| birch | (noun) a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment | Synonyms: birch rod |
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| (noun) any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark | Synonyms: birch tree |
| (noun) hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood | - |
| birchbark | (noun) a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree | Synonyms: birch bark, birchbark canoe |
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| bird | (noun) warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | - |
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| (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock |
| (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort |
| (noun) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food | Synonyms: fowl |
| (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench |
| birdbath | (noun) an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in | - |
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| birdbrain | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, addlehead, loon |
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| birdcage | (noun) a cage in which a bird can be kept | - |
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| birdcall | (noun) a device for imitating a birdcall | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic sound produced by a bird | Synonyms: birdsong, call, song |
| birder | (noun) a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats | Synonyms: bird watcher |
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| birdfeeder | (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder |
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| birdhouse | (noun) a shelter for birds | - |
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| birdie | (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, shuttle, shuttlecock |
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| (noun) (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole | - |
| birdlime | (noun) a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds | Synonyms: lime |
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| birdnest | (noun) nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young | Synonyms: bird's nest, bird nest |
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| birdnesting | (noun) hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs | - |
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| birdseed | (noun) food given to birds; usually mixed seeds | Synonyms: bird feed, bird food |
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| birdsong | (noun) the characteristic sound produced by a bird | Synonyms: birdcall, call, song |
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| birefringence | (noun) splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly | Synonyms: double refraction |
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| biretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, birretta |
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| biriani | (noun) an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | Synonyms: biryani |
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| birling | (noun) rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) | Synonyms: logrolling |
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| birr | (noun) the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents | - |
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| (noun) sound of something in rapid motion | Synonyms: whir, whirr, whirring |
| birretta | (noun) a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy | Synonyms: berretta, biretta |
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| birth | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: nascence, nascency, nativity |
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| (noun) a baby born; an offspring | - |
| (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birthing, giving birth, parturition |
| (noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: parentage |
| (noun) the time when something begins (especially life) | - |
| birthday | (noun) an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it) | - |
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| (noun) the date on which a person was born | Synonyms: natal day |
| birthing | (noun) the process of giving birth | Synonyms: birth, giving birth, parturition |
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| birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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| birthplace | (noun) the place where someone was born | Synonyms: place of birth |
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| (noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience |
| birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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| birthright | (noun) a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth | - |
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| (noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: patrimony |
| birthroot | (noun) trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth | Synonyms: purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum |
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| birthwort | (noun) creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America | Synonyms: Aristolochia clematitis |
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| biryani | (noun) an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | Synonyms: biriani |
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