| daycare | (noun) childcare during the day while parents work | Synonyms: day care |
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| dearest | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| declare | (verb) state emphatically and authoritatively | - |
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| (verb) state firmly | - |
| (verb) make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official | - |
| (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: adjudge, hold |
| (verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: announce |
| (verb) proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against | - |
| (verb) designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand | - |
| (verb) authorize payments of | - |
| declared | (adjective) made known or openly avowed | - |
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| (adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated | Synonyms: stated |
| declarer | (noun) the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps | Synonyms: contractor |
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| (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower |
| dinnerware | (noun) the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal | - |
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| dishware | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: crockery |
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| dungaree | (noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | Synonyms: denim, jean |
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| eared | (adjective) having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down | Synonyms: dog-eared |
| earthenware | (noun) ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat | - |
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| enamelware | (noun) cooking utensil of enameled iron | - |
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| ensnare | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: entrap, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: entrap, frame, set up |
| fanfare | (noun) a gaudy outward display | Synonyms: flash, ostentation |
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| (noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: flourish, tucket |
| fare | (noun) an agenda of things to do | Synonyms: menu |
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| (noun) the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed | - |
| (noun) a paying (taxi) passenger | - |
| (noun) the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance | Synonyms: transportation |
| (verb) eat well | - |
| (verb) proceed or get along | Synonyms: come, do, get along, make out |
| farewell | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: leave-taking, leave, parting |
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| (noun) an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting | Synonyms: word of farewell |
| fieldfare | (noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: snowbird, Turdus pilaris |
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| filaree | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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| firmware | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: microcode |
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| flare | (noun) (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield | - |
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| (noun) a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines | Synonyms: flare pass |
| (noun) a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification | - |
| (noun) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | Synonyms: flash |
| (noun) a sudden outburst of emotion | - |
| (noun) a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference | Synonyms: solar flare |
| (noun) an unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection) | - |
| (noun) a sudden burst of flame | - |
| (noun) a shape that spreads outward | Synonyms: flair |
| (noun) reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation | - |
| (noun) a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms | - |
| (verb) become flared and widen, usually at one end | Synonyms: flare out |
| (verb) erupt or intensify suddenly | Synonyms: break open, burst out, erupt, flare up, irrupt |
| (verb) burn brightly | Synonyms: blaze up, burn up, flame up |
| (verb) shine with a sudden light | Synonyms: flame |
| flatware | (noun) silverware eating utensils | Synonyms: silver |
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| (noun) tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece | - |
| foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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| (noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: square |
| (adverb) with firmness and conviction; without compromise | Synonyms: squarely, straightforwardly |
| (adverb) in a square position | - |
| freeware | (noun) software that is provided without charge | - |
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| geared | (adjective) equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged | - |
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| glare | (noun) an angry stare | Synonyms: glower |
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| (noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted | Synonyms: blaze, brilliance |
| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: limelight, public eye, spotlight |
| (verb) look at with a fixed gaze | Synonyms: glower |
| (verb) shine intensely | - |
| (verb) be sharply reflected | - |
| glareole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: pratincole |
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| glassware | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glasswork |
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| godparent | (noun) a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism | - |
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| grandparent | (noun) a parent of your father or mother | - |
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| graniteware | (noun) a kind of stone-grey enamelware | - |
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| groupware | (noun) software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space | - |
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| haircare | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, hairdressing |
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| hardware | (noun) (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system | Synonyms: computer hardware |
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| (noun) major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile) | - |
| (noun) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal | Synonyms: ironware |
| hardwareman | (noun) someone who sells hardware | Synonyms: ironmonger |
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| hare | (noun) swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes | - |
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| (noun) flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food | Synonyms: rabbit |
| (verb) run quickly, like a hare | - |
| harebell | (noun) perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers | Synonyms: bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia |
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| (noun) sometimes placed in genus Scilla | Synonyms: bluebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth |
| harebrained | (adjective) very foolish | Synonyms: insane, mad |
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| hareem | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: harem, seraglio, serail |
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| harelip | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cheiloschisis, cleft lip |
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| harem | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, seraglio, serail |
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| healthcare | (noun) the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | Synonyms: health care |
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| hearer | (noun) someone who listens attentively | Synonyms: attender, auditor, listener |
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| hectare | (noun) (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) | - |
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| holloware | (noun) silverware serving dishes | Synonyms: hollowware |
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| hollowware | (noun) silverware serving dishes | Synonyms: holloware |
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| imaret | (noun) a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
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| infrared | (adjective) having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end | - |
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| (noun) the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range | Synonyms: infrared frequency |
| (noun) electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves | Synonyms: infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation |
| ironware | (noun) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal | Synonyms: hardware |
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| kitchenware | (noun) hardware utensils for use in a kitchen | - |
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| lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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| lazaret | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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| lazarette | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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| lazaretto | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, pesthouse |
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| (noun) a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship | Synonyms: glory hole |
| lusterware | (noun) pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze | - |
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| macebearer | (noun) an official who carries a mace of office | Synonyms: mace, macer |
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| malware | (noun) malicious software, designed to break into a system | - |
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| mare | (noun) female equine animal | Synonyms: female horse |
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| (noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | Synonyms: maria |
| metalware | (noun) household articles made of metal (especially for use at table) | - |
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| minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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| mozzarella | (noun) mild white Italian cheese | - |
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| nearer | (adverb) (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance | Synonyms: closer, nigher |
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| nearest | (adverb) (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance | Synonyms: closest, nighest |
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| nightmare | (noun) a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream | - |
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| (noun) a situation resembling a terrifying dream | Synonyms: incubus |
| nonpareil | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: matchless, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled |
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| (noun) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies | - |
| (noun) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar | - |
| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| nonpareille | (noun) a 6-point printing type: a size smaller than minion. | - |
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| outstare | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outface, stare down |
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| ovenware | (noun) heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served | - |
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| overcareful | (adjective) excessively or unduly careful | Synonyms: too-careful |
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| pallbearer | (noun) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | Synonyms: bearer |
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| paraparesis | (noun) a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs | - |
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| pare | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit | Synonyms: pare down |
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| (verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size | Synonyms: trim |
| (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: whittle |
| (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: peel, skin |
| paregmenon | (noun) juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility') | - |
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| paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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| parenchyma | (noun) animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels | - |
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| (noun) the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | - |
| parenesis | (noun) (rhetoric) exhortation; admonition. | - |
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| parent | (noun) an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained | - |
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| (noun) a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian | - |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, raise, rear |
| parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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| (noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
| (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
| parental | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, paternal |
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| (adjective) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced | - |
| parentally | (adverb) in a parental manner | - |
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| parented | (adjective) having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates | - |
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| parenteral | (adjective) located outside the alimentary tract | - |
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| (adjective) administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection) | - |
| parenterally | (adverb) by parenteral means | - |
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| parenthesis | (noun) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material | - |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
| parenthetic | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical |
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| parenthetical | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetic |
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| (noun) an expression in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical expression |
| parenthetically | (adverb) in a parenthetical manner | - |
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| parenthood | (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parentage |
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| parentless | (adjective) having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates | Synonyms: unparented |
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| parer | (noun) a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables | Synonyms: paring knife |
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| (noun) a manicurist who trims the fingernails | - |
| paresis | (noun) a slight or partial paralysis | - |
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| paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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| paretic | (noun) a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis) | - |
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| pareve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: parve |
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| picaresque | (adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction | - |
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| pillared | (adjective) having pillars | - |
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| ploughshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: plowshare, share |
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| plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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| prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
| (verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
| (verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
| prepared | (adjective) made ready or fit or suitable beforehand | - |
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| (adjective) equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources | - |
| (adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, fain, inclined |
| preparedness | (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, readiness |
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| ransomware | (noun) malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker | - |
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