Anagrams of: BEIRY

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a farewell remark

• (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

• the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

• so as to pass a given point

• in reserve; not for immediate use

• the seed of the cereal grass

• hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement

• whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

• soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert

• a coffin along with its stand

• a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• support resembling the rib of an animal

• any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

• cut of meat including one or more ribs

• a teasing remark

• a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

• a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

• form vertical ribs by knitting

• subject to laughter or ridicule

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms