| harem | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, seraglio, serail |
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| healthcare | (noun) the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | Synonyms: health care |
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| hearer | (noun) someone who listens attentively | Synonyms: attender, auditor, listener |
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| hectare | (noun) (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) | - |
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| holloware | (noun) silverware serving dishes | Synonyms: hollowware |
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| hollowware | (noun) silverware serving dishes | Synonyms: holloware |
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| imaret | (noun) a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
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| infrared | (noun) the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range | Synonyms: infrared frequency |
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| (noun) electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves | Synonyms: infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation |
| ironware | (noun) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal | Synonyms: hardware |
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| kitchenware | (noun) hardware utensils for use in a kitchen | - |
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| lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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| lazaret | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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| lazarette | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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| lazaretto | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, pesthouse |
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| (noun) a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship | Synonyms: glory hole |
| lusterware | (noun) pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze | - |
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| macebearer | (noun) an official who carries a mace of office | Synonyms: mace, macer |
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| malware | (noun) malicious software, designed to break into a system | - |
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| mare | (noun) female equine animal | Synonyms: female horse |
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| (noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | Synonyms: maria |
| metalware | (noun) household articles made of metal (especially for use at table) | - |
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| minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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| mozzarella | (noun) mild white Italian cheese | - |
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| nightmare | (noun) a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream | - |
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| (noun) a situation resembling a terrifying dream | Synonyms: incubus |
| nonpareil | (noun) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies | - |
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| (noun) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar | - |
| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| nonpareille | (noun) a 6-point printing type: a size smaller than minion. | - |
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| ovenware | (noun) heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served | - |
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| pallbearer | (noun) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | Synonyms: bearer |
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| paraparesis | (noun) a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs | - |
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| paregmenon | (noun) juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility') | - |
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| paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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| parenchyma | (noun) animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels | - |
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| (noun) the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | - |
| parenesis | (noun) (rhetoric) exhortation; admonition. | - |
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| parent | (noun) an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained | - |
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| (noun) a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian | - |
| parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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| (noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
| (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
| parenthesis | (noun) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material | - |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
| parenthetical | (noun) an expression in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical expression |
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| parenthood | (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parentage |
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| parer | (noun) a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables | Synonyms: paring knife |
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| (noun) a manicurist who trims the fingernails | - |
| paresis | (noun) a slight or partial paralysis | - |
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| paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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| paretic | (noun) a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) | - |
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| ploughshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: plowshare, share |
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| plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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| preparedness | (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, readiness |
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| ransomware | (noun) malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker | - |
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| rarebit | (noun) cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast | Synonyms: Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit |
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| rarefaction | (noun) a decrease in the density of something | - |
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| rareness | (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: infrequency, rarity |
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| roarer | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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| sangaree | (noun) sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | Synonyms: sangria |
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| saree | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: sari |
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| scare | (noun) a sudden attack of fear | Synonyms: panic attack |
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| (noun) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | Synonyms: panic |
| scarecrow | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarer, straw man, strawman |
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| scaremonger | (noun) a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble | Synonyms: stirrer |
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| scarer | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarecrow, straw man, strawman |
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| scillaren | (noun) a crystalline steroidal glycoside present in squill (Drimia maritima). | - |
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| seafarer | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seaman, tar |
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| semitransparency | (noun) the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely | Synonyms: translucence, translucency |
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| share | (noun) the allotment of some amount by dividing something | Synonyms: parcel, portion |
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| (noun) the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | Synonyms: contribution, part |
| (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, plowshare |
| (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, percentage, portion |
| (noun) any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate | - |
| sharecropper | (noun) small farmers and tenants | Synonyms: cropper, sharecrop farmer |
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| shareholder | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareowner, stockholder |
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| shareholding | (noun) a holding in the form of shares of corporations | - |
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| shareowner | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareholder, stockholder |
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| sharer | (noun) someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share | Synonyms: partaker |
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| shareware | (noun) software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc. | - |
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| shearer | (noun) a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals | - |
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| (noun) a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles | - |
| shivaree | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree |
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| silverware | (noun) tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel | - |
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| skincare | (noun) care for the skin | Synonyms: skin care |
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| snare | (noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: gin, noose |
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| (noun) strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit | - |
| (noun) a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head | Synonyms: side drum, snare drum |
| (noun) a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities | - |
| (noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares | Synonyms: trap |
| snarer | (noun) someone who sets snares for birds or small animals | - |
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| software | (noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | Synonyms: computer software, package, software package, software program, software system |
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| spare | (noun) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls | - |
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| (noun) an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | Synonyms: fifth wheel |
| (noun) an extra component of a machine or other apparatus | Synonyms: spare part |
| spareness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: sparseness, sparsity, thinness |
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| (noun) the property of having little body fat | Synonyms: leanness, thinness |
| sparer | (noun) someone who refrains from injuring or destroying | - |
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| sparerib | (noun) a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| spareribs | (noun) cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| (noun) baked or roasted with a spicy sauce | Synonyms: barbecued spareribs |
| spyware | (noun) computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent | - |
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| square | (noun) a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles | - |
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| (noun) any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles | - |
| (noun) an open area at the meeting of two or more streets | Synonyms: public square |
| (noun) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views | Synonyms: square toes |
| (noun) someone who doesn't understand what is going on | Synonyms: lame |
| (noun) the product of two equal terms | Synonyms: second power |
| (noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: foursquare |
| (noun) something approximating the shape of a square | - |
| squareness | (noun) the property of being shaped like a square | - |
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| squaretail | (noun) sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters | - |
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| stare | (noun) a fixed look with eyes open wide | - |
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| starer | (noun) a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) | - |
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| starets | (noun) a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church | - |
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| stepparent | (noun) the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage | - |
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| stoneware | (noun) ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous | - |
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| suprarenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: adrenalectomy |
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| swearer | (noun) someone who takes a solemn oath | - |
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| (noun) someone who uses profanity | - |
| tableware | (noun) articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware) | - |
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| talebearer | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| tare | (noun) (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals | - |
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| (noun) the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo | - |
| (noun) any of several weedy vetches grown for forage | - |
| (noun) weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | Synonyms: bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, Lolium temulentum |
| (noun) an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods | - |
| thoroughfare | (noun) a public road from one place to another | - |
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| tinware | (noun) articles of commerce made of tin plate | - |
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| torchbearer | (noun) a leader in a campaign or movement | - |
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| trainbearer | (noun) one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion | - |
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| transparence | (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparency, transparentness |
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| (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: transparency |
| transparency | (noun) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | Synonyms: foil |
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| (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparence, transparentness |
| (noun) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: transparence |
| transparentness | (noun) the quality of being clear and transparent | Synonyms: transparence, transparency |
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| tularemia | (noun) a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals | Synonyms: deer fly fever, rabbit fever, tularaemia, yatobyo |
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| unawareness | (noun) unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention | Synonyms: unknowingness |
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| ware | (noun) articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software' | - |
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| (noun) items for sale to the individual consumer | Synonyms: merchandise, product |