white bear
/ˌwʌɪt ˈbɛː/noun
1The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus.
2A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) of a pale colour phase.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From white + bear.
- be snowed under
- be so good as (or be good enough) to do something
- besom
- be someone's doing
- be someone's (or the) man
- be sorry to say
- besotted
- besought
- bespangle
- bespatter
- bespeak
- bespeckle
- bespectacled
- be spoilt for choice
- bespoke
- bespoken
- be spoken for
- besprent
- besprinkle
- Bessarabia
- Bessarabian
- Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
- Bessemer process
- Bessemer, Sir Henry
- bessie