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.