Buphaga /būˈfä-gə/

A small genus of African birds, closely related to the starlings, which feed on the larvae of gadflies, etc, parasitic on the backs of cattle, camels, etc (also beefeater and oxpecker)

beef /bēf/

1. The flesh of adult domestic cattle as food
2. Extended to that of some other animals, such as the horse
3. Muscle (informal)
4. Vigorous muscular force (informal)
5. A steer or cow, esp one fattened for the butcher (archaic; pl in this sense beefs or beeves /bēvz/)
6. A complaint (informal)
7. An argument or quarrel (informal)

Of beef

To grumble

beefˈy adjective

1. Like beef
2. Fleshy, muscular (informal)
3. Stolid (informal)

beefˈ-brained adjective (informal)

Stupid

beefˈ-brewis (obsolete) or beef broth noun

Broth made from beef

beefˈburger noun

A round flat cake of minced meat, usu fried or grilled

beefˈcake noun (informal)

1. Very muscular men, considered sexually attractive
2. Photographs of such
3. Brawn as distinct from brain

beef cattle plural noun

Cattle reared mainly for their meat (cf dairy cattle)

beefˈeater noun

1. The ox-bird or oxpecker
2. A consumer of beef
3. A yeoman of the guard
4. A warder of the Tower of London

beefˈ-ham noun

Beef cured like ham

beef olive noun

A thin slice of beef rolled round a savoury stuffing and usu stewed

beefˈsteak noun

A thick lean slice of beef for grilling or frying

beefsteak fungus noun

An edible fungus Fistulina hepatica, which looks rather like beefsteak

beef tea noun

A hot drink made from beef stock

beef tomato noun

A particularly large fleshy variety of tomato

beef Wellington noun

A dish of beef covered in pâté and baked in pastry

beefˈ-witted adjective

.(informal) stupid

beefˈwood noun

The wood of the casuarina and other trees

beef up (informal)

To add strength to, reinforce

ox /oks/

1. A general name for the male or female of common domestic cattle (bull and cow), esp a castrated male of the species
2. Extended to other animals of bovine type

oxˈer noun

1. Esp in foxhunting, an ox-fence
2. In showjumping, an obstacle in the form of an ox-fence

oxˈ-antˈelope noun

Any antelope of the hartebeest group

oxˈ-bird noun

1. The dunlin
2. The oxpecker
3. An African weaver bird
4. Applied also to various other birds

oxˈblood noun

A dark reddish-brown colour (also adjective)

oxˈ-bot noun

A warble-fly larva infesting cattle

oxˈ-bow /-bō/ noun

1. A collar for a yoked ox
2. A horseshoe-shaped bend in a river (forming an ox-bow lake when the neck is pierced and the bend cut off)

oxˈ-eye noun

1. A wild chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (also called Leucanthemum vulgare), with a yellow disc and white rays (ox-eye daisy)
2. Sometimes (yellow ox-eye) the corn marigold
3. A name for various birds, esp the great titmouse
4. An elliptical dormer window

oxˈ-eyed adjective

Having large, ox-like eyes

oxˈ-fence noun

1. A fence for confining cattle
2. A hedge with a rail and in many cases also a ditch

oxˈgang, oxˈgate or oxˈland noun (obsolete)

A bovate or one-eighth of a carucate of ploughland, the share attributed to each ox in a team of eight (averaging about 13 acres)

oxˈhead noun

1. The head of an ox
2. A blockhead

oxˈpecker noun

An African genus (Buphaga) of birds related to starlings, that eat the parasites on cattle (also beefeater or ox-bird)

oxˈtail noun

The tail of an ox, esp as used for soup, stew, etc

oxˈ-tongue noun

1. The tongue of an ox, used as food
2. A composite plant (Picris echioides) of the daisy family, with yellow flowers and milky juice

oxˈ-warˈble noun

1. A swelling on the back of an ox
2. The fly whose larva produces it

have the black ox tread on one's foot

To experience sorrow or misfortune

• nidorous
• nidors
• nids
• nidulation
• nidulations
• nidus
• nie
• niece
• nieces
• nief
• niefs
• niellated
• nielli
• niellist
• niellists
• niello
• nielloed
• nielloing
• niellos
• nielsbohrium
• Niersteiner
• NIESR
• Nietzschean
• Nietzscheanism
• nieve