| methylenedioxymethamphetamine | (noun) a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States | Synonyms: MDMA |
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| misogamist | (noun) a person who hates marriage | - |
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| monoamine | (noun) a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter) | - |
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| monogamist | (noun) someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) | Synonyms: monogynist |
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| multivitamin | (noun) a pill or tablet containing several vitamins | Synonyms: multivitamin pill |
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| muramidase | (noun) an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria | Synonyms: lysozyme |
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| nagami | (noun) shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats | Synonyms: Fortunella margarita, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat |
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| naming | (adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names | Synonyms: appellative |
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| (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, assignment, designation |
| (noun) the verbal act of naming | - |
| nitramine | (noun) a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators | Synonyms: tetryl |
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| origami | (noun) the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) | - |
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| overfamiliar | (adjective) taking undue liberties | - |
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| overfamiliarity | (noun) The state of being common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying. | - |
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| panamica | (noun) low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers | Synonyms: friendship plant, panamiga, Pilea involucrata |
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| panamiga | (noun) low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers | Synonyms: friendship plant, panamica, Pilea involucrata |
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| panoramic | (adjective) as from an altitude or distance | Synonyms: bird's-eye |
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| paramilitary | (adjective) of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit | - |
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| (noun) a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) | Synonyms: paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit |
| parosamia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of smell | Synonyms: dysosmia, olfactory impairment |
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| pastrami | (noun) highly seasoned cut of smoked beef | - |
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| paterfamilias | (noun) the male head of family or tribe | Synonyms: patriarch |
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| penicillamine | (noun) a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis | Synonyms: Cuprimine |
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| pheniramine | (noun) an antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus | - |
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| phentolamine | (noun) a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: Vasomax |
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| phenylacetamide | (noun) a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen) | Synonyms: acetanilid, acetanilide |
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| phenylamine | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aminobenzine, aniline, aniline oil |
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| phenylpropanolamine | (noun) an adrenergic drug used in many preparations to relieve allergic reactions or respiratory infections | - |
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| phenyltoloxamine | (noun) antihistamine included in some preparations used to treat coughing and nasal congestion | - |
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| phonogramic | (adjective) of or relating to a phonogram | - |
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| polyamide | (noun) a polymer containing repeated amide groups | Synonyms: polymeric amide |
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| polygamist | (noun) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
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| programing | (noun) creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something | Synonyms: computer programing, computer programming, programming |
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| (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programming, scheduling |
| prolamine | (noun) a simple protein found in plants | - |
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| propanamide | (noun) the amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2) | Synonyms: proprionamide |
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| proprionamide | (noun) the amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2) | Synonyms: propanamide |
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| protamine | (noun) a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin | - |
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| prothalamion | (noun) a song in celebration of a marriage | Synonyms: prothalamium |
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| prothalamium | (noun) a song in celebration of a marriage | Synonyms: prothalamion |
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| provitamin | (noun) vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues | - |
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| psychodynamics | (noun) the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation | - |
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| (noun) the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation | - |
| pyramid | (noun) (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases | - |
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| (noun) a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex | - |
| (verb) increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base | - |
| (verb) arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid | - |
| (verb) enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts | - |
| (verb) use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal | - |
| pyramidal | (adjective) resembling a pyramid | Synonyms: pyramidic, pyramidical |
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| pyramidic | (adjective) resembling a pyramid | Synonyms: pyramidal, pyramidical |
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| pyramidical | (adjective) resembling a pyramid | Synonyms: pyramidal, pyramidic |
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| pyramidically | (adverb) in a pyramidal manner or shape | - |
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| pyramiding | (noun) a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated | - |
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| pyridoxamine | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: adermin, pyridoxal, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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| pyrilamine | (noun) antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus | - |
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| ramie | (noun) tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax | Synonyms: Boehmeria nivea, China grass, Chinese silk plant, ramee |
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| ramification | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, fork, forking |
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| (noun) an arrangement of branching parts | - |
| (noun) a development that complicates a situation | Synonyms: complication |
| (noun) a part of a forked or branching shape | Synonyms: branch, leg |
| ramify | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, separate |
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| (verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: branch |
| (verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: complexify |
| ramipril | (noun) an ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack | Synonyms: Altace |
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| reexamination | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, followup, review |
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| (noun) (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination | Synonyms: redirect examination |
| reexamine | (verb) look at again; examine again | Synonyms: review |
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| retrogaming | (noun) The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games. | - |
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| salami | (noun) highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried | - |
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| samiel | (noun) a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa | Synonyms: simoom, simoon |
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| samisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: shamisen |
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| samite | (noun) a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages | - |
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| samizdat | (noun) a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature | Synonyms: underground press |
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| scopolamine | (noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures | Synonyms: hyoscine |
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| screaming | (adjective) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | Synonyms: hilarious, uproarious |
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| (adjective) so extremely intense as to evoke screams | - |
| (adjective) resembling a scream in effect | - |
| (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
| screamingly | (adverb) funny to the point where screams of laughter are excited | - |
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| shamisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: samisen |
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| squeamish | (adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | Synonyms: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy |
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| squeamishly | (adverb) in a squeamish manner | - |
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| squeamishness | (noun) the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked | - |
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| (noun) a mild state of nausea | Synonyms: qualm, queasiness |
| stamina | (noun) enduring strength and energy | Synonyms: staying power, toughness |
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| staminate | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: antheral |
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| steaminess | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, vaporousness, vapourousness |
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| steaming | (adjective) filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist | Synonyms: steamy |
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| (adverb) (used of heat) extremely | Synonyms: piping |
| streaming | (adjective) exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts | - |
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| (adjective) (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed | - |
| (noun) the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | Synonyms: cyclosis |
| subfamily | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic category below a family | - |
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| sulfacetamide | (noun) a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections | Synonyms: Sulamyd |
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| sulfanilamide | (noun) a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs | - |
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| sulfonamide | (noun) antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA | Synonyms: sulfa, sulfa drug, sulpha |
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| superfamily | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family | - |
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| swami | (noun) a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect | - |
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| thermodynamic | (adjective) of or concerned with thermodynamics | Synonyms: thermodynamical |
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| thermodynamical | (adjective) of or concerned with thermodynamics | Synonyms: thermodynamic |
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| thermodynamically | (adverb) with respect to thermodynamics | - |
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| thermodynamics | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy | - |
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| thiamin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamine, vitamin B1 |
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| thiamine | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamin, vitamin B1 |
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| thiodiphenylamine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: phenothiazine |
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| tiramisu | (noun) an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate | - |
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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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| tolbutamide | (noun) sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: Orinase |
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| transaminase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, aminotransferase |
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| transaminate | (verb) undergo transfer from one compound to another | - |
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| (verb) change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another | - |
| transamination | (noun) the process of transferring an amino group from one compound to another | - |
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| (noun) the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound | - |
| trimipramine | (noun) tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia | Synonyms: Surmontil |
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| tsunami | (noun) a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption | - |
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| tyramine | (noun) amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer | - |
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| ultramicroscope | (noun) light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes | Synonyms: dark-field microscope |
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| ultramicroscopic | (adjective) too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope | - |
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| uncontaminated | (adjective) not corrupted by contact or association | - |
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| (adjective) free from admixture with noxious elements; clean | Synonyms: unpolluted |
| uncontaminating | (adjective) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: clean |
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| undynamic | (adjective) characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness | Synonyms: adynamic |
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| unfamiliar | (adjective) not known or well known | - |
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| unfamiliarity | (noun) unusualness as a consequence of not being well known | Synonyms: strangeness |
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| verapamil | (noun) a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine | Synonyms: Calan, Isoptin |
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