| anise | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed |
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| (noun) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum |
| bearnaise | (noun) a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice | - |
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| betise | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
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| bise | (noun) a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | Synonyms: bize |
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| bordelaise | (noun) brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine | - |
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| bruise | (noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: contusion |
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| camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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| cerise | (noun) a red the color of ripe cherries | Synonyms: cherry, cherry red |
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| chaise | (noun) a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | Synonyms: shay |
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| (noun) a long chair; for reclining | Synonyms: chaise longue, daybed |
| chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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| (noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
| compromise | (noun) a middle way between two extremes | Synonyms: via media |
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| (noun) an accommodation in which both sides make concessions | - |
| counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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| cruise | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: sail |
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| demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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| devise | (noun) (law) a gift of real property by will | - |
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| (noun) a will disposing of real property | - |
| disguise | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: camouflage |
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| (noun) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity | - |
| (noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: camouflage |
| dispraise | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: disparagement |
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| enterprise | (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour |
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| (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative |
| (noun) an organization created for business ventures | - |
| equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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| excise | (noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | Synonyms: excise tax |
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| exercise | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation |
| (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
| (noun) an action, often used negatively and without consequences | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches | - |
| expertise | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | Synonyms: expertness |
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| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| framboise | (noun) the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange | Synonyms: European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry |
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| franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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| (noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
| (noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
| genoise | (noun) rich and delicate Italian sponge cake | - |
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| guise | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: pretence, pretense, pretext |
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| hollandaise | (noun) eggs and butter with lemon juice | - |
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| malaise | (noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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| marquise | (noun) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. | Synonyms: marquee |
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| (noun) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess | Synonyms: marchioness |
| mayonnaise | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayo |
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| merchandise | (noun) items for sale to the individual consumer | Synonyms: product, ware |
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| (noun) branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups | Synonyms: merchandising |
| mortise | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortice |
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| noise | (noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | Synonyms: haphazardness, randomness, stochasticity |
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| (noun) incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks | - |
| (noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: dissonance, racket |
| (noun) a loud outcry of protest or complaint | - |
| (noun) sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) | - |
| (noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | Synonyms: disturbance, interference |
| overpraise | (noun) excessive or undeserved praise. | - |
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| paradise | (noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | Synonyms: Eden, heaven, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la |
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| pavise | (noun) (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position | Synonyms: pavis |
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| poise | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, cool, sang-froid |
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| (noun) a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second | - |
| (noun) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium | - |
| polonaise | (noun) a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt | - |
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| porpoise | (noun) any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth | - |
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| praise | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: congratulations, extolment, kudos |
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| (noun) offering words of homage as an act of worship | - |
| premise | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premiss |
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| promise | (noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: hope |
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| (noun) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | - |
| raise | (noun) the act of raising something | Synonyms: heave, lift |
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| (noun) increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) | - |
| (noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: hike, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade |
| remise | (noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | - |
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| (noun) a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles | Synonyms: carriage house, coach house |
| (noun) an expensive or high-class hackney | - |
| revise | (noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: rescript, revisal, revision |
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| rise | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascension, ascent |
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| (noun) increase in price or value | Synonyms: advance |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rising slope, upgrade |
| (noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: hike, raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
| (noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: boost, cost increase, hike |
| (noun) a growth in strength or number or importance | - |
| (noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | Synonyms: lift |
| (noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rising |
| (noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | Synonyms: emanation, procession |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, upgrade |
| sise | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | Synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, six, sixer, VI |
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| sunrise | (noun) the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon | - |
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| (noun) atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun | - |
| (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunup |
| surmise | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal |
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| surprise | (noun) the act of surprising someone | Synonyms: surprisal |
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| (noun) a sudden unexpected event | - |
| (noun) the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you | - |
| tortoise | (noun) usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid areas except Australia and Antarctica | - |
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| treatise | (noun) a formal exposition | - |
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| turquoise | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue |
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| (noun) a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate | - |
| valise | (noun) a small overnight bag for short trips | - |
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| vichyssoise | (noun) a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold | - |
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| vise | (noun) a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place | Synonyms: bench vise, vice |
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| wise | (noun) a way of doing or being | - |
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