| incorruptness | (noun) characterized by integrity or probity | Synonyms: incorruption |
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| indecorousness | (noun) a lack of decorum | Synonyms: indecorum |
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| indecorum | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: familiarity, impropriety, liberty |
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| (noun) a lack of decorum | Synonyms: indecorousness |
| leucorrhea | (noun) discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection | Synonyms: leukorrhea |
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| licorice | (noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant | Synonyms: liquorice |
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| (noun) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots | Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice |
| longicorn | (noun) long-bodied beetle having very long antennae | Synonyms: long-horned beetle, longicorn beetle |
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| manticora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticore, mantiger |
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| manticore | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticora, mantiger |
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| mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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| mucor | (noun) any mold of the genus Mucor | - |
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| neocortex | (noun) the cortical part of the neencephalon | Synonyms: neopallium |
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| paleocortex | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: archipallium |
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| patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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| peppercorn | (noun) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | Synonyms: pepper |
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| picornavirus | (noun) a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat | - |
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| popcorn | (noun) small kernels of corn exploded by heat | - |
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| (noun) corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat | Synonyms: Zea mays everta |
| precordium | (noun) the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach | - |
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| pseudoscorpion | (noun) small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion | Synonyms: false scorpion |
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| rancor | (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, gall, rancour, resentment |
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| record | (noun) an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) | - |
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| (noun) the sum of recognized accomplishments | Synonyms: track record |
| (noun) sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | Synonyms: disc, disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter |
| (noun) a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted | Synonyms: criminal record |
| (noun) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone | Synonyms: book, record book |
| (noun) anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events | - |
| (noun) a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction | - |
| (noun) the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had | - |
| recorder | (noun) a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece | Synonyms: fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute |
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| (noun) equipment for making records | Synonyms: recording equipment, recording machine |
| (noun) someone responsible for keeping records | Synonyms: record-keeper, registrar |
| (noun) a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs | - |
| recording | (noun) the act of making a record (especially an audio record) | Synonyms: transcription |
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| (noun) a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded | - |
| (noun) a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded | - |
| ripcord | (noun) a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent | - |
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| (noun) a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend | - |
| scorbutus | (noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | Synonyms: scurvy |
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| scorch | (noun) a discoloration caused by heat | - |
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| (noun) a surface burn | Synonyms: singe |
| (noun) a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues | - |
| scorcher | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: screamer |
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| (noun) an extremely hot day | - |
| scorchingness | (noun) The quality of being scorching; extreme heat. | - |
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| score | (noun) the act of scoring in a game or sport | - |
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| (noun) a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: sexual conquest |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: grade, mark |
| (noun) the facts about an actual situation | - |
| (noun) a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | Synonyms: musical score |
| (noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grievance, grudge |
| (noun) a set of twenty members | - |
| (noun) grounds | Synonyms: account |
| (noun) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest | - |
| (noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: scotch |
| (noun) an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) | - |
| scoreboard | (noun) a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information) | - |
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| scorecard | (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: card |
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| scorekeeper | (noun) an official who records the score during the progress of a game | Synonyms: scorer |
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| scorer | (noun) a player who makes a score in a game or contest | - |
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| (noun) a logger who marks trees to be felled | - |
| (noun) an official who records the score during the progress of a game | Synonyms: scorekeeper |
| scores | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| scoria | (noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | Synonyms: dross, slag |
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| scoring | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, marking |
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| scorn | (noun) open disrespect for a person or thing | Synonyms: contempt |
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| (noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: contempt, despite, disdain |
| scorner | (noun) a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression | Synonyms: sneerer |
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| scorpaenid | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific | Synonyms: scorpaenid fish |
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| scorpaenoid | (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates | Synonyms: scorpaenoid fish |
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| scorper | (noun) a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal | Synonyms: scauper |
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| scorpion | (noun) arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger | - |
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| scorpionfish | (noun) marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines | Synonyms: scorpion fish, sea scorpion |
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| scorpionweed | (noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia | Synonyms: phacelia, scorpion weed |
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| scorzonera | (noun) long black salsify | Synonyms: black salsify |
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| (noun) perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots | Synonyms: black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica, viper's grass |
| succor | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succour |
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| succorer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succourer |
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| succory | (noun) perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads | Synonyms: chicory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus |
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| threescore | (noun) a set with 3 times 20 members | - |
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| tricorn | (noun) cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | Synonyms: tricorne |
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| tricorne | (noun) cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points | Synonyms: tricorn |
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| underscore | (noun) a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) | Synonyms: underline |
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| unicorn | (noun) an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead | - |
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| whipcord | (noun) a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib | - |
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| (noun) closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips | - |