| meetinghouse | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: conventicle |
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| nuthouse | (noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum | Synonyms: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, sanatorium, snake pit |
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| otterhound | (noun) hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters | Synonyms: otter hound |
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| outhouse | (noun) a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate | Synonyms: earth-closet, jakes, privy |
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| pachouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| packinghouse | (noun) a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products | Synonyms: packing plant |
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| (noun) a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed | - |
| patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchouly | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli, Pogostemon cablin |
| penthouse | (noun) an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
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| pesthouse | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto |
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| pilothouse | (noun) an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | Synonyms: wheelhouse |
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| pithouse | (noun) a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside. | Synonyms: dug-out, dugout, pit-house |
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| playhouse | (noun) plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | Synonyms: wendy house |
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| poorhouse | (noun) an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless | - |
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| porterhouse | (noun) large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin | Synonyms: porterhouse steak |
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| posthouse | (noun) an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders | Synonyms: post house |
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| pothouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pub, public house, saloon, taphouse |
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| powerhouse | (noun) an electrical generating station | Synonyms: power plant, power station |
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| (noun) a team considered to be the best of its class | - |
| (noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo |
| roadhouse | (noun) an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling | - |
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| roundhouse | (noun) a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing | - |
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| (noun) workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives | - |
| schoolhouse | (noun) a building where young people receive education | Synonyms: school |
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| shoulder | (noun) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | Synonyms: berm |
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| (noun) the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder | - |
| (noun) the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm | - |
| (noun) a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula | Synonyms: articulatio humeri, shoulder joint |
| (noun) a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg | - |
| shout | (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | Synonyms: call, cry, outcry, vociferation, yell |
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| shouter | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, yeller |
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| shouting | (noun) encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators | Synonyms: cheering |
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| (noun) uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | Synonyms: yelling |
| silhouette | (noun) a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color | - |
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| (noun) an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) | - |
| slaughterhouse | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: abattoir, butchery, shambles |
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| sleuthhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: bloodhound |
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| (noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuth |
| smokehouse | (noun) a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish | Synonyms: meat house |
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| smoothhound | (noun) smooth dogfish of European coastal waters | Synonyms: Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark |
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| staghound | (noun) a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound | - |
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| steakhouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: chophouse |
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| storehouse | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, entrepot, storage, store |
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| summerhouse | (noun) a small roofed building affording shade and rest | Synonyms: gazebo |
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| taphouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon |
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| teahouse | (noun) a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | Synonyms: tea parlor, tea parlour, tearoom, teashop |
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| thou | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thousand, yard |
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| thought | (noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully | Synonyms: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process |
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| (noun) the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about | Synonyms: idea |
| (noun) the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual | - |
| (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, sentiment, view |
| thoughtfulness | (noun) a considerate and thoughtful act | Synonyms: consideration |
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| (noun) the trait of thinking carefully before acting | - |
| (noun) kind and considerate regard for others | Synonyms: considerateness, consideration |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination |
| thoughtlessness | (noun) the trait of not thinking carefully before acting | Synonyms: unthoughtfulness |
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| (noun) the quality of failing to be considerate of others | Synonyms: inconsiderateness, inconsideration |
| thousand | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, yard |
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| thousandth | (noun) one part in a thousand equal parts | Synonyms: one-thousandth |
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| (noun) position 1,000 in a countable series of things | - |
| tollhouse | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tolbooth, tollbooth |
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| toolhouse | (noun) a shed for storing tools | Synonyms: toolshed |
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| unthoughtfulness | (noun) the trait of not thinking carefully before acting | Synonyms: thoughtlessness |
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| warehouse | (noun) a storehouse for goods and merchandise | Synonyms: storage warehouse |
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| warehouseman | (noun) a workman who manages or works in a warehouse | Synonyms: warehouser |
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| warehouser | (noun) a workman who manages or works in a warehouse | Synonyms: warehouseman |
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| warehousing | (noun) depositing in a warehouse | Synonyms: repositing, reposition, storage |
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| washhouse | (noun) a building or outbuilding where laundry is done | - |
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| washout | (noun) someone who is unsuccessful | Synonyms: dud, flop |
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| (noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | Synonyms: wash |
| (noun) the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water | - |
| wheelhouse | (noun) an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | Synonyms: pilothouse |
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| (noun) one's area of interest or expertise | - |
| whorehouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house |
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| wolfhound | (noun) the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves | - |
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| workhouse | (noun) a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months | - |
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| (noun) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor | - |
| yoghourt | (noun) a custard-like food made from curdled milk | Synonyms: yoghurt, yogurt |
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