| abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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| (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
| abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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| andromeda | (noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers | - |
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| (noun) broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers | Synonyms: Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica |
| antedate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: foredate, predate |
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| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
| azedarach | (noun) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree | Synonyms: azederach, China tree, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, pride-of-India |
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| backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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| (verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
| (verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
| bedamn | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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| bedaub | (verb) spread or daub (a surface) | Synonyms: besmear |
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| bedaubed | (adjective) ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion | - |
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| bedaze | (verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief | Synonyms: daze, stun |
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| bedazzle | (verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | Synonyms: daze, dazzle |
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| bipedal | (adjective) having two feet | Synonyms: biped, two-footed |
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| bipedalism | (noun) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet | - |
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| cedar | (noun) any cedar of the genus Cedrus | Synonyms: cedar tree, true cedar |
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| (noun) any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars | Synonyms: cedar tree |
| (noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedarwood |
| cedarbird | (noun) widely distributed over temperate North America | Synonyms: Bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing |
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| cedarn | (adjective) consisting of or made of cedar | - |
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| cedarwood | (noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedar |
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| chokedamp | (noun) the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | Synonyms: blackdamp |
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| contredanse | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance, country dancing |
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| (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance |
| credal | (adjective) of or relating to a creed | Synonyms: creedal |
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| creedal | (adjective) of or relating to a creed | Synonyms: credal |
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| daedal | (adjective) complex and ingenious in design or function | - |
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| depredation | (noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: predation |
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| (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: ravage |
| dromedary | (noun) one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia | Synonyms: Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius |
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| edacious | (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
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| edacity | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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| (noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity |
| edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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| exceedance | (noun) (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time | - |
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| fedayeen | (noun) (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel | - |
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| firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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| foredate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, predate |
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| impedance | (noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity |
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| medal | (noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medallion, palm, ribbon |
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| medalist | (noun) (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament | Synonyms: medal winner, medallist |
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| (noun) someone who has won a medal | Synonyms: medallist |
| medallion | (noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, palm, ribbon |
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| (noun) an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered | - |
| (noun) a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) | - |
| (noun) a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) "medallions of veal" | - |
| (noun) any of various large ancient Greek coins | - |
| medallist | (noun) (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament | Synonyms: medal winner, medalist |
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| (noun) someone who has won a medal | Synonyms: medalist |
| pedagog | (noun) someone who educates young people | Synonyms: educator, pedagogue |
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| pedagogic | (adjective) of or relating to pedagogy | Synonyms: pedagogical |
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| pedagogical | (adjective) of or relating to pedagogy | Synonyms: pedagogic |
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| pedagogically | (adverb) in a didactic manner | Synonyms: didactically |
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| pedagogics | (noun) the principles and methods of instruction | Synonyms: pedagogy, teaching method |
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| pedagogue | (noun) someone who educates young people | Synonyms: educator, pedagog |
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| pedagogy | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: instruction, teaching |
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| (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, teaching |
| (noun) the principles and methods of instruction | Synonyms: pedagogics, teaching method |
| pedal | (adjective) of or relating to the feet | - |
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| (noun) a lever that is operated with the foot | Synonyms: foot lever, foot pedal, treadle |
| (noun) a sustained bass note | Synonyms: pedal point |
| (verb) operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument | - |
| (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel |
| pedaler | (noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) | Synonyms: pedaller |
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| pedaller | (noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) | Synonyms: pedaler |
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| pedant | (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | Synonyms: bookworm, scholastic |
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| 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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| pedate | (adjective) of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided | - |
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| (adjective) having or resembling a foot | - |
| predaceous | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predacious, predatory |
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| (adjective) hunting and killing other animals for food | Synonyms: predacious |
| predaceousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaciousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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| predacious | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predaceous, predatory |
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| (adjective) hunting and killing other animals for food | Synonyms: predaceous |
| predaciousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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| predate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, foredate |
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| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede |
| (verb) come before | Synonyms: precede |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: prey, raven |
| predation | (noun) the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey | - |
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| (noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: depredation |
| predator | (noun) any animal that lives by preying on other animals | Synonyms: predatory animal |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, vulture |
| predatory | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predaceous, predacious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, raiding |
| quadrupedal | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadruped |
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| redact | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter |
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| (verb) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting | Synonyms: edit |
| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, put |
| redaction | (noun) the act of putting something in writing | - |
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| (noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | Synonyms: editing |
| redactor | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redact, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter |
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| reseda | (noun) any plant of the genus Reseda | - |
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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 |
| sedate | (adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety | Synonyms: staid |
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| (adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | Synonyms: grave, sober, solemn |
| (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| sedately | (adverb) in a sedate manner | Synonyms: calmly |
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| sedateness | (noun) a trait of dignified seriousness | Synonyms: solemness, solemnity, staidness |
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| sedation | (noun) the administration of a sedative agent or drug | Synonyms: drugging |
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| (noun) a state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent | - |
| sedative | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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| (noun) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | Synonyms: depressant, downer, sedative drug |
| sesquipedalia | (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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| sesquipedalian | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: polysyllabic |
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| (adjective) given to the overuse of long words | - |
| (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalia |
| sesquipedality | (noun) using long words | - |
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| skedaddle | (noun) a hasty flight | - |
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| (verb) run away, as if in a panic | - |
| someday | (adverb) some unspecified time in the future | - |
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| 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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| vedalia | (noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects | Synonyms: Rodolia cardinalis |
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