These are the meanings of the letters EELBE when you unscramble them.
- Bee ()
p. p. of Be; -- used for been.
- Bee (n.)
A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.
- Bee (n.)
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
- Bee (n.)
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
- Bel (n.)
The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal.
- Eel (n.)
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
- Lee (a.)
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
- Lee (n.)
A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
- Lee (n.)
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
- Lee (n.)
That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
- Lee (v. i.)
To lie; to speak falsely.