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- AITCHThe name of the Latin script letter H/h.
- BASTInner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
- BATTUEA form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- CATENARYRelating to a chain; like a chain.
- COMBUSTORA chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
- DILATORYIntentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
- EXHILARANTCausing exhilaration or pleasure.
- EXPULSIVETending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- HAWSERA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- LIEUSA place or stead.
- OCULISTAn eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PREDATIONThe preying of one animal on others.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- PYXISA small box.
- SCULLERYA small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- SOBRIETYThe quality or state of being sober.
- SURPLICEA liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually
- TENSORA muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.
- VESTRYA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.