| ribbing | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: tantalization, tease, teasing |
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| (noun) a framework of ribs | - |
| robin | (noun) large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen | Synonyms: American robin, Turdus migratorius |
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| (noun) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast | Synonyms: Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, redbreast, robin redbreast |
| rubbing | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: detrition, friction |
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| (noun) representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal | - |
| (noun) the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another | Synonyms: friction |
| sabin | (noun) a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound | - |
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| scrubbiness | (noun) the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrawniness |
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| scrubbing | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrub |
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| searobin | (noun) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: sea robin |
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| shabbiness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, unfairness |
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| (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, seediness, sleaziness |
| sobbing | (noun) convulsive gasp made while weeping | Synonyms: sob |
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| spellbinder | (noun) an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound | - |
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| stubbiness | (noun) the property of being short and broad | Synonyms: squatness |
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| subbing | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: substituting |
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| swabbing | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: mopping |
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| terbinafine | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Lamisil |
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| terebinth | (noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus |
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| tetrahydrocannabinol | (noun) psychoactive substance present in marijuana | Synonyms: THC |
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| throbbing | (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: pounding, throb |
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| (noun) a sound with a strong rhythmic beat | - |
| thrombin | (noun) an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot | - |
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| tubbiness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness |
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| tubing | (noun) conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases | Synonyms: tube |
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| turbinal | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinate, turbinate bone |
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| turbinate | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinal, turbinate bone |
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| turbine | (noun) rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | - |
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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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| webbing | (noun) a strong fabric woven in strips | - |
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| (noun) a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts | - |
| (noun) something forming a web (as between the toes of birds) | - |
| woodbine | (noun) European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers | Synonyms: Lonicera periclymenum |
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| (noun) common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit | Synonyms: American ivy, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia creeper |
| zalcitabine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, dideoxycytosine |
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