| ampersand | (noun) a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) | - |
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| analysand | (noun) a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
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| armband | (noun) a band worn around the upper arm | - |
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| (noun) worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning | - |
| backband | (noun) a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle | - |
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| backhand | (noun) a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | Synonyms: backhand shot, backhand stroke |
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| band | (noun) a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | - |
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| (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: banding, stripe |
| (noun) a restraint put around something to hold it together | - |
| (noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: ring |
| (noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: ring |
| (noun) a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration | - |
| (noun) a driving belt in machinery | - |
| (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: banding, stria, striation |
| (noun) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure | Synonyms: isthmus |
| (noun) a range of frequencies between two limits | - |
| (noun) instrumentalists not including string players | - |
| (noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: circle, lot, set |
| (noun) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing | Synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra |
| bandstand | (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: outdoor stage, stand |
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| bellyband | (noun) a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon | - |
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| (noun) a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
| borderland | (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, march, marchland |
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| bottomland | (noun) low-lying alluvial land near a river | Synonyms: bottom |
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| brand | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, steel, sword |
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| (noun) a recognizable kind | Synonyms: make |
| (noun) a name given to a product or service | Synonyms: brand name, marque, trade name |
| (noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: mark, stain, stigma |
| (noun) identification mark on skin, made by burning | - |
| (noun) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | Synonyms: firebrand |
| brigand | (noun) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | Synonyms: bandit |
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| cabstand | (noun) a place where taxis park while awaiting customers | Synonyms: taxi rank, taxistand |
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| coastland | (noun) land in a coastal area | - |
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| command | (noun) the power or authority to command | - |
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| (noun) availability for use | - |
| (noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: control, mastery |
| (noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, bidding, dictation |
| (noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: instruction, program line, statement |
| (noun) a military unit or region under the control of a single officer | - |
| (noun) a position of highest authority | - |
| contraband | (noun) goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law | - |
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| countermand | (noun) a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command | - |
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| cowhand | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowherd, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher |
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| deckhand | (noun) a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | Synonyms: roustabout |
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| demand | (noun) the act of demanding | - |
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| (noun) required activity | Synonyms: requirement |
| (noun) an urgent or peremptory request | - |
| (noun) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services | - |
| (noun) a condition requiring relief | Synonyms: need |
| dockhand | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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| dreamland | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamworld, never-never land |
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| eland | (noun) either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes | - |
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| ellwand | (noun) a rod an ell long, used for official measurement. | Synonyms: ell-wand |
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| endband | (noun) a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect. | - |
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| errand | (noun) a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission | - |
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| fairyland | (noun) something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) | Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world |
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| (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faerie, faery |
| farmhand | (noun) a hired hand on a farm | Synonyms: farm worker, field hand, fieldhand |
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| farmland | (noun) a rural area where farming is practiced | Synonyms: farming area |
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| (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
| fatherland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| fenland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, marsh, marshland |
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| fieldhand | (noun) a hired hand on a farm | Synonyms: farm worker, farmhand, field hand |
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| firebrand | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: inciter, instigant, instigator, provoker |
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| (noun) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | Synonyms: brand |
| forehand | (noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) | Synonyms: forehand shot, forehand stroke |
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| foreland | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: head, headland, promontory |
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| (noun) land forming the forward margin of something | - |
| gangland | (noun) underworld organizations | Synonyms: gangdom, organized crime |
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| garland | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath |
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| (noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | Synonyms: florilegium, miscellany |
| gland | (noun) any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: secreter, secretor, secretory organ |
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| gourmand | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmandizer, trencherman |
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| grand | (noun) a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs | Synonyms: grand piano |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard |
| grandstand | (noun) a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof | Synonyms: covered stand |
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| (noun) the audience at a stadium or racetrack | - |
| grassland | (noun) land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life | - |
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| greensand | (noun) an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite | - |
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| hallstand | (noun) a piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung; usually has a mirror | - |
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| hand | (noun) physical assistance | Synonyms: helping hand |
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| (noun) terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos) | - |
| (noun) a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece | - |
| (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: manus, mitt, paw |
| (noun) ability | - |
| (noun) one of two sides of an issue | - |
| (noun) something written by hand | Synonyms: handwriting, script |
| (noun) a round of applause to signify approval | - |
| (noun) the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time | Synonyms: deal |
| (noun) a position given by its location to the side of an object | - |
| (noun) a hired laborer on a farm or ranch | Synonyms: hired hand, hired man |
| (noun) a card player in a game of bridge | Synonyms: bridge player |
| (noun) a member of the crew of a ship | - |
| (noun) a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses | - |
| handstand | (noun) the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position | - |
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| hatband | (noun) a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim | - |
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| headband | (noun) a band worn around or over the head | - |
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| headland | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: foreland, head, promontory |
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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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| heartland | (noun) the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture | - |
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| heathland | (noun) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | Synonyms: heath |
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| highland | (noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | Synonyms: upland |
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| hinterland | (noun) a remote and undeveloped area | Synonyms: back country, backwoods, boondocks |
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| homeland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| househusband | (noun) a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income | Synonyms: house husband |
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| husband | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: hubby, married man |
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| inkstand | (noun) a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink | - |
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| (noun) a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped | Synonyms: inkwell |
| island | (noun) a zone or area resembling an island | - |
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| (noun) a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water | - |
| kickstand | (noun) a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden | - |
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| land | (noun) agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life | Synonyms: farming |
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| (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state |
| (noun) the people who live in a nation or country | Synonyms: country, nation |
| (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: demesne, domain |
| (noun) the territory occupied by a nation | Synonyms: country, state |
| (noun) the solid part of the earth's surface | Synonyms: dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma |
| (noun) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | Synonyms: ground, soil |
| (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, demesne, estate, landed estate |
| (noun) the land on which real estate is located | - |
| (noun) a domain in which something is dominant | Synonyms: kingdom, realm |
| ligand | (noun) a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom | - |
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| longhand | (noun) rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | Synonyms: cursive, cursive script, running hand |
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| lotusland | (noun) an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence | Synonyms: lotus land |
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| lowland | (noun) low level country | - |
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| mainland | (noun) the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula | - |
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| marchland | (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, borderland, march |
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| marshland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marsh |
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| midland | (noun) the interior part of a country | - |
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| moorland | (noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss | Synonyms: moor |
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| motherland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, native land |
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| multiplicand | (noun) the number that is multiplied by the multiplier | - |
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| neckband | (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: collar |
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| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar |
| (noun) a band around the collar of a garment | - |
| newsstand | (noun) a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold | - |
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| northland | (noun) any region lying in or toward the north | - |
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| noseband | (noun) a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
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| operand | (noun) a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed | - |
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| ordinand | (noun) a person being ordained | - |
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| parkland | (noun) a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property | Synonyms: park |
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| pastureland | (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pasture land |
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| ploughland | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
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| plowland | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
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| quicksand | (noun) a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down | - |
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| (noun) a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy | - |
| rand | (noun) the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents | - |
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| rangeland | (noun) land suitable for grazing livestock | - |
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| remand | (noun) the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) | - |
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| reprimand | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reproof, reproval |
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| riband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: ribband |
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| ribband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: riband |
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| sand | (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie |
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| (noun) a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral | - |
| saraband | (noun) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the saraband | - |
| screenland | (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screen |
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| scrubland | (noun) an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation | - |
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| shorthand | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy |
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| southland | (noun) any region lying in or toward the south | - |
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| stagehand | (noun) an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production | Synonyms: stage technician |
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| stand | (noun) a defensive effort | - |
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| (noun) a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance | - |
| (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, pedestal |
| (noun) tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) | - |
| (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage |
| (noun) a support for displaying ot holding various articles | Synonyms: rack |
| (noun) a small table for holding articles of various kinds | - |
| (noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stall |
| (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint |
| (noun) an interruption of normal activity | Synonyms: standstill, tie-up |
| (noun) a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area | - |
| (noun) the position where a thing or person stands | - |
| strand | (noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together | Synonyms: chain, string |
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| (noun) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | - |
| (noun) a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | - |
| (noun) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) | - |
| (noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: fibril, filament |
| swampland | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swamp |
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| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |