English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bettering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Better
Betterment
(n.)
A making better; amendment; improvement.
Betterment
(n.)
An improvement of an estate which renders it better
than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.
Bettermost
(a.)
Best.
Betterness
(n.)
The quality of being better or superior; superiority.
Betterness
(n.)
The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in
fineness the standard.
Betting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bet
Bettong
(n.)
A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus
Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.
Bettor
(n.)
One who bets; a better.
Betty
(n.)
A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the
duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish
matters.
Betty
(n.)
A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which
olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a
Florence flask.
Betty
(n.)
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
Betulin
(n.)
A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer
bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar
prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor.
Betumble
(v. t.)
To throw into disorder; to tumble.
Betumbled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Betumble
Betutor
(v. t.)
To tutor; to instruct.
Betutored
(imp. & p. p.)
of Betutor
Between
(n.)
Intermediate time or space; interval.
Between
(prep.)
In intermediate relation to, in respect to time,
quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
Between
(prep.)
Used in expressing motion from one body or place to
another; from one to another of two.