Behoove :: Behoove (v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally..
Behoove :: Behoove (v. i.) To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due..
Billhook :: Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter..
Boohoo :: Boohoo (n.) The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.
Boyhood :: Boyhood (n.) The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.
Breasthook :: Breasthook (n.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side..
Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) The state of being brothers or a brother.
Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity..
Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood..
Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind..
Cahoot :: Cahoot (n.) Partnership; as, to go in cahoot with a person..