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— English words —
  • ben n. (Obsolete) A prayer; a petition.
  • ben prep. (Scotland, Northern England) In, into.
  • ben adv. (Scotland, Northern England) Inside.
  • ben adj. Inner, interior.
  • ben n. (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
  • ben n. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
  • ben n. The winged seed of the ben tree.
  • ben n. The oil of the ben seed.
  • ben n. (Usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
  • ben n. A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
  • ben adj. (Obsolete, UK, thieves’ cant) Alternative spelling of bene; good.
  • ben n. (UK, theater, slang, obsolete) A benefit (performance to raise funds).
  • Ben prop.n. A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
  • Ben n. (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form…
  • Ben prop.n. The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
  • Ben prop.n. A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
— International convention —
  • ben sym. (International standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bengali.
  • BEN sym. (International standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Benin since 1977.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Amele
    • ben adj. Big.
    • ben n. A big thing.
  • Berbice creole dutch
  • Catalan
    • ben adv. Alternative form of bé.
  • Cebuano
    • Ben prop.n. A male given name from English.
  • Cimbrian
    • ben conj. (Luserna) when.
  • Corsican
    • ben n. Deceased.
    • ben adv. Alternative form of bè.
  • Danish
    • ben n. Leg (a limb of a human or an animal used for walking; also, by analogy, the legs of a desk or a chair).
    • ben n. Bone (any part of the skeleton).
    • ben n. Sinecure (A position that requires little to no work but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.).
  • Domari
  • Eton
  • Faroese - Old norse
  • Friulian
    • ben adv. Properly, nicely.
    • ben n. Good.
  • Friulian - Galician - Interlingua - Istriot - Ladin - Lombard - Occitan - Venetian
  • Galician
    • ben n. Benefit; welfare.
    • ben n. (In the plural) goods.
    • ben n. Good (the forces that are the enemy of evil).
    • ben adv. Very; a lot; enough.
    • ben adv. Plus, or more, upwards.
  • German low german
    • Ben n. Alternative spelling of Been : leg.
    • Ben n. Alternative spelling of Been : bone (as material).
    • Ben n. Alternative spelling of Been : bones; a skeleton or skeletons.
  • Hungarian
    • -ben suff. (Case suffix) in. Used to form the inessive case.
  • Japanese
    • ben rom. Rōmaji transcription of べん.
    • -ben rom. Rōmaji transcription of べん.
  • Kabuverdianu
    • ben v. To come.
  • Ladin
    • ben adv. Properly.
    • ben n. (Especially in the plural) goods, property.
  • Ligurian - Walloon
  • Mandarin
    • ben rom. Nonstandard spelling of bēn.
    • ben rom. Nonstandard spelling of běn.
    • ben rom. Nonstandard spelling of bèn.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佄.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倴.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坌.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 央.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奔.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捹.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撪.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桳.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燌.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獐.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笨.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軦.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 輽.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逩.
    • bèn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 体.
    • běn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 夲.
    • běn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奙.
    • běn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 本.
    • běn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楍.
    • běn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畚.
    • běn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苯.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奔.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栞.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泍.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渀.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犇.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟤.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貼.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贰.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逤.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錛.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐼.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锛.
    • bēn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賁.
    • béŋ rom. Rare spelling of béng.
    • bèŋ rom. Rare spelling of bèng.
    • běŋ rom. Rare spelling of běng.
    • bēŋ rom. Rare spelling of bēng.
  • Manx - Old irish
  • Middle english
    • ben v. Alternative form of been.
  • Northern kurdish
    • ben n. String, rope.
  • Norwegian bokmål
    • ben n. A leg.
    • ben n. A bone.
    • b-en n. Definite singular of b.
    • B-en n. Definite singular of B.
  • Occitan
    • ben n. Good, possession.
  • Old dutch - Old frisian - Old saxon - Old swedish
  • Old dutch - Old frisian - Old swedish
  • Old english
    • ben n. Prayer, praying.
    • ben n. Request, entreaty.
    • ben n. Alternative form of benn.
  • Old french
    • ben adv. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bien.
  • Old irish
    • ben n. Wife.
    • ben v. Third-person singular present indicative conjunct of benaid.
    • ben v. Second-person singular imperative of benaid.
  • Old norse
    • ben n. Mortal wound.
    • ben n. Small bleeding wound.
  • Old occitan
  • Scots
    • ben n. The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
    • ben adj. Inner, interior.
    • ben prep. Through, in, into, inside (a dwelling).
    • ben n. Mountain, hill.
  • Serbo-croatian
    • ben n. (Regional) birthmark.
    • ben n. (Regional) mole.
    • ben n. (Regional) naevus.
  • Sranan tongo
    • ben part. Verbal marker for the past tense.
  • Swedish
    • ben n. (Anatomy) leg; a body part.
    • ben n. Leg; part of trousers which covers the legs.
    • ben n. The part of a piece furniture on which it stands.
    • ben n. (Anatomy) bone; any of the components of an endoskeleton.
    • ben n. (Anatomy) bone; the material of the endoskeleton.
  • Turkish
    • ben pron. I.
    • ben n. (Psychology) ego.
    • ben n. Birthmark, mole.
  • Vietnamese
    • ben n. Dump truck.
    • bén adj. (Central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) sharp.
    • bén v. To touch; to set.
    • bén v. To catch (said of fire).
    • bén v. To strike; to develop roots.
    • bén v. To begin to be attached to.
    • bèn adv. (Literary) and so one does something; then; thereupon.
    • bên n. Side.
    • bên n. Edge.
    • bên n. Face.
    • bên prep. By; beside.
    • bến n. A station (place where a vehicle may stop).
    • bến n. A port or a wharf.
    • bến n. (Literary) the shore of a body of water.
    • bền adj. (Of material, etc.) durable; strong; solid; firm.
    • bền adj. (Of emotion, etc.) long-lasting.
    • bển n. (Southern Vietnam) that side.
    • bển prop.n. (Southern Vietnam, specifically) the United States of America.
    • bẹn n. (Anatomy) groin.
    • bện v. To plait, to twist (Rope, hair, etc.).
  • Volapük
    • ben n. (Sense of) well-being, welfare, being well, wellness.
  • Welsh
    • ben n. Soft mutation of pen.
  • Wolof
— English word, defined in French —
  • Ben n. Prénom masculin, diminutif de Benjamin, Benoît ou Benedict.
— In German —
  • Ben S. Männlicher Vorname: Kurzform für Benjamin.
  • Ben S. Namenszusatz in semitischen Sprachen.
  • ben. Abk. Benachrichtigt.
  • ben. Abk. Benannt.
  • ben. Abk. Benötigt.
  • ben. Abk. Benutzt.
— In Dutch —
  • ben n. Hoge gevlochten mand, vaak gebruikt voor het bewaren van vis of vruchten.
  • ben n. (Jiddisch-Hebreeuws) zoon.
  • ben w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van zijn.
  • ben w. Tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van zijn na inversie.
  • Ben eig. (Mannelijke naam) jongensnaam.
— In French —
  • ben n.m. (Botanique) Plante de la famille des Moringaceae, qui pousse…
  • ben n.m. (Argot) Bénard, pantalon.
  • ben adv. (Populaire) Évidemment, bien sûr (que).
  • ben adv. (Populaire) Mot permettant au locuteur d’avoir le temps…
  • ben adv. (Populaire) Contraction de eh bien.
  • ben adv. (Populaire) Déformation de bien.
  • Ben n.prop. (Géographie) Village appartenant à la commune de Huy en Belgique.
  • Ben prén. Prénom masculin anglophone.
287 English words from 150 English definitions

