Wordscapes Level 2517 Answers

BELL - A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

BILL - Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

DILL - Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus Anethum), is a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

BILE - A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.

BLED - Simple past tense and past participle of bleed.

BIDE - (chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

DELL - Valley.

LIBEL - A written (notably as handbill) or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

BILLED - Simple past tense and past participle of bill.