| amenorrhoea | (noun) absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | Synonyms: amenia, amenorrhea |
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| amenorrhoeal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic |
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| amenorrhoeic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal |
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| bachelorhood | (noun) the state of being an unmarried man | - |
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| (noun) the time of a man's life prior to marriage | - |
| boarhound | (noun) large hound used in hunting wild boars | - |
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| brotherhood | (noun) the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers | - |
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| (noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: fraternity, sodality |
| (noun) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | Synonyms: labor union, trade union, trades union, union |
| (noun) the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings | - |
| carhop | (noun) a waiter at a drive-in restaurant | - |
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| chapterhouse | (noun) a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity | Synonyms: frat house, fraternity house |
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| (noun) a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter | - |
| charterhouse | (noun) a Carthusian monastery | - |
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| cirrhosis | (noun) a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism | Synonyms: cirrhosis of the liver |
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| deerhound | (noun) very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland | Synonyms: Scottish deerhound |
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| diarrhoea | (noun) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | Synonyms: diarrhea, looseness, looseness of the bowels |
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| diarrhoeal | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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| diarrhoeic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoetic |
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| diarrhoetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic |
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| fatherhood | (noun) the status of a father | - |
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| (noun) the status of a religious leader | - |
| (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the father | Synonyms: paternity |
| geezerhood | (noun) a late time of life | Synonyms: age, eld, old age, years |
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| gonorrhoea | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: clap, gonorrhea |
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| haemorrhoid | (noun) venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | Synonyms: hemorrhoid, piles |
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| haemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: hemorrhoidectomy |
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| hemorrhoid | (noun) venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | Synonyms: haemorrhoid, piles |
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| hemorrhoidectomy | (noun) surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | Synonyms: haemorrhoidectomy |
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| lederhosen | (noun) leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria | - |
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| motherhood | (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | Synonyms: maternity |
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| neighborhood | (noun) people living near one another | Synonyms: neighbourhood |
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| (noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity |
| (noun) an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) | - |
| (noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') | Synonyms: region |
| neighbourhood | (noun) people living near one another | Synonyms: neighborhood |
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| (noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, vicinity |
| otterhound | (noun) hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters | Synonyms: otter hound |
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| poorhouse | (noun) an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless | - |
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| porterhouse | (noun) large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin | Synonyms: porterhouse steak |
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| powerhouse | (noun) an electrical generating station | Synonyms: power plant, power station |
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| (noun) a team considered to be the best of its class | - |
| (noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo |
| pyorrhoea | (noun) discharge of pus | Synonyms: pyorrhea |
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| (noun) chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets | Synonyms: pyorrhea, pyorrhea alveolaris, Riggs' disease |
| pyrrhotine | (noun) a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties | Synonyms: magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite |
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| pyrrhotite | (noun) a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties | Synonyms: magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotine |
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| rho | (noun) the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| rhodanthe | (noun) Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum | Synonyms: Helipterum manglesii, Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River everlasting |
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| rhodium | (noun) a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum | Synonyms: atomic number 45, Rh |
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| rhodochrosite | (noun) a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese | - |
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| rhododendron | (noun) any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers | - |
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| rhodolite | (noun) a red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone | - |
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| rhodomontade | (noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: bluster, braggadocio, rodomontade |
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| rhodonite | (noun) a pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone | - |
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| rhodopsin | (noun) a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light | Synonyms: retinal purple, visual purple |
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| rhomb | (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: diamond, rhombus |
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| rhombencephalon | (noun) the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | Synonyms: hindbrain |
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| rhombic | (adjective) resembling a rhombus | - |
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| rhombohedral | (adjective) having threefold symmetry | Synonyms: trigonal |
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| rhombohedron | (noun) a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms) | - |
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| rhomboid | (adjective) shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid | Synonyms: rhomboidal |
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| (noun) any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade | Synonyms: rhomboid muscle |
| (noun) a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal | - |
| rhomboidal | (adjective) shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid | Synonyms: rhomboid |
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| rhombus | (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: diamond, rhomb |
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| rhonchus | (noun) a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels | - |
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| sisterhood | (noun) a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) | - |
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| (noun) an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest | Synonyms: sistership |
| (noun) the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings | Synonyms: sistership |
| slaughterhouse | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: abattoir, butchery, shambles |
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| spinsterhood | (noun) the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman) | - |
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| summerhouse | (noun) a small roofed building affording shade and rest | Synonyms: gazebo |
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| tenterhook | (noun) one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter | - |
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| warhorse | (noun) horse used in war | - |
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| (noun) a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition | - |
| (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, stager, veteran |