English English Dictionary

of Bell

A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Alt. of Belletristical

Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres.

A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.

A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.

Alt. of Bellical

Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial.

Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

In a bellicose manner.

Bellicose.

Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.

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Alt. of Belligerency

The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

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

A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.