| endocarp | (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: pit, stone |
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| entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
| envelop | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap |
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| enwrap | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, wrap |
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| epicarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: exocarp |
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| equip | (verb) provide with abilities or understanding | - |
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| (verb) provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose | Synonyms: fit, fit out, outfit |
| escallop | (noun) edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | Synonyms: scallop, scollop |
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| (noun) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | Synonyms: scallop, scollop |
| (noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | Synonyms: cutlet, scallop, scollop |
| (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
| escarp | (noun) a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification | Synonyms: escarpment, protective embankment, scarp |
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| exaflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, equal to one quintillion floating-point operations a second. | Synonyms: EFLOPS |
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| exocarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: epicarp |
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| eyecup | (noun) (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina | Synonyms: optic cup |
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| (noun) a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball | Synonyms: eye cup, eyebath |
| eyedrop | (noun) a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists | Synonyms: eye-drop |
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| (noun) a drop from an eye dropper | Synonyms: eye-drop |
| feathertop | (noun) northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles | Synonyms: feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum |
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| (noun) a variety of reed grass | Synonyms: Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass |
| fellowship | (noun) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | Synonyms: family |
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| (noun) money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research | - |
| (noun) the state of being with someone | Synonyms: companionship, company, society |
| fillip | (noun) anything that tends to arouse | Synonyms: bonus |
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| fingertip | (noun) the end (tip) of a finger | - |
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| firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| flagship | (noun) the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag | - |
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| (noun) the chief one of a related group | - |
| flap | (noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely | - |
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| (noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | Synonyms: flaps |
| (noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body | - |
| (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flapping, flutter, fluttering |
| (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy |
| (verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | - |
| (verb) make a fuss; be agitated | Synonyms: dither, pother |
| (verb) to flutter noisily when moved by the wind | - |
| (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: roll, undulate, wave |
| (verb) move with a flapping motion | Synonyms: beat |
| (verb) move with a thrashing motion | Synonyms: beat |
| flattop | (noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier |
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| (noun) a closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys | Synonyms: butch, crew cut |
| flip | (adjective) marked by casual disrespect | Synonyms: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed |
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| (noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | Synonyms: pass, toss |
| (noun) the act of flipping a coin | Synonyms: toss |
| (noun) a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water | - |
| (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
| (noun) a sudden, quick movement | - |
| (noun) hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg | - |
| (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: alternate, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack |
| (verb) go mad, go crazy | Synonyms: flip out |
| (verb) react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way | Synonyms: flip out |
| (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: pitch, sky, toss |
| (verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | Synonyms: switch, throw |
| (verb) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse | Synonyms: flip over, turn over |
| (verb) move with a flick or light motion | - |
| (verb) lightly throw to see which side comes up | Synonyms: toss |
| (verb) cause to move with a flick | Synonyms: flick |
| (verb) toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air | Synonyms: twitch |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb |
| flop | (noun) the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink | Synonyms: collapse |
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| (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: bust, fizzle |
| (noun) someone who is unsuccessful | Synonyms: dud, washout |
| (noun) an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers | Synonyms: floating-point operation |
| (adverb) with a flopping sound | - |
| (adverb) completely | Synonyms: right |
| (verb) fall suddenly and abruptly | - |
| (verb) fall loosely | - |
| (verb) fail utterly; collapse | Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, founder |
| flump | (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
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| (verb) fall heavily | Synonyms: flump down |
| flytrap | (noun) a trap for catching flies | - |
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| foglamp | (noun) headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather | - |
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| followup | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, reexamination, review |
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| (noun) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done | Synonyms: follow-up |
| (noun) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work | Synonyms: follow-up |
| foolscap | (noun) a size of paper used especially in Britain | - |
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| footstep | (noun) the act of taking a step in walking | - |
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| (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, step |
| (noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: pace, step, stride |
| fop | (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, gallant, sheik, swell |
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| foremanship | (noun) the position of foreman | - |
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| foretop | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: forelock |
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| (noun) a platform at the head of a foremast | - |
| frap | (verb) take up the slack of | - |
