* BIRDS * ALA a wing or winglike part [n ALAE] ANI a tropical American bird [n -S] AUK a diving seabird [n -S] CAW to utter the sound of a crow [v -ED, -ING, -S] COO to make the sound of a dove [v COOED, COOING, COOS] DAW a JACKDAW : to {dawn=v} [v DAWED, DAWEN, DAWING, DAWS] EMU a large, flightless bird [n -S] : EMEU ERN {erne=n} [n -S] HEN a female chicken [n -S] IMP to graft feathers onto a bird's wing [v -ED, -ING, -S] JAY a corvine bird [n JAYS] KEA a parrot [n -S] KAE a bird resembling a crow [n -S] MOA an extinct flightless bird [n -S] NEB the beak of a bird [n -S] OWL a nocturnal bird [n -S] REE the female Eurasian sandpiper [n -S] ROC a legendary bird of prey [n -S] : RUKH(s) TIT a small bird [n -S] TUI a bird of New Zealand [n -S] ALAR pertaining to wings [adj] : ALARY BAWK an Atlantic seabird [n -S] BEAK a bird's bill [n -S] : BEAKED, BEAKLESS, BEAKLIKE [adj] BIRD to hunt birds (winged, warm-blooded vertebrates) [v -ED, -ING, -S] COBB a sea gull [n -S] COCK to tilt to one side [v -ED, -ING, -S] COLY an African bird [n COLIES] COOT an aquatic bird [n -S] CROW to {boast=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : CROWER(s) OUTCROW DODO an extinct flightless bird [n -DOES or -DOS] DOVE a bird of the pigeon family [n -S] DUCK to lower quickly [v -ED, -ING, -S] EMEU {emu=n} [n -S] ERNE a sea eagle [n -S] : ERN(s) EYAS a young hawk [n -ES] : EYASS FOWL to hunt birds [v -ED, -ING, -S] : FOWLER GLED {glede=n} [n -S] GUAN a large bird [n -S] GULL to {deceive=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] HAWK to {peddle=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] HERN a {heron=n} [n -S] HONK to emit a cry like that of a goose [v -ED, -ING, -S] HOOT to cry like an owl [v -ED, -ING, -S] IBIS a wading bird [n IBISES] JESS to fasten straps around the legs of a hawk [v -ED, -ING, -ES] : JESSE KAGU a flightless bird [n -S] KAKA a parrot [n -S] KEET a young guinea fowl [n -S] KITE to obtain money or credit fraudulently [v KITED, KITING, KITES] KIWI a flightless bird [n -S] : KIWIFRUIT(s) KOEL an Australian bird [n -S] LARK to behave playfully [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LARKINESS LOON a diving waterfowl [n -S] : LOONY LORY a small parrot [n -RIES] MERL {merle=n} [n -S] MURR {murre=n} [n -S] MYNA an Asian bird [n -S] : MYNAH(s) NENE a Hawaiian goose [n -S] NEST to build a nest (a structure for holding bird eggs) [v -ED, -ING, -S] NIDE to {nest=v} [v NIDED, NIDING, NIDES] OWLY owlish (resembling an owl (a nocturnal bird)) [adj OWLIER, OWLIEST] RHEA a flightless bird [n -S] ROOK to {swindle=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : ROOKY ROOKERY RUKH a roc (a legendary bird of prey) [n -S] SEEL to stitch closed the eyes of, as a falcon during training [v -ED, -ING, -S] SKUA a predatory seabird [n -S] SMEW a Eurasian duck [n -S] SORA a marsh bird [n -S] SORD a flight of mallards [n -S] SWAN to {swear=v} [v SWANNED, SWANNING, SWANS] TEAL a river duck [n -S] TERN a {seabird=n} [n -S] TODY a West Indian bird [n TODIES] TURR a murre (a diving bird) [n -S] WAVY having waves [adj WAVIER, WAVIEST] / {wavey=n} [n -VIES] WEKA a flightless bird [n -S] WING to travel by means of wings (organs of flight) [v -ED, -ING, -S] WREN a small songbird [n -S] YOLK the yellow portion of an egg [n -S] : YOLKED [adj] AERIE a bird's nest built high on a mountain or cliff [n -S] : AERIED [adj] ALARY {alar=adj} [adj] ALATE a winged insect [n -S] : ALATED ALCID a diving seabird [n -S] ALULA a tuft of feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing [n -LAE] : ALULAR [adj] ARGUS an East Indian pheasant [n -ES] AVIAN a bird [n -S] BANTY a {bantam=n} [n -TIES] BOOBY a sea bird [n -BIES] BIDDY a {hen=n} [n -DIES] BOOBY a {dolt=n} [n -BIES] BRANT a wild goose [n -S] : BRENT(s) BRENT {brant=n} [n -S] BUFFY of a yellowish-brown color [adj BUFFIER, BUFFIEST] BUTEO a hawk [n -TEOS] CAHOW a sea bird [n -S] CAPON a gelded rooster [n -S] CHICK a young bird [n -S] CHOOK a chicken [n -S] CLUCK to make the sound of a hen [v -ED, -ING, -S] COCKY a cockatoo (a parrot) [n -S] COLIN the {bobwhite=n} [n -S] CORBY {corbie=n} [n CORBIES] COVEY a flock of birds [n -EYS] CRAKE a small, harsh-voiced bird [n -S] DRAKE a male duck [n -S] DUCKY excellent [adj DUCKIER, DUCKIEST] / a {darling=n} [n DUCKIES] EAGLE to score an eagle (two under par) on a hole in golf [v EAGLED, EAGLING, EAGLES] : EAGLET EGRET a wading bird [n -S] EIDER a large sea duck [n -S] EYASS {eyas=n} [n -ES] FINCH a small bird [n -ES] FLOCK to gather or move in a crowd [v -ED, -ING, -S] GALAH a {cockatoo=n} [n -S] GLEDE a bird of prey [n -S] : GLED(s) GOONY {gooney=n} [n -NIES] / {stupid=adj} [adj GOONIER, GOONIEST] : GOONEY GOONIE GOONY GOOSE a swimming bird [n GEESE] / to poke in the buttocks [v GOOSED, GOOSING, GOOSES] GOOSY resembling a {goose=n} [adj GOOSIER, GOOSIEST] : GOOSEY GREBE a diving bird [n -S] GUANO the accumulated excrement of sea birds [n -NOS] HERON a wading bird [n -S] : HERN(s) HERONRY HOOTY sounding like the cry of an owl [adj HOOTIER, HOOTIEST] JAGER {jaeger=n} [n -S] : JAEGER JAGER YAGER JESSE to {jess=v} [v JESSED, JESSING, JESSES] JUNCO a small finch [n -COS or -COES] LORAL pertaining to the space between the eye and bill of a bird [adj] MACAW a large parrot [n -S] MATIN a morning song, as of birds [n -S] : MATTIN(s) MAVIE {mavis=n} [n -S] MAVIS a {songbird=n} [n -VISES] : MAVIE(s) MERLE a blackbird [n -S] : MERL(s) MURRE a diving bird [n -S] : MURR(s) MYNAH {myna=n} [n -S] NODDY a sea bird [n -DIES] OUSEL {ouzel=n} [n -S] OUZEL a European bird [n -S] : OUSEL(s) OWLET a young owl [n -S] PENNA any of the feathers that determine a bird's shape [n -NAE] PEWEE a small bird [n -S] PEWIT the {lapwing=n} [n -S] PINNA a feather, wing, or winglike part [n -NAE or -NAS] PIPIT a {songbird=n} [n -S] PITTA a perching bird of Asia, Australia, and Africa [n -S] PLUMY covered with feathers [adj PLUMIER, PLUMIEST] POULT a young domestic fowl [n -S] QUACK to utter the characteristic cry of a duck [v -ED, -ING, -S] QUAIL to {cower=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] RAVEN to eat in a ravenous manner [v -ED, -ING, -S] :RAVENLIKE REMEX a flight feather of a bird's wing [n REMIGES] : REMIGIAL [adj] ROBIN a {songbird=n} [n -S] ROOKY abounding in rooks [adj ROOKIER, ROOKIEST] ROTCH {rotche=n} [n -ES] ROUEN any of a breed of domestic ducks [n -S] SAKER a Eurasian falcon [n -S] SALMI a dish of roasted game birds [n -S] SCAUP a sea duck [n -S] SERIN a European finch [n -S] SEXER one that sexes (to determine the sex (the property by which organisms are classified according to reproductive functions) of) [n -S] SKEET the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled in the air by spring traps [n -S] SOLAN a {gannet=n} [n -S] : SOLAND(s) SPRUG a {sparrow=n} [n -S] SQUAB a young pigeon [n -S] STORK a wading bird [n -S] SWIFT moving with great speed [adj SWIFTER, SWIFTEST] / a fast-flying bird [n -S] TALON a claw of a bird of prey [n -S] : TALONED [adj] VEERY a {songbird=n} [n -RIES] VIREO a small bird [n -EOS] WAVEY the snow goose [n -VEYS] WHAUP a European bird [n -S] WHYDA whydah (an African bird) [n -S] : WHIDAH WHYDA WHYDAH WINGY {swift=adj} [adj WINGIER, WINGIEST] YAGER {jaeger=n} [n -S] : JAEGER JAGER YAGER ALATED having wings [adj] ANTING the deliberate placing, by birds, of living ants among the feathers [n -S] ARGALA a type of {stork=n} [n -S] AUKLET a small auk [n -S] AVIARY a large enclosure for live birds [n -ARIES] AVIATE to fly an aircraft [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] AVOCET a shore bird [n -S] : AVOSET(s) AVOSET {avocet=n} [n -S] AXILLA the {armpit=n} [n -LAE or -LAS] : AXILLAR BANTAM a small fowl [n -S] BARBET a tropical bird [n -S] BIRDER a bird hunter [n -S] BIRDIE to shoot in one stroke under par in golf [v BIRDIED, BIRDIEING, BIRDIES] BOUBOU a long flowing garment [n -S] BRAHMA a large domestic fowl [n -S] BROLGA a large Australian bird [n -S] BUDGIE a small parrot [n -S] BULBUL a {songbird=n} [n -S] CACKLE to make the sound of a hen [v -LED, -LING, -LES] CANARY a {songbird=n} [n -NARIES] CHEBEC a small bird [n -S] CHOUGH a crow-like bird [n -S] CHUCKY a little chick [n CHUCKIES] CHUKAR a game bird [n -S] COCHIN a large domestic chicken [n -S] CONDOR a coin of Chile [n -S or -ES] CORBIE a raven or crow [n -S] : CORBY CORNET a trumpetlike instrument [n -S] CORVID any of a family of passerine birds [n -S] CUCKOO to repeat monotonously [v -ED, -ING, -S] CULMEN the upper ridge of a bird's beak [n -MINA] CULVER a {pigeon=n} [n -S] CURLEW a shore bird [n -S] CUSHAT a {pigeon=n} [n -S] CYGNET a young swan [n -S] DIPPER one that {dips=v} [n -S] DOVISH not warlike [adj] DRONGO a tropical bird [n -S or -ES] DUCKER one that {ducks=v} [n -S] DUCKIE {ducky=adj} [adj] DUNLIN a wading bird [n -S] EAGLET a young eagle [n -S] FALCON a bird of prey [n -S] FLEDGE to furnish with feathers [v FLEDGED, FLEDGING, FLEDGES] FLEDGY covered with feathers [adj FLEDGIER, FLEDGIEST] FLYWAY an established air route of migratory birds [n -WAYS] FOWLER one that {fowls=v} [n -S] FULMAR an arctic seabird [n -S] GANNET a large seabird [n -S] GENTOO a type of {penguin=n} [n -S] GIBLET an edible part of the entrails of a fowl [n -S] GODWIT a wading bird [n -S] GOONEY an albatross [n -NEYS] : GOONEY GOONIE GOONY GOONIE {gooney=n} [n -S] : GOONEY GOONIE GOONY GORHEN the female red grouse [n -S] GOOSEY {goosy=adj} [adj GOOSIER, GOOSIEST] GROUSE to {complain=v} [v GROUSED, GROUSING, GROUSES] GUANAY a Peruvian cormorant [n -NAYS] HAGDON a {seabird=n} [n -S] HAWKER one that {hawks=v} [n -S] HAWKEY a {hawkie=n} [n -EYS] HAWKIE a white-faced cow [n -S] HOODIE a gray crow of Europe [n -S] HOOPOE a European bird [n -S] : HOOPOO(s) HOOPOO {hoopoe=n} [n -POOS] HOWLET an {owl=n} [n -S] JABIRU a wading bird [n -S] JACANA a wading bird [n -S] JAEGER a {hunter=n} [n -S] : JAEGER JAGER YAGER KAKAPO a flightless parrot [n -POS] LANNER a falcon of Europe and Asia [n -S] LARINE resembling a gull [adj] LINNET a European songbird [n -S] MAGPIE a corvine bird [n -S] MARTIN a small bird [n -S] MATTIN {matin=n} [n -S] MERLIN a European falcon [n -S] MISSEL a European thrush [n -S] MOHAWK a hairstyle marked by a stiff ridge of hair from front to back [n -S] MOPOKE an Australian bird [n -S] MOTMOT a tropical bird [n -S] MUDHEN a bird that lives in marshes [n -S] OOLOGY the study of birds' eggs [n -GIES] : OOLOGIC [adj] ORIOLE an American songbird [n -S] OSCINE any of a family of songbirds [n -S] : OSCININE [adj] OSPREY an American hawk [n -PREYS] OWLERY a place that owls inhabit [n -ERIES] PARROT to repeat or imitate without thought or clue [v -ED, -ING, -S] : PARROTER PEAHEN a female {peafowl=n} [n -S] PETREL a small seabird [n -S] PHENIX {phoenix=n} [n -ES] PHOEBE a small bird [n -S] PIGEON a short-legged bird [n -S] PILEUM the top of a bird's head [n -LEA] PINION to remove or bind the wing feathers of to prevent flight [v -ED, -ING, -S] PLOVER a shore bird [n -S] POWTER a domestic pigeon [n -S] PUFFIN a sea bird [n -S] PULLET a young hen [n -S] QUACKY resembling the cry of a duck [adj QUACKIER, QUACKIEST] QUELEA an African weaverbird [n -S] QUEZAL {quetzal=n} [n -S or -ES] RAPTOR a bird of prey [n -S] RATITE a flightless bird [n -S] REDLEG a bird with red legs [n -S] ROTCHE a {seabird=n} [n -S] : ROTCH SCOTER a sea duck [n -S] SHRIKE a predatory bird [n -S] SISKIN a Eurasian finch [n -S] SOLAND {solan=n} [n -S] SWANNY to declare -- used only in the 1st person singular [v] SYRINX the vocal organ of a bird [n -INGES or -INXES] TAKAHE a flightless bird [n -S] TERCEL a male {falcon=n} [n -S] : TERCEL TERCELET TIERCEL THRUSH a {songbird=n} [n -ES] TOMTIT a small bird [n -S] TOUCAN a tropical bird [n -S] TOWHEE a common finch [n -S] TROGON a tropical bird [n -S] TURACO {touraco=n} [n -COS] : TOURACO TURACO TURACOU TURBIT a domestic pigeon [n -S] TURKEY a large American bird [n -KEYS] UPPING the process of marking young swans for identification purposes [n -S] VERDIN a small bird [n -S] VOLANT flying or capable of flying [adj] VOLERY a large birdcage [n -ERIES] WHIDAH {whydah=n} [n -S] : WHIDAH WHYDA WHYDAH WHYDAH an African bird [n -S] : WHIDAH WHYDA WHYDAH WIGEON {widgeon=n} [n -S] WILLET a shore bird [n -S] AILERON a movable control surface on an airplane wing [n -S] ALATION the state of having wings [n -S] ALIFORM shaped like a wing [adj] ANHINGA an aquatic bird [n -S] APTERAL {apterous=adj} [adj] APTERIA [n] APTERYX the {kiwi=n} [n -ES] AXILLAR a feather on the undersurface of a bird's wing [n -S] BABBLER one that {babbles=v} [n -S] BATFOWL to catch birds at night [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BATFOWLER BATWING shaped like a bat's wing [adj] BIRDDOG to follow closely [v -DOGGED, -DOGGING, -DOGS] BIRDING bird-watching [n -S] BIRDMAN one who keeps birds [n BIRDMEN] BIRDMEN [n] BITTERN a wading bird [n -S] BLUEJAY a corvine bird [n -JAYS] BOOBIRD a fan who boos players of the home team [n -S] BULLBAT a nocturnal bird [n -S] BUNTING a fabric used for flags [n -S] BUSHTIT a {titmouse=n} [n -S] BUSTARD a game bird [n -S] BUZZARD a large bird of prey [n -S] CACIQUE a tropical oriole [n -S] CATBIRD a {songbird=n} [n -S] CHEWINK a common finch [n -S] CHICKEN to lose one's nerve [v -ED, -ING, -S] CORELLA a small cockatoo (a parrot) [n -S] CORONET a small crown [n -S] CORVINE pertaining or belonging to the crow family of birds [adj] COTINGA a tropical bird [n -S] COURLAN a wading bird [n -S] COURSER one that {courses=v} [n -S] COWBIRD a blackbird [n -S] COXCOMB a conceited dandy [n -S] : COXCOMBICAL [adj] CRISSUM a region of feathers on a bird [n CRISSA] : CRISSAL [adj] DEALATE an insect divested of its wings [n -S] : DEALATED [adj] DEPLUME to deprive of feathers [v -PLUMED, -PLUMING, -PLUMES] : DISPLUME DORHAWK a nocturnal bird [n -S] DOTTREL {dotterel=n} [n -S] DOVECOT {dovecote=n} [n -S] DOVEKEY {dovekie=n} [n -KEYS] DOVEKIE a {seabird=n} [n -S] DUCKPIN a type of bowling pin [n -S] FANTAIL a fan-shaped tail or end [n -S] FATBIRD a wading bird [n -S] FEATHER to cover with feathers (horny structures of birds) [v -ED, -ING, -S] FINFOOT an aquatic bird [n -S] FLICKER to move waveringly [v -ED, -ING, -S] FOWLING the hunting of birds [n -S] FOWLPOX a virus disease of poultry [n -ES] GADWALL a wild duck [n -S] GOBBLER a male {turkey=n} [n -S] GORCOCK the male red grouse [n -S] GOSHAWK a large hawk [n -S] GOSLING a young goose [n -S] GRACKLE a blackbird [n -S] GRAYLAG a wild goose [n -S] : GREYLAG(s) GREYHEN the female black grouse [n -S] GREYLAG {graylag=n} [n -S] GRIFFIN a mythological creature [n -S] : GRIFFIN GRIFFON GRYPHON GRIFFON {griffin=n} [n -S] : GRIFFIN GRIFFON GRYPHON GROUSER one that {grouses=v} [n -S] GRYPHON {griffin=n} [n -S] : GRIFFIN GRIFFON GRYPHON GULLERY a place where gulls (web-footed seabirds) breed [n -ERIES] HAGGARD an adult hawk [n -S] HALCYON a mythical bird [n -S] HARRIER a hawk [n -S] HAWKING {falconry=n} [n -S] HAWKISH {warlike=adj} [adj] HENNERY a poultry farm [n -NERIES] HERONRY a place where herons breed [n -RIES] HOATZIN a tropical bird [n -S or -ES] JACAMAR a tropical bird [n -S] JACKDAW a crowlike bird [n -S] JACOBIN a {pigeon=n} [n -S] JAYBIRD a {jay=n} [n -S] JUGULUM a part of a bird's neck [n -LA] JUVENAL a young bird's plumage [n -S] KESTREL a small falcon [n -S] KILLDEE {killdeer=n} [n -S] KINGLET a king who rules over a small area [n -S] LAPWING a shore bird [n -S] LAVROCK a {laverock=n} [n -S] LIMPKIN a wading bird [n -S] MALLARD a wild duck [n -S] MANAKIN a tropical bird [n -S] MARABOU an African stork [n -S] : MARABOUT(s) MARTLET a {martin=n} [n -S] MAYBIRD a {bobolink=n} [n -S] MEGAPOD {megapode=n} [n -S] MINORCA any of a breed of large domestic fowls [n -S] MOORHEN the female moorfowl [n -S] NESTLER one that {nestles=v} [n -S] OILBIRD a tropical bird [n -S] ORTOLAN a European bird [n -S] OSTRICH a large, flightless bird [n -ES] PANACHE an ornamental tuft of feathers [n -S] PARROTY resembling a parrot (a hook-billed tropical bird) [adj] PEACOCK