bed — A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE.
bled — Bled is the past tense and past participle of bleed.
bread — Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
bred — Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed.
dead — A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
dread — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
shred — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
sled — a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
sped — a simple past tense and past participle of speed.
spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
ted — to spread out for drying, as newly mown hay.
thread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
tread — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
unwed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
wed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
french bread — a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3).
fry bread — a flat wheat bread made by North American Indians of the SW U.S., that is cooked by frying in deep fat until light brown and puffed on both sides
red lead — an orange to red, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb 3 O 4 , obtained by heating litharge in the presence of air: used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.
retread — to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire casing) either by recapping or by cutting fresh treads in the smooth surface.
rye bread — bread that is made either entirely or partly from rye flour, often with caraway seeds.
sayed — (in Islamic countries) a supposed descendant of Muhammad through his grandson Hussein, the second son of his daughter Fatima.
screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
see red — any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
congo red — a brownish-red soluble powder, used as a dye, a diagnostic indicator, a biological stain, and a chemical indicator. Formula: C32H22N6O6S2Na2
dragon's head — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
feather bed — a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
filter bed — a pond or tank having a false bottom covered with sand and serving to filter river or pond waters.
flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
get ahead — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
go ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
go to bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
indian red — earth of a yellowish-red color, found especially in the Persian Gulf, that serves as a pigment and as a polish for gold and silver objects.
infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet.
overhead — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
sofa bed — a sofa that can be converted into a bed, either by folding out the seat or by lowering the back to be flush with the seat.
sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
turkey red — a bright red produced in fabrics by madder, alizarin, or synthetic dyes.
water bed — a bed having a liquid-filled rubber or plastic mattress in a rigid, often heated, waterproof frame, and providing a surface that conforms to the sleeper's body in any position.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
boston brown bread — a dark, sweetened, steamed bread made of cornmeal, rye or wheat flour, etc., and molasses
cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
italian bread — a crusty, yeast-raised bread made without shortening and unsweetened, usually baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends.