| allotment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| (noun) a share set aside for a specific purpose | Synonyms: allocation |
| allotrope | (noun) a structurally different form of an element | - |
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| allotropism | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropy |
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| allotropy | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropism |
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| amygdalotomy | (noun) psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence) | - |
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| autopilot | (noun) a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course | Synonyms: automatic pilot, robot pilot |
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| (noun) a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness | Synonyms: automatic pilot |
| axolotl | (noun) larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing | Synonyms: Ambystoma mexicanum, mud puppy |
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| backcloth | (noun) scenery hung at back of stage | Synonyms: backdrop, background |
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| ballot | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: balloting, vote, voting |
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| (noun) a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting | - |
| balloting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, vote, voting |
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| ballottement | (noun) a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
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| bedclothes | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedding |
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| blot | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: smear, smirch, spot, stain |
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| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot |
| blotch | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: splodge, splotch |
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| blotter | (noun) the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station | Synonyms: charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet |
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| (noun) absorbent paper used to dry ink | Synonyms: blotting paper |
| bookcloth | (noun) a woven fabric (usually cotton) used for book covers. | Synonyms: book cloth |
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| breechcloth | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechclout, loincloth |
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| broadcloth | (noun) a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib | - |
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| (noun) a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish | - |
| cachalot | (noun) large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris | Synonyms: black whale, Physeter catodon, sperm whale |
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| cephalothin | (noun) a semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin | - |
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| cerecloth | (noun) a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud | - |
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| charlotte | (noun) a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard | - |
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| cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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| clot | (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | Synonyms: coagulum |
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| clotbur | (noun) any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs | Synonyms: burdock |
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| cloth | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: fabric, material, textile |
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| clothes | (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, dress, wearing apparel |
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| clothesbrush | (noun) a brush used for cleaning clothing | - |
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| clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
| clothesline | (noun) a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - |
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| clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| clothier | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: haberdasher |
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| clothing | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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| clotting | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: coagulation, curdling |
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| cloture | (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: closure, gag law, gag rule |
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| collotype | (noun) a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors | Synonyms: collotype printing, photogelatin process |
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| copilot | (noun) a relief pilot on an airplane | Synonyms: co-pilot |
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| counterplot | (noun) a plot intended to subvert another plot | Synonyms: counterplan |
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| culotte | (noun) a divided skirt | - |
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| cyclothymia | (noun) a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time | Synonyms: cyclic disorder, cyclothymic disorder |
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| cyclotron | (noun) an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles | - |
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| diablotin | (noun) a thin round slice of bread usually served with soup, especially consomme. | - |
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| diplotene | (noun) the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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| dishcloth | (noun) a cloth for washing dishes | Synonyms: dishrag |
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| dustcloth | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: duster, dustrag |
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| epiglottis | (noun) a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing | - |
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| epiglottitis | (noun) inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing | - |
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| eschalot | (noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | Synonyms: Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, multiplier onion, shallot |
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| feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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| flotation | (noun) financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares | Synonyms: floatation |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) | Synonyms: floatation |
| flotilla | (noun) a fleet of small craft | - |
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| (noun) a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships | - |
| flotsam | (noun) the floating wreckage of a ship | Synonyms: jetsam |
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| glottis | (noun) the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated | - |
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| glottochronology | (noun) the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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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 |
| haircloth | (noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: hair |
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| halothane | (noun) a nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures | - |
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| haplotype | (noun) (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together | - |
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| harlot | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| harlotry | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: prostitution, whoredom |
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| helot | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: serf, villein |
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| holothurian | (noun) echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders | Synonyms: sea cucumber |
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| holotype | (noun) the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made | Synonyms: type specimen |
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| horsecloth | (noun) a cloth for the trapping of a horse | - |
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| inkblot | (noun) a blot made with ink | - |
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| kiloton | (noun) one thousand tons | - |
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| (noun) a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT | - |
| loincloth | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechcloth, breechclout |
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| lot | (noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | Synonyms: draw |
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| (noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: band, circle, set |
| (noun) any collection in its entirety | Synonyms: bunch, caboodle |
| (noun) a parcel of land having fixed boundaries | - |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion |
| lota | (noun) a globular water bottle used in Asia | - |
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| loti | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lesotho | - |
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| lotion | (noun) any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin | - |
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| (noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: application |
| lots | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| lotte | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, monkfish |
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| lottery | (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: drawing |
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| (noun) something that is regarded as a chance event | - |
| lotto | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: beano, bingo, keno |
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| lotus | (noun) white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians | Synonyms: Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea lotus, white lily, white lotus |
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| (noun) native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers | Synonyms: Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus |
| lotusland | (noun) an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence | Synonyms: lotus land |
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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 |
| matelote | (noun) highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock | - |
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| melilot | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilotus, sweet clover |
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| melilotus | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilot, sweet clover |
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| neckcloth | (noun) an ornamental white cravat | Synonyms: stock |
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| nightclothes | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightwear, sleepwear |
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| ocelot | (noun) nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat | Synonyms: Felis pardalis, panther cat |
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| oilcloth | (noun) cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin | - |
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| overclothes | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: outerwear |
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| pelota | (noun) a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket | Synonyms: jai alai |
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| pilot | (noun) small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner | Synonyms: pilot burner, pilot light |
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| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, fender |
| (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, original |
| (noun) a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors | Synonyms: pilot film, pilot program |
| (noun) someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight | Synonyms: airplane pilot |
| (noun) a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor | - |
| pilotage | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, piloting |
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| (noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: piloting |
| pilotfish | (noun) small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas | Synonyms: Naucrates ductor |
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| pilothouse | (noun) an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | Synonyms: wheelhouse |
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| piloting | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, pilotage |
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| (noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: pilotage |
| plainclothesman | (noun) a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty | - |
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| plot | (noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Synonyms: game, secret plan |
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| (noun) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. | - |
| (noun) a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object | - |
| (noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation | Synonyms: patch, plot of ground, plot of land |
| plotter | (noun) an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures | - |
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| (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, machinator |
| (noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: schemer |
| (noun) a clerk who marks data on a chart | Synonyms: mapper |
| poikilotherm | (noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals | Synonyms: ectotherm |
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| pollotarianism | (noun) the practice of following a diet that includes chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals. | - |
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| polyglot | (noun) a person who speaks more than one language | Synonyms: linguist |
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| psilotsin | (noun) a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic substance, present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin. | Synonyms: psilocin, psilocine, psilocyn |
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