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Amphispiza Belli
Sage Sage, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See Safe.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (S. pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe. Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. Sage cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. Sage grouse (Zo["o]l.), a very large American grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female sage hen. Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zo["o]l.), a species of hare (Lepus Nuttalli, or artemisia) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. Sage hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the sage grouse. Sage sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. Sage thrasher (Zo["o]l.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves.
Bellibone
Bellibone Bel"li*bone, n. [F. belle et bonne, beautiful and good.] A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Bellic
Bellic Bel"lic, Bellical Bel"li*cal, a. [L. bellicus. See Bellicose.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] ``Bellic C[ae]sar.' --Feltham.
Bellical
Bellic Bel"lic, Bellical Bel"li*cal, a. [L. bellicus. See Bellicose.] Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] ``Bellic C[ae]sar.' --Feltham.
Bellicose
Bellicose Bel"li*cose`, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.
Bellicosely
Bellicosely Bel"li*cose`ly, adv. In a bellicose manner.
Bellicous
Bellicous Bel"li*cous, a. Bellicose. [Obs.]
Bellied
Bellied Bel"lied, a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
Bellied
Belly Bel"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bellied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellying.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.] Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. --Shak.
Belligerence
Belligerence Bel*lig"er*ence, Belligerency Bel*lig"er*en*cy, n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.
Belligerency
Belligerence Bel*lig"er*ence, Belligerency Bel*lig"er*en*cy, n. The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.
Belligerent
Belligerent Bel*lig"er*ent, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
Belligerently
Belligerently Bel*lig"er*ent*ly, adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
Belling
Bell Bell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belling.] To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat. 2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.
Belling
Belling Bell"ing, n. [From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. --Johnson.
Bellipotent
Bellipotent Bel*lip"o*tent, a. [L. bellipotens; bellum war + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able.] Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] --Blount.
Bellis perennis
Marguerite Mar"gue*rite, n. [F., a pearl, a daisy. See Margarite.] (Bot.) The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. --Longfellow.
Big-bellied
Big-bellied Big"-bel`lied, a. Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.
blue-bellied lorikeet
Warrin War"rin, n. [From a native name.] (Zo["o]l.) An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.
blue-bellied parrot
Warrin War"rin, n. [From a native name.] (Zo["o]l.) An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.
Borassus flabelliformis
Jaggery Jag"ger*y, n. [Hind j[=a]gr[=i]. Cf. Sugar.] Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). [Written also jagghery.]
Borassus flabelliformis
Palmyra Pal*my"ra, n. (Bot.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
Broken-bellied
Broken-bellied Bro"ken-bel`lied, a. Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
Campbellite
Campbellite Camp"bell*ite, n. [From Alexander Campbell, of Virginia.] (Eccl.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.
Campbellites
Christian Chris"tian, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS. cristen. See Christ.] 1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. --Acts xi. 26. 2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. 3. (Eccl.) (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites. (b) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice. Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr[=i]s"chan.
Casus belli
Casus Ca"sus, n. [L.] An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident. Casus belli, an event or combination of events which is a cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war. Casus fortuitus, an accident against which due prudence could not have provided. See Act of God, under Act. Casus omissus, a case not provided for by the statute.
Cobelligerent
Cobelligerent Co`bel*lig"er*ent, a. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
Cobelligerent
Cobelligerent Co`bel*lig"er*ent, n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.
Corbelling
Corbeling Cor"bel*ing, Corbelling Cor"bel*ling, n. Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.
Embellish
Embellish Em*bel"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.

Meaning of belli from wikipedia

- The Belli, also designated Beli or Belaiscos were an ancient pre-Roman CelticCeltiberian people who lived in the modern Spanish province of Zaragoza from...
- A casus belli (from Latin casus belli 'occasion for war'; pl. casus belli) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A casus...
- Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996) was a United States lawyer and writer known as "The King of Torts" and by insurance companies as "Melvin...
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- Willam Belli (/ˈbɛlaɪ/, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality...
- species Bellis annua L. Bellis annua subsp. microcephala Bellis annua subsp. minuta Bellis azorica L. Bellis bernardii Boiss. & Reut. Bellis caerulescens...
- Look up casus belli in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Casus belli is a Latin expression meaning "An act or event that provokes or is used to justify...
- Peter Belli (born Georg Peter Brandt; 19 June 1943 – 8 June 2023) was a German-born Danish singer and actor. Belli's debut as a singer was in 1959, for...
- Belli (translation: Silver) is a 2014 Indian Kannada action drama film written and directed by Mussanje Mahesh. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Shiva...
- I Borghi più belli d'Italia (Italian: [i ˈborɡi pju bˈbɛlli diˈtaːlja]) is a non-profit private ****ociation of small Italian towns of strong historical...