| accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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| achimenes | (noun) any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias | Synonyms: hot water plant |
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| acres | (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: demesne, estate, land, landed estate |
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| actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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| aerides | (noun) any orchid of the genus Aerides | - |
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| allies | (noun) an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy | - |
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| aloes | (noun) a purgative made from the leaves of aloe | Synonyms: bitter aloes |
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| ambages | (noun) (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action | - |
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| amenities | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: comforts, conveniences, creature comforts |
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| antipodes | (noun) any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | - |
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| antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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| archives | (noun) collection of records especially about an institution | - |
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| arles | (noun) money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract | Synonyms: earnest money |
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| ascites | (noun) accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity | - |
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| assizes | (noun) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts) | Synonyms: court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius |
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| auspices | (noun) kindly endorsement and guidance | Synonyms: aegis, protection |
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| authorities | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: government, regime |
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| barytes | (noun) a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium | Synonyms: barite, barium sulphate, heavy spar |
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| bedclothes | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedding |
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| bilges | (noun) in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side | - |
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| blues | (noun) a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes | - |
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| (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours |
| bones | (noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | Synonyms: castanets, clappers, finger cymbals |
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| braces | (noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | Synonyms: brace, orthodontic braces |
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| brakes | (noun) a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle | Synonyms: brake system |
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| breeches | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers |
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| britches | (noun) (used in the plural) informal term for breeches | - |
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| cacoethes | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: mania, passion |
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| caries | (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: cavity, dental caries, tooth decay |
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| cerastes | (noun) highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye | Synonyms: Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper |
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| charades | (noun) guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
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| chives | (noun) cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning | - |
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| (noun) perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning | Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chive, cive, schnittlaugh |
| circumstances | (noun) a person's financial situation (good or bad) | - |
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| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
| civies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civvies |
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| civvies | (noun) civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform | Synonyms: civies |
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| clothes | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, dress, wearing apparel |
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| clutches | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold |
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| collywobbles | (noun) severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea | Synonyms: cholera morbus |
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| confines | (noun) a bounded scope | - |
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| congeries | (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: aggregate, conglomeration |
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| conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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| contemporaries | (noun) all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age | Synonyms: coevals, generation |
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| conveniences | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, comforts, creature comforts |
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| crossbones | (noun) two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death | - |
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| crudites | (noun) raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip | - |
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| damages | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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| devices | (noun) an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices' | - |
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| diabetes | (noun) a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst | - |
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| dominoes | (noun) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | Synonyms: dominos |
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| doubles | (noun) tennis played with two players on each side | - |
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| (noun) badminton played with two players on each side | - |
| durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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| eaves | (noun) the overhang at the lower edge of a roof | - |
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| eighties | (noun) the time of life between 80 and 90 | Synonyms: mid-eighties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1980 to 1989 | Synonyms: 1980s |
| (noun) the decade from 1880 to 1889 | Synonyms: 1880s |
| elves | (noun) an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere | - |
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| eyeglasses | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: glasses, specs, spectacles |
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| eyes | (noun) opinion or judgment | - |
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| faeces | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool |
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| fasces | (noun) bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism | - |
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| fatigues | (noun) military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor | - |
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| fauces | (noun) the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx | - |
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| feces | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, ordure, stool |
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| fifties | (noun) the time of life between 50 and 60 | Synonyms: mid-fifties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959 | Synonyms: 1950s |
| finances | (noun) assets in the form of money | Synonyms: cash in hand, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource |
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| fives | (noun) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls | - |
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| flies | (noun) (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | - |
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| follies | (noun) a revue with elaborate costuming | - |
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| formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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| forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
| fries | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries |
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| fumes | (noun) gases ejected from an engine as waste products | Synonyms: exhaust, exhaust fumes |
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| funnies | (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, strip |
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| glasses | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: eyeglasses, specs, spectacles |
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| goggles | (noun) (plural) tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes | - |
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| greaves | (noun) the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered | Synonyms: crackling |
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| gripes | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: colic, griping, intestinal colic |
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| hackles | (noun) a feeling of anger and animosity | Synonyms: dander |
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| heaves | (noun) a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks | Synonyms: broken wind |
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| herpes | (noun) any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin | Synonyms: herpes virus |
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| (noun) viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane | - |
| hippies | (noun) a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music | Synonyms: flower people, hipsters |
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| hives | (noun) an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs | Synonyms: nettle rash, urticaria, urtication |
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| horseshoes | (noun) a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it | Synonyms: quoits |
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| hostilities | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: belligerency |
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| huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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| humanities | (noun) studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) | Synonyms: arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts |
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| hurdles | (noun) a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | Synonyms: hurdle race, hurdling |
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| ides | (noun) in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month | - |
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| insides | (noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) | Synonyms: entrails, innards, viscera |
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| jackanapes | (noun) someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | Synonyms: lightweight, whippersnapper |
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| jackstones | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jacks, knucklebones |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks | Synonyms: jack |
| jakes | (noun) a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate | Synonyms: earth-closet, outhouse, privy |
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| jammies | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: pajama, pj's, pyjama |
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| jimmies | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: sprinkles |
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| knucklebones | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | Synonyms: jacks, jackstones |
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| knuckles | (noun) (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | Synonyms: brass knuckles, brass knucks, knuckle duster, knucks |
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| lazybones | (noun) a lazy person | - |
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| lees | (noun) the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage | - |
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| leptomeninges | (noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers | - |
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| liabilities | (noun) anything that is owed to someone else | - |
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| litotes | (noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | Synonyms: meiosis |
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| losses | (noun) something lost (especially money lost at gambling) | Synonyms: losings |
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| lues | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis |
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