| antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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| authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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| carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| chlamyphore | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego |
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| chore | (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: job, task |
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| chorea | (noun) any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs | - |
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| (noun) chorea in dogs | Synonyms: canine chorea |
| choreographer | (noun) someone who creates new dances | - |
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| choreography | (noun) a show involving artistic dancing | Synonyms: stage dancing |
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| (noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | - |
| (noun) a notation used by choreographers | - |
| chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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| conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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| ctenophore | (noun) biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb | Synonyms: comb jelly |
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| diaphoresis | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating |
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| diaphoretic | (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
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| electrophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis |
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| foreshore | (noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | - |
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| gametophore | (noun) a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts | - |
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| gynophore | (noun) the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle | - |
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| horehound | (noun) a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant | - |
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| (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium | - |
| immunoelectrophoresis | (noun) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies | - |
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| ionophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis |
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| iontophoresis | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontotherapy |
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| kinetochore | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: centromere |
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| lakeshore | (noun) the shore of a lake | Synonyms: lakeside |
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| longshoreman | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, lumper, stevedore |
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| mastigophore | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran |
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| oophorectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries | Synonyms: ovariectomy |
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| orthochorea | (noun) a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect | - |
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| phosphorescence | (noun) a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased | - |
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| pneumatophore | (noun) an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant | - |
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| polyplacophore | (noun) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | Synonyms: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle |
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| seashore | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seacoast |
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| semaphore | (noun) an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms | - |
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| shore | (noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shoring |
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| (noun) the land along the edge of a body of water | - |
| shorebird | (noun) any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries | Synonyms: limicoline bird, shore bird |
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| shoreline | (noun) a boundary line between land and water | - |
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| siphonophore | (noun) a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored | - |
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| sporangiophore | (noun) stalk bearing one or more sporangia | - |
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| sporophore | (noun) a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte | - |
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| terpsichore | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, dancing, saltation |
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| terpsichorean | (noun) a performer who dances professionally | Synonyms: dancer, professional dancer |
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| whore | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl |
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| whoredom | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: harlotry, prostitution |
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| whorehouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house |
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| whoremaster | (noun) a pimp who procures whores | Synonyms: whoremonger |
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| (noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, trick, whoremonger |
| whoremonger | (noun) a pimp who procures whores | Synonyms: whoremaster |
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| (noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, trick, whoremaster |
| whoreson | (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch |