| hob | (noun) a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm | - |
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| (noun) a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears | - |
| (noun) (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings | Synonyms: goblin, hobgoblin |
| (noun) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | Synonyms: brownie, elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy |
| (verb) cut with a hob | - |
| hobnob | (verb) rub elbows with | - |
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| honeycomb | (noun) a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees | - |
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| (noun) a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae | - |
| (verb) make full of cavities, like a honeycomb | - |
| (verb) penetrate thoroughly and into every part | - |
| (verb) carve a honeycomb pattern into | - |
| hub | (noun) the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes | - |
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| (noun) a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve | - |
| hubbub | (noun) loud confused noise from many sources | Synonyms: brouhaha, katzenjammer, uproar |
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| iamb | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: iambus |
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| infliximab | (noun) an anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: Remicade |
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| (noun) a monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis; administered by infusion; use and dosage must be determined by a physician | Synonyms: Remicade |
| jab | (noun) a quick short straight punch | - |
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| (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting |
| (noun) the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow | Synonyms: dig |
| (verb) poke or thrust abruptly | Synonyms: dig, poke, prod, stab |
| (verb) strike or punch with quick and short blows | - |
| (verb) stab or pierce | Synonyms: stab |
| jamb | (noun) upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame | - |
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| jib | (noun) any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) | - |
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| (verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other | Synonyms: change course, gybe, jibe |
| (verb) refuse to comply | Synonyms: balk, baulk, resist |
| job | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, line, line of work, occupation |
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| (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: chore, task |
| (noun) a crime (especially a robbery) | Synonyms: caper |
| (noun) a damaging piece of work | - |
| (noun) the responsibility to do something | - |
| (noun) the performance of a piece of work | - |
| (noun) a workplace; as in the expression `on the job' | - |
| (noun) an object worked on; a result produced by working | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit | - |
| (noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: problem |
| (verb) invest at a risk | Synonyms: speculate |
| (verb) work occasionally | - |
| (verb) profit privately from public office and official business | - |
| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, subcontract |
| kabob | (noun) cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | Synonyms: kebab, shish kebab |
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| kb | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits | Synonyms: kbit, kilobit |
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| kebab | (noun) cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | Synonyms: kabob, shish kebab |
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| kerb | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, curbing |
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| keyfob | (noun) A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped. | Synonyms: key fob |
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| knob | (noun) a round handle | - |
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| (noun) a circular rounded projection or protuberance | Synonyms: boss |
| (noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: pommel |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: node, thickening |
| kob | (noun) an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa | Synonyms: Kobus kob |
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| lab | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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| lamb | (noun) young sheep | - |
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| (noun) the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food | - |
| (noun) a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) | Synonyms: dear |
| (noun) a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters) | - |
| (verb) give birth to a lamb | - |
| lb | (noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois | Synonyms: pound |
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| lightbulb | (noun) electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | Synonyms: bulb, electric-light bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb |
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| limb | (noun) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | Synonyms: arm, branch |
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| (noun) the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles | - |
| (noun) either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip | - |
| (noun) one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper | - |
| (noun) (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet | - |
| (noun) any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree | Synonyms: tree branch |
| lob | (noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | - |
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| (noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc | - |
| (verb) propel in a high arc | - |
| matrisib | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib |
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| memsahib | (noun) a woman sahib | - |
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| midrib | (noun) the vein in the center of a leaf | Synonyms: midvein |
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| mihrab | (noun) (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca | - |
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| (noun) (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca | - |
| minicab | (noun) a minicar used as a taxicab | - |
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| minisub | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisubmarine |
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| mob | (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | Synonyms: rabble, rout |
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| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, pack, ring |
| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, family, syndicate |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, pack, pile, throng |
| nab | (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nail, pick up |
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| (verb) seize suddenly | - |
| (verb) tag the base runner to get him out | - |
| nabob | (noun) a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient) | - |
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| (noun) a governor in India during the Mogul empire | Synonyms: nawab |
| nawab | (noun) a governor in India during the Mogul empire | Synonyms: nabob |
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| neb | (noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird | Synonyms: beak, bill, nib, pecker |
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| (noun) a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | Synonyms: snout |
| nib | (noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird | Synonyms: beak, bill, neb, pecker |
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| (noun) the writing point of a pen | Synonyms: pen nib |
| nightclub | (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, nightspot |
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| niqab | (noun) a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women | - |
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| nob | (noun) informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person | Synonyms: toff |
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| nub | (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, meat, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) a small piece | Synonyms: stub |
| (noun) a small lump or protuberance | Synonyms: nubble |
| numb | (adjective) so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified | - |
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| (adjective) lacking sensation | Synonyms: asleep, benumbed |
| (adjective) (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive | Synonyms: dead |
| (verb) make numb or insensitive | Synonyms: benumb, blunt, dull |
| orb | (noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | Synonyms: eyeball |
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| (noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: ball, globe |
| (verb) move in an orbit | Synonyms: orbit, revolve |
| patrisib | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib |
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| pedicab | (noun) a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire | Synonyms: cycle rickshaw |
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| perturb | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: derange, throw out of kilter |
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| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge |
| (verb) cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull | - |
| (verb) disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom | - |
| photobomb | (verb) to jump into someone's photo | - |
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| pleb | (noun) one of the common people | Synonyms: plebeian |
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| plumb | (adjective) exactly vertical | - |
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| (noun) the metal bob of a plumb line | Synonyms: plumb bob, plummet |
| (adverb) conforming to the direction of a plumb line | - |
| (adverb) exactly | Synonyms: plum |
| (adverb) completely; used as intensifiers | Synonyms: clean, plum |
| (verb) adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical | - |
| (verb) measure the depth of something | - |
| (verb) examine thoroughly and in great depth | - |
| (verb) weight with lead | - |
| pocketcomb | (noun) a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket | Synonyms: pocket comb |
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| potherb | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning | - |
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| prefab | (adjective) manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere | - |
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| (noun) a prefabricated structure | - |
| proverb | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, byword, saw |
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| pseudobulb | (noun) a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids | - |
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| pub | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, public house, saloon, taphouse |
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| reabsorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: resorb |
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| recumb | (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position | Synonyms: recline, repose |
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| resorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: reabsorb |
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| rhomb | (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: diamond, rhombus |
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| rhubarb | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: pieplant |
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| (noun) plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous | Synonyms: rhubarb plant |
| rhumb | (noun) a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction | Synonyms: loxodrome, rhumb line |
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| rib | (noun) support resembling the rib of an animal | - |
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| (noun) a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural | - |
| (noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | Synonyms: costa |
| (noun) a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant | - |
| (noun) a teasing remark | - |
| (noun) cut of meat including one or more ribs | - |
| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast |
| (verb) form vertical ribs by knitting | - |
| rob | (verb) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner | - |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, soak, surcharge |
| rofecoxib | (noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004 | Synonyms: Vioxx |
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| rub | (noun) the act of rubbing or wiping | Synonyms: wipe |
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| (noun) an unforeseen obstacle | Synonyms: hang-up, hitch, snag |
| (verb) move over something with pressure | - |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fray, fret, scratch |
| (verb) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | Synonyms: itch, scratch |
| sahib | (noun) formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name | - |
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| scab | (noun) the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion | - |
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| (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, rat, strikebreaker |
| (verb) form a scab | - |
| (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: blackleg, fink, rat |
| scarab | (noun) scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians | Synonyms: scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer |
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| scrub | (adjective) (of domestic animals) not selectively bred | - |
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| (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrubbing |
| (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, chaparral |
| (verb) wash thoroughly | Synonyms: scrub up |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scour |
| (verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | Synonyms: call off, cancel, scratch |
| shrub | (noun) a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | Synonyms: bush |
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| sib | (noun) one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another | Synonyms: blood relation, blood relative, cognate |
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| (noun) a person's brother or sister | Synonyms: sibling |
| sideboob | (noun) A breast exposed from the side | - |
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| sillabub | (noun) sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor | Synonyms: syllabub |
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| (noun) spiced hot milk with rum or wine | Synonyms: syllabub |
| skibob | (noun) a vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels; the rider wears short skis for balancing | - |
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| slab | (noun) block consisting of a thick piece of something | - |
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| slob | (noun) a coarse obnoxious person | Synonyms: pig, sloven, slovenly person |
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| slub | (noun) soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | Synonyms: burl, knot |
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| snob | (noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | Synonyms: prig, snoot, snot |
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| snub | (adjective) unusually short | - |
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| (noun) a refusal to recognize someone you know | Synonyms: cold shoulder, cut |
| (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: rebuff, repulse |
| (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, repel |
| (verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, disregard, ignore |
| sob | (noun) convulsive gasp made while weeping | Synonyms: sobbing |
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| (verb) weep convulsively | - |
| sorb | (noun) acid gritty-textured fruit | Synonyms: sorb apple |
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| (verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption | Synonyms: take up |
| sparerib | (noun) a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| squab | (adjective) short and fat | Synonyms: squabby |
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| (noun) an unfledged pigeon | - |
| (noun) a soft padded sofa | - |
| (noun) flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled | Synonyms: dove |
| squib | (noun) firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise | - |
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| stab | (noun) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | Synonyms: knife thrust, thrust |
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| (noun) informal words for any attempt or effort | Synonyms: shot |
| (noun) a sudden sharp feeling | Synonyms: pang, twinge |
| (verb) stab or pierce | Synonyms: jab |
| (verb) poke or thrust abruptly | Synonyms: dig, jab, poke, prod |
| (verb) use a knife on | Synonyms: knife |
| stob | (noun) a short straight stick of wood | - |
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| stub | (noun) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) | Synonyms: butt |
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| (noun) a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt | Synonyms: ticket stub |
| (noun) the part of a check that is retained as a record | Synonyms: check stub, counterfoil |
| (noun) a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost | - |
| (noun) a small piece | Synonyms: nub |
| (verb) strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object | - |
| (verb) clear of weeds by uprooting them | - |
| (verb) extinguish by crushing | Synonyms: crush out, extinguish, press out, stub out |
| (verb) pull up (weeds) by their roots | - |
| sub | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: pigboat, submarine |
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| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
| (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, substitute |
| subshrub | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: suffrutex |
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| suburb | (noun) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | Synonyms: suburban area, suburbia |
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| succumb | (verb) consent reluctantly | Synonyms: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, yield |
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| (verb) be fatally overwhelmed | Synonyms: yield |
| superb | (adjective) surpassingly good | - |
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| (adjective) of surpassing excellence | Synonyms: brilliant |
| swab | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: mop, swob |
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| (noun) implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion | - |
| (verb) wash with a swab or a mop | Synonyms: swob |
| (verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | Synonyms: dab, swob |
| swob | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: mop, swab |
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| (verb) wash with a swab or a mop | Synonyms: swab |
| (verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | Synonyms: dab, swab |
| syllabub | (noun) sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor | Synonyms: sillabub |
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| (noun) spiced hot milk with rum or wine | Synonyms: sillabub |
| tab | (noun) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | Synonyms: lozenge, pill, tablet |
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| (noun) a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it | - |
| (noun) the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation | Synonyms: tab key |
| (noun) the bill in a restaurant | Synonyms: check, chit |
| (noun) sensationalist journalism | Synonyms: tabloid, yellow journalism |
| taxicab | (noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | Synonyms: cab, hack, taxi |
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| thingamabob | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingmabob | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingumabob | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| throb | (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throbbing |
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| (noun) a deep pulsating type of pain | - |
| (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, shudder, thrill |
| (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulsate, pulse |
| (verb) pulsate or pound with abnormal force | - |