Having the striking surface convex; said of hammers.

One versed in belles-lettres.

plural of belle-lettrist

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case.

plural of belly-god

A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating. / (obsolete) A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure.

(colloquial) A makeshift compartment underneath a wagon. / (railroad) A toolbox under the caboose.

(informal) A round, protruding belly.

plural of bell animalcule

(zoology) A protozoan of the family Vorticellidae, common in freshwater ponds.