| aitchbone | (noun) a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone | - |
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| await | (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: expect, look, wait |
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| awaited | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: anticipated, hoped-for |
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| bait | (noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | Synonyms: decoy, lure |
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| (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: come-on, hook, lure, sweetener |
| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
| (verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon | - |
| (verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait | - |
| baiting | (noun) harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
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| caitiff | (adjective) despicably mean and cowardly | - |
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| (noun) a cowardly and despicable person | - |
| crowbait | (noun) an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows | Synonyms: crow-bait |
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| distrait | (adjective) having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety | Synonyms: distracted |
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| dumbwaiter | (noun) a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another | Synonyms: food elevator |
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| faith | (noun) loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person | - |
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| (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: religion, religious belief |
| (noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc | Synonyms: trust |
| (noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: organized religion, religion |
| faithful | (adjective) steadfast in affection or allegiance | - |
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| (adjective) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
| (adjective) marked by fidelity to an original | Synonyms: close |
| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, fold |
| (noun) any loyal and steadfast following | - |
| faithfully | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, reliably |
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| faithfulness | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: fidelity |
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| faithless | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| faithlessly | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |
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| faithlessness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: falseness, fickleness, inconstancy |
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| gait | (noun) a person's manner of walking | - |
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| (noun) a horse's manner of moving | - |
| (noun) the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | Synonyms: pace |
| gaiter | (noun) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle | - |
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| (noun) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles | Synonyms: spat |
| (noun) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides | - |
| headwaiter | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: captain, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| interfaith | (adjective) involving persons of different religious faiths | - |
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| krait | (noun) brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula | - |
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| laity | (noun) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy | Synonyms: temporalty |
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| parfait | (noun) layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream | - |
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| plait | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: pleat |
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| (noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: braid, tress, twist |
| (verb) weave into plaits | - |
| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, lace |
| plaiter | (noun) someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.) | - |
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| portrait | (noun) any likeness of a person, in any medium | Synonyms: portrayal |
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| (noun) a word picture of a person's appearance and character | Synonyms: portraiture, portrayal |
| portraitist | (noun) a painter or drawer of portraits | Synonyms: limner, portrait painter, portrayer |
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| portraiture | (noun) the activity of making portraits | - |
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| (noun) a word picture of a person's appearance and character | Synonyms: portrait, portrayal |
| raita | (noun) an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices | - |
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| shaitan | (noun) (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray | Synonyms: shaytan |
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| strait | (adjective) narrow | - |
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| (noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | Synonyms: sound |
| (noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | Synonyms: pass, straits |
| straiten | (verb) squeeze together | - |
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| (verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: distress |
| straitjacket | (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person | Synonyms: straightjacket |
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| (noun) anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | - |
| straitlaced | (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, tight-laced, victorian |
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| straits | (noun) a difficult juncture | Synonyms: head, pass |
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| (noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | Synonyms: pass, strait |
| trait | (noun) a distinguishing feature of your personal nature | - |
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| traitor | (noun) someone who betrays his country by committing treason | Synonyms: treasonist |
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| (noun) a person who says one thing and does another | Synonyms: betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer |
| traitorous | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| traitorously | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, treacherously, treasonably |
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| traitorousness | (noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior | Synonyms: subversiveness, treason |
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| traitress | (noun) female traitor | - |
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| unfaithful | (adjective) not true to duty or obligation or promises | - |
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| (adjective) having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
| (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous |
| (adjective) not trustworthy | - |
| unfaithfully | (adverb) in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner | Synonyms: undependably, unreliably |
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| unfaithfulness | (noun) the quality of being unfaithful | Synonyms: infidelity |
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| wait | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: waiting |
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| (noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, postponement, time lag |
| (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, expect, look |
| (verb) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | Synonyms: waitress |
| (verb) stay in one place and anticipate or expect something | - |
| (verb) wait before acting | Synonyms: hold back, hold off |
| waiter | (noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: server |
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| (noun) a person who waits or awaits | - |
| waiting | (adjective) being and remaining ready and available for use | Synonyms: ready and waiting |
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| (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: wait |
| waitress | (noun) a woman waiter | - |
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| (verb) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | Synonyms: wait |
| whitebait | (noun) the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts | - |
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| (noun) minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole | - |
| wraith | (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook |
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| wraithlike | (adjective) lacking in substance | Synonyms: shadowy |
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