| albedo | (noun) the ratio of reflected to incident light | Synonyms: reflective power |
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| angledozer | (noun) a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side | - |
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| anhedonia | (noun) an inability to experience pleasure | - |
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| battledore | (noun) an ancient racket game | Synonyms: battledore and shuttlecock |
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| (noun) a light long-handled racket used by badminton players | Synonyms: badminton racket, badminton racquet |
| boredom | (noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious | Synonyms: ennui, tedium |
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| boustrophedon | (noun) an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' | - |
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| calcedony | (noun) a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | Synonyms: chalcedony |
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| chalcedony | (noun) a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | Synonyms: calcedony |
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| closedown | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closing, closure, shutdown |
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| comedo | (noun) a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin | Synonyms: blackhead |
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| comedogen | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogenic, comedogenic substance |
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| comedogenic | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogen, comedogenic substance |
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| comedown | (noun) decline to a lower status or level | - |
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| cotyledon | (noun) embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants | Synonyms: seed leaf |
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| credo | (noun) any system of principles or beliefs | Synonyms: creed |
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| dicotyledon | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, exogen, magnoliopsid |
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| dukedom | (noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess | Synonyms: duchy |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a duke | - |
| fedora | (noun) a hat made of felt with a creased crown | Synonyms: felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby |
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| firedog | (noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace | Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, dog |
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| freedom | (noun) the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints | - |
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| (noun) immunity from an obligation or duty | Synonyms: exemption |
| hedonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | - |
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| (noun) the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle | - |
| hedonist | (noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures | Synonyms: pagan, pleasure seeker |
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| housedog | (noun) a dog trained to guard a house | - |
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| livedo | (noun) skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin | - |
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| macedoine | (noun) mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold | - |
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| monocotyledon | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: endogen, liliopsid, monocot |
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| oedometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the rate and amount of consolidation of a soil specimen under pressure. | - |
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| paedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: pedophile |
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| paedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: pedophilia |
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| parallelepipedon | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon |
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| parallelopipedon | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped |
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| pedodontist | (noun) a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth | - |
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| pedology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics |
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| pedometer | (noun) measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking | - |
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| pedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: paedophile |
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| pedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: paedophilia |
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| predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predomination |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predomination, prepotency |
| predomination | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predominance |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, prepotency |
| princedom | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: principality |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a prince | - |
| redolence | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, sweetness |
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| redoubt | (noun) an entrenched stronghold or refuge | - |
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| (noun) (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses | - |
| redox | (noun) a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction | Synonyms: oxidation-reduction, oxidoreduction |
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| reredos | (noun) a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table | Synonyms: altarpiece |
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| shakedown | (noun) extortion of money (as by blackmail) | - |
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| (noun) a very thorough search of a person or a place | - |
| (noun) initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state | - |
| speedometer | (noun) a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed | Synonyms: speed indicator |
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| stevedore | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper |
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| takedown | (noun) a crushing remark | Synonyms: put-down, squelch, squelcher |
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| (noun) (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position | - |
| teredo | (noun) typical shipworm | - |
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| thistledown | (noun) pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle | - |
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| torpedo | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: crampfish, electric ray, numbfish |
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| (noun) armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target | - |
| (noun) a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead | - |
| (noun) a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface | - |
| (noun) an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas) | - |
| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep |
| (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, triggerman |
| tournedos | (noun) thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin | - |
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| turtledove | (noun) any of several Old World wild doves | - |
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| (noun) small Australian dove | Synonyms: Australian turtledove, Stictopelia cuneata |
| tuxedo | (noun) semiformal evening dress for men | Synonyms: black tie, dinner jacket, tux |
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| whoredom | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: harlotry, prostitution |
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