| alas | (adverb) by bad luck | Synonyms: regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily |
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| alias | (noun) a name that has been assumed | Synonyms: assumed name, false name |
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| (adverb) as known or named at another time or place | Synonyms: a.k.a., also known as |
| ananas | (noun) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated | Synonyms: pineapple |
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| arras | (noun) a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | Synonyms: tapestry |
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| as | (adverb) to the same degree (often followed by `as') | Synonyms: equally, every bit |
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| atlas | (noun) a figure of a man used as a supporting column | Synonyms: telamon |
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| (noun) the 1st cervical vertebra | Synonyms: atlas vertebra |
| (noun) a collection of maps in book form | Synonyms: book of maps, map collection |
| baas | (noun) South African term for `boss' | - |
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| balas | (noun) a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel | Synonyms: balas ruby |
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| bias | (adjective) slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric | - |
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| (noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: preconception, prejudice |
| (noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | Synonyms: diagonal |
| (verb) cause to be biased | Synonyms: predetermine |
| (verb) influence in an unfair way | - |
| boreas | (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: north wind, norther, northerly |
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| camas | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camash, camass, camosh, quamash |
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| canvas | (noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric | Synonyms: canvass |
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| (noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete | Synonyms: canvass |
| (noun) a tent made of canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvas tent, canvass |
| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvass, sail, sheet |
| (noun) an oil painting on canvas fabric | Synonyms: canvass |
| (noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account | Synonyms: canvass |
| (verb) cover with canvas | - |
| centas | (noun) 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania | - |
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| ceras | (noun) one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills | - |
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| csardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: czardas |
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| (noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: czardas |
| cutlas | (noun) a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | Synonyms: cutlass |
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| czardas | (noun) a piece of music composed for the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
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| (noun) a piece of music in the rhythm of the Hungarian Csárdás dance. | Synonyms: csardas |
| das | (noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes | Synonyms: coney, cony, dassie, hyrax |
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| degas | (verb) remove gas from | - |
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| degras | (noun) a semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. | - |
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| dinoceras | (noun) a variety of dinocerate | Synonyms: uintathere |
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| dolmas | (noun) well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock | Synonyms: stuffed grape leaves |
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| epispadias | (noun) a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis | - |
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| erysipelas | (noun) an acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes | - |
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| eyas | (noun) an unfledged or nestling hawk | - |
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| fracas | (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: affray, altercation |
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| gas | (noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gun, throttle |
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| (noun) the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container | Synonyms: gaseous state |
| (noun) a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal | Synonyms: flatulence, flatulency |
| (noun) a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely | - |
| (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gasolene, gasoline, petrol |
| (noun) a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes | Synonyms: natural gas |
| (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| (verb) attack with gas; subject to gas fumes | - |
| gravitas | (noun) formality in bearing and appearance | Synonyms: dignity, lordliness |
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| gulyas | (noun) a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika | Synonyms: goulash, Hungarian goulash |
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| hypospadias | (noun) an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis | - |
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| judas | (noun) a one-way peephole in a door | - |
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| kalantas | (noun) Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood | Synonyms: Cedrela calantas, Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, Toona calantas |
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| litas | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lithuania | - |
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| madras | (noun) a light patterned cotton cloth | - |
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| materfamilias | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: matriarch |
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| meshugaas | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: mishegaas, mishegoss |
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| mishegaas | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: meshugaas, mishegoss |
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| monas | (noun) a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive | Synonyms: monad |
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| overseas | (adjective) in a foreign country | Synonyms: abroad |
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| (adjective) being or passing over or across the sea | Synonyms: oversea |
| (adverb) beyond or across the sea | Synonyms: oversea |
| (adverb) in a place across an ocean | Synonyms: abroad |
| palas | (noun) East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye | Synonyms: Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dak, dhak |
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| pancreas | (noun) a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin | - |
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| pas | (noun) (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet) | - |
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| patas | (noun) reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa | Synonyms: Erythrocebus patas, hussar monkey |
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| paterfamilias | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: patriarch |
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| phytelephas | (noun) small genus of South American feather palms | Synonyms: genus Phytelephas |
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| psoas | (noun) either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh | - |
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| sassafras | (noun) dried root bark of the sassafras tree | - |
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| (noun) yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | Synonyms: Sassafras albidum, sassafras tree |
| teargas | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas |
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| (verb) attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes | - |
| teras | (noun) (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | Synonyms: monster |
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| vas | (noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vessel |
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| verdolagas | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussley, pussly |
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