to strut vainly [v -ED, -ING, -S] : PEACOCKY, PEACOCKISH PEAFOWL a large pheasant [n -S] PELAGIC an inhabitant of the ocean [n -S] PELICAN a large, web-footed bird [n -S] PENGUIN a flightless, aquatic bird [n -S] PENNATE having wings or feathers [adj] PHOENIX a mythical bird [n -ES] : PHOENIXLIKE [adj], PHENIX PINNATE resembling a feather [adj] PINTAIL a river duck [n -S] PLUMAGE the feathers of a bird [n -S] : PLUMAGED [adj] PLUMATE resembling a feather [adj] PLUMERY the feathers of a bird [n -ERIES] PLUMOSE having feathers [adj] POCHARD a sea duck [n -S] POULARD a spayed hen [n -S] : POULARDE POULTER one that deals in poultry [n -S] : POULTERER POULTRY domestic fowls kept for eggs or meat [n -TRIES] PRINCOX {princock=n} [n -ES] PTERYLA a feathered area on the skin of a bird [n -LAE] QUETZAL a tropical bird [n -S or -ES] : QUEZAL RALLINE pertaining to a family of marsh birds [adj] RECTRIX a feather of a bird's tail [n -TRICES] REDBIRD a bird with red plumage [n -S] REDPOLL a small finch [n -S] REDTAIL a type of hawk [n -S] REDWING a European thrush [n -S] ROOKERY a colony of rooks (European crows) [n -ERIES] ROOSTER a male chicken [n -S] RUDDOCK a European bird [n -S] SAWBILL a tropical bird [n -S] SEABIRD a bird frequenting the ocean or seacoast [n -S] SEAFOWL a {seabird=n} [n -S] SEAGULL a gull frequenting the sea [n -S] SERIEMA a Brazilian bird [n -S] SKEETER a skeet shooter [n -S] SKIMMER one that {skims=v} [n -S] SKYLARK to {frolic=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : SKYLARKER(s) SNOWCAP a covering of snow [n -S] : SNOWCAPPED [adj] SPARROW a small bird [n -S] SQUABBY short and fat [adj -BIER, -BIEST] SUNBIRD a tropical bird [n -S] SWALLOW to take through the mouth and esophagus into the stomach [v -ED, -ING, -S] : SWALLOWER(s) TANAGER a brightly colored bird [n -S] TATTLER one that {tattles=v} [n -S] TECTRIX a small feather of a bird's wing [n -TRICES] TERTIAL a flight feather of a bird's wing [n -S] TIERCEL {tercel=n} [n -S] : TERCEL TERCELET TIERCEL TINAMOU a South American game bird [n -S] TITLARK a {songbird=n} [n -S] TITMICE [n] TOURACO an African bird [n -COS] : TOURACO TURACO TURACOU TRILLER one that {trills=v} [n -S] TROCHIL an African bird [n -S] : TROCHILUS TROCHILI TURACOU {touraco=n} [n -S] : TOURACO TURACO TURACOU TURDINE belonging to a large family of singing birds [adj] VULTURE a bird of prey [n -S] WAGTAIL a {songbird=n} [n -S] WARBIRD a vintage military aircraft [n -S] WARBLER one that {warbles=v} [n -S] WAXBILL a tropical bird [n -S] WAXWING a type of passerine bird [n -S] WHOOPER one that {whoops=v} [n -S] WIDGEON a river duck [n -S] WINGBOW a mark on the wing of a domestic fowl [n -S] WINGLET a small wing [n -S] WINGMAN a pilot behind the leader of a flying formation [n WINGMEN] WINGTIP a type of man's shoe [n -S] WOODHEN the {weka=n} [n -S] WRENTIT a long-tailed North American songbird [n -S] WRYNECK a European bird [n -S] ZENAIDA a wild dove [n -S] AASVOGEL a {vulture=n} [n -S] ACCENTOR a {songbird=n} [n -S] ALCIDINE pertaining to a family of seabirds [adj] AMADAVAT an Asian songbird [n -S] APTERIUM a bare area of skin between feathers [n -RIA] APTEROUS having no wings [adj] AQUILINE curving like an eagle's beak [adj] AVADAVAT a small songbird [n -S] AVIANIZE to make less severe by repeated culture in a chick embryo, as a virus [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] AVICULAR pertaining to birds [adj] AVIFAUNA the bird life of a particular region [n -NAS or -NAE] AXILLARY an {axillar=n} [n -LARIES] BALLHAWK a very good defensive ballplayer [n -S] BARBICEL a part of a feather [n -S] BELLBIRD a tropical bird [n -S] BERNICLE a wild goose [n -S] BEWINGED having wings [adj] BIRDBATH a bath for birds [n -S] BIRDCAGE a cage for birds [n -S] BIRDCALL the call of a bird [n -S] BIRDFARM an aircraft carrier [n -S] BIRDFEED {birdseed=n} [n -S] BIRDLIFE {avifauna=n} [n -S] BIRDLIKE resembling a bird [adj] BIRDLIME to trap small birds [v -LIMED, -LIMING, -LIMES] BIRDSEED