| gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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| grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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| gravimetry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: hydrometry |
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| gritrock | (noun) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone | Synonyms: grit, gritstone |
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| guestroom | (noun) a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests | - |
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| gynaeolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gyneolatry, woman-worship |
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| gyneolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gynaeolatry, woman-worship |
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| gyromitra | (noun) any fungus of the genus Gyromitra | - |
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| haematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: hematocolpometra |
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| hagiolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hierolatry |
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| hairstreak | (noun) small butterflies having striped markings under the wings | Synonyms: hairstreak butterfly |
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| hamstring | (noun) one of the tendons at the back of the knee | Synonyms: hamstring tendon |
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| harlotry | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: prostitution, whoredom |
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| hatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, coatrack |
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| hatred | (noun) the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | Synonyms: hate |
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| headmistress | (noun) a woman headmaster | - |
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| headmistressship | (noun) the position of headmistress | - |
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| headstream | (noun) a stream that forms the source of a river | - |
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| heartrot | (noun) any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) | - |
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| heartstrings | (noun) your deepest feelings of love and compassion | - |
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| heatstroke | (noun) collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat | Synonyms: heat hyperpyrexia |
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| hectolitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters | Synonyms: hectoliter, hl |
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| hectometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters | Synonyms: hectometer, hm |
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| heliolatry | (noun) the worship of the sun | Synonyms: sun-worship |
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| heliotrope | (noun) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood | Synonyms: bloodstone |
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| heliotropism | (noun) an orienting response to the sun | - |
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| hematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: haematocolpometra |
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| heterostracan | (noun) extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian | - |
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| heterotroph | (noun) an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | - |
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| hexestrol | (noun) estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy | - |
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| hierolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hagiolatry |
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| hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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| histrion | (noun) a theatrical performer | Synonyms: actor, player, role player, thespian |
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| histrionics | (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: representation, theatrical, theatrical performance |
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| (noun) a deliberate display of emotion for effect | - |
| homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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| (noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
| huitre | (noun) edible body of any of numerous oysters | Synonyms: oyster |
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| huntress | (noun) a woman hunter | - |
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| hydroelectricity | (noun) electricity produced by water power | - |
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| hydrometry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: gravimetry |
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| hydroxytetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin |
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| hypermetropia | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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| hypermetropy | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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| hypernatremia | (noun) excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus | - |
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| hypertrophy | (noun) abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ | - |
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| hyponatremia | (noun) abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration | - |
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| hypsometry | (noun) measurement of the elevation of land above sea level | Synonyms: hypsography |
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| icetray | (noun) a tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator | - |
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| ichthyolatry | (noun) the worship of fish | Synonyms: fish-worship |
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| iconolatry | (noun) the worship of sacred images | - |
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| idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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| idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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| idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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| illustration | (noun) a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand | - |
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| (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | Synonyms: example, instance, representative |
| (noun) artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | - |
| (noun) showing by example | Synonyms: exemplification |
| illustrator | (noun) an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - |
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| illustriousness | (noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | Synonyms: greatness |
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| immunochemistry | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: chemoimmunology |
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| immunoelectrophoresis | (noun) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies | - |
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| immunohistochemistry | (noun) an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase) | - |
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| impenetrability | (noun) the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: imperviousness |
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| (noun) incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | Synonyms: impenetrableness |
| impenetrableness | (noun) incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand | Synonyms: impenetrability |
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| incontrovertibility | (noun) the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about | Synonyms: incontrovertibleness, positiveness, positivity |
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| incontrovertibleness | (noun) the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about | Synonyms: incontrovertibility, positiveness, positivity |
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| indestructibility | (noun) the strength to resist destruction | - |
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| indoctrination | (noun) teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically | - |
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| industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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| industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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| industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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| industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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| industriousness | (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industry |
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| industry | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: manufacture |
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| (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
| (noun) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | - |
| infantry | (noun) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | Synonyms: foot |
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| infantryman | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, footslogger, marcher |
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| infiltration | (noun) a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) | - |
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| (noun) the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium | Synonyms: percolation |
| infiltrator | (noun) an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent | - |
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| (noun) someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage | - |
| infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
| inheritress | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritrix |
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| inheritrix | (noun) a female heir | Synonyms: heiress, inheritress |
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| instroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft | - |
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| instruction | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: pedagogy, teaching |
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| (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, pedagogy, teaching |
| (noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: command, program line, statement |
| (noun) a message describing how something is to be done | Synonyms: direction |
| instructions | (noun) a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it | Synonyms: book of instructions, instruction manual, operating instructions |
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| instructor | (noun) a person whose occupation is teaching | Synonyms: teacher |
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| instructorship | (noun) the position of instructor | - |
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| instructress | (noun) a woman instructor | - |
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| instrument | (noun) the means whereby some act is accomplished | Synonyms: tool |
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| (noun) a device that requires skill for proper use | - |
| (noun) any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds | Synonyms: musical instrument |
| (noun) (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | Synonyms: legal document, legal instrument, official document |
| (noun) the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process | Synonyms: instrumental role |
| (noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, pawn |
| instrumentalism | (noun) a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success | - |
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| instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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| instrumentality | (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentation, means |
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| (noun) the quality of being instrumental for some purpose | - |
| (noun) a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose | - |
| instrumentation | (noun) the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: orchestration |
| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end | Synonyms: instrumentality, means |
| (noun) the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra | - |
| interpenetration | (noun) mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other | Synonyms: permeation |
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| (noun) the action of penetrating between or among | - |
| intertrigo | (noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs) | - |
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| intractability | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractableness |
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| intractableness | (noun) the trait of being hard to influence or control | Synonyms: intractability |
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| intrados | (noun) the interior curve of an arch | - |
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| intranet | (noun) a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software | - |
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| intransigence | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigency |
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| intransigency | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigence |
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| intransitive | (noun) a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object | Synonyms: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form |
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| intransitiveness | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitivity |
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| intransitivity | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitiveness |
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| intravasation | (noun) entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel | - |
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