Vocabulary : Benjamin to Benthamism

Benjamin : See Benzoin. ;; A kind of upper coat for men.
Benjamite : A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.
Benne : The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
Bennet : The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.
Benshee : See Banshee.

Bent : of Bend ;; imp. & p. p. of Bend. ;; Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. ;; Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief. ;; The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. ;; A declivity or slope, as of a hill. ;; A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. ;; Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. ;; A transverse frame of a framed structure. ;; Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. ;; A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. ;; A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America. ;; Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Bent grass : Same as Bent, a kind of grass.
Benthal : Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.
Benthamic : Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.
Benthamism : That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.

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