Information about List Of Collective Nouns By Subject
Collective noun
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns
| Subject | Collective Term |
|---|---|
| aardvarks | An armoury of aardvarks |
| academics | A faculty of academics |
| accountants | A balance of accountants |
| accountants | A column of accountants |
| accountants | An audit of accountants |
| acrobats | A troupe of acrobats |
| actors | A cast of actors (thousands, etc.) in a performance |
| actors | A company, cry of actors |
| actors | A condescension of actors |
| actors | A queue of actors |
| actresses | An entrance of actresses |
| adders | A sum of adders |
| administrators | A tray of administrators |
| admirals | A bridge of admirals |
| adolescents | An acne of adolescents |
| aircraft | A wing of aircraft |
| aircraft, fighter | A circus of fighter aircraft |
| aircraft, fighter | A wing of (fighter) aircraft |
| airline schedules | A comedy of airline schedules |
| albatrosses | A rookery, weight of albatrosses |
| allergists | A hive of allergists |
| alliterations | A murmur of alliterations |
| alpha computers | A cluster of alpha computers |
| altar boys | A fidget of altar boys |
| alumni | An avunculus of alumni |
| Americans | A flag of Americans |
| ammunition | A cache of ammunition |
| anatomists | A corps of anatomists |
| angel fish | A company of angel fish |
| angels | A chorus, flight of angels |
| angels | A choir of angels |
| angels | A host of angels |
| angels | A pinhead of angels |
| anglers | A release of anglers |
| antelope | A herd, cluster, tribe of antelope |
| ants | A colony of ants |
| ants | A swarm, bike of ants |
| ants | An army of ants |
| apes | A shrewdness of apes |
| apes | A shrewdness of apes |
| apes | A troop of apes |
| apples | A pie-full of apples |
| archer fish | A company of archer fish |
| architects | A column of architects |
| arias | A quaver of arias |
| arrows | A quiver of arrows |
| arsonists | A conflagration of arsonists |
| artillery | A rumble of artillery |
| artistes | A troupe of artistes |
| asses | A herd, drove, coffle of asses |
| asses | A pace of asses |
| asteroids | A belt of asteroids |
| astrologers | A trine of astrologers (a 120º aspect between planets) |
| astronomers | A galaxy of astronomers |
| athletes | A team of athletes |
| auctioneers | A lot of auctioneers |
| audits | An oh, oh! of audits |
| auks | A raft, colony, flock of auks |
| auto mechanics | A clutch of auto mechanics |
| aviators | A goggle of aviators |
| avocets | A colony of avocets |
| baboons | A congress of baboons |
| baboons | A flange, tribe of baboons |
| baboons | A rumpus, troupe, flange of baboons |
| bachelors | A score, debauchery of bachelors |
| bacon | A flitch of bacon |
| bacteria | A culture of bacteria |
| bacteriologists | A colony of bacteriologists |
| badgers | A cete, colony of badgers |
| bakers | An aroma, tabernacle of bakers |
| bananas | A hand, bunch of bananas |
| bankers | A wunch, tranche of bankers |
| bankers, Scottish | A knot of Scottish bankers |
| Baptists | An immersion of Baptists |
| barbels | A shoal of barbels |
| barbers | A babble of barbers |
| barbers, military | A crew of military barbers |
| barflies | A buzz of barflies |
| barkers | A shilling of barkers |
| barmen | A promise of barmen |
| barons | A thought of barons |
| barracuda | A battery of barracuda |
| barristers | A boast, wiggery of barristers |
| bartenders | A blarney of bartenders |
| bass | A shoal, fleet of bass |
| basses | A rumble of basses |
| Basset hounds | A waddle of Basset Hounds |
| bassoonists | A blast of bassoonists |
| bastards | A shower of bastards |
| bats | A cloud, cauldron of bats |
| bats | A colony of bats |
| bayonets | A grove of bayonets |
| beans | A hill of beans |
| bears | A maul, pack of bears |
| bears | A sloth, sleuth of bears |
| beasts | A nobility of beasts |
| beauties | A bevy of beauties |
| beauties | A harmony of beauties |
| beavers | A colony, family of beavers |
| beavers | A lodge of beavers |
| beer | A slab of beer |
| bees | A bike, drift, grist, rabble, stand of bees |
| bees | A grist, flight, bike cast, cluster, drift, game, |
| bees | A hive of bees (derivation: habitat.) |
| bees | A hum of bees |
| bees | A swarm of bees |
| bees | An erst of bees |
| beggar | A fighting of beggars |
| bells | A peal, change, carillon of bells |
| bicycles | A wobble of bicycles |
| bicyclists | A blur of bicyclists |
| bills | A wad of bills |
| biologists | A family of biologists |
| birds | A colony of birds (roosting in large numbers) |
| birds | A dissimulation of birds (small birds) |
| birds | A drift of birds (in flight) |
| birds | A fleet of birds |
| birds | A flight of birds (in flight) |
| birds | A flock, fleet of birds |
| birds | A parcel, pod, roost, congregation of birds |
| birds | A rush of (migrating) birds |
| birds | A rush of birds (migrating) |
| birds | A volery of birds (in an aviary) |
| bishops | A sea, bench, psalter of bishops |
| bison | A herd, gang of bison |
| bitterns | A pretence of bitterns |
| bitterns | A sedge, siege of bitterns |
| blackbirds | A cloud, flock, grind, merl of blackbirds |
| blackfish | A grind of blackfish |
| blacksmiths | An anvil of blacksmiths |
| blankets | A swelter of blankets |
| blind people | A heard of blind people |
| bloodhounds | A sute of bloodhounds |
| blossoms | A flourish of blossoms |
| blues | A rhapsody of blues |
| boars | A herd of boars |
| boars | A singular of boars |
| boars, wild | A sounder of (wild) boars |
| bobolinks | A chain of bobolinks (polygamous bird, Ricebird) |
| bomblets | A cluster of bomblets |
| bookkeepers | An audit of bookkeepers |
| books | A library, pile of books |
| boors | A rood of boors |
| bores | A bellyful of bores |
| borg | A collective, hive of borg |
| borgias | A vial of borgias |
| bottlers | A draught of bottlers |
| bowlers | A keg of bowlers |
| bowls | A nest of bowls |
| boys | A blush of boys |
| boys | A rascal, leer of boys |
| boys, little | A mess of little boys |
| brats | A passel of brats |
| bread | A batch of bread |
| breasts | A clutch of breasts |
| brewers | A feast of brewers |
| British secret agents | A bond of British secret agents |
| brokers | A portfolio of brokers |
| brush (wood) | A bavin of brush (wood) |
| bucks | A brace, clash, herd of bucks |
| budgerigars | A chatter, flock of budgerigars |
| buffalo | A gang of buffalo |
| buffalo | A herd of buffalo |
| buffalo | An obstinacy of buffalo |
| bullfinches | A bellowing, lowing of bullfinches |
| bullocks | A drove of bullocks |
| bureaucrats | A prevarication of bureaucrats |
| bureaucrats | A ream of bureaucrats |
| bureaucrats | A shuffle of bureaucrats |
| business angels | A bevy of business angels |
| bustards | A flock, wake of bustards |
| butchers | A goring of butchers |
| butlers | A sneer(ing) of butlers |
| butterflies | A kaleidoscope, rabble, swarm of butterflies |
| butterflies | A rabble of butterflies |
| butterflies | A rainbow, flight, wing of butterflies |
| butterfly fish | A school of butterfly fish |
| buzzards | A wake, kettle, flock of buzzards |
| cabbies | A drove of cabbies |
| cadets | A corps of cadets |
| camels | A caravan, flock, herd, train of camels |
| Canadians | A divergence of Canadians |
| Canadians | A mosaic of Canadians |
| canal lock | A flight of locks |
| candidates | A slate of candidates |
| candidates | A slate of candidates |
| candies | A mint of candies |
| canons | A dignity, chapter of canons |
| canyons | A maze of canyons |
| capercaillies | A tok of capercaillies (i.e., Old World grouse) |
| capons | A mews, muse of capons |
| car dealers | A lot of car dealers |
| car drivers | A drove of car drivers |
| car mechanics | A clutch of car mechanics |
| cardinals | A conclave of cardinals |
| cardinals | A radiance of cardinals |
| cardiologists | A flutter of cardiologists |
| cards | A deck, pack, hand of cards |
| caribou | A herd of caribou |
| carpenters | A pound of carpenters |
| cars | A fleet of cars |
| cars | A mayhem of cars |
| cars | A stack of cars |
| carters | A lash of carters |
| Cartesians | An ergo of Cartesians |
| cat houses | A mews of cat houses |
| caterpillars | An army of caterpillars |
| Catholics | A mass of Catholics |
| cats | A clowder of cats |
| cats | A cluster of cats |
| cats | A clutter, litter of cats |
| cats | A dout of cats (house) |
| cats | A dowt of cats |
| cats | A glaring of cats |
| cats | A kindle of cats (kittens) |
| cats | A pounce of cats |
| cats (feral or wild) | A destruction of cats (feral or wild) |
| cats and dogs | A rain of cats and dogs |
| cattle | A drift, herd of cattle |
| cattle | A drove of cattle (while being driven) |
| cattle | A kine of cattle |
| cattle | A mob, team of cattle |
| cattle | A yoke of cattle (2) |
| CD’s | A peep-show of CDs |
| cellists | A parenthesis of cellists |
| censors | A gaggle of censors |
| chairs | A fold of chairs |
| chamois | A herd of chamois |
| cheer leaders | An array of cheer leaders |
| cheetahs | A coalition of cheetahs |
| chemists | A colloid of chemists |
| chemists | A litre of chemists |
| cheque grabbers | A fumble of cheque grabbers |
| chess players | A board of chess players |
| chess players | A brood of chess players |
| chickens | A brood, flock, chattering of chickens |
| chickens | A cletch of chickens |
| chickens | A clutch of chickens |
| chickens | A peep of chickens |
| children | An ingratitude of children |
| chimpanzees | A cartload of chimpanzees |
| chinchillas | A colony, herd of chinchillas |
| choirboys | An evensong of choirboys |
| choreographers | An assemblè of choreographers |
| chores | A grind of chores |
| choughs | A chattering of choughs |
| choughs | A clattering of choughs |
| Christmas trees, white | A flock of white Christmas trees |
| churchgoers | A congregation of churchgoers |
| churls | A cluster of churls |
| circles | A crop of circles |
| circuits | A bank of circuits |
| circumcisions | A slice of circumcisions |
| circumnavigations | A round of circumnavigations |
| city dwellers | A strangle of city dwellers |
| clams | A bed of clams |
| claques | A shriek of claques |
| clarinettists | A whine of clarinettists |
| clerks | A school of clerks |
| clocks | A ticktock of clocks |
| clouds | A soufflé of clouds (derivation: appearance) |
| clowns | A pratfall of clowns (prat=buttocks) |
| clowns | An alley of clowns |
| cobblers | A cutting of cobblers |
| cobblers | A drunken ship, drunkship of cobblers |
| cobblers | A load of cobblers |
| cobras | A quiver of cobras |
| cocides | A bed of cocides |
| cockatoos | A clattering, chattering, cluttering, family, crackle of cockatoos |
| cockles | A bed of cockles |
| cockroaches | A swarm of cockroaches |
| cockroaches | An intrusion of cockroaches |
| cock-turkeys | A posse of cock-turkeys |
| cod | A lap, school of cod |
| coins | A roll of coins |
| coins | A rouleau of coins |
| collective nouns | A catch of collective nouns |
| coloraturas | A quaver of coloraturas |
| colts | A rag of colts |
| colts | A rake, rack of colts |
| comedians | A gaggle, riot of comedians |
| commercials | A glut of commercials |
| commuters | A dash of commuters |
| compromises | An unease of compromises |
| computer mice | A click of (computer) mice |
| computers | A cluster of computers |
| computers | A network of computers (linked together) |
| condiments | An accompaniment of condiments |
| condominiums | A pension of condominiums |
| conductors | A wave of conductors |
| cones, traffic | A confusion of [traffic] cones |
| conges | A congerie of conges |
| conies | A bury, game of conies |
| consultants | A billing of consultants |
| consultants | A prevarication of consultants |
| contestants | A shriek of contestants |
| convicts | A coffle of convicts |
| cooks | A temperance, hastiness of cooks |
| coots | A cover, covert, commotion, fleet, flock, pod, rasp of coots |
| coots | A raft, swarm of coots |
| corgi | A consort of Corgi |
| cormorants | A flight, gulp of cormorants |
| corn | A shock of corn (pile of stalks). |
| corporate downsizing proposals | A hatchet of corporate downsizing proposals |
| cosmologists | A galaxy of cosmologists |
| coughs | A chattering of choughs |
| council members | An intrigue of council members |
| couriers | A smirk of couriers |
| couriers, overnight | A rush of overnight couriers |
| courtesans | A harem of courtesans |
| courtiers | A threatening of courtiers |
| cowards | A quake of cowards |
| cowards | A run of cowards |
| cowboy mounts, extra | A cavvy of extra cowboy mounts |
| cowboy mounts, extra | A remuda of extra cowboy mounts |
| cowboys | A saunter of cowboys |
| cows | A flink of cows (twelve or more) |
| cows | A herd, kine of cows |
| coyotes | A pack, run, band, rout of coyotes |
| cranes | A sedge, siege, herd of cranes |
| creditors | A curse of creditors |
| crickets | An orchestra of crickets |
| critics | A shrivel of critics |
| crocodiles | A bask, nest, congregation of crocodiles |
| crocodiles | A float of crocodiles |
| cronies | A bury of conies |
| crows | A hover, cauldron, caucus, congress, cowardice of crows |
| crows | A murder of crows |
| crows | A storytelling, muster, parcel of crows |
| cub’s mothers | A den of cub’s mothers |
| cubs | A litter of cubs |
| cuckolds | An incredulity of cuckolds |
| curates | A charge of curates |
| curlews | A head, herd, salon, skein, wedge of curlews |
| curs | A cowardice of curs |
| cymbals | A sign of cymbals |
| cynics | A cutting of cynics |
| dancers | A flight of dancers (male) |
| dancers | A float of dancers(female) |
| dancers | A gambol, troupe of dancers |
| data | A donut of data |
| daubers | A squat of daubers |
| deans | A decanter, decorum of deans |
| debtors | A split of debtors |
| debutants | A delirium of debutants |
| decorators | A tantrum of decorators |
| deer | A bevy of (roe) deer |
| deer | A brace (2) leash (3) of deer |
| deer | A herd of deer |
| deer | A leash of deer |
| deer | A parcel, bunch, mob, rangale of deer |
| dentists | A brace of dentists |
| dentists | A wince of dentists |
| dentists | An amalgam of dentists |
| dermatologists | A rash of dermatologists |
| designers | A set of designers |
| designers | A subtlety of designers |
| diagnosticians | A guess of diagnosticians |
| dice | A luck of dice |
| dictators | A tyranny of dictators |
| dictionaries | A meaning of dictionaries |
| dieters | A pot of dieters |
| dilation | A dilation of pupils |
| dinosaurs | A herd, pack of dinosaurs |
| directions | A vane of directions |
| directors | A gild, drove, board of directors |
| divorcees | A desperation of divorcees |
| DIYers | A bodge of DIYers |
| doctors | A doctrine of doctors |
| doctors | A dose, doctrine of doctors |
