| alga | (noun) primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | Synonyms: algae |
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| algae | (noun) primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | Synonyms: alga |
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| algarobilla | (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarroba, algarrobilla |
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| algarroba | (noun) evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob | Synonyms: carob, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua |
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| (noun) mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela | Synonyms: Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora |
| (noun) long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod |
| (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarobilla, algarrobilla |
| algarrobilla | (noun) mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing | Synonyms: algarobilla, algarroba |
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| amalgam | (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things | - |
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| (noun) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams | Synonyms: dental amalgam |
| amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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| amalgamator | (noun) a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies | - |
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| ballgame | (noun) a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) | Synonyms: ball game |
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| (noun) a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation | Synonyms: new ballgame |
| doppelganger | (noun) a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart | - |
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| nilgai | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nylghai, nylghau |
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| promulgation | (noun) the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice | Synonyms: proclamation |
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| (noun) a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen | Synonyms: announcement |
| (noun) the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect | - |
| promulgator | (noun) (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) | - |
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| realgar | (noun) a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic | - |
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| tailgate | (noun) a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading | Synonyms: tailboard |
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| tailgater | (noun) a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle | - |
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| tollgate | (noun) a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid | Synonyms: tollbar |
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| tollgatherer | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollkeeper, tollman |
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| vulgarian | (noun) a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) | - |
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| vulgarisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarization |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarization |
| vulgariser | (noun) someone who makes something vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarizer |
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| (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, popularizer, vulgarizer |
| vulgarism | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarity |
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| (noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut |
| vulgarity | (noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement | Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism |
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| vulgarization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarisation |
| vulgarizer | (noun) someone who makes something vulgar | Synonyms: vulgariser |
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| (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, popularizer, vulgariser |
| woolgatherer | (noun) someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming | Synonyms: daydreamer |
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| woolgathering | (noun) an idle indulgence in fantasy | - |
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