| lovebird | (noun) small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates | - |
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| (noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors | Synonyms: budgereegah, budgerigar, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet |
| lumberyard | (noun) a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale | - |
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| lyrebird | (noun) Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape | - |
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| mallard | (noun) wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed | Synonyms: Anas platyrhynchos |
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| mansard | (adjective) (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper | - |
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| (noun) a hip roof having two slopes on each side | Synonyms: mansard roof |
| matchboard | (noun) a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) | - |
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| mazzard | (noun) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting | Synonyms: gean, mazzard cherry |
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| millboard | (noun) stout pasteboard used to bind books | - |
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| milliard | (noun) a billion | - |
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| milord | (noun) a term of address for an English lord | - |
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| mockingbird | (noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds | Synonyms: Mimus polyglotktos, mocker |
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| moldboard | (noun) wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow | Synonyms: mouldboard |
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| moorbird | (noun) reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain | Synonyms: Lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorfowl, moorgame, red grouse |
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| mopboard | (noun) a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor | Synonyms: baseboard, skirting board |
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| mortarboard | (noun) an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top | - |
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| (noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar | Synonyms: hawk |
| mouldboard | (noun) wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow | Synonyms: moldboard |
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| mudguard | (noun) a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels | Synonyms: splash-guard, splash guard |
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| mustard | (noun) pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds | Synonyms: table mustard |
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| (noun) leaves eaten as cooked greens | Synonyms: Indian mustard, leaf mustard, mustard greens |
| (noun) any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica | - |
| nard | (noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | Synonyms: spikenard |
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| nerd | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, grind, swot, wonk |
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| (noun) an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession | - |
| niggard | (noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | Synonyms: churl, scrooge, skinflint |
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| nightbird | (noun) a person who likes to be active late at night | Synonyms: night owl, nighthawk |
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| nonstandard | (adjective) not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence | - |
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| (adjective) varying from or not adhering to a standard | - |
| (adjective) not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community | - |
| northeastward | (adjective) toward the northeast | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeast |
| (adverb) in a northeastward direction | Synonyms: northeastwardly |
| northward | (adjective) moving toward the north | Synonyms: northbound |
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| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees | Synonyms: due north, N, north |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northwards |
| northwestward | (adjective) toward the northwest | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees | Synonyms: nor'-west, northwest, NW |
| (adverb) in a northwestward direction | Synonyms: northwestwardly |
| notochord | (noun) a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates | - |
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| 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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| onward | (adverb) forward in time or order or degree | Synonyms: forth, forward |
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| (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forward, forwards, onwards |
| orchard | (noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | Synonyms: grove, plantation, woodlet |
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| outboard | (adjective) located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft | - |
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| (noun) internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat | Synonyms: outboard motor |
| (noun) a motorboat with an outboard motor | Synonyms: outboard motorboat |
| outward | (adjective) relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind | - |
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| (adjective) that is going out or leaving | Synonyms: departing, outbound, outward-bound |
| (adverb) toward the outside | Synonyms: outwards |
| 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 | - |
| overboard | (adverb) from on board a vessel into the water | - |
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| (adverb) to extremes | - |
| 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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| (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
| (verb) post in a public place | - |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) convert into a pollard | Synonyms: poll |
| poniard | (noun) a dagger with a slender blade | Synonyms: bodkin |
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| (verb) stab with a poniard | - |
| 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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| prerecord | (verb) record before presentation, as of a broadcast | - |
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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 | (adjective) located in or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: rear |
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| (adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | Synonyms: reverse |
| (noun) direction toward the rear | - |
| (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearwards |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: enter, put down |
| (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: tape |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: read, register, show |
| (verb) be aware of | Synonyms: register |
| 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 |
| (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, reckon, see, view |
| (verb) look at attentively | Synonyms: consider |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: affect, involve |
| retard | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron |
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| (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly | Synonyms: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up |
| (verb) cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate | - |
| (verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: check, delay |
| (verb) be delayed | - |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reinforce |
| (verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | Synonyms: pay back, repay |
| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, honour |
| reword | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: paraphrase, rephrase |
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| 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 |
| (verb) make safe | - |
| (verb) escort safely | - |
| 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 | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the land | Synonyms: offshore |
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| (adjective) directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast | - |
| (noun) the direction toward the sea | - |
| (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seawards |
| semihard | (adjective) somewhat hard | - |
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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 | - |
| (verb) tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats | - |
| (verb) watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils | - |
| sherd | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: fragment, shard |
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| shipboard | (adjective) casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship | - |
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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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| shoreward | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land | Synonyms: inshore, onshore |
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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 | - |
| sideward | (adverb) toward one side | Synonyms: sidewards |
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| 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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| (verb) ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom | - |
| skyward | (adjective) directed toward heaven or the sky | Synonyms: heavenward |
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| (adverb) toward the sky | Synonyms: skywards |