| documents | A wealth, dossier of documents |
| dodos | An extinction of dodos |
| dogfish | A troop of dogfish |
| dogs | A brace (2) leash (3) of dogs |
| dogs | A kennel of dogs |
| dogs | A pack of dogs |
| dollars | A fistful of dollars |
| dolphins | A pod, school, herd, flock, team of dolphins |
| dominoes | A falling of dominoes |
| donkeys | A pace, herd, drove of donkeys |
| dons | An obstruction of dons |
| doorkeepers | A safeguard of doorkeepers |
| dotterel | A trip of dotterel |
| doves | A cote of doves |
| doves | A dule, dole, flight of doves |
| doves | A flight of doves |
| doves | A piteousness of doves |
| doves | A pitying of doves |
| doves | A prettying, bevy of doves |
| doves | An exaltation of doves |
| dowagers | A bevy, frost of dowagers |
| dragonet fish | A swarm of dragonet fish |
| dragons | A doom, flight, weyr, wing of dragons |
| dray | A dray of squirrels |
| drinks | A round of drinks |
| drones, literary | A swarm of literary drones |
| drongos | A bunch of drongos |
| drummers | A elica, fagot of drummers (see sticks) |
| drummers | A roll of drummers |
| drums | A kettle of drums |
| drunks | A load, stone of drunks |
| ducks | A badelynge of ducks (a group of ducks on the ground) |
| ducks | A flush, flock, brace, skein, sord, string, bunch of ducks |
| ducks | A paddling of ducks (while swimming) |
| ducks | A raft of ducks (while idle in water) |
| ducks | A team, flight of ducks (while flying) |
| ducks (diving) | A dopping of ducks (diving) |
| ducks (flying) | A plump of ducks (flying) |
| ducks (on water) | A paddling of ducks (on water) |
| ducks, canvass-back | A raft of canvass-back ducks |
| dunbirds | A rush , flight of dunbirds |
| dung | A pile of dung |
| dunlin | A fling of dunlin (in flight) |
| dwarves | A shortage of dwarves |
| eagles | A convocation, aerie, jubilee, soar, spread of eagles |
| earth ware, broken | A fragment of broken earth ware |
| ecdysiasts | A strip of ecdysiasts (striptease artists) |
| economists | A deficit of economists |
| economists | A recession of economists |
| editors | An erudition of editors |
| eels | A fry of eels |
| eels | A swarm of eels |
| eggs | A clutch of eggs |
| egos | A pumphouse of egos |
| eland | A herd of eland |
| electors | A college of electors |
| electricians | A grid, ohm of electricians |
| elephants | A herd of elephants |
| elephants | A memory of elephants |
| elephants | A parade of elephants |
| elk | A gang, herd of elk |
| Elvis impersonators | A wiggle of Elvis impersonators |
| embarrassments | A blush of embarrassments |
| emotions | A wash of emotions |
| empiricists | A tabula rasa of empiricists |
| employees | A staff of employees |
| emus | A mob of emus |
| engineers | A design of engineers |
| engineers | A geek of engineers |
| Englishmen | A pound of Englishmen |
| epidemiologists | A host of epidemiologists |
| Episcopalians | A government of Episcopalians |
| equestrians | A prance of equestrians |
| errands | A hassle of errands |
| estimations | A bout of estimations |
| experts | A panel, discord of experts |
| exterminators | A slew of exterminators |
| fairies | A herd of fairies |
| falcons | A cast of falcons (a pair released after game) |
| falcons | A soar, tower of falcons |
| fans | A thrill of fans |
| farts | A gross of farts |
| Fence builders | An encroachment of fence-builders |
| fencers | A poke of fencers |
| ferrets | A business, cast of ferrets |
| ferrets | A fesnyng of ferrets |
| finches | A charm, chirm, company of finches |
| finches | A trembling of finches |
| finches | A trimming of finches |
| fine print | A pitfall of fine print |
| fish | A catch, haul, school, shoal, kettle of fish |
| fish | A draught of fish |
| fish | A drift, fray, draught of fish |
| fish | A run of fish (moving upstream for spawning) |
| fish | A scale of fish |
| fish | A school of fish (derivation: error. Was originally "shoal".) |
| fishermen | A drift of fishermen |
| fishermen | An exaggeration, grumble, sulk of fishermen |
| flamingos | A stand, regiment, flamboyance, flurry, skein of flamingos |
| flashers | A phalanx of flashers |
| flashers | A revelation of flashers |
| flautists | A phalanx of flautists |
| flies | A business of flies |
| flies | A cloud, grist, hatch of flies |
| flies | A swarm of flies |
| florists | A bunch of florists |
| flowers | A bouquet of flowers |
| flowers | A garden of flowers |
| flowers | A patch of flowers |
| flowers | A patch, bed of flowers |
| flying fish | A glide of flying fish |
| footballers | A coach of footballers |
| footsteps | A patter of footsteps |
| foresters | A stalk, coop of foresters |
| fowl | A plump, trip, skein (in flight) of fowl |
| foxes | A leash (3) of foxes |
| foxes | A skulk of foxes (derivation: behaviour.) |
| foxes | An earth, lead, troop of foxes |
| freezers | A glacier of freezers |
| Frenchmen | A peck of Frenchmen |
| freshmen | A clump, plentitude of freshman |
| friars | A scull, skulk of friars |
| frogs | A knot, froggery of frogs |
| frogs | An army, colony of frogs |
| front end loaders | A heap of front-end loaders |
| fungi | A colony of fungi |
| fur seals | A harem of seals (belonging to one male) |
| gamblers | A talent of gamblers |
| gangsters | A knuckle of gangsters |
| gardeners | A sprinkling of gardeners |
| gays | A village of gays |
| gears | A rack of gears |
| geese | A flock, gaggle, trip, team of geese |
| geese | A gaggle of geese (wild or domesticated) (on water) |
| geese | A nide of geese |
| geese | A skein of geese (in flight) |
| geese, flying | A wedge of geese (flying in a "V") |
| geldings | A clipping, brace of geldings |
| generals | A glitter of generals |
| geneticists | A helix of geneticists |
| geologists | A conglomerate of geologists |
| geologists | A formation of geologists |
| geometrists | A plane of geometrists |
| gerbils | A horde of gerbils |
| Germans | A gross of Germans |
| ghosts | A fraid of ghosts |
| ghosts | A fright of ghosts |
| giraffes | A corps of giraffe |
| giraffes | A herd of giraffes |
| giraffes | A stretch of giraffes |
| giraffes | A totter of giraffes |
| giraffes | A tower of giraffes |
| girls | A giggle of girls |
| girls, tanked sorority | A bevy of tanked sorority girls |
| gloves | A elicat of gloves |
| gluttons | A slaver of gluttons |
| gnats | A cloud of gnats |
| gnats | A clout of gnats |
| gnats | A horde of gnats |
| gnats | A horde, swarm of gnats |
| gnus | An implausibility, herd of gnus |
| goats | A drove of goats |
| goats | A flock, herd of goats |
| goats | A tribe of goats |
| goats | A trip of goats |
| gods | A pantheon of gods |
| goldfinch | A vein of goldfinch |
| goldfinches | A drum, charm, glister, chattering, troubling of goldfinches |
| goldfinches | A troubling of goldfinches |
| goldfish | A glint, troubling of goldfish |
| golf balls | A flight of golf balls |
| golfers | A lie of golfers |
| golfers | A tedium of golfers |
| goons | A plunder of goons |
| goosanders | A dopping of goosanders |
| gorillas | A band of gorillas |
| gorillas | A woop of gorillas |
| goshawks | A flight of goshawks |
| goslings | A shoal[e], skein of goslings |
| gossip columnists | A slither of gossip columnists |
| gossips | A dish of gossips |
| gourmands | A delicatessen of gourmands |
| gourmets | A elicatessen of gourmets |
| governesses | A galaxy of governesses |
| graduate students | A fortitude of graduate students |
| graduates | An unemployment of graduates |
| grammarians | A conjunction of grammarians |
| grandparents | A nag of grandparents |
| grandparents | A wisdom of grandparents |
| grapes | A bunch, cluster of (sour) grapes |
| grasshoppers | A cloud of grasshoppers |
| grasshoppers | A cluster of grasshoppers |
| grasshoppers | A swarm of grasshoppers |
| greyhounds | A gallop, leash of greyhounds |
| griffins | A pryde of griffins |
| grits | A mess of grits |
| groupies | A grope of groupies |
| grouse | A brace (2) of grouse |
| grouse | A brood of grouse (large group) |
| grouse | A covey of grouse (single family) |
| grouse | A drumming of grouse (derivation: their mating call, generated with the wings) |
| grouse | A lek of grouse |
| grouse | A pack, flight of grouse |
| guillemots | A bazaar of guillemots |
| guinea pigs | A group of guinea pigs |
| gulls | A colony, pack of gulls |
| gulls | A screech of gulls |
| gunships | A hailstorm of gunships |
| gurus | A profit of gurus |
| gym instructors | A set of gym instructors |
| gymnasts | A tumbler of gymnasts |
| gynaecologists | A smear o gynaecologists |
| gypsies | A store of gypsies |
| hackers | A cruft of hackers |
| hair | A tuz, lock, wig of hair |
| hairdressers | A set, swish of hairdressers |
| hammers | A morning of hammers |
| hamsters | A horde of hamsters |
| hand tools | A grip of hand tools |
| hares | A down of hares |
| hares | A husk, huske of hares |
| hares | A leap of hares |
| hares | A leash (3) of hares |
| hares | A trace of hares |
| hares | A trace, flick, herd, kindle of hares |
| hares | A trip, drove, warren of hares |
| haries | A swarm of haries |
| harlots | A herd of harlots |
| harpers | A melody of harpers |
| harpists | A melody of harpists |
| hartebeest | A herd of hartebeest |
| harts | A herd of harts |
| haute bourgeoisie | An ennui of haute bourgeoisie |
| hawks | A boil, schizophrenia, mews, aerie, moulting, screw, stream of hawks |
| hawks | A cast of hawks (a pair released after game)) |
| hawks | A kettle of hawks (riding a thermal) |
| hawks | A leash (3) of hawks |
| hawks | An aerie, moulting, screw, stream of hawks |
| hedgehogs | A prickle, array of hedgehogs |
| hedonists | A debauchery of Hedonists |
| heirs | An expectation of heirs |
| helicopters | A hover of helicopters |
| helpers | A hamper of helpers |
| hens | A brood of hens |
| herdsmen | A waywardness of herdsmen |
| hermits | An observance of hermits |
| herons | A hedge, siege, sedge, sege, station, rookery, flight, colony of herons |
| herrings | A glean, shoal, army of herrings |
| hills | An undulation of hills |
| hinds | A parcel of hinds |
| hippies | A trip of hippies |
| hippopotami | A crash, pod, school, thunder of hippopotami |
| hippopotami | A herd, bloat of hippopotami |
| hippos | A huddle of hippos |
| hit men, retired | A slew of retired hit men |
| hitmen | A magnum of hitmen |
| hogs | A drift, drove of hogs |
| hogs | A parcel of hogs |
| hogs | A passel of hogs |
| homework | A slew of homework |
| homework | A slew of homework |
| homosexuals | An ensemble of homosexuals |
| hoodlums | A gang of hoodlums |
| hornets | A bike, nest, swarm of hornets |
| horsemen | A cavalcade of horsemen |
| horsemen | A cavalcade of horsemen |
| horseplayers | A parlay of horseplayers |
| horses | A harras of horses (breeding) |
| horses | A herd, troop, string, drove of horses |
| horses | A pair of horses |
| horses | A remuda of horses (in a large group, as a herd) |
| horses | A span (team of 2) of horses |
| horses | A stable of horses |
| horses | A stud of horses |
| horses | A team of horses |
| hostlers | A laughter of hostlers |
| hounds | A brace (2) leash (3) of hounds |
| hounds | A cry of hounds |
| hounds | A hunt, meet of hounds |
| hounds | A kennel of hounds |
| hounds | A mute of hounds |
| hounds | A pack of hounds |
| hounds | A stable of hounds |
| hounds | A sute of hounds |
| housekeepers | A foresight of housekeepers |
| houses | A huddle of houses |
| humming birds | A hover of hummingbirds |
| hummingbirds | A charm, shimmer, glittering, bouquet, chattering, drum, troubling of hummingbirds |
| hunters | A blast of hunters |
| husbands | A multiply of husbands |
| husbands | An unhappiness of husbands |
| hybrids | A vigour of hybrids |
| hyenas | A cackle of hyenas |
| hyenas | A clan of hyenas |
| ibex | A herd of ibex |
| ibises | A colony of ibises |
| icebergs | A crush of icebergs |
| icebergs | A drift of icebergs |
| ichthyologists | A scale of ichthyologists |
| icons | A shield of icons |
| idiots | A thicket of idiots |
| iguanas | A mess of iguanas |
| impalas | A couple of impalas |
| impediments | A vagary of impediments |
| impressionists | A blur of impressionists |
| in the ear and its diseases.) | otters |
| infantry | A crèche of infantry |
| information | A wealth of information |
| ingénues | A spate of ingénues |
| in-laws | An imposition of in-laws |
| insects | A flight, cloud of insects |
| insects | A swarm, plague, horde, rabble of insects |
| instruments, musical | A parley of musical instruments |
| intellects | A pretension of intellects |
| interpreters | A tongue lashing of interpreters |
| Irishmen | A pint of Irishmen |
| islands | A chain of islands |
| islands | An archipelago of islands |
| Israelis | An invasion of Israelis |
| Italians | An explosion of Italians |
| jackdaws | A train, pair, band of jackdaws |
| jackrabbits | A husk of jackrabbits |
| jays | A band of jays |
| jays | A cast of jays |
| jays | A party of jays |
| jays | A scold of jays |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses | A visit of Jehovah’s witnesses |
| jellyfish | A fluther of jellyfish |
| jellyfish | A smack of jellyfish |
| jellyfish | A smuth, smuck of jellyfish |
| jellyfish | A studk, stuck of jellyfish |
| jewellers | A ring of jewellers |
| jewels | A cache of jewels |
| Jews | A minyan of Jews (the quorum for a congregation) |
| jigsaw puzzlers | An assemblage of jigsaw puzzlers |
| jockeys | A race of jockeys |
| joggers | A wheeze of joggers |
| journalists | A scoop, slant of journalists |
| judges | A bench, sentence, bevy of judges |
| jugglers | A neverthriving of jugglers |
| juniors | A gratitude of juniors |
| kangaroo | A flock, troop of kangaroo |
| kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos |
| kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos |
| keglers | A bowl of keglers |
| kestrels | A flight, soar of kestrels |
| keys | A ring of keys (linked physically) |
| kids | A caper of kids |
| kingfishers | A concentration, realm, rattle, clique of kingfishers |
| kites (birds) | A kettle, soar, roost of kites |
| kittens | A kindle of kittens |
| kittens (cats) | A kindle of kittens (cats) |
| kittens (cats) | A litter of kittens (cats) |
| kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) |
| kleptomaniacs | A clutch of kleptomaniacs |
| knaves | A riff raff of knaves |
| knights | A banner of knights |
| knights | A rout(e) of knights |
| knot | A knot of eels |
| knots | A medusa, cluster of knots |
| ladies | A bevy of ladies |
| lambs | A fall of lambs |
| lambs | A rack of lambs |
| lamentations | A moan of lamentations |
| lapwings | A deceit, desert of lapwings |
| larks | A bevy, flight, happiness, springful of larks |
| larks | An ascension of larks |
| larks | An exaltation, exalting of larks |
| lavatories | A flush of lavatories |
| laws, bad | A strangle of bad laws |
| lawyers | A disputation of lawyers |
| lawyers | A greed of lawyers |
| lawyers | A huddle of lawyers |
| lawyers | A quarrel of lawyers |
| lawyers | An eloquence of lawyers |
| lawyers | An escheat of lawyers |
| leaves | An autumn of leaves |
| lecturers | A drift of lecturers |
| leopards | A leap, lepe of leopards |
| lepers | A colony of lepers |
| lesbians | A tough of lesbians |
| letter writers | A huff of people who write letters to the editor |
| leverets | A kindle of leverets |
| liberals | A pink of liberals |
| librarians | A catalogue of librarians |
| librarians | A stack, shush of librarians |
| lice | A colony, infestation, flock of lice |
| lines | A pencil of lines (proper contemporary group term in mathematics.) |
| linguists | A babble of linguists |
| linnets | A parcel of linnets |
| lions | A pride of lions |
| lions | A sault of lions |
| lions | A sowse, troop, flock of lions |
| lispers | A plethora of lispers |
| lisps | A hiss of lisps |
| listeners | A fascination, audience of listeners |
| lizards | A lounge of lizards |
| llamas | A herd of llamas |
| loafers | A multiplication of loafers |
| locals | A plague of locals |
| locusts | A plague, cloud, swarm of locusts |
| logicians | A sequitur of logicians |
| lollies | A packet of lollies |
| loopholes | A ho ho! Of loopholes |
| lorries | A fleet, convoy of lorries |
| lovebirds | A pair, orgy of lovebirds |
| lovers | A trance of lovers |
| luddites | A smashing of luddites |
| luminaries | An array of luminaries |
| lutists | A litany of lutists |
| lynx | A chain of lynx |
| machine guns | A nest of machine guns |
| mackerel | A shoal of mackerel |
| magicians | An illusion of magicians |
| magistrates | A bench of magistrates |
| magpies | A congregation, charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, tribe of magpies |
| magpies | A tiding(s) of magpies |
| maidens | A rage of maidens |
| mallards | A lute, battling of mallards |
| mallards | A puddling of mallards (on water) |
| mallards | A sord, sute, flush of mallards (Old French sordre = rise up in flight) |
| managers | An asylum of managers |
| managers | An indecision of managers |
| maps | An atlas of maps |
| marching bands | A Sousa of marching bands |
| mares | A stud of mares |
| mares, brood | An overbearance of brood mares |
| marines | A muscle of marines |
| martens | A richness, richesse of martens |
| masseurs | A pummel of masseurs |
| masters | An example of masters |
| matadors | A pavanne of matadors |
| mathematicians | A number of mathematicians |
| mathematicians | A set of mathematicians |
| mathematicians | An addition of mathematicians |
| matrons | A riches of matrons |
| meanderings | A confusion of meanderings |
| meatheads | A density of meatheads |
| mechanics | A clutch, torque of mechanics |
| Med. students | A Kevorkian of I.U. Med Students |
| mediators | A compromise, caucus of mediators |
| men | A band of (merry) men |
| men | A host of men |
| merchants | A faith of merchants |
| messengers | A diligence of messengers |
| metallurgists | An amalgamation of metallurgists |
| meteorologists | A shower of meteorologists |
| mice | A mischief of mice |
| mice | A nest, horde, mischief, click, trip of mice |
| microbiologists | A colony of microbiologists |
| midges | A bite of midges |
| midwives | An expectation of midwives |
| minks | A richness of minks |
| minnows | A shoal, steam, stream, swarm of minnows |
| misers | A horde of misers |
| mites | A mite of mites |
| mobile phones | An annoyance of mobile phones |
| mockingbirds | An impression, plagiary, exactness, echo, precision, ridicule of mockingbirds |
| models | A slouch of models |
| modems | A whistle of modems |
| moles | A company of moles |
| moles | A labour of moles |
| moles | A movement of moles |
| Moles | An arbour of moles |
| money | A wad, rouleau, cache of money |
| mongooses | A band, pack of mongooses |
| mongrels | A ménage of mongrels |
| monitors | A bank of monitors |
| monkeys | A machination,wilderness of monkeys |
| monkeys | A mission of monkeys |
| monkeys | A tribe of monkeys |
| monkeys | A troop, troup, cartload of monkeys |
| monks | An abominable sight of monks |
| monks | An abomination of monks (see note) |
| moorhens | A plump of moorhens |
| moose | A herd of moose |
| Mormons | A book of Mormons |
| morning glories | A dawn of morning glories |
| morticians | A slab of morticians |
| mosquitoes | A scourge, swarm of mosquitoes |
| mothers | A consternation of mothers |
| mothers-in-law | A mutter of mothers-in-law |
| mountains | A range of mountains |
| mourners | A cortege of mourners |
| mourners | A pathos of mourners |
| moving men | A truculence of moving men |
| mudhen | A fleet of mudhen |
| mules | A barren of mules |
| mules | A pack, rake, string of mules |
| mules | A span (team of 2) mules |
| mushrooms | A troop, sproutness of mushrooms |
| musicians | A band of musicians |
| musicians | An orchestra of musicians |
| mussels | A bed of mussels |
| mythological creatures | A bestiary of mythological creatures |
| nannies | A no-no of nannies |
| narcissists | A mug of narcissists |
| narcissists | A reflection of narcissists |
| natives | A tribe of natives |
| Nazis | A jungle of Nazis |
| neighbours | An annoyance, nerve of neighbours |
| newsboys | A scream of newsboys |
| newscasters | A veneer of newscasters |
| nieces | A squeal of nieces |
| night students | A pallor of night students |
| nightingales | A watch, match, pray, kettle of nightingales |
| nightwatchmen | A pallor of nightwatchmen |
| Northerners | A freeze of Northerners |
| nouns | A collective of nouns |
| nouns | A propriety of nouns |
| nudists | A hangout of nudists |
| nuns | A flap of nuns |
| nuns | A murmur of nuns (as of their sound) |
| nuns | A prey, flap, convent of nuns |
| nuns | A superfluity of nuns |
| nymphomaniacs | A spread of nymphomaniacs |
| oarsmen | A row of oarsmen |
| objectivists | A Rand of Objectivists |
| objects | A collection of objects |
| office boys | An ogle of office boys |
| officers | A mess, execution of officers |
| old guard | A slumber of old guard |
| onlookers | A crowd of onlookers |
| on-lookers | A fascination of on-lookers |
| optometrists | A vision of optometrists |
| orangutans | A buffoonery of orangutans |
| orchids | A coterie of orchids |
| orgiasts | A concatenation of orgiasts |
| orphans | An abandonment of orphans |
| orthodontists | A brace of orthodontists |
| orthopaedists | A cast, brace of orthopaedists |
| osteopaths | A joint of osteopaths |
| ostriches | A wobble, pride, flock of ostriches |
| otologists | A herd of otologists (a physician who specializes |
| otters | A romp, family, raft, bevy, ramp of otters |
| over achievers | A leap of over achievers |
| ovoids | A metamorphosis of ovoids |
| owls | A parliament of owls |
| owls | A stare of owls |
| owls | A wisdom, sagaciousness of owls |
| oxbirds | A fling of oxbirds |
| oxen | A span, meinie of oxen |
| oxen | A team, drove, herd of oxen |
| oxen | A yoke (2) of oxen |
| oysters | A bed, hive of oysters |
| oysters, young | A set of young oysters |
| padres | A host of padres |
| painters | An illusion, madder, curse, misbelieving of painters |
| palindrome | A tenet of palindromes |
| palm readers | A handful of palm readers |
| paparazzi | A flash of paparazzi |
| paper | A pad of (sheets of) paper |
| paper | A ream of paper (see note) |
| paratroops | A storm of paratroops |
| pardoners | A lying of pardoners |
| parents | A persistence of parents |
| parents | An embarrassment of parents(for use by teenagers) |
| parishioners | A kneeling of parishioners |
| parking attendants | A lot of parking attendants |
| parrots | A company, flock of parrots |
| parrots | A pandemonium of parrots |
| parrots | A prattle, psittacosis of parrots |
| parrs | A glut of parrs |
| particulars | A bill of particulars |
| partridges | A covey, bevy, cover, brace of partridges |
| partridges | A warren, clutch of partridges |
| pathologists | A body of pathologists |
| patients | A virtue of patients |
| peacocks | A muster of peacocks |
| peacocks | A pride, pulchritude of peacocks |
| peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks |
| pearls | A rope, string of pearls |
| peas | A pod of peas |
| peddlers | A malapertness (= impertinence) of peddlers |
| pekinese | A pomp of pekinese |
| pelicans | A brief, rookery, scoop, colony, raft, squadron, pod |
| penguins | A colony, rookery of penguins |
| penguins | A crèche of penguins |
| penguins | A formality of penguins |
| penguins | A huddle of penguins |
| penguins | A parade, waddle (on dry land), |
| penguins | A parcel of penguins |
| penguins | A rookery of penguins |
| Pentecostals | A glossolalia of Pentecostals |
| people | A congregation, crowd of people |
| perch | A pack of perch |
| percussionist | A meter of percussionists |
| peregrines | A cadge of peregrines |
| performers | A troup of performers |
| performers | A troupe of performers |
| phantoms | A phantasmagoria of phantoms |
| pharmacists | A mixture of pharmacists |
| pheasants | A bouquet of pheasants (when flushed) |
| pheasants | A covey of pheasants (while on the ground) |
| pheasants | A covey, nest of pheasants |
| pheasants | A head, warren of pheasants |
| pheasants | A nye, nide of pheasants (while on the ground) |
| philatelists | A stampede of philatelists |
| philosophers | A ponder, confusion of philosophers |
| philosophers | A wrangle of philosophers |
| photographers | A clique of photographers |
| photographers | A snap of photographers |
| physicians | A college of physicians |
| physicists | A nucleus of physicists |
| pianists | A pound of pianists |
| pigeons | A dropping of pigeons |
| pigeons | A kit, flight of pigeons (flying together) |
| pigeons | A loft, flock of pigeons |
| piglets | A farrow,passel of piglets |
| piglets | A litter, farrow of piglets |
| pigs | A drove of pigs |
| pigs | A flock of pigs |
| pigs | A herd of pigs |
| pigs | A litter of pigs |
| pigs | A sounder of pigs |
| pilchards | A shoal, school of pilchards |
| pill-poppers | A gaggle of pill poppers |
| pilots | A yoke of pilots |
| pintail | A knob of pintail |
| pipers | A poverty of pipers |
| pipers | A skirl of pipers |
| pistols | A brace of pistols |
| planes | A stack of planes |
| planets | A quincunx of planets |
| plankton | A cloud of plankton |
| plans | A breakdown of plans |
| players | A cry of players |
| players | A huddle, retinue of players |
| playingcards | A pack, deck of playingcards |
| playwrights | A plot of playwrights |
| pleasure | A glut of pleasure |
| pleasures | A guilt of pleasures |
| plebeians, dirty ragged | A swarm of dirty ragged plebeians |
| plovers | A congregation of plovers |
| plovers | A stand, band, leash of plovers |
| plovers | A wing, flight of plovers |
| plumbers | A flood of plumbers |
| plumbers | A flush of plumbers |
| pochard | A rush, flight, knob (small number) of pochard |
| poems | An anthology of poems |
| poets | A rhyme of poets |
| poets | An iamb of poets |
| poets | An obscurity of poets |
| poker players | A stud of poker players |
| polar bears | An aurora, pack of polar bears |
| polecats | A chine of polecats |
| politicians | A lie of politicians |
| politicians | An equivocation of politicians |
| politicians | An odium of politicians |
| ponies | A string of ponies |
| poodles | A salon of Poodles |
| porcupine fish | A cluster of porcupine fish |
| porcupines | A prickle of porcupines |
| porpoises | A herd, pod, school, gam of porpoises |
| porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises |
| porters | A grip of porters |
| porters | A safeguard of porters |
| portfolio managers | A stock of portfolio managers |
| posers | A posse of posers |
| possum | A passel of possum |
| posties | A parcel of posties |
| potato chips | A salt substrate of potato chips |
| pottage | A mess of potage |
| pottage | A mess of pottage |
| poultry | A run of poultry |
| poultry | A run of poultry |
| prairie dogs | A coterie, town of prairie dogs |
| preachers | A converting of preachers |
| preachers | A converting of preachers |
| preachers | A pontification of preachers |
| prelates | A pontifica of prelates |
| prelates | A pontificality of prelates |
| premises | A breach of premises |
| Presbyterians | A membership of Presbyterians |
| pretzels | A salt substrate of pretzels |
| priests | A discretion of priests |
| priests | A lechery of priests |
| priests | A mass of priests |
| priests | A superfluity of priests |
| prima donnas | A spite of prima donnas |
| princes | A state of princes |
| prisoners | A pity of prisoners |
| proctologists | A buttload, pile of proctologists |
| professors | A pomposity of professors |
| professors emeriti | An ex cathedra of professors emeriti |
| professors, assistant | A clamber of assistant professors |
| professors, associate | A tenure of associate professors |
| professors, full | An entrenchment of professors |
| programmers | An archive of programmers |
| programmers, Microsoft computer | An asylum, bloat of Microsoft computer programmers |
| proofreaders | A squint of proofreaders |
| prose | An anthology of prose |
| prostitutes | A stable of prostitutes |
| prostitutes | A whored of prostitutes |
| prostitutes | An anthology of pros (prostitutes) (see note) |
| psychoanalysts | A complex of psychoanalysts |
| psychologists | A complex of psychologists |
| ptarmigans | A covey of ptarmigans |
| public speakers | A twaddle of public speakers |
| puddles | A splash of puddles |
| puffins | A raft, improbability, circus, loomery of puffins |
| pugilists | A box of pugilists |
| pugs | A grumble of Pugs |
| puns | A groan of puns |
| pupils | A dilation of pupils |
| puppies | A litter of puppies |
| puppies | A piddle of puppies |
| pyromaniacs | A blaze of pyromaniacs |
| pyromaniacs | A conflagration of pyromaniacs |
| quail | A bevy, flush, knob, rout, shake of quail |
| quail | A covey of quail |
| quail | A drift of quail |
| Quakers | A meeting of Quakers |
| queers | A camp of queers |
| quilts | A hotbed of quilts |
| rabbits | A bury, berry, warren, leash, trace, trip, drove of rabbits |
| rabbits | A colony of rabbits |
| rabbits | A nest, wrack of rabbits (in their habitat) |
| raccoons | A gaze, nursery of raccoons |
| racehorses | A field of racehorses |
| racehorses | A meet of racehorses |
| racehorses | A string of racehorses |
| racoons | A mask, gaze, nursery of raccoons |
| radio announcers | A herd of radio announcers |
| radiologists | A series of radiologists |
| railroad schedules | A tragedy of railroad schedules |
| rainbow fish | A party of rainbow fish |
| rats | A colony, mischief of rats |
| rats | A pack of rats |
| rats | A rabble of rats |
| rats | A swarm, horde, plegue of rats |
| rattle snakes | A rhumba of rattle snakes |
| ravens | A conspiracy, storytelling, tower, aerie, parliament of ravens |
| ravens | A constable of ravens |
| ravens | An unkindness of ravens |
| ravens | An unkindness of ravens |
| ravers | A scatter of ravers |
| realtors | A lot of realtors |
| rebuttals | A quiver of rebuttals |
| redwing | A crowd of redwing |
| reeds | A clump of reeds |
| refugees | A flight of refugees |
| relatives | A descent of relatives |
| relatives | A gossip of relatives |
| renters | A knot of renters |
| repairmen | An overcharge of repairmen |
| reporters | A scoop of reporters |
| reviewers | A pan of reviewers |
| rhinoceroses | A crash, herd, stubborness of rhinoceroses |
| ribs | A rack of ribs |
| riches | An embarrassment of riches |
| rioters | A melee of rioters |
| roach | A shoal of roach |
| road ragers | A stack of road ragers |
| robbers | A band of robbers |
| robins | A worm of robins |
| roe deer | A bevy of roe deer |
| roebucks | A bevy of roebucks |
| roes | A bevy of roes |
| rooks | A building of rooks |
| rooks | A building, congregation, shoal, wing of rooks |
| rooks | A clamour, storytelling of rooks |
| rooks | A parliament of rooks |
| ruffs | A hill of ruffs |
| sailors | A crew of sailors |
| sailors | A deck of sailors |
| saints | A calendar of saints |
| salesmen | A sample of salesmen |
| salmon | A bind, school, shoal, draught of salmon |
| salmon | A run, leap of salmon |
| salt | A lot of salt |
| saltines | A salt substrate of saltines |
| sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers |
| sardines | A family of sardines |
| satellites | A constellation of satellites |
| scholars | A brow of scholars |
| schoolies | A chalk of schoolies |
| Scots | A disworship, clan of Scots |
| Scots | A fifth of Scots |
| scouts | A woggle of scouts |
| sea fowl | A cloud of sea fowl |
| seagulls | A flock, flotilla, screech, squabble, scavenging of seagulls |
| seahorses | A herd of seahorses |
| seals | A plum, herd, team of seals |
| seals | A pod, bob, colony, crash, , harem, plump of seals |
| seals | A rockery, rookery of seals |
| seals | A spring of seals |
| seals | A spring of seals |
| seamstresses | A scolding of seamstresses |
| second thoughts | A clutch of second thoughts |
| seismologists | A quake of seismologists |
| senators | A compromise of senators |
| senators | A house of senators |
| senators | A pomposity of senators |
| seniors | An attitude of seniors |
| sergeants at law | A subtlety of sergeants at law |
| sermons | A squash of sermons |
| servants | An obeisance of servants |
| shad | A shoal of shad |
| sharks | A shiver, school, shoal of sharks |
| sheep | A flock, mob, herd, drift, drove, fold, wing of sheep |
| sheep | A trip, hurtle, down, meinie, parcel of sheep |
| sheets (paper) | A pad of sheets |
| sheldrakes | A doading, dopping of sheldrakes |
| shells (sea) | A midden of shells |
| shells, artillery | A broadside of (artillery) shells (on water) |
| shells, artillery | A salvo of [artillery] shells |
| shepherds | A Sodom of shepherds |
| sheriffs | A posse of sheriffs |
| ships | A fleet of ships |
| ships | A flotilla of ships |
| ships | An armada of ships |
| shoelaces | A knot of shoelaces |
| shoemakers | A blackening of shoemakers |
| shoes | A scandal, pair of shoes |
| shoppers | A crush of shoppers |
| show dogs | A bench of show dogs |
| shrimps | A troup of shrimps |
| silk screens | A pull of silk-screens |
| silks (QCs) | A purse of silks |
| silver foxes | A richness of silver foxes |
| similes | A superfluity of similes |
| singers | A choir, harmony of singers |
| Sirens | A wail of sirens |
| skunks | A stench, surfeit of skunks |
| slaves | A coffle of (chained) slaves |
| slugs | A cornucopia of slugs |
| smelt | A quantity of smelt |
| smokers | A billow, hack of smokers |
| snails | A rout, escargatoire, walk of snails |
| snakes | A bed, knot, trogle of snakes |
| snakes | A den of snakes |
| snakes | A nest of snakes |
| snakes | A pit of snakes |
| snakes | A slither of snakes |
| snipe | A walk of snipe (at rest) |
| snipe | A wisp, leash, volley, whisper of snipe |
| software | A crash of software |
| soldiers | A boast of soldiers |
| soldiers | A company of soldiers |
| soldiers | A division of soldiers |
| soldiers | A muster of soldiers |
| soldiers | A platoon, troop of soldiers |
| soldiers | A squad of soldiers |
| soldiers | A squad of soldiers |
| soldiers | An army, brigade of soldiers |
| sophomores | A platitude of sophomores |
| sopranos | A sweetness of sopranos |
| source code | A bottle of source code |
| sparrows | A host, tribe of sparrows |
| sparrows | A meinie of sparrows |
| sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows |
| sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows |
| spatulas | A beautification of spatulas |
| sphincters | A clench of sphincters |
| spiders | A cluster of spiders |
| spiders | A clutter of spiders |
| spies | A treachery of spies |
| sponsors | A splurge of sponsors |
| squirrels | A dray of squirrels (a nest) |
| squirrels | A scurry, colony of squirrels |
| stage hands | A brace of stage hands |
| stage mothers | A pride of stage mothers |
| stairs | A flight of stairs |
| stalkers | A following of stalkers |
| starlets | A cupful of starlets |
| starlets | A galaxy of starlets |
| starlets | A galaxy of starlets |
| starlets | A wiggle of starlets |
| starlings | A clutter, chattering, constellation, filth, flight, vulgarity, cloud, congregation of starlings |
| starlings | A murmuration of starlings |
| stars | A constellation of stars |
| stars | A galaxy of stars |
| stars | A wonder of stars |
| statesmen | A disagreement of statesmen |
| statisticians | A number of statisticians |
| sticklebacks | A shoal, spread of sticklebacks |
| sticks | A fagot of sticks |
| stoats | A pack, trip of stoats |
| stockbrokers | A portfolio of stockbrokers |
| storks | A muster of storks |
| storks | A mustering of storks |
| storks | A phalanx of storks |
| storks | A silence, swoop, flight of storks |
| straphangers | A puree of straphangers |
| strumpets | A fanfare of strumpets |
| students | A class of students |
| students | A failing of students |
| students | A flunk of students |
| sub-atomic particles | A minuscule of sub-atomic particles |
| submarines | A pack of submarines |
| submarines | A wolfpack of submarines |
| suburbanites | A transplant of suburbanites |
| suitcases | A pack of suitcases |
| suitors | A bleach of suitors (another name for cobblers) |
| suitors | A swarm of suitors |
| summoners | An untruth of summoners |
| surfers | A wave of surfers |
| surfers | A whale of surfers |
| surgeons | An incision of surgeons |
| surprises | A boo of surprises |
| surveyors | A chain of surveyors |
| suspects | A fidget of suspects |
| swallows | A flight of swallows |
| swallows | A gulp, kettle, swoop, richness of swallows |
| swans | A ballet, team, whiting, squadron of swans |
| swans | A bank, herd, sounder, drift, lamentation of swans |
| swans | A game, herd, bevy of swans |
| swans | A regatta of swans (on water) |
| swans | A whiteness of swans |
| swans | An eyrar of swans |
| swans, flying | A wedge of swans (flying in a "V") |
| swifts | A flock, drift of swifts |
| swimmers | A raft of swimmers |
| swimmers, long distance | A league of long distance swimmers |
| swine | A drift of swine (wild) |
| swine | A drove of swine |
| swine | A herd of swine |
| swine | A sounder of swine (tame) |
| swine | A trip of swine (tame) |
| swingers | A bed of swingers |
| Swiss | A watch of Swiss |
| swordfish | A flotilla of swordfish |
| sycophants | A gush of sycophants |
| sycophants | A swarm of sycophants |
| tailors | A disguising of tailors |
| tailors | A proud showing of tailors |
| tanks | A clank of tanks |
| tanks | A clatter of tanks |
| tapirs | A candle of tapirs |
| tapsters | A promise of tapsters |
| tarts | A jam of tarts |
| tasks | An agenda of tasks |
| taverners | A cajolery of taverners |
| taverners | A glazing (= fawning) of taverners |
| taxis | A charge of taxis |
| teachers | A quiz of teachers |
| teal | A diving of teal |
| teal | A spring, string, raft, knob, bunch, coil of teal |
| teddy bears | A hug of teddy bears |
| teenagers | A sulk of teenagers |
| teenagers | An attitude of teenagers |
| tennis games | A set of tennis games |
| termites | A colony, swarm of termites |
| terriers | A terror of terriers |
| testicles | A clutch of testicles |
| tests | A battery of tests |
| Texans | A mob of Texans |
| theoretical physicists | A field of theoretical physicists |
| thieves | A den, skulk of thieves |
| things | A bunch, cluster of things |
| threshers | A thrave of threshers |
| thrushes | A mutation of thrushes |
| tigers | A hide of tigers |
| tigers | A streak of tigers |
| tigers | A streak of tigers |
| tigers | An ambush of tigers |
| tinkers | A wandering of tinkers |
| toadies | A pander of toadies |
| toads | A knot of toads (derivation: appearance.) |
| toads | A lump, nest, knob of toads |
| todays | A twinkling of todays |
| tomorrows | A promise of tomorrows |
| tongues | A convention of tongues |
| tongues | A jagger of tongues |
| tortoises | A creep of tortoises |
| toucans | A durante of toucans |
| tourists | A flock, glaze of tourists |
| toys | An assembly of toys |
| trains | A postponement, cancellation of trains |
| tranquilizers | An equanimity of tranquilizers |
| transvestites | A camp, travesty of transvestites |
| trash | A heap of trash |
| tree surgeons | A graft of tree surgeons |
| trees | A clump, forest, coupe of trees |
| trees | A grove of trees |
| trees | A stand of trees |
| trees | A thicket of trees |
| tricksters | A tangle of tricksters |
| troops | A parel of troops |
| troubles | A shitload of troubles |
| trout | A hover, shoal of trout |
| trucks | A convoy of trucks |
| trumpets | A flourish of trumpets |
| trustees | A bored of trustees |
| truths | A pithy of truths |
| tubas | A tumult of tubas |
| tuna | A float, troup of tuna |
| turds | A steam of turds |
| turkeys | A brood of turkeys (immature) |
| turkeys | A death-row of turkeys |
| turkeys | A flock, dole, dule, gang, posse of turkeys |
| turkeys | A raffle of turkeys |
| turkeys | A rafter, raft of turkeys |
| turtledoves | A pitying, dule, peerage of turtledoves |
| turtles | A bale of turtles |
| turtles | A dule of turtles |
| turtles | A turn of turtles |
| twitches | An embarrassment of twitches |
| two-up players | A stoop of two-up players |
| umbrellas | A phalanx of umbrellas |
| under achievers | A drowse of under achievers |
| undertakers | An unction (or extreme unction) of undertakers |
| unicorns | A blessing, marvel of unicorns |
| urologists | A void of urologists |
| used car salesmen | A great deal of used car salesmen |
| ushers | A set of ushers |
| vacationers | A peel of vacationers |
| vases, broken | A mingling of broken vases |
| vegetarians | A sprig of vegetarians |
| vellum | A cutch of vellum |
| vendors | A haggle of vendors |
| vicaries (vicars) | A prudence of vicaries (vicars) |
| violinists | A string of violinists |
| vipers | A nest, generation of vipers |
| voles | A colony of voles |
| voters | A constituency of voters |
| voters | A desperation of voters |
| vultures | A wake, nest, colony, looming, meal, vortex of vultures |
| wagers | A book of wagers |
| waiters | An absence of waiters |
| waiters | An indifference of waiters |
| waiters | An order of waiters |
| walkers | An amble of walkers |
| wallabies | A mob of wallabies |
| walruses | A herd, pod, huddle of walruses |
| walruses | An ugly of walruses |
| wankers | A palm of wankers |
| wardrobe ladies | A measure of wardrobe ladies |
| warlocks | An incantation of warlocks |
| wasps | A nest, bike, colony of wasps |
| wasps | A pail of wasps |
| waterfowl | A bunch of waterfowl |
| waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl (less than 30) |
| waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl |
| waterfowl | A raft of waterfowl (on water) |
| weasels | A sneak of weasels(derivation: behaviour) |
| weasels | A sneak, pack, gang of weasels |
| webmasters | A linkage of webmasters |
| webmasters | A net of webmasters |
| webpages | A charlotte of webpages |
| weed | A stash of weed (when hidden) |
| Weight watchers | A wailing of Weight Watchers |
| whales | A gam, plump of whales |
| whales | A grind of whales (bottle-nosed) |
| whales | A herd, mob of whales |
| whales | A pod of whales |
| whales | A pod of whales |
| whales | A school, float, shoal, run, troup of whales |
| whales. bottle-nosed | A grind of whales |
| wheat | A sheaf of wheat (stalks of grain tied together.) |
| whiting | A pod of whiting |
| whores | A Parliament of whores (also Congress) |
| widgeon | A coil, company, trip, flight, bunch, knob of widgeon |
| widgeon | A raft of widgeon (wild duck) |
| widows | An ambush of widows |
| wikipedians | A page of wikipedians |
| wildcats | A destruction, dout of wild cats |
| wildebeest | A herd of wildebeest |
| wildfowl | A know (less than 30) of wildfowl |
| wildfowl | A plump, bunch, trip, knob, lute, scry, skein, sord of wildfowl |
| willows | A bend of willows |
| windmills | A tilt of windmills |
| wine tasters | A bouquet of wine tasters |
| wing-commanders | A flush of wing commanders (aka "WCs".) |
| winners | A shout of winners |
| winnings | A purse of winnings |
| winter fishermen | A chill of winter fishermen |
| witches | A coven of witches |
| witches | An incantation of witches |
| wives | An impatience of wives |
| wolves | A herd of wolves |
| wolves | A pack of wolves |
| wolves | A rout of wolves |
| wolves | A rout(e) of wolves |
| wombats | A warren, mob of wombats |
| women | A gaggle of women |
| women, leering | A clutch of leering women |
| woodcocks | A fall, covey, plump, flight of woodcocks |
| woodpeckers | A descent, descension of woodpeckers |
| woodpeckers | A gatling of woodpeckers |
| woodwinds | A cord of woodwinds |
| words | A babel of words |
| worms | A clew of worms |
| worms | A wriggle of worms |
| worshipers | A congregation of worshipers |
| wrens | A herd, flock of wrens |
| wrestlers | A clutch, crunch of wrestlers |
| writers | A worship of writers |
| yaks | A herd of yaks |
| yeomen | A fellowship of yeomen |
| yes men | A concert of yes men |
| yesterdays | A flight of yesterdays |
| yesterdays | A yearning of yesterdays |
| yolks | A burden of yolks |
| young oysters | A set of young oysters |
| youths | An optimism of youths |
| zebra | A herd, cohort of zebra |
| zebra | A zeal of zebra |
| zebras | A stripe of zebras |
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