| phrenic | (adjective) of or relating to the diaphragm | - |
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| phrenitis | (noun) inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | Synonyms: cephalitis, encephalitis |
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| plenipotentiary | (noun) a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government | - |
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| plenitude | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty |
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| polygenic | (adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes | - |
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| prevenient | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: anticipatory |
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| primogenitor | (noun) an ancestor in the direct line | Synonyms: progenitor |
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| primogeniture | (noun) right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son | - |
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| progenitor | (noun) an ancestor in the direct line | Synonyms: primogenitor |
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| proscenium | (noun) the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater | Synonyms: proscenium wall |
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| (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, forestage |
| provenience | (noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | Synonyms: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance |
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| psychogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder | Synonyms: psychogenetic |
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| (adjective) mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin | - |
| pyogenic | (adjective) producing pus | - |
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| pyrogenic | (adjective) produced under conditions involving intense heat | Synonyms: igneous, pyrogenous |
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| (adjective) produced by or producing fever | Synonyms: pyrogenetic, pyrogenous |
| quickening | (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | Synonyms: acceleration, speedup |
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| (noun) the process of showing signs of life | - |
| (noun) the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus | - |
| ravening | (adjective) excessively greedy and grasping | Synonyms: rapacious, voracious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| relistening | (noun) the act of hearing again | Synonyms: rehearing |
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| reniform | (adjective) (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney | Synonyms: kidney-shaped |
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| renin | (noun) a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys; catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood pressure | - |
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| replenish | (verb) fill something that had previously been emptied | Synonyms: fill again, refill |
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| replenishment | (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: refilling, renewal, replacement |
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| rhenium | (noun) a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum | Synonyms: atomic number 75, Re |
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| ripening | (noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturation, maturement |
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| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, aging |
| roentgenium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 111 | Synonyms: atomic number 111, element 111, Rg |
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| ruthenium | (noun) a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum | Synonyms: atomic number 44, Ru |
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| saligenin | (noun) Salicylic alcohol, also called saligenin, is a crystalline phenolic alcohol with the chemical formula C7H8O2, that is obtained usually by hydrolysis of salicin. | Synonyms: salicylic alcohol |
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| scenic | (adjective) of or relating to the stage or stage scenery | - |
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| (adjective) used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery | - |
| scenically | (adverb) with respect to stage scenery | - |
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| schizophrenia | (noun) any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | Synonyms: dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis |
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| schizophrenic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | Synonyms: schizoid |
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| (adjective) suffering from some form of schizophrenia | - |
| (noun) someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia | - |
| sciaenid | (noun) widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound | Synonyms: sciaenid fish |
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| scorpaenid | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific | Synonyms: scorpaenid fish |
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| screening | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, masking |
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| (noun) testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics | - |
| (noun) fabric of metal or plastic mesh | - |
| (noun) the display of a motion picture | Synonyms: showing, viewing |
| selenite | (noun) a compound that contains a SeO32− anion. | - |
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| selenium | (noun) a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite) | Synonyms: atomic number 34, Se |
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| senile | (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddering, doddery, gaga |
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| senility | (noun) the state of being senile | - |
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| (noun) mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations | Synonyms: dotage, second childhood |
| senior | (adjective) older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service | - |
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| (adjective) used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college | Synonyms: fourth-year |
| (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: aged, elderly, older |
| (noun) an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation | - |
| (noun) a person who is older than you are | Synonyms: elder |
| senioritis | (noun) tiredness with the final year of high school | - |
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| seniority | (noun) the property of being long-lived | Synonyms: longevity |
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| (noun) higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service | Synonyms: higher rank, higher status, senior status |
| seniti | (noun) 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga in Tonga | - |
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| serenity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: placidity, quiet, repose, tranquility, tranquillity |
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| (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose |
| shortening | (noun) act of decreasing in length | - |
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| (noun) fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods | - |
| sialadenitis | (noun) inflammation of the salivary glands | - |
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| sickening | (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, vile |
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| sickeningly | (adverb) in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree | Synonyms: disgustingly, distastefully, revoltingly |
