Crossbill :: Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit..

Crossbill :: Crossbill (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak..

Deshabille :: Deshabille (n.) An undress; a careless toilet.

Dishabille :: Dishabille (n.) An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille..

Duck's-bill :: Duck's-bill (a.) Having the form of a duck's bill.

Duck-billed :: Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck.

Duckbill :: Duckbill (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck, n..

Duebill :: Duebill (n.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note..

Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.

Flatbill :: Flatbill (n.) Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Gerbille :: Gerbille (n.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe..

Gorebill :: Gorebill (n.) The garfish.

Handbill :: Handbill (n.) A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand..

Handbill :: Handbill (n.) A pruning hook.

Hawkbill :: Hawkbill (n.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret..

Hedging Bill :: Hedging bill () A hedge bill. See under Hedge.

Hook-billed :: Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Inflammabillty :: Inflammabillty (n.) Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.

Ingenerabillty :: Ingenerabillty (n.) Incapacity of being engendered or produced.

Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..

Morbillous :: Morbillous (a.) Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly..

Openbill :: Openbill (n.) A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak..

Parrot''s-bill :: Parrot's-bill (n.) The glory pea. See under Glory.

Playbill :: Playbill (n.) A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors..

Razorbill :: Razorbill (n.) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix..

Razorbill :: Razorbill (n.) See Cutwater, 3..

Ringbill :: Ringbill (n.) The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.

Saberbill :: Saberbill (n.) Alt. of Sabrebil.

Sabrebill :: Sabrebill (n.) The curlew.

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