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.
