| armpit | (noun) the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder | Synonyms: axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa |
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| australopithecine | (noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
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| capital | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, chapiter |
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| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| (noun) a seat of government | - |
| (noun) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product | - |
| (noun) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | - |
| (noun) assets available for use in the production of further assets | Synonyms: working capital |
| capitalisation | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalization |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalization |
| capitalism | (noun) an economic system based on private ownership of capital | Synonyms: capitalist economy |
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| capitalist | (noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
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| (noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
| capitalization | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalisation |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| capitate | (noun) the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | Synonyms: capitate bone, os capitatum |
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| capitation | (noun) a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person | - |
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| capitol | (noun) a building occupied by a state legislature | - |
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| capitula | (noun) a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | - |
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| capitulation | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: fall, surrender |
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| (noun) a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic | - |
| (noun) a document containing the terms of surrender | - |
| capitulum | (noun) a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: ear, spike |
| (noun) an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree | - |
| cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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| chalkpit | (noun) a quarry for chalk | Synonyms: chalk pit |
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| chapiter | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, capital |
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| coalpit | (noun) a mine where coal is dug from the ground | Synonyms: coal mine |
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| cockpit | (noun) compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft | - |
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| (noun) seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car | - |
| (noun) a pit for cockfights | - |
| colpitis | (noun) inflammation of the vagina | - |
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| crepitation | (noun) the sharp sound of snapping noises | Synonyms: crackle, crackling |
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| decapitation | (noun) killing by cutting off the head | Synonyms: beheading |
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| (noun) execution by cutting off the victim's head | Synonyms: beheading |
| decrepitation | (noun) the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated | - |
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| decrepitude | (noun) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use | Synonyms: dilapidation |
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| (noun) The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age. | - |
| despite | (noun) contemptuous disregard | - |
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| (noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: contempt, disdain, scorn |
| dryopithecine | (noun) considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans | - |
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| epitaph | (noun) an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there | - |
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| (noun) a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person | - |
| epitaxy | (noun) growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate | - |
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| epithalamium | (noun) an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom | - |
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| epithelioma | (noun) a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue | - |
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| epithelium | (noun) membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body | Synonyms: epithelial tissue |
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| epithet | (noun) descriptive word or phrase | - |
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| (noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: name |
| epitome | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: image, paradigm, prototype |
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| (noun) a brief abstract (as of an article or book) | - |
| epitope | (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, determinant |
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| fleapit | (noun) an old shabby movie theater | - |
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| hospitableness | (noun) having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining | - |
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| hospital | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: infirmary |
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| (noun) a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care | - |
| hospitalisation | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital | Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalization |
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| hospitality | (noun) kindness in welcoming guests or strangers | Synonyms: cordial reception |
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| hospitalization | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital | Synonyms: hospital care, hospitalisation |
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| (noun) insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense | Synonyms: hospitalization insurance |
| (noun) the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital | - |
| (noun) a period of time when you are confined to a hospital | - |
| hospitaller | (noun) title of the member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals. | - |
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| hyperpituitarism | (noun) excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone) | - |
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| inhospitableness | (noun) having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition | - |
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| (noun) the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth | - |
| inhospitality | (noun) unkind and inconsiderate welcome | - |
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| neuroepithelioma | (noun) malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium | - |
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| neuroepithelium | (noun) epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings | - |
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| overcapitalisation | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalization |
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| overcapitalization | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalisation |
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| palpitation | (noun) a rapid and irregular heart beat | - |
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| (noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration |
| phlogopite | (noun) a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum | - |
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| pipit | (noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | Synonyms: lark, titlark |
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| pit | (noun) a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | Synonyms: quarry, stone pit |
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| (noun) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | Synonyms: colliery |
| (noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole | Synonyms: pitfall |
| (noun) lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | Synonyms: orchestra pit |
| (noun) (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | - |
| (noun) (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | - |
| (noun) an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | - |
| (noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | Synonyms: Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition |
| (noun) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | Synonyms: cavity |
| (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: endocarp, stone |
| (noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | Synonyms: fossa |
| pita | (noun) usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling | Synonyms: pocket bread |
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| pitahaya | (noun) highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach | - |
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| (noun) cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit | Synonyms: Acanthocereus pentagonus, Acanthocereus tetragonus, pitahaya cactus |
| pitanga | (noun) Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida | Synonyms: Eugenia uniflora, Surinam cherry |
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| pitch | (noun) the action or manner of throwing something | - |
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| (noun) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump | Synonyms: auction pitch |
| (noun) a high approach shot in golf | Synonyms: pitch shot |
| (noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it | Synonyms: delivery |
| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitching |
| (noun) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration | - |
| (noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: rake, slant |
| (noun) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration | Synonyms: sales pitch, sales talk |
| (noun) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) | - |
| (noun) a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer | Synonyms: soccer field |
| (noun) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | Synonyms: tar |
| pitchblende | (noun) a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore | Synonyms: uraninite |
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| pitcher | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: mound |
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| (noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring | Synonyms: ewer |
| (noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching | Synonyms: hurler, twirler |
| (noun) (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer | - |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcherful |
| pitcherful | (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| pitchfork | (noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay | - |
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| pitching | (noun) (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | - |
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| (noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitch |
| pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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| (noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
| pitchstone | (noun) dark acid granitic glass | - |
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| pitfall | (noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole | Synonyms: pit |
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| (noun) an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty | Synonyms: booby trap |
| pith | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, substance, sum |
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| (noun) soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants | - |
| pithead | (noun) the entrance to a coal mine | - |
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| pithiness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, succinctness |
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| pithouse | (noun) a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside. | Synonyms: dug-out, dugout, pit-house |
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| pitilessness | (noun) mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity | Synonyms: ruthlessness |
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| (noun) feelings of extreme heartlessness | Synonyms: cruelty, mercilessness, ruthlessness |
| pitman | (noun) someone who works in a coal mine | Synonyms: coal miner, collier |
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| piton | (noun) a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold | - |
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| pitprop | (noun) a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine | Synonyms: sprag |
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| pitsaw | (noun) a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below | - |
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| pitta | (noun) any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills | - |
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| pittance | (noun) an inadequate payment | - |
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| pitting | (noun) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | Synonyms: indentation, roughness |
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| pituitary | (noun) the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain | Synonyms: hypophysis, pituitary body, pituitary gland |
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| pity | (noun) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | Synonyms: compassion |
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| (noun) an unfortunate development | Synonyms: shame |
| (noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: commiseration, pathos, ruth |
| pityriasis | (noun) any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin | - |
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| precipitance | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| precipitancy | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| precipitant | (noun) an agent that causes a precipitate to form | - |
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| precipitate | (noun) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering | - |
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| precipitateness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitousness, suddenness |
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| precipitation | (noun) an unexpected acceleration or hastening | - |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry |
| (noun) the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height | - |
| (noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: downfall |
| (noun) the process of forming a chemical precipitate | - |
| (noun) the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time | - |
| precipitator | (noun) removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation | Synonyms: Cottrell precipitator, electrostatic precipitator |
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| precipitin | (noun) an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen | - |
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| precipitousness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, steepness |
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| (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness |
| propitiation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: conciliation, placation |
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| (noun) the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) | Synonyms: atonement, expiation |
| propitiousness | (noun) the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result | Synonyms: auspiciousness |
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| pulpit | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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| recapitulation | (noun) (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) | - |
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| (noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recap, review |
| (noun) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated | - |
| (noun) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | Synonyms: palingenesis |
| respite | (noun) a pause from doing something (as work) | Synonyms: break, recess, time out |
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| (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment | Synonyms: reprieve |
| (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, reprieve, suspension |
| (noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort | Synonyms: reprieve |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: relief, rest, rest period |
| rudapithecus | (noun) fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene | Synonyms: Dryopithecus Rudapithecus hungaricus |
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| sandpit | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpile |
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| (noun) a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug | - |
| sawpit | (noun) a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw | - |
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| sempiternity | (noun) the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | Synonyms: perpetuity |
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| serendipity | (noun) good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | - |
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| spit | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spitting |
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| (noun) a skewer for holding meat over a fire | - |
| (noun) a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | Synonyms: saliva, spittle |
| (noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: tongue |
| spitball | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | Synonyms: spitter |
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| (noun) a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | - |
| spite | (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spitefulness |
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| (noun) feeling a need to see others suffer | Synonyms: malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom |