Phrase Hound found 82 phrases and 45 compound words that contain bells. The most common are listed below. Open bells in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 82
- bells and whistlesExtra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features.
- tubular bellsA percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes that are struck with a mallet, producing sounds like those of church bells.
- coral bellsHeuchera sanguinea, a species of herbaceous perennial in the family Saxifragaceae, native to North America.
- Canterbury bellsCampanula medium, an annual or biennial flowering plant with bell-shaped flowers.
- Bells BeachA locality in Surf Coast Shire, south western Victoria, Australia.
- Six BellsA suburb and ward in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2203).
- wedding bellsChurch bells rung to announce and celebrate a wedding.
- Maroon BellsA pair of mountains in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, in Gunnison County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
- bells and smellsA style of religious worship emphasising high ritual, including use of vestments, bells and incense, especially in high church Anglicanism and Catholicism.
- alarm bellsplural of alarm bell: A bell rung to signal danger or emergency.
- Baby Bellsplural of Baby Bell: Any of the Regional Bell Operating Companies resulting from the division of AT&T Corporation into a number of smaller companies in the 1980s as part of an antitrust agreement.
- Christmas bellsThe plant Sandersonia aurantiaca, native to South Africa.
- church bellsplural of church bell: A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.
- cow bellsplural of cow bell: A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.
- dinner bellsplural of dinner bell: A bell which, when rung, indicates it is dinnertime.
- diving bellsplural of diving bell
- hand bellsplural of hand bell: A small bell designed to be rung by hand.
- joy-bellsplural of joy-bell: A church bell.
- yellow bellsA yellow-flowered shrub native from the southern US to Central America, Tecoma stans
- jingle bellsplural of jingle bell: A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (music) used as a musical …
- bells of IrelandA plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive green cup-like circular calyxes, Moluccella laevis.
- cap and bellsA type of fool's cap with attached bells, worn by a court fool or jester.
- ring of bellsA set of large bells of English origin, played by means of a wheel that moves each bell in a nearly 360-degree arc.
- rings of bellsplural of ring of bells: A set of large bells of English origin, played by means of a wheel that moves each bell in a nearly 360-degree arc.
- sleigh bellsplural of sleigh bell: A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (music) used as a musical …
Compound words 45
- BowbellsA small city, the county seat of Burke County, North Dakota, United States.
- featherbellsA plant of the genus Stenanthium.
- rosybellsThe perennial plant Streptopus lanceolatus.
- dumbbellsplural of dumbbell: A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.
- barbellsplural of barbell: A wide steel bar with premeasured weights counterpoised at either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.
- Campbellsplural of Campbell: A characteristical surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- bluebellsplural of bluebell: Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.
- BellshillA town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7360).
- doorbellsplural of doorbell: A bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
- handbellsplural of handbell: A small bell designed to be rung by hand.