| atrium | (noun) the central area in a building; open to the sky | - |
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| (noun) any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) | - |
| aviatrix | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatress |
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| cicatrice | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrix, scar |
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| cicatrix | (noun) a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue | Synonyms: cicatrice, scar |
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| cockatrice | (noun) monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance | - |
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| compatriot | (noun) a person from your own country | - |
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| diatribe | (noun) thunderous verbal attack | Synonyms: fulmination |
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| dominatrix | (noun) a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) | - |
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| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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| expatriation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation |
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| (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: emigration, out-migration |
| fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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| (noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
| (noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
| geriatrician | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: gerontologist |
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| geriatrics | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: gerontology |
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| latria | (noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: adoration |
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| latrine | (noun) a public toilet in a military area | - |
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| matriarch | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: materfamilias |
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| (noun) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) | - |
| matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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| matriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchate |
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| matric | (noun) admission to a group (especially a college or university) | Synonyms: matriculation |
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| matricide | (noun) the murder of your mother | - |
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| (noun) a person who murders their mother | - |
| matriculate | (noun) someone who has been admitted to a college or university | - |
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| matriculation | (noun) admission to a group (especially a college or university) | Synonyms: matric |
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| matrikin | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
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| matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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| matrilineality | (noun) a system in which a person's descent is traced through their mother and her maternal ancestors. | - |
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| matrimony | (noun) the ceremony or sacrament of marriage | - |
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| (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| matrisib | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib |
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| matrix | (noun) mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface | - |
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| (noun) the formative tissue at the base of a nail | - |
| (noun) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded | Synonyms: ground substance, intercellular substance |
| (noun) (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules | - |
| (noun) an enclosure within which something originates or develops | - |
| (noun) (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded | - |
| mediatrix | (noun) a woman who is a mediator | - |
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| natriuresis | (noun) the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine | - |
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| negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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| paediatrician | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, pediatrician, pediatrist |
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| paediatrics | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: pediatric medicine, pediatrics, pedology |
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| patrial | (noun) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) | - |
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| patriarch | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: paterfamilias |
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| (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | - |
| (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | - |
| (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | - |
| patriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchy |
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| (noun) the jurisdiction of a patriarch | - |
| patriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchate |
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| patrician | (noun) a member of the aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocrat, blue blood |
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| (noun) a person of refined upbringing and manners | - |
| patriciate | (noun) members of the patrician class. | - |
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| patricide | (noun) the murder of your father | - |
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| (noun) a person who murders their father | - |
| patrikin | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
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| patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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| patrimony | (noun) an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | Synonyms: birthright |
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| (noun) a church endowment | - |
| patriot | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: nationalist |
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| patrioteer | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist |
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| patriotism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: nationalism |
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| patrisib | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib |
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| patristics | (noun) the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers | Synonyms: patrology |
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| (noun) the writings of the early Church Fathers | Synonyms: patrology |
| pediatrician | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrist |
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| pediatrics | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology |
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| pediatrist | (noun) a specialist in the care of babies | Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician |
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| physiatrics | (noun) therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities | Synonyms: physical therapy, physiotherapy |
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| podiatrist | (noun) a specialist in care for the feet | Synonyms: chiropodist, foot doctor |
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| psychiatrist | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, shrink |
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| repatriate | (noun) a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored | - |
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| repatriation | (noun) the act of returning to the country of origin | - |
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| separatrix | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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| superpatriotism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, ultranationalism |
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| testatrix | (noun) a female testator | - |
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| theatrical | (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: histrionics, representation, theatrical performance |
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| theatricality | (noun) an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: staginess |
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