leukoderma | (noun) a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin | - |
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lighterman | (noun) someone who operates a barge | Synonyms: bargee, bargeman |
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lobsterman | (noun) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters | - |
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lumberman | (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: faller, feller, logger, lumberjack |
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malformation | (noun) something abnormal or anomalous | Synonyms: miscreation |
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(noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: deformity, misshapenness |
marmalade | (noun) a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | - |
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melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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mermaid | (noun) half woman and half fish; lives in the sea | - |
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merman | (noun) half man and half fish; lives in the sea | - |
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misinformation | (noun) information that is incorrect | - |
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motorman | (noun) the operator of streetcar | - |
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neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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newspaperman | (noun) a male journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: pressman |
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nonconformance | (noun) failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior | Synonyms: nonconformity |
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(noun) a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs | Synonyms: nonconformism, nonconformity |
nonperformance | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: carelessness, neglect, negligence |
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normal | (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, formula, pattern, rule |
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normalcy | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normality |
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(noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normality |
normalisation | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalization, standardisation, standardization |
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normaliser | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normalizer |
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normality | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normalcy |
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(noun) conformity with the norm | - |
(noun) (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter | Synonyms: N |
(noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normalcy |
normalization | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, standardisation, standardization |
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normalizer | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normaliser |
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overmantel | (noun) a shelf over a mantelpiece | - |
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pachyderma | (noun) thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction | Synonyms: nevoid elephantiasis |
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papermaking | (noun) the craft of making paper | - |
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parlormaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlourmaid |
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parlourmaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlormaid |
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performance | (noun) the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it | Synonyms: carrying into action, carrying out, execution |
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(noun) the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment | - |
(noun) any recognized accomplishment | - |
(noun) a dramatic or musical entertainment | Synonyms: public presentation |
(noun) process or manner of functioning or operating | Synonyms: functioning, operation |
permafrost | (noun) ground that is permanently frozen | - |
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permanence | (noun) the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | Synonyms: permanency |
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permanency | (noun) the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | Synonyms: permanence |
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permanent | (noun) a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals | Synonyms: perm, permanent wave |
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permanganate | (noun) a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic | - |
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pharma | (noun) a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals | Synonyms: drug company, pharmaceutical company |
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pharmaceutic | (noun) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment | Synonyms: pharmaceutical |
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pharmaceutical | (noun) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment | Synonyms: pharmaceutic |
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pharmaceutics | (noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines | Synonyms: pharmacy |
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pharmacist | (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, druggist, pill pusher, pill roller |
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pharmacogenetics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms | - |
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pharmacokinetics | (noun) the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc. | - |
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pharmacologist | (noun) someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) | Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist |
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pharmacology | (noun) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects | Synonyms: materia medica, pharmacological medicine |
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pharmacopeia | (noun) (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation | Synonyms: formulary |
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pharmacopoeia | (noun) a collection or stock of drugs | - |
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pharmacy | (noun) a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | Synonyms: apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore |
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(noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines | Synonyms: pharmaceutics |
preformation | (noun) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell | Synonyms: theory of preformation |
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pseudohermaphrodite | (noun) someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth | - |
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pseudohermaphroditism | (noun) congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex | - |
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psychopharmacology | (noun) the study of drugs that affect the mind | - |
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quartermaster | (noun) an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
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radiopharmaceutical | (noun) pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy | - |
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reaffirmation | (noun) renewed affirmation | Synonyms: reassertion |
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rearmament | (noun) the act of arming again | - |
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reformation | (noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | Synonyms: reclamation |
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(noun) improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs | - |
reformatory | (noun) correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | Synonyms: reform school, training school |
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repairman | (noun) a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | Synonyms: maintenance man, service man |
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scleroderma | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: dermatosclerosis |
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spermaceti | (noun) a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale | - |
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spermatid | (noun) an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon | - |
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spermatocele | (noun) a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa | - |
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spermatocide | (noun) a contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa | Synonyms: spermicide |
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spermatocyte | (noun) a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids | - |
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spermatogenesis | (noun) development of spermatozoa | - |
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spermatophyte | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: phanerogam, seed plant |
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spermatozoan | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon |
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spermatozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: antherozoid |
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spermatozoon | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan |
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squandermania | (noun) prodigious squandering (usually by a government) | - |
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subnormal | (noun) a person of less than normal intelligence | - |
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subnormality | (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness |
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(noun) the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence) | - |
superman | (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, window pane, Zen |
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(noun) a person with great powers and abilities | Synonyms: demigod, Ubermensch |
supermarket | (noun) a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods | - |
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supermarketeer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketer |
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supermarketer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketeer |
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tarmac | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: macadam, tarmacadam |
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(noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving | Synonyms: tarmacadam |
tarmacadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: macadam, tarmac |
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(noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving | Synonyms: tarmac |
termagant | (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: shrew |
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thermal | (noun) rising current of warm air | - |
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thermalgesia | (noun) pain caused by heat | - |
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timberman | (noun) an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering | - |
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tourmaline | (noun) a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones | - |
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transformation | (noun) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance | Synonyms: translation |
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(noun) (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA | - |
(noun) a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure | - |
(noun) a qualitative change | Synonyms: shift, transmutation |
(noun) (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system | - |
trencherman | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer |
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triggerman | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo |
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washerman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: laundryman |
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waterman | (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boater, boatman |
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watermark | (noun) a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light | - |
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(noun) a line marking the level reached by a body of water | Synonyms: water line |
weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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xeroderma | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xerodermia |
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