Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. |
Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. |
Bell (n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. |
Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding |
Bell (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time |
Bell (v. t.) To put a bell upon |
Bell (v. t.) To make bell-mouthed |
Bell (v. i.) To develop bells or corollas |
Bell (v. t.) To utter by bellowing. |
Bell (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time |
Bell animalcule () An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds. |
Bell bearer () A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. |
Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. |
Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex |
Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Bell-mouthed (a.) Expanding at the mouth |
Bell pepper () A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens. |
Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell |
Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle |
House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind |
House (n.) Household affairs |
House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house |
House (n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred |
House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature |
House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment. |
House (n.) A public house |
House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. |
House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. |
House (n.) An audience |
House (n.) The body, as the habitation of the soul. |
House (n.) The grave. |
House (v. t.) To take or put into a house |
House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter. |
House (v. t.) To admit to residence |
House (v. t.) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. |
House (v. t.) To stow in a safe place |
House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging |
House (v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. |
Lombard-house (n.) Alt. of Lombar-house |
Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. |
Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged |
Moot-house (n.) A hall for public meetings |
Sance-bell (n.) Alt. of Sancte bell |
Sancte bell (n.) See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus. |
Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined |
Tippling-house (n.) A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises. |
Tiring-house (n.) A tiring-room. |
Treasure-house (n.) A house or building where treasures and stores are kept. |
Trugging-house (n.) A brothel. |
bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults, the children were playing house |
bell ringing carillon carillon playing | playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
house arrest | confinement to your own home |
Monmouth Court House Battle of Monmouth Court House Battle of Monmouth | a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution () that ended with the withdrawal of British forces |
house finch linnet Carpodacus mexicanus | small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico |
English sparrow house sparrow Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
currawong bell magpie | bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call |
house wren Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
house martin Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
milk snake house snake milk adder checkered adder Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata | long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars |
domestic cat house cat Felis domesticus Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
housefly house fly Musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases |
European house cricket Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
house mouse Mus musculus | brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide |
apartment building apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
apiary bee house | a shed containing a number of beehives |
beach house | a house built on or near a beach |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
bell | the flared opening of a tubular device |
bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
bellbottom trousers bell-bottoms bellbottom pants | trousers with legs that flare, worn by sailors, absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the s |
bell cote bell cot | a small shelter for bells, has a gable or shed roof |
bell deck | a floor under the bells of an open belfry |
bell foundry | a foundry where bells are cast |
bell gable | an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote |
bell jar bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
bell seat balloon seat | a seat that has a bell shape (on some th century chairs) |
bell tent | a bell-shaped tent |
bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
boarding house boardinghouse | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests |
brokerage house brokerage | place where a broker conducts his business |
building supply store building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
chapterhouse fraternity house frat house | a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity |
charnel house charnel | a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
chime bell gong | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer, used as an orchestral instrument |
church bell | a bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church), church bells were ringing all over town |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
coach house carriage house remise | a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles |
coal house | a shed for storing coal |
conference center conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
death house death row | the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution |
death knell death bell | a bell rung to announce a death |
deck-house | a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship |