| asset | (noun) a useful or valuable quality | Synonyms: plus |
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| basset | (noun) smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears | Synonyms: basset hound |
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| (verb) appear at the surface | Synonyms: crop out |
| beset | (verb) assail or attack on all sides: | Synonyms: set upon |
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| (verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: encrust, incrust |
| (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke |
| boneset | (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: agueweed, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
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| (noun) European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America | Synonyms: common comfrey, Symphytum officinale |
| cabasset | (noun) a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century | Synonyms: morion |
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| closet | (noun) a small private room for study or prayer | - |
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| (noun) a toilet in Britain | Synonyms: loo, W.C., water closet |
| (noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: press, wardrobe |
| (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: cupboard |
| (verb) confine to a small space, as for intensive work | - |
| corset | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: girdle, stays |
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| (verb) dress with a corset | - |
| cosset | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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| gearset | (noun) a set of gears | - |
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| gifset | (noun) A set of images in the GIF format | - |
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| gusset | (noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | Synonyms: inset |
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| (noun) a metal plate used to strengthen a joist | Synonyms: gusset plate |
| (noun) a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate | Synonyms: voider |
| handset | (noun) telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle | Synonyms: French telephone |
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| headset | (noun) receiver consisting of a pair of headphones | - |
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| heavyset | (adjective) having a short and solid form or stature | Synonyms: compact, stocky, thick, thickset |
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| inset | (noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | Synonyms: gusset |
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| (noun) an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted | Synonyms: insert |
| (noun) a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one | - |
| (verb) set or place in | - |
| langset | (noun) East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry | Synonyms: langsat, lanseh tree, Lansium domesticum |
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| lanset | (noun) East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit | Synonyms: lansa, lansat, lanseh |
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| lowset | (adjective) lower than average | Synonyms: low-set |
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| marmoset | (noun) small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails | - |
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| mindset | (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, outlook |
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| offset | (noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | Synonyms: set-back, setoff |
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| (noun) a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper | Synonyms: offset printing |
| (noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: branch, offshoot, outgrowth |
| (noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips | Synonyms: runner, stolon |
| (noun) a compensating equivalent | Synonyms: counterbalance |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| (verb) produce by offset printing | - |
| (verb) create an offset in | - |
| (verb) cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface | - |
| (verb) make up for | Synonyms: cancel, set off |
| (verb) compensate for or counterbalance | Synonyms: countervail |
| onset | (noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) | Synonyms: attack, onrush, onslaught |
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| (noun) the beginning or early stages | Synonyms: oncoming |
| outset | (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, showtime, start, starting time |
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| posset | (noun) sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer | - |
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| preset | (adjective) set in advance | Synonyms: predetermined |
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| quickset | (adjective) grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground | - |
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| (noun) cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines | - |
| reset | (noun) device for resetting instruments or controls | - |
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| (verb) set to zero | - |
| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: readjust |
| (verb) set anew | - |
| russet | (adjective) of brown with a reddish tinge | - |
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| (noun) a reddish brown homespun fabric | - |
| set | (adjective) set down according to a plan | Synonyms: laid |
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| (adjective) being below the horizon | - |
| (adjective) converted to solid form (as concrete) | Synonyms: hardened |
| (adjective) fixed and unmoving | Synonyms: fixed, rigid |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed | Synonyms: fit, primed |
| (adjective) situated in a particular spot or position | Synonyms: located, placed, situated |
| (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: determined, dictated |
| (noun) several exercises intended to be done in series | Synonyms: exercise set |
| (noun) the act of putting something in position | - |
| (noun) representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production | Synonyms: stage set |
| (noun) any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals | - |
| (noun) (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way | Synonyms: readiness |
| (noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: bent |
| (noun) the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon | - |
| (noun) a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used | - |
| (noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: band, circle, lot |
| (noun) (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols | - |
| (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, solidification, solidifying |
| (noun) a unit of play in tennis or squash | - |
| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress |
| (verb) produce fruit | Synonyms: fructify |
| (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: adjust, correct |
| (verb) put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state | - |
| (verb) set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly | - |
| (verb) equip with sails or masts | Synonyms: rig, set up |
| (verb) become gelatinous | Synonyms: congeal, jell |
| (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set up |
| (verb) get ready for a particular purpose or event | Synonyms: lay out, set up |
| (verb) fix conclusively or authoritatively | Synonyms: determine |
| (verb) estimate | Synonyms: place, put |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, limit, specify |
| (verb) establish as the highest level or best performance | Synonyms: mark |
| (verb) urge to attack someone | Synonyms: sic |
| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, put |
| (verb) fix in a border | - |
| (verb) give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor | - |
| (verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: countersink |
| (verb) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground | Synonyms: plant |
| (verb) put into a position that will restore a normal state | - |
| (verb) adapt for performance in a different way | Synonyms: arrange |
| (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, localize, place |
| (verb) set in type | Synonyms: typeset |
| (verb) apply or start | - |
| (verb) disappear beyond the horizon | Synonyms: go down, go under |
| somerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset |
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| subset | (noun) a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set | - |
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| summerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault |
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| sunset | (adjective) providing for termination | - |
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| (adjective) of a declining industry or technology | - |
| (noun) the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon | - |
| (noun) atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun | - |
| (noun) the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon | Synonyms: sundown |
| synset | (noun) a set of one or more synonyms | - |
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| tasset | (noun) one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | Synonyms: tasse |
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| thermoset | (adjective) having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured | Synonyms: thermosetting |
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| thickset | (adjective) planted or growing close together | - |
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| (adjective) having a short and solid form or stature | Synonyms: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick |
| typeset | (verb) set in type | Synonyms: set |
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| upset | (adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: broken, confused, disordered |
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| (adjective) mildly physically distressed | - |
| (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, worried |
| (adjective) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | Synonyms: overturned, upturned |
| (adjective) used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win | - |
| (noun) an improbable and unexpected victory | Synonyms: overturn |
| (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, overthrow |
| (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: overturn, turnover |
| (noun) a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging | Synonyms: swage |
| (noun) an unhappy and worried mental state | Synonyms: disturbance, perturbation |
| (noun) a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning | Synonyms: disorder |
| (verb) disturb the balance or stability of | - |
| (verb) defeat suddenly and unexpectedly | - |
| (verb) form metals with a swage | Synonyms: swage |
| (verb) move deeply | Synonyms: disturb, trouble |
| (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune |
| (verb) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position | Synonyms: bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over |