Sawbill :: Sawbill (n.) The merganser.

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

Sheathbill :: Sheathbill (n.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas..

Shoebill :: Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak..

Shovelbill :: Shovelbill (n.) The shoveler.

Sicklebill :: Sicklebill (n.) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer..

Sicklebill :: Sicklebill (n.) A curlew.

Sicklebill :: Sicklebill (n.) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.

Silverbill :: Silverbill (n.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa..

Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.

Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.

Speckled-bill :: Speckled-bill (n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The hooded merganser.

Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).

Spinebill :: Spineback (n.) A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins..

Spoon-billed :: Spoonbill (n.) The paddlefish.

Spoonbill :: Spoon (v. i.) To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love..

Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip..

Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2..

Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.

Stork-billed :: Stork (n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe..

Swaddlebill :: Swaddle (v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.

Swordbill :: Sword (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Thickbill :: Thickbill (n.) The bullfinch.

Thornbill :: Thornbill (n.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane..

Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..

Torsibillty :: Torsibillty (n.) The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted..

Tourbillion :: Tourbillion (n.) An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire..

Turbillion :: Turbillion (n.) A whirl; a vortex.

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