ben

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ben
    n 1: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Moringa \Mo*rin"ga\, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.)
   A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One
   species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse-radish tree,
   and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are
   known in commerce as {ben} or {ben nuts}, and yield the oil
   called {oil of ben}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[=a]n, name of the tree.]
   (Bot.)
   The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben.
   See {Moringa}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan
   within, in in.]
   Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner
   apartment. [Scot.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ben \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.]
   The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
   -- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ben \Ben\
   An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
   A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).
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from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

BEN
       BEstaetigungsNummer (banking)

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Ben, a son

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