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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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BIO  -  BLABZ


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• BIOGRAPHY  -  BIRCH
• BIRD  -  BIRD-WATCHING
• BIRTH  -  BIT
• BITCHY  -  BLAB


BIOGRAPHY

n. 1644 - a writer of biographies, or of the 'life' of a particular person BIOGRAPHER 
 
n. 1662 - a biographer BIOGRAPHIST 
 
n. 1812 - one whose life has been written; the subject of a biography BIOGRAPHEE 
 
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - biography PEDIGREE
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BIOLOGY

​n. Bk1904 Amer. sl. - biology (college usage) BUGOLOGY 
 
n. Bk1904 Amer. sl. - the professor of biology (college usage) BUGS 
 
n. 1963 - the subject of biology (school usage) BUGS
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BIRCH

adj. 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial. - birch, made of birch BIRKEN 
 
adj. Bk1898 Sc. - abounding with birches BIRKIE 
 
n. 1815 Sc. - the birch tree BIRK 
 
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a coppice or small wood consisting chiefly of birches BIRKS 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a birch tree BIRKEN 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a small wood of birch trees BIRKENSHAW
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BIRD,  BIRD-WATCHING

(also see various bird names, as woodpecker, etc)

adj. 1508 rare - of birds: having the feathers broken or irregularly disposed RAGGED 
 
adj. 1536 obs. rare - of a bird: unfeathered, unfledged IMPLUME 
 
adj. 1603 - of birds: unfledged, without feathers CALLOW 
 
adj. 1615 obs. rare - of birds: in disordered or ragged plumage HAGGARD 
 
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. - of birds: fledged, feathered DAP 
 
adj. 1854 - of birds or inanimate things: chattering or babbling GARRULOUS 
 
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - of birds: unfledged, bare BALCH;  BALD
 
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - of birds: having a loud, inharmonious cry YAUPY 
 
n. c725 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - the beak or bill of a bird NEB 
 
n. 1340 obs. - of a bird, esp. a hawk: flight GATE
 
n. c1386 - the inarticulate utterance of birds, or a vocal sound resembling it; twittering, chattering JARGON 
 
n. a1398 - originally, a bird of prey, esp. a hawk ACCIPITER
 
n. c1440 - one who catches birds at night by dazing them with a light, and knocking them down or netting them with a large folding net on long poles, called a batfowling net BAT-FOWLER 
 
n. a1450 - the long shining feathers on the neck of certain birds, as the domestic cock, peacock, pigeon, etc. HACKLE 
 
n. 1481-90 obs. - a bird-catcher, a fowler BIRDER 
 
n. 1486 obs. - a flight of birds DRIFT
 
n. 1486 rare - the long feathers on the leg of a hawk or falcon FLAGS 
 
n. 1562 obs. - a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks; also, a scarecrow CROW-KEEPER
 
n. 1579 obs. - the bed or nest of a beast or bird (Shakespeare usage) CABINET 
 
n. 1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird QUILLER 
 
n. 1594 - the brood in the nest; the young of a bird of prey AERIE 
 
n. 16C colloq. - liquid bird dung; the dung of hawks MUTE 
 
n. 1601 - a feathered animal; a bird FEATHER 
 
n. 1605 obs. - a sportive or roguish animal, bird, etc. WANTON
 
n. 1611 - a nesting bird; also, a little child NESTLER 
 
n. 1611 obs. - an unfledged bird NESTCOCK 
 
n. 1611 obs. - the last-hatched bird in a nest NEST-COCKLE 
 
n. 1616 obs. - the song or cry of birds RAMAGE 
 
n. 1620 obs. rare - a bird of prey with talons, as a hawk TALENTER 
 
n. 1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - the last-hatched bird, or weakling of a brood NESTLE-COCK 
 
n. 1633 arch. & hist. - a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey ACCIPITRARY 
 
n. 1638 obs. rare - a large bird cage; an aviary VOLLIERE 
 
n. a1667 obs. - an unfledged nestling CALLOW 
 
n. c1696 - a little bird brought up by hand NESTLING 
 
n. 1697 - a man concerned with birds; an ornithologist BIRD-MAN 
 
n. 1715 Sc. - a plunderer, a rifler of birds' nests HERRIER 
 
n. 1718 - a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals RAFT 
 
n. 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of animals or birds: a mate ​MARROW 
 
n. 1754 Sc. - the human nose; the beak of a bird NIB 
 
n. 1765 - a young bird; a chick PULLUS 
 
n. 1766 obs. - of a bird: a short abrupt series of notes JERK 
 
n. 1774 - one who takes pleasure in rearing birds BIRD-FANCIER 
 
n. 1776 Sc. obs. - the cry of a bird YAMMER 
 
n. 1788 Sc. - the smallest, weakest, or youngest bird in the nest WALLIDRAGGLE;  WALLYDRAGGLE 
 
