[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.Synonyms: spicule , prickle , snag , barbule , prong , spike , spur", "an obviously or openly unpleasant or cutting remark.", "Botany, Zoology.a hooked or sharp bristle.", "Ornithology.one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather.", "one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.", "any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbusand Puntius,often kept in aquariums.", "Usuallybarbs.Veterinary Pathology.a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen.", "Also a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns.", "Obsolete.a beard."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to furnish with a barb or barbs."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["one of a breed of horses raised originally in Barbary."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["barbiturate ."]}]