| BARBED | • barbed adj. Having barbs. • barbed adj. (Heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). • barbed adj. (Of language, etc.) Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. |
| BARBEL | • barbel n. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera. • barbel n. (Biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish… • barbel n. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle. |
| BARBER | • barber n. A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers’ hair and beards. • barber n. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries. • barber n. (Canada) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring… |
| BARBES | • BARBE n. (French) a piece of vertically pleated linen cloth worn over or under the chin, as by nuns. |
| BARBET | • barbet n. Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes. • barbet n. A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair. • barbet n. Any larva of an indefinite number of species of the beetle family Coccinellidae, that is covered in… |
| BERBER | • Berber n. A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa. • Berber prop.n. A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria. • Berber adj. Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language. |
| CORBEL | • corbel n. (Architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. • corbel v. (Transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. • CORBEL v. to provide a wall bracket. |
| CORBES | • CORBE n. (Spenser) a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall, used for supporting pillars or other weights, also CORBEL. |
| CURBED | • curbed adj. Restrained. • curbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of curb. • CURB v. to restrain. |
| CURBER | • curber n. Someone or something which curbs. • curber n. (Historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows. • CURBER n. one who curbs. |
| GARBED | • garbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of garb. • GARB v. to clothe. |
| GARBES | • Garbes prop.n. Plural of Garbe. • GARBE n. (French) a (heraldic) sheaf of wheat, also GERBE. |
| GERBES | • gerbes n. Plural of gerbe. • GERBE n. (French) a (heraldic) sheaf of wheat, also GARBE. |
| HERBED | • herbed adj. (Cooking) Seasoned with herbs. • herbed n. Alternative form of herbad (“Zoroastrian priest”). • HERBED adj. flavoured with herbs. |
| KERBED | • kerbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of kerb. • kerbed adj. Having a kerb. • KERB v. to provide with a pavement edge. |
| KIRBEH | • kirbeh n. (Historical) An animal-skin bag used to carry water in the Middle East. • KIRBEH n. (Arabic) an Eastern water container made from hide. |
| SORBED | • sorbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of sorb. • SORB v. to adsorb or adsorb another substance. |
| SORBET | • sorbet n. Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal. • SORBET n. a water-ice (originally an Eastern sherbet). |
| SURBED | • surbed v. (Transitive) To set (a stone) edgewise, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. • SURBED v. (obsolete) to set on edge (applied to a stone with reference to the grain). |
| SURBET | • surbet adj. (Obsolete) surbated; bruised. • SURBATE v. to make footsore; to harass or fatigue. |