| heartbeat | (noun) an animating or vital unifying force | - |
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| (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
| heat | (noun) utility to warm a building | Synonyms: heating, heating plant, heating system |
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| (noun) the presence of heat | Synonyms: high temperature, hotness |
| (noun) the trait of being intensely emotional | Synonyms: passion, warmth |
| (noun) the sensation caused by heat energy | Synonyms: warmth |
| (noun) a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race | - |
| (noun) a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature | Synonyms: heat energy |
| (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity | Synonyms: estrus, oestrus, rut |
| (verb) gain heat or get hot | Synonyms: heat up, hot up |
| (verb) make hot or hotter | Synonyms: heat up |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake |
| (verb) provide with heat | - |
| hellcat | (noun) a malicious woman with a fierce temper | Synonyms: harpy, vixen |
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| hemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: haemostat |
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| horsemeat | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horseflesh |
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| houseboat | (noun) a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | - |
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| housecoat | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: neglige, negligee, peignoir, wrapper |
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| iceboat | (noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: icebreaker |
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| (noun) a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | Synonyms: ice yacht, scooter |
| karat | (noun) the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold | Synonyms: carat, kt |
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| kat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, khat, qat, quat |
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| keelboat | (noun) river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing | - |
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| khat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, qat, quat |
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| kiaat | (noun) deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood | Synonyms: bloodwood tree, Pterocarpus angolensis |
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| kismat | (noun) (Islam) the will of Allah | Synonyms: kismet |
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| kumquat | (noun) small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp | - |
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| (noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | Synonyms: cumquat, kumquat tree |
| kurrat | (noun) coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized | Synonyms: Allium ampeloprasum, Levant garlic, wild leek |
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| kyat | (noun) the basic unit of money in Myanmar | - |
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| langsat | (noun) a small fruit with fleshy pulp; tastes like a combination of grape and grapefruit. | - |
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| (noun) East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry | Synonyms: langset, lanseh tree, Lansium domesticum |
| lansat | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lanseh, lanset |
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| lariat | (noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals | Synonyms: lasso, reata, riata |
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| lat | (noun) a broad flat muscle on either side of the back | Synonyms: latissimus dorsi |
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| lifeboat | (noun) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship | - |
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| longboat | (noun) the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel | - |
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| loquat | (noun) yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies | Synonyms: Japanese plum |
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| (noun) evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan | Synonyms: Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, loquat tree |
| loveseat | (noun) small sofa that seats two people | Synonyms: love seat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis |
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| lumpenproletariat | (noun) (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement | - |
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| mailboat | (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, packet, packet boat |
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| maltreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, mistreat, step |
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| manat | (noun) the basic unit of money in Azerbaijan | - |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Turkmenistan | - |
| mat | (adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy | Synonyms: flat, matt, matte, matted |
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| (noun) a thick flat pad used as a floor covering | - |
| (noun) sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports | Synonyms: gym mat |
| (noun) a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it | - |
| (noun) mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture | Synonyms: matting |
| (noun) a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete | Synonyms: raft, raft foundation |
| (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, matt, matte |
| (noun) a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven | - |
| (verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like | Synonyms: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up |
| (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, snarl, tangle |
| meat | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | - |
| (noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone | Synonyms: kernel |
| meerkat | (noun) a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes | Synonyms: mierkat |
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| megabat | (noun) large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit | Synonyms: fruit bat |
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| microbat | (noun) typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | Synonyms: carnivorous bat |
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| mierkat | (noun) a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes | Synonyms: meerkat |
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| mincemeat | (noun) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat | - |
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| mistreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step |
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| moat | (noun) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | Synonyms: fosse |
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| monochromat | (noun) a person who is completely color-blind | - |
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| motorboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: powerboat |
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| (verb) ride in a motorboat | - |
| mudcat | (noun) large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw | Synonyms: flathead catfish, goujon, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish |
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| (noun) flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed | Synonyms: catfish |
| muscat | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat grape, muscatel |
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| (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscatel |
| (noun) any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes | Synonyms: muskat |
| muskat | (noun) any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes | Synonyms: muscat |
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| muskrat | (noun) beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur | Synonyms: musquash, Ondatra zibethica |
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| (noun) the brown fur of a muskrat | Synonyms: muskrat fur |
| narrowboat | (noun) a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals | Synonyms: canal boat, narrow boat |
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| neat | (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | Synonyms: clean |
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| (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
| (adjective) superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject | Synonyms: facile, slick |
| (adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: orderly |
| (adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water | Synonyms: full-strength, straight |
| (adjective) showing care in execution | - |
| nonfat | (adjective) without fat or fat solids | Synonyms: fat-free, fatless |
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| nougat | (noun) nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste | - |
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| numbat | (noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | Synonyms: anteater, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus |
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| oat | (noun) seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') | - |
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| (noun) annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') | - |
| offbeat | (adjective) (informal) strikingly unconventional | Synonyms: far-out, kinky, quirky, way-out |
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| (noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | Synonyms: upbeat |
| overcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, topcoat |
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| (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoating |
| overeat | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overheat | (verb) get excessively and undesirably hot | - |
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| (verb) make excessively or undesirably hot | - |
| packrat | (noun) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | Synonyms: bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, pack rat, trade rat |
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| (noun) a collector of miscellaneous useless objects | - |
| panchayat | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayet, punchayet |
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| paraquat | (noun) a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide | - |
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| pat | (adjective) exactly suited to the occasion | - |
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| (adjective) having only superficial plausibility | Synonyms: glib, slick |
| (noun) a light touch or stroke | Synonyms: dab, tap |
| (noun) the sound made by a gentle blow | Synonyms: rap, tap |
| (adverb) completely or perfectly | - |
| (verb) hit lightly | Synonyms: dab |
| (verb) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin | Synonyms: chuck |
| peacoat | (noun) a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket | Synonyms: pea jacket |
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| peat | (noun) partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried | - |
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| petticoat | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, underskirt |
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| photostat | (noun) a photocopy made on a Photostat machine | - |
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| (verb) make a copy by means of a Photostat device | - |
| pigboat | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: sub, submarine |
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| plat | (noun) a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) | - |
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| (verb) make a plot of | Synonyms: plot |
| pleat | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: plait |
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| (verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle | Synonyms: ruffle |
| (verb) fold into pleats | Synonyms: plicate |
| plutocrat | (noun) someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth | - |
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| polecat | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius |
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| (noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | Synonyms: skunk, wood pussy |
| powerboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: motorboat |
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| prat | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| preheat | (verb) heat beforehand | - |
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| proletariat | (noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | Synonyms: labor, labour, working class |
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| pussycat | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable | - |
| pyrostat | (noun) a thermostat that operates at very high temperatures | - |
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| qat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, quat |
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| quat | (noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat |
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| raincoat | (noun) a water-resistant coat | Synonyms: waterproof |
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| rat | (noun) any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse | - |
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| (noun) a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure | - |
| (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
| (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, scab, strikebreaker |
| (noun) one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | Synonyms: betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer |
| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
| (verb) catch rats, especially with dogs | - |
| (verb) give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat | - |
| (verb) desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage | - |
| (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: blackleg, fink, scab |
| (verb) employ scabs or strike breakers in | - |
| redcoat | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: lobsterback |
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| refloat | (verb) set afloat again | - |
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| reheat | (verb) heat again | - |
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| repeat | (noun) an event that repeats | Synonyms: repetition |
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| (verb) happen or occur again | Synonyms: recur |
| (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell |
| (verb) to say again or imitate | Synonyms: echo |
| (verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, duplicate, reduplicate, replicate |
| (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: recapitulate, reprise, reprize |
| (verb) do over | Synonyms: take over |
| requiescat | (noun) a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person | - |
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| reseat | (verb) show to a different seat | - |
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| (verb) provide with new seats | - |
| (verb) provide with a new seat | - |
| retreat | (noun) (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat | - |
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| (noun) withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | Synonyms: retirement |
| (noun) the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) | - |
| (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: hideaway |
| (noun) (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset | - |
| (noun) (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position | - |
| (noun) a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet | - |
| (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, withdraw |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, withdraw |
| (verb) move back | Synonyms: retrograde |
| (verb) move away, as for privacy | - |
| rheostat | (noun) resistor for regulating current | Synonyms: variable resistor |
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| rowboat | (noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | Synonyms: dinghy, dory |
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| sabbat | (noun) a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy | Synonyms: witches' Sabbath |
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| sailboat | (noun) a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast | Synonyms: sailing boat |
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| salaat | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaah, salah, salat |
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| salariat | (noun) the class of workers who are salaried and get regular, non-hourly pay checks. | - |
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| salat | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaah, salaat, salah |
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| samizdat | (noun) a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature | Synonyms: underground press |
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| sauceboat | (noun) a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | Synonyms: boat, gravy boat, gravy holder |
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| scapegoat | (noun) someone who is punished for the errors of others | Synonyms: whipping boy |
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| scat | (noun) singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument | Synonyms: scat singing |
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| (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, take to the woods, turn tail |
| seat | (noun) any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) | - |
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| (noun) furniture that is designed for sitting on | - |
| (noun) the cloth covering for the buttocks | - |
| (noun) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part | - |
| (noun) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body | - |
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) | - |
| (noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) | Synonyms: place |
| (noun) the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based | - |
| (verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for | Synonyms: sit, sit down |
| (verb) place or attach firmly in or on a base | - |
| (verb) place in or on a seat | - |
| (verb) provide with seats | - |
| (verb) put a seat on a chair | - |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, invest |
| (verb) be able to seat | - |
| secretariat | (noun) an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations | Synonyms: secretariate |
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| shoat | (noun) a young pig | Synonyms: piggy, piglet, shote |
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| showboat | (noun) a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
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| skimcoat | (verb) coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle | - |
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