| 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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| maffia | (noun) any tightly knit group of trusted associates | Synonyms: mafia |
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| narcotraffic | (noun) traffic in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug traffic, drug trafficking |
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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 |
| 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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| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| riffraff | (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
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| rijstaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijsttaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijstaffel |
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| safflower | (noun) thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil | Synonyms: Carthamus tinctorius, false saffron |
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| saffranine | (noun) any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes | Synonyms: safranin, safranine |
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| saffron | (noun) a shade of yellow tinged with orange | Synonyms: orange yellow |
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| (noun) dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus | - |
| (noun) Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food | Synonyms: Crocus sativus, saffron crocus |
| scaffold | (noun) a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers | - |
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| (noun) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) | - |
| (verb) provide with a scaffold for support | - |
| scaffolding | (noun) a system of scaffolds | Synonyms: staging |
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| sclaff | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball | - |
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| (verb) strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first | - |
| (verb) strike (the ground) in making a sclaff | - |
| sgraffito | (noun) a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground | - |
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| shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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| snaffle | (noun) a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb | Synonyms: snaffle bit |
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| (verb) fit or restrain with a snaffle | - |
| (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: grab, snap up |
| staff | (noun) a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | - |
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| (noun) (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | Synonyms: stave |
| (noun) a rod carried as a symbol | - |
| (noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: faculty |
| (noun) personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task | - |
| (noun) building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration | - |
| (verb) provide with staff | - |
| (verb) serve on the staff of | - |
| staffer | (noun) an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) | Synonyms: staff member |
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| taffeta | (noun) a crisp smooth lustrous fabric | - |
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| taffrail | (noun) the railing around the stern of a ship | - |
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| taffy | (noun) chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy | - |
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| tipstaff | (noun) staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable | - |
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| traffic | (noun) buying and selling; especially illicit trade | - |
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| (noun) social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') | Synonyms: dealings |
| (noun) the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time | - |
| (noun) the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time | - |
| (verb) deal illegally | - |
| (verb) trade or deal a commodity | - |
| trafficator | (noun) a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn | Synonyms: blinker, turn indicator, turn signal |
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| trafficker | (noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | Synonyms: marketer, seller, vender, vendor |
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| unaffected | (adjective) undergoing no change when acted upon | - |
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| (adjective) free of artificiality; sincere and genuine | - |
| (adjective) emotionally unmoved | Synonyms: unmoved, untouched |
| (adjective) unaware of or indifferent to | Synonyms: insensible |
| unaffectedness | (noun) not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained | - |
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| unaffecting | (adjective) not arousing affect | - |
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| unaffectionate | (adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: detached, uncaring |
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| unaffiliated | (adjective) not affiliated | - |
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| unaffixed | (adjective) not affixed | Synonyms: loose |
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| unbaffled | (adjective) not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements | Synonyms: unconfused |
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| understaffed | (adjective) inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. | Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned |
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| waffle | (noun) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron | - |
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| (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitate, waver |
| waffler | (noun) someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner | - |
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