| attachment | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: fastening |
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| (noun) the act of attaching or affixing something | Synonyms: affixation |
| (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion |
| (noun) a supplementary part or accessory | - |
| (noun) a connection that fastens things together | Synonyms: bond |
| (noun) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | - |
| (noun) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | Synonyms: fond regard |
| avouchment | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avowal |
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| benchmark | (noun) a standard by which something can be measured or judged | - |
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| (noun) a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | Synonyms: bench mark |
| bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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| catchment | (noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
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| churchman | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: cleric, divine, ecclesiastic |
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| coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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| detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
| (noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
| (noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
| (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
| ditchmoss | (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed |
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| drachm | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachma, dram |
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| (noun) a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
| drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
| encroachment | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation |
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| (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: impact, impingement |
| (noun) any entry into an area not previously occupied | Synonyms: intrusion, invasion |
| enrichment | (noun) act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding | - |
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| (noun) a gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealth | - |
| entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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| hemidrachm | (noun) an ancient Greek silver coin equal to 1/2 drachm or 3 obols in value. | - |
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| henchman | (noun) someone who assists in a plot | Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
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| impeachment | (noun) a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office | - |
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| intrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: entrenchment |
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| machmeter | (noun) speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound | - |
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| matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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| matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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| mittelschmerz | (noun) pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) | - |
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| parchment | (noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | Synonyms: lambskin, sheepskin |
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| (noun) a superior paper resembling sheepskin | - |
| pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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| (noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
| preachment | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: homily |
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| retrenchment | (noun) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | Synonyms: curtailment, downsizing |
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| (noun) entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense | - |
| sandwichman | (noun) a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders | - |
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| schmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmalz, shmaltz |
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| schmaltzy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| schmalz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, shmaltz |
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| schmalzy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| schmear | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmeer, shmear |
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| schmeer | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmear, shmear |
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| schmegegge | (noun) (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense | Synonyms: shmegegge |
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| schmo | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmuck, shmo, shmuck |
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| schmoose | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze |
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| (verb) talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | Synonyms: jawbone, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze |
| schmooze | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose |
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| (verb) talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | Synonyms: jawbone, schmoose, shmoose, shmooze |
| schmoozer | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, conversationist |
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| schmuck | (noun) (Yiddish) a jerk | Synonyms: schmo, shmo, shmuck |
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| speechmaker | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier |
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| speechmaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speaking |
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| switchman | (noun) a man who operates railroad switches | - |
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| watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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| watchman | (noun) a guard who keeps watch | Synonyms: security guard, watcher |
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