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Benighting
- verb - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"
- make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
- overtake with darkness or night
Benny Hill
- noun - risque English comedian (1925-1992)
Benthamism
- - That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.
Benthamite
- - One who believes in Benthamism.
Benzedrine
- noun - a form of amphetamine
Benzocaine
- noun - a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
Berkeleian
- - Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.
Bernardine
- - Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. -- n. A Cistercian monk.
Beseeching
- verb - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- begging
Beshrewing
- verb - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"