| bowsprit | (noun) a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel | - |
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| brit | (noun) the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish | Synonyms: britt |
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| (noun) minute crustaceans forming food for right whales | Synonyms: britt |
| crit | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: criterium |
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| culprit | (noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | Synonyms: perpetrator |
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| demerit | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: fault |
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| (noun) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces | - |
| disinherit | (verb) prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | Synonyms: disown |
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| dispirit | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down |
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| esprit | (noun) liveliness of mind or spirit | - |
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| grit | (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: backbone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand |
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| (noun) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone | Synonyms: gritrock, gritstone |
| (verb) clench together | - |
| (verb) cover with a grit | - |
| haematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: hematocrit |
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| (noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: hematocrit, packed cell volume |
| hematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: haematocrit |
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| (noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: haematocrit, packed cell volume |
| inherit | (verb) obtain from someone after their death | - |
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| (verb) receive by genetic transmission | - |
| (verb) receive from a predecessor | - |
| inspirit | (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: spirit, spirit up |
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| merit | (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: virtue |
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| (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, meritoriousness |
| (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: deserve |
| preterit | (noun) a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense | Synonyms: preterite |
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| spirit | (noun) a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character | - |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, liveliness, sprightliness |
| (noun) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind | Synonyms: heart |
| (noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: intent, purport |
| (noun) any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | Synonyms: disembodied spirit |
| (noun) the vital principle or animating force within living things | - |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, tone |
| (noun) the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) | Synonyms: emotional state |
| (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: inspirit, spirit up |
| sprit | (noun) a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally | - |
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| writ | (noun) (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer | Synonyms: judicial writ |
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