| poppycock | (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, stuff, stuff and nonsense |
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| precocial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days | - |
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| precocious | (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) | - |
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| (adjective) appearing or developing early | - |
| precociously | (adverb) in a precocious manner | - |
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| precociousness | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precocity |
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| precocity | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precociousness |
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| ricochet | (noun) a glancing rebound | Synonyms: carom |
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| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, spring, take a hop |
| rococo | (adjective) having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation | - |
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| (noun) fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century | - |
| sarcocystidean | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian |
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| sarcocystieian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcosporidian |
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| shuttlecock | (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttle |
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| (verb) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock | - |
| spatchcock | (noun) flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) | - |
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| (verb) interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story | - |
| (verb) prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock | - |
| staphylococcal | (adjective) of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria | - |
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| staphylococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococcus |
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| staphylococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococci |
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| stopcock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, turncock |
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| streptococcal | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcic |
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| streptococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococcus |
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| streptococcic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcal |
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| streptococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococci |
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| thoracocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: thoracentesis |
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| turncock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, stopcock |
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| (noun) one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off | - |
| varicocele | (noun) dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes | - |
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| weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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| woodcock | (noun) game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | - |
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