| dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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| dysphoria | (noun) abnormal depression and discontent | - |
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| dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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| dyspnea | (noun) difficult or labored respiration | Synonyms: dyspnoea |
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| dyspnoea | (noun) difficult or labored respiration | Synonyms: dyspnea |
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| dysprosium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic | Synonyms: atomic number 66, Dy |
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| dyssynergia | (noun) inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait | Synonyms: ataxia, ataxy, motor ataxia |
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| dysthymia | (noun) mild chronic depression | Synonyms: dysthymic depression |
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| dystopia | (noun) a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
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| (noun) state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
| dystrophy | (noun) any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition | - |
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| (noun) any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | Synonyms: muscular dystrophy |
| dysuria | (noun) painful or difficult urination | - |
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| ecdysiast | (noun) a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | Synonyms: exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser |
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| ecdysis | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: molt, molting, moult, moulting |
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| ecdysteroid | (noun) #DD: The name 'ecdysteroid' refers to the insect moulting and sex hormones which include ecdysone and its homologues such as 20-hydroxyecdysone. | - |
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| eddy | (noun) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself | Synonyms: twist |
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| electrodynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power | - |
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| ependyma | (noun) thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal | - |
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| epicondyle | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | - |
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| epicondylitis | (noun) painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle | - |
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| epididymis | (noun) a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens | - |
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| epididymitis | (noun) painful inflammation of the epididymis | - |
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| forelady | (noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forewoman |
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| gaudy | (noun) (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held at a college | - |
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| glossodynia | (noun) pain in the tongue | Synonyms: glossalgia |
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| gobbledygook | (noun) incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists | - |
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| goody | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat |
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| granddaddy | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, grandfather, grandpa |
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| handyman | (noun) a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks | Synonyms: jack of all trades, odd-job man |
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| haploidy | (noun) the condition of being haploid | - |
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| hemodynamics | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved | - |
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| hendiadys | (noun) use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier | - |
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| heteroploidy | (noun) the condition of being heteroploid | - |
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| homebody | (noun) a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel | Synonyms: stay-at-home |
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| howdy | (noun) an expression of greeting | Synonyms: hello, hi, how-do-you-do, hullo |
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| hydrodynamics | (noun) study of fluids in motion | Synonyms: hydrokinetics |
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| hymnody | (noun) the act of singing psalms or hymns | Synonyms: psalmody |
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| idyl | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, eclogue, idyll |
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| (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyll, pastoral, pastorale |
| idyll | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, eclogue, idyl |
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| (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyl, pastoral, pastorale |
| (noun) an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll | - |
| isoantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: alloantibody |
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| jeopardy | (noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: endangerment, hazard, peril, risk |
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| jimdandy | (noun) something excellent of its kind | Synonyms: crackerjack, jimhickey |
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| (noun) someone excellent of their kind | Synonyms: crackerjack, jimhickey |
| kiddy | (noun) informal term for a young child | Synonyms: kiddie |
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| lady | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam |
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| (noun) a polite name for any woman | - |
| ladybeetle | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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| ladybird | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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| ladybug | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle |
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| ladyfinger | (noun) small finger-shaped sponge cake | - |
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| ladyfish | (noun) game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller | Synonyms: Elops saurus, tenpounder |
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| ladylikeness | (noun) behavior befitting a lady | - |
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| ladylove | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: dulcinea |
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| landlady | (noun) a landlord who is a woman | - |
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| lindy | (noun) an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh) | Synonyms: lindy hop |
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| lipochondrodystrophy | (noun) hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation | Synonyms: dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome |
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| magnetohydrodynamics | (noun) the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal) | - |
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| makeready | (noun) final preparation and adjustments | - |
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| malady | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: illness, sickness, unwellness |
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| (noun) any unwholesome or desperate condition | - |
| melody | (noun) the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes | Synonyms: tonal pattern |
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| (noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune |
| middy | (noun) blouse with a sailor collar | Synonyms: middy blouse |
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| monody | (noun) music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) | Synonyms: monophonic music, monophony |
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| myodynia | (noun) pain in a muscle or group of muscles | Synonyms: myalgia |
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| needy | (noun) needy people collectively | - |
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| neodymium | (noun) a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium | Synonyms: atomic number 60, Nd |
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| nobody | (noun) a person of no influence | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, nonentity |
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| odynophagia | (noun) severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus | - |
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| odyssey | (noun) a long wandering and eventful journey | - |
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| organdy | (noun) a sheer stiff muslin | Synonyms: organdie |
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| osteodystrophy | (noun) defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism | - |
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| paddy | (noun) rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field | - |
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| (noun) an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown | Synonyms: paddy field, rice paddy |
| paddymelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: pademelon |
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| pandowdy | (noun) deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust | Synonyms: dowdy |
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| parody | (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, takeoff |
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| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| perfidy | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, treachery, treason |
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| (noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, treachery |
| pleurodynia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: costalgia, pleuralgia |
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| polyploidy | (noun) the condition of being polyploid | - |
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| polypody | (noun) any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium | - |
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| praseodymium | (noun) a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process | Synonyms: atomic number 59, Pr |
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| prosody | (noun) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification | Synonyms: metrics |
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| (noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | Synonyms: inflection |
| (noun) (prosody) a system of versification | Synonyms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern |
| psalmody | (noun) the act of singing psalms or hymns | Synonyms: hymnody |
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| psychodynamics | (noun) the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation | - |
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| (noun) the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation | - |
| pycnodysostosis | (noun) a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth | - |
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| ready | (noun) poised for action | - |
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| readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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| remedy | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: redress, remediation |
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| (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, cure, therapeutic |
| rhapsody | (noun) (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation | - |
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| (noun) (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character | - |
| (noun) an enthusiastic expression of emotion | - |
| rowdy | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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| rowdyism | (noun) rowdy behavior | Synonyms: disorderliness, roughness, rowdiness |
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| saleslady | (noun) a woman salesperson | Synonyms: salesgirl, saleswoman |
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| seriocomedy | (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: tragicomedy |
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| shandy | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandygaff |
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| shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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| shindy | (noun) a large and noisy party of people | Synonyms: shindig |
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| shoddy | (noun) reclaimed wool fiber | - |
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| soddy | (noun) a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses | Synonyms: adobe house, sod house |
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| somebody | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, person, someone, soul |
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| spondylarthritis | (noun) arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | - |
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| spondylitis | (noun) inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness | - |
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| spondylolisthesis | (noun) a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | - |
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| steady | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: sweetheart, sweetie, truelove |
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| study | (noun) a detailed critical inspection | Synonyms: survey |
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| (noun) a room used for reading and writing and studying | - |
| (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: sketch |
| (noun) attentive consideration and meditation | Synonyms: cogitation |
| (noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, subject, subject area, subject field |
| (noun) applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | Synonyms: work |
| (noun) a state of deep mental absorption | - |
| (noun) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group | Synonyms: report, written report |
| (noun) a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique | - |
| (noun) someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) | - |
| studying | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusal, perusing, poring over |
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