| arrogance | (noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | Synonyms: haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
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| balagan | (noun) a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) | - |
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| balbriggan | (noun) a cotton knit fabric used for underwear | - |
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| brigand | (noun) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | Synonyms: bandit |
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| brigandine | (noun) a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth | - |
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| brigantine | (noun) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast | Synonyms: hermaphrodite brig |
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| brogan | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogue, clodhopper, work shoe |
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| caragana | (noun) any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod | Synonyms: pea tree |
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| cardigan | (noun) knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper | - |
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| congregant | (noun) a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue) | - |
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| disorganisation | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganization |
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| (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganization |
| disorganization | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganisation |
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| (noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganisation |
| doppelganger | (noun) a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart | - |
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| elegance | (noun) a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste | - |
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| (noun) a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) | - |
| extravagance | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality |
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| (noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: prodigality, profligacy |
| (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagancy |
| extravagancy | (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagance |
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| extravaganza | (noun) any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
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| fumigant | (noun) a chemical substance used in fumigation | - |
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| gander | (noun) mature male goose | - |
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| ganef | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganof, gonif, goniff |
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| gang | (noun) tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together | - |
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| (noun) an organized group of workmen | Synonyms: crew, work party |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: mob, pack, ring |
| (noun) an informal body of friends | Synonyms: bunch, crew, crowd |
| gangboard | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangplank, gangway |
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| gangdom | (noun) underworld organizations | Synonyms: gangland, organized crime |
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| ganger | (noun) the foreman of a work gang | - |
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| gangland | (noun) underworld organizations | Synonyms: gangdom, organized crime |
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| gangliocyte | (noun) a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system | Synonyms: ganglion cell |
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| ganglion | (noun) an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons | - |
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| gangplank | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangway |
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| gangrene | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus |
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| (noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass | Synonyms: slough, sphacelus |
| gangsaw | (noun) a power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts | - |
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| gangsta | (noun) (Black English) a member of a youth gang | - |
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| gangster | (noun) a criminal who is a member of gang | Synonyms: mobster |
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| gangway | (noun) a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) | - |
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| (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangplank |
| (noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: aisle |
| ganja | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: cannabis, marihuana, marijuana |
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| (noun) a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction | Synonyms: Cannabis sativa, marihuana, marijuana |
| gannet | (noun) large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish | - |
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| ganof | (noun) (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) | Synonyms: ganef, gonif, goniff |
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| ganoid | (noun) primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering | Synonyms: ganoid fish |
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| ganoin | (noun) shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales | Synonyms: ganoine |
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| ganoine | (noun) shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales | Synonyms: ganoin |
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| gantlet | (noun) a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | Synonyms: gauntlet |
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| (noun) the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times | - |
| (noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand | Synonyms: gauntlet, metal glove |
| (noun) a glove with long sleeve | Synonyms: gauntlet |
| (noun) to offer or accept a challenge | Synonyms: gauntlet |
| gantry | (noun) a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. | Synonyms: gauntry |
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| garganey | (noun) small Eurasian teal | Synonyms: Anas querquedula |
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| gigantism | (noun) excessive largeness of stature | Synonyms: giantism |
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| (noun) excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland | Synonyms: giantism, overgrowth |
| hogan | (noun) a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east | - |
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| hooligan | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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| hooliganism | (noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | Synonyms: malicious mischief, vandalism |
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| inelegance | (noun) the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | - |
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| instigant | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, inciter, instigator, provoker |
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| lagan | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagend, ligan |
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| ligan | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, lagend |
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| ligand | (noun) a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom | - |
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| litigant | (noun) (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | Synonyms: litigator |
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| loganberry | (noun) large red variety of the dewberry | - |
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| (noun) red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California | Synonyms: Rubus loganobaccus, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus |
| longan | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longanberry, lungen, Nephelium longana |
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| longanberry | (noun) Asian fruit similar to litchi | Synonyms: dragon's eye |
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| (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, lungen, Nephelium longana |
| longanimity | (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: forbearance, patience |
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| mahogany | (noun) a shade of brown with a tinge of red | Synonyms: burnt sienna, reddish brown, sepia, Venetian red |
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| (noun) any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish | Synonyms: mahogany tree |
| (noun) wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture | - |
| manganate | (noun) a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion | - |
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| manganese | (noun) a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals | Synonyms: atomic number 25, Mn |
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| manganite | (noun) a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese | - |
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| merganser | (noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake |
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| microorganism | (noun) any organism of microscopic size | Synonyms: micro-organism |
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| morganite | (noun) a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone | - |
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| mulligan | (noun) Irish version of burgoo | Synonyms: Irish burgoo, mulligan stew |
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| oregano | (noun) pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets | Synonyms: marjoram |
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| (noun) aromatic Eurasian perennial | Synonyms: marjoram, Origanum vulgare, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet |
| organ | (noun) wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard | Synonyms: pipe organ |
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| (noun) (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ | Synonyms: electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ |
| (noun) a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows | Synonyms: harmonium, reed organ |
| (noun) a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | - |
| (noun) a periodical that is published by a special interest group | - |
| (noun) a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function | - |
| organdie | (noun) a sheer stiff muslin | Synonyms: organdy |
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| organdy | (noun) a sheer stiff muslin | Synonyms: organdie |
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| organelle | (noun) a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ | Synonyms: cell organ, cell organelle |
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| organic | (noun) a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter | Synonyms: organic fertiliser, organic fertilizer |
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| organicism | (noun) theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes | - |
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| organification | (noun) the process of organ formation | - |
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| organisation | (noun) the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business | Synonyms: organization |
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| (noun) the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically | Synonyms: organization |
| (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, establishment, formation, organization |
| (noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organization, system |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organization, system |
| (noun) a group of people who work together | Synonyms: organization |
| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organization |
| organiser | (noun) a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | Synonyms: organizer, PDA, personal digital assistant, personal organiser, personal organizer |
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| (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: arranger, organizer |
| (noun) someone who enlists workers to join a union | Synonyms: labor organizer, organizer |
| organism | (noun) a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Synonyms: being |
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| (noun) a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body | - |
| organist | (noun) a person who plays an organ | - |
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| organization | (noun) the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business | Synonyms: organisation |
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| (noun) the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically | Synonyms: organisation |
| (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, establishment, formation, organisation |
| (noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organisation, system |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, system |
| (noun) a group of people who work together | Synonyms: organisation |
| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation |
| organizer | (noun) a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | Synonyms: organiser, PDA, personal digital assistant, personal organiser, personal organizer |
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| (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: arranger, organiser |
| (noun) someone who enlists workers to join a union | Synonyms: labor organizer, organiser |
| organon | (noun) a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge | - |
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| organophosphate | (noun) an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system | - |
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| organs | (noun) edible viscera of a butchered animal | Synonyms: variety meat |
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| organza | (noun) a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy | - |
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| origanum | (noun) any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings | - |
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| ortygan | (noun) any of several East Indian birds | - |
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| otoganglion | (noun) an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland | Synonyms: otic ganglion |
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| pagan | (noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god | Synonyms: gentile, heathen, infidel |
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| (noun) a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew) | - |
| (noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures | Synonyms: hedonist, pleasure seeker |
| paganism | (noun) any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism | Synonyms: heathenism, pagan religion |
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| permanganate | (noun) a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic | - |
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| propaganda | (noun) information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | - |
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| propagandist | (noun) a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government | - |
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| ptarmigan | (noun) large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage | - |
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| reorganisation | (noun) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | Synonyms: reorganization, shake-up, shakeup |
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| reorganization | (noun) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | Synonyms: reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup |
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| (noun) an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government | - |
| shenanigan | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness |
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| (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, trickery, wile |
| slogan | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: catchword, motto, shibboleth |
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| sloganeer | (noun) someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause | - |
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| sloganeering | (noun) persuasion by means of empty slogans | - |
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| steganography | (noun) act of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: coding, cryptography, secret writing |
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| suffragan | (noun) an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese | Synonyms: suffragan bishop |
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| termagant | (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: shrew |
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