oilbird | (noun) nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter | Synonyms: guacharo, Steatornis caripensis |
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orchard | (noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet |
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outboard | (noun) internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat | Synonyms: outboard motor |
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(noun) a motorboat with an outboard motor | Synonyms: outboard motorboat |
ovenbird | (noun) American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground | Synonyms: Seiurus aurocapillus |
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(noun) small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests | - |
overlord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, master |
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oxford | (noun) a low shoe laced over the instep | - |
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paperboard | (noun) a cardboard suitable for making posters | Synonyms: poster board, posterboard |
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password | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, watchword, word |
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pasteboard | (noun) stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper | - |
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patchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: plugboard, switchboard |
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patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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pegboard | (noun) a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted | - |
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petard | (noun) an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall | - |
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pilchard | (noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | Synonyms: Sardina pilchardus, sardine |
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(noun) small fatty fish usually canned | Synonyms: sardine |
placard | (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, poster, posting |
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plasterboard | (noun) wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls | Synonyms: gypsum board |
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plugboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, switchboard |
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plyboard | (noun) a laminate made of thin layers of wood | Synonyms: plywood |
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pochard | (noun) heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head | Synonyms: Aythya ferina |
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pollard | (noun) a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed | - |
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(noun) a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage | - |
poniard | (noun) a dagger with a slender blade | Synonyms: bodkin |
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postcard | (noun) a card for sending messages by post without an envelope | Synonyms: mailing-card, post card, postal card |
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posterboard | (noun) a cardboard suitable for making posters | Synonyms: paperboard, poster board |
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potsherd | (noun) a shard of pottery | - |
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puffbird | (noun) brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers | - |
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punchboard | (noun) a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize | - |
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racecard | (noun) a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses | - |
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railbird | (noun) a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track | - |
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railyard | (noun) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | Synonyms: railway yard, yard |
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rearguard | (noun) a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body | - |
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rearward | (noun) direction toward the rear | - |
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record | (noun) an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) | - |
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(noun) the sum of recognized accomplishments | Synonyms: track record |
(noun) sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | Synonyms: disc, disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter |
(noun) a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted | Synonyms: criminal record |
(noun) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone | Synonyms: book, record book |
(noun) anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events | - |
(noun) a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction | - |
(noun) the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had | - |
redbird | (noun) crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male | Synonyms: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis |
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(noun) the male is bright red with black wings and tail | Synonyms: firebird, Piranga olivacea, scarlet tanager |
reedbird | (noun) migratory American songbird | Synonyms: bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, ricebird |
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(noun) small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa | Synonyms: Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, sedge bird, sedge warbler, sedge wren |
regard | (noun) a long fixed look | Synonyms: gaze |
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(noun) (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | Synonyms: respect |
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | Synonyms: attentiveness, heed, paying attention |
(noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: esteem, respect |
(noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: compliments, wish |
(noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem | Synonyms: respect |
(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: esteem, respect |
retard | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron |
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reward | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reinforcement |
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(noun) benefit resulting from some event or action | Synonyms: advantage |
(noun) the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property | - |
(noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: payoff, wages |
(noun) payment made in return for a service rendered | - |
ricebird | (noun) migratory American songbird | Synonyms: bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird |
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(noun) small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields | Synonyms: Java finch, Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora |
riflebird | (noun) velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail | Synonyms: Ptloris paradisea |
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ripcord | (noun) a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent | - |
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(noun) a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend | - |
rutherford | (noun) a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second | - |
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safeguard | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: guard, precaution |
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(noun) a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war | Synonyms: safe-conduct |
sard | (noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sardine, sardius |
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scabbard | (noun) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet | - |
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schoolyard | (noun) the yard associated with a school | - |
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scoreboard | (noun) a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information) | - |
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scorecard | (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: card |
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scrubbird | (noun) small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub | Synonyms: scrub-bird, scrub bird |
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seabird | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seafowl |
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seaboard | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaside |
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seaward | (noun) the direction toward the sea | - |
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shard | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: fragment, sherd |
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shepherd | (noun) a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | Synonyms: sheepherder, sheepman |
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(noun) a clergyman who watches over a group of people | - |
sherd | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: fragment, shard |
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shipyard | (noun) a workplace where ships are built or repaired | - |
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shoebird | (noun) large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe | Synonyms: Balaeniceps rex, shoebill |
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shorebird | (noun) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries | Synonyms: limicoline bird, shore bird |
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shovelboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shuffleboard |
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shuffleboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shovelboard |
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sideboard | (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: buffet, counter |
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(noun) a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib | - |
(noun) a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity | - |
signboard | (noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: sign |
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silversword | (noun) low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem | Synonyms: Argyroxiphium sandwicense |
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skateboard | (noun) a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot | - |
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sluggard | (noun) an idle slothful person | Synonyms: slug |
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smorgasbord | (noun) an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal | - |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
snakebird | (noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill | Synonyms: anhinga, darter |
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snowbird | (noun) white Arctic bunting | Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowflake |
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(noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: junco |
(noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: fieldfare, Turdus pilaris |
snowboard | (noun) a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes | - |
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songbird | (noun) any bird having a musical call | Synonyms: songster |
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soundboard | (noun) (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument | Synonyms: sounding board |
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southeastward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeast |
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southward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | Synonyms: due south, S, south |
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southwestward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees | Synonyms: sou'-west, southwest, SW |
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spikenard | (noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | Synonyms: nard |
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splashboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: washboard |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splasher |
springboard | (noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched | Synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure |
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(noun) a flexible board for jumping upward | - |
standard | (noun) any distinctive flag | Synonyms: banner |
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(noun) an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support) | - |
(noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: criterion |
(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, touchstone |
(noun) the value behind the money in a monetary system | Synonyms: monetary standard |
(noun) a board measure = 1980 board feet | - |
starboard | (noun) the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
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steelyard | (noun) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | Synonyms: beam scale, lever scale |
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steward | (noun) someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else | - |
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(noun) a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management | Synonyms: shop steward |
(noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: custodian, keeper |
(noun) an attendant on an airplane | Synonyms: flight attendant |
(noun) the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements | - |
stiltbird | (noun) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover |
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stinkbird | (noun) crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings | Synonyms: hoactzin, hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin |
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stockyard | (noun) enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
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strawboard | (noun) a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp | - |
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surd | (noun) a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords | Synonyms: voiceless consonant |
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surfbird | (noun) sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America | Synonyms: Aphriza virgata |
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surfboard | (noun) a narrow buoyant board for riding surf | - |
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sward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, turf |
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swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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swineherd | (noun) a herder or swine | Synonyms: pigman |
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switchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, plugboard |
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sword | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, steel |
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tabard | (noun) a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald | - |
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tailboard | (noun) a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading | Synonyms: tailgate |
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tailorbird | (noun) tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest | Synonyms: Orthotomus sutorius |
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tankard | (noun) large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
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teeterboard | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeter, teetertotter, tilting board |
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third | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) | Synonyms: third base |
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(noun) the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: third gear |
(noun) the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball | Synonyms: third base |
(noun) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it | - |
(noun) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole | Synonyms: one-third, tierce |
(noun) following the second position in an ordering or series | - |
thunderbird | (noun) (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird | - |
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tiltyard | (noun) (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests | - |
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