| orison | (noun) reverent petition to a deity | Synonyms: petition, prayer |
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| ostensorium | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: monstrance |
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| oviraptorid | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropods, characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in several cases, elaborate crests | - |
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| paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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| perchloride | (noun) a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine | - |
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| phantasmagoria | (noun) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) | - |
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| phoenicophorium | (noun) latanier palm | Synonyms: genus Phoenicophorium |
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| pictorial | (noun) a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures | - |
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| poriferan | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: parazoan, sponge |
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| posteriority | (noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end | - |
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| (noun) following in time | Synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness |
| praetorium | (noun) the tent of an ancient Roman general | Synonyms: pretorium |
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| prechlorination | (noun) chlorination prior to another chemical process | - |
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| pretorium | (noun) the tent of an ancient Roman general | Synonyms: praetorium |
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| priority | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency |
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| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
| psoriasis | (noun) a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences | - |
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| purificatorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: emunctorium, purificator |
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| radiochlorine | (noun) a radioactive isotope of chlorine | - |
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| radiothorium | (noun) radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 | Synonyms: thorium-228 |
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| refractoriness | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, unmanageableness |
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| reorientation | (noun) the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented | Synonyms: change of direction |
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| (noun) a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| rhetoric | (noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | - |
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| (noun) using language effectively to please or persuade | - |
| (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness |
| (noun) loud and confused and empty talk | Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver |
| rhetorician | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: orator, public speaker, speechifier, speechmaker |
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| rhinosporidiosis | (noun) fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming | - |
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| roridula | (noun) either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs | - |
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| salutatorian | (noun) a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises | Synonyms: salutatory speaker |
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| salvinorin | (noun) a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum | - |
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| sanatorium | (noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases | Synonyms: sanatarium, sanitarium |
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| (noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum | Synonyms: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, snake pit |
| sarcosporidian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian |
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| sartorius | (noun) a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body | Synonyms: musculus sartorius, sartorius muscle |
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| satisfactoriness | (noun) the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement | - |
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| satori | (noun) (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment | - |
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| savoriness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, flavoursomeness |
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| savoring | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savouring, tasting |
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| scoria | (noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | Synonyms: dross, slag |
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| scoring | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, marking |
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| scriptorium | (noun) a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts | - |
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| senioritis | (noun) tiredness with the final year of high school | - |
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| seniority | (noun) the property of being long-lived | Synonyms: longevity |
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| (noun) higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service | Synonyms: higher rank, higher status, senior status |
| sensorium | (noun) the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world | - |
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| shoring | (noun) the act of propping up with shores | Synonyms: propping up, shoring up |
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| (noun) a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support | Synonyms: shore |
| signorina | (noun) an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name | - |
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| snoring | (noun) the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound | Synonyms: snore, stertor |
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| sonority | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| soporific | (noun) a drug that induces sleep | Synonyms: hypnotic |
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| sorority | (noun) a social club for female undergraduates | - |
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| sudatorium | (noun) a bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths | Synonyms: sudatory |
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| sudorific | (noun) a medicine that causes or increases sweating | Synonyms: sudatory |
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| superiority | (noun) the quality of being superior | Synonyms: high quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being at a competitive advantage | Synonyms: favorable position, favourable position |
| (noun) displaying a sense of being better than others | - |
| (noun) the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | Synonyms: transcendence, transcendency |
| tailoring | (noun) the occupation of a tailor | - |
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| temporiser | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporizer |
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| temporizer | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporiser |
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| tenorist | (noun) a musician who plays the tenor saxophone | Synonyms: tenor saxophonist |
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| tentorium | (noun) (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum | - |
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| territorial | (noun) a territorial military unit | Synonyms: territorial reserve |
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| (noun) nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit | - |
| territorialisation | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialization |
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| territoriality | (noun) the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory | - |
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| territorialization | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialisation |
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| terrorisation | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorization |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorization |
| terrorism | (noun) the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | Synonyms: act of terrorism, terrorist act |
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| terrorist | (noun) a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | - |
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| terrorization | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorisation |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorisation |
| tetrachloride | (noun) any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule | - |
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| theorisation | (noun) the production or use of theories | Synonyms: theorization |
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| theoriser | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theorist, theorizer |
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| theorist | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorizer |
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| theorization | (noun) the production or use of theories | Synonyms: theorisation |
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| theorizer | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist |
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| theoterrorism | (noun) terrorism for a religious purpose | - |
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| thioridazine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | Synonyms: Mellaril |
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| thorite | (noun) a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite | - |
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| thorium | (noun) a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands | Synonyms: atomic number 90, Th |
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| transitoriness | (noun) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying | Synonyms: transience, transiency |
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| trichloride | (noun) any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule | - |
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| tsoris | (noun) (Yiddish) trouble and suffering | - |
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| tutorial | (noun) a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students | - |
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| ulteriority | (noun) the quality of being ulterior | - |
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| unoriginality | (noun) the quality of being unoriginal | - |
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| (noun) uncreativeness due to a lack of originality | - |
| unsatisfactoriness | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable | - |
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| unsavoriness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness |
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| (noun) the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: disgustingness |
| uxoricide | (noun) the murder of a wife by her husband | - |
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| (noun) a husband who murders his wife | - |
| uxoriousness | (noun) foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife | - |
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| valedictorian | (noun) the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement | Synonyms: valedictory speaker |
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| vaporing | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting |
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| vaporisation | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporization |
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| (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporization, vapour |
| vaporiser | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporizer |
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| vaporization | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporisation |
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| (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vapour |
| vaporizer | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporiser |
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| vigorish | (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: usury |
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| (noun) a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster | Synonyms: rake-off |
| watercolorist | (noun) a painter who paints with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolourist |
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| whoriental | (noun) An East Asian Whore | - |
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| zori | (noun) a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | Synonyms: pusher |
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| zoril | (noun) muishond of northern Africa | Synonyms: Ictonyx frenata |
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