| aestivation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | Synonyms: estivation |
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| (noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | Synonyms: estivation |
| autosuggestion | (noun) a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s | Synonyms: auto-suggestion, self-suggestion |
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| bestiality | (noun) sexual activity between a person and an animal | Synonyms: sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty |
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| (noun) the stupid brutal quality of a beast | - |
| bestiary | (noun) a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals | - |
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| birdnesting | (noun) hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs | - |
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| candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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| celestite | (noun) a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate | - |
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| comestible | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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| congestion | (noun) excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part | - |
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| (noun) excessive crowding | Synonyms: over-crowding |
| destination | (noun) the ultimate goal for which something is done | Synonyms: terminus |
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| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: address, name and address |
| (noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: finish, goal |
| destiny | (noun) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | Synonyms: fate |
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| (noun) the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events | Synonyms: fate |
| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
| destitution | (noun) a state without friends or money or prospects | - |
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| digestibility | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibleness |
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| digestibleness | (noun) the property of being easy to digest | Synonyms: digestibility |
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| digestion | (noun) learning and coming to understand ideas and information | - |
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| (noun) the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body | - |
| (noun) the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat | - |
| digestive | (noun) any substance that promotes digestion | - |
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| divestiture | (noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | - |
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| (noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior | - |
| domestic | (noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | Synonyms: domestic help, house servant |
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| domestication | (noun) accommodation to domestic life | - |
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| (noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: tameness |
| (noun) adaptation to intimate association with human beings | - |
| domesticity | (noun) domestic activities or life | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being domestic or domesticated | - |
| estimate | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimation |
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| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimation, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimation |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimation |
| (noun) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job | - |
| estimation | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimate |
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| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimate |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimate |
| estimator | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, figurer, reckoner |
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| estivation | (noun) (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens | Synonyms: aestivation |
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| (noun) (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period | Synonyms: aestivation |
| festination | (noun) involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease) | - |
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| festival | (noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | Synonyms: fete |
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| (noun) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration | - |
| festivity | (noun) any joyous diversion | Synonyms: celebration |
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| fiddlestick | (noun) a bow used in playing the violin | Synonyms: violin bow |
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| forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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| gesticulation | (noun) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion | - |
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| guestimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guesstimate |
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| harvesting | (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest, harvest home |
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| indigestibility | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibleness |
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| indigestibleness | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibility |
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| indigestion | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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| ingestion | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake |
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| interestingness | (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interest |
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| intestine | (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: bowel, gut |
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| investigating | (noun) the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | Synonyms: investigation |
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| investigation | (noun) the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | Synonyms: investigating |
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| (noun) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities | Synonyms: probe |
| investigator | (noun) someone who investigates | - |
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| (noun) a scientist who devotes himself to doing research | Synonyms: research worker, researcher |
| (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | Synonyms: detective, police detective, tec |
| investing | (noun) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | Synonyms: investment |
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| investiture | (noun) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank | Synonyms: investment |
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| (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization |
| mestiza | (noun) a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) | - |
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| mestizo | (noun) a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) | - |
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| metrestick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: meterstick |
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| misestimation | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: miscalculation, misreckoning |
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| overestimate | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation |
| overestimation | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimate, overvaluation |
| ovotestis | (noun) hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue | - |
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| pesticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) | - |
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| pestilence | (noun) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | Synonyms: canker |
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| (noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pest, plague |
| (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pest, pestis, plague |
| pestis | (noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pest, pestilence, plague |
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| predestinarian | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinationist |
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| predestinarianism | (noun) the belief or doctrine of predestinarians | - |
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| predestination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predetermination, preordination |
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| (noun) previous determination as if by destiny or fate | - |
| predestinationist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinarian |
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| prestidigitation | (noun) manual dexterity in the execution of tricks | Synonyms: sleight of hand |
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| prestidigitator | (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician |
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| prestige | (noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | Synonyms: prestigiousness |
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| prestigiousness | (noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | Synonyms: prestige |
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| progestin | (noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | Synonyms: progestogen |
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| question | (noun) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness |
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| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, query |
| (noun) the subject matter at issue | Synonyms: head |
| (noun) a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote | Synonyms: motion |
| (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence |
| (noun) an informal reference to a marriage proposal | - |
| questioner | (noun) someone who asks a question | Synonyms: asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier |
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| questioning | (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: inquiring |
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| questionnaire | (noun) a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information | - |
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| restitution | (noun) getting something back again | Synonyms: regaining, restoration, return |
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| (noun) the act of restoring something to its original state | - |
| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress |
| restiveness | (noun) characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright | Synonyms: skittishness |
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| (noun) The characteristic of being resistant of control, stubborn. | - |
| (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness |
| singlestick | (noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing | Synonyms: backsword, fencing stick |
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| suggestibility | (noun) susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion | - |
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| suggestion | (noun) the act of inducing hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotism, mesmerism |
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| (noun) an idea that is suggested | - |
| (noun) the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association | - |
| (noun) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | Synonyms: proffer, proposition |
| (noun) persuasion formulated as a suggestion | Synonyms: prompting |
| (noun) a just detectable amount | Synonyms: hint, tint, trace |
| suggestiveness | (noun) The state or quality of being full of suggestions, of stimulating thought. | - |
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| testicle | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis |
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| testiere | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall |
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| testifier | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deponent, deposer |
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| testimonial | (noun) something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable | Synonyms: good word, recommendation |
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| (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | Synonyms: tribute |
| (noun) something that serves as evidence | Synonyms: testimony |
| testimony | (noun) a solemn statement made under oath | - |
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| (noun) an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact | - |
| (noun) something that serves as evidence | Synonyms: testimonial |
| testiness | (noun) feeling easily irritated | Synonyms: tetchiness, touchiness |
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| testing | (noun) the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works | - |
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| (noun) the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | Synonyms: examination |
| (noun) an examination of the characteristics of something | - |
| testis | (noun) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle |
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| transvestism | (noun) the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross dressing, transvestitism |
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| transvestite | (noun) someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross-dresser |
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| transvestitism | (noun) the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: cross dressing, transvestism |
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| underestimate | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimation, underrating, underreckoning |
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| underestimation | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underrating, underreckoning |
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| uninterestingness | (noun) inability to capture or hold one's interest | - |
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| unquestionability | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionableness |
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| unquestionableness | (noun) the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt | Synonyms: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability |
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| vestibule | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby |
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| (noun) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) | - |
| vestige | (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, tincture, trace |
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| vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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