bellˈ-bottomed adjective

(of trousers) widening greatly from knee to ankle

bellˈ-bottoms plural noun

bellˈboy noun

A hotel porter or page

bell buoy noun

A buoy carrying a bell, rung by the movement of the waves

bellˈcote noun (architecture)

An ornamental structure made to contain one or two bells, and often crowned by a small spire

bell crank noun

A lever with two arms, usu at right angles, and a common fulcrum at their junction

bell end noun

1. A rounded end part
2. (vulgar sl) the tip of the penis
3. An idiot or fool
4. Someone despised

bellˈflower noun

A campanula

bellˈ-founder noun

A person who casts bells

bellˈ-foundry noun

bellˈ-glass noun

A bell jar

bellˈhanger noun

A person who hangs and repairs bells

bellˈ-heather noun

A variety of erica with bell-shaped flowers

bellˈhop noun (chiefly N American)

A bellboy

bellˈ-housing noun

A tapered outer casing of part of a vehicle's transmission

bell jar noun

A bell-shaped glass cover, in laboratories placed over apparatus to confine gases, etc, or used to protect ornaments or flower arrangements

bell magpie noun (Aust)

The currawong

bellˈman noun

1. A person who rings a bell, esp on the streets, before making public announcements
2. A town crier

bellˈ-metal noun

The metal of which bells are made, an alloy of copper and tin

bell pull noun

A cord or handle used in ringing a bell

bellˈ-punch noun

A ticket punch containing a bell

bell push noun

A button used in ringing an electric or spring bell

bellˈringer noun

1. A person who rings a bell on stated occasions
2. A performer on church bells or musical hand bells

bellˈringing noun

bellˈ-rope noun

The rope by which a bell is rung

bellˈ-shaped adjective

bellˈ-siller /-silˈər/ noun (Walter Scott)

A fee for bellringing at a funeral

bell tent noun

A bell-shaped tent

bell tower noun

A tower built to contain one or more bells, a campanile

bellˈ-turret noun

A turret containing a chamber for a bell, usu crowned with a spire

bellˈwether noun

1. The leading sheep of a flock, on whose neck a bell is hung
2. A ringleader
3. A setter of a standard, pattern or trend, a leader (economics, etc)

bellˈwort noun

1. Any plant of the family Campanulaceae
2. A plant of the genus Uvularia (US)

bear or carry off (or away) the bell

To have or gain the first place

bell, book and candle

A phrase popularly used in reference to a form of excommunication ending, ‘Do to (ie shut) the book, quench the candle, ring the bell’

bells and whistles (slang)

Additional, largely decorative rather than functional features

bells of Ireland

An annual plant (Moluccella laevis) with white flowers and green bell-shaped calyxes, sometimes used in dried-flower arrangements

bell the cat

To undertake the leading part in any hazardous enterprise, from the fable of the mice who proposed to hang a warning bell round the cat's neck

clear as a bell

(of a sound) distinct and pure in tone

give someone a bell (slang)

To telephone someone

ring a bell

To begin to arouse a memory

ring the bell

To achieve a great success (from the bell of a shooting-gallery bull's-eye)

ring the bells backward

To reverse the order of chimes

sound as a bell

In perfect condition, health, etc