Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be
8 of 13 senses of be
Sense 1
be
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want need require
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe
=> mope, moon around moon about
=> sulk, grizzle, brood, stew
=> look appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by stick by stick to stick with adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around
=> total, number, add up come amount
=> count matter, weigh
=> rate, deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody
=> contain, take hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given lean, incline, run
=> pride
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> attend
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
Sense 3
be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance, keep one's hands off stay away
=> reach, extend to touch
=> run, go pass, lead, extend
=> go lead
=> cover, extend
=> extend, stick out poke out reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 4
exist, be
=> come
=> preexist
=> kick around knock about kick about
=> coexist
=> prevail, hold obtain
=> dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
=> flow
Sense 6
equal, be
=> equate, correspond
=> match, fit correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> represent, stand for correspond
Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up comprise, be
=> make
=> compose
=> form constitute, make
=> range, straddle
=> fall into fall under
=> present, pose
Sense 8
be follow
=> vet
=> cox
Sense 9
embody, be personify
=> body, personify
=> exemplify, represent, typify
Sense 13
cost, be
=> set back knock back put back
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb be
8 of 13 senses of be
Sense 1
be
=> suffer, hurt
=> have
=> gag, choke, suffocate
=> ail
=> starve, hunger, famish
=> be well
=> suffer
=> freeze
=> swelter
=> feel
=> suffocate
=> stay, remain, rest
=> sit tight
=> stick together, stay together
=> stand
=> keep stay fresh
=> be
=> continue
=> carry, extend
=> last
=> prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
=> carry over
=> stand
=> wash
=> sparkle, scintillate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> stump, mix up
=> stagger
=> riddle
=> elude, escape
=> defy, resist, refuse
=> beggar
=> disorient, disorientate
=> rank
=> place come in come out
=> come
=> point
=> want need require
=> cry
=> rest
=> kneel
=> stand stand up
=> ramp
=> stand back
=> line up queue up queue
=> cut
=> seethe
=> bubble over overflow, spill over
=> mope, moon around moon about
=> sulk, grizzle, brood, stew
=> look appear, seem
=> make
=> cut
=> feel
=> pass off
=> sound
=> come across
=> glow, beam, radiate, shine
=> glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
=> spangle
=> shimmer
=> leap out jump out jump, stand out stick out
=> rise, lift, rear
=> loom, tower, hulk
=> loom
=> feel
=> crawl
=> appear, seem
=> seem
=> owe
=> mortgage
=> bond
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> instantiate
=> speak for
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> determine
=> pin down peg down nail down narrow down narrow, specify
=> concretize
=> redefine
=> go
=> make sense add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out turn up
=> result, ensue
=> come
=> be due, flow from
=> follow
=> follow come after
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by stick by stick to stick with adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around
=> prowl, lurch
=> total, number, add up come amount
=> work out
=> outnumber
=> average, average out
=> make
=> count matter, weigh
=> weigh, press
=> rate, deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody
=> reincarnate
=> contain, take hold
=> sleep
=> seat
=> cost, be
=> set back knock back put back
=> measure
=> stand
=> weigh
=> last endure
=> run, run for
=> wear, hold out endure
=> drag on drag out
=> scale
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> teem, swarm
=> crawl
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given lean, incline, run
=> take kindly to
=> suffer
=> gravitate
=> pride
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> predicate
=> tutor
=> tie in
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on continue, remain
=> bide, abide, stay
=> overstay, outstay
=> sell
=> retail
=> trade
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> go
=> fall, come
=> run into encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> opalesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> brood, hover, loom, bulk large
=> litter
=> suit
=> agree
=> end
=> close
=> fit
=> fit go
=> joint
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, curve
=> circumvolute
=> spiral
=> snake
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> attend
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
Sense 3
be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> sit in
=> worship
=> offer, offer up
=> sacrifice
=> immolate
=> occupy, fill
=> deluge, flood, inundate
=> crowd
=> take up
=> dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> rusticate
=> occupy, reside, lodge in
=> move in
=> stay at
=> squat
=> crash
=> cohabit, shack up
=> miscegenate
=> lodge
=> sleep over
=> camp, encamp, camp out bivouac, tent
=> board, room
=> inhabit, occupy
=> tenant
=> infest
=> invade, overrun, infest
=> nest
=> stand back keep one's eyes off keep one's distance, keep one's hands off stay away
=> reach, extend to touch
=> reach into
=> run, go pass, lead, extend
=> come
=> radiate, ray
=> go far go deep
=> go lead
=> cover, extend
=> cross, traverse, span, sweep
=> sweep
=> rake
=> enfilade
=> overlap
=> spread, overspread
=> ridge
=> dot, stud, constellate
=> extend, stick out poke out reach out
=> lie
=> ride
=> lap
=> localize, localise
=> slant
=> precede, predate
=> underlie
=> cap, crest
=> front, look face
=> confront
=> back
=> flank
=> head
=> surmount
=> pinnacle
=> crown
=> dominate, command, overlook, overtop
=> shadow, overshadow, dwarf
=> line run along
=> rim
=> beard
=> orient, point
=> look out on look out over overlook, look across
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 4
exist, be
=> come
=> preexist
=> kick around knock about kick about
=> coexist
=> coexist
=> coincide, cooccur
=> overlap
=> prevail, hold obtain
=> dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> inhere
=> pertain, appertain
=> endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
=> flow
Sense 6
equal, be
=> equate, correspond
=> match, fit correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> consist
=> look
=> answer
=> coincide
=> align
=> correlate
=> parallel
=> twin, duplicate, parallel
=> square
=> corroborate, underpin, bear out support
=> resemble
=> look like
=> come to life
=> take after
=> approximate, come close
=> border on approach
=> converge
=> imitate, copy
=> make
=> ape
=> emulate
=> follow suit
=> echo, recall
=> meet fit conform to
=> coordinate
=> behoove, behove
=> satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to
=> suffice, do answer, serve
=> tide over bridge over keep going
=> go a long way
=> serve, function
=> prelude
=> act as
=> qualify, measure up
=> go around
=> cover
=> suit, accommodate, fit
=> homologize
=> befit, suit, beseem
=> harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in agree
=> blend, go blend in
=> pattern
=> accede, adhere
=> overlap
=> share
=> partake
=> osculate
=> rhyme, rime
=> assonate
=> represent, stand for correspond
Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up comprise, be
=> make
=> compose
=> form constitute, make
=> constellate
=> conglobate, conglobe
=> chelate
=> add
=> range, straddle
=> spread-eagle
=> fall into fall under
=> present, pose
Sense 8
be follow
=> vet
=> cox
Sense 9
embody, be personify
=> body, personify
=> exemplify, represent, typify
Sense 13
cost, be
=> set back knock back put back
Entailment of verb be
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb be
13 senses of be
Sense 1
be
Sense 2
be
Sense 3
be
Sense 4
exist, be
Sense 5
be
Sense 6
equal, be
Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up comprise, be
Sense 8
be follow
Sense 9
embody, be personify
=> symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent
Sense 10
be
=> take occupy, use up
Sense 11
be live
Sense 12
be
=> stay, remain, rest
Sense 13
cost, be
=> be
Familiarity of verb be
be used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 13)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb be
Sense 1
be
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Sense 2
be
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Sense 3
be
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Sense 4
exist, be
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Sense 5
be
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Sense 6
equal, be
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Sense 7
constitute, represent, make up comprise, be
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Sense 8
be follow
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Sense 9
embody, be personify
=> symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent
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Sense 10
be
=> take occupy, use up
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Sense 11
be live
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Sense 12
be
=> stay, remain, rest
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Sense 13
cost, be
=> be
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Grep of noun bes
besieger
besieging
besom
bessel
bessemer
bessemer converter
bessemer process
bessera
bessera elegans
besseya
besseya alpina
bessie smith
bessy cerca
best
best and greatest
best evidence rule
best friend
best man
best seller
bestiality
bestiary
bestowal
bestowment
celebes
federation of tribes
genus ribes
hobbes
lost tribes
pubes
ribes
tabes
thebes
thomas hobbes
vibes
Grep of noun be
abbe
academic robe
acorn tube
adobe
aerobe
anaerobe
anglophobe
astilbe
astrolabe
auditory tube
augustin eugene scribe
babe
bathrobe
be
beach
beach aster
beach ball
beach buggy
beach chair
beach erosion
beach flea
beach front
beach goldenrod
beach grass
beach heather
beach house
beach morning glory
beach pancake
beach pea
beach plum
beach plum bush
beach sand verbena
beach strawberry
beach towel
beach waggon
beach wagon
beach wormwood
beachcomber
beachhead
beachwear
beacon
beacon fire
beacon hill
beacon light
bead
bead and quirk
bead fern
bead tree
beaded lizard
beading
beading plane
beadle
beads
beadsman
beadwork
beagle
beagling
beak
beaked hazelnut
beaked parsley
beaked salmon
beaked whale
beaker
beam
beam-ends
beam balance
beam of light
beam scale
bean
bean-caper family
bean aphid
bean beetle
bean blight
bean caper
bean curd
bean dip
bean plant
bean sprout
bean tostada
bean tree
bean trefoil
bean weevil
beanbag
beanball
beaner
beanfeast
beanie
beano
beanstalk
beantown
beany
bear
bear's-paw fern
bear's breech
bear's breeches
bear's ear
bear's foot
bear's grape
bear cat
bear claw
bear cub
bear grass
bear hug
bear market
bear oak
bear paw
bearberry
bearberry willow
bearcat
beard
beard lichen
beard moss
beard worm
bearded darnel
bearded iris
bearded seal
bearded vulture
bearded wheatgrass
beardless iris
bearer
bearer bond
bearing
bearing brass
bearing false witness
bearing metal
bearing rein
bearing wall
bearnaise
bearskin
bearwood
beast
beast of burden
beastliness
beat
beat generation
beater
beatification
beating
beating-reed instrument
beatitude
beatles
beatnik
beatniks
beatrice
beatrice lillie
beatrice webb
beats
beats per minute
beau
beau brummell
beau geste
beau ideal
beau monde
beaufort scale
beaufort sea
beaugregory
beaujolais
beaumont
beaumontia
beaumontia grandiflora
beaut
beauteousness
beautician
beautification
beauty
beauty bush
beauty consultant
beauty parlor
beauty parlour
beauty quark
beauty salon
beauty shop
beauty sleep
beauty spot
beauvoir
beaux arts
beaver
beaver board
beaver rat
beaver state
beaverbrook
bebop
bechamel
bechamel sauce
bechtel crab
bechuana
beck
becket
becket bend
beckett
beckley
beckman thermometer
becomingness
becquerel
bed
bed-and-breakfast
bed-wetting
bed and breakfast