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| (verb) make secure by lashing | - |
| friendship | (noun) the state of being friends (or friendly) | Synonyms: friendly relationship |
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| frump | (noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman | Synonyms: dog |
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| fuckup | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall |
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| (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
| gallop | (noun) a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously | - |
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| (verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
| (verb) go at galloping speed | - |
| (verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
| galop | (noun) music suitable for a galop dance | - |
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| gamesmanship | (noun) the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game | - |
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| gamp | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: brolly |
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| gap | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, interruption |
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| (noun) a narrow opening | Synonyms: crack |
| (noun) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | Synonyms: spread |
| (noun) a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations | - |
| (noun) an open or empty space in or between things | Synonyms: opening |
| (noun) a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks | Synonyms: col |
| (verb) make an opening or gap in | Synonyms: breach |
| gasp | (noun) a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open | Synonyms: pant |
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| (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: heave, pant, puff |
| gawp | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gape, gawk, goggle |
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| gazump | (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
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| (verb) raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price | - |
| generalship | (noun) the office and authority of a general | Synonyms: generalcy |
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| (noun) the leadership ability of a military general | - |
| genip | (noun) round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes | Synonyms: Spanish lime |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
| genipap | (noun) a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind | Synonyms: genipap fruit |
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| getup | (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: outfit, rig, turnout |
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| gigaflop | (noun) a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second. | Synonyms: billion floating point operations per second, GFLOPS |
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| gimp | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: hitch, hobble, limp |
| ginep | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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| gingersnap | (noun) a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger | Synonyms: ginger nut, ginger snap, snap |
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| gip | (noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating | Synonyms: gyp |
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| (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gyp |
| glop | (noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | Synonyms: mush, slop, treacle |
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| (noun) any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant | - |
| goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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| goop | (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap |
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| (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
| goosebump | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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| gossip | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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| (noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt |
| (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
| (verb) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies | Synonyms: dish the dirt |
| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
| governorship | (noun) the office of governor | - |
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| grasp | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grip, hold |
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| (noun) an intellectual hold or understanding | Synonyms: grip |
| (noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: appreciation, hold |
| (noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, range, reach |
| (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy |
| (verb) hold firmly | Synonyms: hold on |
| grip | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, hold |
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| (noun) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes | Synonyms: bag, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag |
| (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: handgrip, handle, hold |
| (noun) a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place | Synonyms: bobby pin, hairgrip |
| (noun) an intellectual hold or understanding | Synonyms: grasp |
| (noun) worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made | - |
| (noun) the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) | Synonyms: adhesive friction, traction |
| (verb) hold fast or firmly | - |
| (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grapple |
| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, transfix |
| group | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: grouping |
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| (noun) a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse | Synonyms: mathematical group |
| (noun) (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule | Synonyms: chemical group, radical |
| (verb) arrange into a group or groups | - |
| (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: aggroup |
| grownup | (adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown |
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| (noun) a fully developed person from maturity onward | Synonyms: adult |
| grump | (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch |
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| guardianship | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: keeping, safekeeping |
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| (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, charge, tutelage |
| gulp | (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draft, draught, swig |
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| (noun) a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing | Synonyms: gulping |
| (verb) utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly | - |
| (verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | Synonyms: quaff, swig |
| gumdrop | (noun) a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals | - |
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| gymslip | (noun) a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | - |
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| gyp | (noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating | Synonyms: gip |
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| (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gip |
| hairgrip | (noun) a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place | Synonyms: bobby pin, grip |
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| handclap | (noun) a clap of the hands to indicate approval | - |
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| handclasp | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handshake, handshaking, shake |
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| handgrip | (noun) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it | Synonyms: grip, handle, hold |
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| handicap | (noun) advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning | - |
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| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| (noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, impairment |
| (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, invalid |
| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: hamper, hinder |
| (verb) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant | - |
| handstamp | (noun) a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand | Synonyms: rubber stamp |
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| (verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: rubberstamp |
| hap | (noun) an accidental happening | - |
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| (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
| hardship | (noun) something hard to endure | Synonyms: asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
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| (noun) something that causes or entails suffering | - |
| (noun) a state of misfortune or affliction | Synonyms: adversity, hard knocks |
| hardtop | (noun) a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top | - |
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| harelip | (noun) a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip | Synonyms: cheiloschisis, cleft lip |
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| harp | (noun) a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers | - |
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| (noun) a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade | - |
| (noun) a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | Synonyms: harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ |
| (verb) come back to | Synonyms: dwell |
| (verb) play the harp | - |
| hasp | (noun) a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock | - |
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| (verb) secure or lock with a hasp | - |
| headlamp | (noun) a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive | Synonyms: headlight |
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| headmastership | (noun) the position of headmaster | - |
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| headmistressship | (noun) the position of headmistress | - |
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| headship | (noun) the position of head | - |
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| (noun) the position of headmaster or headmistress | - |
| heap | (noun) a car that is old and unreliable | Synonyms: bus, jalopy |
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| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (verb) fill to overflow | - |
| (verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: pile, stack |
| (verb) bestow in large quantities | - |
| hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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| heeltip | (noun) The bottom end of a heel, usually made of plastic or metal. | Synonyms: heel tip |
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| help | (noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: aid, assist, assistance |
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| (noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do | Synonyms: aid, assistance |
| (noun) a means of serving | Synonyms: avail, service |
| (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assistant, helper, supporter |
| (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: aid |
| (verb) improve; change for the better | - |
| (verb) help to some food; help with food or drink | Synonyms: serve |
| (verb) take or use | Synonyms: avail |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, assist |
| (verb) contribute to the furtherance of | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: facilitate |
| (verb) abstain from doing; always used with a negative | Synonyms: help oneself |
| hemp | (noun) a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging | Synonyms: halter, hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hempen necktie |
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| (noun) any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs | Synonyms: cannabis |
| (noun) a plant fiber | - |
| hencoop | (noun) a farm building for housing poultry | Synonyms: chicken coop, coop, henhouse |
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| hep | (adjective) informed about the latest trends | Synonyms: hip, hip to |
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| hiccup | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, singultus |
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| (verb) breathe spasmodically, and make a sound | Synonyms: hiccough |
| hilltop | (noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: brow |
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| hip | (adjective) informed about the latest trends | Synonyms: hep, hip to |
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| (noun) either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh | - |
| (noun) the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis |
| (noun) the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum | Synonyms: articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint |
| (noun) the fruit of a rose plant | Synonyms: rose hip, rosehip |
| (noun) (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof | - |
| holdup | (noun) robbery at gunpoint | Synonyms: armed robbery, heist, stickup |
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| (noun) the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time | Synonyms: delay |
| hookup | (noun) a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose | Synonyms: assemblage |
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| (noun) a device providing a connection between a power source and a user | - |
| hoop | (noun) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling | Synonyms: ring |
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| (noun) a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt | - |
| (noun) a small arch used as croquet equipment | Synonyms: wicket |
| (noun) horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | Synonyms: basket, basketball hoop |
| (verb) bind or fasten with a hoop | - |
| hop | (noun) the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) | - |
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| (noun) an informal dance where popular music is played | Synonyms: record hop |
| (noun) twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer | Synonyms: hops |
| (verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, skip |
| (verb) make a jump forward or upward | - |
| (verb) jump across | - |
| (verb) traverse as if by a short airplane trip | - |
| (verb) move quickly from one place to another | - |
| (verb) travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc. | - |
| horsemanship | (noun) skill in handling and riding horses | - |
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