| plastering | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: daubing |
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| plasterwork | (noun) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | Synonyms: plaster |
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| plastic | (noun) a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered | Synonyms: charge card, charge plate |
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| (noun) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives | - |
| plasticiser | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticizer |
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| plasticity | (noun) the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking | Synonyms: malleability |
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| plasticizer | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticiser |
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| plastid | (noun) any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein | - |
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| plastination | (noun) a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened | - |
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| plastique | (noun) an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy | Synonyms: plastic explosive |
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| plastron | (noun) (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside | - |
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| (noun) a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest | - |
| (noun) a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail | - |
| (noun) the front of man's dress shirt | - |
| (noun) the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt | - |
| pleonaste | (noun) a dark-colored spinel containing iron | Synonyms: ceylonite |
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| pneumogastric | (noun) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera | Synonyms: nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve |
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| polymastigote | (noun) flagellates with several flagella | - |
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| postmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a post office | - |
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| pravastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks | Synonyms: Pravachol |
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| procrastination | (noun) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time | Synonyms: cunctation, shillyshally |
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| (noun) slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | Synonyms: dilatoriness |
| procrastinator | (noun) someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | Synonyms: cunctator, postponer |
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| proctoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum | Synonyms: rectoplasty |
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| protoplast | (noun) a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts | Synonyms: energid |
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| quartermaster | (noun) an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
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| quizmaster | (noun) the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game | Synonyms: question master |
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| raster | (noun) the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor | - |
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| rebroadcast | (noun) a broadcast that repeated at a later time | - |
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| recasting | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: rephrasing, rewording |
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| rectoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum | Synonyms: proctoplasty |
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| redbreast | (noun) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast | Synonyms: Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, robin, robin redbreast |
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| repast | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time | Synonyms: meal |
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| retinoblastoma | (noun) malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells | - |
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| rhinoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose | Synonyms: nose job |
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| rhytidoplasty | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy |
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| ringmaster | (noun) the person in charge of performances in a circus ring | - |
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| roast | (noun) negative criticism | Synonyms: knock |
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| (noun) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion | Synonyms: joint |
| roaster | (noun) a special cooking pan for roasting | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting | - |
| (noun) a cook who roasts food | - |
| (noun) a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment) | - |
| roasting | (noun) cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added) | - |
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| roughcast | (noun) a rough preliminary model | - |
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| (noun) a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls | - |
| sandblast | (noun) a blast of wind laden with sand | - |
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| sandblaster | (noun) a tool that throws out a blast of steam laden with sand; used to clean or grind hard surfaces | - |
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| scholastic | (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | Synonyms: bookworm, pedant |
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| scholasticism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, academism |
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| scholiast | (noun) a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | - |
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| schoolmaster | (noun) food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Lutjanus apodus |
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| (noun) presiding officer of a school | Synonyms: headmaster, master |
| (noun) any person (or institution) who acts as an educator | - |
| scoutmaster | (noun) the leader of a troop of Scouts | - |
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| seacoast | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seashore |
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| shinplaster | (noun) paper money of little value issued on insufficient security | - |
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| sideroblast | (noun) an erythroblast having granules of ferritin | - |
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| simulcast | (noun) a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio) | - |
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| simvastatin | (noun) an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks | Synonyms: Zocor |
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| solenogaster | (noun) deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle | Synonyms: aplacophoran |
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| southeast | (noun) a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeastward |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point | - |
| southeaster | (noun) a strong wind from the southeast | Synonyms: sou'easter |
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| southeastward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeast |
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| spastic | (noun) a person suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
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| spasticity | (noun) the quality of moving or acting in spasms | - |
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| spongioblast | (noun) any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia | - |
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| spongioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: glioblastoma |
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| sportscast | (noun) a broadcast of sports news or commentary | - |
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| sportscaster | (noun) an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events | Synonyms: sports announcer, sports commentator |
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| spymaster | (noun) someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities | - |
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| stationmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a railway station | Synonyms: station agent |
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| steadfastness | (noun) loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | Synonyms: staunchness |
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| (noun) steadfast resolution | - |
| sternocleidomastoid | (noun) one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head | Synonyms: musculus sternocleidomastoideus, sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid muscle |
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| stochasticity | (noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | Synonyms: haphazardness, noise, randomness |
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| swastika | (noun) the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction | Synonyms: Hakenkreuz |
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| symposiast | (noun) someone who participates in a symposium | - |
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| tagasaste | (noun) shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder | Synonyms: Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus |
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| taskmaster | (noun) someone who imposes hard or continuous work | - |
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| taste | (noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | Synonyms: tasting |
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| (noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness |
| (noun) the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus | Synonyms: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste perception, taste sensation |
| (noun) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | Synonyms: gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste |
| (noun) a brief experience of something | - |
| (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, predilection, preference |
| (noun) a small amount eaten or drunk | Synonyms: mouthful |
| tastebud | (noun) an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue | Synonyms: gustatory organ, taste bud |
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| tastefulness | (noun) elegance indicated by good taste | - |
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| tastelessness | (noun) inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste | - |
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| (noun) the property of having no flavor | Synonyms: flavorlessness, flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness |
| taster | (noun) someone who samples food or drink for its quality | Synonyms: sampler, taste-tester, taste tester |
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| tastiness | (noun) a pleasing palatability | - |
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| tasting | (noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | Synonyms: taste |
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| (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring |
| (noun) a small amount (especially of food or wine) | - |
| telecast | (noun) a television broadcast | - |
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| telecaster | (noun) a television broadcaster | - |
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| telecasting | (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | Synonyms: television, TV, video |
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| thermoplastic | (noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |
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| thrombasthenia | (noun) a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results | - |
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| thromboplastin | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thrombokinase |
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| toast | (noun) slices of bread that have been toasted | - |
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| (noun) a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | Synonyms: pledge |
| (noun) a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention | - |
| (noun) a person in desperate straits; someone doomed | Synonyms: goner |
| toaster | (noun) a kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread | - |
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| (noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: wassailer |
| toasting | (noun) cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill | Synonyms: browning |
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| toastmaster | (noun) the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet | Synonyms: symposiarch |
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| toastrack | (noun) a rack for holding slices of toast | - |
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| toothpaste | (noun) a dentifrice in the form of a paste | - |
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| topmast | (noun) the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig | - |
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| trainmaster | (noun) a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard | Synonyms: train dispatcher, yardmaster |
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| trophoblast | (noun) the membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall | - |
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| tympanoplasty | (noun) surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear | - |
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| unfastener | (noun) a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens | Synonyms: opener, undoer, untier |
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| unfastening | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, untying |
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| upcast | (noun) air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine | - |
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| uranoplasty | (noun) surgical correction of a defect of the palate | - |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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| vastness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, wideness |
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| vinblastine | (noun) periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division | Synonyms: Velban |
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| wastage | (noun) anything lost by wear or waste | - |
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| (noun) the process of wasting | - |
| waste | (noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | Synonyms: dissipation, wastefulness |
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| (noun) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | Synonyms: permissive waste |
| (noun) the trait of wasting resources | Synonyms: thriftlessness, wastefulness |
| (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | Synonyms: barren, wasteland |
| (noun) any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted | Synonyms: waste material, waste matter, waste product |
| wastebasket | (noun) a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish | Synonyms: circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastepaper basket |
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| wastebin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can |
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