| headsman | (noun) an executioner who beheads the condemned person | Synonyms: headman |
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| headspace | (noun) the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing | - |
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| headspring | (noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: fountainhead, head |
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| headstall | (noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headpiece |
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| headstand | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands) | - |
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| headstay | (noun) the farthest forward forestay that runs from the bow or bowsprit to the top of the mast. | - |
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| headstock | (noun) the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe) | - |
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| headstone | (noun) the central building block at the top of an arch or vault | Synonyms: key, keystone |
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| (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: gravestone, tombstone |
| headstream | (noun) a stream that forms the source of a river | - |
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| herdsman | (noun) someone who drives a herd | Synonyms: drover, herder |
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| hindshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
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| hindsight | (noun) understanding the nature of an event after it has happened | - |
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| innards | (noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) | Synonyms: entrails, insides, viscera |
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| kidskin | (noun) soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat | Synonyms: kid |
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| landscape | (noun) a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery | Synonyms: landscape painting |
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| (noun) painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery | - |
| (noun) an extensive mental viewpoint | - |
| (noun) an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view | - |
| landscaper | (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscapist |
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| landscaping | (noun) working as a landscape gardener | Synonyms: landscape gardening |
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| (noun) a garden laid out for esthetic effect | - |
| landscapist | (noun) someone who paints landscapes | - |
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| (noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper |
| landside | (noun) component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard | - |
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| landslide | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslip |
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| (noun) an overwhelming electoral victory | - |
| landslip | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslide |
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| landsman | (noun) an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage | Synonyms: landlubber, lubber |
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| (noun) a person who lives and works on land | Synonyms: landlubber, landman |
| leotards | (noun) skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | Synonyms: tights |
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| loads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| loadstar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: lodestar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: lodestar |
| loadstone | (noun) a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically | Synonyms: lodestone |
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| lordship | (noun) the authority of a lord | - |
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| loudspeaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker system, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit |
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| maidservant | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maid |
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| midsection | (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: middle, midriff |
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| midshipman | (noun) a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training | - |
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| midspread | (noun) a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles. | Synonyms: interquartile range, middle fifty |
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| midst | (noun) the location of something surrounded by other things | Synonyms: thick |
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| midstream | (noun) the middle of a stream | - |
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| midsummer | (noun) June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | Synonyms: June 21, summer solstice |
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| mindset | (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, outlook |
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| mods | (noun) a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters | - |
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| mudskipper | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudspringer |
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| mudslide | (noun) a landslide of mud | - |
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| mudslinger | (noun) one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) | Synonyms: muckraker |
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| mudspringer | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudskipper |
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| odds | (noun) the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring | - |
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| (noun) the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another | Synonyms: betting odds |
| oldster | (noun) an elderly person | Synonyms: golden ager, old person, senior citizen |
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| ombudsman | (noun) a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government | - |
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| overlordship | (noun) the position of overlord | - |
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| podsol | (noun) a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer | Synonyms: podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil |
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| proceeds | (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, return, take, takings, yield |
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| redmaids | (noun) succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States | Synonyms: Calandrinia ciliata, red maids |
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| redshank | (noun) a common Old World wading bird with long red legs | Synonyms: Tringa totanus |
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| redshift | (noun) (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding | Synonyms: red shift |
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| redstart | (noun) European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins | Synonyms: redtail |
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| (noun) flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail | Synonyms: American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla |
| roads | (noun) a partly sheltered anchorage | Synonyms: roadstead |
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| roadside | (noun) edge of a way or road or path | Synonyms: wayside |
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| roadstead | (noun) a partly sheltered anchorage | Synonyms: roads |
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| roadster | (noun) a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse | Synonyms: buggy |
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| (noun) an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat | Synonyms: runabout, two-seater |
| roundsman | (noun) a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) | - |
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| sands | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: litoral, littoral, littoral zone |
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| sandspur | (noun) grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs | Synonyms: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur |
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| sandstone | (noun) a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) | - |
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| sandstorm | (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sirocco |
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| scablands | (noun) (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) | - |
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| scads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| seedsman | (noun) a dealer in seeds | Synonyms: seedman |
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| skinheads | (noun) a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism | Synonyms: bootboys |
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| soapsuds | (noun) the froth produced by soaps or detergents | Synonyms: lather, suds |
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| speedskater | (noun) an ice-skater who races competitively; usually around an oval course | Synonyms: speed skater |
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| spreadsheet | (noun) a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen | - |
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| standstill | (noun) an interruption of normal activity | Synonyms: stand, tie-up |
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| (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, stalemate |
| stewardship | (noun) the position of steward | - |
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| suds | (noun) a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces) | - |
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| (noun) the froth produced by soaps or detergents | Synonyms: lather, soapsuds |
| sweetbreads | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbread |
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| swordsman | (noun) someone skilled at fencing | Synonyms: fencer |
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| swordsmanship | (noun) skill in fencing | - |
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| threads | (noun) informal terms for clothing | Synonyms: duds, togs |
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| toadshade | (noun) trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor | Synonyms: red trillium, sessile trillium, Trillium sessile |
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| toadstool | (noun) common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) | - |
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| trainbandsman | (noun) a member of a trainband | - |
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| viands | (noun) a stock or supply of foods | Synonyms: commissariat, provender, provisions, victuals |
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| wads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons |
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| weeds | (noun) a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning | Synonyms: widow's weeds |
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| windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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| windshield | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windscreen |
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| windsock | (noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock |
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| windstorm | (noun) a storm consisting of violent winds | - |
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| woods | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: forest, wood |
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| woodscrew | (noun) a metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver | - |
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| woodshed | (noun) a shed for storing firewood or garden tools | - |
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| woodsia | (noun) any fern of the genus Woodsia | - |
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| woodsiness | (noun) the quality of abounding in trees | Synonyms: woodiness |
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| woodsman | (noun) someone who lives in the woods | Synonyms: woodman |
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| (noun) makes things out of wood | Synonyms: woodman, woodworker |
| words | (noun) words making up the dialogue of a play | Synonyms: actor's line, speech |
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| (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, wrangle |
| (noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | Synonyms: language, lyric |
| (noun) the words that are spoken | - |
| (noun) language that is spoken or written | - |
| wordsmith | (noun) a fluent and prolific writer | - |
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| yardstick | (noun) a ruler or tape that is three feet long | Synonyms: yard measure |
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| (noun) a measure or standard used for comparison | - |