Beard vs. Gill

Beardnoun

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

Beardnoun

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.

Beardnoun

The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

Beardnoun

The byssus of certain shellfish.

Beardnoun

The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.

Beardnoun

In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

Beardnoun

(botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.

Beardnoun

A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

Beardnoun

That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

Beardnoun

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

Beardnoun

A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.

Beardverb

(obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

Beardverb

To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

Beardverb

(transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

Beardverb

(transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.

Beardnoun

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

Beardnoun

The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.

Beardnoun

Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.

Beardnoun

A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

Beardnoun

That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

Beardnoun

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

Beardnoun

An imposition; a trick.

Beardverb

To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

Beardverb

To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.

Beardverb

To deprive of the gills; - used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Beardnoun

the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

Beardnoun

a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

Beardnoun

a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)

Beardnoun

hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

Beardnoun

tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

Beardverb

go along the rim, like a beard around the chin;

Beard

A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards.

Gillnoun

(animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals

Gillnoun

(of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover

Gillnoun

(mycology) one of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne

Gillnoun

(animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle

Gillnoun

(figuratively) the flesh under or about the chin; a wattle

Gillnoun

(spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments

Gillnoun

a drink measure for spirits and wine size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint

Gillnoun

a measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

Gillnoun

(British) rivulet

Gillnoun

(British) ravine

Gillnoun

a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

Gillnoun

(Scotland) a leech

Gillnoun

a female ferret

Gillnoun

(obsolete) a promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton

Gillnoun

(obsolete) a prostitute

Gillverb

to remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it

Gillverb

(transitive) to catch (a fish) in a gillnet

Gillverb

(intransitive) to be or become entangled in a gillnet

Gillverb

(obsolete) To act as a prostitute.

Gillnoun

An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

Gillnoun

The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

Gillnoun

The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

Gillnoun

The flesh under or about the chin.

Gillnoun

One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

Gillnoun

A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

Gillnoun

A leech.

Gillnoun

A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.

Gillnoun

A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

Gillnoun

A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.

Gillnoun

The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); - called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

Gillnoun

Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

Gillnoun

a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters

Gillnoun

a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces

Gillnoun

any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

Gillnoun

respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

Gill

A gill ( (listen)) is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist.