| attrition | (noun) the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction | - |
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| (noun) a wearing down to weaken or destroy | - |
| (noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: contriteness, contrition |
| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, detrition, grinding |
| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, corrasion, detrition |
| contriteness | (noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: attrition, contrition |
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| contrition | (noun) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation | Synonyms: attrition, contriteness |
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| detrition | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: friction, rubbing |
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| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, grinding |
| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, corrasion |
| detritus | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble |
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| (noun) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks | - |
| endometritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium) | Synonyms: metritis |
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| gastritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating | - |
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| malnutrition | (noun) a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods | - |
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| metritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium) | Synonyms: endometritis |
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| myometritis | (noun) inflammation of the myometrium | - |
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| nitrite | (noun) the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid) | - |
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| nutrition | (noun) the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans) | - |
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| (noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals |
| (noun) (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance | - |
| nutritionist | (noun) a specialist in the study of nutrition | - |
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| nutritiousness | (noun) the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth | Synonyms: nutritiveness |
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| nutritiveness | (noun) the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth | Synonyms: nutritiousness |
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| parametritis | (noun) inflammation of connective tissue adjacent to the uterus | - |
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| tritanopia | (noun) rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow | Synonyms: blue-blindness |
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| triteness | (noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | Synonyms: staleness |
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| tritheism | (noun) (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods | - |
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| tritheist | (noun) someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods | - |
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| tritium | (noun) a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms | - |
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| tritoma | (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, flameflower, kniphofia |
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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 | - |