| abiotrophy | (noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury | - |
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| agiotage | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agio, exchange premium, premium |
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| (noun) speculative dealing in stock exchange securities or foreign exchange. | - |
| amniote | (noun) any member of the Amniota | - |
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| angiotelectasia | (noun) dilation and enlargement of arterioles | - |
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| angiotensin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotonin, Hypertensin |
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| angiotonin | (noun) any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels | Synonyms: angiotensin, Hypertensin |
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| antibiotic | (noun) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | Synonyms: antibiotic drug |
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| audiotape | (noun) magnetic tape for use in recording sound | - |
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| (noun) a tape recording of sound | - |
| bibliothec | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: librarian |
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| bibliotheca | (noun) a collection of books | - |
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| bibliotics | (noun) the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity | - |
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| bibliotist | (noun) someone who engages in bibliotics | - |
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| biota | (noun) all the plant and animal life of a particular region | Synonyms: biology |
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| biotech | (noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | Synonyms: biotechnology |
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| biotechnology | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: bioengineering, ergonomics |
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| (noun) the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | Synonyms: biotech |
| bioterrorism | (noun) terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare | Synonyms: biological terrorism |
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| biotin | (noun) a B vitamin that aids in body growth | Synonyms: vitamin H |
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| biotite | (noun) dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
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| biotype | (noun) organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared | - |
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| chariot | (noun) a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage | - |
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| (noun) a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome | - |
| charioteer | (noun) the driver of a chariot | - |
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| compatriot | (noun) a person from your own country | - |
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| craniotomy | (noun) a surgical opening through the skull | - |
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| episiotomy | (noun) surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth | - |
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| griot | (noun) a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village | - |
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| heliotherapy | (noun) therapeutic exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: insolation |
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| heliotrope | (noun) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood | Synonyms: bloodstone |
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| heliotropism | (noun) an orienting response to the sun | - |
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| heliotype | (noun) duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy | Synonyms: hectograph |
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| homoiotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homotherm |
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| idiot | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, imbecile, moron, retard |
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| iota | (noun) the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
| lepiota | (noun) any fungus of the genus Lepiota | - |
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| liothyronine | (noun) thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer | Synonyms: T, triiodothyronine |
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| macrobiotics | (noun) the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
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| miotic | (noun) a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye) | Synonyms: miotic drug, myotic, myotic drug |
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| patriot | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: nationalist |
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| patrioteer | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist |
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| patriotism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: nationalism |
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| physiotherapist | (noun) therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder | Synonyms: physical therapist |
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| physiotherapy | (noun) therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities | Synonyms: physiatrics, physical therapy |
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| probiotic | (noun) a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant | Synonyms: probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora |
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| (noun) A dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora. | - |
| radiotelegraph | (noun) the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) | Synonyms: radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraph, wireless telegraphy |
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| (noun) telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraphy |
| radiotelegraphy | (noun) the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) | Synonyms: radiotelegraph, wireless telegraph, wireless telegraphy |
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| (noun) telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelegraph, wireless telegraphy |
| radiotelephone | (noun) a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables | Synonyms: radiophone, wireless telephone |
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| (noun) telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelephony, wireless telephone |
| radiotelephony | (noun) telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelephone, wireless telephone |
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| radiotherapist | (noun) a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: radiologist |
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| radiotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy |
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| radiothorium | (noun) radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 | Synonyms: thorium-228 |
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| riot | (noun) a public act of violence by an unruly mob | Synonyms: public violence |
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| (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, saturnalia |
| (noun) a joke that seems extremely funny | Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
| (noun) a state of disorder involving group violence | Synonyms: rioting |
| rioter | (noun) troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority | - |
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| rioting | (noun) a state of disorder involving group violence | Synonyms: riot |
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| semiotician | (noun) a specialist in the study of meaning | Synonyms: semanticist |
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| semiotics | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols | Synonyms: semiology |
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| superpatriotism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, ultranationalism |
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| thiotepa | (noun) an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies | - |
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| thiothixene | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia | Synonyms: Navane |
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