| numismatology | (noun) the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collecting, coin collection, numismatics |
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| omission | (noun) a mistake resulting from neglect | Synonyms: skip |
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| (noun) neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something | - |
| (noun) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases | Synonyms: deletion |
| (noun) something that has been omitted | - |
| optimisation | (noun) the act of rendering optimal | Synonyms: optimization |
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| optimism | (noun) a general disposition to expect the best in all things | - |
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| (noun) the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well | - |
| optimist | (noun) a person disposed to take a favorable view of things | - |
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| palmist | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: chiromancer, palmister |
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| palmister | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: chiromancer, palmist |
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| palmistry | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, chiromancy, palm reading |
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| pantomimist | (noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression | Synonyms: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer |
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| permissibility | (noun) admissibility as a consequence of being permitted | - |
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| permission | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: license, permit |
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| (noun) approval to do something | - |
| permissiveness | (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: tolerance |
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| permissivism | (noun) lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior. | - |
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| pessimism | (noun) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things | - |
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| (noun) the feeling that things will turn out badly | - |
| pessimist | (noun) a person who expects the worst | - |
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| phlebotomist | (noun) someone who practices phlebotomy | - |
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| phlomis | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage | - |
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| photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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| photoemission | (noun) an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) | - |
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| phytochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants | - |
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| phytochemistry | (noun) the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants | - |
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| polemist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemicist |
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| polygamist | (noun) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
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| postmistress | (noun) a woman postmaster | - |
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| premise | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premiss |
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| premises | (noun) land and the buildings on it | - |
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| premiss | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premise |
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| pretermission | (noun) letting pass without notice | - |
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| promiscuity | (noun) indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations | Synonyms: promiscuousness, sleeping around |
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| promiscuousness | (noun) indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations | Synonyms: promiscuity, sleeping around |
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| promise | (noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: hope |
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| (noun) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | - |
| promisee | (noun) a person to whom a promise is made | - |
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| promiser | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promisor |
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| promisor | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promiser |
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| psalmist | (noun) a composer of sacred songs | - |
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| pyrochemistry | (noun) processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures | Synonyms: pyrochemical process |
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| radiochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry | Synonyms: nuclear chemist |
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| radiochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of radioactive substances | Synonyms: nuclear chemistry |
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| randomisation | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomization |
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| readmission | (noun) the act of admitting someone again | - |
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| reformism | (noun) a doctrine of reform | - |
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| reformist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformer, social reformer |
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| remise | (noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | - |
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| (noun) a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles | Synonyms: carriage house, coach house |
| (noun) an expensive or high-class hackney | - |
| remission | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: absolution, remission of sin, remittal |
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| (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remit, remitment |
| (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remittal, subsidence |
| (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remitment, remittal, remittance |
| remissness | (noun) the quality of being lax and neglectful | Synonyms: laxity, laxness, slackness |
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| samisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: shamisen |
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| schoolmistress | (noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | Synonyms: mistress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm |
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| shamisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: samisen |
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| skirmish | (noun) a minor short-term fight | Synonyms: brush, clash, encounter |
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| skirmisher | (noun) someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party) | - |
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| sodomist | (noun) someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) | Synonyms: bugger, sod, sodomite |
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| solmisation | (noun) a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters | Synonyms: solmization |
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| squeamishness | (noun) the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked | - |
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| (noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: qualm, queasiness |
| submission | (noun) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | Synonyms: compliance |
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| (noun) something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | Synonyms: entry |
| (noun) an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | - |
| (noun) a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | - |
| (noun) (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing | - |
| (noun) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness | Synonyms: meekness |
| (noun) the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else | - |
| submissiveness | (noun) the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. | - |
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| surmisal | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise |
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| surmise | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal |
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| synonymist | (noun) a student of synonyms | - |
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| systemiser | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemizer |
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| taskmistress | (noun) a woman taskmaster | - |
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| taxidermist | (noun) a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display | Synonyms: animal stuffer, stuffer |
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| taxonomist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior | Synonyms: systematist, taxonomer |
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| thermistor | (noun) a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit | Synonyms: thermal resistor |
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| thermochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated | - |
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| tiramisu | (noun) an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate | - |
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| totemism | (noun) belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem | - |
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| totemist | (noun) a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem | - |
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| transmission | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted | Synonyms: transmittal, transmitting |
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| (noun) the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle | Synonyms: transmission system |
| (noun) communication by means of transmitted signals | - |
| (noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: contagion, infection |
| (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance | Synonyms: transmittance |
| unpermissiveness | (noun) a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits | Synonyms: restrictiveness |
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| vermis | (noun) the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres | Synonyms: vermis cerebelli |
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| victimisation | (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: exploitation, using, victimization |
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| victimiser | (noun) a person who victimizes others | Synonyms: victimizer |
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