earnest² /ûrˈnist/

1. Payment given to confirm a contract (also earˈnest-money or earˈnest-penny)
2. A pledge
3. A sign or foretaste of what is to come
4. First-fruits

• carpel
• carpellary
• carpellate
• carpellates
• carpels
• Carpentaria palm
• carpenter
• carpenter-ant
• carpenter-bee
• carpenter-bees
• carpentered
• carpenteria
• carpentering
• carpenters
• carpentries
• carpentry
• carper
• carpers
• carpet
• carpetbag
• carpetbagger
• carpetbaggers
• carpetbags
• carpetbag steak
• carpetbag steaks