| law | (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | Synonyms: practice of law |
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| (noun) a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | Synonyms: natural law |
| (noun) a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Synonyms: law of nature |
| (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | Synonyms: jurisprudence, legal philosophy |
| (noun) legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | - |
| (noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | Synonyms: jurisprudence |
| (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: constabulary, police, police force |
| lockjaw | (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: tetanus |
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| longbow | (noun) a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England | - |
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| low | (noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | Synonyms: first, first gear, low gear |
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| (noun) a low level or position or degree | - |
| (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | Synonyms: depression |
| lowbrow | (noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | Synonyms: anti-intellectual, philistine |
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| macaw | (noun) long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots | - |
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| mackinaw | (noun) a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | - |
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| (noun) a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes | Synonyms: Mackinaw boat |
| (noun) a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | Synonyms: Mackinaw blanket |
| (noun) a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material | Synonyms: Mackinaw coat |
| mallow | (noun) any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | - |
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| marrow | (noun) the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
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| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins | Synonyms: vegetable marrow |
| (noun) very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
| (noun) any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | Synonyms: marrow squash, vegetable marrow |
| marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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| maw | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, trap, yap |
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| mayhaw | (noun) hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves | Synonyms: Crataegus aestivalis, summer haw |
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| meadow | (noun) a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | Synonyms: hayfield |
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| meow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: mew, miaou, miaow, miaul |
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| mew | (noun) the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America | Synonyms: Larus canus, mew gull, sea mew |
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| (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, miaou, miaow, miaul |
| miaow | (noun) the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | Synonyms: meow, mew, miaou, miaul |
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| middlebrow | (noun) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow | - |
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| mildew | (noun) a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter | - |
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| (noun) the process of becoming mildewed | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| minnow | (noun) very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams | Synonyms: Phoxinus phoxinus |
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| morrow | (noun) the next day | - |
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| mow | (noun) a loft in a barn where hay is stored | Synonyms: hayloft, haymow |
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| narrow | (noun) a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water | - |
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| nephew | (noun) a son of your brother or sister | - |
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| now | (noun) the momentary present | - |
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| outflow | (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leak, leakage |
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| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outpouring, spring |
| (noun) the process of flowing out | Synonyms: effluence, efflux |
| outlaw | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor |
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| overflow | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, outpouring |
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| (noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overspill, runoff |
| overthrow | (noun) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) | - |
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| (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, upset |
| overview | (noun) a general summary of a subject | - |
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| oxbow | (noun) a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox | - |
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| (noun) a U-shaped curve in a stream | - |
| (noun) the land inside an oxbow bend in a river | - |
| papaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: pawpaw |
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| (noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw tree, pawpaw |
| paw | (noun) a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped | - |
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| (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: hand, manus, mitt |
| pawpaw | (noun) fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples | Synonyms: papaw |
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| (noun) small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit | Synonyms: Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree |
| (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya, papaya tree |
| peepshow | (noun) a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth | - |
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| (noun) an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass | Synonyms: raree-show |
| pew | (noun) long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation | Synonyms: church bench |
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| pilaw | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilaff, pilau |
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| pillow | (noun) a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person | - |
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| pitsaw | (noun) a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below | - |
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| playfellow | (noun) a companion at play | Synonyms: playmate |
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| plow | (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing | Synonyms: plough |
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| powwow | (noun) (informal) a quick private conference | Synonyms: huddle |
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| (noun) a council of or with Native Americans | - |
| preview | (noun) a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public | - |
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| (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: prevue, trailer |
| prow | (noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, fore, stem |
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| purview | (noun) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | Synonyms: horizon, view |
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| rainbow | (noun) an illusory hope | - |
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| (noun) an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain | - |
| raw | (noun) informal terms for nakedness | Synonyms: altogether, birthday suit |
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| restharrow | (noun) European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners | Synonyms: Ononis repens, rest-harrow |
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| (noun) Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots | Synonyms: Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow |
| review | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, followup, reexamination |
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| (noun) practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory | Synonyms: brushup |
| (noun) a formal or official examination | Synonyms: inspection |
| (noun) (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) | - |
| (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation |
| (noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recap, recapitulation |
| (noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, critique, review article |
| (noun) a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians | Synonyms: revue |
| (noun) a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art | - |
| (noun) (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data | Synonyms: limited review |
| rickshaw | (noun) a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | Synonyms: jinrikisha, ricksha |
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| ripsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: splitsaw |
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| row | (noun) the act of rowing as a sport | Synonyms: rowing |
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| (noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: course |
| (noun) a continuous chronological succession without an interruption | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line | - |
| (noun) a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side | - |
| (noun) a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally) | - |
| (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, quarrel, run-in, words, wrangle |
| saddlebow | (noun) handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | Synonyms: pommel |
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| sallow | (noun) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal | - |
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| saw | (noun) hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting | - |
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| (noun) a power tool for cutting wood | Synonyms: power saw, sawing machine |
| (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, proverb |
| scarecrow | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarer, straw man, strawman |
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| schoolfellow | (noun) an acquaintance that you go to school with | Synonyms: class fellow, classmate, schoolmate |
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| scofflaw | (noun) one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | - |
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| scow | (noun) a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | - |
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| (noun) any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends | - |
| screw | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shag, shtup |
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| (noun) a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | - |
| (noun) a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air | Synonyms: screw propeller |
| (noun) a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | - |
| (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, turnkey |
| scrimshaw | (noun) a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
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| seesaw | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board |
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| serow | (noun) short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia | - |
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| setscrew | (noun) a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted | - |
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| (noun) a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring | - |
| shadblow | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadbush |
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| shadow | (noun) refuge from danger or observation | - |
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| (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: tincture, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a premonition of something adverse | - |
| (noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: dark, darkness |
| (noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadower, tail |
| (noun) an inseparable companion | - |
| (noun) a dominating and pervasive presence | - |
| (noun) shade within clear boundaries | - |
| shallow | (noun) a stretch of shallow water | Synonyms: shoal |
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| shopwindow | (noun) a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store | Synonyms: display window, shop window, show window |
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| show | (noun) an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment | - |
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| (noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: appearance |
| (noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression | Synonyms: display |
| shrew | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrewmouse |
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| (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: termagant |
| sideshow | (noun) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
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| (noun) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event | - |
| sinew | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity |
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| (noun) a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment | Synonyms: tendon |
| slaw | (noun) basically shredded cabbage | Synonyms: coleslaw |
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| slew | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| smew | (noun) smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia | Synonyms: Mergus albellus |
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| snow | (noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: blow, C, coke, nose candy |
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| (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snowfall |
| (noun) a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground | - |
| snowplow | (noun) a vehicle used to push snow from roads | Synonyms: snowplough |
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| sorrow | (noun) something that causes great unhappiness | Synonyms: grief |
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| (noun) an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement | - |
| (noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | Synonyms: regret, rue, ruefulness |
| (noun) the state of being sad | Synonyms: sadness, sorrowfulness |
| southpaw | (noun) a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right | Synonyms: left-hander, lefty |
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| (noun) a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand | Synonyms: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty |
| sow | (noun) an adult female hog | - |
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| sparrow | (noun) any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects | Synonyms: true sparrow |
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| (noun) small brownish European songbird | Synonyms: dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis |
| splitsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: ripsaw |
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| squaw | (noun) derogatory terms for an American Indian woman | - |
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| stew | (noun) food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables | - |
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| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, sweat, swither |
| straw | (noun) a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth | Synonyms: drinking straw |
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| (noun) a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white | Synonyms: pale yellow, wheat |
| (noun) plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder | - |
| (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble |
| sundew | (noun) any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution | Synonyms: daily dew, sundew plant |
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| swallow | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, drink |
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| (noun) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | - |
| (noun) a small amount of liquid food | Synonyms: sup |
| tallow | (noun) obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants | - |
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| taw | (noun) a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles | Synonyms: shooter |
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| (noun) the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| thaw | (noun) a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile | - |
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| (noun) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt | Synonyms: thawing, warming |
| (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melt, melting, thawing |
| throw | (noun) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) | - |
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| (noun) casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly | - |
| (noun) bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, stroke |
| (noun) a single chance or instance | - |
| thumbscrew | (noun) screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers | - |
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| (noun) instrument of torture that crushes the thumb | - |
| tomorrow | (noun) the near future | - |
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| (noun) the day after today | - |
| topminnow | (noun) small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control | Synonyms: live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish |
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| (noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: helleri, swordtail, Xyphophorus helleri |
| tow | (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | Synonyms: towage |
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| undertow | (noun) the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore | Synonyms: sea-poose, sea-purse, sea-puss, sea purse, sea puss |
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| (noun) an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling | - |
| upthrow | (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, uplift, upthrust |
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| view | (noun) the act of looking or seeing or observing | Synonyms: sight, survey |
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| (noun) graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept | Synonyms: scene |
| (noun) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | Synonyms: horizon, purview |
| (noun) outward appearance | - |
| (noun) purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of' | - |
| (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, vista |
| (noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc. | Synonyms: perspective, position |
| (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought |
| (noun) a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof | Synonyms: opinion |
| (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: eyeshot |
| vow | (noun) a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner | - |
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| w | (noun) the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: double-u, W |
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| wallow | (noun) an indolent or clumsy rolling about | - |
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| (noun) a puddle where animals go to wallow | - |