acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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apostleship | (noun) the position of apostle | - |
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apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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associateship | (noun) the position of associate (as in an office or academy) | - |
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backsheesh | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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bakeshop | (noun) a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold | Synonyms: bakehouse, bakery |
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baksheesh | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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battleship | (noun) large and heavily armoured warship | Synonyms: battlewagon |
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boneshaker | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable | - |
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cattleship | (noun) a cargo ship for the transport of livestock | Synonyms: cattle boat |
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clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
cockleshell | (noun) a small light flimsy boat | - |
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comradeship | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery |
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deshabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: dishabille |
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discipleship | (noun) the position of disciple | - |
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driveshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application | - |
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eyeshade | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, peak, visor, vizor |
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eyeshadow | (noun) makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes | - |
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eyeshot | (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: view |
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flesh | (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
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(noun) the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat | - |
(noun) a soft moist part of a fruit | Synonyms: pulp |
fleshiness | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, obesity |
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foreshadowing | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
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foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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foreshock | (noun) a tremor preceding an earthquake | - |
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foreshore | (noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | - |
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freshener | (noun) anything that freshens | - |
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fresher | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: freshman |
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freshet | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: spate |
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freshman | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: fresher |
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(noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
freshness | (noun) originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel | Synonyms: novelty |
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(noun) the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated | - |
(noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
(noun) originality by virtue of being new and surprising | Synonyms: novelty |
(noun) an alert and refreshed state | Synonyms: glow |
freshwater | (noun) water that is not salty | Synonyms: fresh water |
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gooseflesh | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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hasheesh | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish |
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horseflesh | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horsemeat |
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horseshit | (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, Irish bull, shit |
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horseshoe | (noun) U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof | Synonyms: shoe |
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(noun) game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes | - |
horseshoer | (noun) a person who shoes horses | Synonyms: farrier |
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horseshoes | (noun) a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it | Synonyms: quoits |
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horseshow | (noun) a competitive exhibition of horses | - |
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judgeship | (noun) the position of judge | Synonyms: judicature |
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keeshond | (noun) a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland | - |
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lakeshore | (noun) the shore of a lake | Synonyms: lakeside |
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lectureship | (noun) the post of lecturer | - |
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legateship | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legation |
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makeshift | (noun) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | Synonyms: make-do, stopgap |
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mesh | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, interlocking, meshing |
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(noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: meshing, meshwork, net, network |
(noun) the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component | Synonyms: mesh topology |
(noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, interlocking, meshing |
(noun) the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles | - |
meshing | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, interlocking, mesh |
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(noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshwork, net, network |
(noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, interlocking, mesh |
meshugaas | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: mishegaas, mishegoss |
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meshuggeneh | (noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggener |
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meshuggener | (noun) (Yiddish) a crazy fool | Synonyms: meshuggeneh |
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meshwork | (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, net, network |
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mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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peshmerga | (noun) a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state | - |
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primateship | (noun) the office of primate | - |
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refresher | (noun) a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments | Synonyms: refresher course |
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(noun) a drink that refreshes | - |
(noun) a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day | - |
refreshment | (noun) activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation | Synonyms: recreation |
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(noun) snacks and drinks served as a light meal | - |
resh | (noun) the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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reshipment | (noun) the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship) | - |
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reshuffle | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffling |
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(noun) a redistribution of something | - |
reshuffling | (noun) shuffling again | Synonyms: reshuffle |
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sceneshifter | (noun) a stagehand responsible for moving scenery | Synonyms: shifter |
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sheesha | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, shisha, water pipe |
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shoeshine | (noun) the act of shining shoes | - |
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(noun) a shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing | - |
sideshow | (noun) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
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(noun) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event | - |
spaceship | (noun) a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | Synonyms: starship |
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spindleshanks | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
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(noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
spokeshave | (noun) a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes) | - |
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synchromesh | (noun) an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly | - |
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thaneship | (noun) the position of thane | - |
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thresher | (noun) large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed | Synonyms: Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher shark |
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(noun) a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw | Synonyms: thrasher, threshing machine |
threshing | (noun) the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw | - |
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threshold | (noun) the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | Synonyms: doorsill, doorstep |
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(noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, doorway, room access |
(noun) the smallest detectable sensation | Synonyms: limen |
(noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: brink, verge |
(noun) the starting point for a new state or experience | - |
tortoiseshell | (noun) a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings | Synonyms: calico cat, tortoiseshell-cat |
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(noun) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | Synonyms: tortoiseshell butterfly |
(noun) the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles | - |
traineeship | (noun) financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job | - |
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tribuneship | (noun) the position of tribune | - |
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troubleshooter | (noun) a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) | Synonyms: trouble shooter |
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trusteeship | (noun) the position of trustee | - |
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(noun) a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations | Synonyms: trust territory |
yeshiva | (noun) an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) | Synonyms: yeshivah |
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yeshivah | (noun) an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) | Synonyms: yeshiva |
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