| megahit | (noun) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | Synonyms: blockbuster, smash hit |
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| merit | (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: virtue |
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| (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, meritoriousness |
| mesquit | (noun) any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | Synonyms: mesquite |
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| microcircuit | (noun) a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component | Synonyms: integrated circuit |
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| misfit | (noun) someone unable to adapt to their circumstances | - |
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| nit | (noun) egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing | - |
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| (noun) a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source | - |
| nitwit | (noun) a stupid incompetent person | Synonyms: dimwit, doofus, half-wit |
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| nonprofit | (noun) an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities | Synonyms: nonprofit organization, not-for-profit |
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| obit | (noun) a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography | Synonyms: necrology, obituary |
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| orbit | (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, compass, range, reach, scope |
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| (noun) the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball | Synonyms: cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity |
| (noun) the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another | Synonyms: celestial orbit |
| (noun) the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom | Synonyms: electron orbit |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, domain, field, sphere |
| outfit | (noun) gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose | Synonyms: kit |
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| (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: getup, rig, turnout |
| (noun) any cohesive unit such as a military company | - |
| pantsuit | (noun) a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women | Synonyms: pants suit |
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| parfait | (noun) layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream | - |
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| pebibit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits | Synonyms: Pibit |
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| peewit | (noun) large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs | Synonyms: green plover, lapwing, pewit |
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| (noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America | Synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, pewee, pewit, wood pewee |
| permit | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: license, permission |
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| (noun) large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies | Synonyms: Trachinotus falcatus |
| (noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something | Synonyms: licence, license |
| petabit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits | Synonyms: Pb, Pbit |
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| pewit | (noun) large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs | Synonyms: green plover, lapwing, peewit |
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| (noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America | Synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewee, wood pewee |
| (noun) small black-headed European gull | Synonyms: blackcap, Larus ridibundus, laughing gull, pewit gull |
| pipit | (noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | Synonyms: lark, titlark |
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| pit | (noun) a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | Synonyms: quarry, stone pit |
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| (noun) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | Synonyms: colliery |
| (noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole | Synonyms: pitfall |
| (noun) lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | Synonyms: orchestra pit |
| (noun) (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | - |
| (noun) (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | - |
| (noun) an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | - |
| (noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | Synonyms: Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition |
| (noun) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | Synonyms: cavity |
| (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: endocarp, stone |
| (noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | Synonyms: fossa |
| plait | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: pleat |
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| (noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: braid, tress, twist |
| plaudit | (noun) enthusiastic approval | Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, eclat, plaudits |
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| playsuit | (noun) a sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse | - |
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| portrait | (noun) any likeness of a person, in any medium | Synonyms: portrayal |
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| (noun) a word picture of a person's appearance and character | Synonyms: portraiture, portrayal |
| posit | (noun) (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning | Synonyms: postulate |
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| preterit | (noun) a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense | Synonyms: preterite |
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| profit | (noun) the advantageous quality of being beneficial | Synonyms: gain |
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| (noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profits |
| pulpit | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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| pundit | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: initiate, learned person, savant |
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| pursuit | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursual |
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| (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: interest, pastime |
| (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity |
| (noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, quest |
| quoit | (noun) game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits | - |
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| rabbit | (noun) any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food | Synonyms: coney, cony |
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| (noun) flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food | Synonyms: hare |
| (noun) the fur of a rabbit | Synonyms: lapin |
| rarebit | (noun) cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast | Synonyms: Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit |
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| recruit | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: enlistee |
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| (noun) a recently enlisted soldier | Synonyms: military recruit |
| refit | (noun) outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts) | - |
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| remit | (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remission, remitment |
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| (noun) the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with | - |
| retrofit | (noun) the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured | - |
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| (noun) a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured | - |
| ringgit | (noun) the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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| sandpit | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpile |
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| (noun) a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug | - |
| sawpit | (noun) a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw | - |
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| sennit | (noun) flat braided cordage that is used on ships | - |
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| shit | (noun) something of little value | Synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn |
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| (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull |
| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
| (noun) a coarse term for defecation | Synonyms: dump |
| (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, squat |
| (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: crap, dirt, poop, shite, turd |
| skit | (noun) a short theatrical episode | - |
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| slit | (noun) a long narrow opening | - |
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| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, snatch, twat |
| (noun) a narrow fissure | - |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, scratch |
| snit | (noun) a state of agitated irritation | - |
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| snowsuit | (noun) a child's overgarment for cold weather | - |
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| soffit | (noun) the underside of a part of a building (such as an arch or overhang or beam etc.) | - |
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| spacesuit | (noun) a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space | - |
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| spinnbarkeit | (noun) the capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubble | - |
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| spirit | (noun) a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character | - |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, liveliness, sprightliness |
| (noun) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind | Synonyms: heart |
| (noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: intent, purport |
| (noun) any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | Synonyms: disembodied spirit |
| (noun) the vital principle or animating force within living things | - |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, tone |
| (noun) the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) | Synonyms: emotional state |
| spit | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spitting |
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| (noun) a skewer for holding meat over a fire | - |
| (noun) a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | Synonyms: saliva, spittle |
| (noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: tongue |
| split | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions | Synonyms: schism |
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| (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | Synonyms: rent, rip |
| (noun) extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) | - |
| (noun) an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity | Synonyms: split up, stock split |
| (noun) (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl | - |
| (noun) a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts | - |
| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, rip, snag, tear |
| (noun) a lengthwise crack in wood | - |
| (noun) a promised or claimed share of loot or money | - |
| (noun) a bottle containing half the usual amount | - |
| sprit | (noun) a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally | - |
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| strait | (noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | Synonyms: sound |
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| (noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | Synonyms: pass, straits |
| sublimit | (noun) (insurance) a limitation in an amount of loss coverage. | - |
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| subunit | (noun) a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: fractional monetary unit |
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| suit | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, cause, lawsuit |
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| (noun) a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color | Synonyms: suit of clothes |
| (noun) playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color | - |
| (noun) a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank | - |
| (noun) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | Synonyms: courting, courtship, wooing |
| (noun) (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit | - |
| summit | (noun) a meeting of heads of governments | Synonyms: summit meeting |
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| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, crown, peak, tip, top |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, superlative, tiptop, top |
| sunsuit | (noun) a child's garment consisting of a brief top and shorts | - |
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| surfeit | (noun) eating until excessively full | Synonyms: repletion |
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| (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, oversupply |
| (noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: excess, overabundance |
| sweatsuit | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweats, workout suit |
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| swimsuit | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimwear |
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| tebibit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits | Synonyms: Tibit |
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| terabit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits | Synonyms: Tb, Tbit |
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| tidbit | (noun) a small tasty bit of food | Synonyms: choice morsel, titbit |
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| tit | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: titmouse |
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| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, knocker, titty |
| (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat |
| titbit | (noun) a small tasty bit of food | Synonyms: choice morsel, tidbit |
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| tomtit | (noun) widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head | Synonyms: blue tit, Parus caeruleus |
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| trait | (noun) a distinguishing feature of your personal nature | - |
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| transit | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: passage |
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| (noun) a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod | Synonyms: theodolite |
| (noun) a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | Synonyms: transportation, transportation system |
| turnspit | (noun) a roasting spit that can be turned | - |
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| twit | (noun) aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing | Synonyms: taunt, taunting |
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| (noun) someone who is regarded as contemptible | Synonyms: twerp, twirp |
| unit | (noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Synonyms: whole |
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| (noun) a single undivided whole | - |
| (noun) an organization regarded as part of a larger social group | Synonyms: social unit |
| (noun) a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else | Synonyms: building block |
| (noun) any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange | Synonyms: unit of measurement |
| (noun) an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole | - |
| visit | (noun) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity | - |
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| (noun) the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) | - |
| (noun) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time | - |
| (noun) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) | Synonyms: sojourn |
| (noun) a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice | - |
| vomit | (noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomiting |
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| (noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: emetic, nauseant, vomitive |
| (noun) the matter ejected in vomiting | Synonyms: barf, puke, vomitus |
| wait | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: waiting |
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| (noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, postponement, time lag |
| whatchamacallit | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| whit | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle |
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| whitebait | (noun) the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts | - |
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| (noun) minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole | - |
| whodunit | (noun) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | Synonyms: mystery, mystery story |
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| wit | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality |
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| (noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humor, humour, witticism, wittiness |
| (noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes | Synonyms: card, wag |
| writ | (noun) (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer | Synonyms: judicial writ |
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| yobibit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits | Synonyms: Yibit |
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| yottabit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits | Synonyms: Yb, Ybit |
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| zebibit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits | Synonyms: Zibit |
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| zettabit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits | Synonyms: Zb, Zbit |
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| zit | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne | Synonyms: hickey, pimple |
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