| asocial | (adjective) given to avoiding association with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: antisocial |
| basophil | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophile |
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| basophile | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophil |
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| basophilia | (noun) the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes | - |
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| basophilic | (adjective) staining readily with basic dyes | - |
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| dexamethasone | (noun) a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | Synonyms: Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon |
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| diapason | (noun) either of the two main stops on a pipe organ | Synonyms: diapason stop |
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| freemasonry | (noun) a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests | - |
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| gasohol | (noun) a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn | - |
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| gasolene | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasoline, petrol |
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| gasoline | (noun) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: gas, gasolene, petrol |
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| gasometer | (noun) a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel | Synonyms: gas holder |
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| (noun) a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe | Synonyms: gas meter |
| girasol | (noun) tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers | Synonyms: Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower |
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| (noun) an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors | Synonyms: fire opal |
| infrasonic | (adjective) having frequencies below those of audible sound | - |
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| masochism | (noun) sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) | - |
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| masochist | (noun) someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment | - |
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| masochistic | (adjective) deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated | - |
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| masochistically | (adverb) in a masochistic manner | - |
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| mason | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | Synonyms: stonemason |
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| masonic | (adjective) of or relating to stonemasons or masonry | - |
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| masonry | (noun) the craft of a mason | - |
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| (noun) structure built of stone or brick by a mason | - |
| mirasol | (noun) annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America | Synonyms: common sunflower, Helianthus annuus |
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| nasopharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx | - |
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| nasopharynx | (noun) cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx | - |
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| parasol | (noun) a handheld collapsible source of shade | Synonyms: sunshade |
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| preseason | (noun) a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation | - |
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| quadrasonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadraphonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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| reason | (noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | Synonyms: intellect, understanding |
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| (noun) a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion | - |
| (noun) a justification for something existing or happening | Synonyms: cause, grounds |
| (noun) an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon | - |
| (noun) a rational motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: ground, occasion |
| (noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: rationality, reasonableness |
| (verb) think logically | - |
| (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: conclude, reason out |
| (verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: argue |
| reasonable | (adjective) showing reason or sound judgment | Synonyms: sensible |
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| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fair, fairish |
| (adjective) marked by sound judgment; having good reason | Synonyms: sane |
| reasonableness | (noun) goodness of reason and judgment | - |
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| (noun) moderation in expectations | - |
| (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: moderateness, modestness |
| (noun) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | Synonyms: tenability, tenableness |
| (noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: rationality, reason |
| reasonably | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, somewhat |
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| (adverb) with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner | Synonyms: sanely, sensibly |
| reasoned | (adjective) logically valid | Synonyms: sound, well-grounded |
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| reasoner | (noun) someone who reasons logically | Synonyms: ratiocinator |
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| reasoning | (adjective) endowed with the capacity to reason | Synonyms: intelligent, thinking |
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| (noun) thinking that is coherent and logical | Synonyms: abstract thought, logical thinking |
| reasonless | (adjective) not endowed with the capacity to reason | - |
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| (adjective) having no justifying cause or reason | Synonyms: causeless |
| (adjective) not marked by the use of reason | Synonyms: mindless, senseless |
| sadomasochism | (noun) sadism and masochism combined in one person | - |
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| sadomasochist | (noun) someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism | - |
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| sadomasochistic | (adjective) of or relating to sadomasochism | - |
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| season | (noun) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | Synonyms: time of year |
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| (noun) a recurrent time marked by major holidays | - |
| (noun) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field | - |
| (verb) make healthy | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, temper |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, flavour |
| seasonable | (adjective) in keeping with the season | - |
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| (adjective) done or happening at the appropriate or proper time | Synonyms: timely, well-timed, well timed |
| seasonableness | (noun) being at the right time | Synonyms: timeliness |
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| seasonably | (adverb) at an opportune time | Synonyms: apropos, timely, well-timed |
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| (adverb) in accordance with the season | - |
| seasonal | (adjective) occurring at or dependent on a particular season | - |
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| (noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
| seasonally | (adverb) depending on the season | - |
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| seasoned | (adjective) aged or processed | - |
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| (adjective) rendered competent through trial and experience | Synonyms: veteran |
| seasoner | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning |
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| (noun) a cook who uses seasonings | - |
| seasoning | (noun) the act of adding a seasoning to food | - |
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| (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner |
| stonemason | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | Synonyms: mason |
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| tortfeasor | (noun) a party who has committed a tort | Synonyms: tort-feasor |
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| treason | (noun) a crime that undermines the offender's government | Synonyms: high treason, lese majesty |
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| (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, perfidy, treachery |
| (noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior | Synonyms: subversiveness, traitorousness |
| treasonable | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| treasonably | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, false, traitorously, treacherously |
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| treasonist | (noun) someone who betrays his country by committing treason | Synonyms: traitor |
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| treasonous | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonable, unfaithful |
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| ultrasonic | (adjective) having frequencies above those of audible sound | Synonyms: supersonic |
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| ultrasonically | (adverb) by ultrasonic means | - |
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| ultrasonography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasound |
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| ultrasound | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasonography |
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| (noun) very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography | - |
| unreason | (noun) the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding | Synonyms: irrationality |
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| unreasonable | (adjective) not reasonable; not showing good judgment | - |
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| (adjective) beyond normal limits | Synonyms: excessive, inordinate, undue |
| unreasonably | (adverb) to a degree that exceeds the bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: immoderately |
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| (adverb) not in a reasonable or intelligent manner | - |
| unreasoning | (adjective) not based on reason or evidence | Synonyms: blind |
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| unreasoningly | (adverb) in an unreasoning visceral manner | Synonyms: viscerally |
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| unseasonable | (adjective) not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season | - |
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| (adjective) badly timed | Synonyms: ill-timed, untimely, wrong |
| unseasonableness | (noun) being at an inappropriate time | Synonyms: untimeliness |
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| unseasonably | (adverb) not in accordance with the season | - |
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| unseasoned | (adjective) not aged or processed | - |
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| (adjective) not tried or tested by experience | Synonyms: untested, untried, young |
| (adjective) without salt or seasoning | Synonyms: unsalted |
| vasoconstriction | (noun) decrease in the diameter of blood vessels | - |
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| vasoconstrictive | (noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: pressor, vasoconstrictor |
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| vasoconstrictor | (noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: pressor, vasoconstrictive |
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| vasodilation | (noun) dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries) | - |
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| vasodilative | (noun) a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | Synonyms: vasodilator |
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| vasodilator | (noun) a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels | Synonyms: vasodilative |
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| vasomotor | (adjective) relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate | - |
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| vasopressin | (noun) hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules | Synonyms: ADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin |
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| vasopressor | (noun) any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure) | - |
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| vasosection | (noun) surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasotomy |
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| vasotomy | (noun) surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasosection |
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| vasovasostomy | (noun) a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy | - |
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| vasovesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis | - |
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