| areca | (noun) any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts | - |
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| deprecatio | (noun) a praying against evil, against others, or oneself; a prayer for the removal of some evil. | - |
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| deprecation | (noun) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) | Synonyms: denigration |
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| (noun) a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster | - |
| forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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| forecast | (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: prognosis |
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| forecaster | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer |
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| forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
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| forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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| imprecation | (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) | Synonyms: malediction |
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| (noun) a slanderous accusation | - |
| precalc | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalculus |
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| precalculus | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalc |
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| precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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| (noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
| precaution | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: guard, safeguard |
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| (noun) the trait of practicing caution in advance | - |
| (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, forethought |
| precava | (noun) receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins | Synonyms: superior vena cava |
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| recalcitrance | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrancy, refractoriness, unmanageableness |
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| recalcitrancy | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrance, refractoriness, unmanageableness |
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| recalculation | (noun) the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data) | - |
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| recall | (noun) the act of removing an official by petition | - |
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| (noun) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | Synonyms: recollection, reminiscence |
| (noun) a call to return | - |
| (noun) a bugle call that signals troops to return | - |
| (noun) a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | Synonyms: callback |
| recantation | (noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | Synonyms: abjuration, retraction |
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| recap | (noun) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | Synonyms: recapitulation, review |
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| (noun) a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads | Synonyms: retread |
| 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 |
| recapture | (noun) the act of taking something back | Synonyms: retaking |
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| (noun) a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount | - |
| recasting | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: rephrasing, rewording |
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| scorecard | (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: card |
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