| falafel | (noun) small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds | Synonyms: felafel |
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| felafel | (noun) small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds | Synonyms: falafel |
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| flagstaff | (noun) a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised | Synonyms: flagpole |
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| flyleaf | (noun) a blank leaf in the front or back of a book | - |
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| gaff | (noun) an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish | - |
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| (noun) a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail | - |
| (noun) a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock | - |
| gaffe | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaucherie, slip, solecism |
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| gaffer | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, honcho |
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| (noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: antique, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
| (noun) an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set | - |
| gaffsail | (noun) a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff | Synonyms: gaff-headed sail |
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| gigaflop | (noun) a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second. | Synonyms: billion floating point operations per second, GFLOPS |
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| giraffe | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis |
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| graffiti | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffito |
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| graffito | (noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls | Synonyms: graffiti |
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| graft | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: grafting |
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| (noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | Synonyms: bribery |
| (noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: engraft, ingraft |
| (verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| grafting | (noun) the act of grafting something onto something else | Synonyms: graft |
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| hafnium | (noun) a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons | Synonyms: atomic number 72, Hf |
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| haft | (noun) the handle of a weapon or tool | Synonyms: helve |
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| handcraft | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handicraft, handiwork, handwork |
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| (verb) make something by hand | - |
| handicraft | (noun) a craft that requires skillful hands | - |
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| (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handiwork, handwork |
| heartleaf | (noun) evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina | Synonyms: Asarum virginicum, heart-leaf |
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| (noun) wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama | Synonyms: Asarum shuttleworthii, heart-leaf |
| hereafter | (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, futurity, time to come |
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| (noun) life after death | Synonyms: afterlife |
| (adverb) in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc. | Synonyms: hereinafter, hereunder |
| (adverb) following this in time or order or place; after this | - |
| (adverb) in a future life or state | - |
| hereinafter | (adverb) in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc. | Synonyms: hereafter, hereunder |
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| heterograft | (noun) tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species | Synonyms: xenograft |
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| homograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: allograft |
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| housecraft | (noun) skill in domestic management | - |
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| hovercraft | (noun) a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines | Synonyms: ground-effect machine |
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| ingraft | (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: engraft, graft |
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| interleaf | (noun) a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book | - |
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| jellyleaf | (noun) herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed | Synonyms: Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia |
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| kaffir | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffer, caffre, kafir |
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| (noun) important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves | Synonyms: great millet, kaffir corn, kafir corn, Sorghum bicolor |
| kaffiyeh | (noun) an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal | - |
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| kafir | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffer, caffre, kaffir |
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| kafkaesque | (adjective) characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger | - |
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| kaftan | (noun) a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant | Synonyms: caftan |
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| (noun) a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East | Synonyms: caftan |
| kanaf | (noun) valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation | Synonyms: bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, deccan hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, kenaf |
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| kenaf | (noun) valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation | Synonyms: bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, deccan hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, kanaf |
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| (noun) fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus | Synonyms: deccan hemp |
| kraft | (noun) strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution | Synonyms: kraft paper |
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| leaf | (noun) hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) | - |
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| (noun) a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) | Synonyms: folio |
| (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: foliage, leafage |
| (verb) produce leaves, of plants | - |
| (verb) turn over pages | - |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, riff, riffle, thumb |
| leafage | (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: foliage, leaf |
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| leafed | (adjective) having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination | Synonyms: leaved |
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| leafhopper | (noun) small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants | - |
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| leafing | (noun) (botany) the process of forming leaves | Synonyms: foliation |
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| leafless | (adjective) having no leaves | - |
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| leaflet | (noun) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve | Synonyms: cusp |
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| (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, brochure, folder, pamphlet |
| (noun) part of a compound leaf | - |
| leaflike | (adjective) resembling a leaf | Synonyms: leaf-like |
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| leafstalk | (noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | Synonyms: petiole |
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| leafy | (adjective) having or covered with leaves | - |
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| leatherleaf | (noun) north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers | Synonyms: Chamaedaphne calyculata |
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| (noun) stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib | Synonyms: coast polypody, leathery polypody, Polypodium scouleri |
| liverleaf | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: hepatica |
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| loaf | (noun) a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating | Synonyms: loaf of bread |
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| (noun) a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape | - |
| (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| (verb) be lazy or idle | Synonyms: arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time |
| loafer | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout |
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| loafing | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idleness, idling |
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| looseleaf | (adjective) being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged | - |
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| maffia | (noun) any tightly knit group of trusted associates | Synonyms: mafia |
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| mafia | (noun) any tightly knit group of trusted associates | Synonyms: maffia |
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| mafioso | (noun) a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States | - |
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| (noun) a member of the Sicilian Mafia | - |
| meatloaf | (noun) a baked loaf of ground meat | Synonyms: meat loaf |
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| megaflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, one megaflops is a million floating point operations per second | Synonyms: MFLOP, million floating point operations per second |
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| midafternoon | (noun) the middle part of the afternoon | - |
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| mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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| mutafacient | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents) | - |
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| nafcillin | (noun) a penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci | Synonyms: Nafcil |
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| narcotraffic | (noun) traffic in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug traffic, drug trafficking |
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| needlecraft | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlework |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlework |
| oaf | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, stumblebum |
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| oafish | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, swinish |
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| overdraft | (noun) a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
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| overleaf | (adverb) on or to the other side of a page | - |
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| paraffin | (noun) from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings | Synonyms: paraffin wax |
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| (noun) (British usage) kerosine | Synonyms: paraffin oil |
| (noun) a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) | Synonyms: alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series |
| parafovea | (noun) area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea | - |
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| peafowl | (noun) very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird | Synonyms: bird of Juno |
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| permafrost | (noun) ground that is permanently frozen | - |
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| petaflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, equal to one quadrillion floating-point operations a second. | Synonyms: PFLOPS |
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| piaffe | (noun) a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot | - |
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| pikestaff | (noun) the staff of a pike | - |
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| pilaf | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaff, pilau, pilaw |
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| pilaff | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilau, pilaw |
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| pinafore | (noun) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing | Synonyms: jumper, pinny |
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| polytetrafluoroethylene | (noun) a material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided | Synonyms: Teflon |
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| priestcraft | (noun) the skills involved in the work of a priest | - |
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| (noun) a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs | - |
| quaff | (noun) a hearty draft | - |
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| (verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | Synonyms: gulp, swig |
| quaffer | (noun) a person who drinks heartily | - |
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| quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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| raffia | (noun) fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets | - |
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| (noun) leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. | Synonyms: raphia |
| raffinose | (noun) a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals | - |
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| raffish | (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners | Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce |
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| (adjective) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness | Synonyms: devil-may-care, rakish |
| raffishly | (adverb) in a rakish manner | Synonyms: carelessly, rakishly |
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| raffle | (noun) a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money | - |
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| (verb) dispose of in a lottery | Synonyms: raffle off |
| raft | (noun) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers | - |
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| (noun) a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete | Synonyms: mat, raft foundation |
| (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, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (verb) make into a raft | - |
| (verb) travel by raft in water | - |
| (verb) transport on a raft | - |
| rafter | (noun) one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof | Synonyms: balk, baulk |
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| (noun) someone who travels by raft | Synonyms: raftman, raftsman |
| (verb) provide (a ceiling) with rafters | - |
| raftered | (adjective) having the rafters especially having them visible | - |
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| raftman | (noun) someone who travels by raft | Synonyms: rafter, raftsman |
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| rafts | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| raftsman | (noun) someone who travels by raft | Synonyms: rafter, raftman |
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| ratafee | (noun) sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds | Synonyms: ratafia |
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| ratafia | (noun) sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds | Synonyms: ratafee |
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| (noun) macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur | Synonyms: ratafia biscuit |
| reaffiliation | (noun) affiliation anew | - |
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| reaffirm | (verb) affirm once again | - |
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| reaffirmation | (noun) renewed affirmation | Synonyms: reassertion |
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| redraft | (noun) a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again | - |
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| riffraff | (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
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