gate, lay under, obligation;
indenture, apprentice; confirm, sanction, ratify; swaddle. Antonyms:
unbind, loose.

binding, n. ligature, ligsation, astriction, constriction bandage;
obligation, reestraint, restriction; galloon swaddling.

binding, a. astringent, astrictive; obligatory, valid. Antonyms:
optional, elective.

bird, n. (young) fledgeling, nestling; (one year old) annotine;
squab; _rara avris_ (rare bird).

bird-catcher, n. fowler.

bird-catching, n. fowling, birding.

birds, n. pl. Aves; Avifauma. Associated Words: ornithology,
ornithologist, ornithological, ornithotomy, ornithography, ornithoid,
ornitholite, ornithon, ornithophilous, game, ornithic, aviary, avicular,
aviculture, covey, neossology paleornithollogy, taxidermy, taxidermist,
preen, rookery, cote, hutch, coop, cage, avian, poult, auspice, ariel,
mute, Mallophaga.

birr. n. whirring.

birth n. nativity; origin, beginning, nascency, genesis; extraction,
lineage; (new birth) regeneration, renaissance, regenesis, palingenesis.
Associated Words: natal, native, pre-natal, post-natal, ante-natal,
abortion, congenital, connate, connascent, connascence, horoscope, genial,
genethliac, genethlialogy, genethliacs, sooterkin, uniparous, biparous,
pluriparous, viable, viability, primiparous, natality.

birthday poem. genethliac.

birthmark, n. naevus.

birthright, n. inheritance.

bisexual, a. hermaphrodite.

bishop, n. diocesan, prelate; suffragan, coadjutor, metropolitan.
Associated Words: episcopal, episcopacy, bishopdom, episcopicide,
crosier, chimere, episcopate, rochet, gremial.

bishopric, n. diocese, see.

bit, n. morsel, fragment, scrap, crumb; mite, ace, scintilla,
particle, whit, iota, tittle, grain, atom, jot, molecule, speck, mote.

bit by bit. piecemeal.

bitch, n. slut; whore.

bite, v. champ, nibble, chew; sting, smart, tingle; take hold of,
adhere; nip, blight, blast.

bite, n. mouthful; wheal.

biting, a. stinging, sharp, cutting, sarcastic, caustic, scathing,
bitter, satirical, pungent, piquant; nipping, blasting; erosive,
corrosive, acrid, mordant.

bitter, a. acrid, acerb; poignant, intense; calamitous, distressing,
virulent, acrimonious; implacable.

bitterness, n. acridity, acerbity; gall, wormwood; poignancy,
intensity, severity; rancor, malice, malignity, implacableness.

bizarre, a. fantastic, whimsical, grotesque.

blab, n. babbler, blabber, telltale.--v. tell, tattle.

black, a. sable, ebon, inky