bed bug
bed check
bed clothing
bed cover
bed covering
bed jacket
bed linen
bed of flowers
bed of roses
bed pillow
bed sheet
beda
bedbug
bedchamber
bedclothes
bedcover
bedder
bedding
bedding geranium
bedding material
bedding plant
bede
bedesman
bedevilment
bedfellow
bedford cord
bedframe
bedground
bedlam
bedlamite
bedlington terrier
bedouin
bedpan
bedpost
bedrest
bedrock
bedroll
bedroom
bedroom furniture
bedroom set
bedroom suite
bedside
bedside manner
bedsit
bedsitter
bedsitting room
bedsore
bedspread
bedspring
bedstead
bedstraw
bedtime
beduin
bedwetter
bee
bee balm
bee beetle
bee eater
bee fly
bee house
bee killer
bee moth
bee orchid
bee sting
beebalm
beebread
beech
beech family
beech fern
beech marten
beech tree
beecher
beechnut
beechwood
beef
beef bourguignonne
beef broth
beef burrito
beef cattle
beef fondue
beef goulash
beef jerky
beef loin
beef man
beef neck
beef patty
beef plant
beef roast
beef stew
beef stock
beef stroganoff
beef tallow
beef tea
beef tenderloin
beef tongue
beef wellington
beefalo
beefburger
beefeater
beefsteak
beefsteak begonia
beefsteak fungus
beefsteak geranium
beefsteak morel
beefsteak plant
beefwood
beehive
beehive state
beekeeper
beekeeping
beeline
beelzebub
beep
beeper
beer
beer barrel
beer bottle
beer can
beer drinker
beer garden
beer glass
beer hall
beer keg
beer maker
beer mug
beerbohm
beeswax
beet
beet armyworm
beet blight
beet green
beet sugar
beethoven
beetle
beetleweed
beetroot
befooling
before christ
befoulment
befuddlement
begetter
beggar
beggar's-ticks
beggar's lice
beggar-ticks
beggar lice
beggarman
beggarweed
beggarwoman
beggary
begging
begin
beginner
beginning
beginning rhyme
begonia
begonia cheimantha
begonia cocchinea
begonia dregei
begonia erythrophylla
begonia family
begonia feastii
begonia heracleifolia
begonia rex
begonia semperflorens
begonia socotrana
begonia tuberhybrida
begoniaceae
beguilement
beguiler
beguine
begum
behalf
behavior
behavior modification
behavior therapy
behaviorism
behaviorist
behavioristic psychology
behaviour
behaviourism
behaviourist
behaviouristic psychology
beheading
behemoth
behest
behind
behmen
behmenism
beholder
beholding
behring
beige
beijing
beijing dialect
being
beingness
beirut
bel
bel-merodach
bel canto
bel esprit
bela ferenc blasko
bela lugosi
belamcanda
belamcanda chinensis
belarus
belarusian
belau
belay
belaying pin
belch
belching
beldam
beldame
beleaguering
belemnite
belemnitidae
belemnoidea
belfast
belfry
belgian
belgian beef stew
belgian capital
belgian congo
belgian endive
belgian franc
belgian griffon
belgian hare
belgian sheepdog
belgian shepherd
belgian waffle
belgique
belgium
belgrade
belief
believability
believer
believing
belisarius
belittling
belize
belize dollar
bell
bell-shaped curve
bell apple
bell arch
bell book
bell buoy
bell captain
bell cot
bell cote
bell deck
bell founder
bell foundry
bell gable
bell glass
bell heather
bell jar
bell magpie
bell metal
bell morel
bell pepper
bell push
bell ringer
bell ringing
bell seat
bell shape
bell tent
bell toad
bell tower
bella sombra
belladonna
belladonna lily
bellarmine
bellarmino
bellbird
bellbottom trousers
bellbottoms
bellboy
belle
belle de nuit
belle isle cress
belleau wood
bellerophon
belles-lettres
belles lettres
bellflower
bellflower family
bellhop
belligerence
belligerency
belligerent
belling
bellingham
bellis
bellis perennis
bellman
bellow
bellower
bellowing
bellows
bellows fish
bellpull
bells of ireland
bellwether
bellwort
belly
belly dance
belly dancer
belly dancing
belly flop
belly flopper
belly laugh
belly whop
belly whopper
bellyache
bellyacher
bellyband
bellybutton
bellyful
belmont park
belmont stakes
belo horizonte
belonging
belongings
belonidae
belorussia
belorussian
belostomatidae
beloved
belshazzar
belt
belt buckle
belt maker
belted kingfisher
belted sandfish
belting
beluga
beluga caviar
belvedere
bema
bemidji
bemisia
bemisia tabaci
bemusement
ben
ben gurion
ben hecht
ben hogan
ben jonson
ben shahn
benadryl
bench
bench clamp
bench lathe
bench mark
bench press
bench vise
bench warmer
bench warrant
benchley
benchmark
bend
bend dexter
bend sinister
bendability
benday process
bender
bending
bendopa
bends
bendy tree
benedick
benedict
benedict arnold
benedict de spinoza
benedictine
benediction
benefaction
benefactor
benefactress
benefice
beneficence
beneficiary
beneficiation
benefit
benefit album
benefit concert
benefit of clergy
benelux
benevolence
bengal
bengal bean
bengal kino
bengal light
bengal rose
bengal tiger
bengali
benghal bean
benghazi
benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign tumor
benign tumour
benignancy
benignity
benin
benin franc
beninese
benison
benito mussolini
benjamin
benjamin bush
benjamin david goodman
benjamin disraeli
benjamin franklin
benjamin franklin bridge
benjamin franklin norris jr
benjamin harris
benjamin harrison
benjamin henry latrobe
benjamin jonson
benjamin jowett
benjamin peirce
benjamin ricketson tucker
benjamin rush
benjamin shahn
benjamin spock
benjamin thompson
benjamin west
benne
bennet
bennett
bennettitaceae
bennettitales
bennettitis
benni
bennie
bennington
benniseed
benny
benny goodman
benny hill
benoit mandelbrot
bent
bent grass
bentgrass
bentham
benthic division
benthonic zone
benthos
benton
bentonite
benvenuto cellini
benweed
benzedrine
benzene
benzene formula
benzene nucleus
benzene ring
benzine
benzoate
benzoate of soda
benzocaine
benzodiazepine
benzofuran
benzoic acid
benzoin
benzoin odoriferum
benzol
benzoquinone
benzoyl group
benzoyl peroxide
benzoyl radical
benzyl
benzyl group
benzyl radical
benzylpenicillin
beograd
beowulf
bequest
berating
berber
berberidaceae
berberis
berberis canadensis
berberis thunbergii
berberis vulgaris
berceuse
bercy
bercy butter
bereavement
beret
berg
bergall
bergamot
bergamot mint
bergamot orange
bergen
bergenia
bergman
bergson
beria
beriberi
bering
bering sea
bering standard time
bering strait
bering time
berit
berith
berkeley
berkelium
berkshire
berkshire hills
berkshires
berlin
berlin airlift
berlin doughnut
berliner
berlioz
bermuda
bermuda buttercup
bermuda cedar
bermuda chub
bermuda dollar
bermuda grass
bermuda lily
bermuda maidenhair
bermuda maidenhair fern
bermuda onion
bermuda plan
bermuda rig
bermuda shorts
bermuda triangle
bermudan
bermudan rig
bermudas
bermudian
bermudian rig
bern
berna eli oldfield
bernard
bernard hinault
bernard law montgomery
bernard malamud
bernardo bertolucci
bernd heinrich wilhelm von kleist
berne
bernese mountain dog
bernhardt
bernoulli
bernoulli's law
bernoulli distribution
bernstein
beroe
berra
berry
berry fern
berteroa
berteroa incana
berth
bertholletia
bertholletia excelsa
bertillon
bertillon system
bertolt brecht
bertolucci
bertrand arthur william russell
bertrand russell
berycomorphi
beryl
beryllium
beryllium bronze
berzelius
besieger
besieging
besom
bessel
bessemer
bessemer converter
bessemer process
bessera
bessera elegans
besseya
besseya alpina
bessie smith
bessy cerca
best
best and greatest
best evidence rule
best friend
best man
best seller
bestiality
bestiary
bestowal
bestowment
bet
beta
beta-adrenergic blocker
beta-adrenergic blocking agent
beta-adrenergic receptor
beta-adrenoceptor
beta-carotene
beta-hydroxybutyric acid
beta-lactamase
beta-lipoprotein
beta-naphthol
beta blocker
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beta crucis
beta globulin
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beta orionis
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beta ray
beta receptor
beta rhythm
beta software
beta test
beta vulgaris
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beta vulgaris vulgaris
beta wave
betatron
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betel pepper
betelgeuse
beth
bethe
bethel
bethlehem
bethune
betise
betrayal
betrayer
betrothal
betrothed
betsy griscom ross
betsy ross
bette davis
better
better half
betterment
betting odds
betting shop
bettong
bettongia
bettor
betty friedan
betty naomi friedan
betula
betula alleghaniensis
betula cordifolia
betula fontinalis
betula glandulosa
betula lenta
betula leutea
betula neoalaskana
betula nigra
betula papyrifera
betula pendula
betula populifolia
betula pubescens
betulaceae
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