| advowson | (noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice | - |
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| arrowsmith | (noun) a maker of arrows | - |
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| bellows | (noun) (used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument | - |
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| blowsy | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | Synonyms: blowzy, slatternly, sluttish |
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| bowse | (verb) haul with a tackle | Synonyms: bouse |
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| bowsprit | (noun) a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel | - |
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| bowstring | (noun) the string of an archer's bow | - |
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| browse | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browsing |
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| (noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browsing |
| (noun) vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat | - |
| (verb) eat lightly, try different dishes | Synonyms: graze |
| (verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: surf |
| (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: crop, graze, pasture, range |
| (verb) shop around; not necessarily buying | Synonyms: shop |
| browser | (noun) a program used to view HTML documents | Synonyms: web browser |
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| (noun) a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular | - |
| browsing | (noun) the act of feeding by continual nibbling | Synonyms: browse |
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| (noun) reading superficially or at random | Synonyms: browse |
| clews | (noun) the cords used to suspend a hammock | - |
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| cows | (noun) domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | Synonyms: Bos taurus, cattle, kine, oxen |
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| cowshed | (noun) a barn for cows | Synonyms: byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse |
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| cowskin | (noun) leather made from the hide of a cow | Synonyms: cowhide |
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| cowslip | (noun) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers | Synonyms: paigle, Primula veris |
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| (noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, kingcup, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
| dowse | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowsing, rhabdomancy |
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| (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, drench, soak, sop, souse |
| (verb) slacken | Synonyms: douse |
| (verb) use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal | - |
| (verb) wet thoroughly | Synonyms: douse |
| dowser | (noun) forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil | Synonyms: divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder |
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| (noun) someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water | Synonyms: rhabdomancer, water witch |
| dowsing | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowse, rhabdomancy |
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| drawshave | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawknife |
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| drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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| drowse | (noun) a light fitful sleep | Synonyms: doze |
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| (verb) be on the verge of sleeping | - |
| (verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time | Synonyms: doze, snooze |
| drowsily | (adverb) in a drowsy manner | Synonyms: somnolently |
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| drowsiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: sleepiness, somnolence |
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| drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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| drowsy | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsing |
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| (adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: oscitant, yawning |
| fellowship | (noun) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | Synonyms: family |
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| (noun) money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research | - |
| (noun) the state of being with someone | Synonyms: companionship, company, society |
| flews | (noun) The fleshy hanging upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog. | - |
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| frowsty | (adjective) stale and unclean smelling | Synonyms: fusty, musty |
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| frowsy | (adjective) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | Synonyms: frowzy, slovenly |
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| gallows | (noun) an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging | - |
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| hawse | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawsehole, hawsepipe |
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| hawsehole | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsepipe |
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| hawsepipe | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsehole |
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| hawser | (noun) large heavy rope for nautical use | - |
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| jackstraws | (noun) a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others | Synonyms: spillikins |
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| lawsuit | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: case, causa, cause, suit |
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| lowset | (adjective) lower than average | Synonyms: low-set |
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| mews | (noun) street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings | - |
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| news | (noun) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | Synonyms: newsworthiness |
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| (noun) information about recent and important events | Synonyms: intelligence, tidings, word |
| (noun) information reported in a newspaper or news magazine | - |
| (noun) a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary | Synonyms: news program, news show |
| (noun) informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone | - |
| newsagent | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor |
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| newsboy | (noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: carrier |
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| newsbreak | (noun) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | Synonyms: flash, news bulletin, newsflash |
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| newscast | (noun) a broadcast of news or commentary on the news | - |
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| newscaster | (noun) someone who broadcasts the news | - |
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| newsdealer | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsagent, newsstand operator, newsvendor |
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| newsflash | (noun) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | Synonyms: flash, news bulletin, newsbreak |
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| newsgroup | (noun) an area on a computer network, especially on the internet, devoted to the discussion of a specified topic | - |
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| newsless | (adjective) not providing news or information | - |
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| (adjective) not having or receiving news or information | - |
| newsletter | (noun) report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | Synonyms: newssheet |
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| newsman | (noun) a male person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | - |
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| newsmonger | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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| newspaper | (noun) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | Synonyms: paper |
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| (noun) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements | Synonyms: paper |
| (noun) a business firm that publishes newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper publisher, paper |
| (noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers | Synonyms: newsprint |
| newspapering | (noun) journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
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| newspaperman | (noun) a male journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: pressman |
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| newspaperwoman | (noun) a female journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | - |
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| newspeak | (noun) deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public | - |
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| newsperson | (noun) a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | Synonyms: reporter |
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| newsprint | (noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper |
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| newsreader | (noun) someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin | Synonyms: news reader |
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| newsreel | (noun) a short film and commentary about current events | - |
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| newsroom | (noun) a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read | - |
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| (noun) an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station | - |
| (noun) the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical | - |
| newssheet | (noun) report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | Synonyms: newsletter |
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| newsstand | (noun) a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold | - |
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| newsvendor | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsagent, newsdealer, newsstand operator |
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| newswoman | (noun) a female newsperson | - |
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| newsworthiness | (noun) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | Synonyms: news |
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| newsworthy | (adjective) sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper | - |
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| newswriter | (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: correspondent |
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| newsy | (adjective) prone to friendly informal communication | Synonyms: chatty, gossipy |
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| (adjective) full of news | - |
| owlclaws | (noun) stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep | Synonyms: Helenium hoopesii, orange sneezeweed |
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| plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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| showstopper | (noun) something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal | Synonyms: show-stopper |
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| (noun) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | Synonyms: show-stopper, stopper |
| slews | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, stacks, tons, wads |
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| snowshoe | (noun) a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot | - |
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| (verb) travel on snowshoes | - |
| snowstorm | (noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds | Synonyms: blizzard |
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| snowsuit | (noun) a child's overgarment for cold weather | - |
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| tawse | (noun) a leather strap for punishing children | - |
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| throwster | (noun) a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn | Synonyms: thrower |
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| trews | (noun) (used in the plural) tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan | - |
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| windowsill | (noun) the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame | - |
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| yaws | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: frambesia, framboesia |
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