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22 English words from 20 foreign definitions

à␣la anglophone Argot Benedict Benjamin commune Contraction des het Hoge Huy mand masculin Mot naam Plante que temps van Village vis zoon

2 foreign words from 150 English definitions

bien Iran.

55 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

appartenant avoir avoir␣le␣temps Belgique Benachrichtigt Benannt Bénard Benoît Benötigt Benutzt bewaren bien bien␣sûr Botanique de␣bien Déformation de␣la diminutif Eerste Eerste␣persoon eh␣bien enkelvoud Évidemment famille für gebruikt Géographie Hebreeuws inversie Jiddisch jongensnaam Kurzform locuteur Männlicher Namenszusatz pantalon permettant persoon Populaire pousse Prénom qui semitischen semitischen␣Sprachen Sprachen sûr tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd Tweede Tweede␣persoon vaak voor Vorname vruchten zijn

1494 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Bena bend Bend bene Bene BEng B.Eng. B.␣Eng. benj benk Benn beno Beno bens Bens bent Bent ben't Benz benz- Benak benar Benas benat Bence bench Bench Benda Bende bends bendy benes Benes benet Bene't benew benga Benge Bengi Benha benim Benin benis Benji Benjy Benke Benko benks benna benne Benne +1443 words

1574 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

abend Abend ABEND abeng ebene J-bend L-bend S-bend U-bend ybent Z-bend abends Abends ABENDs abengs Ah␣Beng debend Ebbens Eibens Gibens Gobens habena hebene inbend in␣bend inbent J-bends jebena Jobena kobene labent L-bends Mabens nob-end nob␣end obento rebend rebent Rubens S-bends Ubbens U-bends unbend unbent upbend Wabeno Z-bends Abenaki abended Abenlen +1524 words

65 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

eben Eben Coben deben Deben Ebben Eiben Goben heben Maben Ruben Ubben benben Big␣Ben Braben Dibben dumben graben Graben Habben Hibben Hogben Holben kemben Leoben Lubben Lübben Mulben Reuben Sieben sigben womben Wubben cetaben Gribben Oytaben paraben Steuben acedoben Aufgaben butamben isoxaben McKibben but␣and␣ben dazoxiben fidlam␣ben nachleben Nachleben Neugraben Nickie-ben +15 words

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

neb NEB Neb.

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

EbN NbE neb NEB Neb.

57 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bane Bane bean Bean been Behn bein be-in bein' Bena bend Bend bene Bene BEng B.Eng. B.␣Eng. benj benk Benn beno Beno bens Bens bent Bent ben't Benz benz- Bern Bien bine B&NES Boen bone Bone Bône bren Bren byen D.␣Neb. eben Eben ebon enby nabe NBER Nebb NEbE NEbN +7 words

32 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

be BE be- B&E B/E B.E. bn Bn BN bn. Bn. B.N. Eb EB E♭ en En EN -en en- nb nB NB n.b. N.B. ne NE né nê ne. Ne. -ne-

115 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ban Ban BAN BBN BCN BDN Bea BEA Bec BEC bed BED B.Ed. bee Bee BEE B.E.E. BEF B.E.F. B.␣E.␣F. beg Beg bek bel Bel Bem BEM BEO BEP ber bes Bes BEs BES bet Bet BET bet. bev Bev BeV BEV Bew bex Bex bey Bey bez BHN bin Bin bin- BKN bln Bon BON Bön brn BRN BSN bun Bun BUN Cen CEN cen- den Den DEN Den. een -een e'en fen gen Gen GEN -gen /gen gen. Gen. hen Jen ken Ken Ken. Len men Men MEN -men nen Nen pen Pen PEN ren REN -ren sen Sen SEN Sen. (+12 words)

17 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

be BE be- B&E B/E B.E. bn Bn BN bn. Bn. B.N. en En EN -en en-

14 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

bean Bean been Behn bein be-in bein' Benn Bern Bien Boen bren Bren byen


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