| alcahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alkahest, universal solvent |
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| alkahest | (noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists | Synonyms: alcahest, universal solvent |
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| anapaest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapest |
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| anapest | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: anapaest |
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| arbalest | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalist |
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| archpriest | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate |
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| armrest | (noun) a support for the arm | - |
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| arrest | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
| backrest | (noun) a support that you can lean against while sitting | Synonyms: back |
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| bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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| behest | (noun) an authoritative command or request | - |
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| bequest | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will | Synonyms: legacy |
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| best | (noun) the supreme effort one can make | - |
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| (noun) the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others | Synonyms: topper |
| birdnest | (noun) nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young | Synonyms: bird's nest, bird nest |
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| chest | (noun) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy | - |
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| (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest of drawers, dresser |
| (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pectus, thorax |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: breast |
| conquest | (noun) success in mastering something difficult | - |
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| (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation |
| (noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | Synonyms: seduction |
| contest | (noun) a struggle between rivals | - |
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| (noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | Synonyms: competition |
| crest | (noun) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet | - |
| (noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crown |
| (noun) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave | - |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top |
| dearest | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| digest | (noun) something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) | Synonyms: compilation |
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| (noun) a periodical that summarizes the news | - |
| disinterest | (noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: neutrality |
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| (noun) lack of interest | - |
| earnest | (noun) something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract | - |
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| eldest | (noun) the offspring who came first in the order of birth | Synonyms: firstborn |
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| footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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| forest | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: wood, woods |
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| (noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland |
| gabfest | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| guest | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, node |
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| (noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: invitee |
| (noun) a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. | - |
| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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| hartebeest | (noun) a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward | - |
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| harvest | (noun) the season for gathering crops | Synonyms: harvest time |
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| (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest home, harvesting |
| (noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | - |
| (noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season | Synonyms: crop |
| headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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| (noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
| houseguest | (noun) a guest entertained in your house | Synonyms: house guest |
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| incest | (noun) sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child) | - |
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| inquest | (noun) an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death | - |
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| interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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| (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
| (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
| (noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
| (noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
| jest | (noun) activity characterized by good humor | Synonyms: jocularity, joke |
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| (noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | Synonyms: gag, jape, joke, laugh |
| latest | (noun) the most recent news or development | - |
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| manifest | (noun) a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane | - |
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| nest | (noun) a kind of gun emplacement | - |
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| (noun) furniture pieces made to fit close together | - |
| (noun) a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality | - |
| (noun) a cosy or secluded retreat | - |
| (noun) a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young | - |
| northwest | (noun) a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees | Synonyms: nor'-west, northwestward, NW |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point | - |
| palimpsest | (noun) a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible | - |
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| pest | (noun) any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | - |
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| (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer |
| (noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pestilence, plague |
| (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pestilence, pestis, plague |
| priest | (noun) a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders | - |
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| (noun) a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion | Synonyms: non-Christian priest |
| protest | (noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | Synonyms: dissent, objection |
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| (noun) a formal and solemn declaration of objection | Synonyms: protestation |
| (noun) the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval | - |
| quest | (noun) the act of searching for something | Synonyms: seeking |
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| (noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, pursuit |
| rainforest | (noun) a forest with heavy annual rainfall | Synonyms: rain forest |
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| regest | (noun) (archaic, obsolete) A register. | - |
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| request | (noun) the verbal act of requesting | Synonyms: asking |
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| (noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | Synonyms: petition, postulation |
| rest | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, relaxation, repose |
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| (noun) a support on which things can be put | - |
| (noun) a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration | - |
| (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum |
| (noun) a state of inaction | - |
| (noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, sleep |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: relief, respite, rest period |
| rinderpest | (noun) an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes | Synonyms: cattle plague |
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| slugfest | (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fistfight, fisticuffs |
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| southwest | (noun) a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees | Synonyms: sou'-west, southwestward, SW |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point | - |
| tempest | (noun) (literary) a violent wind | - |
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| (noun) a violent commotion or disturbance | Synonyms: storm |
| test | (noun) the act of testing something | Synonyms: run, trial |
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| (noun) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc | Synonyms: mental test, mental testing, psychometric test |
| (noun) the act of undergoing testing | Synonyms: trial |
| (noun) a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins | - |
| (noun) trying something to find out about it | Synonyms: trial, trial run, tryout |
| (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | Synonyms: exam, examination |
| unrest | (noun) a feeling of restless agitation | - |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness |
| vest | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, undershirt |
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| (noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: waistcoat |
| west | (noun) a location in the western part of a country, region, or city | - |
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| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees | Synonyms: due west, W, westward |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point | - |
| wildebeest | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: gnu |
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| zest | (noun) a tart spicy quality | Synonyms: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess |
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| (noun) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | Synonyms: gusto, relish, zestfulness |