| ancients | (noun) people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) | - |
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| compliments | (noun) (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | Synonyms: regard, wish |
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| contents | (noun) a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start | Synonyms: table of contents |
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| (noun) (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something | Synonyms: content |
| elements | (noun) violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements) | - |
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| muniments | (noun) deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land | - |
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| oddments | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| rudiments | (noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | Synonyms: alphabet, first principles |
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| (noun) a statement of fundamental facts or principles | Synonyms: basics |
| silents | (noun) a movie without a soundtrack | Synonyms: silent movie, silent picture |
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