| kitschy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| lats | (noun) the basic unit of money in Latvia | - |
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| lightship | (noun) a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | - |
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| lightsome | (adjective) carefree and happy and lighthearted | Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, light-hearted, lighthearted |
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| (adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble | Synonyms: light, tripping |
| lightsomely | (adverb) in a light-hearted manner | Synonyms: light-heartedly |
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| (adverb) moving with quick light steps | Synonyms: trippingly |
| lightsomeness | (noun) the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous | Synonyms: lightness |
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| (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: agility, legerity, lightness, nimbleness |
| (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness |
| lightstick | (noun) A portable rod used for illumination. | - |
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| lots | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| (adverb) to a very great degree or extent | Synonyms: a good deal, a great deal, a lot |
| maltster | (noun) a maker of malt | Synonyms: maltman |
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| matsyendra | (noun) (Hinduism) a religious posture | - |
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| mitsvah | (noun) (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty | Synonyms: mitzvah |
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| (noun) (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law | Synonyms: mitzvah |
| muniments | (noun) deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land | - |
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| nightshade | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit | - |
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| nightshirt | (noun) nightclothes worn by men | - |
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| nightspot | (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, club, night club, nightclub |
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| nightstick | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, truncheon |
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| ninjitsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjutsu |
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| ninjutsu | (noun) the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage | Synonyms: ninjitsu |
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| nuts | (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
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| nutsedge | (noun) a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers | Synonyms: Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass |
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| nutshell | (noun) the shell around the kernel of a nut | - |
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| oddments | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| outsail | (verb) sail faster or better than | - |
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| outscore | (verb) score more points than one's opponents | Synonyms: outpoint |
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| outsell | (verb) sell more than others | - |
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| (verb) be sold more often than other, similar products | - |
| outset | (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, showtime, start, starting time |
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| outshine | (verb) attract more attention and praise than others | - |
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| (verb) shine brighter than | - |
| outshout | (verb) shout louder than | Synonyms: outcry |
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| outside | (adjective) relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit | - |
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| (adjective) located, suited for, or taking place in the open air | Synonyms: out-of-door, outdoor |
| (adjective) leading to or from the outside | - |
| (adjective) originating or belonging beyond some bounds | - |
| (adjective) functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit | - |
| (adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, extraneous |
| (adjective) from or between other countries | Synonyms: external, international |
| (adjective) (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter | Synonyms: away |
| (adjective) on or toward an outer edge | - |
| (adjective) unlikely to occur | Synonyms: remote |
| (noun) the outer side or surface of something | Synonyms: exterior |
| (noun) the region that is outside of something | Synonyms: exterior |
| (adverb) outside a building | Synonyms: alfresco, out of doors, outdoors |
| (adverb) on the outside | - |
| outsider | (noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | Synonyms: foreigner |
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| (noun) a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win | - |
| outsize | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsized, oversize, oversized |
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| (noun) an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large) | - |
| outsized | (adjective) larger than normal for its kind | Synonyms: outsize, oversize, oversized |
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| outskirt | (noun) a part of the city far removed from the center | Synonyms: fringe |
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| outskirts | (noun) outlying areas (as of a city or town) | - |
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| outsmart | (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, circumvent, outfox, outwit, overreach |
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| (verb) defeat by more skillful maneuvering | Synonyms: outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre |
| outsole | (noun) the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground | - |
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| outsource | (verb) obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out | - |
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| outspan | (verb) remove the yoke or harness from | - |
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| outspoken | (adjective) given to expressing yourself freely or insistently | Synonyms: vocal |
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| (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
| outspokenly | (adverb) in an outspoken manner | - |
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| outspokenness | (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: frankness |
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| outspread | (adjective) fully extended in width | Synonyms: spread |
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| outstanding | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: prominent, salient, spectacular, striking |
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| (adjective) of major significance or importance | Synonyms: great |
| (adjective) distinguished from others in excellence | - |
| (adjective) owed as a debt | Synonyms: owing, undischarged |
| outstandingly | (adverb) in an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree | - |
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| outstare | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outface, stare down |
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| outstation | (noun) a station in a remote or sparsely populated location | Synonyms: outpost |
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| outstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: overstay |
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| (verb) surpass in staying power | - |
| outstretched | (adjective) fully extended especially in length | - |
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| outstrip | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, surmount, surpass |
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| (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: distance, outdistance |
| outstroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft | - |
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| pants | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, knickers |
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| pantsuit | (noun) a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women | Synonyms: pants suit |
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| parts | (noun) the local environment | - |
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| partsong | (noun) a song with two or more voice parts | - |
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| patsy | (noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, soft touch, sucker |
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| peanuts | (noun) an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount | - |
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| pitsaw | (noun) a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below | - |
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| plantsman | (noun) an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) | Synonyms: horticulturist |
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| plaudits | (noun) enthusiastic approval | Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, eclat, plaudit |
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| pointsman | (noun) a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic | - |
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| postscript | (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature | Synonyms: PS |
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| (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, supplement |
| potsherd | (noun) a shard of pottery | - |
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| potshot | (noun) a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter) | - |
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| (noun) criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration | - |
| presidentship | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidency |
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| profits | (noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit |
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| (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: win, winnings |
| psilotsin | (noun) a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic substance, present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin. | Synonyms: psilocin, psilocine, psilocyn |
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| putsch | (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, takeover |
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| quits | (adjective) on equal terms by payment or requital | - |
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| quoits | (noun) a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it | Synonyms: horseshoes |
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| rafts | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| raftsman | (noun) someone who travels by raft | Synonyms: rafter, raftman |
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| ratsbane | (noun) a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer | Synonyms: arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, white arsenic |
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| receipts | (noun) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | Synonyms: gross, revenue |
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| regrets | (noun) a polite refusal of an invitation | Synonyms: declination |
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| respects | (noun) (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | - |
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| retsina | (noun) Greek wine flavored with resin | - |
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| rickets | (noun) childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | Synonyms: rachitis |
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| rickettsia | (noun) any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings | - |
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| rickettsial | (adjective) relating to or caused by rickettsias | - |
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| rickettsialpox | (noun) mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox | - |
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| rickettsiosis | (noun) infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria | Synonyms: rickettsial disease |
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| roots | (noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage | - |
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| rootstalk | (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rhizome, rootstock |
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| rootstock | (noun) root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots | - |
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| (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rhizome, rootstalk |
| rudiments | (noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | Synonyms: alphabet, first principles |
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| (noun) a statement of fundamental facts or principles | Synonyms: basics |
| saltshaker | (noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt | Synonyms: salt shaker |
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| satsuma | (noun) medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin | - |
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| (noun) a variety of mandarin orange, known commonly as cold hardy mandarin, Christmas orange, or tangerine | Synonyms: satsuma tree |
| seats | (noun) an area that includes places where several people can sit | Synonyms: seating, seating area, seating room |
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| setscrew | (noun) a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted | - |
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| (noun) a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring | - |
| shiatsu | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: acupressure, G-Jo |
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| shirtsleeve | (noun) the sleeve of a shirt | - |
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| shirtsleeves | (noun) not wearing a jacket | - |
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| shitstorm | (noun) A considerable backlash or controversy | - |
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| shorts | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee | Synonyms: short pants, trunks |
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| (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, underdrawers |
| shortsighted | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: myopic, nearsighted |
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| (adjective) lacking foresight or scope | Synonyms: myopic, short, unforesightful |
| (adjective) not given careful consideration | Synonyms: ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident |
| shortsightedness | (noun) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | Synonyms: improvidence |
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| (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, nearsightedness |
| shortstop | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | Synonyms: short |
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| (noun) (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position | - |
| sights | (noun) an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument | - |
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| sightsee | (verb) visit famous or interesting sights | - |
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| sightseeing | (noun) going about to look at places of interest | Synonyms: rubber-necking |
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