| backbeat | (noun) a loud steady beat | - |
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| backseat | (noun) a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile) | - |
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| (noun) a secondary or inferior position or status | - |
| beat | (noun) the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | - |
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| (noun) a stroke or blow | - |
| (noun) a regular rate of repetition | - |
| (noun) the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | Synonyms: musical rhythm, rhythm |
| (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: cadence, measure, meter, metre |
| (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: heartbeat, pulsation, pulse |
| (noun) the sound of stroke or blow | - |
| (noun) a regular route for a sentry or policeman | Synonyms: round |
| (noun) a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | Synonyms: beatnik |
| (noun) a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations | - |
| bleat | (noun) the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) | - |
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| buckwheat | (noun) grain ground into flour | - |
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| (noun) a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour | Synonyms: Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum |
| caveat | (noun) a warning against certain acts | Synonyms: caution |
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| (noun) (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing | - |
| cheat | (noun) a deception for profit to yourself | Synonyms: cheating |
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| (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: fraud, rig, swindle |
| (noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
| (noun) weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | Synonyms: bearded darnel, darnel, Lolium temulentum, tare |
| (noun) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, chess |
| cleat | (noun) a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached | - |
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| (noun) a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured | - |
| (noun) a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping | - |
| countryseat | (noun) an estate in the country | - |
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| crabmeat | (noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crab |
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| deadbeat | (noun) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: defaulter |
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| defeat | (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | Synonyms: licking |
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| (noun) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals | Synonyms: frustration |
| downbeat | (noun) the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | - |
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| drumbeat | (noun) a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause | - |
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| (noun) (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown | - |
| (noun) the sound made by beating a drum | Synonyms: rataplan, rub-a-dub |
| escheat | (noun) a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs | - |
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| (noun) the property that reverts to the state | - |
| feat | (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: effort, exploit |
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| forcemeat | (noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs | Synonyms: farce |
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| great | (noun) a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field | - |
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| heartbeat | (noun) an animating or vital unifying force | - |
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| (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
| heat | (noun) utility to warm a building | Synonyms: heating, heating plant, heating system |
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| (noun) the presence of heat | Synonyms: high temperature, hotness |
| (noun) the trait of being intensely emotional | Synonyms: passion, warmth |
| (noun) the sensation caused by heat energy | Synonyms: warmth |
| (noun) a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race | - |
| (noun) a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature | Synonyms: heat energy |
| (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity | Synonyms: estrus, oestrus, rut |
| horsemeat | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horseflesh |
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| loveseat | (noun) small sofa that seats two people | Synonyms: love seat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis |
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| meat | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | - |
| (noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone | Synonyms: kernel |
| mincemeat | (noun) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat | - |
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| offbeat | (noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | Synonyms: upbeat |
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| peat | (noun) partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried | - |
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| pleat | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: plait |
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| repeat | (noun) an event that repeats | Synonyms: repetition |
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| retreat | (noun) (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat | - |
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| (noun) withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | Synonyms: retirement |
| (noun) the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) | - |
| (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: hideaway |
| (noun) (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset | - |
| (noun) (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position | - |
| (noun) a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet | - |
| seat | (noun) any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) | - |
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| (noun) furniture that is designed for sitting on | - |
| (noun) the cloth covering for the buttocks | - |
| (noun) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part | - |
| (noun) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body | - |
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) | - |
| (noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) | Synonyms: place |
| (noun) the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based | - |
| sweat | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail |
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| (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: perspiration, sudor |
| (noun) condensation of moisture on a cold surface | - |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, swither |
| sweetmeat | (noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | - |
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| teat | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, tit |
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| threat | (noun) a warning that something unpleasant is imminent | - |
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| (noun) declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another | - |
| (noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: scourge, terror |
| (noun) something that is a source of danger | Synonyms: menace |
| treat | (noun) an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | - |
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| (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw |
| upbeat | (noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | Synonyms: offbeat |
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| (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
| wheat | (noun) a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white | Synonyms: pale yellow, straw |
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| (noun) grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour | Synonyms: wheat berry |
| (noun) annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains | - |