| BILLIARDS | • billiards n. (Games, Britain) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. • billiards n. (Games, US) Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which… • billiards n. Plural of billiard. |
| BIRADICAL | • biradical n. (Chemistry) any molecule having two independent radical centres. • biradical n. A word or root in a Semitic language which consists of two consonants in its root formula. • biradical adj. (Said of words in Semitic languages) which consists of two consonants in its root formula. |
| BIRDLIFES | • BIRDLIFE n. birds collectively. |
| BIRDLIMED | • birdlimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of birdlime. • BIRDLIME v. to smear or catch (as) with birdlime. |
| BIRDLIMES | • birdlimes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdlime. • BIRDLIME v. to smear or catch (as) with birdlime. |
| BUIRDLIER | • buirdlier adj. Comparative form of buirdly: more buirdly. • BUIRDLY adj. (Scots) stalwart; large and well made. |
| DERISIBLE | • derisible adj. Deserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”). • DERISIBLE adj. worthy of derision. |
| DIABLERIE | • diablerie n. Witchcraft, sorcery. • DIABLERIE n. (French) black magic, sorcery, also DIABLERY. |
| DIRIGIBLE | • dirigible n. (Aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered. • dirigible adj. Steerable. • DIRIGIBLE adj. that can be directed. |
| DRIBBLIER | • dribblier adj. Comparative form of dribbly: more dribbly. • DRIBBLY adj. given to dribbling. |
| DRIBBLING | • dribbling v. Present participle of dribble. • dribbling n. An amount of liquid that is dribbled. • DRIBBLING n. the act of propelling a football with repeated small taps. |
| GARIBALDI | • garibaldi n. (Britain) a biscuit consisting of currants squashed between layers of flaky pastry. • garibaldi n. A bright yellow/orange damselfish, of the genus Hypsypops, from the seas of southern California. • garibaldi n. A kind of jacket worn by women. |
| JAILBIRDS | • jailbirds n. Plural of jailbird. • jail-birds n. Plural of jail-bird. • jail␣birds n. Plural of jail bird. |
| RAILBIRDS | • railbirds n. Plural of railbird. • RAILBIRD n. a racing enthusiast. |
| RIFLEBIRD | • riflebird n. Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris. • RIFLEBIRD n. each of three birds of paradise of the genus Ptiloris, having velvety black plumage with bright coloured patches, and a long bill. |
| STILTBIRD | • stiltbird n. The stilt, a wading bird. • STILTBIRD n. a long-legged wading bird related to the avocet. |