beef Wellington |
a dish consisting of a lightly roasted piece of beef covered with pâté de foie gras, surrounded with pastry, and baked. |
beefy |
of or resembling beef. [2 definitions] |
beehive |
the constructed shelter in which bees live. [2 definitions] |
beekeeper |
one who raises bees. |
beeline |
the most direct course, usu. traveled quickly. |
Beelzebub |
according to the New Testament, the chief devil; Satan. |
bee moth |
a moth that lays its eggs in beehives, the wax of which provides food for the moth larvae. |
been |
past participle of be. |
beep |
a short, usu. high-pitched warning signal. [3 definitions] |
beeper |
a device that emits a beeping sound when it receives a radio signal, usu. used for paging those who carry it. |
beer |
a fermented alcoholic drink made of hops and malt. [2 definitions] |
beery |
like beer, esp. in taste or smell. [2 definitions] |
beestings |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the first milk of a mammal, esp. a cow, after giving birth; colostrum. |
beeswax |
the yellowish wax secreted by bees in constructing their honeycombs; wax. [2 definitions] |
beet |
a cultivated plant whose leaves and fleshy, usu. dark red root are edible. (See sugar beet.) [2 definitions] |
beetle1 |
any of several insects with two pairs of wings, of which the front pair is hard and covers the rear pair when the wings are at rest. [2 definitions] |
beetle2 |
a wooden mallet or club used to stamp and finish linen, compress paving stones, or mash vegetables. [3 definitions] |
beetle3 |
overhanging or projecting, as eyebrows. [2 definitions] |
beetle-browed |
having eyebrows that are bushy or joined together. [2 definitions] |
beet sugar |
sugar extracted from the roots of sugar beets. |
beeves |
a plural form of beef. |