| fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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| finocchio | (noun) aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | Synonyms: fennel, Florence fennel |
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| gelatinousness | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: glutinosity, glutinousness |
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| glutinosity | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinousness |
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| glutinousness | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: gelatinousness, glutinosity |
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| grissino | (noun) a long slender crusty breadstick | - |
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| haemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: hemoglobinopathy |
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| hallucinogen | (noun) a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences | Synonyms: hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug |
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| hallucinosis | (noun) a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations | - |
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| heinousness | (noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | Synonyms: atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness |
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| hemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: haemoglobinopathy |
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| hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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| hominoid | (noun) a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea | - |
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| hypervitaminosis | (noun) an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K | - |
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| hypovitaminosis | (noun) any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins | Synonyms: avitaminosis |
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| inclinometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) | Synonyms: dip circle |
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| (noun) an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon | - |
| (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: clinometer |
| inoculant | (noun) a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease | Synonyms: inoculum |
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| inoculating | (noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity | Synonyms: vaccinating |
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| inoculation | (noun) taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease | Synonyms: vaccination |
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| inoculator | (noun) a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases | Synonyms: vaccinator |
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| inoculum | (noun) a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease | Synonyms: inoculant |
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| inopportuneness | (noun) the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: untimeliness |
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| inordinateness | (noun) immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | Synonyms: excess, excessiveness |
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| inosculation | (noun) a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous | Synonyms: anastomosis |
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| inosine | (noun) a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar | - |
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| inositol | (noun) an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex | - |
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| isoagglutinogen | (noun) an antigen capable of causing the production of (or reacting with) an isoagglutinin | - |
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| kainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| kino | (noun) East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning | Synonyms: Pterocarpus marsupium |
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| (noun) a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning | Synonyms: gum kino, kino gum |
| koinonia | (noun) Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community | - |
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| lino | (noun) a floor covering | Synonyms: linoleum |
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| linocut | (noun) a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum | - |
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| (noun) a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum | - |
| linoleum | (noun) a floor covering | Synonyms: lino |
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| lisinopril | (noun) an ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinivil or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks | Synonyms: Prinivil, Zestril |
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| luminosity | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminousness |
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| luminousness | (noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity |
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| malinois | (noun) fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog | - |
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| maraschino | (noun) cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: maraschino cherry |
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| (noun) distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries | Synonyms: maraschino liqueur |
| marginocephalian | (noun) includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs | Synonyms: Marginocephalia, suborder Marginocephalia |
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| merino | (noun) white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality | Synonyms: merino sheep |
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| minocycline | (noun) tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections | Synonyms: Minocin |
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| minor | (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
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| minority | (noun) being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts | - |
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| (noun) a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part | - |
| (noun) any age prior to the legal age | Synonyms: nonage |
| minors | (noun) a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) | Synonyms: bush league, minor league |
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| minoxidil | (noun) a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness | Synonyms: Loniten, Rogaine |
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| multinomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
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| multitudinousness | (noun) a very large number (especially of people) | - |
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| naphthoquinone | (noun) a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood | Synonyms: antihemorrhagic factor, vitamin K |
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| nephrocalcinosis | (noun) renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine | - |
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| neurinoma | (noun) tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve | - |
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| neutrino | (noun) an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass | - |
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| ninon | (noun) a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon | - |
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| oleaginousness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: greasiness, oiliness |
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| (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
| ominousness | (noun) The quality of giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; being threatening, portentous, inauspicious. | - |
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| otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| otorhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, rhinolaryngology |
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| palomino | (noun) a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail | - |
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| pepsinogen | (noun) precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach | - |
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| phylloquinone | (noun) a form of vitamin K, based on 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, with a 3-phytyl substituent | Synonyms: phytonadione, vitamin K1 |
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| pinochle | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: bezique, penuchle, pinocle |
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| pinocle | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: bezique, penuchle, pinochle |
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| pinocytosis | (noun) process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid | - |
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| pinole | (noun) meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices | - |
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| pinon | (noun) any of several low-growing pines of western North America | Synonyms: pinyon |
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| plasminogen | (noun) an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents | - |
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| pollinosis | (noun) a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen | Synonyms: hay fever |
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| quinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: benzoquinone |
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| raffinose | (noun) a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals | - |
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| resinoid | (noun) a plastic containing resins | - |
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| resorcinol | (noun) a crystalline phenol obtained from various resins; used in ointments for acne and in dandruff shampoos | - |
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| resorcinolphthalein | (noun) a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) | Synonyms: fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye |
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| retinoblastoma | (noun) malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells | - |
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| retinol | (noun) an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene | Synonyms: vitamin A1 |
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| retinopathy | (noun) a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision | - |
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| rhino | (noun) massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout | Synonyms: rhinoceros |
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| rhinoceros | (noun) massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout | Synonyms: rhino |
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| rhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist |
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| rhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology |
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| rhinopathy | (noun) any disease or malformation of the nose | - |
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| rhinophyma | (noun) enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: brandy nose, copper nose, hammer nose, hypertrophic rosacea, potato nose, rum-blossom, rum nose, toper's nose |
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| rhinoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose | Synonyms: nose job |
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| rhinorrhea | (noun) persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold) | - |
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| rhinoscope | (noun) medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx) | - |
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| rhinoscopy | (noun) examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx) | - |
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| rhinosporidiosis | (noun) fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming | - |
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| rhinostenosis | (noun) narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities | - |
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| rhinotomy | (noun) surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus | - |
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| rhinotracheitis | (noun) a respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle | - |
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| rhinovirus | (noun) any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections | - |
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| ruinousness | (noun) The quality of causing or tending to cause ruin. | - |
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| salinometer | (noun) a hydrometer that determines the concentration of salt solutions by measuring their density | - |
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| salvinorin | (noun) a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum | - |
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| seminoma | (noun) malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men | Synonyms: testicular cancer |
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| sinoper | (noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | Synonyms: sinopia, sinopis |
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| sinopia | (noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | Synonyms: sinoper, sinopis |
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| sinopis | (noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | Synonyms: sinoper, sinopia |
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| solferino | (noun) a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino | Synonyms: purplish pink |
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| sordino | (noun) a mute for a violin | Synonyms: sourdine |
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| spectinomycin | (noun) an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea | - |
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| stercobilinogen | (noun) a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine | Synonyms: urobilinogen |
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