| overzeal | (noun) The quality of being excessively zealous. | Synonyms: overzealousness |
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| overzealousness | (noun) The quality of being excessively zealous. | Synonyms: overzeal |
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| oxaprozin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro) | Synonyms: Daypro |
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| oxazepam | (noun) a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal | Synonyms: Serax |
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| oxidization | (noun) the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction | Synonyms: oxidation, oxidisation |
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| oxidizer | (noun) a substance that oxidizes another substance | Synonyms: oxidant, oxidiser, oxidizing agent |
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| oxybenzene | (noun) a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally | Synonyms: carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid |
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| oxyphenbutazone | (noun) an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis | Synonyms: Tandearil |
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| ozaena | (noun) a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures | Synonyms: ozena |
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| ozena | (noun) a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures | Synonyms: ozaena |
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| ozocerite | (noun) a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles | Synonyms: ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozokerite |
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| ozokerite | (noun) a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles | Synonyms: ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozocerite |
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| ozone | (noun) a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation) | - |
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| ozonide | (noun) any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound | - |
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| ozonosphere | (noun) a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun | Synonyms: ozone layer |
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| paczki | (noun) A traditional Polish doughnut. | - |
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| palaeozoology | (noun) the study of fossil animals | Synonyms: paleozoology |
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| paleozoology | (noun) the study of fossil animals | Synonyms: palaeozoology |
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| panzer | (noun) an armored vehicle or tank | - |
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| paparazzo | (noun) a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines | - |
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| parazoan | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: poriferan, sponge |
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| particularization | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularisation |
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| partizan | (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partisan |
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| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partisan |
| pasteurization | (noun) partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food | Synonyms: pasteurisation |
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| pasteurizer | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteuriser |
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| patzer | (noun) a poor chess player | - |
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| pauperization | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: impoverishment, pauperisation |
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| (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, penury |
| penalization | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalty, punishment |
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| pentamethylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentylenetetrazol |
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| pentazocine | (noun) analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine | Synonyms: Talwin |
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| pentylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol |
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| peptization | (noun) the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution | Synonyms: peptisation |
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| perphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults | Synonyms: Triavil |
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| phenazopyridine | (noun) analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections | Synonyms: Pyridium |
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| phenelzine | (noun) monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression | Synonyms: Nardil |
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| phenothiazine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: thiodiphenylamine |
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| phenylbutazone | (noun) anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin) | Synonyms: Butazolidin |
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| philosophizer | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophiser |
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| philosophizing | (noun) the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy | - |
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| phiz | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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| phlegmatizer | (noun) a material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport. | - |
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| piazza | (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: place, plaza |
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| piezoelectricity | (noun) electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal | Synonyms: piezo effect, piezoelectric effect |
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| piezometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures | - |
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| pimozide | (noun) the most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine | - |
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| piperazine | (noun) vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms | - |
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| pirozhki | (noun) small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | Synonyms: pirogi, piroshki |
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| pizza | (noun) Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese | Synonyms: pizza pie |
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| pizzaz | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzazz, zing |
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| pizzazz | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzaz, zing |
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| pizzeria | (noun) a shop where pizzas are made and sold | Synonyms: pizza parlor, pizza shop |
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| pizzicato | (noun) a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
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| plagiarization | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarism |
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| plagiarizer | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist |
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| plasticizer | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticiser |
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| plaza | (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: center, centre, mall, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
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| (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: piazza, place |
| pluralization | (noun) the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to | Synonyms: pluralisation |
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| podzol | (noun) a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer | Synonyms: podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol soil |
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| poetizer | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetiser, rhymer, rhymester, versifier |
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| polarization | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarisation |
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| (noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarisation |
| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| polyzoa | (noun) marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids | Synonyms: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa |
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| polyzoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: bryozoan, moss animal, sea mat, sea moss |
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| popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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| (noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
| popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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| prazosin | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress) | Synonyms: Minipress |
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| pretzel | (noun) glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot | - |
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| privatization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation |
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| prize | (noun) something given as a token of victory | Synonyms: trophy |
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| (noun) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery | Synonyms: award |
| (noun) goods or money obtained illegally | Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, swag |
| prizefight | (noun) a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize | Synonyms: prize fight |
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| prizefighter | (noun) a professional boxer | Synonyms: gladiator |
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| procarbazine | (noun) an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease | - |
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| prochlorperazine | (noun) antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomiting | - |
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| proenzyme | (noun) any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active | Synonyms: zymogen |
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| professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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| promethazine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Phenergan |
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| protozoan | (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoon |
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| protozoologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies protozoans | - |
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| protozoology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies protozoans | - |
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| protozoon | (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoan |
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| publicizer | (noun) someone who publicizes | Synonyms: publiciser, publicist |
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| publicizing | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: advertising, merchandising |
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| pulverization | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverisation |
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| (noun) annihilation by pulverizing something | Synonyms: pulverisation |
| (noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: powder, pulverisation |
| putz | (noun) obscene terms for penis | Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, prick, shaft, tool |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot | - |
| puzzle | (noun) a game that tests your ingenuity | - |
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| (noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: mystifier, puzzler, teaser |
| puzzlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation |
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| puzzler | (noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: mystifier, puzzle, teaser |
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| quantization | (noun) the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory | Synonyms: quantisation |
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| quartz | (noun) a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities | - |
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| (noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: crystal, lechatelierite, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
| quartzite | (noun) hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals | - |
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| quetzal | (noun) large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage | Synonyms: quetzal bird |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos | - |
| quiz | (noun) an examination consisting of a few short questions | - |
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| quizmaster | (noun) the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game | Synonyms: question master |
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| quizzer | (noun) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications | Synonyms: examiner, tester |
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| randomization | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomisation |
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| rationalization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| razbliuto | (noun) the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do | - |
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| razing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: demolishing, leveling, tearing down |
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| (noun) the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled | Synonyms: wrecking |
| razmataz | (noun) any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent | Synonyms: razzle-dazzle, razzle, razzmatazz |
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| razor | (noun) edge tool used in shaving | - |
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