| conservancy | (noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. | - |
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| (noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river | - |
| conservation | (noun) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations | - |
| (noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: preservation |
| conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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| conservatism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservativism |
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| conservative | (adjective) resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion | - |
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| (adjective) unimaginatively conventional | Synonyms: button-down, buttoned-down |
| (adjective) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | Synonyms: bourgeois, materialistic |
| (adjective) avoiding excess | Synonyms: cautious |
| (adjective) having social or political views favoring conservatism | - |
| (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservativist |
| conservatively | (adverb) in a conservative manner | Synonyms: cautiously, guardedly |
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| conservativism | (noun) a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | Synonyms: conservatism |
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| conservativist | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservative |
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| conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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| conservator | (noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | Synonyms: curator |
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| (noun) someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person | - |
| conservatory | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: hothouse, indoor garden |
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| (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatoire |
| (noun) the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts | - |
| conserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserves, preserve, preserves |
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| (verb) preserve with sugar | - |
| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: economise, economize, husband |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: keep up, maintain, preserve |
| (verb) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change | - |
| conserved | (adjective) protected from harm or loss | - |
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| conserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, preserve, preserves |
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| deserve | (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: merit |
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| deserved | (adjective) properly deserved | Synonyms: merited |
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| deservedly | (adverb) as deserved | - |
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| deserving | (adjective) (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | Synonyms: worth |
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| deservingness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: merit, meritoriousness |
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| disservice | (noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly | Synonyms: ill service, ill turn |
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| maidservant | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maid |
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| manservant | (noun) a man servant | - |
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| neoconservatism | (noun) an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s) | - |
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| neoconservative | (noun) a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism | Synonyms: neocon |
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| nonobservance | (noun) a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | - |
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| nonobservant | (adjective) failing or refusing to observe religious customs | - |
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| observable | (adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: discernible, evident |
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| observably | (adverb) in a noticeable manner | Synonyms: noticeably, perceptibly |
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| observance | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observation, watching |
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| (noun) conformity with law or custom or practice etc. | Synonyms: honoring, honouring |
| (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: notice, observation |
| (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony |
| observant | (adjective) paying close attention especially to details | - |
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| (adjective) (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs | Synonyms: law-abiding |
| (adjective) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | Synonyms: observing |
| observantly | (adverb) in an observant manner | Synonyms: observingly |
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| observation | (noun) the act of observing; taking a patient look | Synonyms: observance, watching |
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| (noun) the act of making and recording a measurement | - |
| (noun) the act of noticing or paying attention | Synonyms: notice, observance |
| (noun) facts learned by observing | - |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: reflection, reflexion |
| observational | (adjective) relying on observation or experiment | Synonyms: data-based, experimental |
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| observatory | (noun) a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena | - |
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| (noun) a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings | Synonyms: lookout, lookout station, observation tower |
| observe | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
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| (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: mention, note, remark |
| (verb) watch attentively | - |
| (verb) observe with care or pay close attention to | Synonyms: note, take note |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, notice |
| (verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: follow, keep an eye on, watch, watch over |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, respect |
| (verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, keep |
| (verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: keep |
| observed | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: ascertained, discovered |
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| observer | (noun) a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | Synonyms: beholder, perceiver, percipient |
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| (noun) an expert who observes and comments on something | Synonyms: commentator |
| observing | (adjective) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | Synonyms: observant |
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| observingly | (adverb) in an observant manner | Synonyms: observantly |
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| preservable | (adjective) capable of being preserved | - |
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| preservation | (noun) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Synonyms: saving |
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| (noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: conservation |
| (noun) a process that saves organic substances from decay | - |
| (noun) the condition of being (well or ill) preserved | - |
| preservationist | (noun) someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas | - |
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| preservative | (adjective) tending or having the power to preserve | - |
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| (noun) a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition | - |
| preserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserves |
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| (noun) a reservation where animals are protected | - |
| (noun) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone | - |
| (verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, maintain |
| (verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold |
| (verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing | - |
| preserved | (adjective) kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
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| (adjective) prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use | - |
| preserver | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning | Synonyms: flotation device, life preserver |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: refinisher, renovator, restorer |
| (noun) someone who keeps safe from harm or danger | - |
| (noun) a cook who preserves fruits or meat | - |
| preserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserve |
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| reservation | (noun) the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion | - |
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| (noun) the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) | Synonyms: booking |
| (noun) an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly | Synonyms: arriere pensee, mental reservation |
| (noun) something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.) | - |
| (noun) a statement that limits or restricts some claim | Synonyms: qualification |
| (noun) the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance | - |
| (noun) a district that is reserved for particular purpose | Synonyms: reserve |
| reserve | (noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | Synonyms: reticence, taciturnity |
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| (noun) formality and propriety of manner | Synonyms: modesty |
| (noun) armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency | Synonyms: military reserve |
| (noun) a district that is reserved for particular purpose | Synonyms: reservation |
| (noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: second-stringer, substitute |
| (noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: backlog, stockpile |
| (noun) (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions | - |
| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside |
| (verb) obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance | - |
| (verb) hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency | - |
| (verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: book, hold |
| reserved | (adjective) marked by self-restraint and reticence | - |
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| (adjective) set aside for the use of a particular person or party | - |
| reservedly | (adverb) with reserve; in a reserved manner | - |
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| reserves | (noun) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | Synonyms: militia |
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| reservist | (noun) a member of a military reserve | - |
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| reservoir | (noun) tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) | - |
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| (noun) lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water | Synonyms: artificial lake, man-made lake |
| (noun) anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies | Synonyms: source |
| (noun) a large or extra supply of something | - |
| serval | (noun) slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat | Synonyms: Felis serval |
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| servant | (noun) a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | Synonyms: retainer |
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| (noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, handmaiden |
| serve | (noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | Synonyms: service |
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| (verb) do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function | - |
| (verb) put the ball into play | - |
| (verb) provide (usually but not necessarily food) | Synonyms: dish, dish out, dish up, serve up |
| (verb) help to some food; help with food or drink | Synonyms: help |
| (verb) deliver a warrant or summons to someone | Synonyms: process, swear out |
| (verb) mate with | Synonyms: service |
| (verb) be used by; as of a utility | Synonyms: service |
| (verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend, attend to, wait on |
| (verb) devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas | - |
| (verb) do military service | - |
| (verb) spend time in prison or in a labor camp | Synonyms: do |
| (verb) contribute or conduce to | - |
| (verb) promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to | Synonyms: serve well |
| (verb) serve a purpose, role, or function | Synonyms: function |
| (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, do, suffice |
| server | (noun) utensil used in serving food or drink | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: host |
| (noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: waiter |
| (noun) (court games) the player who serves to start a point | - |
| service | (noun) an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance | - |
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| (noun) the act of public worship following prescribed rules | Synonyms: divine service, religious service |
| (noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | Synonyms: serve |
| (noun) the act of mating by male animals | Synonyms: servicing |
| (noun) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone | Synonyms: service of process, serving |
| (noun) periodic maintenance on a car or machine | Synonyms: inspection and repair, overhaul |
| (noun) the performance of duties by a waiter or servant | - |
| (noun) employment in or work for another | - |
| (noun) work done by one person or group that benefits another | - |
| (noun) (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him | - |
| (noun) tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table | Synonyms: table service |
| (noun) a means of serving | Synonyms: avail, help |
| (noun) a force that is a branch of the armed forces | Synonyms: armed service, military service |
| (noun) a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | - |
| (verb) make fit for use | - |
| (verb) mate with | Synonyms: serve |
| (verb) be used by; as of a utility | Synonyms: serve |
| serviceability | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceableness, usability, usableness, useableness |
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| serviceable | (adjective) ready for service or able to give long service | - |
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| (adjective) intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration | - |
| (adjective) capable of being put to good use | - |
| serviceableness | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceability, usability, usableness, useableness |
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| serviceberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: juneberry, saskatoon, shadberry |
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| (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, shadblow, shadbush |
| serviceman | (noun) someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | Synonyms: man, military man, military personnel |
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| services | (noun) performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others | - |
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| servicing | (noun) the act of mating by male animals | Synonyms: service |
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| serviette | (noun) a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing | Synonyms: napkin, table napkin |
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| servile | (adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants | - |
| servilely | (adverb) in an obsequious manner | Synonyms: obsequiously, subserviently |
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| servility | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, subservience |
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| serving | (noun) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone | Synonyms: service, service of process |
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| (noun) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | Synonyms: helping, portion |
| servitor | (noun) someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else | - |
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| servitude | (noun) state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment | - |
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| servo | (adjective) of or involving servomechanisms | Synonyms: servomechanical |
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| (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servomechanism, servosystem |
| servomechanical | (adjective) of or involving servomechanisms | Synonyms: servo |
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| servomechanism | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servosystem |
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| servosystem | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servomechanism |
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| subserve | (verb) be helpful or useful | - |
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| subservience | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, servility |
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| (noun) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan | - |
| (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservientness |
| subservient | (adjective) serving or acting as a means or aid | Synonyms: implemental, instrumental |
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| (adjective) abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | Synonyms: slavish, submissive |
| (adjective) compliant and obedient to authority | - |
| subserviently | (adverb) in an obsequious manner | Synonyms: obsequiously, servilely |
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| subservientness | (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservience |
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| timeserver | (noun) one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage | - |
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| timeserving | (adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | Synonyms: opportunist, opportunistic |
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| ultraconservative | (adjective) extremely conservative | - |
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| (noun) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism | Synonyms: extreme right-winger, reactionary |
| undeserved | (adjective) not deserved or earned | - |
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| undeservedly | (adverb) in an unmerited manner | - |
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| undeserving | (adjective) not deserving | Synonyms: unworthy |
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| unobservable | (adjective) not accessible to direct observation | - |
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| unobservant | (adjective) not consciously observing | Synonyms: unseeing |
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| unobserved | (adjective) unnoticed | Synonyms: unseen |
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| unreserved | (adjective) not cautious or reticent | - |
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| (adjective) not reserved | - |
| unreservedly | (adverb) without reservation | - |
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| unserviceable | (adjective) not ready for service | - |
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| (adjective) not capable of being used | Synonyms: unusable, unuseable |
| unservile | (adjective) not servile or submissive | Synonyms: unsubmissive |
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