| acciaccatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: appoggiatura, grace note |
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| accidence | (noun) the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words | Synonyms: inflectional morphology |
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| accident | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: chance event, fortuity, stroke |
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| (noun) an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury | - |
| accidental | (noun) a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature | - |
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| bocci | (noun) Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court | Synonyms: bocce, boccie |
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| boccie | (noun) Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court | Synonyms: bocce, bocci |
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| breccia | (noun) a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand | - |
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| cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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| capriccio | (noun) an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation | - |
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| chiocciole | (noun) a type of pasta that is elbow-shaped. | - |
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| cocci | (noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | Synonyms: coccus |
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| coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiosis | (noun) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia | - |
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| coccidium | (noun) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates | Synonyms: eimeria |
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| fettuccine | (noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine | Synonyms: fettuccini |
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| fettuccini | (noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine | Synonyms: fettuccine |
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| flaccidity | (noun) a flabby softness | Synonyms: flabbiness, limpness |
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| mostaccioli | (noun) pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches | - |
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| occident | (noun) the hemisphere that includes North America and South America | Synonyms: western hemisphere |
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| occidentalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations | - |
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| occiput | (noun) back part of the head or skull | - |
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| staphylococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococcus |
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| streptococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococcus |
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| succinctness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, pithiness |
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| succinylcholine | (noun) a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures | - |
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| vaccina | (noun) a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar | Synonyms: vaccinia, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia |
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| vaccinating | (noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity | Synonyms: inoculating |
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| vaccination | (noun) taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease | Synonyms: inoculation |
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| (noun) the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine | - |
| vaccinator | (noun) a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases | Synonyms: inoculator |
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| vaccine | (noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies | Synonyms: vaccinum |
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| vaccinee | (noun) a patient who has been vaccinated | - |
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| vaccinia | (noun) a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox | Synonyms: cowpox |
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| (noun) a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar | Synonyms: vaccina, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia |
| vaccinum | (noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies | Synonyms: vaccine |
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