1. Deserving reward or praise
   "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct"
   - meritable

See also: merit, meritoriously, worthy

• birefringent
• bireme
• biretta
• biriani
• birken
• birl
• birle
• birling
• Birmingham
• Biro
• birr
• birretta
• birth
• birth canal
• birth certificate
• birth control
• birth control device
• birth control pill
• birth defect
• birth pangs
• birth prevention
• birth trauma
• birth-control campaigner
• birth-control reformer
• birthday