| horsewhip | (noun) a whip for controlling horses | - |
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| (verb) whip with a whip intended for horses | - |
| housekeep | (verb) maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household | - |
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| housetop | (noun) the roof of a house | - |
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| hubcap | (noun) cap that fits over the hub of a wheel | - |
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| hump | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
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| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
| (verb) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | Synonyms: hunch, hunch forward, hunch over |
| hyssop | (noun) bitter leaves used sparingly in salads; dried flowers used in soups and tisanes | - |
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| (noun) a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil | Synonyms: Hyssopus officinalis |
| icecap | (noun) a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) | Synonyms: ice cap |
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| imp | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | Synonyms: brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, pixie, pixy |
| ingroup | (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, inner circle, pack |
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| inspectorship | (noun) the office of inspector | - |
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| instep | (noun) the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot | - |
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| (noun) the arch of the foot | - |
| instructorship | (noun) the position of instructor | - |
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| internship | (noun) the position of a medical intern | - |
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| interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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| intragroup | (adjective) occurring within an institution or community | Synonyms: internal |
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| jeep | (noun) a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain | Synonyms: landrover |
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| jockstrap | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, supporter, suspensor |
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| judgeship | (noun) the position of judge | Synonyms: judicature |
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| julep | (noun) bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice | Synonyms: mint julep |
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| jump | (noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | Synonyms: jumping |
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| (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: start, startle |
| (noun) descent with a parachute | Synonyms: parachuting |
| (noun) (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another | - |
| (noun) an abrupt transition | Synonyms: leap, saltation |
| (noun) a sudden and decisive increase | Synonyms: leap |
| (verb) increase suddenly and significantly | - |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, rise |
| (verb) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | Synonyms: alternate |
| (verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | Synonyms: leap |
| (verb) bypass | Synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over |
| (verb) make a sudden physical attack on | - |
| (verb) enter eagerly into | - |
| (verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, leap, spring |
| (verb) cause to jump or leap | Synonyms: leap |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: start, startle |
| (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: derail |
| (verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jumpstart |
| (verb) jump down from an elevated point | Synonyms: jump off, leap |
| (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, parachute |
| (verb) be highly noticeable | Synonyms: jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out |
| keep | (noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | Synonyms: donjon, dungeon |
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| (noun) a cell in a jail or prison | Synonyms: hold |
| (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, livelihood, living, support, sustenance |
| (verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: preserve |
| (verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep back, restrain |
| (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: maintain, observe |
| (verb) maintain by writing regular records | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: maintain, sustain |
| (verb) hold and prevent from leaving | - |
| (verb) retain possession of | Synonyms: hold on |
| (verb) look after; be the keeper of; have charge of | - |
| (verb) retain rights to | Synonyms: hold open, keep open, save |
| (verb) maintain for use and service | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) have as a supply | - |
| (verb) store or keep customarily | - |
| (verb) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | Synonyms: prevent |
| (verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: continue, keep on, retain |
| (verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: observe |
| (verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, observe |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: hold, maintain |
| (verb) supply with room and board | - |
| (verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: preserve |
| (verb) fail to spoil or rot | Synonyms: stay fresh |
| (verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, proceed |
| (verb) to rear | - |
| kelp | (noun) large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds | - |
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| ketchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, cetchup, tomato ketchup |
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| kidnap | (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: abduct, nobble, snatch |
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| kingcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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| (noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
| kingship | (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
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| kinship | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, relationship |
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| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: affinity |
| kip | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: upstart |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Laos | - |
| (noun) sleep | - |
| (verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, log Z's, sleep, slumber |
| knap | (verb) strike sharply | Synonyms: rap |
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| (verb) break a small piece off from | Synonyms: break off, chip, cut off |
| kneecap | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneepan, patella |
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| (verb) shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning | - |
| lambchop | (noun) chop cut from a lamb | Synonyms: lamb-chop, lamb chop |
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| lamp | (noun) an artificial source of visible illumination | - |
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| (noun) a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs | - |
| landslip | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslide |
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| lap | (noun) touching with the tongue | Synonyms: lick |
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| (noun) movement once around a course | Synonyms: circle, circuit |
| (noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: overlap |
| (noun) the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs | Synonyms: lap covering |
| (noun) the upper side of the thighs of a seated person | - |
| (noun) an area of control or responsibility | - |
| (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lave, wash |
| (verb) take up with the tongue | Synonyms: lap up, lick |
| (verb) pass the tongue over | Synonyms: lick |
| (verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: swish, swoosh, swosh |
| (verb) lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another | - |
| laptop | (noun) a portable computer small enough to use in your lap | Synonyms: laptop computer |
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| larrup | (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: paddle, spank |
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| layup | (noun) a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) | Synonyms: lay-up |
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| leadership | (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leading |
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| (noun) the ability to lead | - |
| (noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leaders |
| (noun) the status of a leader | - |
| leap | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leaping, saltation, spring |
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| (noun) the distance leaped (or to be leaped) | - |
| (noun) an abrupt transition | Synonyms: jump, saltation |
| (noun) a sudden and decisive increase | Synonyms: jump |
| (verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | Synonyms: jump |
| (verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, jump, spring |
| (verb) cause to jump or leap | Synonyms: jump |
| (verb) jump down from an elevated point | Synonyms: jump, jump off |
| lectureship | (noun) the post of lecturer | - |
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| legateship | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legation |
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| legislatorship | (noun) the office of legislator | - |
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| letup | (noun) a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished | Synonyms: lull |
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| librarianship | (noun) the position of librarian | - |
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| lightship | (noun) a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | - |
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| limp | (adjective) lacking or having lost rigidity | - |
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| (adjective) without energy or will | Synonyms: wilted |
| (noun) the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg | Synonyms: hitch, hobble |
| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: gimp, hitch, hobble |
| (verb) proceed slowly or with difficulty | - |
| lineup | (noun) (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat | Synonyms: batting order, card |
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| (noun) the schedule of programs for a particular period | - |
| (noun) a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification | Synonyms: identity parade, police lineup |
| linkup | (noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect | Synonyms: link, tie-in, tie |
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| lip | (noun) either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell | - |
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| (noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: brim, rim |
| (noun) either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking | - |
| (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, mouth, sass, sassing |
| (noun) (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx | - |
| lisp | (noun) a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th' | - |
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| (verb) speak with a lisp | - |
| listenership | (noun) all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster. | - |
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| lockstep | (noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | - |
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| (noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly | - |
| lockup | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: locking |
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| (noun) jail in a local police station | - |
| lollipop | (noun) hard candy on a stick | Synonyms: all-day sucker, sucker |
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| (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lolly, popsicle |
| lollop | (verb) walk clumsily and with a bounce | - |
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| longship | (noun) a type of ship invented and used by the Vikings for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age. | - |
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| lookup | (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: search |
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| loop | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane | Synonyms: loop-the-loop |
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| (noun) an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop | - |
| (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet |
| (noun) a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates | Synonyms: closed circuit |
| (noun) the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component | Synonyms: loop topology |
| (noun) the basic pattern of the human fingerprint | - |
| (noun) a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied | - |
| (noun) an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan) | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated | Synonyms: iteration |
| (noun) anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) | - |
| (verb) wind around something in coils or loops | Synonyms: coil, curl |
| (verb) fasten or join with a loop | - |
| (verb) make a loop in | Synonyms: intertwine |
| (verb) fly loops, perform a loop | - |
| (verb) move in loops | - |
| lop | (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, prune, snip, trim |
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| (verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: discerp, sever |
| lordship | (noun) the authority of a lord | - |
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| lump | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, clump, glob |
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| (noun) a large piece of something without definite shape | Synonyms: hunk |
| (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum |
| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: puffiness, swelling |
| (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, collocate |
| (verb) put together indiscriminately | Synonyms: chunk |
| madcap | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, tearaway |
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| (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, swashbuckler |
| madnep | (noun) biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip | Synonyms: wild parsnip |
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| magilp | (noun) a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine | Synonyms: megilp |
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| maildrop | (noun) a drop where mail can be deposited | - |
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| makeup | (noun) cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance | Synonyms: make-up, war paint |
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| (noun) the way in which someone or something is composed | Synonyms: composition, constitution, make-up, physical composition |
| (noun) an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event | Synonyms: make-up |
| malaprop | (noun) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | Synonyms: malapropism |
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| managership | (noun) the position of manager | - |
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| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| map | (noun) a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) | - |
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| (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function |
| (verb) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) | Synonyms: represent |
| (verb) explore or survey for the purpose of making a map | - |
| (verb) make a map of; show or establish the features of details of | - |
| (verb) depict as if on a map | - |
| (verb) plan, delineate, or arrange in detail | Synonyms: map out |
| (verb) locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences | - |
| marksmanship | (noun) skill in shooting | - |
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| markup | (noun) detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics) | - |
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| (noun) the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price | - |
| marshalship | (noun) the post of marshall | - |
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| mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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| (noun) the skill of a master | - |
| matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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| mayhap | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
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| maypop | (noun) of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg | Synonyms: Passiflora incarnata |
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| megaflop | (noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, one megaflops is a million floating point operations per second | Synonyms: MFLOP, million floating point operations per second |
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| megilp | (noun) a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine | Synonyms: magilp |
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| membership | (noun) the body of members of an organization or group | Synonyms: rank |
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| (noun) the state of being a member | - |
| mericarp | (noun) a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity | - |
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| mesocarp | (noun) the middle layer of a pericarp | - |
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| messiahship | (noun) the position of messiah | - |
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| microchip | (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit | Synonyms: chip, micro chip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip |
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| milkcap | (noun) edible mushroom | Synonyms: Lactarius delicioso |
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| milksop | (noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | Synonyms: Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy |
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| mishap | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mischance |
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| (noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mischance |
| misstep | (noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: stumble, trip-up, trip |
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| mobcap | (noun) large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women | - |
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| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| monocarp | (noun) a plant that bears fruit once and dies | Synonyms: monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant |
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| mop | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: swab, swob |
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| (verb) make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | Synonyms: mow, pout |
| (verb) to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop | Synonyms: mop up, wipe up |
| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| muckheap | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, midden, muckhill |
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| mugwump | (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: fencesitter, independent |
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| musicianship | (noun) artistry in performing music | - |
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| namedrop | (verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | - |
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| nap | (noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) | Synonyms: catnap, forty winks, light sleep, short sleep, snooze |
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| (noun) a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes | Synonyms: Napoleon |
| (noun) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | Synonyms: pile |
| (noun) a soft or fuzzy surface texture | - |
| (noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: sleep |
| (verb) take a siesta | Synonyms: catch a wink, catnap |
| neap | (noun) a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | Synonyms: neap tide |
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| newsgroup | (noun) an area on a computer network, especially on the internet, devoted to the discussion of a specified topic | - |
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