BIRDSEEDS Synonyms

• soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

• coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

• give fodder (to domesticated animals)

• any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

• any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

• anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

• a relatively small granular particle of a substance

• foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

• the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

• a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

• 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

• 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

• dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

• a cereal grass

• the smallest possible unit of anything

• the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric

• the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

• thoroughly work in

• paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

• form into grains

• become granular

• French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)

• any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine

• small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica

• a source of materials to nourish the body

• the act of nourishing

• food for domestic livestock

• a stock or supply of foods

• a small hard fruit

• a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

• one of the outstanding players in a tournament

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

• go to seed; shed seeds

• help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

• bear seeds

• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

• distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

• sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

• inoculate with microorganisms

• remove the seeds from

• a source of materials to nourish the body

• the financial means whereby one lives

• the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

• food given to birds; usually mixed seeds

• food given to birds; usually mixed seeds