noun, verb

(by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items. (+11 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall. (+22 more)

adjective, noun

(of the weather) Pleasant (+4 more)

adverb, conjunction, preposition

(by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so". (+8 more)

verb

Begin to be (+9 more)

noun, verb

(heading) A layer or surface. (+4 more)

noun

A room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping.

noun, verb

(usually in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through. (+10 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(plural: beefs) A grudge (+15 more)

adverb, conjunction, preposition

At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking. (+11 more)

noun, verb

Beginning (+4 more)

adverb, noun, preposition

(1800s) The catcher. (+28 more)

verb

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing) (+4 more)

noun, verb

A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.). (+21 more)

adverb, preposition

(of a temperature) Below zero. (+12 more)

adverb, preposition

Besides (+6 more)

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

(degree) To a significant degree. (+24 more)

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

(degree) To a significant degree. (+37 more)

noun, preposition

A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics. (+6 more)

noun, verb

(usually in compounds specifying a context) a slut (+6 more)

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

(as plural) The big leagues, big time. (+37 more)