| headlamp | (noun) a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive | Synonyms: headlight |
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| hippocampus | (noun) a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories | - |
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| jampan | (noun) a kind of sedan chair used in India | - |
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| jampot | (noun) a jar for holding jellies or preserves | Synonyms: jamjar |
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| kampong | (noun) a native malay village | Synonyms: campong |
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| lamp | (noun) an artificial source of visible illumination | - |
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| (noun) a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs | - |
| lampblack | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, smut, soot |
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| lamphouse | (noun) housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) | Synonyms: lamp house, lamp housing |
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| lamplight | (noun) light from a lamp | - |
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| lamplighter | (noun) (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights | - |
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| lampoon | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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| lampooner | (noun) mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | Synonyms: parodist |
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| lamppost | (noun) a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) | - |
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| lamprey | (noun) primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue | Synonyms: lamper eel, lamprey eel |
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| lampshade | (noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, shade |
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| lampshell | (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: brachiopod, lamp shell |
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| lasiocampid | (noun) medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae | Synonyms: lasiocampid moth |
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| methamphetamine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| methylenedioxymethamphetamine | (noun) a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States | Synonyms: MDMA |
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| milliampere | (noun) one thousandth of an ampere | Synonyms: mA |
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| pamperer | (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, spoiler |
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| pampering | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, indulging |
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| pamphlet | (noun) a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet | Synonyms: tract |
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| (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet |
| pamphleteer | (noun) a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues) | - |
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| preeclampsia | (noun) abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated | Synonyms: pre-eclampsia |
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| ramp | (noun) an inclined surface connecting two levels | Synonyms: incline |
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| (noun) a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft | - |
| (noun) North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers | Synonyms: Allium tricoccum, wild leek |
| rampage | (noun) violently angry and destructive behavior | Synonyms: violent disorder |
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| rampart | (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, wall |
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| rampion | (noun) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad | Synonyms: Campanula rapunculus, rampion bellflower |
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| rifampin | (noun) an antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis | Synonyms: Rifadin, Rimactane |
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| sampan | (noun) an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars | - |
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| samphire | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: glasswort, Salicornia europaea |
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| sample | (noun) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole | - |
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| (noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample distribution, sampling |
| (noun) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class | - |
| sampler | (noun) a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches | - |
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| (noun) an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something | Synonyms: sampling station |
| (noun) an assortment of various samples | - |
| (noun) someone who samples food or drink for its quality | Synonyms: taste-tester, taste tester, taster |
| sampling | (noun) (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study | - |
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| (noun) measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) | - |
| (noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample, sample distribution |
| scamp | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag |
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| scamper | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scramble, scurry |
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| scampi | (noun) large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic | - |
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| scampo | (noun) caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster | Synonyms: langoustine, Norwegian lobster |
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| shampoo | (noun) the act of washing your hair with shampoo | - |
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| (noun) cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair | - |
| stamp | (noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | Synonyms: seal |
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| (noun) a block or die used to imprint a mark or design | - |
| (noun) machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores | Synonyms: pestle |
| (noun) a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving | Synonyms: impression |
| (noun) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid | Synonyms: postage, postage stamp |
| (noun) a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid | Synonyms: revenue stamp |
| (noun) a type or class | - |
| (noun) something that can be used as an official medium of payment | Synonyms: legal tender, tender |
| (noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: cast, mold, mould |
| stampede | (noun) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse | - |
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| (noun) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) | - |
| stamper | (noun) a power tool that stamps | Synonyms: stamping machine |
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| (noun) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | Synonyms: stomper, tramper, trampler |
| (noun) a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine) | - |
| steampunk | (noun) A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society. | - |
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| sunlamp | (noun) a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments | Synonyms: sun-ray lamp, sun lamp, sunray lamp |
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| swamp | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swampland |
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| (noun) a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables | - |
| swamphen | (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens | Synonyms: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen |
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| swampland | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swamp |
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| tamp | (noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | Synonyms: tamper, tamping bar |
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| tamper | (noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | Synonyms: tamp, tamping bar |
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| tampering | (noun) the act of altering something secretly or improperly | Synonyms: meddling |
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| tampion | (noun) plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture | Synonyms: tompion |
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| tampon | (noun) plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood) | - |
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| tamponade | (noun) blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) | Synonyms: tamponage |
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| tamponage | (noun) blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) | Synonyms: tamponade |
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| tramp | (noun) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure | Synonyms: hike, hiking |
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| (noun) a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule | Synonyms: tramp steamer |
| (noun) a heavy footfall | - |
| (noun) a vagrant | Synonyms: bum, hobo |
| (noun) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex | Synonyms: swinger |
| (noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | Synonyms: hiker, tramper |
| tramper | (noun) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | Synonyms: stamper, stomper, trampler |
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| (noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | Synonyms: hiker, tramp |
| trample | (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping | Synonyms: trampling |
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| trampler | (noun) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | Synonyms: stamper, stomper, tramper |
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| (noun) someone who injures by trampling | - |
| trampling | (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping | Synonyms: trample |
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| trampoline | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling | - |
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| vamp | (noun) piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe | - |
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| (noun) an improvised musical accompaniment | - |
| (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamper |
| vamper | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp |
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| vampire | (noun) (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living | Synonyms: lamia |
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| vampirism | (noun) the actions or practices of a vampire | - |
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| (noun) belief in the existence of vampires | - |
| wampee | (noun) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds | Synonyms: pickerel weed, pickerelweed, Pontederia cordata |
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| wampum | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampumpeag |
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| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar |
| wampumpeag | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampum |
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