| gravimetry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: hydrometry |
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| greenery | (noun) green foliage | Synonyms: verdure |
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| greengrocery | (noun) a greengrocer's grocery store | - |
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| (noun) groceries sold by a greengrocer | - |
| grocery | (noun) a marketplace where groceries are sold | Synonyms: food market, grocery store, market |
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| (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: foodstuff |
| grotesquery | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie |
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| groundberry | (noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen |
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| (noun) small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia | Synonyms: Astroloma humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, native cranberry, Styphelia humifusum |
| grouseberry | (noun) shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries | Synonyms: grouse-berry, grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium |
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| gunnery | (noun) guns collectively | - |
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| gynaeolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gyneolatry, woman-worship |
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| gyneolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gynaeolatry, woman-worship |
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| haberdashery | (noun) the drygoods sold by a haberdasher | Synonyms: men's furnishings |
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| (noun) a store where men's clothes are sold | Synonyms: clothing store, haberdashery store, mens store |
| hackberry | (noun) small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States | Synonyms: sugarberry |
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| (noun) any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits | Synonyms: nettle tree |
| hagberry | (noun) small cherry much liked by birds | - |
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| hagiolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hierolatry |
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| harlotry | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: prostitution, whoredom |
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| hatchery | (noun) a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs) | - |
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| heliolatry | (noun) the worship of the sun | Synonyms: sun-worship |
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| henry | (noun) a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second | Synonyms: H |
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| heraldry | (noun) emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms | - |
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| (noun) the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies | - |
| heronry | (noun) a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery | - |
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| heterospory | (noun) the development of both microspores and megaspores | - |
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| hickory | (noun) American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | Synonyms: hickory tree |
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| (noun) valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees | - |
| hierolatry | (noun) the worship of saints | Synonyms: hagiolatry |
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| history | (noun) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings | - |
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| (noun) all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge | - |
| (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, chronicle, story |
| (noun) the aggregate of past events | - |
| (noun) the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future | - |
| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| hosiery | (noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) | Synonyms: hose |
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| hostelry | (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: auberge, hostel, inn, lodge |
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| housewifery | (noun) the work of a housewife | - |
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| huckleberry | (noun) blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States | - |
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| (noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries | - |
| (noun) any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries | - |
| hurry | (noun) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | Synonyms: haste, rush, rushing |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation |
| (noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry | Synonyms: haste |
| husbandry | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: agriculture, farming |
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| hydrometry | (noun) the measurement of specific gravity | Synonyms: gravimetry |
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| hymnary | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnal, hymnbook |
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| hypsometry | (noun) measurement of the elevation of land above sea level | Synonyms: hypsography |
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| ichthyolatry | (noun) the worship of fish | Synonyms: fish-worship |
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| iconolatry | (noun) the worship of sacred images | - |
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| idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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| idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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| imagery | (noun) the ability to form mental images of things or events | Synonyms: imagination, imaging, mental imagery |
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| imaginary | (noun) (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 | Synonyms: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number |
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| immunochemistry | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: chemoimmunology |
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| immunohistochemistry | (noun) an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase) | - |
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| incendiary | (noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: firebomb, incendiary bomb |
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| (noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, firebug |
| industry | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: manufacture |
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| (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
| (noun) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | - |
| infantry | (noun) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | Synonyms: foot |
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| infirmary | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: hospital |
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| injury | (noun) wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted | - |
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| (noun) an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage | - |
| (noun) an accident that results in physical damage or hurt | Synonyms: accidental injury |
| (noun) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | Synonyms: combat injury, wound |
| (noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: harm, hurt, trauma |
| inkberry | (noun) evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries | Synonyms: evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry, Ilex glabra |
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| inquiry | (noun) a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | Synonyms: enquiry |
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| (noun) a search for knowledge | Synonyms: enquiry, research |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, interrogation, query, question |
| intermediary | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | Synonyms: go-between, intercessor, intermediator, mediator |
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| interrogatory | (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogation |
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| inventory | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventorying, stock-taking, stocktaking |
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| (noun) the merchandise that a shop has on hand | Synonyms: stock |
| (noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
| (noun) a detailed list of all the items in stock | Synonyms: stock list |
| (noun) (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods | - |
| ironmongery | (noun) the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop | - |
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| isometry | (noun) equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.) | - |
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| (noun) equality of elevation above sea level | - |
| (noun) a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points | - |
| (noun) the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same | - |
| itinerary | (noun) a proposed route of travel | Synonyms: travel plan |
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| (noun) a guidebook for travelers | Synonyms: travel guidebook |
| (noun) an established line of travel or access | Synonyms: path, route |
| ivory | (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: bone, off-white, pearl |
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| (noun) a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | Synonyms: tusk |
| jaggary | (noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap | Synonyms: jaggery, jagghery |
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| jaggery | (noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap | Synonyms: jaggary, jagghery |
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| jagghery | (noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap | Synonyms: jaggary, jaggery |
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| jamberry | (noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo |
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| (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo |
| janissary | (noun) a loyal supporter | - |
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| japery | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, prank |
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| jewellery | (noun) an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | Synonyms: jewelry |
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| jewelry | (noun) an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | Synonyms: jewellery |
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| jobbery | (noun) corruptness among public officials | - |
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| joinery | (noun) the craft of a joiner | Synonyms: cabinetmaking |
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| (noun) fine woodwork done by a joiner | - |
| judicatory | (noun) the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | Synonyms: judicature, judicial system, judiciary |
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| judiciary | (noun) persons who administer justice | Synonyms: bench |
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| (noun) the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | Synonyms: judicatory, judicature, judicial system |
| jugglery | (noun) the performance of a juggler | - |
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| (noun) artful trickery designed to achieve an end | - |
| juneberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry |
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| jury | (noun) a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law | - |
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| (noun) a committee appointed to judge a competition | Synonyms: panel |
| justiciary | (noun) the jurisdiction of a justiciar | - |
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| (noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciar |
| kaury | (noun) tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | Synonyms: Agathis australis, kauri |
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| knavery | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: dishonesty |
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| knickknackery | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot |
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| knobkerry | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerrie |
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| laboratory | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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| (noun) a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation | Synonyms: testing ground |
| lamasery | (noun) a monastery for lamas | - |
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| lapidary | (noun) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones | Synonyms: lapidist |
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| (noun) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them | Synonyms: lapidarist |
| laundry | (noun) workplace where clothes are washed and ironed | - |
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| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: wash, washables, washing |
| lavatory | (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, privy, toilet |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
| (noun) a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it | Synonyms: flush toilet |
| lechery | (noun) unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity | - |
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| legionary | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionnaire |
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| lepidoptery | (noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera | Synonyms: lepidopterology |
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| library | (noun) a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | Synonyms: depository library |
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| (noun) a room where books are kept | - |
| (noun) a building that houses a collection of books and other materials | - |
| (noun) a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing | - |
| (noun) (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use | Synonyms: program library, subroutine library |
| lingberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| lingenberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| lingonberry | (noun) tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | Synonyms: cowberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry |
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| (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| livery | (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer |
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| (noun) the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay | - |
| (noun) uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs | - |
| loganberry | (noun) large red variety of the dewberry | - |
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| (noun) red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California | Synonyms: Rubus loganobaccus, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus |
| longanberry | (noun) Asian fruit similar to litchi | Synonyms: dragon's eye |
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| (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, lungen, Nephelium longana |
| lordolatry | (noun) the worship of a lord because of his rank or title | - |
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| lorry | (noun) a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides | Synonyms: camion |
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| (noun) a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides | - |
| lory | (noun) small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits | - |
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| lottery | (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: drawing |
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| (noun) something that is regarded as a chance event | - |
| luminary | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, notability, notable |
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| luxury | (noun) something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity | - |
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| (noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | Synonyms: lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness |
| (noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | Synonyms: luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness |
| machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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| (noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
| maleberry | (noun) deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers | Synonyms: he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina, male berry, privet andromeda |
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| mandatary | (noun) the recipient of a mandate | Synonyms: mandatory |
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