| spermatozoon | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan |
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| spiritualization | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualisation |
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| spitz | (noun) any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail | - |
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| sporozoan | (noun) parasitic spore-forming protozoan | - |
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| sporozoite | (noun) one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle | - |
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| spritz | (noun) a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water) | - |
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| spritzer | (noun) a mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water | - |
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| squeezability | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: compressibility, sponginess |
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| squeeze | (noun) the act of gripping and pressing firmly | Synonyms: squeezing |
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| (noun) an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power | Synonyms: power play, squeeze play |
| (noun) a tight or amorous embrace | Synonyms: clinch, hug |
| (noun) the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space | - |
| (noun) a twisting squeeze | Synonyms: wring |
| (noun) (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend | - |
| (noun) a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer | - |
| (noun) a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high | Synonyms: credit crunch, liquidity crisis |
| squeezer | (noun) a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit | - |
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| squeezing | (noun) the act of gripping and pressing firmly | Synonyms: squeeze |
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| stabilization | (noun) the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable | Synonyms: stabilisation |
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| (noun) the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | Synonyms: stabilisation |
| stabilizer | (noun) a device for making something stable | Synonyms: stabiliser |
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| (noun) airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft | - |
| (noun) a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state | - |
| standardization | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardisation |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardisation |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardisation |
| standardizer | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardiser |
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| stanza | (noun) a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | - |
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| stargazer | (noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head | - |
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| (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: astronomer, uranologist |
| (noun) someone indifferent to the busy world | Synonyms: lotus-eater |
| stargazing | (noun) observation of the stars | - |
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| sterilization | (noun) the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | Synonyms: sterilisation |
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| (noun) the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) | Synonyms: sterilisation |
| sterilizer | (noun) a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments | Synonyms: autoclave, steriliser |
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| stigmatization | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: branding, stigmatisation |
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| stylization | (noun) the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style | Synonyms: stylisation |
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| subsidization | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: grant, subsidisation |
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| (noun) money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation |
| subsidizer | (noun) someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidiser |
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| subvocalizer | (noun) someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds | Synonyms: subvocaliser |
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| sulfadiazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections | - |
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| sulfamethazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamezathine |
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| sulfamethoxazole | (noun) a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract) | Synonyms: Gantanol |
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| sulfamezathine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamethazine |
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| sulfisoxazole | (noun) a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Gantrisin |
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| summarization | (noun) the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly | Synonyms: summarisation |
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| suzerain | (noun) a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs | - |
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| suzerainty | (noun) the domain of a suzerain | - |
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| (noun) the position or authority of a suzerain | - |
| swiz | (noun) British slang for a swindle | - |
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| swizzle | (noun) any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice | - |
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| syllogizer | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogist |
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| symbolization | (noun) the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation, symbolism |
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| (noun) something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible | Synonyms: symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation |
| (noun) the use of symbols to convey meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation |
| symbolizer | (noun) someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols | Synonyms: symboliser, symbolist |
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| symbolizing | (noun) the act of representing something with a symbol | Synonyms: symbolising |
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| sympathizer | (noun) someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful | Synonyms: sympathiser, well-wisher |
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| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: comforter, sympathiser |
| synchronization | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronizing, synchrony |
| synchronizer | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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| synchronizing | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchrony |
| synezesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synizesis |
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| synizesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synezesis |
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| synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |
| systematization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, rationalization, systematisation |
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| systematizer | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systemiser, systemizer |
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| systemizer | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemiser |
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| syzygy | (noun) the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system | - |
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| tantalization | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tease, teasing |
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| tantalizer | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantaliser |
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| teazel | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | Synonyms: teasel, teasle |
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| temazepam | (noun) a frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night | Synonyms: Restoril |
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| temporalization | (noun) The act or process of placing or defining in time relations. | - |
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| temporizer | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporiser |
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| tenderization | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderisation |
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| tenderizer | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderiser |
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| terahertz | (noun) one trillion periods per second | Synonyms: THz |
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| terazosin | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure | Synonyms: Hytrin |
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| territorialization | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialisation |
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| terrorization | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorisation |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorisation |
| terzetto | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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| theologizer | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | Synonyms: theologian, theologiser, theologist |
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| theorization | (noun) the production or use of theories | Synonyms: theorisation |
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| theorizer | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist |
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| thiabendazole | (noun) an antifungal agent and anthelmintic | - |
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| thiazide | (noun) any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys | - |
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| thiazine | (noun) a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom | - |
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| thioridazine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | Synonyms: Mellaril |
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| tizzy | (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, fuss, pother |
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| tolazamide | (noun) a drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: Tolinase |
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| tolazoline | (noun) vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis) | - |
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| topaz | (noun) a light brown the color of topaz | Synonyms: tan |
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| (noun) a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone | - |
| (noun) a yellow quartz | Synonyms: common topaz, false topaz |
| topicalization | (noun) (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English | - |
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| totalizator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizer |
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| totalizer | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totaliser |
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| (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizator |
| trailblazer | (noun) someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees | - |
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| (noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | Synonyms: groundbreaker, innovator, pioneer |
| tranquilizer | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
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| tranquillizer | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser |
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| trapeze | (noun) a swing used by circus acrobats | - |
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| trapezium | (noun) the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals | Synonyms: os trapezium, trapezium bone |
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| (noun) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides | - |
| trapezius | (noun) either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: cowl muscle, musculus trapezius, trapezius muscle |
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| trapezohedron | (noun) a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums | - |
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| trapezoid | (noun) the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones | Synonyms: os trapezoideum, trapezoid bone |
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| (noun) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides | - |
| trazodone | (noun) oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative | Synonyms: Desyrel, trazodone hydrochloride |
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| 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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| tribalization | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalisation |
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| trichlormethiazide | (noun) diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Naqua |
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| trichobezoar | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, hairball |
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| trophozoite | (noun) a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle | - |
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| tweezer | (noun) a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping | Synonyms: pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, pincer |
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| tzar | (noun) a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | Synonyms: czar, tsar |
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| tzarina | (noun) the wife or widow of a czar | Synonyms: czarina, czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa |
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| tzetze | (noun) bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | Synonyms: glossina, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze fly |
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| unappetizingness | (noun) the property of spoiling the appetite | Synonyms: unappetisingness |
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| unionization | (noun) act of forming labor unions | Synonyms: unionisation |
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| unitization | (noun) conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust | Synonyms: unitisation |
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| (noun) the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies | Synonyms: unitisation |
| (noun) the act of packaging cargo into unit loads | Synonyms: unitisation |
| (noun) (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | Synonyms: chunking, unitisation |
| urbanization | (noun) the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | Synonyms: urbanisation |
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| (noun) the condition of being urbanized | Synonyms: urbanisation |