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| sickeningness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, distastefulness, nauseatingness, unsavoriness |
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| sideropenia | (noun) a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage | - |
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| sirenian | (noun) any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs | Synonyms: sea cow, sirenian mammal |
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| slackening | (noun) an occurrence of control or strength weakening | Synonyms: loosening, relaxation |
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| softening | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: demulcent, emollient, salving |
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| (noun) the process of becoming softer | - |
| somatogenic | (adjective) of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin | Synonyms: somatogenetic |
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| souvenir | (noun) something of sentimental value | Synonyms: keepsake, relic, token |
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| (noun) a reminder of past events | Synonyms: memento |
| sphenion | (noun) the anterior tip of the parietal bone | - |
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| splenic | (adjective) of or relating to the spleen | Synonyms: lienal, splenetic |
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| splenitis | (noun) inflammation of the spleen | - |
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| splenius | (noun) either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck | Synonyms: splenius muscle |
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| stiffening | (noun) the act of becoming stiff | - |
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| (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, rigidifying |
| strengthening | (noun) the act of increasing the strength of something | - |
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| (noun) becoming stronger | - |
| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| taenia | (noun) tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host | - |
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| (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: fillet, tenia |
| tenia | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: fillet, taenia |
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| teratogenic | (adjective) of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development | - |
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| thickening | (adjective) becoming more intricate or complex | - |
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| (adjective) accumulating and becoming more intense | Synonyms: deepening |
| (noun) the act of thickening | Synonyms: inspissation |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: knob, node |
| (noun) any material used to thicken | Synonyms: thickener |
| threatening | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister |
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| (adjective) darkened by clouds | Synonyms: heavy, lowering, sullen |
| threateningly | (adverb) in a menacing manner | Synonyms: menacingly |
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| thrombasthenia | (noun) a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results | - |
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| thrombocytopenia | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | Synonyms: thrombopenia |
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| thrombopenia | (noun) a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | Synonyms: thrombocytopenia |
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| tightening | (noun) the act of making something tighter | - |
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| tokenish | (adjective) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) | Synonyms: nominal, token |
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| uncongenial | (adjective) not suitable to your tastes or needs | Synonyms: incompatible |
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| (adjective) used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted | - |
| (adjective) very unfavorable to life or growth | Synonyms: hostile, unfriendly |
| uncongeniality | (noun) a disposition not to be congenial | - |
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| (noun) The quality of not being pleasing; of being disagreeable. | - |
| undeniable | (adjective) not possible to deny | - |
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| undeniably | (adverb) to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner | - |
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| unenlightening | (adjective) failing to inform or clarify | Synonyms: unilluminating |
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| (adjective) not edifying | Synonyms: unedifying |
| unfastening | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, untying |
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| unhomogenised | (adjective) not having undergone homogenization | Synonyms: unhomogenized |
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| unhomogenized | (adjective) not having undergone homogenization | Synonyms: unhomogenised |
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| unhygienic | (adjective) unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease | - |
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| unhygienically | (adverb) in an unhygienic manner | - |
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| unthreatening | (adjective) not unfriendly or threatening | Synonyms: well-meaning |
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| urogenital | (adjective) of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems | - |
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| venial | (adjective) easily excused or forgiven | Synonyms: excusable, forgivable |
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| (adjective) warranting only temporal punishment | Synonyms: minor |
| venipuncture | (noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye | - |
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| venire | (noun) (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) | Synonyms: panel |
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| venison | (noun) meat from a deer used as food | - |
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| vixenish | (adjective) shrewish and malicious | - |
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| wakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: awakening, waking up |
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| weakening | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling |
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| (adjective) moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker | - |
| (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
| (noun) becoming weaker | - |
| weenie | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| whitening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: lightening |
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| widening | (noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: broadening |
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| (noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: turnout |
| (noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: broadening |
| worsening | (adjective) changing for the worse | - |
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| (noun) changing something with the result that it becomes worse | - |
| (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, deterioration |
| wulfenite | (noun) a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore | - |
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| zenith | (noun) the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected | - |
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| zenithal | (adjective) relating to or located at or near the zenith | - |
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| zinkenite | (noun) a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony) | - |
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