| ametria | (noun) congenital absence of the uterus | - |
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| ceftriaxone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Rocephin |
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| equestrian | (noun) a person skilled in equitation | Synonyms: horseback rider |
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| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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| expatriation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation |
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| (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: emigration, out-migration |
| extraterrestrial | (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
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| industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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| industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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| industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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| industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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| latria | (noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: adoration |
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| matriarch | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: materfamilias |
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| (noun) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) | - |
| matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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| matriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchate |
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| mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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| nutria | (noun) aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur | Synonyms: coypu, Myocastor coypus |
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| paleostriatum | (noun) the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus | Synonyms: globus pallidus, pallidum |
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| patrial | (noun) a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent) | - |
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| patriarch | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: paterfamilias |
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| (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | - |
| (noun) title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem) | - |
| (noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself | - |
| patriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchy |
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| (noun) the jurisdiction of a patriarch | - |
| patriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchate |
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| pedestrian | (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, walker |
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| pretrial | (noun) (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases | Synonyms: pretrial conference |
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| repatriate | (noun) a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored | - |
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| repatriation | (noun) the act of returning to the country of origin | - |
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| retrial | (noun) a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors | - |
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| stria | (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, banding, striation |
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| (noun) any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue | Synonyms: striation |
| striation | (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, banding, stria |
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| (noun) any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue | Synonyms: stria |
| striatum | (noun) a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus | Synonyms: corpus striatum, striate body |
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| triacetate | (noun) cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film | Synonyms: cellulose triacetate |
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| triad | (noun) a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones | Synonyms: common chord |
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| (noun) three people considered as a unit | Synonyms: threesome, trinity, trio |
| (noun) a set of three similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: trio, triple, triplet |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
| triage | (noun) sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food | - |
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| trial | (noun) the act of testing something | Synonyms: run, test |
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| (noun) (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law | - |
| (noun) the act of undergoing testing | Synonyms: test |
| (noun) trying something to find out about it | Synonyms: test, trial run, tryout |
| (noun) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | Synonyms: tribulation, visitation |
| (noun) (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications | - |
| triamcinolone | (noun) a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent | Synonyms: Aristocort, Aristopak, Kenalog |
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| triangle | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle | - |
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| (noun) any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles | - |
| (noun) a three-sided polygon | Synonyms: trigon, trilateral |
| (noun) something approximating the shape of a triangle | - |
| triangularity | (noun) the property of being shaped like a triangle | - |
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| triangulation | (noun) a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated | - |
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| (noun) a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points of a known distance apart; useful in navigation | - |
| triazine | (noun) any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring | - |
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| triazolam | (noun) a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep | Synonyms: Halcion |
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