| earthman | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, tellurian, worldling |
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| earthnut | (noun) edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber | Synonyms: truffle |
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| (noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | Synonyms: goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut |
| (noun) a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts | Synonyms: Conopodium denudatum |
| (noun) any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe | Synonyms: earth-ball, truffle |
| earthquake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor |
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| (noun) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive | - |
| earthshaking | (adjective) loud enough to shake the very earth | - |
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| (adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world | Synonyms: world-shaking, world-shattering |
| earthstar | (noun) any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | - |
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| earthtongue | (noun) any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum | Synonyms: earth-tongue |
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| earthwork | (noun) an earthen rampart | - |
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| earthworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| earthy | (adjective) of or consisting of or resembling earth | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, gross, vulgar |
| (adjective) not far removed from or suggestive of nature | - |
| (adjective) sensible and practical | Synonyms: down-to-earth |
| (adjective) hearty and lusty | - |
| ecarte | (noun) a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high | - |
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| enarthrosis | (noun) a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone | Synonyms: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, spheroid joint |
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| encephalartos | (noun) any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves | - |
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| endarterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis | - |
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| endarteritis | (noun) inflammation of the inner lining of an artery | - |
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| fainthearted | (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, faint, timid |
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| faintheartedness | (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintness |
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| fart | (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, farting, flatus, wind |
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| (verb) expel intestinal gases through the anus | Synonyms: break wind |
| farther | (adjective) more distant in especially space or time | - |
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| (adjective) more distant in especially degree | Synonyms: further |
| (adverb) to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: further |
| (adverb) to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: further |
| farthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| farthest | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| (adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: furthest |
| (adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: furthest |
| farthing | (noun) a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny | - |
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| farthingale | (noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
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| farting | (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, flatus, wind |
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| fartlek | (noun) a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise | - |
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| fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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| fibrocartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to fibrocartilage | - |
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| flowchart | (noun) a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system | Synonyms: flow chart, flow diagram, flow sheet |
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| forepart | (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: front, front end |
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| forequarter | (noun) the front half of a side of meat | - |
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| foulmart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| foumart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| freehearted | (adjective) generous in providing aid to others | Synonyms: benevolent |
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| garter | (noun) a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | Synonyms: supporter |
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| (verb) fasten with or as if with a garter | - |
| geartrain | (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gear, gearing, power train, train |
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| golfcart | (noun) a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots | Synonyms: golf cart |
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| greathearted | (adjective) noble and generous in spirit | Synonyms: magnanimous |
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| halfhearted | (adjective) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm | Synonyms: half-hearted, lukewarm, tepid |
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| halfheartedness | (noun) the characteristic of being half-hearted; not sincere; lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve. | - |
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| hamartia | (noun) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | Synonyms: tragic flaw |
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| hamartoma | (noun) a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ | - |
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| handcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, pushcart |
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| hardhearted | (adjective) lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | Synonyms: heartless |
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| (adjective) devoid of feeling for others | Synonyms: stonyhearted, unfeeling |
| hardheartedness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: coldheartedness, heartlessness |
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| hart | (noun) a male deer, especially an adult male red deer | Synonyms: stag |
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| hartebeest | (noun) a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward | - |
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| hartley | (noun) a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. | Synonyms: ban, dit, Hart |
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| headquarter | (verb) provide with headquarters | - |
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| headquarters | (noun) the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command | Synonyms: HQ, military headquarters |
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| (noun) (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise | Synonyms: central office, home base, home office, main office |
| (noun) (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff | - |
| heart | (noun) a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it | - |
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| (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: mettle, nerve, spunk |
| (noun) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind | Synonyms: spirit |
| (noun) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | Synonyms: pump, ticker |
| (noun) the locus of feelings and intuitions | Synonyms: bosom |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
| (noun) a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal) | - |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: center, centre, eye, middle |
| (noun) a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines | - |
| heartache | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak |
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| heartbeat | (noun) an animating or vital unifying force | - |
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| (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
| heartbreak | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartache |
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| heartbreaker | (noun) a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute | - |
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| (noun) a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships | - |
| heartbreaking | (adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish | Synonyms: grievous, heartrending |
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| heartbroken | (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: brokenhearted, heartsick |
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| heartburn | (noun) a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder | Synonyms: pyrosis |
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| heartburning | (noun) intense resentment | - |
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| hearten | (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, recreate |
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| heartening | (adjective) cheerfully encouraging | Synonyms: inspiriting |
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| heartfelt | (adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: dear, devout, earnest |
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| hearth | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: fireside |
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| (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: fireplace, open fireplace |
| (noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: fireside |
| hearthrug | (noun) a rug spread out in front of a fireplace | - |
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| hearthstone | (noun) a stone that forms a hearth | - |
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| heartily | (adverb) in a hearty manner | Synonyms: cordially, warmly |
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| (adverb) with gusto and without reservation | - |
| heartiness | (noun) the quality of hearty sincerity | Synonyms: wholeheartedness |
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| (noun) active strength of body or mind | Synonyms: dynamism, vigor, vigour |
| heartland | (noun) the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture | - |
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| 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 |
| heartless | (adjective) lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | Synonyms: hardhearted |
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| (adjective) devoid of courage or enthusiasm | - |
| heartlessly | (adverb) in a heartless manner | - |
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| heartlessness | (noun) an absence of concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: coldheartedness, hardheartedness |
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| heartrending | (adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish | Synonyms: grievous, heartbreaking |
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| heartrot | (noun) any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) | - |
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| hearts | (noun) a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades | Synonyms: Black Maria |
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| heartsease | (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity |
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| (noun) common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers | Synonyms: field pansy, Viola arvensis |
| (noun) violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet | Synonyms: two-eyed violet, Viola ocellata |
| (noun) a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived | Synonyms: Johnny-jump-up, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor, wild pansy |
| heartseed | (noun) herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa | Synonyms: Cardiospermum grandiflorum |
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| heartsick | (adjective) without or almost without hope | Synonyms: despondent |
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| (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: brokenhearted, heartbroken |
| heartsickness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, disconsolateness |
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| heartstrings | (noun) your deepest feelings of love and compassion | - |
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| heartthrob | (noun) an object of infatuation | - |
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| heartwarming | (adjective) causing gladness and pleasure | - |
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| heartwood | (noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood | Synonyms: duramen |
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| hearty | (adjective) deeply felt | - |
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| (adjective) showing warm and heartfelt friendliness | - |
| (adjective) providing abundant nourishment | Synonyms: satisfying, solid, square, substantial |
| (adjective) consuming abundantly and with gusto | - |
| (adjective) endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health | Synonyms: full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded |
| heavyhearted | (adjective) depressed | - |
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| heavyheartedness | (noun) a feeling of dispirited melancholy | - |
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| hindquarter | (noun) the back half of a side of meat | - |
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| hindquarters | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| hydrarthrosis | (noun) inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid | - |
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| impart | (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, leave, pass on |
| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend |
| impartation | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, imparting |
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| impartial | (adjective) showing lack of favoritism | - |
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| (adjective) free from undue bias or preconceived opinions | Synonyms: unprejudiced |
| impartiality | (noun) an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | Synonyms: nonpartisanship |
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| impartially | (adverb) in an impartial manner | - |
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| imparting | (noun) the transmission of information | Synonyms: conveyance, impartation |
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| inarticulate | (adjective) without or deprived of the use of speech or words | Synonyms: unarticulate |
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| inarticulately | (adverb) in an inarticulate manner | - |
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| (adverb) without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner | Synonyms: ineloquently |
| inartistic | (adjective) lacking aesthetic sensibility | Synonyms: unartistic |
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| interdepartmental | (adjective) between or among departments | - |
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| (adverb) between departments | - |
| intradepartmental | (adjective) within a department | - |
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| jumpstart | (noun) starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car | Synonyms: jump-start |
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| (verb) start or re-start vigorously | Synonyms: jump-start |
| (verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jump |
| kindergarten | (noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school | - |
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