Belled to Belt

Belled
(Belled) a. Hung with a bell or bells.

Belle-lettrist
(Belle-let"trist) n. One versed in belles-lettres.

Bellerophon
(||Bel*ler"o*phon) n. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

Belles-lettres
(||Belles-let"tres) n. pl. [F.] Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; — used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Belletristic
(Bel`le*tris"tic Bel`le*tris"tic*al) a. Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles- lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.

Bell-faced
(Bell"-faced`) a. Having the striking surface convex; — said of hammers.

Bellflower
(Bell"flow`er) n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; — so named from its bell-shaped flowers.

Bellflower
(Bell"flow`er), n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [Written also bellefleur.]

Bellibone
(Bel"li*bone) n. [F. belle et bonne, beautiful and good.] A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bellic
(Bel"lic Bel"li*cal) a. [L. bellicus. See Bellicose.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic Cæsar." Feltham.

Bellicose
(Bel"li*cose`) a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein.
W. Irving.

Bellicosely
(Bel"li*cose`ly), adv. In a bellicose manner.

Bellicous
(Bel"li*cous) a. Bellicose. [Obs.]

Bellied
(Bel"lied) a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; — used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad- bellied.

Belligerence
(Bel*lig"er*ence Bel*lig"er*en*cy) n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

Belligerent
(Bel*lig"er*ent) a. [L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. belligérant. See Bellicose, Jest.]

1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." E. Everett.

2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

Belligerent
(Bel*lig"er*ent), n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

Belligerently
(Bel*lig"er*ent*ly), adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely.

Belling
(Bell"ing) n. [From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson.

Bellipotent
(Bel*lip"o*tent) a. [L. bellipotens; bellum war + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.] Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] Blount.


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