| cheeseboard | (noun) tray on which cheeses are served | Synonyms: cheese tray |
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| chequerboard | (noun) a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | Synonyms: checker board, checkerboard |
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| chessboard | (noun) a checkerboard used to play chess | Synonyms: chess board |
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| chipboard | (noun) a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | Synonyms: hardboard |
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| churchwarden | (noun) an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters | - |
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| churchyard | (noun) the yard associated with a church | Synonyms: God's acre |
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| clapboard | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: weatherboard, weatherboarding |
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| clapperboard | (noun) photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together | - |
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| clipboard | (noun) a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers | - |
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| clochard | (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant |
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| coastguard | (noun) a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters | - |
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| coastguardsman | (noun) a member of a coastguard | - |
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| collard | (noun) variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
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| collards | (noun) kale that has smooth leaves | Synonyms: collard greens |
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| corkboard | (noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking | - |
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| counterbombardment | (noun) bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons | - |
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| courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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| coward | (noun) a person who shows fear or timidity | - |
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| cowardice | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardliness |
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| cowardliness | (noun) the trait of lacking courage | Synonyms: cowardice |
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| crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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| csardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: czardas |
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| (noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: czardas |
| cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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| custard | (noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
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| czardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
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| (noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
| daggerboard | (noun) a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel | - |
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| dartboard | (noun) a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts | Synonyms: dart board |
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| dashboard | (noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls | Synonyms: fascia |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: splashboard, splasher |
| dastard | (noun) a despicable coward | - |
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| dastardliness | (noun) despicable cowardice | - |
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| dextrocardia | (noun) abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest | - |
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| diehard | (noun) one who adheres to traditional views | Synonyms: traditionalist |
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| discard | (noun) getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable | Synonyms: throwing away |
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| (noun) (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit | - |
| (noun) anything that is cast aside or discarded | - |
| disregard | (noun) willful lack of care and attention | Synonyms: neglect |
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| (noun) lack of attention and due care | Synonyms: neglect |
| dockyard | (noun) an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
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| dooryard | (noun) a yard outside the front or rear door of a house | - |
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| dotard | (noun) an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect | - |
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| drainboard | (noun) a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink | Synonyms: draining board |
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| drunkard | (noun) a chronic drinker | Synonyms: drunk, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino |
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| duckboard | (noun) a boardwalk laid across muddy ground | - |
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| dullard | (noun) a person who evokes boredom | Synonyms: bore |
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| (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
| eardrop | (noun) an earring with a pendant ornament | Synonyms: drop earring, pendant earring |
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| eardrum | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| eastward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, east |
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| echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
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| echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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| echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
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| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| endocarditis | (noun) inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves | - |
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| endocardium | (noun) the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves | - |
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| epicardia | (noun) the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach | - |
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| epicardium | (noun) the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium | Synonyms: visceral pericardium |
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| fallboard | (noun) the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played | Synonyms: fall-board |
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| fardel | (noun) a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) | - |
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| farmyard | (noun) an area adjacent to farm buildings | - |
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| fiberboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fibreboard, particle board |
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| fibreboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fiberboard, particle board |
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| fingerboard | (noun) a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers | - |
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| (noun) a bank of keys on a musical instrument | Synonyms: clavier, piano keyboard |
| (noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerpost |
| fireguard | (noun) a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) | Synonyms: fire screen |
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| (noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: firebreak |
| flashboard | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboarding |
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| flashboarding | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboard |
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| flashcard | (noun) a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher | Synonyms: flash card |
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| floorboard | (noun) a board in the floor | Synonyms: floor board |
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| (noun) the floor of an automobile | - |
| foolhardiness | (noun) the trait of giving little thought to danger | Synonyms: rashness, recklessness |
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| footboard | (noun) a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead | - |
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| (noun) a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet | - |
| foreyard | (noun) a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. | Synonyms: fore-yard |
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| forward | (noun) a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team | - |
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| (noun) the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey | - |
| forwarding | (noun) the act of sending on to another destination | - |
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| (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| forwardness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: eagerness, readiness, zeal |
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| (noun) an advanced stage | - |
| (noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness | Synonyms: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness |
| foulard | (noun) a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design) | - |
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| gabardine | (noun) a firm durable fabric with a twill weave | - |
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| (noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | Synonyms: dust coat, duster, gaberdine, smock |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth | Synonyms: flannel, tweed, white |
| gaillardia | (noun) any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy | - |
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| gameboard | (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: board |
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| gangboard | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangplank, gangway |
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| garboard | (noun) the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship | Synonyms: garboard plank, garboard strake |
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| garden | (noun) a plot of ground where plants are cultivated | - |
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| (noun) a yard or lawn adjoining a house | - |
| (noun) the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden | - |
| gardener | (noun) someone who takes care of a garden | Synonyms: nurseryman |
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| (noun) someone employed to work in a garden | - |
| gardenia | (noun) any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers | - |
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| gardening | (noun) the cultivation of plants | Synonyms: horticulture |
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| gerardia | (noun) any plant of the genus Gerardia | - |
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| giardia | (noun) a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans | - |
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| giardiasis | (noun) infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort | - |
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| gizzard | (noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food | Synonyms: gastric mill, ventriculus |
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| goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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| goliard | (noun) a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs | - |
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| graveyard | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis |
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| graybeard | (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: greybeard, Methuselah, old man |
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| greensward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: sod, sward, turf |
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| greybeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
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| (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: graybeard, Methuselah, old man |
| guard | (noun) a position on a basketball team | - |
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| (noun) the duty of serving as a sentry | Synonyms: guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go |
| (noun) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles | - |
| (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: precaution, safeguard |
| (noun) a device designed to prevent injury or accidents | Synonyms: safety, safety device |
| (noun) a posture of defence in boxing or fencing | - |
| (noun) a military unit serving to protect some place or person | - |
| (noun) the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage | - |
| (noun) a person who keeps watch over something or someone | - |
| (noun) the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team | - |
| guardhouse | (noun) a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained | - |
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| guardian | (noun) a person who cares for persons or property | Synonyms: defender, protector, shielder |
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| guardianship | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: keeping, safekeeping |
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| (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, charge, tutelage |
| guardrail | (noun) a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety | Synonyms: safety rail |
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| guardroom | (noun) a room used by soldiers on guard | - |
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| (noun) a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined | - |
| guardsman | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards' | - |
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| gurnard | (noun) bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom | - |
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| halliard | (noun) a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag | Synonyms: halyard |
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