| alveolar | (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge | Synonyms: alveolar consonant, dental, dental consonant |
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| ashlar | (noun) a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes | - |
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| burglar | (noun) a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | - |
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| caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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| cellar | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: basement |
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| (noun) storage space where wines are stored | Synonyms: wine cellar |
| (noun) an excavation where root vegetables are stored | Synonyms: root cellar |
| circular | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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| collar | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) a figurative restraint | Synonyms: leash |
| (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: neckband |
| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, dog collar, neckband |
| (noun) a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it | - |
| (noun) the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot | Synonyms: shoe collar |
| (noun) a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part | - |
| (noun) anything worn or placed about the neck | - |
| (noun) (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal | - |
| dollar | (noun) a symbol of commercialism or greed | Synonyms: dollar mark, dollar sign |
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| (noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar | Synonyms: buck, clam, dollar bill, one dollar bill |
| (noun) a United States coin worth one dollar | - |
| (noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents | - |
| escolar | (noun) large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes | Synonyms: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum |
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| exemplar | (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: example, good example, model |
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| funicular | (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
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| irregular | (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: second |
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| (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, insurgent |
| jugular | (noun) a vital part that is vulnerable to attack | - |
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| (noun) veins in the neck that return blood from the head | Synonyms: jugular vein, vena jugularis |
| malar | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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| medlar | (noun) crabapple-like fruit used for preserves | - |
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| (noun) a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste | - |
| (noun) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples | Synonyms: medlar tree, Mespilus germanica |
| (noun) small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit | Synonyms: Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree |
| molar | (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | Synonyms: grinder |
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| narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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| navicular | (noun) the largest wrist bone on the thumb side | Synonyms: os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone |
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| ocular | (noun) combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | Synonyms: eyepiece |
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| particular | (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
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| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
| pedlar | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pitchman |
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| perpendicular | (noun) an extremely steep face | - |
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| (noun) a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point | Synonyms: plumb line |
| (noun) a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style |
| (noun) a straight line at right angles to another line | - |
| pillar | (noun) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | Synonyms: column |
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| (noun) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | Synonyms: column |
| (noun) a fundamental principle or practice | - |
| (noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: mainstay |
| (noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, tower |
| poplar | (noun) any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins | Synonyms: poplar tree |
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| (noun) soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar | - |
| postalveolar | (noun) (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | Synonyms: post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar consonant |
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| premolar | (noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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| regular | (noun) a garment size for persons of average height and weight | - |
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| (noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: fixture, habitue |
| (noun) a dependable follower (especially in party politics) | - |
| (noun) a soldier in the regular army | - |
| saltcellar | (noun) a small container for holding salt at the dining table | - |
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| scalar | (noun) a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components | - |
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| scapular | (noun) a feather covering the shoulder of a bird | - |
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| (noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapulary |
| scholar | (noun) a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | Synonyms: bookman, scholarly person |
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| (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: assimilator, learner, student |
| (noun) a student who holds a scholarship | - |
| secular | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, layperson |
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| singular | (noun) the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton | Synonyms: singular form |
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| spectacular | (noun) a lavishly produced performance | - |
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| tubercular | (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: consumptive, lunger |
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| velar | (noun) a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate | Synonyms: velar consonant |
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| vernacular | (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
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| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |