| hootch | (noun) an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | Synonyms: hooch |
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| hopscotch | (noun) a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone | - |
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| hotchpotch | (noun) a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables | - |
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| (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
| hutch | (noun) a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals | - |
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| (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, shack, shanty |
| itch | (noun) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | Synonyms: itchiness, itching |
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| (noun) a strong restless desire | Synonyms: urge |
| (noun) a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation | Synonyms: scabies |
| (verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something | Synonyms: spoil |
| (verb) have or perceive an itch | - |
| (verb) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | Synonyms: rub, scratch |
| (verb) cause to perceive an itch | - |
| itchiness | (noun) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | Synonyms: itch, itching |
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| itching | (noun) an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch | Synonyms: itch, itchiness |
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| itchy | (adjective) causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch | - |
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| (adjective) nervous and unable to relax | Synonyms: antsy, fidgety, fretful, restless |
| ketch | (noun) a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost | - |
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| ketchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, cetchup, tomato ketchup |
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| kitchen | (noun) a room equipped for preparing meals | - |
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| kitchenette | (noun) small kitchen | - |
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| kitchenware | (noun) hardware utensils for use in a kitchen | - |
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| kutch | (noun) tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas | Synonyms: cutch |
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| kvetch | (noun) (Yiddish) a nagging complaint | - |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) a constant complainer | - |
| (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, plain, quetch, sound off |
| latch | (noun) catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove | - |
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| (noun) spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | Synonyms: door latch |
| (verb) fasten with a latch | - |
| latchet | (noun) a leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot | - |
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| latchkey | (noun) key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door | - |
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| latchstring | (noun) opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside | - |
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| letch | (noun) man with strong sexual desires | Synonyms: lech, lecher, satyr |
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| litchee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| litchi | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi nut, lychee |
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| (noun) Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium | Synonyms: lichee, Litchi chinensis, litchi tree, Nephelium litchi |
| lockstitch | (noun) machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread | - |
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| match | (noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | Synonyms: friction match, lucifer |
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| (noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: mate |
| (noun) a burning piece of wood or cardboard | - |
| (noun) something that resembles or harmonizes with | - |
| (noun) a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete | - |
| (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: couple, mates |
| (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, equal, peer |
| (noun) a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | Synonyms: catch |
| (noun) the score needed to win a match | - |
| (verb) be equal or harmonize | - |
| (verb) make correspond or harmonize | Synonyms: fit |
| (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, equate |
| (verb) set into opposition or rivalry | Synonyms: oppose, pit, play off |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair, twin |
| (verb) give or join in marriage | - |
| (verb) provide funds complementary to | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally |
| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: equal, rival, touch |
| matchboard | (noun) a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) | - |
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| matchbook | (noun) a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
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| matchbox | (noun) a box for holding matches | - |
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| matchbush | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchweed |
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| matched | (adjective) going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities | - |
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| (adjective) provided with a worthy adversary or competitor | - |
| matcher | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matchmaker |
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| matchet | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: machete, panga |
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| matching | (adjective) intentionally matched | Synonyms: co-ordinated, coordinated |
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| (adjective) being two identical | Synonyms: duplicate, twin, twinned |
| matchless | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled |
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| matchlessness | (noun) The state or condition of being matchless, of having no equal. | Synonyms: peerlessness |
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| matchlock | (noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
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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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| matchstick | (noun) a short thin stick of wood used in making matches | - |
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| matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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| matchweed | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchbush |
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| matchwood | (noun) fragments of wood | - |
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| (noun) wood suitable for making matchsticks | - |
| (noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: splinters |
| midwatch | (noun) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) | Synonyms: graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch |
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| mismatch | (noun) a bad or unsuitable match | - |
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| (verb) match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together | - |
| mismatched | (adjective) either not matched or unsuitably matched | - |
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| (adjective) (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents | Synonyms: uneven |
| mutchkin | (noun) a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint | - |
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| nautch | (noun) an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls | Synonyms: nauch, nautch dance |
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| notch | (noun) a small cut | Synonyms: nick, snick |
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| (noun) a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface | - |
| (noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks | Synonyms: mountain pass, pass |
| (noun) a V-shaped indentation | - |
| (verb) notch a surface to record something | - |
| (verb) cut or make a notch into | - |
| notched | (adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed | Synonyms: erose, jagged, jaggy, toothed |
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| (adjective) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex | Synonyms: saw-toothed, serrate, serrated, toothed |
| nuthatch | (noun) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | Synonyms: nutcracker |
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| outmatch | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| outstretched | (adjective) fully extended especially in length | - |
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| overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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| overwatch | (noun) surveillence by a unit within a video game which would cause the unit to make an action in response to an enemy unit's action | - |
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| oystercatcher | (noun) black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc. | Synonyms: oyster catcher |
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| patch | (noun) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole | - |
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| (noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) | Synonyms: darn, mend |
| (noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: eyepatch |
| (noun) a connection intended to be used for a limited time | Synonyms: temporary hookup |
| (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: bandage |
| (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot |
| (noun) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program | - |
| (noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of land |
