buoy |
a buoy having a warning bell that rings whenever the buoy is rocked by waves. |
bell curve |
see "bell-shaped curve." |
bell jar |
a bell-shaped glass cover for a platform, used for displaying and protecting delicate objects. [2 definitions] |
bell pepper |
a pepper plant that bears a mild-flavored edible fruit. [2 definitions] |
bell tower |
a tower housing one or more bells. |
bell-bottom |
of pants, wide and flaring at the ankles. |
bell-bottoms |
pants that are wide and flaring at the ankles. |
bell-shaped curve |
a graphic representation of a statistically normal frequency distribution, which resembles the outline of a bell; bell curve. |
death bell |
a bell sounded to announce a death. |
diving bell |
a large metal chamber used for underwater work and supplied with air under pressure equal to that of the surrounding water. |
Liberty Bell |
the bronze bell of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, rung on July 8, 1776, to proclaim the independence of the United States. |
ring a bell |
to sound familiar; to cause a person to remember something. |