| gegenschein | (noun) a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space | Synonyms: counterglow |
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| geochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of the earth's crust | - |
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| gnatcatcher | (noun) very small North American and South American warblers | - |
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| gouache | (noun) a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum | - |
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| (noun) an opaque watercolor prepared with gum | - |
| groschen | (noun) 100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria | - |
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| guilloche | (noun) an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands | - |
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| haematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: hematochezia |
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| handstitched | (adjective) sewn by hand rather than machine | Synonyms: handsewn |
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| hatched | (adjective) emerged from an egg | - |
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| (adjective) shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | Synonyms: crosshatched |
| hatchel | (noun) a comb for separating flax fibers | Synonyms: heckle |
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| (verb) comb with a heckle | Synonyms: hackle, heckle |
| hatchery | (noun) a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs) | - |
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| hatchet | (noun) a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) | - |
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| (noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | Synonyms: tomahawk |
| hauncher | (noun) a machine for making shaped cuts in the end or along the edge of a board. | Synonyms: haunching machine |
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| headache | (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, vexation, worry |
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| (noun) pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | Synonyms: cephalalgia, head ache |
| headcheese | (noun) sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig | - |
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| heartache | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartbreak |
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| hematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: haematochezia |
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| huarache | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huaraches |
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| huaraches | (noun) a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps | Synonyms: huarache |
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| huisache | (noun) tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery | Synonyms: Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle |
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| hunched | (adjective) having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | Synonyms: crooked, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping |
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| immunochemical | (adjective) of or relating to immunochemistry | - |
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| immunochemistry | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: chemoimmunology |
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| immunohistochemistry | (noun) an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase) | - |
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| ischemia | (noun) local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism | Synonyms: ischaemia |
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| ischemic | (adjective) relating to or affected by ischemia | Synonyms: ischaemic |
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| isocheim | (noun) a line on a map connecting places with the same mean winter temperature. | - |
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| kitchen | (noun) a room equipped for preparing meals | - |
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| kitchenette | (noun) small kitchen | - |
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| kitchenware | (noun) hardware utensils for use in a kitchen | - |
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| kurchee | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchi |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| latchet | (noun) a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot | - |
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| launcher | (noun) armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | Synonyms: rocket launcher |
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| (noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: catapult |
| lecher | (noun) man with strong sexual desires | Synonyms: lech, letch, satyr |
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| lecherous | (adjective) given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity | - |
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| lecherousness | (noun) a strong sexual desire | Synonyms: lust, lustfulness |
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| lechery | (noun) unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity | - |
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| leechee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| lichee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| (noun) Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium | Synonyms: litchi, Litchi chinensis, litchi tree, Nephelium litchi |
| lichen | (noun) any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. | - |
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| (noun) any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks | - |
| litchee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| lorchel | (noun) a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae | - |
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| louche | (adjective) disreputable and dissolute, somewhat agreeably | - |
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| luncheon | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, lunch, tiffin |
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| luncher | (noun) someone who is eating lunch | - |
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| lurcher | (noun) someone waiting in concealment | Synonyms: lurker, skulker |
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| lychee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut |
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| machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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| marcher | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman |
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| (noun) walks with regular or stately step | Synonyms: parader |
| (noun) an inhabitant of a border district | - |
| matched | (adjective) going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities | - |
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| (adjective) provided with a worthy adversary or competitor | - |
| matcher | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matchmaker |
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| matchet | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: machete, panga |
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| menarche | (noun) the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman | - |
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| microfiche | (noun) small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material | - |
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| milcher | (noun) cattle that are reared for their milk | Synonyms: dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milker |
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| mismatched | (adjective) either not matched or unsuitably matched | - |
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| (adjective) (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents | Synonyms: uneven |
| moocher | (noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | Synonyms: cadger, mooch, scrounger |
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| moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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| muncher | (noun) a chewer who makes a munching noise | - |
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| mustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: moustache |
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| mustached | (adjective) having a moustache | Synonyms: mustachioed |
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| neurochemical | (noun) any organic substance that occurs in neural activity | - |
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| niche | (noun) an enclosure that is set back or indented | Synonyms: recess |
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| (noun) a small concavity | Synonyms: corner, recess, recession |
| (noun) a position particularly well suited to the person who or organization which occupies it | - |
| (noun) (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) | Synonyms: ecological niche |
| notched | (adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed | Synonyms: erose, jagged, jaggy, toothed |
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| (adjective) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex | Synonyms: saw-toothed, serrate, serrated, toothed |
| obeche | (noun) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood | Synonyms: arere, obechi, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon |
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| (noun) the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering | - |
| ocher | (adjective) of a moderate orange-yellow color | Synonyms: ochre |
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| (noun) a moderate yellow-orange to orange color | Synonyms: ochre |
| (noun) any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment | Synonyms: ochre |
| orache | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes | Synonyms: orach |
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| orchestra | (noun) seating on the main floor in a theater | - |
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| (noun) a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players | - |
| orchestral | (adjective) relating to or composed for an orchestra | - |
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| orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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| (verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
| orchestrated | (adjective) arranged for performance by an orchestra | - |
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| orchestration | (noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | Synonyms: instrumentation |
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| (noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band | - |
| orchestrator | (noun) an arranger who writes for orchestras | - |
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| oscheocele | (noun) swelling of the scrotum | Synonyms: oscheocoele |
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| oscheocoele | (noun) swelling of the scrotum | Synonyms: oscheocele |
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| outstretched | (adjective) fully extended especially in length | - |
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| oystercatcher | (noun) black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. | Synonyms: oyster catcher |
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| pachycheilia | (noun) an abnormal thickness of the lips | - |
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| panache | (noun) a feathered plume on a helmet | - |
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| (noun) distinctive and stylish elegance | Synonyms: dash, elan, flair, style |
| panoche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, penoche, penuche |
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| parched | (adjective) toasted or roasted slightly | - |
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| (adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked |
| parchesi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchisi |
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| pastiche | (noun) a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | Synonyms: medley, potpourri |
| patched | (adjective) mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch | - |
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| (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: spotted, spotty |
| paycheck | (noun) a check issued in payment of wages or salary | Synonyms: payroll check |
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| penoche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, panoche, penuche |
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| penuche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, panoche, penoche |
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| percher | (noun) a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists | Synonyms: Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird |
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| (noun) a person situated on a perch | - |
| perleche | (noun) a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin | Synonyms: cheilosis |
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| petrochemical | (noun) any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas | - |
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| pfannkuchen | (noun) puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce | Synonyms: german pancake |
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| photochemical | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems | - |
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| photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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| physicochemical | (adjective) relating to physical chemistry | - |
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| phytochemical | (noun) a chemical substance obtained from plants that is biologically active but not nutritive | - |
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| phytochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants | - |
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| phytochemistry | (noun) the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants | - |
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| pinche | (noun) South American tamarin with a tufted head | Synonyms: Leontocebus oedipus |
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| pinched | (adjective) as if squeezed uncomfortably tight | - |
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| (adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: adenoidal, nasal |
| (adjective) not having enough money to pay for necessities | Synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious |
| (adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted |