| calamari | (noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | Synonyms: calamary, squid |
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| certiorari | (noun) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | Synonyms: writ of certiorari |
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| charivari | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, chivaree, shivaree |
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| gari | (noun) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | Synonyms: bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant |
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| harikari | (noun) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | Synonyms: hara-kiri, harakiri, seppuku |
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| hegari | (noun) Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States | - |
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| khesari | (noun) European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere | Synonyms: grass pea, Indian pea, Lathyrus sativus |
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| lari | (noun) the basic unit of money in Georgia | - |
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| mapinguari | (noun) supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest | - |
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| safari | (noun) an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | Synonyms: campaign, hunting expedition |
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| sari | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: saree |
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| souari | (noun) large South American evergreen tree having trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil | Synonyms: Caryocar nuciferum, souari nut, souari tree |
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| uakari | (noun) medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail | - |
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