| bap | (noun) a small loaf or roll of soft bread | - |
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| bitmap | (noun) an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels | Synonyms: electronic image |
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| blackcap | (noun) small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown | Synonyms: Silvia atricapilla |
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| (noun) chickadee having a dark crown | Synonyms: black-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus |
| (noun) small black-headed European gull | Synonyms: Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit, pewit gull |
| (noun) raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit | Synonyms: black raspberry, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis, thimbleberry |
| bootstrap | (noun) a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on | - |
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| bottlecap | (noun) a cap that seals a bottle | - |
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| brandysnap | (noun) a gingersnap flavored with brandy | - |
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| burlap | (noun) coarse jute fabric | Synonyms: gunny |
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| cap | (noun) a tight-fitting headdress | - |
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| (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: capital, chapiter |
| (noun) a top (as for a bottle) | - |
| (noun) something serving as a cover or protection | - |
| (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown |
| (noun) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive | Synonyms: detonating device, detonator |
| (noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: ceiling, roof |
| (noun) a protective covering that is part of a plant | Synonyms: hood |
| (noun) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom | Synonyms: pileus |
| catnap | (noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) | Synonyms: forty winks, light sleep, nap, short sleep, snooze |
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| chap | (noun) (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs | - |
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| (noun) a crack in a lip caused usually by cold | - |
| (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
| (noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: crack, cranny, crevice, fissure |
| clap | (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, eruption |
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| (noun) a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated | Synonyms: clack |
| (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea |
| claptrap | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, fustian, rant |
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| crap | (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, shit |
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| (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: dirt, poop, shit, shite, turd |
| deathtrap | (noun) any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed | - |
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| dewlap | (noun) a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck | - |
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| earflap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earlap |
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| earlap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earflap |
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| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| flap | (noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely | - |
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| (noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | Synonyms: flaps |
| (noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body | - |
| (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flapping, flutter, fluttering |
| (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy |
| flytrap | (noun) a trap for catching flies | - |
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| foolscap | (noun) a size of paper used especially in Britain | - |
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| gap | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, interruption |
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| (noun) a narrow opening | Synonyms: crack |
| (noun) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | Synonyms: spread |
| (noun) a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations | - |
| (noun) an open or empty space in or between things | Synonyms: opening |
| (noun) a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks | Synonyms: col |
| genipap | (noun) a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind | Synonyms: genipap fruit |
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| gingersnap | (noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | Synonyms: ginger nut, ginger snap, snap |
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| handclap | (noun) a clap of the hands to indicate approval | - |
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| handicap | (noun) advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning | - |
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| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, impairment |
| hap | (noun) an accidental happening | - |
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| heap | (noun) a car that is old and unreliable | Synonyms: bus, jalopy |
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| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| hubcap | (noun) cap that fits over the hub of a wheel | - |
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| icecap | (noun) a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) | Synonyms: ice cap |
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| jockstrap | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, supporter, suspensor |
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| kneecap | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneepan, patella |
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| lap | (noun) touching with the tongue | Synonyms: lick |
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| (noun) movement once around a course | Synonyms: circle, circuit |
| (noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: overlap |
| (noun) the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs | Synonyms: lap covering |
| (noun) the upper side of the thighs of a seated person | - |
| (noun) an area of control or responsibility | - |
| leap | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leaping, saltation, spring |
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| (noun) the distance leaped (or to be leaped) | - |
| (noun) an abrupt transition | Synonyms: jump, saltation |
| (noun) a sudden and decisive increase | Synonyms: jump |
| madcap | (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, swashbuckler |
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| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| map | (noun) a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) | - |
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| (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function |
| milkcap | (noun) edible mushroom | Synonyms: Lactarius delicioso |
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| mishap | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mischance |
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| (noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mischance |
| mobcap | (noun) large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women | - |
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| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| muckheap | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, midden, muckhill |
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| nap | (noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) | Synonyms: catnap, forty winks, light sleep, short sleep, snooze |
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| (noun) a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes | Synonyms: Napoleon |
| (noun) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | Synonyms: pile |
| (noun) a soft or fuzzy surface texture | - |
| (noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: sleep |
| neap | (noun) a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | Synonyms: neap tide |
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| nightcap | (noun) the final game of a double header | - |
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| (noun) a cloth cap worn in bed | - |
| (noun) an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic | - |
| overlap | (noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: lap |
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| (noun) the property of partial coincidence in time | - |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, intersection |
| pap | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, teat, tit |
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| (noun) worthless or oversimplified ideas | Synonyms: pablum |
| (noun) a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders | Synonyms: soft diet, spoon food |
| pinesap | (noun) fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys | Synonyms: false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys |
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| rap | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, knock, whack, whang |
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| (noun) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame |
| (noun) voluble conversation | - |
| (noun) genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged | Synonyms: hip-hop, rap music |
| (noun) the sound made by a gentle blow | Synonyms: pat, tap |
| (noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: strike, tap |
| rattrap | (noun) a trap for catching rats | - |
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| (noun) filthy run-down dilapidated housing | - |
| (noun) a difficult entangling situation | - |
| recap | (noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recapitulation, review |
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| (noun) a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads | Synonyms: retread |
| redcap | (noun) a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station | - |
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| (noun) a member of the military police in Britain | - |
| sap | (noun) a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people | Synonyms: blackjack, cosh |
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| (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool |
| (noun) a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant | - |
| satrap | (noun) a governor of a province in ancient Persia | - |
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| scrap | (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fight, fighting |
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| (noun) a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used | - |
| (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, fleck |
| (noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of | Synonyms: rubbish, trash |
| scrapheap | (noun) pile of discarded metal | - |
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| (noun) an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter | Synonyms: garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, trash pile |
| skullcap | (noun) rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head | - |
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| (noun) the dome of the skull | Synonyms: calvaria |
| (noun) a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised | Synonyms: helmetflower |
| skycap | (noun) a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport | - |
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| slagheap | (noun) pile of waste matter from coal mining etc | - |
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| slap | (noun) the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand | Synonyms: smack, smacking |
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| (noun) a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) | Synonyms: smack |
| snap | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, grab, snatch |
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| (noun) (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | Synonyms: centering, centring |
| (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, walkover |
| (noun) the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand | - |
| (noun) a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound | Synonyms: press stud, snap fastener |
| (noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: shot, snapshot |
| (noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | Synonyms: elasticity |
| (noun) a sudden sharp noise | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
| (noun) a sudden breaking | - |
| (noun) the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand | - |
| (noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | Synonyms: ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap |
| (noun) tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections | Synonyms: snap bean |
| (noun) a spell of cold weather | - |
| snowcap | (noun) a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak) | - |
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| soap | (noun) a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats | - |
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| (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop |
| (noun) money offered as a bribe | - |
| stopgap | (noun) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | Synonyms: make-do, makeshift |
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| strap | (noun) whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging | - |
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| (noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position | - |
| (noun) a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag | Synonyms: shoulder strap |
| (noun) hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it | - |
| suntrap | (noun) a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds | Synonyms: solar trap |
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| swap | (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swop, trade |
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| tap | (noun) a light touch or stroke | Synonyms: dab, pat |
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| (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: wiretap |
| (noun) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | Synonyms: hydrant, water faucet, water tap |
| (noun) a plug for a bunghole in a cask | Synonyms: spigot |
| (noun) a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads | - |
| (noun) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) | - |
| (noun) the sound made by a gentle blow | Synonyms: pat, rap |
| (noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: rap, strike |
| thunderclap | (noun) a single sharp crash of thunder | - |
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| (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderbolt |
| toecap | (noun) a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it | - |
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| trap | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait |
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| (noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | - |
| (noun) a light two-wheeled carriage | - |
| (noun) a hazard on a golf course | Synonyms: bunker, sand trap |
| (noun) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters | - |
| (noun) drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas | - |
| (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, yap |
| (noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares | Synonyms: snare |
| watchstrap | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, wristband |
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| waxycap | (noun) any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance | - |
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| whitecap | (noun) a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | Synonyms: white horse |
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| wiretap | (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: tap |
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| wrap | (noun) cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person | Synonyms: wrapper |
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| (noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | Synonyms: wrapper, wrapping |
| (noun) a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla | - |
| yap | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap |
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| zap | (noun) a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact | - |
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