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Be- :: Be- () A prefix, originally the same word as by;.

Tube-nosed :: Tube-nosed (a.) Belonging to the Tubinares.

Tube-nosed :: Tube-nosed (a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.

Robe-de-chambre :: Robe-de-chambre (n.) A dressing gown, or morning gown..

Be-all :: Be-all (n.) The whole; all that is to be.

Be- :: Be- () To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)..

Globeflower :: Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers..

Be- :: Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)..

Be- :: Be- () To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir..

Lobe-footed :: Lobe-footed (a.) Lobiped.

Globular :: Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms..

Wiseacre :: Wiseacre (v.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce..

Globe-shaped :: Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe.

Cuboid :: Cuboid (a.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot..

Bi- :: Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably..

Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.

Tube-shell :: Tube-shell (n.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell..

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