| achondrite | (noun) a stony meteor lacking chondrules | - |
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| achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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| (adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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| achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| acrophony | (noun) naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter | - |
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| agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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| allochthonous | (adjective) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed | - |
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| allophone | (noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme | - |
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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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| anacoluthon | (noun) an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | Synonyms: anacoluthia |
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| antiphon | (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphony |
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| antiphonal | (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: responsive |
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| (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| antiphonary | (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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| (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonal |
| antiphony | (noun) alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts | - |
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| (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphon |
| aphonia | (noun) a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice | Synonyms: voicelessness |
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| aphonic | (adjective) being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | Synonyms: voiceless |
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| autochthon | (noun) the earliest known inhabitants of a region | - |
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| autochthonal | (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous |
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| autochthonic | (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous |
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| autochthonous | (adjective) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed | - |
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| (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, endemic, indigenous |
| autochthony | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: endemism, indigenousness |
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| benthonic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthal, benthic |
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| cabochon | (noun) a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets | - |
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| cacophonic | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonous |
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| cacophonous | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonic |
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| cacophony | (noun) loud confusing disagreeable sounds | - |
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| (noun) a loud harsh or strident noise | Synonyms: blare, blaring, clamor, din |
| cellphone | (noun) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | Synonyms: cell, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone |
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| chinchona | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona | Synonyms: cinchona |
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| chon | (noun) 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea | - |
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| (noun) 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea | - |
| chondrichthian | (noun) fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified | Synonyms: cartilaginous fish |
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| chondrify | (verb) turn into cartilage | - |
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| chondrin | (noun) a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water | - |
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| chondriosome | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | Synonyms: mitochondrion |
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| chondrite | (noun) a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules | - |
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| chondritic | (adjective) having a granular structure like that of chondrites | Synonyms: granular |
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| chondrodystrophy | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| chondroma | (noun) a common benign tumor of cartilage cells | - |
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| chondrosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells | - |
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| chondrule | (noun) small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks | - |
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| chordophone | (noun) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers | - |
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| chthonian | (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonic, nether |
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| chthonic | (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonian, nether |
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| cinchona | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona | Synonyms: chinchona |
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| (noun) medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine | Synonyms: cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark |
| cinchonine | (noun) an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug | - |
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| colophon | (noun) a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page) | - |
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| colophony | (noun) translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments | - |
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| costochondritis | (noun) inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage | - |
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| diaphone | (noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones | - |
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| dichondra | (noun) a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions | Synonyms: Dichondra micrantha |
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| diphthong | (noun) a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | - |
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| diphthongise | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongize |
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| diphthongize | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongise |
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| dishonest | (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| (adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal |
| dishonestly | (adverb) in a corrupt and deceitful manner | Synonyms: deceitfully, venally |
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| dishonesty | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: knavery |
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| (noun) the quality of being dishonest | - |
| dishonor | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonour |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonour |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonour |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonorable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonourable |
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| (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonest |
| dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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| dishonorably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| (adverb) with dishonor | - |
| (adverb) in a dishonorable manner | - |
| dishonored | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: discredited, disgraced, shamed |
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| dishonour | (noun) lacking honor or integrity | Synonyms: dishonor |
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| (noun) a state of shame or disgrace | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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| dishonourably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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| dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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| earphone | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earpiece, headphone, phone |
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| ecphonesis | (noun) an exclamatory rhetorical device | Synonyms: exclamation |
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| enchondroma | (noun) benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet) | - |
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| entryphone | (noun) An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell. | - |
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| epiphonema | (noun) a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said. | - |
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| euphonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonical |
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| euphonical | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonic |
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| euphonious | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonous |
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| (adjective) (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident | - |
| euphonium | (noun) a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family | - |
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| euphonous | (adjective) having a pleasant sound | Synonyms: euphonious |
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| euphony | (noun) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | Synonyms: music |
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| gramophone | (noun) an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically | Synonyms: acoustic gramophone |
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| gryphon | (noun) winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | Synonyms: griffin, griffon |
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| hackathon | (noun) an event involving a marathon coding session | - |
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| headphone | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earphone, earpiece, phone |
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| heckelphone | (noun) an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe | Synonyms: basset oboe |
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| homophone | (noun) two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) | - |
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| homophonic | (adjective) having a single melodic line with accompaniment | - |
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| (adjective) having the same sound | - |
| homophonous | (adjective) characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way | - |
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| homophony | (noun) part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style) | - |
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| (noun) the same pronunciation for words of different origins | - |
| honcho | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, gaffer |
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| hone | (noun) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors | - |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc. | - |
| (verb) make perfect or complete | Synonyms: perfect |
| (verb) sharpen with a hone | - |
| honest | (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honorable |
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| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) not forged | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) without dissimulation; frank | - |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, reliable, true |
| (adjective) without pretensions | - |
| honestly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: candidly, frankly |
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| (adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: aboveboard |
| honestness | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honesty |
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| honesty | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honestness |
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| (noun) southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration | Synonyms: Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar |
| honey | (adjective) of something having the color of honey | - |
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| (noun) a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| (verb) sweeten with honey | - |
| honeybee | (noun) social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces | Synonyms: Apis mellifera |
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| honeybells | (noun) African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs | Synonyms: Hermannia verticillata, honey bell, Mahernia verticillata |
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| honeycomb | (noun) a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
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| (noun) a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae | - |
| (verb) make full of cavities, like a honeycomb | - |
| (verb) penetrate thoroughly and into every part | - |
| (verb) carve a honeycomb pattern into | - |
| honeycombed | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: alveolate, cavitied, faveolate, pitted |
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| honeycreeper | (noun) small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar | - |
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| (noun) small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands | Synonyms: Hawaiian honeycreeper |
| honeydew | (noun) a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. | - |
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| (noun) the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh | Synonyms: honeydew melon |
| honeyed | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet |
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| (adjective) with honey added | Synonyms: honied, syrupy |