| BARDSHIP | • bardship n. The state of being a bard. • BARDSHIP n. the office of a bard. |
| BEDCHAIR | • bedchair n. A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed. • BEDCHAIR n. a chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed. |
| BEDRIGHT | • bedright n. Alternative form of bedrite. • BEDRIGHT n. (Shakespeare) the privilege or due of the marriage bed, also BEDRITE. |
| BIRDBATH | • birdbath n. A shallow basin, sometimes ornamental, filled with water for wild birds to drink from or bathe in. • birdbath n. Random, inconsequential amounts of residual water on a roof membrane. • bird␣bath n. Alternative form of birdbath. |
| BIRDSHOT | • birdshot n. A small lead or steel shot, or ammunition, used in shotgun shells. • birdshot n. A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile. • BIRDSHOT n. small shot for shooting birds. |
| BIRTHDAY | • birthday n. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. • birthday n. The anniversary of the day on which something is created. • birthday n. The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth. |
| BIRTHDOM | • birthdom n. The land of one’s birth. • birthdom n. Privilege of birth; one’s inheritance; birthright. • BIRTHDOM n. (Shakespeare) birthright. |
| BRAEHEID | • BRAEHEID n. (Scots) the summit of a hill. |
| BRANDISH | • brandish v. (Transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill. • brandish v. (Transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show. • brandish n. The act of flourishing or waving. |
| BROADISH | • broadish adj. Somewhat broad. • BROADISH adj. somewhat broad. |
| BRUCHIDS | • bruchids n. Plural of bruchid. • BRUCHID n. a beetle of the family Bruchidae, whose larvae live on peas, beans etc. |
| DIHYBRID | • dihybrid n. (Genetics) A hybrid that is heterozygous with respect to two independent alleles. • DIHYBRID n. the child of parents with differing genes. |
| DRABBISH | • drabbish adj. Somewhat drab in colour. • drabbish adj. (Archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench. • DRABBISH adj. sluttish, also DRABBY. |
| HAIRBAND | • hairband n. A headband. • hairband n. A hair tie. • hair␣band n. Alternative spelling of hairband. |
| HANGBIRD | • hangbird n. The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. • HANGBIRD n. the Baltimore oriole, so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree, also HANGNEST. |
| HIGHBRED | • highbred adj. (Of bred animals) Of high-quality stock. • highbred adj. (Of humans) Showing good breeding and refined manners. • HIGHBRED adj. of noble breed. |
| HOMEBIRD | • homebird n. (UK, informal) A person who is unwilling to leave their childhood home or area. • HOMEBIRD n. a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home. |
| RHABDOID | • rhabdoid adj. Shaped like a rod. • rhabdoid n. A spindle-shaped body chemically related to the plastids, found in the cells of certain plants. • RHABDOID n. a rodlike body. |
| RHOMBOID | • rhomboid n. A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle. • rhomboid n. Any of several muscles that control the shoulders. • rhomboid n. A solid shape which has rhombic faces. |
| WHIPBIRD | • whipbird n. Any of various Australian songbirds in the genus Psophodes. • WHIPBIRD n. the coachwhip bird. |