| pedantic | (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: academic, donnish |
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| pedantically | (adverb) in a pedantic manner | - |
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| pedantry | (noun) an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | - |
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| pendant | (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: dependent, pendent |
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| (noun) branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | Synonyms: chandelier, pendent |
| (noun) an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) | Synonyms: pendent |
| quandang | (noun) red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam | Synonyms: native peach, quandong, quantong |
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| (noun) Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed | Synonyms: Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, quandong, quandong tree |
| redundance | (noun) the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded | Synonyms: redundancy |
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| redundancy | (noun) repetition of an act needlessly | - |
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| (noun) the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded | Synonyms: redundance |
| (noun) (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails | - |
| (noun) repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission | - |
| redundant | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
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| (adjective) repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words | Synonyms: pleonastic, tautologic, tautological |
| regardant | (adjective) looking backward | - |
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| retardant | (noun) any agent that retards or delays or hinders | Synonyms: retardation, retardent |
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| rhizopodan | (noun) protozoa characterized by a pseudopod | Synonyms: rhizopod |
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| rhodanthe | (noun) Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum | Synonyms: Helipterum manglesii, Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River everlasting |
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| riddance | (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, expulsion |
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| (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: elimination |
| ritardando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritenuto |
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| ropedancer | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground | Synonyms: ropewalker |
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| sedan | (noun) a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors | Synonyms: saloon |
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| (noun) a closed litter for one passenger | Synonyms: sedan chair |
| succedaneum | (noun) (medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another) | - |
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| superabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness |
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| superabundant | (adjective) most excessively abundant | - |
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| tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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| transmundane | (adjective) existing or extending beyond the physical world | - |
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| verdancy | (noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation | Synonyms: greenness, verdure |
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| verdant | (adjective) characterized by abundance of verdure | - |
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| voidance | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: emptying, evacuation |
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