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Becalming
- verb - 1. To render motionless for lack of wind: "Across the harbor, a small sailing skiff, becalmed near some reeds, caught the breeze again" (Horace Freeland Judson).
2. To make calm or still; soothe.
3. To deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- Making still or quiet
Beckoning
- verb - appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned"
- signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
- summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
Bedamning
- verb - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Bedaubing
- verb - spread or daub (a surface)
Bedecking
- verb - decorate; "deck the halls with holly"
Bedground
- noun - an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
Bedimming
- verb - make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
- make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"
Bedspring
- noun - (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
Bee Sting
- noun - a sting inflicted by a bee
Befalling
- verb - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)