belle

Definition of belle in English English dictionary: A female given name, diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle, by folk etymology interpreted as "belle". More common as a middle name than a first name; An attractive woman
In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.; a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc; {n} a handsome, gay, young lady, a fine lady; diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle, by folk etymology interpreted as "belle"; more common as a middle name than a first name; A beauty The Belle of the room The most beautiful lady in the room (French) La belle France A common French phrase applied to France, as “Merry England” is to our own country; A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady; {i} beauty (French); blah blah blah blah blah blah; a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball; Vampire of Detroit She is now something akin to the "Keeper of Elysium" found in Camarilla cities Congratulations, Belle!; A belle is a beautiful woman, especially the most beautiful woman at a party or in a group. = beauty. A popular, attractive girl or woman, especially the most attractive one of a group: the belle of the ball. a beautiful girl or woman the belle of the ball (=the most beautiful girl at a dance or party) (from the feminine form of beau; BEAU). Belle Isle Strait of Elion Gertrude Belle Belle Silverman Starr Belle Myra Belle Shirley; a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball"
Belle Epoque: Alternate spelling of Belle Époque
Belle Époque: A period in European history, in the decades before the First World War, characterized by artistic and cultural refinement
belle esprit: Common misspelling of bel esprit
belle laide: An attractive ugly woman
belle of the ball: The woman generally acknowledged to be the most beautiful or attractive at a dance or similar function
Belle Isle: A channel between southeast Labrador and northwest Newfoundland, Canada. It is the northern entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Belle Starr: orig. Myra Belle Shirley born Feb. 5, 1848, Washington county, Mo., U.S. died Feb. 3, 1889, near Briartown, Okla. U.S. outlaw. She grew up in Missouri and later moved to a farm at Scyene, near Dallas, Texas. She bore a child by the outlaw Cole Younger (1844-1916) and another by Jim Reed, with whom she rustled cattle and horses in Texas in 1869. She fashioned herself the "bandit queen," dressing in velvet and feathers or buckskin and moccasins. In 1880 she became the common-law wife of Sam Starr, and their Oklahoma ranch became an outlaws' hideout. Sam was killed in a gunfight in 1886, and Belle herself was later shot down near her ranch
belle epoque: {i} (French) "beautiful era", period in France of elegant and artistic and cultural development during the late 19th century and the early years of the 20th century before World War I
belle isle cress: of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
belle of the ball: queen of the ball, prettiest girl at the dance
Bell: A Scottish and northern English surname for a bell ringer, bell maker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)"
Bell: The Bell telephone company (after , the inventor of the telephone.)
Bell: a telephone utility
Bell: A male given name occasionally transferred from the surname
Bell: A female given name, a variant of Belle; mostly used as a middle name in the 19th century
I couldn’t make out her name at first; for, when she gave it in answer to my inquiry, it sounded like Beltot, which didn’t sound right. But, when we became better acquainted—which was while Charker and I were drinking sugar-cane sangaree, which she made in a most excellent manner—I found that her Christian name was Isabella, which they shortened into Bell, and that the name of the deceased non-commissioned officer was Tott. Being the kind of neat little woman it was natural to make a toy of—I never saw a woman so like a toy in my life—she had got the plaything name of Belltott. In short, she had no other name on the island.
bell: To shape so that flares out like a bell
bell: The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut
bell: Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
bell: To telephone
Vinny, you tosser, it's Keith. I thought you were back today. I'm in town. Bell us on the mobile.''.
bell: A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck
bell: A signal at a school that tells the students when it's time to change classes during the day
bell: The sounding of a bell as a signal
la belle indifference: A condition in which the person is unconcerned with symptoms caused by a conversion disorder. A naive, inappropriate lack of emotion or concern for the perceptions by others of one's disability, usually seen in persons with conversion disorder
La belle indifference is a way of pretending nothing is happening: it represents a way of showing one's paralysis to others by manipulating their judgment through an attitude of indifference.
la belle indifférence: Alternative spelling of la belle indifference
It is understood that some of the schemes have equilibrated in a way such that two, three, or more mutually exclusive opinions coexist within one patient (or even personality); the situation becomes more perplexing to the therapist when she realizes that rather than approaching this circumstance with appropriate circumspection and confusion, the incest victim may respond with a degree of la belle indifférence to the illogical coexistence of contradictory alternatives.
southern belle: An archetypal upper class woman of the antebellum south of the United States
bell: {n} a hollow sounding vessel made of metal
bell: {v} to grow like a bell in shape, to swell
Bell: The Bell telephone company (after w: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)
Bell: {i} family name; Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), American scientist and inventor of the telephone
Gertrude Belle Elion: born Jan. 23, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 21, 1999, Chapel Hill, N.C. U.S. pharmacologist. She graduated from Hunter College. Unable to find a research position because of her sex, she initially taught high school chemistry. In 1944 she became George Herbert Hitchings's assistant at Burroughs Wellcome. They developed drugs for leukemia, autoimmune disorders, urinary-tract infections, gout, malaria, and viral herpes using innovative research methods. They examined the biochemistry of normal human cells and of disease-causing agents and used the results to formulate drugs that could kill or inhibit reproduction of a particular pathogen but leave normal host cells unharmed. In 1988 they shared a Nobel Prize with James Black
Julia Belle Swain: {i} one of the most beautiful steamboat built in 1971 that operates out of of La Crosse (Wisconsin, USA) and provides cruises on the Mississippi River
La Belle Dame Sans Merci: a famous poem by John Keats in which a knight meets a beautiful magical woman who says she loves him but then disappears
La Belle Epoque: period in French history characterized by great advances in the arts and sciences (1871-1914)
Strait of Belle Isle: Channel, eastern Canada. The northern entrance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it is 90 mi (145 km) long and 10-20 mi (16-32 km) wide. It flows between the northern tip of Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador and is the most direct route from the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes ports to Europe. The cold Labrador Current flows through the strait, extending the period of ice cover and limiting shipping to between June and late November
bell: A tool used since ancient times in all traditions to chase away evil spirits and to attract good ones The ringing of a bell at the beginning of a Pagan or Wiccan ritual, like the ringing of bells in a Christian church, hearkens back to ancient traditions of using bells for this purpose
bell: To attach a bell to
bell: That portion of a pipe which, for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making a joint
bell: 1 attunement 2 new insight 3 signal to be alert 4 caution 5 awareness of angelic presence
bell: A signal at a school that tells the students when its time to change classes during the day
bell: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
bell: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
bell: attach a bell to; "bell cows"
bell: A bell is a device that makes a ringing sound and is used to give a signal or to attract people's attention. I've been ringing the door bell, there's no answer
bell: a telephone call
bell: If something is as clear as a bell, it is very clear indeed. There are 80 of these pictures and they're all as clear as a bell
bell: An echo; encouraging signal
bell: To utter by bellowing
bell: A resonant metal object, closed at one end (the crown) and open at the other (the mouth) It is struck on the inside of its soundbow by the clapper which is free to swing in the direction of the bell's motion A tower bell is mounted on a headstock which is turned by a wheel A handbell is mounted on a handle Bells are usually made of bell-metal (a kind of bronze) although a few are of steel
bell: Signal on a stock exchange to indicate the open and close of trading
bell: To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube
bell: To flare a case mouth to receive a bullet easily
bell: If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is. The description of one of the lads is definitely familiar. It rings a bell. Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone. The first demonstration of electrical transmission of speech by his apparatus took place in 1876. Bell also invented the audiometer, an early hearing aid, and improved the phonograph. A city of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 34,365. British critic who proposed his aesthetic theory of significant form in Art (1914). American baseball player who spent his entire career in the Negro Leagues (1922-1950). Considered by many to be the fastest base runner ever, he reportedly stole 175 bases in 200 games in 1933. To utter long, deep, resonant sounds; bellow. Hollow vessel, usually of metal, that produces a ringing sound when struck by an interior clapper or a mallet. In the West, open bells have acquired a standard "tulip" shape. Though the vibrational patterns of such open bells are basically nonharmonic, they can be tuned so that the lower overtones produce a recognizable chord. Forged bells have existed for many thousands of years. Bells were first cast, or founded, in the Bronze Age; the Chinese were the first master founders. Bells have carried a wide range of cultural meanings. They are particularly important in religious ritual in East and South Asia. In Christianity, especially Russian Orthodoxy, bells have also been used ritually. They have tolled the hours from monastery and church steeples, originally to govern monastic routine and later also to fill a similar role for the secular world. Bell Burnell Susan Jocelyn Susan Jocelyn Bell Bell Laboratories Bell Alexander Graham Bell Arthur Clive Heward Bell Cool Papa James Thomas Bell Bell Gertrude Bell John Wells Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells Barnett Lila Bell Acheson
bell: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) the shape of a bell (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4: 00, 8: 00, or 12: 00 o'clock, either a
bell: To bellow or roar
bell: the shape of a bell
bell: The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument
bell: A bell is a hollow metal object shaped like a cup which has a piece hanging inside it that hits the sides and makes a sound. My brother, Neville, was born on a Sunday, when all the church bells were ringing
bell: To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat
bell: attach a bell to; "bell cows
bell: (B) echo; encouraging signal
bell: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
bell: 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: the opposite end to the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument, the open end
bell: The device that sounds to mark the open and close of each trading day on many organized financial exchange The bell usually starts ringing when there is 5-10 seconds left in the trading day
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bell: That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital
bell: AT&T created a series of modem standards used in the USA and Canada The Bell 103 standard is used for North American 300 BPS modems and 212A is used for 1200 BPS modems The 212A is similar to but incompatible with the European CCITT V 22 standard
bell: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
bell: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
bell: The flared section that terminates all brass instruments and determines their radiation charaterestics
bell: Complex American cultivar created by T V Munson Is a cross of Elvira X Delaware Attractive variety suitable for growing in the south-central States of the U S A (No other details as yet)
bell: {i} hollow metal object used to make a ringing sound; ringing sound made by a bell
bell: Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower
bell: From Anglo-Saxon bellan, to roar Old Norse bjalla, bell, from bylja, to resound A hollow vessel, usually cup-shaped and of some hard, brittle material-in most cases metal-which is capable of ringing upon being struck near the rim The striking agent in the Westem world is normally of metal, but in the Orient is of wood
bell: the flared opening of a tubular device
bell: a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
bell: n lonceng
bell: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck the flared opening of a tubular device the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
bell: May be used to signify the most solemn moments of the Mass, such as the consecration, and to invite people to communion Boat - The container inside which the incense is kept Book of Gospels - Contains all the Gospel readings for the Church's year It is brought to the lectern during the Gospel acclamation It may be carried into church as part of the entrance procession or put in a special place before the celebration begins
bell: n an instrument that makes a musical sound ("a church bell")
bell: A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved
bell: – full sleeve, flaring at the bottom taking on a bell shape
bell: * To bell a case mouth is to slightly open it or flare it to help in bullet seating
bell: The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated
bell: An object made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck
bell: To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell
bell: Signal indicating that trading on major exchanges has either opened or closed
bell: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
bell: Pepper chili
bell: To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar
bell: (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4: 00, 8: 00, or 12: 00 o'clock, either a m or p m
bell: A smooth sided large stone, shaped like a bell, which could fall from the roof without warning