| heartland | (noun) the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture | - |
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| heathland | (noun) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | Synonyms: heath |
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| hedgefund | (noun) a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging | Synonyms: hedge fund |
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| hellhound | (noun) a very evil man | - |
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| (noun) (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon | Synonyms: Cerberus |
| highland | (noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | Synonyms: upland |
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| hind | (noun) a female deer, especially an adult female red deer | - |
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| (noun) any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers | - |
| hinterland | (noun) a remote and undeveloped area | Synonyms: back country, backwoods, boondocks |
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| homebound | (noun) people who are confined to their homes | - |
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| homeland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| horehound | (noun) a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant | - |
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| (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium | - |
| horsepond | (noun) a pond for watering horses | - |
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| hound | (noun) any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears | Synonyms: hound dog |
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| (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel |
| househusband | (noun) a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income | Synonyms: house husband |
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| humankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humans, man, mankind, world |
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| husband | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: hubby, married man |
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| inkstand | (noun) a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink | - |
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| (noun) a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped | Synonyms: inkwell |
| iodocompound | (noun) a compound containing the covalent iodine radical | - |
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| island | (noun) a zone or area resembling an island | - |
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| (noun) a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water | - |
| jnd | (noun) (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected | Synonyms: just-noticeable difference |
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| keeshond | (noun) a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland | - |
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| kickstand | (noun) a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden | - |
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| kind | (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: form, sort, variety |
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| lagend | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, ligan |
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| land | (noun) agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life | Synonyms: farming |
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| (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state |
| (noun) the people who live in a nation or country | Synonyms: country, nation |
| (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: demesne, domain |
| (noun) the territory occupied by a nation | Synonyms: country, state |
| (noun) the solid part of the earth's surface | Synonyms: dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma |
| (noun) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | Synonyms: ground, soil |
| (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, demesne, estate, landed estate |
| (noun) the land on which real estate is located | - |
| (noun) a domain in which something is dominant | Synonyms: kingdom, realm |
| legend | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: caption |
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| (noun) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | Synonyms: fable |
| ligand | (noun) a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom | - |
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| loanblend | (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: hybrid, loan-blend |
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| longhand | (noun) rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | Synonyms: cursive, cursive script, running hand |
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| lotusland | (noun) an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence | Synonyms: lotus land |
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| lowland | (noun) low level country | - |
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| mainland | (noun) the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula | - |
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| mankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, world |
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| marchland | (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, borderland, march |
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| marshland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marsh |
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| mastermind | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, originator |
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| (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius |
| maund | (noun) a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries | - |
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| mend | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, patch |
| microsecond | (noun) one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond | - |
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| midland | (noun) the interior part of a country | - |
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| millisecond | (noun) one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | Synonyms: msec |
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| millpond | (noun) a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel | - |
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| mind | (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: brain, head, nous, psyche |
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| (noun) recall or remembrance | - |
| (noun) attention | - |
| (noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
| (noun) knowledge and intellectual ability | Synonyms: intellect |
| (noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: idea |
| (noun) an important intellectual | Synonyms: creative thinker, thinker |
| minuend | (noun) the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted | - |
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| moorland | (noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss | Synonyms: moor |
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| motherland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, native land |
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| mound | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| (noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Synonyms: hill |
| (noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | Synonyms: hill, pitcher's mound |
| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, pile |
| (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll |
| muishond | (noun) southern African weasel | - |
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| multiplicand | (noun) the number that is multiplied by the multiplier | - |
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| nanosecond | (noun) one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond | - |
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| neckband | (noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: collar |
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| (noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar |
| (noun) a band around the collar of a garment | - |
| newsstand | (noun) a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold | - |
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| northland | (noun) any region lying in or toward the north | - |
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| noseband | (noun) a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
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| operand | (noun) a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed | - |
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| ordinand | (noun) a person being ordained | - |
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| osmund | (noun) any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters | Synonyms: flowering fern |
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| otterhound | (noun) hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters | Synonyms: otter hound |
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| parkland | (noun) a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property | Synonyms: park |
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| pastureland | (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pasture land |
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| picosecond | (noun) one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond | - |
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| playground | (noun) yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play | - |
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| (noun) an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes | Synonyms: resort area, vacation spot |
| ploughland | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
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| plowland | (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, tillage, tilled land, tilth |
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| pond | (noun) a small lake | Synonyms: pool |
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| pound | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding |
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| (noun) a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | Synonyms: dog pound |
| (noun) a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | Synonyms: pound sign |
| (noun) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | Synonyms: lbf. |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Cypriot pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Egyptian pound |
| (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Lebanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Sudanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Syrian pound |
| (noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois | Synonyms: lb |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | - |
| prebend | (noun) the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon | - |
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| pretend | (noun) the enactment of a pretense | Synonyms: make-believe |
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| quicksand | (noun) a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down | - |
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| (noun) a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy | - |
| rand | (noun) the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents | - |
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| rangeland | (noun) land suitable for grazing livestock | - |
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| rebound | (noun) the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot | - |
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| (noun) a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration | - |
| (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, recoil, repercussion |
| refund | (noun) the act of returning money received previously | Synonyms: repayment |
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| (noun) money returned to a payer | - |
| remand | (noun) the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) | - |
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| reprimand | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reproof, reproval |
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| reverend | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth |
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| riband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: ribband |
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| ribband | (noun) a ribbon used as a decoration | Synonyms: riband |
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| rind | (noun) the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) | - |
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| round | (noun) (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order) | - |
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| (noun) the usual activities in your day | Synonyms: daily round |
| (noun) the activity of playing 18 holes of golf | Synonyms: round of golf |
| (noun) any circular or rotating mechanism | Synonyms: circle |
| (noun) a charge of ammunition for a single shot | Synonyms: one shot, unit of ammunition |
| (noun) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair | Synonyms: rung, stave |
| (noun) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | Synonyms: troll |
| (noun) an outburst of applause | - |
| (noun) a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg | - |
| (noun) a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic) | Synonyms: round of drinks |
| (noun) a regular route for a sentry or policeman | Synonyms: beat |
| (noun) the course along which communications spread | - |
| (noun) (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive | Synonyms: bout, turn |
| (noun) an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | Synonyms: cycle, rhythm |
| sand | (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie |
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| (noun) a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral | - |
| saraband | (noun) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the saraband | - |
| schoolfriend | (noun) a friend who attends the same school | - |
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| screenland | (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screen |
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| scrubland | (noun) an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation | - |
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| second | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield | Synonyms: second base |
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| (noun) the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: second gear |
| (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: irregular |
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, secondment |
| (noun) the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match | - |
| (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: arcsecond |
| (noun) following the first in an ordering or series | - |
| (noun) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: s, sec |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, moment |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, minute, moment |
| shorthand | (noun) a method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system | Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy |
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| sleuthhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: bloodhound |
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| (noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuth |
| smoothhound | (noun) smooth dogfish of European coastal waters | Synonyms: Mustelus mustelus, smoothhound shark |
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| sound | (noun) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause | - |
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| (noun) the subjective sensation of hearing something | Synonyms: auditory sensation |
| (noun) the audible part of a transmitted signal | Synonyms: audio |
| (noun) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | Synonyms: phone, speech sound |
| (noun) the sudden occurrence of an audible event | - |
| (noun) a large ocean inlet or deep bay | - |
| (noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | Synonyms: strait |
| (noun) mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium | - |
| southland | (noun) any region lying in or toward the south | - |
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| stagehand | (noun) an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production | Synonyms: stage technician |
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| staghound | (noun) a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound | - |
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| stand | (noun) a defensive effort | - |
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| (noun) a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance | - |
| (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, pedestal |
| (noun) tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) | - |
| (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage |
| (noun) a support for displaying ot holding various articles | Synonyms: rack |
| (noun) a small table for holding articles of various kinds | - |
| (noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stall |
| (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint |
| (noun) an interruption of normal activity | Synonyms: standstill, tie-up |
| (noun) a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area | - |
| (noun) the position where a thing or person stands | - |
| stipend | (noun) a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose | - |
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| strand | (noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together | Synonyms: chain, string |
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| (noun) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | - |
| (noun) a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | - |
| (noun) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) | - |
| (noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: fibril, filament |
| subtrahend | (noun) the number to be subtracted from the minuend | - |
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| sunblind | (noun) a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun | Synonyms: awning, sunshade |
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| surround | (noun) the area in which something exists or lives | Synonyms: environment, environs, surroundings |
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| swampland | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swamp |
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| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |