| hootch | (noun) an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | Synonyms: hooch |
|---|
| hopscotch | (noun) a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone | - |
|---|
| horseleech | (noun) any of several large freshwater leeches | - |
|---|
| hotchpotch | (noun) a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables | - |
|---|
| (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
| hunch | (noun) the act of bending yourself into a humped position | - |
|---|
| (noun) an impression that something might be the case | Synonyms: intuition, suspicion |
| hutch | (noun) a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals | - |
|---|
| (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, shack, shanty |
| inch | (noun) a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot | Synonyms: in |
|---|
| (noun) a unit of measurement for advertising space | Synonyms: column inch |
| isotach | (noun) a line joining points with constant wind speed. | - |
|---|
| itch | (noun) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | Synonyms: itchiness, itching |
|---|
| (noun) a strong restless desire | Synonyms: urge |
| (noun) a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation | Synonyms: scabies |
| ketch | (noun) a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost | - |
|---|
| kirsch | (noun) from fermented juice of black morello cherries | - |
|---|
| kitsch | (noun) excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste | - |
|---|
| kutch | (noun) tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas | Synonyms: cutch |
|---|
| kvetch | (noun) (Yiddish) a nagging complaint | - |
|---|
| (noun) (Yiddish) a constant complainer | - |
| lamellibranch | (noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod |
|---|
| larch | (noun) any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves | Synonyms: larch tree |
|---|
| (noun) wood of a larch tree | - |
| latch | (noun) catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove | - |
|---|
| (noun) spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | Synonyms: door latch |
| launch | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launching |
|---|
| (noun) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck | - |
| leach | (noun) the process of leaching | Synonyms: leaching |
|---|
| lech | (noun) man with strong sexual desires | Synonyms: lecher, letch, satyr |
|---|
| leech | (noun) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | Synonyms: bloodsucker, hirudinean |
|---|
| (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: parasite, sponge, sponger |
| letch | (noun) man with strong sexual desires | Synonyms: lech, lecher, satyr |
|---|
| liebfraumilch | (noun) a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany) | - |
|---|
| loach | (noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
|---|
| loch | (noun) Scottish word for a lake | - |
|---|
| (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) | - |
| lockstitch | (noun) machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread | - |
|---|
| logomach | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomachist |
|---|
| lunch | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, luncheon, tiffin |
|---|
| lurch | (noun) an unsteady uneven gait | Synonyms: stagger, stumble |
|---|
| (noun) the act of moving forward suddenly | Synonyms: lunge |
| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: pitch, pitching |
| (noun) a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) | - |
| march | (noun) the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | Synonyms: marching |
|---|
| (noun) a steady advance | - |
| (noun) genre of music written for marching | Synonyms: marching music |
| (noun) a procession of people walking together | - |
| (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, borderland, marchland |
| match | (noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | Synonyms: friction match, lucifer |
|---|
| (noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: mate |
| (noun) a burning piece of wood or cardboard | - |
| (noun) something that resembles or harmonizes with | - |
| (noun) a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete | - |
| (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: couple, mates |
| (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, equal, peer |
| (noun) a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | Synonyms: catch |
| (noun) the score needed to win a match | - |
| matriarch | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: materfamilias |
|---|
| (noun) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) | - |
| mensch | (noun) a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics | Synonyms: mensh |
|---|
| midwatch | (noun) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) | Synonyms: graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch |
|---|
| mismatch | (noun) a bad or unsuitable match | - |
|---|
| moloch | (noun) any lizard of the genus Moloch | - |
|---|
| monarch | (noun) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed | Synonyms: Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly |
|---|
| (noun) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | Synonyms: crowned head, sovereign |
| mooch | (noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | Synonyms: cadger, moocher, scrounger |
|---|
| motorcoach | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
|---|
| much | (noun) a great amount or extent | - |
|---|
| mulch | (noun) a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion | - |
|---|
| munch | (noun) a large bite | - |
|---|
| nauch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nautch, nautch dance |
|---|
| nautch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nauch, nautch dance |
|---|
| nebbech | (noun) (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton | Synonyms: nebbish |
|---|
| nonesuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
|---|
| nonsuch | (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, saint |
|---|
| notch | (noun) a small cut | Synonyms: nick, snick |
|---|
| (noun) a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface | - |
| (noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks | Synonyms: mountain pass, pass |
| (noun) a V-shaped indentation | - |
| nudibranch | (noun) any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body | Synonyms: sea slug |
|---|
| nuthatch | (noun) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | Synonyms: nutcracker |
|---|
| oldwench | (noun) tropical Atlantic fish | Synonyms: Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwife, queen triggerfish |
|---|
| oligarch | (noun) one of the rulers in an oligarchy | - |
|---|
| orach | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orache |
|---|
| ostrich | (noun) fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird | Synonyms: Struthio camelus |
|---|
| (noun) a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) | - |
| outreach | (noun) the act of reaching out | - |
|---|
| overmuch | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuchness, superabundance |
|---|
| overwatch | (noun) surveillence by a unit within a video game which would cause the unit to make an action in response to an enemy unit's action | - |
|---|
| patch | (noun) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole | - |
|---|
| (noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, mend |
| (noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: eyepatch |
| (noun) a connection intended to be used for a limited time | Synonyms: temporary hookup |
| (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: bandage |
| (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot |
| (noun) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program | - |
| (noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of land |
| (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: piece, spell, while |
| patriarch | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: paterfamilias |
|---|
| (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | - |
| (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | - |
| (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | - |
| paunch | (noun) a protruding abdomen | Synonyms: belly |
|---|
| peach | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: apricot, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
|---|
| (noun) downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh | - |
| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| (noun) cultivated in temperate regions | Synonyms: peach tree, Prunus persica |
| perch | (noun) spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes | - |
|---|
| (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes | - |
| (noun) support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) | - |
| (noun) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe | - |
| (noun) an elevated place serving as a seat | - |
| (noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet | Synonyms: pole, rod |
| (noun) a square rod of land | Synonyms: pole, rod |
| pibroch | (noun) martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes | - |
|---|
| pinch | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: tweak |
|---|
| (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody |
| (noun) a small sharp bite or snip | Synonyms: nip |
| (noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | Synonyms: emergency, exigency |
| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
| (noun) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed | - |
| (noun) a painful or straitened circumstance | - |
| pitch | (noun) the action or manner of throwing something | - |
|---|
| (noun) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump | Synonyms: auction pitch |
| (noun) a high approach shot in golf | Synonyms: pitch shot |
| (noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it | Synonyms: delivery |
| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitching |
| (noun) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration | - |
| (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: rake, slant |
| (noun) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration | Synonyms: sales pitch, sales talk |
| (noun) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) | - |
| (noun) a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer | Synonyms: soccer field |
| (noun) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | Synonyms: tar |
| pooch | (noun) informal terms for dogs | Synonyms: barker, bow-wow, doggie, doggy |
|---|
| porch | (noun) a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance | - |
|---|
| potlatch | (noun) a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) | - |
|---|
| pouch | (noun) a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things | - |
|---|
| (noun) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | Synonyms: pocket |
| (noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pocket, sac, sack |
| punch | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, poke, slug |
|---|
| (noun) a tool for making holes or indentations | Synonyms: puncher |
| (noun) an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl | - |
| putsch | (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, takeover |
|---|
| ranch | (noun) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | Synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, spread |
|---|
| ratch | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratchet |
|---|
| raunch | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
|---|
| reach | (noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reaching, stretch |
|---|
| (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, scope |
| (noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, grasp, range |
| (noun) the limits within which something can be effective | Synonyms: range |
| rematch | (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: replay |
|---|
| reproach | (noun) a mild rebuke or criticism | - |
|---|
| (noun) disgrace or shame | - |
| research | (noun) systematic investigation to establish facts | - |
|---|
| (noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry |
| retch | (noun) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting | Synonyms: heave |
|---|
| rewatch | (noun) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
|---|
| rich | (noun) people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group) | Synonyms: rich people |
|---|
| roach | (noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | Synonyms: cockroach |
|---|
| (noun) European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | Synonyms: Rutilus rutilus |
| (noun) the butt of a marijuana cigarette | - |
| (noun) street names for flunitrazepam | Synonyms: circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roofy, rope, rophy |
| (noun) a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead | - |
| routemarch | (noun) a long training march for troops | - |
|---|
| rugelach | (noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) | Synonyms: ruggelach, rugulah |
|---|
| ruggelach | (noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) | Synonyms: rugelach, rugulah |
|---|
| runch | (noun) Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits | Synonyms: jointed charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum, wild radish, wild rape |
|---|
| sandarach | (noun) a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes | Synonyms: sandarac |
|---|
| sandwich | (noun) two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | - |
|---|
| scorch | (noun) a discoloration caused by heat | - |
|---|
| (noun) a surface burn | Synonyms: singe |
| (noun) a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues | - |
| scotch | (noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: score |
|---|
| scratch | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scar, scrape |
|---|
| (noun) (golf) a handicap of zero strokes | - |
| (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble |
| (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching |
| (noun) dry mash for poultry | Synonyms: chicken feed |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line |
| (noun) a competitor who has withdrawn from competition | - |
| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit |
| (noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape |
| screech | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
|---|
| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
| scrunch | (noun) a crunching noise | - |
|---|
| search | (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, hunting |
|---|
| (noun) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | - |
| (noun) an investigation seeking answers | - |
| (noun) the examination of alternative hypotheses | - |
| (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: lookup |
| sketch | (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: study |
|---|
| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, survey |
| (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cartoon |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: vignette |
| slouch | (noun) a stooping carriage in standing and walking | - |
|---|
| (noun) an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions | - |
| slowcoach | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud |
|---|
| smirch | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smear, spot, stain |
|---|
| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smudge, spot |
| smooch | (noun) an enthusiastic kiss | Synonyms: smack |
|---|
| snatch | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, grab, snap |
|---|
| (noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion | - |
| (noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: kidnapping |
| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, twat |
| (noun) a small fragment | Synonyms: bit |