| activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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| agar | (noun) a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods | Synonyms: agar-agar |
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| (noun) any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent | Synonyms: nutrient agar |
| alcazar | (noun) any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors | - |
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| altar | (noun) a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made | - |
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| (noun) the table in Christian churches where communion is given | Synonyms: communion table, Lord's table |
| alveolar | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant |
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| antimacassar | (noun) a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils | - |
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| apar | (noun) South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates | Synonyms: three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus |
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| ar | (noun) a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters | Synonyms: are |
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| ashlar | (noun) a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes | - |
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| atar | (noun) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers | Synonyms: athar, attar, ottar |
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| athar | (noun) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers | Synonyms: atar, attar, ottar |
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| attar | (noun) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers | Synonyms: atar, athar, ottar |
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| avatar | (noun) the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form | - |
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| (noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: embodiment, incarnation |
| bar | (noun) the act of preventing | Synonyms: prevention |
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| (noun) a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon | - |
| (noun) an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal | - |
| (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom |
| (noun) a counter where you can obtain food or drink | - |
| (noun) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | Synonyms: cake |
| (noun) (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried | - |
| (noun) a heating element in an electric fire | - |
| (noun) a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises | - |
| (noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | Synonyms: streak, stripe |
| (noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | Synonyms: measure |
| (noun) the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction | Synonyms: legal community, legal profession |
| (noun) a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore | - |
| (noun) (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter | - |
| bazaar | (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: fair |
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| (noun) a shop where a variety of goods are sold | Synonyms: bazar |
| (noun) a street of small shops (especially in Orient) | Synonyms: bazar |
| bazar | (noun) a shop where a variety of goods are sold | Synonyms: bazaar |
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| (noun) a street of small shops (especially in Orient) | Synonyms: bazaar |
| beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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| bear | (noun) massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws | - |
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| (noun) an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price | - |
| beggar | (noun) a pauper who lives by begging | Synonyms: mendicant |
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| boar | (noun) an uncastrated male hog | - |
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| (noun) Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States | Synonyms: Sus scrofa, wild boar |
| bolivar | (noun) the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos | - |
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| boxcar | (noun) a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides | - |
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| briar | (noun) a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath | Synonyms: briar pipe |
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| (noun) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | Synonyms: brier, Erica arborea, tree heath |
| (noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
| (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
| budgerigar | (noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors | Synonyms: budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, Melopsittacus undulatus, shell parakeet |
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| bugbear | (noun) an object of dread or apprehension | Synonyms: hobgoblin |
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| (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo |
| burglar | (noun) a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | - |
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| bursar | (noun) the treasurer at a college or university | - |
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| busbar | (noun) an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits | Synonyms: bus |
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| calendar | (noun) a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc) | - |
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| (noun) a tabular array of the days (usually for one year) | - |
| (noun) a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year | - |
| car | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, machine, motorcar |
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| (noun) a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad | Synonyms: railcar, railroad car, railway car |
| (noun) where passengers ride up and down | Synonyms: elevator car |
| (noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: gondola |
| (noun) a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway | Synonyms: cable car |
| caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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| caviar | (noun) salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre | Synonyms: caviare |
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| cedar | (noun) any cedar of the genus Cedrus | Synonyms: cedar tree, true cedar |
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| (noun) any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars | Synonyms: cedar tree |
| (noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedarwood |
| cellar | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: basement |
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| (noun) storage space where wines are stored | Synonyms: wine cellar |
| (noun) an excavation where root vegetables are stored | Synonyms: root cellar |
| chadar | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chaddar, chador, chuddar |
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| chaddar | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chadar, chador, chuddar |
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| chanar | (noun) thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries | Synonyms: chanal, Geoffroea decorticans |
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| char | (noun) any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus | Synonyms: charr |
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| (noun) a human female employed to do housework | Synonyms: charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman |
| (noun) a charred substance | - |
| cheddar | (noun) hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England | Synonyms: American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar cheese |
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| chuddar | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chadar, chaddar, chador |
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| cigar | (noun) a roll of tobacco for smoking | - |
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| cinnabar | (noun) large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort | Synonyms: Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth |
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| (noun) a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury | - |
| circular | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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| clear | (noun) a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water | Synonyms: open |
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| (noun) the state of being free of suspicion | - |
| collar | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) a figurative restraint | Synonyms: leash |
| (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: neckband |
| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, dog collar, neckband |
| (noun) a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it | - |
| (noun) the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot | Synonyms: shoe collar |
| (noun) a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part | - |
| (noun) anything worn or placed about the neck | - |
| (noun) (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal | - |
| commissar | (noun) an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | Synonyms: political commissar |
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| cottar | (noun) fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together | Synonyms: cotter |
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| (noun) a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands | Synonyms: cotter |
| cougar | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: catamount, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma |
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| crossbar | (noun) long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts | - |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over | - |
| (noun) a horizontal bar that goes across something | - |
| crowbar | (noun) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge | Synonyms: pry, pry bar, wrecking bar |
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| cudbear | (noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: archil, orchil |
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| cultivar | (noun) a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation | - |
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| cyberwar | (noun) an assault on electronic communication networks | Synonyms: cyber-terrorism |
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| cytosmear | (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, smear |
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| czar | (noun) a person having great power | - |
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| (noun) a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | Synonyms: tsar, tzar |
| damar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| dammar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: damar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| daystar | (noun) a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky | Synonyms: Lucifer, morning star, Phosphorus |
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| dear | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| (noun) a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) | Synonyms: lamb |
| deodar | (noun) tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber | Synonyms: Cedrus deodara, deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar |
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| dinar | (noun) the basic unit of money in Algeria | Synonyms: Algerian dinar |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Bahrain dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Iraqi dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Jordanian dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils | Synonyms: Kuwaiti dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Libya | Synonyms: Libyan dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tunisia | Synonyms: Tunisian dinar |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia | Synonyms: Yugoslavian dinar |
| (noun) 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran | Synonyms: Iranian dinar |
| dollar | (noun) a symbol of commercialism or greed | Synonyms: dollar mark, dollar sign |
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| (noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar | Synonyms: buck, clam, dollar bill, one dollar bill |
| (noun) a United States coin worth one dollar | - |
| (noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents | - |
| drawbar | (noun) a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled | - |
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| drekkar | (noun) a Viking longship, described in historical sources as elegant and ornately decorated, and used by those who went raiding and plundering. | - |
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| durbar | (noun) the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur | - |
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| ear | (noun) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium | - |
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| (noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: auricle, pinna |
| (noun) good hearing | - |
| (noun) attention to what is said | - |
| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: capitulum, spike |
| earthstar | (noun) any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | - |
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| eggar | (noun) moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons | Synonyms: egger |
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| eschar | (noun) a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin | - |
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| escolar | (noun) large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes | Synonyms: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum |
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| eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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| exemplar | (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: example, good example, model |
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| familiar | (noun) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | Synonyms: familiar spirit |
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| (noun) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | - |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, fellow |
| fear | (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fearfulness, fright |
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| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, concern |
| (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration |
| feldspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: felspar |
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| felspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: feldspar |
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| flatcar | (noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof | Synonyms: flat, flatbed |
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| fluorspar | (noun) a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine | Synonyms: fluor, fluorite |
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| footgear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footwear |
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| footwear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footgear |
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| (noun) clothing worn on a person's feet | - |
| forbear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forebear |
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| forebear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forbear |
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| formalwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear |
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| friar | (noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | Synonyms: mendicant |
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| fulmar | (noun) heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions | Synonyms: fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis |
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| funicular | (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
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| gar | (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: billfish, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus |
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| (noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | Synonyms: billfish, needlefish |
| gear | (noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel |
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| (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, paraphernalia |
| (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train |
| (noun) a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) | Synonyms: gear mechanism |
| grammar | (noun) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | - |
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| guar | (noun) drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material | Synonyms: cluster bean, Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus |
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| guitar | (noun) a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking | - |
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| handcar | (noun) a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor | - |
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| handlebar | (noun) the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle | - |
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| handwear | (noun) clothing for the hands | Synonyms: hand wear |
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| hangar | (noun) a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained | Synonyms: airdock, repair shed |
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| headgear | (noun) clothing for the head | Synonyms: headdress |
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| (noun) stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head | - |
| (noun) the hoist at the pithead of a mine | - |
| hoar | (noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | Synonyms: frost, hoarfrost, rime |
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| horsecar | (noun) an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses | - |
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| hussar | (noun) a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress | - |
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| instar | (noun) an insect or other arthropod between molts | - |
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