| quantong | (noun) red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam | Synonyms: native peach, quandang, quandong |
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| rhinestone | (noun) an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste | - |
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| rigatoni | (noun) tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces | - |
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| ritonavir | (noun) a protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV | Synonyms: Norvir |
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| rottenstone | (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing | Synonyms: tripoli |
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| sabaton | (noun) armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel | Synonyms: solleret |
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| sandstone | (noun) a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) | - |
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| semitone | (noun) the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument | Synonyms: half step |
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| serotonin | (noun) a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory | Synonyms: 5-hydroxytryptamine |
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| sexton | (noun) an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects | Synonyms: sacristan |
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| siltstone | (noun) a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt | - |
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| simpleton | (noun) a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Synonyms: simple |
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| singleton | (noun) the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt | - |
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| (noun) a set containing a single member | - |
| (noun) a single object (as distinguished from a pair) | - |
| skeleton | (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: frame, skeletal frame, underframe |
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| (noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Synonyms: frame, skeletal system, systema skeletale |
| (noun) a scandal that is kept secret | Synonyms: skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard |
| (noun) something reduced to its minimal form | - |
| soapstone | (noun) a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments | Synonyms: soap-rock, soaprock, steatite |
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| soliton | (noun) (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate | Synonyms: solitary wave, soliton wave |
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| spironolactone | (noun) a synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Aldactone |
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| stone | (noun) building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose | - |
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| (noun) a lack of feeling or expression or movement | - |
| (noun) a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter | Synonyms: rock |
| (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, pit |
| (noun) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds | - |
| (noun) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust | Synonyms: rock |
| (noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry | Synonyms: gem, gemstone |
| stonechat | (noun) common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast | Synonyms: Saxicola torquata |
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| stonecress | (noun) any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats | Synonyms: stone cress |
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| stonecrop | (noun) any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers | - |
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| stonecutter | (noun) someone who cuts or carves stone | Synonyms: cutter |
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| stoneface | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant |
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| stonefish | (noun) venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | Synonyms: Synanceja verrucosa |
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| stonefly | (noun) primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones | Synonyms: plecopteran, stone fly |
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| stonemason | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | Synonyms: mason |
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| stoner | (noun) an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill) | Synonyms: lapidator |
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| stoneroot | (noun) erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, horseweed, richweed, stone-root, stone root |
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| stonewaller | (noun) one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc. | - |
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| stonewalling | (noun) stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
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| stoneware | (noun) ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous | - |
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| stonework | (noun) masonry done with stone | - |
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| stonewort | (noun) any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits | - |
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| stoning | (noun) the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) | Synonyms: lapidation |
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| subtonic | (noun) (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale | Synonyms: leading tone |
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| sunstone | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: aventurine |
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| supertonic | (noun) (music) the second note of a diatonic scale | - |
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| syntony | (noun) the state of being normally responsive to and in harmony with the environment. | - |
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| tectonics | (noun) the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust | Synonyms: plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics |
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| (noun) the science of architecture | Synonyms: architectonics |
| teraton | (noun) a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. | - |
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| thyrocalcitonin | (noun) thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone | Synonyms: calcitonin |
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| tombstone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: gravestone, headstone |
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| ton | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds | Synonyms: gross ton, long ton |
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| (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds | Synonyms: net ton, short ton |
| tonality | (noun) any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music | Synonyms: key |
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| tone | (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tincture, tint |
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| (noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | Synonyms: quality, timber, timbre |
| (noun) (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages | - |
| (noun) the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | - |
| (noun) a steady sound without overtones | Synonyms: pure tone |
| (noun) a musical interval of two semitones | Synonyms: step, whole step, whole tone |
| (noun) the quality of a person's voice | Synonyms: tone of voice |
| (noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound | Synonyms: musical note, note |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit |
| (noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | Synonyms: tonicity, tonus |
| toner | (noun) a lotion for cleansing the skin and contracting the pores | - |
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| (noun) a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image | - |
| (noun) a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print | - |
| tongs | (noun) any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below | Synonyms: pair of tongs |
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| tongue | (noun) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot | - |
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| (noun) metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | Synonyms: clapper |
| (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | Synonyms: clapper, glossa, lingua |
| (noun) a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | Synonyms: natural language |
| (noun) a manner of speaking | - |
| (noun) the tongue of certain animals used as meat | - |
| (noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: spit |
| (noun) any long thin projection that is transient | Synonyms: knife |
| tonguefish | (noun) left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value | Synonyms: tongue-fish |
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| tongueflower | (noun) orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base | Synonyms: tongue-flower |
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| tonic | (noun) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | Synonyms: restorative |
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| (noun) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | Synonyms: keynote |
| (noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | Synonyms: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water |
| (noun) lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine | Synonyms: quinine water, tonic water |
| tonicity | (noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | Synonyms: tone, tonus |
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| tonight | (noun) the present or immediately coming night | - |
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| tonnage | (noun) a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship | Synonyms: tonnage duty, tunnage |
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| tonne | (noun) a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms | Synonyms: metric ton, MT, t |
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| tonograph | (noun) A recording tonometer, used in medicine. | - |
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| tonometer | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma) | - |
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| tonometry | (noun) the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea | - |
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| tons | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, wads |
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| tonsil | (noun) either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx | Synonyms: faucial tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsilla |
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| tonsilla | (noun) either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx | Synonyms: faucial tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsil |
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| tonsillectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy | - |
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| tonsillitis | (noun) inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils) | - |
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| tonsure | (noun) shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order | - |
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| (noun) the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head | - |
| tontine | (noun) an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant | - |
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| (noun) a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members | Synonyms: tontine insurance |
| tonus | (noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | Synonyms: tone, tonicity |
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| touchstone | (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, standard |
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| tripton | (noun) The inorganic particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas. | - |
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| triton | (noun) small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia | Synonyms: newt |
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| (noun) tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells | - |
| turnstone | (noun) migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food | - |
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| undertone | (noun) a pale or subdued color | Synonyms: tinge |
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| (noun) a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning | Synonyms: undercurrent |
| (noun) a quiet or hushed tone of voice | - |
| wanton | (noun) lewd or lascivious woman | - |
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| wantonness | (noun) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry | Synonyms: abandon, unconstraint |
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| (noun) the quality of being lewd and lascivious | Synonyms: licentiousness |
| whetstone | (noun) a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives | - |
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| whinstone | (noun) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) | Synonyms: whin |
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| wollastonite | (noun) a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium | - |
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| wonton | (noun) a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup | Synonyms: won ton |
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| (noun) a soup with won ton dumplings | Synonyms: won ton, wonton soup |
| zooplankton | (noun) animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae | - |
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