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| borer |
a machine or other device designed to bore holes. [2/3 definitions] |
| carpenter bee |
any of various types of bee that bore tunnels in wood and lay their eggs there. |
| deathwatch |
any of several beetles that make a ticking sound as they bore through wood. [1/3 definitions] |
| gribble |
any of several small saltwater crustaceans that bore into wood underwater, often causing great damage. |
| lumen |
a hollow space, as in the bore of a hollow needle or in a bodily duct or tract. [1/2 definitions] |
| sawyer |
any of a number of beetles with long antennae, whose larvae bore holes in the wood of coniferous trees. [1/2 definitions] |
| seed fern |
a fernlike Paleozoic plant, now extinct, that bore naked seeds upon its leaves. |
| shotgun |
a riflelike gun with a smooth bore that fires several small pellets or buckshot at once, used mostly for killing birds and small game at close range. |
| tire1 |
to drain the interest or tax the patience of; bore. [1/4 definitions] |
| virgin birth |
(often cap.) the Christian theological doctrine that Mary was still a virgin when she bore Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit having miraculously impregnated her. [1/2 definitions] |
| windage |
the difference in a firearm between the diameter of the projectile fired and that of the bore of the firearm. [1/3 definitions] |
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