| arteria | (noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body | Synonyms: arterial blood vessel, artery |
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| arteriectasia | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasis |
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| arteriectasis | (noun) an abnormal distension of an artery | Synonyms: arteriectasia |
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| arteriogram | (noun) an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium | - |
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| arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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| arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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| arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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| arteriolosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterioles | - |
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| arteriosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterial walls | Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries |
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| arteritis | (noun) inflammation of an artery | - |
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| artery | (noun) a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic | - |
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| (noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body | Synonyms: arteria, arterial blood vessel |
| asserter | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asseverator, avower, declarer |
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| barter | (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: swap, swop, trade |
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| barterer | (noun) a trader who exchanges goods and not money | - |
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| carter | (noun) someone whose work is driving carts | - |
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| charter | (noun) a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation | - |
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| (noun) a contract to hire or lease transportation | - |
| charterhouse | (noun) a Carthusian monastery | - |
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| comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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| (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
| converter | (noun) a device for changing one substance or form or state into another | Synonyms: convertor |
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| counterterrorism | (noun) a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism | - |
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| counterterrorist | (noun) someone who attempts to prevent terrorism | - |
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| darter | (noun) a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly | - |
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| (noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill | Synonyms: anhinga, snakebird |
| departer | (noun) someone who leaves | Synonyms: goer, leaver |
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| deserter | (noun) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | Synonyms: defector |
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| (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
| endarterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis | - |
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| endarteritis | (noun) inflammation of the inner lining of an artery | - |
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| exporter | (noun) a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) | - |
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| forequarter | (noun) the front half of a side of meat | - |
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| frankfurter | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| garter | (noun) a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | Synonyms: supporter |
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| headquarters | (noun) the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command | Synonyms: HQ, military headquarters |
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| (noun) (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise | Synonyms: central office, home base, home office, main office |
| (noun) (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff | - |
| hindquarter | (noun) the back half of a side of meat | - |
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| hindquarters | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, croupe, rump |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| importer | (noun) someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) | - |
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| inverter | (noun) an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current | - |
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| kicksorter | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass | Synonyms: pulse height analyzer |
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| mailsorter | (noun) a sorter for sorting mail according to the address | - |
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| nonstarter | (noun) a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered | - |
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| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: failure, loser, unsuccessful person |
| parterre | (noun) seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) | Synonyms: parquet circle |
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| (noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern | - |
| periarteritis | (noun) inflammation of the outer coat of an artery | - |
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| polyarteritis | (noun) inflammation of several arteries | - |
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| porter | (noun) a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley | Synonyms: porter's beer |
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| (noun) a person employed to carry luggage and supplies | - |
| (noun) a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) | Synonyms: Pullman porter |
| (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary |
| porterage | (noun) the transportation of burdens by porters | - |
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| (noun) the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |
| porterhouse | (noun) large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin | Synonyms: porterhouse steak |
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| quarter | (noun) clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent | - |
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| (noun) the rear part of a ship | Synonyms: after part, poop, stern, tail |
| (noun) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp | - |
| (noun) a district of a city having some distinguishing character | - |
| (noun) an unspecified person | - |
| (noun) a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar | - |
| (noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent |
| (noun) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) | - |
| (noun) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) | - |
| (noun) one of the four major division of the compass | - |
| (noun) one of four periods into which the school year is divided | - |
| (noun) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided | - |
| (noun) a fourth part of a year; three months | - |
| (noun) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour | - |
| quarterback | (noun) (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
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| (noun) (football) the person who plays quarterback | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
| quarterdeck | (noun) the stern area of a ship's upper deck | - |
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| quarterfinal | (noun) one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals | - |
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| quartering | (noun) dividing into four equal parts | - |
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| (noun) living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) | - |
| (noun) a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages | - |
| quarterlight | (noun) car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car | - |
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| quarterly | (noun) a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) | - |
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| quartermaster | (noun) an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
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| quartern | (noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, twenty-five percent |
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| quarters | (noun) housing available for people to live in | Synonyms: living quarters |
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| quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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| quartervine | (noun) woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section | Synonyms: Bignonia capreolata, cross vine, quarter-vine, trumpet flower |
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| ragsorter | (noun) a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking) | - |
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| reporter | (noun) a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | Synonyms: newsperson |
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| snorter | (noun) something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent | - |
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| (noun) something outstandingly difficult | - |
| (noun) someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound | - |
| sorter | (noun) a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes | - |
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| (noun) a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) | - |
| squirter | (noun) plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water | Synonyms: squirt gun, water gun, water pistol |
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| starter | (noun) a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough | - |
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| (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: crank |
| (noun) an electric motor for starting an engine | Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor |
| (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer |
| (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: dispatcher |
| (noun) a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning | - |
| subverter | (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution | Synonyms: revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive |
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| supporter | (noun) a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | Synonyms: garter |
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| (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist |
| (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assistant, help, helper |
| (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, sponsor |
| thwarter | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister |
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| transporter | (noun) a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) | Synonyms: conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt |
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| (noun) a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships | - |
| (noun) a long truck for carrying motor vehicles | Synonyms: car transporter |
| woolsorter | (noun) a person who sorts wool into different grades | Synonyms: wool stapler |
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