pes·ti·lence 
(pĕstə-ləns)
(pĕstə-ləns)n.
1. A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
2. A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
- beaten
- beater
- beat/flog a dead horse
- Beat Generation
- beatific
- beatifically
- beatification
- beatify
- beating
- beat it
- beatitude
- beatnik
- beat off
- Beaton
- beat one's brains
- beat (one's) brains (out)
- beat one's brains out
- beat out
- Beatrice
- Beatrix
- beat the bushes
- beat the drum
- beat the drum/drums
- beat the drums
- beat the rap