| persuader | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: inducer |
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| persuasion | (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: opinion, sentiment, thought, view |
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| (noun) the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | Synonyms: suasion |
| persuasiveness | (noun) the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty | Synonyms: strength |
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| perverseness | (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perversity |
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| (noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perversity |
| perversion | (noun) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use) | - |
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| (noun) an aberrant sexual practice | Synonyms: sexual perversion |
| (noun) a curve that reverses the direction of something | - |
| perversity | (noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perverseness |
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| (noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness |
| pliers | (noun) a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws | Synonyms: pair of pliers, plyers |
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| plyers | (noun) a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws | Synonyms: pair of pliers, pliers |
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| premiership | (noun) the office of premier | - |
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| privateersman | (noun) an officer or crew member of a privateer | Synonyms: privateer |
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| quarters | (noun) housing available for people to live in | Synonyms: living quarters |
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| quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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| readership | (noun) the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) | - |
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| receivership | (noun) the office of a receiver | - |
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| (noun) a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all | - |
| (noun) the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver | - |
| retroversion | (noun) returning to a former state | Synonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, reversion |
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| (noun) translation back into the original language | - |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflection, retroflexion |
| revers | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side | Synonyms: revere |
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| reversal | (noun) a change from one state to the opposite state | - |
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| (noun) the act of reversing the order or place of | Synonyms: transposition |
| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) a major change in attitude or principle or point of view | Synonyms: about-face, policy change, volte-face |
| (noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside | - |
| (noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) turning in an opposite direction or position | Synonyms: turn around |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reverse, setback |
| reverse | (noun) (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction | - |
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| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed | Synonyms: reverse gear |
| (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: verso |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, setback |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: contrary, opposite |
| reversibility | (noun) the quality of being reversible in either direction | - |
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| reversible | (noun) a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing) | - |
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| reversion | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting |
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| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) returning to a former state | Synonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion |
| (noun) (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) | - |
| (noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | Synonyms: atavism, throwback |
| (noun) (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) | - |
| reversioner | (noun) (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion | - |
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| reversionist | (noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | Synonyms: backslider, recidivist |
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| riverside | (noun) the bank of a river | Synonyms: riverbank |
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| rockers | (noun) originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers | Synonyms: bikers |
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| rounders | (noun) an English ball game similar to baseball | - |
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| rudderstock | (noun) a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot | Synonyms: rudderpost |
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| rulership | (noun) the position of ruler | - |
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| salesperson | (noun) a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) | Synonyms: sales rep, sales representative |
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| seersucker | (noun) a light puckered fabric (usually striped) | - |
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| silverside | (noun) small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: silversides |
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| silversides | (noun) small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: silverside |
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| (noun) the common North American shiner | Synonyms: common shiner, Notropis cornutus |
| silversmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs articles of silver | Synonyms: silver-worker, silverworker |
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| silverspot | (noun) butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings | - |
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| silversword | (noun) low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem | Synonyms: Argyroxiphium sandwicense |
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| sistership | (noun) an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest | Synonyms: sisterhood |
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| (noun) the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings | Synonyms: sisterhood |
| snickersnee | (noun) fighting with knives | Synonyms: cut-and-thrust, knife fight |
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| snuffers | (noun) scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick | - |
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| sobersides | (noun) a serious and sedate individual | - |
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| soldiership | (noun) skills that are required for the life of soldier | Synonyms: soldiering |
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| somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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| somerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset |
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| speakership | (noun) the position of Speaker | - |
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| splinters | (noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: matchwood |
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| spokesperson | (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: interpreter, representative, voice |
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| staggers | (noun) a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling | Synonyms: blind staggers |
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| steersman | (noun) the person who steers a ship | Synonyms: helmsman, steerer |
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| submersible | (noun) a warship designed to operate under water | Synonyms: submersible warship |
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| (noun) an apparatus intended for use under water | - |
| submersion | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: dousing, ducking, immersion |
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| (noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submergence, submerging |
| subversion | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: corruption |
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| (noun) the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government | Synonyms: subversive activity |
| subversive | (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution | Synonyms: revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter |
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| subversiveness | (noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior | Synonyms: traitorousness, treason |
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| summercaters | (noun) (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine | - |
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| summersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summerset |
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| summerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault |
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| superscript | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character | Synonyms: superior |
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| superscription | (noun) the activity of superscribing | - |
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| (noun) an inscription written above something else | - |
| supersedure | (noun) act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior | Synonyms: supersession |
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| supersession | (noun) act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior | Synonyms: supersedure |
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| superslasher | (noun) large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous | Synonyms: utahraptor |
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| superstar | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| superstition | (noun) an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear | Synonyms: superstitious notion |
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| superstrate | (noun) the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language | Synonyms: superstratum |
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| (noun) any stratum or layer superimposed on another | Synonyms: superstratum |
| superstratum | (noun) the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language | Synonyms: superstrate |
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| (noun) any stratum or layer superimposed on another | Synonyms: superstrate |
| superstring | (noun) a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time | - |
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| superstructure | (noun) structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck | - |
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| supersymmetry | (noun) (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces | - |
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| teachership | (noun) the position of teacher | - |
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| tergiversation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: equivocation |
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| (noun) the act of abandoning a party for cause | Synonyms: apostasy |
| tergiversator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: equivocator, hedger |
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| terseness | (noun) a neatly short and concise expressive style | - |
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| thundershower | (noun) a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | - |
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| thunderstorm | (noun) a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning | Synonyms: electric storm, electrical storm |
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| traversal | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traverse |
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| (noun) travel across | Synonyms: traverse |
| traverse | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traversal |
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| (noun) travel across | Synonyms: traversal |
| (noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | Synonyms: transom |
| (noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something | Synonyms: crossbeam, crosspiece, trave |
| traverser | (noun) someone who moves or passes across | - |
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| treasurership | (noun) the position of treasurer | - |
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| trousers | (noun) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | Synonyms: pair of trousers, pant |
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| twitterverse | (noun) the social sphere of the Twitter service | - |
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| underdrawers | (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, shorts |
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| underscore | (noun) a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) | Synonyms: underline |
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| underseal | (noun) seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion | Synonyms: undercoat |
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| undersecretary | (noun) a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government | - |
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| underseller | (noun) a seller that sells at a lower price than others do | - |
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| undershirt | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, vest |
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| undershrub | (noun) a low shrub | - |
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| underside | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, undersurface |
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| underskirt | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, petticoat |
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| undersoil | (noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | Synonyms: subsoil |
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| understandability | (noun) the quality of comprehensible language or thought | Synonyms: comprehensibility |
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| understanding | (noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | Synonyms: intellect, reason |
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| (noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: apprehension, discernment, savvy |
| (noun) an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion | Synonyms: sympathy |
| (noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: agreement |
| understatement | (noun) a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said | - |
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| understeer | (noun) when a car steers less than (under) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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| understructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure |
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| understudy | (noun) an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | Synonyms: standby |
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| undersurface | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, underside |
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| universal | (noun) coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions | Synonyms: universal joint |
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| (noun) a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings | - |
| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class | Synonyms: universal proposition |
| (noun) (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | Synonyms: linguistic universal |
| universalism | (noun) the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved | - |
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| universality | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: catholicity |
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