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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bernardin: Bernardine
bernardin: Bernardine
berne: a piece of fabric, particularly wool; hazing inflicted on someone by tossing into the air on a blanket; such a blanket itself
berner: to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink
berneur: trickster
bernicle: synonym of bernache
bernique: limpet
bernique: I'm afraid not!
bernois: of Bern; Bernese; of Bernay, Bernes or Bernes-sur-Oise in France
berrani: foreigner
berrichon: of Berry (the historic French province)
berrichon: the medieval language once spoken in Berry
berruyer: of Bourges; of or from Berry
bersaglier: bersagliere
berserk: berserk, berserker (frenzied Norse warrior)
berthe: a sort of trim added to the neckline of a dress
berthiérite: berthierite
bertholite: chlorine used as a poison gas
berthon: foldboat
bertillonnage: bertillonage (an early form of biometrics used by the French police)
bertrandite: bertrandite
berzingue: speed (rapidity; rate of motion)
berçant: rocking
bes-j: alternative spelling of jambes
besace: satchel
besacier: beggar (with a bag to collect money)
besaiguë: large, long-handled twibill with a broad chisel and a mortise chisel for cutting mortises; a small glazier's hammer
besaigüe: post-1990 spelling of besaiguë
besant: bezant (coin); roundel of metal; besant d'or, bezant; besant d'argent, plate
besantin: of, from or relating to the city of Besançon, the prefecture of the Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
besef: a lot
beseff: a lot
beshbarmak: Beshbarmak
besicles: spectacles, glasses
besogne: work, job
besogner: to toil, drudge, slave away
besogneusement: needily
besogneux: needy; hard-working but poorly paid
besoin: need; want (state of being in need)
besoin en fonds de roulement: working capital requirement
bessemérisation: bessemerization
bessemériser: to bessemerize
besson: twin
besson: twin
best of: best of (compilation)
best-seller: bestseller (a top selling product, especially a book)
bestiaire: bestiary
bestiaire: beastmaster (type of gladiator fighting wild beasts)
bestial: bestial
bestialement: bestially
bestialiser: to bestialize
bestialité: bestiality (beastlike, brutish behavior); bestiality (sexual relations with an animal)
bestiaux: cattle, livestock
bestiole: small animal; girl without spirit
betaméthasone: betamethasone
bette: chard (vegetable); beet plant; beet, beetroot (vegetable)
betterave: beet
betterave à sucre: sugar beet
betteravier: beetroot
beu: weed, pot (marijuana)