Becalms is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 287 anagrams from letters in becalms (abcelms).
First recorded in 1550-60; be- + calm
Ships are generally obliged to be towed into the harbor, in consequence of the high points which tower high, and becalm them.
becalm, and henceforth think that the peril is mine, not yours.
One sail is also said to becalm another when the wind is aft.
An imprisoned man who asks for an Italian book to becalm his fever may be safely presumed to know that language.
I am making a sail according to your lordship's plan, to becalm the hull of the ship, but want sailcloth for completing it.
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