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - the smallest bird of a brood or nest NESTLE-BUB 
 
n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - the smallest and weakest bird of the nest NESTLING 
 
n. 1792 - an affectionate or child's term for any (small) bird BIRDIE 
 
n. Bk1795 - a birdcatcher; a man that deals in birds BIRD-MAN 
 
n. 1798 Sc. - a bird-catcher: from the hazardous nature of his employment, being often suspended from the top of a perpendicular rock ROCKMAN 
 
n. 1805 - a person employed to guard cornfields from rooks CROW-HERD;  CROW-MINDER 
 
n. 1808 Sc. - the youngest of a family; the youngest bird in a nest WALLIDRAG 
 
n. 1824 - a harsh, hoarse, or querulous cry, esp. of a bird YAUP;  YAWP;  YOP 
 
n. 1824 Sc. - the call or scream of a bird in distress; the plaintive chirping of chickens YAP 
 
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird CALLOW-WABLIN 
 
n. 1827 - a breeder of birds BIRDER 
 
n. 1827 - the soft down or hair on unfledged birds and on new-born babies (chiefly Eng. dial.) PADDOCK-HAIR 
 
n. 1831 - the sound of the flapping of the wings of a large bird, or of a flight of birds WHUTTER 
 
n. 1831-7 - the study or description of birds' eggs OOLOGY 
 
n. 1837 - a nursery or pet name for a bird COCKYOLLY-BIRD 
 
n. 1844 - a collection of birds and animals of different natures and propensities living together in harmony in one cage HAPPY FAMILY 
 
n. 1844 - a tame (caged) bird DICKEY;  DICKY 
 
n. 1850 - a boy who frightens birds from grain BIRD-BOY 
 
n. 1851 - a flight of wild fowl SKEIN 
 
n. 1851 Eng. dial. - a bird-seller BIRD-DUFFER 
 
n. 1854 - a pet name for a little bird DICKEY-BIRD;  DICKY-BIRD 
 
n. 1859 - a bird kept in a cage CAGELING 
 
n. 1863 - one skilled in the study of birds' eggs OOLOGIST 
 
n. 1863 Eng. dial. - a boy employed to keep birds off the crops BIRD-KEEPER 
 
n. 1865 Sc. - an unfledged bird SCUDDY 
 
n. 1866 - a person who kills a bird BIRDICIDE 
 
n. 1869 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird; a half-grown boy RAW-GORBIT 
 
n. 1870 - a place in which birds are kept; a poultry house; an aviary ORNITHON 
 
n. 1876 - a lover of birds ORNITHOPHILITE 
 
n. 1879 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird RAW-GUTTLIN 
 
n. 1879 Ireland - the note of a bird when startled ALARM-NOTE 
 
n. 1881 Eng. dial. - a young, unfledged bird BALCHIN;  BOLCHIN;  BOLSHIN 
 
n. 1882 - a bird of prey RAPTORIAL 
 
n. 1883 - the practice of collecting birds' eggs OOLOGY 
 
n. 1884 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird RAW-GORLIN 
 
n. 1885 - the realm of feathered creatures FEATHERDOM 
 
n. 1888 Sc. - a flock of migrating birds RAIK 
 
n. 1889 Eng. dial. - a person engaged to look after animals or drive away birds TENTER 
 
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds TENT-BOY 
 
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - the first feathering of young birds; the hair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft feathery hairs of some seeds; anything fluffy DAWN 
 
n. 1891 - a collector of birds' eggs OOLOGIST 
 
n. 1892 Eng. dial. - a rendezvous, esp. a place haunted by birds RENTERFUGE 
 
n. 1893 Eng. dial. - the smallest and weakest of a brood of nestlings NEST-GULP 
 
n. 1894 Eng. dial. - frightening birds off the crops BIRD-KEEPING 
 
n. 1895 - a young bird BIRDEEN 
 
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - of a bird: one which moves about DANCER 
 
n. 1898 - a young bird BLUEBEAK 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a boy employed to keep the crows from the crops CROW-STARVER;  CROW-TENTER 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a nearly fledged chick of any bird BIBBLIN 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a newly hatched featherless bird BARE-GOLLIN;  BARE-GOLLOCK;  BARE-GOLLY 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a young bird BALCHER 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird BARE-BUB;  BARE-GORP;  BATCHING 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - driving away birds from crops BIRD-TENTING 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - frightening birds off grain BIRD-STARVING 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the nose; a bird's bill BEAL 
 
n. Bk1898 Ireland - a cry of a bird or animal ALARM 
 
n. 1899 Amer. dial. - an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns FILLILOO BIRD 
 
n. 1899 Amer. dial. - of a bird: a caw, a squawk QUAWK 
 
n. 1899 Sc. - an unfeathered nestling SCALDACHAN 
 
n. M19 Aust. sl. - a parakeet KEET 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds TENTING-LAD 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - an engagement to look after animals or birds TENT 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird RAW-POOT 
 
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - sparrows and other birds which build their nests under the eaves of a house EASING-BIRDS 
 
n. 1903 Sc. - an unfledged young bird, a nestling SCALDIE;  SCALDY 
 
n. 1904 - a bird-fancier AVICULTURIST 
 
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird SCOOTIE 
 
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird; a fledgeling SKALLEY;  SKALLEY-BAULCHER;  SKALLEY-BAULCHIN 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a young unfledged bird; also, the smallest bird in the nest NEST-BUB 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an unfledged bird NAKED GULL;  NESCOCK;  NESCOOK 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - the chief feather of a bird MASTER-PEN 
 
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - the smallest bird of a brood or nest NESTLE-BIRD 
 
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a female domesticated animal or bird; always used with an adj., as in 'auld paik' PAIK;  PAKE 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a young bird unable to fly BRANCHER 
 
n. 1912 Sc. - the flapping sound made by a bird in beating its wings VAMP 
 
n. 1923 Sc. - an unfledged bird GAIBLICK;  GIBLICK 
 
n. 1923 Sc. - one who robs a bird's nest HACKIE 
 
n. 1935 Amer. dial. - an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns GOOFUS BIRD 
 
n. 1936 Amer. dial. - one who frightens birds away from a crop BIRD-MINDER 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an imaginary bird WHIFFLE-BIRD 
 
n. 1945 - a bird-watcher, usually someone who knows a bit about birds and doesn't mind a little inconvenience in the cause of seeing them (orig. US) BIRDER 
 
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - an imaginary bird GOLLY-WOPPER BIRD 
 
n. 1960s sl. - a bird (rhyming sl.) RICHARD (THE THIRD) 
 
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a bird that can't be identified KILLYLOO 
 
n. 1977 UK sl. - an American bird (bird-watchers' usage) YANK 
 
n. 1988 Can. sl. - the sound made by seabirds ARGLE-BARGLE 
 
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - in bird watching: a non-birder who scares all the birds off YABOW 
 
vb. c897 - of a bird: to build its nest TIMBER 
 
vb. a1300 - to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird (chiefly Eng. dial.) YALP;  YAUP;  YAWP;  YOLP;  YOPE 
 
vb. c1400 obs. - of a bird: to flutter FAN 
 
vb. c1425 obs. - to sing or recite, as a minstrel; to sing, as a bird CARP 
 
vb. 1513 - of a hen or other bird: to cluck, to cackle KECKLE 
 
vb. 1595 - of a bird: to warble CAROL 
 
vb. 1615 - of a bird: to utter with a shrill metallic note TWINK 
 
vb. 1667 obs. - of a bird: to complete its plumage (nonce use) SUM
 
vb. 1677 Eng. dial. - to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird YELP;  YILP 
 
vb. 1679 Eng. dial. - of a bird: to discharge excrement SCUMBER 
 
vb. 1682 obs. - of a bird, winged insect: to pass by flying WAFT 
 
vb. 1727-41 obs. rare - of a parent bird: to impart its nature to its offspring RACE 
 
vb. 1766 obs. - of a bird: to utter a short sharp abrupt series of notes JERK 
 
vb. 1777 Ireland & Eng. dial. - to cheep, as a young bird YAP 
 
vb. 1802 Sc. - of birds: to chirp in a plaintive manner YAP 
 
vb. 1820 Eng. dial. - to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately QUARK 
 
vb. 1821 Eng. & Amer. dial. - of a bird: to caw, to squawk QUAWK 
 
vb. 1824 Sc. obs. - to chirp as a bird YIRM
 
vb. 1825 rare - of a bird: to cluck, to scream GALLOW 
 
vb. 1825 Sc. - to kill young birds BLIND-BATTER
 
vb. 1832 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to attend to; to look after; to take care of; to watch or mind animals; to watch birds to drive them away  TENT 
 
vb. 1834 - of a bird; to move the wings in flight (chiefly Sc.) WAFF 
 
vb. 1838 Sc. - of a bird: to utter a shrill cry; to sing loudly YAMMER 
 
vb. 1844 - of a bird: to cluck, to cackle KECK 
 
vb. 1863 Eng. dial. - to frighten birds off new-sown corn and crops BIRD-KEEP 
 
vb. 1870 rare - to collect eggs; to take the eggs from a nest OOLOGIZE 
 
vb. 1879 Eng. dial. - of birds: to flock together, gyrate in the air CAMP 
 
vb. 1884 Eng. dial. - of a bird: to ruffle the feathers GAKE UP 
 
vb. 1885 Sc. - of a bird: to poise on the wings; to fly equably and smoothly SCOOVE;  SCOVE 
 
vb. 1898 Sc. - of a bird: to hover in the air LAAV 
 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - of a bird: to beat the wings BAT 
 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - of birds: to take a dust bath BATHER 
 
vb. L19 sl. - to shoot badly at birds so as to wound rather than actually kill them TAILOR 
 
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - of birds: to circle about, as before a gale GALE 
 
vb. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - of a bird: to glide through the air on motionless wings SALLY 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - of birds: to rise YARK 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to kill small birds THRAPE 
 
vb. 1948 Amer. dial. - of a bird: to glide SCALE 
 
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - of a bird: to strike with the beak BILL 
 
vb. 1977 UK - in bird-watching: to fail to see the object of the quest DIP OUT 
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BIRTH

(also see CHILDBIRTH)
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​adj. 1611 obs. - belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday NATALITIAL 
 
n. 1483 rare - birth NATALITY 
 
n. 1490 obs. rare - origin, birth NAISSANCE 
 
n. 1570 rare - birth NASCENCE 
 
n. 1612 obs. rare - nativity, birth NATITIAL 
 
n. 1682 - the process or fact of being born or brought into existence; birth NASCENCY 
 
n. 1704 - the hour or day of one's birth; birthday NATAL HOUR 
 
n. 1984 Amer. dial. - a party of adult womenfolk to celebrate the birth of a grandchild GRANNY FROLIC 

BIRTH CONTROL

(also see CONDOM)
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​n. 1910s Aust. sl. - a trick played on a naive woman by a man, bent on intercourse, who removes a button from his coat and promises that it will serve adequately as a contraceptive device BUTTON LURK
 
n. 1938 Amer. sl. - a diaphragm (birth control) BACKSTOP 
 
n. 1960s Amer. sl. - a diaphragm PLAY ROOM 
 
n. 1960s sl. - contraception using no other system than the 'rhythm method' as ordained by conservative popes ROMAN ROULETTE 
 
n. 1962 - the rhythm method of birth control, as permitted by the Roman Catholic Church (jocular usage) VATICAN ROULETTE 
 
n. 1970s sl. - a birth control pill (rhyming sl.) JACK AND JILL;  THE JACK
 
n. 1970s US sl. - a card holding bubble-packed birth control pills; a one-month supply of birth control pills RACK 
 
n. 1970s US sl. - a contraceptive pill (teen usage) LEMON DROP 
 
n. 1984 US sl. - a contraceptive diaphragm CATCHER'S MITT 
 
n. 1992 UK sl. - a pill, esp. the contraceptive pill (rhyming sl.) FANNY HILL 
 
n. 1997 US sl. - contraception C 
 
n. 20C US - a contraceptive diaphragm RUBBER RING 
 
n. 20C US sl. - a contraceptive diaphragm BAG 
 
n. M20 - a contraceptive tablet; the pill (euphemism) TABLET 
 
n. M20 US sl. - a birth control diaphragm SHOWER-CAP 
 
prep. 1960s US sl. - using the contraceptive pill (college usage) ON 

BIRTH DATE,  BIRTHDAY

adj. c1374 obs. - presiding over birthdays or nativities NATAL 
 
adj. 1611 obs. - belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday NATALITIAL 
 
adj. 1646 obs. - belonging to or connected with one's birth or birthday NATALITIOUS 
 
n. 1484 obs. - a birthday-feast NATAL 
 
n. 1546 obs. - natal day, birthday NATIVE DAY 
 
n. 1597 obs. - birthday celebrations NATALS 
 
n. 1652 obs. - a birthday celebration NATALITIAL 
 
n. 1704 - the hour or day of one's birth; birthday NATAL HOUR 
 
n. L19 sl. - the year of one's birth (orig. US) VINTAGE 
 
n. 1928 Amer. dial. - a social gathering to celebrate someone's birthday BIRTHNIGHT SUPPER 
 
n. 1981 Amer. dial. - the birthday on which your age and the date are the same, as celebrating a 10th birthday on the 10th GOLDEN BIRTHDAY 
 
n. 1989 Amer. sl. - a young woman's fifteenth birthday celebration; a coming-out-party (Spanish settlements usage) QUINCEANERA 
 
vb. 1964 Amer. dial. - to reach a birthday YEAR ONESELF
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BIRTHMARK

​​n. 1658 obs. rare - birthmarks NATIVE NOTES 
 
n. 1682 obs. - a naevus, a birthmark SIGNATURE 
 
n. c1866 sl. - a birthmark STRAWBERRY 
 
n. 1899 Amer. dial. - a birthmark MOTHER'S MARK 
 
n. 1939 Amer. dial. - a birthmark BIRTHSCALD 
 
n. Bk1982 - a birthmark, mole, or wart (euphemism) NATURE SPOT

BIRTHPLACE

​n. 1818 Eng. dial. - the birthplace or home of one's youth CALF-YARD 
 
n. 1818 Sc. - the district of one's birth NATIVE 
 
n. 1864 Sc. - a place of birth, native place CALF-GROUND 
 
n. 1889 Amer. dial. - the country of one's birth; one's native soil BORNING GROUND 
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - origin, birthplace ARRIVANCE
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BISCUIT

adj. Bk2004 Amer. sl. - said of 'hardtack' biscuits (Spanish-American War usage) HARD AS THE HOBS OF HELL 
 
n. 1785 Sc. - a biscuit BAKE 
 
n. 1860 Eng. dial. - a biscuit BISKEY;  BISKY
 
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a biscuit BISCAKE
 
n. M19 sl. - a hard biscuit, sometimes with jam spread on it PANTILE 
 
n. 1900s US sl. - a hard biscuit CLINKER 
 
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a biscuit, esp. a large one CATHEAD
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BISEXUAL

adj. 1926 sl. - bisexual AMBISEXTROUS 
 
adj. 1930s sl. - bisexual AC/DC 
 
adj. 1930s sl. - bisexual AMBIDEXTROUS 
 
adj. 1956 sl. - bisexual BI 
 
adj. 1959 - bisexual (euphemism) VERSATILE 
 
adj. 1970 US sl. - bisexual KIKI 
 
adj. 1970s US sl. - bisexual ACE-DEUCE 
 
adj. 1971 US sl. - sexually active with or attracted to both males and females; bisexual ACEY-DEUCEY 
 
adj. 1975 US sl. - bisexual HALF AND HALF 
 
adj. 1987 Amer. sl. - bisexual AM-FM 
 
adj. 2001 UK sl. - bisexual CHERRY COKE 
 
n. 1930s sl. - a bisexual person AC/DC 
 
n. 1957 colloq. - a bisexual person BI 
 
n. 1958 - a bisexual girl associated with the beat generation BEACH CHICK 
 
n. 1960 US - a bisexual (euphemism) SWITCH-HITTER 
 
n. 1960s sl. - a bisexual woman (homosexual usage) GILLETTE BLADE 
 
n. 1962 US sl. - a bisexual BICYCLE 
 
n. 1966 US sl. - a bisexual SWITCHER 
 
n. Bk1972 sl. - a bisexual male (homosexual usage) BICYCLE RIDER 
 
n. Bk1972 sl. - a bisexual male (homosexual usage) GATE-SWINGER 
 
n. Bk1972 US sl. - a bisexual (homosexual usage) HALF AND HALF 
 
n. 1973 sl. - a bisexual male BI-GUY 
 
n. 1980 US sl. - a bisexual ACEY-DEUCEY 
 
n. 1983 US sl. - a bisexual BIPE 
 
n. 1988 US sl. - a bisexual QUEEB 
 
n. 1989 sl. - a bisexual HALF-IRON 
 
n. 1989 sl. - a large, hirsute homosexual or bisexual man (orig. & chiefly homosexual usage) BEAR 
 
n. 1990s US sl. - a bisexual woman (homosexual usage) BYKE
 
n. 1992 - a Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual GLB 
 
n. 1995 US sl. - a bisexual HALF-HET 
 
n. 1999 sl. - a bisexual, one who shops on both sides of the street HAPPY SHOPPER 
 
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a bisexual ALL ROUNDER 
 
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a bisexual AMBIDEXTROUS 
 
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a bisexual man - one who will have a stab at 'cunts and arseholes' C. & A. 
 
n. 2004 - a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered person GLBT 
 
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - a bisexual female BIF 
 
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - a bisexual male BIM 
 
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - a bisexual woman HALF DYKE 
 
vb. 1970 US sl. - to act upon bisexual impulses SWITCH 
 
vb. 1972 sl. - to be bisexual SWING BOTH WAYS 
 
vb. 1988 US sl. - to be bisexual GO BOTH WAYS
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BISHOP

n. a1300 obs. - a bishop BISP 
 
n. 1570 obs. - a once-favourite pun upon 'bishop', as if = one who bites the sheep which he ought to feed BITE-SHEEP 
 
n. 1611 - a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches ABBA FATHER 
 
n. c1640 - a bishop LAWN-SLEEVES 
 
n. 1664 obs. - a derisive term for an Anglican bishop, from the black chimere and white rochet forming his ordinary ceremonial attire MAGPIE 
 
n. 1672-5 - the wife of a bishop BISHOPESS 
 
n. 1795 obs. - a bishop; used derisively LAWN-MAN 
 
n. 1852 - a bishop who rides in a gig instead of a carriage GIG-BISHOP 
 
n. 1853 - a female bishop BISHOPESS 
 
n. 1875 - a bishop; a chaplain (humorous usage) BISH 
 
n. 1878 - a little or petty bishop BISHOPLET 
 
n. Bk1888 - a little or petty bishop BISHOPLING 
 
n. M19 sl. - a bishop PAIR OF LAWN SLEEVES 
 
n. L19 - a bishop (ecclesiastical usage) SILK 
 
n. L19 sl. - a bishop; a dean GAITERS 
 
n. B1912 Eng. sl. - a bishop APRON AND GAITERS
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BISON

​n. 1848 US  - the American bison BOSS
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BIT

n. c1340 obs. - a lump, a piece, a bit BAT 
 
n. c1420 obs. - a very little space, time, or amount; a bit TINE 
 
n. 1599 obs. - a small fragment, bit, or piece HALFPENNY 
 
n. 1688 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a small portion, a little bit BITTOCK
 
n. M17 - a bit SNIPPET 
 
n. 1706 Sc. obs. - a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything GABBOCK
 
n. 1724 Sc. - a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything GABBIT;  GABBOT 
 
n. 1808 Sc. - a little bit, a morsel, a fragment NIMMIE;  NIMP 
 
n. 1808 Sc. - a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose LAB 
 
n. 1825 Sc. - a particle, a bit, a fragment ABLACH 
 
n. 1845 Amer. dial. - bits, small pieces DOLL RAGS
 
n. 1853 Amer. dial. - a small amount; a bit; the smallest amount of something LICK 
 
n. 1860 Amer. dial. - a piece, a scrap, a bit SCRID;  SKRID 
 
n. 1864 Amer. dial. - a bit, a fragment SMITHER 
 
n. 1865 sl. - small matters, bits and pieces; odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; typically used of food or small change MALHAVELINS;  MANABLINS;  MANAROLINS;  MANAVILINS;  MANAVLINS 
 
n. 1867 Amer. dial. - a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap SCRIMPTION;  SCRIMSHUN;  SCRIPTION 
 
n. Bk1869 Eng. dial. - a little piece, a wee bit WIBBET 
 
n. 1882 Sc. - a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles SCOW 
 
n. 1884 Amer. dial. - a whit, a bit GRAIN 
 
n. 1884 Eng. dial. - a small bit of anything SCRANATION 
 
n. 1892 Eng. dial. - a bit of anything JAG 
 
n. 1892 Sc. - a trifle; a little bit MENTION 
 
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a very small bit of anything DIDGEN;  DIDJAN 
 
n. M19 US sl. - a bit, a small amount WRINKLE 
 
n. 1900 Sc. - a crumb of bread; the least particle of solid food; a bit of anything MILLIN 
 
n. Bk1900 Sc. - a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything GAIBLOCH 
 
n. 1902 Sc. - small bits BABBYRAGGS 
 
n. 1904 Amer. dial. - a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap SCRIMPTOM;  SKIMPTUM 
 
n. 1908 Sc. - a little bit or pinch of anything, as of bread, butter, etc., a tuft of hair, or the like NIDD 
 
n. 1910 Sc. - a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment NIMSH 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - broken bits, fragments, pieces BRASH 
 
n. 1914 Amer. dial. - a piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump SQUID 
 
n. 1915 Sc. - a little bit, a morsel, a fragment NIMPIE 
 
n. 1919 Amer. dial. - a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap SCIMPTION 
 
n. 1919 Sc. - a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment NIMSHIE 
 
n. 1930s US sl. - a portion, an extract, a bit TAKE 
 
n. 1940s - a little bit (orig. US military usage) SKOSH 
 
n. 1941 Amer. dial. - a small particle, a little bit GROMMET 
 
n. 1942 Amer. dial. - a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap SKIMPTION 
 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a small amount; a bit BINDLE;  BITTY-BIT;  CANCH;  DABLET;  DIGHT;  DRAB;  GLIM;  LICK AND A PROMISE;  LICK AND A SMELL;  LOOK;  NOT ENOUGH TO DUST A FIDDLE;  SHIVER;  SINGSONG SUM;  SMATTER;  SMIDGEN;  SMITCH;  SMITCHEL;  SNACK;  SNIFF;  SNITCH;  SPURT;  SUSPICION;  TASTE;  TIDDY-BIT;  WIDDY-BIT;  WITTY-BIT 
 
n. 20C W. Indies - bits and pieces WARA-WARA
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BITCHY

​n. Bk2006 US - a bitchy person (euphemism) DOG'S MOTHER
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BITE,  BITING

​adj. 1835 Sc. - having many or large teeth; biting; given to biting TEETHY 
 
n. 1808-18 & N. Ireland - a voracious snap or snatch; an attempt to bite from behind HANCH 
 
n. 1887 Sc. - a bite, snap NAG 
 
n. 1909 Amer. dial. - a nibble, a cautious bite NIB 
 
n. 1931 Sc. - a snap, a pretended bite of a dog GAFS 
 
n. 1942 Amer. sl. - a hickey, a mark made on the skin by amorous biting MONKEY BITE 
 
n. 1988 Aust. sl. - a bite FANG 
 
vb. c1000 obs. - to bite, to nip, to taste ABITE 
 
vb. 1382 obs. - to bite severely TO-BITE 
 
vb. a1400-50 - to snatch, to snap at or bite with violent or noisy action of the jaws; said of large dogs, wild beasts, cannibals, or greedy men (chiefly Sc.) HANCH 
 
vb. 1567 obs. - to bite, to gnaw, to nibble KNABBLE 
 
vb. a1652 obs. - to bite something gently; to nibble KNUB
 
vb. 1678 Eng. dial. - to bite gently; to nibble NAB 
 
vb. 1887 Sc. - to bite; to snap; to mark with the teeth; to seize NAG 
 
vb. 1891 Sc. - to snap with the teeth; to snarl, to bite, to gnash the teeth GANCH 
 
vb. 1901 Sc. - to bite greedily; to drink YARK 
 
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to bite, to snap NESP 
 
vb. 1929 Sc. - to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel YAGGLE
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BITTER,  BITTERLY,  BITTERNESS,  BITTER-TEMPERED

adj. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - bitter, acrid, ungrateful or irritating to the senses BASK 
 
adj. 1590 - having, or partaking of, the nature of rancour; bitter, resentful, spiteful RANCOROUS 
 
adj. 1596 obs. rare - full of gall; bitter, malignant GALLFUL 
 
adj. 1612 arch. - bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid ACRIMONIOUS 
 
adj. 1638 - of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule SARDONIC 
 
adj. 1657 obs. rare - pungently bitter ACROAMARE 
 
adj. 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial. - cross, querulous; ill-tempered, spiteful, bitter CANKERED 
 
adj. 1775 - bitter and irritating in disposition or manner; bitter-tempered ACRIMONIOUS 
 
adj. a1814 - making bitter RANCOURING 
 
adj. 1825 Eng. dial. - spiteful, revengeful, bitter, implacable VITIOUS 
 
adj. 1859 - of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule SARDONICAL 
 
adj. 1865 rare - of a sour, harsh, or severe character; bitter and sharp, esp. in speech, manner, or temper ACERBIC 
 
adj. 1878 Eng. dial. - harsh, bitter HASKY 
 
adj. 1881 Eng. dial. - bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste HASK 
 
adj. 1885 Eng. dial. - angry, malicious, vicious, bitter VITRID;  VITRIT
 
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - sour, bitter ELLER 
 
adj. 1916 Sc. - bitter GARGIE 
 
adj. 1960s Amer. sl. - bitter SALTY 
 
adj. 2000s sl. - emotionally bitter (rhyming sl.) APPLE FRITTER 
 
adv. c1000 obs. - fiercely, bitterly; scornfully, hatefully HATELY 
 
adv. 1377 obs. - angrily, fiercely, bitterly, malignantly EAGERLY 
 
adv. 1767 - bitterly, spitefully RANCOROUSLY 
 
n. a1300 - inveterate and bitter ill-feeling, grudge, or animosity; malignant hatred or spitefulness; bitterness RANCOUR 
 
n. 1475 obs. - bitterness, irritability EAGERNESS 
 
n. 1572 - of men, their words and actions: sharpness mingled with bitterness, keen harshness ACERBITY 
 
n. 1599 obs. - something composed of sweet and bitter GLYCYPICRON 
 
n. 1611 - sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste  ACERBITY 
 
n. 1618 - sharp or irritating bitterness of temper or manner ACRIMONY 
 
n. 1675 obs. rare - bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity ACRITUDE 
 
n. 1727 - long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; bitterness RANCOROUSNESS 
 
n. 1731 obs. - sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness ACERBITUDE 
 
n. 1768 - rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness ACID 
 
n. 1768 Sc. - bitterness, spite, malice; a grudge GALL 
 
n. 1793 - embitterment; a feeling of bitterness; also, exacerbation of a negative feeling or problem ACERBATION
 
n. 1795 rare - rankling thought or feeling; an instant bitterness RANKLE
 
n. 1798 Eng. dial. - bitterness BITTERMENT
 
n. L19 sl. - resentment, bitterness, irritation NEEDLE 
 
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a bitter remark SOUR-SOP 
 
vb. 1530 now rare or obs. - to have rancorous feelings; to rankle, to be bitter RANCOUR 
 
vb. 1614 obs. - to make bitter SAUCE 
 
vb. 1759 - to be bitter in speech; to be cantankerous; to snarl and bite like a mad dog HAVE A WORM IN ONE'S TONGUE 
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BIZARRE

adj. 1889 US sl. - odd, bizarre, eccentric KINKY 
 
adj. 1895 US sl. - odd, bizarre FREAKY 
 
adj. M19 US sl. - of poor quality, unfashionable, unappealing, weak, bizarre (students' usage) SICK 
 
