| rapture | (noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: ecstasy, exaltation, raptus, transport |
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| (noun) a state of elated bliss | Synonyms: ecstasy |
| recapture | (noun) the act of taking something back | Synonyms: retaking |
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| (noun) a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount | - |
| rupture | (noun) the act of making a sudden noisy break | - |
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| (noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rift, severance |
| (noun) state of being torn or burst open | - |
| rupturewort | (noun) common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures | Synonyms: Hernaria glabra |
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| scripture | (noun) any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group | Synonyms: sacred scripture |
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| sculpture | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: carving |
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| (noun) a three-dimensional work of plastic art | - |
| sculpturer | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: carver, sculptor, statue maker |
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| sepulture | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre |
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| (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment |
| sericulture | (noun) the production of raw silk by raising silkworms | - |
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| (noun) raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk | - |
| signature | (noun) a distinguishing style | Synonyms: touch |
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| (noun) your name written in your own handwriting | - |
| (noun) a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book | - |
| (noun) the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key | Synonyms: key signature |
| (noun) a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program | Synonyms: signature tune, theme song |
| silviculture | (noun) the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests | - |
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| stature | (noun) (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot | Synonyms: height |
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| (noun) high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement | - |
| stricture | (noun) severe criticism | - |
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| (noun) abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway | Synonyms: stenosis |
| structure | (noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | Synonyms: construction |
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| (noun) the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts | - |
| (noun) a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement | Synonyms: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part |
| (noun) the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations | - |
| (noun) the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | Synonyms: social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system |
| subculture | (noun) a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs | - |
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| substructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, understructure |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: infrastructure |
| superstructure | (noun) structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck | - |
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| suture | (noun) thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together | - |
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| (noun) a seam used in surgery | Synonyms: surgical seam |
| (noun) an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) | Synonyms: fibrous joint, sutura |
| tablature | (noun) a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used | - |
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| temperature | (noun) the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | - |
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| (noun) the somatic sensation of cold or heat | - |
| texture | (noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality | - |
| (noun) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together | - |
| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: grain |
| (noun) the essential quality of something | - |
| tincture | (noun) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution | - |
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| (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tint, tone |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a substance that colors or dyes | - |
| torture | (noun) the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | Synonyms: torturing |
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| (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting |
| (noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | Synonyms: agony, torment |
| (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: anguish, torment |
| (noun) unbearable physical pain | Synonyms: torment |
| torturer | (noun) someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) | - |
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| tureen | (noun) large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews | - |
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| understructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure |
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| venipuncture | (noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye | - |
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| venture | (noun) any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome | - |
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| (noun) a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit | - |
| (noun) an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits | Synonyms: speculation |
| venturer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: adventurer |
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| (noun) a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) | Synonyms: merchant-venturer |
| venturesomeness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: adventurousness |
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| vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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| vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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| (noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |
| viniculture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viticulture |
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| viticulture | (noun) the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | Synonyms: viniculture |
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| vulture | (noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion | - |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, predator |
| wafture | (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wave, waving |
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