BED - A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on.
BID - To issue a command; to tell.
DID - A Roman numeral representing nine hundred and ninety-nine (999).
RED - Having red as its colour.
RIB - Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
RID - Released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of").
IRE - Iron.
BIRD - A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
BRED - Simple past tense and past participle of breed.
DIED - Simple past tense and past participle of die.
DIRE - Ill-boding; portentous.
RIDE - To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
BIDE - (chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
BRIE - A variety of soft, mild French cheese made from cow's milk.
BRIDE - A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
DRIED - Without water or moisture.
BIDDER - Someone who bids, e.g. at an auction.