| rationalization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| rationalness | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationality |
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| ravenala | (noun) giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers | Synonyms: Ravenala madagascariensis, traveler's tree, traveller's tree |
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| recessional | (noun) a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw | - |
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| (noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | Synonyms: recession |
| regionalism | (noun) loyalty to the interests of a particular region | - |
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| (noun) a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region | - |
| (noun) a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas | - |
| regionality | (noun) The property of being of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. | - |
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| (noun) The property of being of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. | - |
| retinal | (noun) either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | Synonyms: retinene |
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| saturnalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot |
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| seasonal | (noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
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| sectional | (noun) a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together | - |
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| sectionalisation | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalization, segmentation |
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| sectionalism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: localism, provincialism |
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| sectionalization | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, segmentation |
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| semifinal | (noun) one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | Synonyms: semi |
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| semifinalist | (noun) one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination | - |
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| semiprofessional | (noun) an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis | Synonyms: semipro |
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| sensationalism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Synonyms: empiricism, empiricist philosophy |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good | Synonyms: sensualism |
| (noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | Synonyms: luridness |
| (noun) subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes | - |
| sensationalist | (noun) someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention | Synonyms: ballyhoo artist |
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| signal | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signaling, signalling |
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| (noun) any incitement to action | - |
| (noun) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | - |
| signaler | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaller |
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| signaling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalling |
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| signalisation | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalization |
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| signalization | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalisation |
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| signaller | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaler |
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| signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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| signalman | (noun) a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard | - |
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| spinal | (noun) anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord | Synonyms: spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia |
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| suprarenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: adrenalectomy |
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| terminal | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: depot, terminus |
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| (noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: pole |
| (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | - |
| (noun) either extremity of something that has length | Synonyms: end |
| terminality | (noun) The quality or state of being fatal, of resulting in death. | - |
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| tonality | (noun) any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music | Synonyms: key |
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| traditionalism | (noun) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters) | - |
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| (noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionality |
| (noun) the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions | - |
| traditionalist | (noun) one who adheres to traditional views | Synonyms: diehard |
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| traditionality | (noun) strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings | Synonyms: traditionalism |
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| tribunal | (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: court, judicature |
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| trigeminal | (noun) the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication | Synonyms: fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus |
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| turbinal | (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | Synonyms: turbinate, turbinate bone |
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| ultranationalism | (noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism |
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| unalterability | (noun) the quality of not being alterable | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being fixed and unchangeable | Synonyms: fixedness |
| unconditionality | (noun) The quality or state of being absolute; of being without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications. | - |
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| unconstitutionality | (noun) The status of being unconstitutional; of not being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution. | - |
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| unconventionality | (noun) unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional | - |
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| (noun) originality by virtue of being unconventional | - |
| unemotionality | (noun) absence of emotion | Synonyms: emotionlessness |
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| (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity |
| unoriginality | (noun) the quality of being unoriginal | - |
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| (noun) uncreativeness due to a lack of originality | - |
| uranalysis | (noun) (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis) | Synonyms: urinalysis |
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| urinal | (noun) a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate | - |
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| urinalysis | (noun) (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis) | Synonyms: uranalysis |
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| venality | (noun) prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward | - |
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| veronal | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea |
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| virginal | (noun) a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pair of virginals |
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