| abampere | (noun) a unit of current equal to 10 amperes | Synonyms: abamp |
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| ampere | (noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: A, amp |
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| (noun) a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) | Synonyms: international ampere |
| arere | (noun) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood | Synonyms: obeche, obechi, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon |
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| arthromere | (noun) any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod | - |
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| asthenosphere | (noun) the lower layer of the crust | - |
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| atmosphere | (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, aura |
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| (noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth | Synonyms: air |
| (noun) the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body | - |
| (noun) a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade | Synonyms: atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure |
| (noun) the weather or climate at some place | Synonyms: atmospheric state |
| (noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambiance, ambience |
| bathysphere | (noun) spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration | - |
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| belvedere | (noun) a gazebo sited to command a fine view | - |
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| (noun) densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn | Synonyms: Bassia scoparia, burning bush, fire-bush, fire bush, Kochia scoparia, summer cypress |
| biosphere | (noun) the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist | - |
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| blastomere | (noun) any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg | - |
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| blastosphere | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastula |
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| boutonniere | (noun) a flower that is worn in a buttonhole | - |
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| brassiere | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bandeau, bra |
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| cashmere | (noun) a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat | - |
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| (noun) the wool of the Kashmir goat | - |
| centromere | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: kinetochore |
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| cere | (noun) the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds | - |
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| chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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| compere | (noun) British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc | - |
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| confrere | (noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, fellow |
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| cubitiere | (noun) body armor that protects the elbow | - |
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| derriere | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| epauliere | (noun) armor plate that protects the shoulder | - |
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| etagere | (noun) a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments | - |
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| exosphere | (noun) the outermost atmospheric layer | - |
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| galere | (noun) a coterie of undesirable people | Synonyms: rogue's gallery |
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| geosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: lithosphere |
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| gomphothere | (noun) extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene | - |
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| gondoliere | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondolier |
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| haltere | (noun) either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | Synonyms: balancer, halter |
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| heliosphere | (noun) the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system | - |
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| hemisphere | (noun) either half of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral hemisphere |
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| (noun) half of the terrestrial globe | - |
| (noun) half of a sphere | - |
| here | (noun) the present location; this place; location, proximal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, proximal | - |
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| houhere | (noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage | Synonyms: Hoheria populnea, lacebark, ribbonwood |
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| hydrosphere | (noun) the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor | - |
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| ionosphere | (noun) the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons | - |
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| isothere | (noun) a line on a map linking places with the same mean summer temperature. | - |
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| lavaliere | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavalier, lavalliere |
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| lavalliere | (noun) jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck | Synonyms: lavalier, lavaliere |
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| lithosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: geosphere |
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| magnetosphere | (noun) the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field | - |
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| megathere | (noun) gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America | Synonyms: ground sloth |
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| mere | (noun) a small pond of standing water | - |
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| mesosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere | - |
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| metamere | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: somite |
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| milliampere | (noun) one thousandth of an ampere | Synonyms: mA |
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| nowhere | (noun) an insignificant place | - |
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| oosphere | (noun) a gamete; used especially of lower plants | - |
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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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| photosphere | (noun) the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun) | - |
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| portiere | (noun) a heavy curtain hung across a doorway | - |
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| premiere | (noun) the first public performance of a play or movie | - |
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| revere | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side | Synonyms: revers |
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| sarcomere | (noun) one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided | - |
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| somewhere | (noun) an indefinite or unknown location | - |
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| sphere | (noun) any spherically shaped artifact | - |
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| (noun) a particular aspect of life or activity | Synonyms: sector |
| (noun) the geographical area in which one nation is very influential | Synonyms: sphere of influence |
| (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin |
| (noun) a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) | - |
| (noun) a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center | - |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, domain, field, orbit |
| stratosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere | - |
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| telomere | (noun) either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome | - |
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| testiere | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall |
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| there | (noun) a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal | - |
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| thermosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere | - |
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| tourtiere | (noun) a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec | - |
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| troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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| tsundere | (noun) a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
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| (noun) a character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
| uintathere | (noun) a variety of dinocerate | Synonyms: dinoceras |
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