| armadillo | (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | - |
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| aspergillosis | (noun) an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs | - |
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| (noun) disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs | - |
| (noun) severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys | Synonyms: brooder pneumonia |
| billow | (noun) a large sea wave | Synonyms: surge |
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| blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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| bouillon | (noun) a clear seasoned broth | - |
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| caimitillo | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf |
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| carillon | (noun) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower | Synonyms: bell ringing, carillon playing |
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| (noun) set of bells hung in a bell tower | - |
| carillonneur | (noun) a musician who plays a carillon | - |
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| chinchillon | (noun) gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas | Synonyms: Lagostomus maximus, viscacha |
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| cigarillo | (noun) small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper | - |
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| coloradillo | (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil | Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia |
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| councillor | (noun) a member of a council | Synonyms: council member |
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| councillorship | (noun) the position of council member | Synonyms: councilorship |
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| frijolillo | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| granadillo | (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony | Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree |
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| guilloche | (noun) an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands | - |
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| guillotine | (noun) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people | - |
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| (noun) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill | Synonyms: closure by compartment |
| hillock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hummock, knoll, mound |
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| illogic | (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogicality, illogicalness, inconsequence |
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| illogicality | (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicalness, inconsequence |
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| illogicalness | (noun) invalid or incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: illogic, illogicality, inconsequence |
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| jaboncillo | (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans | Synonyms: China tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, Sapindus saponaria |
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| maillot | (noun) tights for dancers or gymnasts | - |
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| (noun) a woman's one-piece bathing suit | Synonyms: tank suit |
| mamoncillo | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, ginep, honey berry, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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| ocotillo | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, vine cactus |
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| oscillogram | (noun) the recording produced by an oscillograph | - |
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| oscillograph | (noun) a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents | - |
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| oscilloscope | (noun) electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities | Synonyms: cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO, scope |
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| papilloma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass | Synonyms: papillary tumor, papillary tumour, villoma |
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| papillon | (noun) small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat | - |
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| peccadillo | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: indiscretion |
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| pillock | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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| pillory | (noun) a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn | - |
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| pillow | (noun) a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person | - |
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| pillowcase | (noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: case, pillow slip, slip |
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| pistillode | (noun) a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower | - |
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| spillover | (noun) (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure | - |
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| tamarillo | (noun) South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato | Synonyms: tree tomato |
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| tomatillo | (noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk | Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato |
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| (noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa |
| (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry |
| tornillo | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite |
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| trichotillomania | (noun) an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair | - |
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| trompillo | (noun) weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America | Synonyms: prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, white horse nettle |
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| villoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass | Synonyms: papillary tumor, papillary tumour, papilloma |
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| willow | (noun) a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix | Synonyms: willow tree |
| willowherb | (noun) a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
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| willowware | (noun) chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river | Synonyms: willow-pattern |
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