| fluidram | (noun) a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce | Synonyms: drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram |
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| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | Synonyms: drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram |
| fundraise | (verb) raise money for a cause or project | Synonyms: fund-raise, fund raise |
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| fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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| (noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
| guardrail | (noun) a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety | Synonyms: safety rail |
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| handrail | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, bannister |
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| headrace | (noun) a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine | - |
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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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| hindrance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hinderance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment |
| hydra | (noun) small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp | - |
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| (noun) trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality | - |
| hydralazine | (noun) an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure | Synonyms: Apresoline |
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| hydramnios | (noun) an abnormality of pregnancy; accumulation of excess amniotic fluid | - |
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| hydrangea | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea | - |
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| hydrant | (noun) a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks | - |
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| (noun) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | Synonyms: tap, water faucet, water tap |
| hydrargyrum | (noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | Synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, mercury, quicksilver |
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| hydrarthrosis | (noun) inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid | - |
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| hydrate | (noun) any compound that contains water of crystallization | - |
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| (verb) cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to | - |
| (verb) become hydrated and combine with water | - |
| (verb) supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance | - |
| hydrated | (adjective) containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) | Synonyms: hydrous |
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| hydration | (noun) the process of combining with water; usually reversible | - |
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| hydraulic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of hydraulics | - |
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| (adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil) | - |
| hydraulically | (adverb) in a hydraulic manner | Synonyms: hydraulicly |
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| hydraulicly | (adverb) in a hydraulic manner | Synonyms: hydraulically |
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| hydraulics | (noun) study of the mechanics of fluids | Synonyms: fluid mechanics |
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| hydrazide | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds sharing a common functional group characterized by a nitrogen to nitrogen covalent bond with 4 substituents with at least one of them being an acyl group. | - |
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| hydrazine | (noun) a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels | - |
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| hydrazoite | (noun) a salt of hydrazoic acid | - |
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| icosahedral | (adjective) of or relating to an icosahedron | - |
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| indrawn | (adjective) tending to reserve or introspection | Synonyms: withdrawn |
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| linendraper | (noun) a retail dealer in yard goods | - |
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| madras | (noun) a light patterned cotton cloth | - |
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| madrasa | (noun) Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan | Synonyms: madrasah |
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| madrasah | (noun) Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan | Synonyms: madrasa |
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| mandrake | (noun) a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers | Synonyms: devil's apples, Mandragora officinarum |
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| (noun) the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic | Synonyms: mandrake root |
| matsyendra | (noun) (Hinduism) a religious posture | - |
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| melodrama | (noun) an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization | - |
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| melodramatic | (adjective) characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | Synonyms: histrionic |
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| (adjective) having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama | - |
| melodramatically | (adverb) in an overly emotional manner | - |
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| (adverb) as in a melodrama | - |
| monohydrate | (noun) a hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound | - |
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| mudra | (noun) ritual hand movement in religion or religious dancing, particularly in Hinduism or Buddhism | - |
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| outdraw | (verb) draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight | - |
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| overdraft | (noun) a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
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| overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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| overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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| overdraw | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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| (verb) draw more money from than is available | - |
| pachysandra | (noun) any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover | - |
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| pendragon | (noun) the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | - |
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| polyhedral | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a polyhedron | - |
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| quadrangle | (noun) a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings | Synonyms: quad |
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| (noun) a four-sided polygon | Synonyms: quadrilateral, tetragon |
| quadrangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle | - |
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| quadrant | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies | - |
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| (noun) the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle | - |
| (noun) any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes | - |
| (noun) a quarter of the circumference of a circle | Synonyms: quarter-circle |
| quadrantanopia | (noun) blindness in one fourth of the visual field | - |
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| quadraphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadrasonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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| quadraphony | (noun) a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels | Synonyms: quadraphonic system, quadriphonic system |
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| quadrasonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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| quadrate | (adjective) having four sides and four angles | - |
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| (noun) a square-shaped object | - |
| (noun) a cubelike object | - |
| quadratic | (adjective) involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree | - |
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| (noun) a polynomial of the second degree | Synonyms: quadratic polynomial |
| (noun) an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square | Synonyms: quadratic equation |
| quadratics | (noun) a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations | - |
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| quadrature | (noun) the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure | - |
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| redraft | (noun) a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again | - |
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| rhombohedral | (adjective) having threefold symmetry | Synonyms: trigonal |
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| sheldrake | (noun) Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill | - |
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| (noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, merganser, sawbill |
| shudra | (noun) the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status | Synonyms: sudra |
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| snapdragon | (noun) a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon | - |
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| sudra | (noun) the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status | Synonyms: shudra |
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| tendrac | (noun) small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog | Synonyms: tenrec |
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| tundra | (noun) a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen | - |
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| underdrawers | (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, shorts |
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| undrained | (adjective) not drained | - |
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| undramatic | (adjective) lacking dramatic force and quality | - |
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| undramatically | (adverb) in an undramatic manner | - |
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| undrape | (verb) strip something of drapery | - |
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| undraped | (adjective) lacking drapery or draperies | - |
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| (adjective) stripped of drapery | - |
| undrawn | (adjective) not represented in a drawing | - |
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| updraft | (noun) a strong upward air current | - |
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| withdraw | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate |
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| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take, take away |
| (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat |
| (verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: swallow, take back, unsay |
| (verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: disengage |
| (verb) lose interest | Synonyms: retire |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat |
| (verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw, draw off, take out |
| (verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, recall |
| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: adjourn, retire |
| (verb) withdraw from active participation | Synonyms: retire |
| (verb) retire gracefully | Synonyms: bow out |
| withdrawal | (noun) the act of withdrawing | - |
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| (noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation | Synonyms: secession |
| (noun) the termination of drug taking | Synonyms: drug withdrawal |
| (noun) the act of taking out money or other capital | - |
| (noun) a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation | Synonyms: coitus interruptus, onanism, pulling out, withdrawal method |
| (noun) the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc. | - |
| (noun) the act of ceasing to participate in an activity | - |
| (noun) a retraction of a previously held position | Synonyms: backdown, climb-down |
| (noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: detachment |
| withdrawer | (noun) a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited | - |
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| (noun) a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled | - |
| (noun) a contestant who withdraws from competition | - |
| (noun) a drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics | - |
| (noun) an individualist who withdraws from social interaction | - |
| (noun) an authority who withdraws permission | - |
| withdrawn | (adjective) tending to reserve or introspection | Synonyms: indrawn |
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| (adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | Synonyms: recluse, reclusive |
| withdrawnness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness |
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