| solfeggio | (noun) a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable | Synonyms: solfege |
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| (noun) singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major | Synonyms: solfege, solmization |
| solferino | (noun) a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino | Synonyms: purplish pink |
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| solo | (noun) a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied | - |
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| (noun) any activity that is performed alone without assistance | - |
| (noun) a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment) | - |
| sombrero | (noun) a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico | - |
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| soprano | (noun) the pitch range of the highest female voice | Synonyms: treble |
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| (noun) the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty | - |
| (noun) a female singer with the highest vocal range of all the voice type | - |
| sordino | (noun) a mute for a violin | Synonyms: sourdine |
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| sorgho | (noun) any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup | Synonyms: sorgo, sugar sorghum, sweet sorghum |
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| sorgo | (noun) any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup | Synonyms: sorgho, sugar sorghum, sweet sorghum |
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| spiccato | (noun) bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings | Synonyms: spiccato bowing |
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| stereo | (noun) reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound | Synonyms: stereo system, stereophonic system, stereophony |
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| (noun) two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together | Synonyms: stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture |
| stiletto | (noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade | - |
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| strapado | (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope | Synonyms: strappado |
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| strappado | (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope | Synonyms: strapado |
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| stucco | (noun) a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces | - |
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| studio | (noun) workplace for the teaching or practice of an art | - |
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| (noun) an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen | Synonyms: studio apartment |
| (noun) workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded | - |
| sumo | (noun) a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground | - |
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| supercargo | (noun) an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase | - |
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| superego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | - |
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| supremo | (noun) the most important person in an organization | - |
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| switcheroo | (noun) a sudden unexpected switch | - |
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| synchro | (noun) a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized | Synonyms: selsyn |
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| tabasco | (noun) very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small | Synonyms: red pepper |
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| taboo | (noun) an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion | Synonyms: tabu |
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| (noun) a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | Synonyms: tabu |
| taco | (noun) a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling | - |
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| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | Synonyms: greaser, wetback |
| taekwondo | (noun) a Korean martial art similar to karate | Synonyms: tae kwon do |
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| tamarao | (noun) small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | Synonyms: Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarau |
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| tamarillo | (noun) South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato | Synonyms: tree tomato |
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| tamarindo | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarind |
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| (noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind, tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica |
| tangelo | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: ugli, ugli fruit |
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| (noun) hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida | Synonyms: Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit |
| tango | (noun) a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin | - |
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| (noun) music written in duple time for dancing the tango | - |
| taro | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro root |
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| (noun) herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | Synonyms: Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro plant |
| (noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: cocoyam, dasheen, eddo |
| tattoo | (noun) the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining | - |
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| (noun) a design on the skin made by tattooing | - |
| (noun) a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters | - |
| techno | (noun) a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals | - |
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| telco | (noun) a public utility that provides telephone service | Synonyms: phone company, phone service, telephone company, telephone service |
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| telephoto | (noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens | Synonyms: telephotograph |
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| tempo | (noun) the rate of some repeating event | Synonyms: pace |
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| (noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | Synonyms: pacing |
| tenno | (noun) the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno | Synonyms: mikado |
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| teredo | (noun) typical shipworm | - |
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| 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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| testudo | (noun) a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification | - |
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| ticktacktoo | (noun) a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does | Synonyms: noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, tit-tat-toe |
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| tiro | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, initiate, novice, tyro |
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| tobacco | (noun) leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion | Synonyms: baccy |
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| (noun) aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs | Synonyms: tobacco plant |
| tomatillo | (noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk | Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato |
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| (noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa |
| (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry |
| tomato | (noun) mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | - |
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| (noun) native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: love apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant |
| torero | (noun) a matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight | - |
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| tornado | (noun) a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | Synonyms: crack, crack cocaine |
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| (noun) a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | Synonyms: twister |
| tornillo | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite |
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| torpedo | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: crampfish, electric ray, numbfish |
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| (noun) armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target | - |
| (noun) a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead | - |
| (noun) a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface | - |
| (noun) an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas) | - |
| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep |
| (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, triggerman |
| torso | (noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs | Synonyms: body, trunk |
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| touraco | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: turaco, turacou, turakoo |
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| tremendismo | (noun) post-war Spanish literary style marked by a tendency to emphasize violence and grotesque imagery. | - |
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| tremolo | (noun) vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one | - |
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| (noun) (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones | - |
| trio | (noun) a musical composition for three performers | - |
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| (noun) three people considered as a unit | Synonyms: threesome, triad, trinity |
| (noun) a set of three similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: triad, triple, triplet |
| (noun) three performers or singers who perform together | - |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, triplet, troika |
| trompillo | (noun) weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America | Synonyms: prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, white horse nettle |
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| tupelo | (noun) any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America | Synonyms: tupelo tree |
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| (noun) pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum | - |
| turaco | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turacou, turakoo |
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| turakoo | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turacou |
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| tuxedo | (noun) semiformal evening dress for men | Synonyms: black tie, dinner jacket, tux |
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| two | (noun) one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | Synonyms: deuce |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 2, deuce, II |
| typo | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typographical error |
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| tyro | (noun) someone new to a field or activity | Synonyms: beginner, initiate, novice, tiro |
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| umbo | (noun) a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum | - |
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| vaquero | (noun) local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | Synonyms: buckaroo, buckeroo |
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| verso | (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: reverse |
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| (noun) left-hand page | - |
| vertigo | (noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | Synonyms: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness |
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| veto | (noun) a vote that blocks a decision | - |
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| (noun) the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) | - |
| vibrato | (noun) (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch | - |
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| vibrio | (noun) curved rodlike motile bacterium | Synonyms: vibrion |
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| video | (noun) a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program) | Synonyms: video recording |
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| (noun) the visible part of a television transmission | Synonyms: picture |
| (noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | Synonyms: telecasting, television, TV |
| (noun) (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display | - |
| vino | (noun) fermented juice (of grapes especially) | Synonyms: wine |
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| violoncello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | Synonyms: cello |
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| virago | (noun) a noisy or scolding or domineering woman | - |
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| (noun) a large strong and aggressive woman | Synonyms: amazon |
| vireo | (noun) any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color | - |
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| virino | (noun) (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins | - |
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| virtuoso | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| (noun) a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry | - |
| vitiligo | (noun) an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border) | - |
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| volcano | (noun) a mountain formed by volcanic material | - |
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| (noun) a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt | Synonyms: vent |
| voodoo | (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju |
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| (noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities | Synonyms: hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism |
| (noun) (Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities | - |
| wacko | (noun) a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | Synonyms: nutter, whacko |
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| wahoo | (noun) large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide | Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri |
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| (noun) deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus |
| (noun) upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | Synonyms: Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush |
| waterloo | (noun) a final crushing defeat | - |
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| weeaboo | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeb |
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| weirdo | (noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: creep, spook, weirdie, weirdy |
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| (noun) someone deranged and possibly dangerous | Synonyms: crazy, looney, loony, nutcase |
| whacko | (noun) a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | Synonyms: nutter, wacko |
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| wino | (noun) a chronic drinker | Synonyms: drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot |
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| yahoo | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yokel |
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| yatobyo | (noun) a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals | Synonyms: deer fly fever, rabbit fever, tularaemia, tularemia |
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| yobbo | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobo |
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| yobo | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo |
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| zero | (noun) the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing | - |
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| (noun) the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured | Synonyms: zero point |
| (noun) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | Synonyms: 0, cipher, cypher, nought |
| (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zilch, zip, zippo |
| zippo | (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip |
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| zoo | (noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition | Synonyms: menagerie, zoological garden |
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| zydeco | (noun) music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues | - |
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