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adj 1: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous] n 1: a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"-- Albert Camus [syn: absurd, the absurd]

n 1: any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call

n 1: warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl] 3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] 4: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] 5: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: watch and study birds in their natural habitat [syn: bird, birdwatch]

n 1: any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black [syn: New World blackbird, blackbird] 2: common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula]

n 1: fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies [syn: fairy bluebird, bluebird] 2: blue North American songbird

n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females [syn: bowerbird, catbird]

n 1: shrikes that impale their prey on thorns 2: large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns

n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]

n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females [syn: bowerbird, catbird] 2: North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing [syn: catbird, grey catbird, gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis]

n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth] 2: a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page [syn: guide word, guideword, catchword]

n 1: a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below [syn: clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding] v 1: cover with clapboards

n 1: North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests

n 1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space [syn: cupboard, closet]

n 1: a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd" 2: coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"

n 1: the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn: scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird] 2: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula] 3: tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage [syn: vermillion flycatcher, firebird, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus]

n 1: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book [syn: foreword, preface, prolusion]

adj 1: covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear" [syn: furred, furry]

v 1: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm] 2: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: girdle, gird] 3: bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle]

n 1: a person who tends a flock of goats [syn: goat herder, goatherd]

n 1: a pike fitted with an ax head

n 1: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula]

adj 1: detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall"

n 1: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans 2: a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra 3: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" [syn: ruck, herd] v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" [syn: herd, crowd] 2: move together, like a herd 3: keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

n 1: tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight

n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird]

n 1: common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast [syn: blue jay, jaybird, Cyanocitta cristata]

n 1: large American flycatcher [syn: kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus]

adj 1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" [syn: labored, laboured, strained] 2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: heavy, labored, laboured]

n 1: small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests [syn: ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle]

n 1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus] 2: small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates

n 1: Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape

n 1: long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds [syn: mockingbird, mocker, Mimus polyglotktos]

adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly, northwards, northward] adj 1: moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic" [syn: northbound, northward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north, due north, northward, N]

n 1: American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground [syn: ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus] 2: small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests

n 1: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign]

n 1: a shard of pottery

n 1: the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn: scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird] 2: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male [syn: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird]

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

n 1: a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. [syn: seabird, sea bird, seafowl]

n 1: any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries [syn: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird]

n 1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: snakebird, anhinga, darter]

n 1: medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn: fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris] 2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis] 3: small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn: junco, snowbird]

n 1: any bird having a musical call [syn: songbird, songster]

adv 1: toward the south; "the ship turned southerly" [syn: southerly, southward, southwards] adj 1: moving toward the south; "a southbound train" [syn: southbound, southward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S]

n 1: sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America [syn: surfbird, Aphriza virgata]

n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]

n 1: a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald

n 1: tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest [syn: tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius]

adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly] adj 1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position [syn: third, 3rd, tertiary] n 1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce] 2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third" [syn: third base, third] 3: following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" 4: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" 5: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" [syn: third gear, third] 6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn: third base, third]

n 1: (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird

adj 1: furnished with or made of wood or timbers; "timbered walls" [ant: untimbered] 2: covered with growing timber; "thickly timbered ridges clothed with loblolly pine and holly"; "hills timbered up to their summits"

adj 1: not necessarily inaudible but not heard

adj 1: too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" [syn: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable]

n 1: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry, rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword] 2: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign]

n 1: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch]

n 1: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater]

n 1: a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" 2: a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it" 3: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence, tidings, word] 4: a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!" 5: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: discussion, give-and-take, word] 6: a promise; "he gave his word" [syn: parole, word, word of honor] 7: a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long" 8: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: Son, Word, Logos] 9: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign] 10: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word] v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate]

n 1: a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks [syn: yard bird, yardbird] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]

n 1: English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) [syn: Byrd, William Byrd] 2: explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) [syn: Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd]

adj 1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" [syn: labored, laboured, strained] 2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: heavy, labored, laboured]

n 1: any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms [syn: antbird, ant bird]

n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird]

n 1: nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: oilbird, guacharo, Steatornis caripensis]

n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus] 2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa [syn: sedge warbler, sedge bird, sedge wren, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]

n 1: small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds [syn: dickeybird, dickey- bird, dickybird, dicky-bird]

n 1: a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986) [syn: Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard] 2: a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high) [syn: Hubbard, Mount Hubbard]

n 1: a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century [syn: Lombard, Langobard]

n 1: a person who likes to be active late at night [syn: night owl, nighthawk, nightbird]