adj. L19 sl. - behaving in an eccentric, bizarre manner LIKE A MONKEY ON A STICK 
 
adj. 1900s US sl. - bizarre, strange US(college usage) GOOEY 
 
adj. 1920s sl. - bizarre, eccentric, strange FAR OUT 
 
adj. 1937 sl. - bizarre, unusual OFF-THE-WALL 
 
adj. 1950s US sl. - strange, bizarre (African-American usage) FUNNY-TIME 
 
adj. 1959 colloq. - attractive or provocative in a bizarre way KINKY 
 
adj. 1971 US sl. - bizarre BIZARRO 
 
adj. 1971 US sl. - crazed; having a bizarre style GONZO
 
adj. 1979 US sl. - crazed; having a bizarre style GONZOID 
 
adj. 1980s US sl. - bad, bizarre, weird (students' usage) SKETCHED;  SKETCHED OUT 
 
adj. 1980s US sl. - eccentric, bizarre, odd (students' & teen usage) RANDOM 
 
adj. 1980s US sl. - strange, bizarre, weird (students' usage) OBSCURE 
 
adj. 1990s sl. - used as an intensifier meaning wonderful, bizarre, terrifying according to context MENTAL 
 
adj. 1990s US sl. - bizarre, surprising (African-American & teen usage) ILL 
 
adj. 2000s US sl. - unpleasant, bizarre, distasteful (African-American usage) ILK 
 
adj. 2003 UK sl. - bizarre, absurd BIZZURD 
 
int. 1960s sl. - how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! WHAT A TRIP! 
 
n. 1930s US sl. - a bizarre, eccentric person (African-American & teen sl.) DOOFLUS;  DOUFAS;  DOUFUS 
 
n. 1940 Amer. colloq. - a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless ODDBALL 
 
n. c1940 Amer. sl. - a weird and frightening person; a weird or bizarre looking person; a person exhibiting eccentric behaviour; a character (student usage) ZOMBIE
 
n. 1960s Amer. sl. - a bizarre person SNAP CASE 
 
n. 1964 Amer. sl. - a person having bizarre tastes or ideas, esp. one habituated to unconventional sexual practices KINK 
 
n. 1965 sl. - a person whose behaviour is violent and unpredictable, bizarre, or markedly eccentric; such a person characterized as mentally ill or unstable HEADCASE 
 
n. 1965 sl. - a psychotic; a mentally deranged person; an unstable or bizarre person HEADER 
 
n. 1980 US sl. - a bizarre person BIZARRO 
 
vb. 1964 US sl. - to make someone feel unsettled, astonished, or bizarre FREAK OUT

BLAB,  BLABBER,  BLABBING

adj. c1200 obs. - given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing TALEWISE 
 
adj. 1692 - not reticent; blabbing; of memory: not retentive LEAKY 
 
n. a1225 sl. - one who chats or gossips; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret CACKLE 
 
n. c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a blab; a telltale; a great talker; a chatterbox; a gossip; one who cannot keep a secret LAB;  LABBE 
 
n. a1400 sl. - one who chats or gossips; a talkative person; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret CACKLER 
 
n. 1552 obs. - a chatterer; a babbler; a blabber; a tale-teller CLATTERFART 
 
n. 1555 - one who tells too freely what he knows; a prating gossip; a teller of secrets; a blabber; a talebearer BABBLER 
 
n. 1746 Eng. dial.- a blab; a tittle-tattler; a chatterbox; one who cannot keep a secret LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE 
 
n. 1807 Eng. dial. - a foolish, tattling person; a telltale; a foolish blab TITTLE-GOOSE 
 
n. 1847 - a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, or a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold LONG-TONGUE 
 
n. 1869 Eng. dial. - a talkative person; a gossip; a telltale; a blab CLIT-CLAT 
 
n. 1886 Eng. dial. - one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip BLOB-TONGUE 
 
n. Bk1942 US sl. - one who cannot be trusted with a secret BALL OF YARN;  CHINA CHIPPER;  CLICKER;  GATEMOUTH;  GURGLING GARGOYLE;  GUSHY;  SATCHEL;  SATCHELMOUTH 
 
n. 1960s Amer. sl. obs. - a telltale, talebearer, or blabber BLOB-TALE 
 
n. 1975 Amer. dial. - a person who can't keep a secret BASKET 
 
vb. 1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to blab, to let out secrets LAB
 
vb. 1698 US & UK sl. - to confess and/or to inform on others; to reveal secrets through indiscreet talk; to blab (criminals' usage) CACKLE 
 
vb. 1708 Sc. obs. - to blab; to publish imprudently RASH OUT 
 
vb. 1785 sl. - to blab, to give information BLOW THE GAB 
 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to divulge secrets; to blab BLOACH
 
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to let out secrets, to blab BLARE
 
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. - to talk indiscreetly or excessively; to blab out, to chat BLOB 
 
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to chatter, to blab LAB ONE'S MOUTH 
 
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. - to talk too much; to blabber (esp. African-American usage) FATMOUTH
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