| narghile | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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| nargileh | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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| neurilemma | (noun) thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: neurolemma |
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| neurilemoma | (noun) tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve | Synonyms: neurofibroma |
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| neuropile | (noun) the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded | Synonyms: neuropil |
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| neutrophile | (noun) the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes | Synonyms: neutrophil |
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| nitrile | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | Synonyms: cyanide, nitril |
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| oenophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: enophile |
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| oiler | (noun) a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk | Synonyms: oil tanker, tank ship, tanker |
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| (noun) a well that yields or has yielded oil | Synonyms: oil well |
| (noun) a worker who oils engines or machinery | - |
| paedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: pedophile |
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| pantile | (noun) a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap | - |
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| pedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: paedophile |
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| pennilessness | (noun) a state of lacking money | Synonyms: impecuniousness, penuriousness |
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| percentile | (noun) (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | Synonyms: centile |
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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 |
| pile | (noun) a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy | Synonyms: atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor |
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| (noun) battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta | Synonyms: galvanic pile, voltaic pile |
| (noun) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | Synonyms: nap |
| (noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | Synonyms: piling, spile, stilt |
| (noun) fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) | Synonyms: down |
| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound |
| (noun) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | Synonyms: big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| piles | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| (noun) venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | Synonyms: haemorrhoid, hemorrhoid |
| pileup | (noun) multiple collisions of vehicles | - |
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| pileus | (noun) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom | Synonyms: cap |
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| pilewort | (noun) perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles | Synonyms: lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria |
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| pitilessness | (noun) mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity | Synonyms: ruthlessness |
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| (noun) feelings of extreme heartlessness | Synonyms: cruelty, mercilessness, ruthlessness |
| polypropenonitrile | (noun) acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan) | Synonyms: Acrilan |
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| potboiler | (noun) a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) | - |
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| predilection | (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: orientation, preference |
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| (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, preference, taste |
| privilege | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative |
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| (noun) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship | - |
| (noun) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all | - |
| profile | (noun) biographical sketch | - |
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| (noun) an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics | - |
| (noun) a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers | - |
| (noun) an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side) | - |
| (noun) degree of exposure to public notice | Synonyms: visibility |
| projectile | (noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: missile |
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| (noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | Synonyms: rocket |
| propenonitrile | (noun) a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene | Synonyms: acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide |
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| quartile | (noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores | - |
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| reconciler | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker |
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| reptile | (noun) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | Synonyms: reptilian |
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| retailer | (noun) a merchant who sells goods at retail | Synonyms: retail merchant |
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| revilement | (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, contumely, insult, vilification |
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| rutile | (noun) a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium | - |
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| sacrilege | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: blasphemy, desecration, profanation |
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| sacrilegiousness | (noun) profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege | - |
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| sandpile | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpit |
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| semilegality | (noun) The property of being of partial or questionable legality. | Synonyms: semi-legality |
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| semitrailer | (noun) a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle | Synonyms: semi |
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| silence | (noun) the absence of sound | Synonyms: quiet |
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| (noun) a refusal to speak when expected | Synonyms: muteness |
| (noun) the trait of keeping things secret | Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness |
| (noun) the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) | - |
| silencer | (noun) a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise | Synonyms: muffler |
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| (noun) short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing | - |
| silene | (noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: campion, catchfly |
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| silents | (noun) a movie without a soundtrack | Synonyms: silent movie, silent picture |
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| silenus | (noun) any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs) | - |
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| silesia | (noun) a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings | - |
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| silex | (noun) a pure form of finely ground silica | - |
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| simile | (noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') | - |
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| smile | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, grinning, smiling |
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| smiler | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, visage |
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| (noun) a person who smiles | - |
| smiley | (noun) an emoticon of a smiling face | - |
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| snowmobile | (noun) tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front | - |
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| spermophile | (noun) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | Synonyms: gopher, ground squirrel |
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| spile | (noun) a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask | Synonyms: bung |
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| (noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | Synonyms: pile, piling, stilt |
| spoiler | (noun) a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | - |
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| (noun) an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | - |
| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider |
| (noun) a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | - |
| (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer |
| stabile | (noun) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support | - |
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| sterileness | (noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: antisepsis, asepsis, sterility |
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| stile | (noun) an upright that is a member in a door or window frame | - |
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| stiletto | (noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade | - |
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| stockpile | (noun) a storage pile accumulated for future use | - |
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| (noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: backlog, reserve |
| strobile | (noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | Synonyms: cone, strobilus |
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| technophile | (noun) a person who is enthusiastic about new technology | - |
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| textile | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, material |
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| thermoacidophile | (noun) archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures | - |
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| thermopile | (noun) a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series | - |
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| tile | (noun) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | - |
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| (noun) game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | - |
| (noun) a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing | Synonyms: roofing tile |
| tilefish | (noun) yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters | Synonyms: Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps |
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| (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: blanquillo |
| tiler | (noun) a worker who lays tile | - |
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| toiler | (noun) one who works strenuously | - |
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| toilet | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilette |
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| (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy |
| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne |
| (noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | Synonyms: gutter, sewer |
| toiletry | (noun) artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) | Synonyms: toilet articles |
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| toilette | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilet |
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| trailer | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy | Synonyms: house trailer |
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| (noun) a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor | - |
| (noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: preview, prevue |
| (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke |
| turnstile | (noun) a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering | - |
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| vileness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, wickedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being wicked | Synonyms: nefariousness, ugliness, wickedness |
| voile | (noun) a light semitransparent fabric | - |
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| volatile | (noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor | - |
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| wailer | (noun) a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries | - |
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| wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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| (noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |
| while | (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: patch, piece, spell |
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| wile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery |
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| woodpile | (noun) a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel | - |
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| worthwhileness | (noun) value sufficient to repay time or effort spent | - |
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| xerophile | (noun) plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte | Synonyms: desert plant, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant |
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