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- beni-suef/ˌbɛnɪ ˈsweɪf/A city and governorate in central Egypt, situated on the west bank of the Nile River.nounLow
- benicia/bəˈniːʃə/A proper noun referring to a city in California, United States, named after María de la Soledad de Benicia Carillo de Vallejo.nounVery Low
- benidorm/ˈbɛnɪdɔːm/A coastal city and municipality in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca.nounLow
- benign neglect/bɪˌnaɪn nɪˈɡlɛkt/An intentional policy of leaving something alone and not interfering with it, based on the belief that this will allow it to develop more naturally or healthily.nounC2
- benign prostatic hyperplasia/bɪˌnaɪn prɒˌstætɪk ˌhaɪpəˈpleɪziə/A non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland.nounLow
- benignity/bɪˈnɪɡnɪti/The quality of being kind, gentle, and benevolent.nounLow
- benin/bɪˈnaɪn/Kind and gentle; not harmful, especially in medicine (not cancerous).nounC1
- benin city/ˌbɛnɪn ˈsɪti/A major city in southern Nigeria, the capital of Edo State, historically the centre of the Kingdom of Benin.nounB2
- beninese/ˌbɛnɪˈniːz/relating to the West African country of Benin or its peopleadjectivenounC2
- benioff zone/ˈbɛnɪɒf ˌzəʊn/A deep, planar zone of earthquakes beneath a subduction zone, defining the descending tectonic plate.nounVery Low
- benison/ˈbɛnɪz(ə)n/A blessing, especially a formal or solemn one.nounC2
- benita/bəˈniːtə/A female given name, especially in Spanish-speaking contexts, meaning 'blessed'.nounVery Low
- benitoite/bɛˈniːtəʊaɪt/A rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral.nounVery Low
- benjamin/ˈbɛndʒəmɪn/1. The youngest and most cherished son of a family. 2. A unit of weight used for weighing drugs, equal to 100 U.S. dollars' worth of a drug (originally marijuana). 3. A type of shrub or tree (benjamin tree).nounB2/C1
- benjamin-bush/ˈbɛn.dʒə.mɪn ˌbʊʃ/A common name for several aromatic shrubs of the genus Lindera, especially the spicebush (Lindera benzoin), native to eastern North America.nounRare
- benjamin-constant/ˈbɛndʒəmɪn ˈkɒnstənt/The name of a Swiss-French political thinker, writer, and politician active during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.nounC2
- benjaminite/ˈbɛn.dʒə.mɪˌnaɪt/A member of a small, extinct Jewish sect or a rare mineral.nounVery Low
- benjamins/ˈbɛn.dʒə.mɪnz/Slang term for money, specifically one-hundred-dollar bills (featuring Benjamin Franklin's portrait).plural-nounMedium (within informal/slang registers)
- benn/bɛn/A historical or regional term for a low, flat plain or marshy ground, especially in parts of Scotland or northern England; also a Scottish term for a mountain peak.nounVery Low / Archaic / Dialectal
- benneN/AAn African name for the sesame plant (Sesamum indicum) or its seeds, used especially in the Southern United States and Caribbean cooking.nounRare
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