| antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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| babiroussa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babirusa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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| babirussa | (noun) Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | Synonyms: babiroussa, babirusa, Babyrousa Babyrussa |
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| blunderbuss | (noun) a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle | - |
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| buss | (noun) the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: kiss, osculation |
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| cerussite | (noun) a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead | Synonyms: white lead ore |
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| concussion | (noun) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness | - |
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| (noun) any violent blow | - |
| cuss | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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| (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
| (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
| cussedness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: orneriness |
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| decussation | (noun) an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | Synonyms: chiasm, chiasma |
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| degaussing | (noun) the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field | - |
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| discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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| discussion | (noun) an exchange of views on some topic | Synonyms: give-and-take, word |
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| (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discourse, treatment |
| focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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| fuss | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
| (noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, hassle, trouble |
| (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, pother, tizzy |
| fussiness | (noun) unnecessary elaborateness in details | - |
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| (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| fusspot | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart |
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| gauss | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter | - |
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| gaussmeter | (noun) a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields | Synonyms: magnetometer |
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| gusset | (noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment | Synonyms: inset |
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| (noun) a metal plate used to strengthen a joist | Synonyms: gusset plate |
| (noun) a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate | Synonyms: voider |
| hussar | (noun) a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress | - |
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| hussy | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| (noun) A sexually loose woman | Synonyms: ho, hoe, slut, trollop |
| intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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| (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
| microgauss | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss | - |
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| moussaka | (noun) casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs | - |
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| mousse | (noun) toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling | Synonyms: hair mousse |
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| (noun) a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin | - |
| (noun) a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream | - |
| muss | (noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness | Synonyms: mess, messiness, mussiness |
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| mussel | (noun) marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. | - |
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| (noun) black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine | - |
| mussiness | (noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness | Synonyms: mess, messiness, muss |
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| mussitation | (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mutter, muttering |
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| percussion | (noun) the act of exploding a percussion cap | - |
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| (noun) the act of playing a percussion instrument | - |
| (noun) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: pleximetry |
| (noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | Synonyms: percussion section, rhythm section |
| percussionist | (noun) a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
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| percussor | (noun) (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | Synonyms: plessor, plexor |
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| pertussis | (noun) a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane | Synonyms: whooping cough |
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| picklepuss | (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, pouter, sourpuss |
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| puss | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, pussy, pussycat |
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| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, pussy, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussley | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussly, verdolagas |
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| pussly | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussley, verdolagas |
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| pussy | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussycat |
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| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussycat | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable | - |
| pussytoes | (noun) low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers | Synonyms: Antennaria dioica, cat's feet, cat's foot |
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| repercussion | (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, rebound, recoil |
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| (noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action | Synonyms: reverberation |
| russet | (noun) a reddish brown homespun fabric | - |
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| sourpuss | (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, pouter |
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| succussion | (noun) shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity | - |
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| trousseau | (noun) the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens | - |
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| truss | (noun) a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure | - |
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| (noun) (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure | - |
| (noun) (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) | Synonyms: corbel |
| tussah | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tusseh, tusser, tussore, tussur |
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| tusseh | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusser, tussore, tussur |
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| tusser | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tussore, tussur |
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| tussle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle |
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| tussock | (noun) a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass | Synonyms: tuft |
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| tussore | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussur |
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| tussur | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore |
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| voussoir | (noun) wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault | - |
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| wuss | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, weakling |
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