bill | (noun) the entertainment offered at a public presentation | - |
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(noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird | Synonyms: beak, neb, nib, pecker |
(noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: eyeshade, peak, visor, vizor |
(noun) a cutting tool with a sharp edge | Synonyms: billhook |
(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: card, notice, placard, poster, posting |
(noun) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered | Synonyms: account, invoice |
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
(noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law | Synonyms: measure |
(noun) a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) | - |
(noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
(verb) advertise especially by posters or placards | - |
(verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: placard |
(verb) demand payment | Synonyms: charge |
bluebill | (noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill | Synonyms: broadbill, scaup, scaup duck |
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boatbill | (noun) tropical American heron related to night herons | Synonyms: boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius |
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broadbill | (noun) small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills | - |
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(noun) freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill | Synonyms: Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller |
(noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill | Synonyms: bluebill, scaup, scaup duck |
(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons | Synonyms: boat-billed heron, boatbill, Cochlearius cochlearius |
cranesbill | (noun) any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium | Synonyms: crane's bill |
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crossbill | (noun) finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed | Synonyms: Loxia curvirostra |
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duckbill | (adjective) having a beak resembling that of a duck | Synonyms: duck-billed |
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(noun) small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus |
(noun) primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | Synonyms: paddlefish, Polyodon spathula |
handbill | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, throwaway |
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hawkbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawksbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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hawksbill | (noun) pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | Synonyms: Eretmochelys imbricata, hawkbill, hawksbill turtle, tortoiseshell turtle |
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hornbill | (noun) bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers | - |
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ivorybill | (noun) large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct | Synonyms: Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker |
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openbill | (noun) stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip | - |
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playbill | (noun) a theatrical program | - |
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razorbill | (noun) black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill | Synonyms: Alca torda, razor-billed auk |
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saddlebill | (noun) large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle | Synonyms: Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, jabiru |
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sawbill | (noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, merganser, sheldrake |
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shoebill | (noun) large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe | Synonyms: Balaeniceps rex, shoebird |
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spoonbill | (noun) wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon | - |
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storksbill | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Erodium | Synonyms: heron's bill |
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thornbill | (noun) any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill | - |
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waybill | (noun) a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery | Synonyms: bill of lading |
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