Becalm is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 137 anagrams from letters in becalm (abcelm).
First recorded in 1550-60; be- + calm
becalm, and henceforth think that the peril is mine, not yours.
One sail is also said to becalm another when the wind is aft.
I am making a sail according to your lordship's plan, to becalm the hull of the ship, but want sailcloth for completing it.
Ships are generally obliged to be towed into the harbor, in consequence of the high points which tower high, and becalm them.
An imprisoned man who asks for an Italian book to becalm his fever may be safely presumed to know that language.
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