a mixture of seeds used for feeding birds [n -S] BIRDSEYE a flowering plant [n -S] BIRDSHOT small shot for shooting birds [n -S] BIRDSONG the song of a bird [n -S] BLACKCAP a small European bird [n -S] BLUEBACK a bird or fish having a bluish back [n -S] BLUEBILL the scaup duck [n -S] BLUEBIRD a {songbird=n} [n -S] BOATBILL a wading bird [n -S] BOBOLINK a {songbird=n} [n -S] BOBWHITE a game bird [n -S] BOYCHICK {boychik=n} [n -S] BRANTAIL a singing bird [n -S] CAGELING a caged bird [n -S] CAPONIZE to geld a rooster [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] CARACARA a large hawk [n -S] CARASSOW {curassow=n} [n -S] CARDINAL a bright red bird [n -S] COCKATOO a parrot [n -TOOS] COCKCROW {daybreak=n} [n -S] COCKEREL a young rooster [n -S] COCKLIKE resembling a {rooster=n} [adj] COCKLOFT a small attic [n -S] COCKSHUT the close of day [n -S] COCKSURE {certain=adj} [adj] COOINGLY in the manner of cooing doves; affectionately [adv] COTURNIX a small quail [n -ES] CROWFOOT a flowering plant [n -FOOTS or -FEET] CROWSTEP a step on top of a wall [n -S] : CROWSTEPPED [adj] CURASSOW a turkey-like bird [n -S] : CARASSOW(s) DABCHICK a small grebe [n -S] DAKERHEN a European bird [n -S] DIDAPPER a {dabchick=n} [n -S] DISPLUME to {deplume=v} [v -PLUMED, -PLUMING, -PLUMES] DOMINICK one of an American breed of chickens [n -S] : DOMINICK DOMINICKER DOMINIQUE DOTTEREL a shore bird [n -S] : DOTTREL(s) DOVECOTE a roost for domesticated pigeons [n -S] DOVELIKE resembling or suggestive of a dove [adj] DOVETAIL to fit together closely [v -ED, -ING, -S] DOWNLESS having no down (soft furry feathers) [adj] DOWNLIKE resembling down [adj] DUCKBILL a {platypus=n} [n -S] DUCKLING a young duck [n -S] DUCKTAIL a style of haircut [n -S] DUCKWALK to walk in a squatting position [v -ED, -ING, -S] DUCKWEED an aquatic plant [n -S] EGGSHELL the hard exterior of a bird's egg [n -S] FALCONER one that hunts with hawks [n -S] FALCONET a small falcon [n -S] FALCONRY the sport of hunting with falcons [n -RIES] FEATHERY resembling feathers [adj -ERIER, -ERIEST] FIREBACK a bird [n -S] FIREBIRD a brightly colored bird [n -S] FLAMINGO a wading bird [n -GOS or -GOES] GAMECOCK a rooster trained for fighting [n -S] GAMEFOWL a gamecock (a rooster trained for fighting) [n -S] GAOLBIRD jailbird (a prisoner (one that is imprisoned)) [n -S] GARGANEY a small duck [n -NEYS] GRAYBACK a gray bird [n -S] GREENLET a {vireo=n} [n -S] GROSBEAK a {finch=n} [n -S] GRUIFORM designating an order of birds [adj] GUACHARO a tropical bird [n -ROS or -ROES] GUITGUIT a tropical American bird [n -S] GULLWING hinged at the top to swing upward [adj] HANGBIRD a type of bird [n -S] HANGNEST a {hangbird=n} [n -S] HAWFINCH a Eurasian finch [n -ES] HAWKBILL a sea turtle [n -S] HAWKEYED having keen sight [adj] HAWKLIKE resembling a hawk (a bird of prey) [adj] HAWKMOTH a large moth [n -S] HAWKNOSE a large, curved nose [n -S] HAWKSHAW a detective [n -S] HAWKWEED a weedlike herb [n -S] HAZELHEN a European grouse [n -S] HENHOUSE a shelter for poultry [n -S] HOACTZIN {hoatzin=n} [n -S or -ES] HORNBILL a large-billed bird [n -S] JAILBIRD a {prisoner=n} [n -S] KILLDEER a wading bird [n -S] : KILLDEE(s) KINGBIRD an American bird [n -S] KISKADEE a large flycatcher [n -S] LADYBIRD a {ladybug=n} [n -S] LANGSHAN any of a breed of large domestic fowl [n -S] LANNERET a male {lanner=n} [n -S] LAVEROCK a {songbird=n} [n -S] LONGSPUR a long-clawed finch [n -S] LORIKEET a small parrot [n -S] LOVEBIRD a small parrot [n -S] LYREBIRD an Australian bird [n -S] MANNIKIN {manikin=n} [n -S] MANUCODE a bird of paradise [n -S] MARABOUT a {marabou=n} [n -S] MEGAPODE a large-footed bird [n -S] MOORCOCK the male moorfowl [n -S] MOORFOWL a game bird [n -S] MOORHENS [n] MURRELET a small diving bird [n -S] NESTABLE capable of being fitted closely within another container [adj] NESTLIKE resembling a nest [adj] NESTLING a young bird [n -S] NESTMATE a bird sharing a nest with another [n -S] NEWSHAWK a newspaper reporter [n -S] NIGHTJAR a nocturnal bird [n -S] NOTORNIS a flightless bird [n NOTORNIS] NUTHATCH a small bird [n -ES] OLDSQUAW a sea duck [n -S] ORNITHES [n] ORNITHIC pertaining to birds [adj] OVENBIRD an American songbird [n -S] OXPECKER an African bird [n -S] PARAKEET a small parrot [n -S] : PARAKEET PARAQUET PAROQUET PARRAKEET PARROKET PARAQUET {parakeet=n} [n -S] : PARAKEET PARAQUET PAROQUET PARRAKEET PARROKET PAROQUET {parakeet=n} [n -S] : PARAKEET PARAQUET PAROQUET PARRAKEET PARROKET PARROKET {parakeet=n} [n -S] : PARAKEET PARAQUET PAROQUET PARRAKEET PARROKET PARROTER one that {parrots=v} [n -S] PAURAQUE a long-tailed nocturnal bird [n -S] PAVONINE resembling a peacock [adj] PEACOCKY {vain=adj} [adj -COCKIER, -COCKIEST] PEESWEEP a {lapwing=n} [n -S] PEETWEET a wading bird [n -S] PEREGRIN a swift falcon much used in falconry [n -S] PHEASANT a large, long-tailed bird [n -S] PHILOMEL a {songbird=n} [n -S] PICIFORM pertaining to an order of birds [adj] PLUMELET a small feather [n -S] PLUMIPED a bird having feathered feet [n -S] POORWILL a small North American bird [n -S] POULARDE {poulard=n} [n -S] PRINCOCK a {coxcomb=n} [n -S] : PRINCOX PUFFBACK a small African bird [n -S] PUFFBIRD a stocky tropical American bird [n -S] RAILBIRD a racing enthusiast [n -S] RAINBIRD a type of bird [n -S] REDSHANK a shore bird [n -S] REDSTART a small songbird [n -S] REEDBIRD the {bobolink=n} [n -S] REEDLING a marsh bird [n -S] RICEBIRD the {bobolink=n} [n -S] RIFLEMAN a soldier armed with a rifle (a type of firearm) [n RIFLEMEN] : RIFLEBIRD(s) RINGDOVE a European pigeon [n -S] RINGNECK a bird having a ring of color around the neck [n -S] ROUGHLEG a large hawk [n -S] SANDPEEP a wading bird [n -S] SHELDUCK a European duck [n -S] SHOEBILL a wading bird [n -S] SHOVELER one that {shovels=v} [n -S] SIFFLEUR an animal that makes a whistling noise [n -S] SNOWBIRD a small bird [n -S] SONGBIRD a bird that utters a musical call [n -S] STARLING a European bird [n -S] SURFBIRD a shore bird [n -S] SWANHERD one who tends swans (large aquatic birds) [n -S] SWANLIKE resembling a swan [adj] SWANNERY a place where swans are raised [n -NERIES] SWANSKIN the skin of a swan [n -S] SWIFTLET a cave-dwelling swift [n -S] TERCELET {tercel=n} [n -S] : TERCEL TERCELET TIERCEL THRASHER one that {thrashes=v} [n -S] THROSTLE a {songbird=n} [n -S] TICKLACE a type of small seabird [n -S] TITMOUSE a small bird [n -MICE] TOMAHAWK to strike with a light ax [v -ED, -ING, -S] TRAGOPAN an Asian pheasant [n -S] TROCHILI {trochils=n} [n] : TROCHIL(s) TROCHILUS TROOPIAL {troupial=n} [n -S] TROUPIAL a tropical bird [n -S] : TROOPIAL(s) TUBENOSE a bird having tubular nostrils [n -S] UMBRETTE a wading bird [n -S] UROPYGIA the humps from which birds' tail feathers grow [n] VEXILLAR [adj] VEXILLUM the web or vane of a feather [n -LA] : VEXILLAR [adj] WANDERER one that {wanders=v} [n -S] WATERHEN the American coot [n -S] WHEATEAR a small bird of northern regions [n -S] WHIMBREL a shore bird [n -S] WHINCHAT a {songbird=n} [n -S] WHISTLER one that {whistles=v} [n -S] WILDFOWL a wild game bird [n -S] WINGEDLY {swiftly=adv} [adv] WINGLESS having no wings [adj] WINGLIKE resembling a wing [adj] WINGOVER a flight maneuver [n -S] WINGSPAN the distance from the tip of one of a pair of wings to that of the other [n -S] WISHBONE a forked bone in front of a bird's breastbone [n -S] WOODCHAT a European shrike [n -S] WOODCOCK a game bird [n -S] WOODLARK a {songbird=n} [n -S] WOODNOTE a song or call of a forest bird [n -S] YARDBIRD an army recruit [n -S] AEPYORNIS [n -ES] ALBATROSS [n -ES] BATFOWLER [n -S] BECCAFICO [n -S] BIRDBRAIN [n -S] BIRDHOUSE [n -S] BIRDWATCH [v -ED, -ING, -S] BLACKBIRD [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BLACKBIRDER(s) BLACKCOCK [n -S] BLACKPOLL [n -S] BOWERBIRD [n -S] BRAMBLING [n -S] BROADBILL [n -S] BULLFINCH [n -ES] BUTEONINE [n -S] a genus of hawks CASSOWARY [n -RIES] CEDARBIRD [n -S] CHAFFINCH [n -ES] CHATTERER one that {chatters=v} [n -S] CHICKADEE [n -S] CHINSTRAP [n -S] CHICKWEED [n -S] COCKAMAMY [adj] : COCKAMAMIE COCKATEEL [n -S] : COCKATIEL COCKATIEL [n -S] : COCKATEEL COCKFIGHT [n -S] COCKHORSE [n -S] COCKINESS [n -ES] COCKSCOMB [n -S] COCKSFOOT [n -S] COXCOMBIC COXCOMBRY [n -RIES] CORNCRAKE [n -S] CORMORANT [n -S] CROSSBILL [n -S] CROWBERRY [n -BERRIES] CROWSFOOT [n CROWSFEET] DOLLYBIRD [n -S] DOMINIQUE a {dominick=n} [n -S] : DOMINICK DOMINICKER DOMINIQUE DOWITCHER [n -S] DUCKBOARD [n -S] EAGLEWOOD [n -S] FALCONINE FALCONOID FIELDFARE a type of thrush [n -S] FILOPLUME [n -S] a type of feather FRANCOLIN [n -S] FRIARBIRD [n -S] GALLINULE [n -S] GERFALCON [n -S] : GYRFALCON(s) GOLDENEYE a diving duck [n -S] GOLDFINCH [n -ES] GOOSANDER [n -S] GOOSEFISH [n -ES] GOOSEFOOT [n -S] GOOSEHERD [n -S] GOOSENECK [n -S] GRENADIER [n -S] GUILLEMOT a type of auk [n -S] GYRFALCON [n -S] : GERFALCON(s) HAMMERKOP [n -S] HAWKISHLY HAWKSBILL [n -S] HEATHBIRD [n -S] IVORYBILL [n -S] JAYHAWKER [n -S] KITTIWAKE [n -S] LINTWHITE a type of linnet [n -S] MALLEMUCK a type of albatross [n -S] : MOLLYMAWK MERGANSER [n -S] MOLLYMAWK a type of albatross [n -S] : MALLEMUCK MOOSEBIRD [n -S] MOUNDBIRD [n -S] MOUSEBIRD [n -S] NIGHTHAWK [n -S] PARRAKEET [n -S] : PARAKEET PARAQUET PAROQUET PARRAKEET PARROKET PARTRIDGE [n -S] PASSERINE [n -S] PEREGRINE [n -S] PHALAROPE [n -S] PIGEONITE [n -S] PIPISTREL [n -S] POULTERER [n -S] : POULTER PTARMIGAN [n -S] RAZORBILL [n -S] RIFLEBIRD [n -S] : RIFLEMAN SANDPIPER [n -S] SAPSUCKER [n -S] SCARECROW [n -S] SEEDEATER [n -S] SHOREBIRD [n -S] SNAKEBIRD [n -S] SOLITAIRE [n -S] SPOONBILL [n -S] STONECHAT [n -S] SWANSDOWN [n -S] TROCHILUS {trochil=n} [n TROCHILI] : TROCHIL(s) TRUMPETER [n -S] TURNSTONE [n -S] VIREONINE [n -S] VULTURINE VULTURISH VULTUROUS WATERBIRD [n -S] WATERFOWL [v -ED, -ING, -S] : WATERFOWLER WHITEFACE [n -S] WHITEHEAD [n -S] WIDOWBIRD [n -S] BUDGERIGAR [n -S] BUFFLEHEAD [n -S] CHIFFCHAFF [n -S] COCKAMAMIE [adj] : COCKAMAMY COCKATRICE [n -S] CROWKEEPER [n -S] DICKCISSEL [n -S] DISTELFINK a stylized goldfinch in Dutch folk art [n -S] DOMINICKER a {dominick=n} [n -S] : DOMINICK DOMINICKER DOMINIQUE FEATHERBED [v -BEDDED, -BEDDING, -S] FEATHERING [n -S] FLIGHTLESS FLYCATCHER [n -S] GOATSUCKER [n -S] GOOSEBERRY [n -BERRIES] GOOSEFLESH [n -ES] GOOSEGRASS [n -ES] GREENFINCH [n -ES] GREENSHANK [n -S] HONEYEATER [n -S] HONEYGUIDE [n -S] KINGFISHER [n -S] KOOKABURRA [n -S] MEADOWLARK [n -S] NUTCRACKER [n -S] PEACOCKISH PIGEONHOLE [v -ED, -ING, -S] : PIGEONHOLER PIGEONWING [n -S] PINFEATHER [n -S] POULTRYMAN [n POULTRYMEN] PRATINCOLE [n -S] ROADRUNNER [n -S] ROCKHOPPER a type of penguin [n -S] RUBYTHROAT [n -S] SANDERLING [n -S] SANDGROUSE [n -S] SHEARWATER [n -S] SHEATHBILL [n -S] STORKSBILL a flower [n -S] STRUTHIOUS of or relating to ostriches or other ratites TAILORBIRD [n -S] TURTLEDOVE [n -S] WATTLEBIRD [n -S] WEAVERBIRD [n -S] WHIRLYBIRD [n -S] WILDFOWLER [n -S] WOODPECKER [n -S] YELLOWLEGS [n] BIRDBRAINED BLACKBIRDER [n -S] CHICKENSHIT [n -S] COXCOMBICAL FEATHEREDGE [v -GED, -GING, -GES] FEATHERHEAD [n -S] FEATHERLESS GNATCATCHER [n -S] GOOSENECKED HAWKISHNESS [n -ES] HUMMINGBIRD [n -S] LAMMERGEIER a bearded vulture [n -S] : LAMMERGEYER(s) LAMMERGEYER a bearded vulture [n -S] : LAMMERGEIER(s) MOCKINGBIRD [n -S] MOUNTAINEER [n -S] NIGHTINGALE [n -S] OSTRICHLIKE PIGEONHOLER [n -S] SHUTTLECOCK [v -ED, -ING, -S] SPARROWLIKE THUNDERBIRD [n -S] TRAINBEARER [n -S] WATERFOWLER [n -S] WATERTHRUSH [n -ES] WHITETHROAT [n -S] WILDFOWLING [n -S] CAPERCAILLIE a large grouse [n -S] : CAPERCAILZIE CAPERCAILZIE a large grouse [n -S] : CAPERCAILLIE COCKFIGHTING [n -S] FEATHERBRAIN [n -S] FEATHERLIGHT HONEYCREEPER [n -S] NONPASSERINE TIMBERDOODLE [n -S] an American woodcock WHIPPOORWILL [n -S] YELLOWTHROAT [n -S] ARCHAEOPTERYX [n -ES] FEATHERHEADED FEATHERSTITCH [v -ED, -ING, -ES] FEATHERWEIGHT [n -S] HORSEFEATHERS OYSTERCATCHER [n -S] FEATHERBEDDING [n -S] FEATHERBRAINED CHICKENHEARTED PARTRIDGEBERRY * List compiled from OWL3 + OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka