| ABHORRING | • abhorring n. Detestation. • abhorring n. A detested thing. • abhorring v. Present participle of abhor. |
| BIRTHROOT | • birthroot n. Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers. • BIRTHROOT n. a herbaceous plant with an astringent rootstock, said to have medicinal properties, also BIRTHWORT. |
| BIRTHWORT | • birthwort n. Any plant species of the genus Aristolochia. • birthwort n. Birthroot, Trillium erectum. • BIRTHWORT n. a plant formerly reputed to help parturition, also BIRTHROOT. |
| CHARBROIL | • charbroil v. To cook on a flat, lined metal surface that is heated from below; to chargrill. • CHARBROIL v. to broil over charcoal. |
| FRITHBORH | • frithborh n. (Obsolete) A frankpledge. • FRITHBORH n. (Old English) a surety for keeping the peace, aka frankpledge. |
| HARBORING | • harboring v. Present participle of harbor. • HARBOR v. to shelter, also HARBOUR. |
| HERBIVORA | • Herbivora prop.n. (Archaic) An informal grouping of the plant-eating mammals. • Herbivora prop.n. (Obsolete) A former grouping of mammals that included non-marsupial flesh-eaters. • HERBIVORA n. an extensive division of Mammalia, comprising animals that feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. |
| HERBIVORE | • herbivore n. An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet. • HERBIVORE n. an organism that eats plants or other autotrophic organisms. |
| HERBIVORY | • herbivory n. (Ecology) The consumption of living plant tissue by animals. • HERBIVORY n. the eating of grass. |
| HERBORISE | • herborise v. Alternative form of herborize. • HERBORISE v. to search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them, also HERBORIZE. |
| HERBORIST | • herborist n. (Dated) A herbalist. • HERBORIST n. a herbalist. |
| HERBORIZE | • herborize v. (Intransitive, botany) To seek and classify new or previously known plant species. • herborize v. (Transitive) To form plant-like figures in (Minerals, etc.). • HERBORIZE v. to search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them, also HERBORISE. |
| HORRIBLES | • horribles n. Plural of horrible. • HORRIBLE n. something horrible. |
| SHOREBIRD | • shorebird n. A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water. • shore␣bird n. Alternative form of shorebird. • SHOREBIRD n. any of various birds that live on the shore or close to water. |
| THORNBIRD | • thornbird n. A small South American bird (Anumbius annumbi) that builds a large and complex nest of twigs and thorns. • THORNBIRD n. any of several tropical birds of the genus Phacellodomus that construct large globe-shaped nests. |