| (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: piece, spell, while |
| (verb) mend by putting a patch on | Synonyms: patch up |
| (verb) repair by adding pieces | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) to join or unite the pieces of | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically | - |
| patchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: plugboard, switchboard |
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| patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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| patched | (adjective) mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch | - |
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| (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: spotted, spotty |
| patchily | (adverb) in spots | - |
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| patchiness | (noun) unevenness in quality or performance | - |
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| patching | (noun) the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it | - |
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| patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchouly | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouli, Pogostemon cablin |
| patchwork | (noun) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern | - |
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| (noun) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | Synonyms: patchwork quilt |
| (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble |
| patchy | (adjective) irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc. | - |
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| petchary | (noun) a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird | Synonyms: gray kingbird, grey kingbird, Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis |
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| pitch | (noun) the action or manner of throwing something | - |
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| (noun) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump | Synonyms: auction pitch |
| (noun) a high approach shot in golf | Synonyms: pitch shot |
| (noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it | Synonyms: delivery |
| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitching |
| (noun) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration | - |
| (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: rake, slant |
| (noun) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration | Synonyms: sales pitch, sales talk |
| (noun) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) | - |
| (noun) a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer | Synonyms: soccer field |
| (noun) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | Synonyms: tar |
| (verb) set to a certain pitch | - |
| (verb) set the level or character of | Synonyms: gear |
| (verb) lead (a card) and establish the trump suit | - |
| (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: flip, sky, toss |
| (verb) erect and fasten | Synonyms: set up |
| (verb) hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin | - |
| (verb) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball | Synonyms: deliver |
| (verb) fall or plunge forward | - |
| (verb) be at an angle | Synonyms: incline, slope |
| (verb) heel over | Synonyms: cant, cant over, slant, tilt |
| (verb) move abruptly | Synonyms: lurch, shift |
| (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend |
| pitchblende | (noun) a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore | Synonyms: uraninite |
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| pitched | (adjective) (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form | - |
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| (adjective) set at a slant | - |
| pitcher | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: mound |
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| (noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring | Synonyms: ewer |
| (noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching | Synonyms: hurler, twirler |
| (noun) (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer | - |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcherful |
| pitcherful | (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| pitchfork | (noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay | - |
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| (verb) lift with a pitchfork | Synonyms: fork |
| pitching | (noun) (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | - |
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| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitch |
| 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 | - |
| pitchstone | (noun) dark acid granitic glass | - |
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| pitchy | (adjective) of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal | Synonyms: coal-black, jet-black, jet, sooty |
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| (adjective) having the characteristics of pitch or tar | Synonyms: resinous, resiny, tarry |
| portwatcher | (noun) a watchman on a wharf | Synonyms: port watcher |
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| potlatch | (noun) a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) | - |
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| quetch | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, sound off |
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| ramontchi | (noun) small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums | Synonyms: batoko palm, Flacourtia indica, governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum |
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| ratch | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratchet |
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| ratchet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratch |
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| (verb) move by degrees in one direction only | Synonyms: rachet up, ratchet down |
| rematch | (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: replay |
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| retch | (noun) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting | Synonyms: heave |
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| (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
| (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: gag, heave |
| rewatch | (noun) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
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| (verb) to watch a show or television one more time | - |
| satchel | (noun) luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap | - |
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| scotch | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, sparing, stinting |
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| (noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: score |
| (verb) make a small cut or score into | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, spoil, thwart |
| scratch | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scar, scrape |
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| (noun) (golf) a handicap of zero strokes | - |
| (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble |
| (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching |
| (noun) dry mash for poultry | Synonyms: chicken feed |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line |
| (noun) a competitor who has withdrawn from competition | - |
| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit |
| (noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape |
| (verb) cut the surface of; wear away the surface of | Synonyms: scrape, scratch up |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fray, fret, rub |
| (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, grave, inscribe |
| (verb) gather (money or other resources) together over time | Synonyms: come up, scrape, scrape up |
| (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: excise, expunge, strike |
| (verb) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | Synonyms: itch, rub |
| (verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | Synonyms: call off, cancel, scrub |
| scratcher | (noun) a device used for scratching | - |
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| (noun) a person who scratches to relieve an itch | - |
| (noun) a workman who uses a tool for scratching | - |
| scratchiness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: abrasiveness, harshness |
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| scratching | (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratch |
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| scratchpad | (noun) (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information | - |
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| scratchy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy |
| (adjective) lacking consistency | Synonyms: spotty, uneven |
| (adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: abrasive |
| scutcheon | (noun) a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms | Synonyms: escutcheon |
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| (noun) a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers | Synonyms: escutcheon, finger plate |
| sketch | (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: study |
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| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, survey |
| (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cartoon |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: vignette |
| (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: adumbrate, outline |
| (verb) make a sketch of | Synonyms: chalk out |
| sketchbook | (noun) a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn | Synonyms: sketch block, sketch pad |
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| sketcher | (noun) an implement for sketching | - |
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| (noun) someone who draws sketches | - |
| sketchily | (adverb) in a sketchy incomplete manner | - |
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| sketchiness | (noun) incompleteness of details | - |
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| sketchy | (adjective) giving only major points; lacking completeness | Synonyms: unelaborated |
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