Bessemer process |
a process for making steel by blasting hot compressed air through molten pig iron to remove impurities. |
best |
superlative of "good." [11 definitions] |
best-ball |
of or designating a system of scoring in golf competition in which, on each hole, the lower score of either partner is recorded as the score for that team. |
best-case scenario |
the best possible way that things could proceed from a particular point on. |
bestial |
like a beast, esp. in brutality or order of intelligence. |
bestiality |
beastlike or brutish conduct or character. [2 definitions] |
bestialize |
to turn (a human being) into a beast; bring out the beastly qualities in. |
bestiary |
a medieval collection of descriptions of or fables about real or mythical animals, in which each animal's nature is used to draw a moral point. |
bestir |
to stir or rouse (usu. oneself) to action. |
best-known |
most well-known. |
best man |
the bridegroom's principal attendant at a wedding. |
bestow |
to give, as a gift or award (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon"). [2 definitions] |
bestrew |
to scatter over or cover; strew. [2 definitions] |
bestride |
to be astride of; straddle. [3 definitions] |
bestseller |
a book or other product that outsells most others of its kind during a specified period. |
bet |
to agree to give up (usu. money) to another person if one's prediction of some future result does not occur. [7 definitions] |
beta |
the name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet. [3 definitions] |
beta blocker |
any of a class of drugs that inhibit the absorption of adrenalin and the activity of the autonomic nervous system, and are used to control the heartbeat and relieve angina and hypertension. |
beta-carotene |
a molecule of the carotene family that has a red-orange color and is abundant in plants. |
betake |
to take (usu. oneself) somewhere. |
beta particle |
a high-speed positron or electron ejected from a nucleus in radioactive decay or fission. |