| kainogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kenogenesis |
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| kaliuresis | (noun) the presence of excess potassium in the urine | Synonyms: kaluresis |
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| kaluresis | (noun) the presence of excess potassium in the urine | Synonyms: kaliuresis |
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| karyokinesis | (noun) organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis | - |
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| kenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis |
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| kinaesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinaesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| kinanesthesia | (noun) inability to sense movement | - |
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| kinesiology | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement | - |
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| kinesis | (noun) a movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation | - |
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| kinesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinaesthesia |
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| (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
| kinesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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| lakeside | (noun) the shore of a lake | Synonyms: lakeshore |
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| leresis | (noun) rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged) | - |
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| lesion | (noun) any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part | - |
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| (noun) an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) | Synonyms: wound |
| lifesize | (adjective) being of the same size as an original | Synonyms: full-size, life-size, life-sized |
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| lithuresis | (noun) passing small stones with the urine | - |
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| lovesick | (adjective) languishing because of love | - |
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| lovesickness | (noun) a pining for a loved one | - |
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| lymphopoiesis | (noun) the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen | - |
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| magnesia | (noun) a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | Synonyms: magnesium oxide, periclase |
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| magnesite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium | - |
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| magnesium | (noun) a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | Synonyms: atomic number 12, Mg |
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| mesial | (adjective) being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body | - |
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| mesic | (adjective) having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to a meson | Synonyms: mesonic |
| metacyesis | (noun) pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus | Synonyms: eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy |
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| metagenesis | (noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations | Synonyms: digenesis |
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| metathesis | (noun) a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) | Synonyms: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction |
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| (noun) a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence | - |
| mimesis | (noun) the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature | - |
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| (noun) the representation of another person's words in a speech | - |
| (noun) any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease | - |
| monogenesis | (noun) asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores | Synonyms: sporulation |
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| morphogenesis | (noun) differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) | - |
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| mutagenesis | (noun) an event capable of causing a mutation | - |
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| natriuresis | (noun) the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine | - |
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| nemesis | (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: bane, curse, scourge |
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| neurogenesis | (noun) the development of nerve tissues | - |
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| noesis | (noun) the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | Synonyms: cognition, knowledge |
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| nonadhesive | (adjective) not tending to adhere | - |
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| nonresident | (adjective) not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents | - |
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| (noun) someone who does not live in a particular place | - |
| nonresidential | (adjective) not residential | - |
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| nonresilient | (adjective) not resilient | - |
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| nonresinous | (adjective) not having resin | Synonyms: non-resinous, non-resiny, nonresiny |
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| nonresiny | (adjective) not having resin | Synonyms: non-resinous, non-resiny, nonresinous |
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| nonresistance | (noun) group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence | - |
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| nonresistant | (adjective) offering no resistance, compliant | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | Synonyms: liable, nonimmune, unresistant |
| nucleosynthesis | (noun) (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom | - |
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| obesity | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, fleshiness |
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| oleoresin | (noun) a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants | - |
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| ontogenesis | (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny |
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| oogenesis | (noun) development of ova | - |
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| palingenesis | (noun) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | Synonyms: recapitulation |
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| papulovesicle | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: vesicopapule |
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| paracentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: abdominocentesis |
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| paraesthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paresthesia |
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| paramnesia | (noun) (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality | - |
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| paraparesis | (noun) a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs | - |
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| parchesi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchisi |
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| parenesis | (noun) (rhetoric) exhortation; admonition. | - |
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| parenthesis | (noun) either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material | - |
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| (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, excursus |
| paresis | (noun) a slight or partial paralysis | - |
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| paresthesia | (noun) abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | Synonyms: paraesthesia |
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| parthenogenesis | (noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods | Synonyms: parthenogeny |
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| (noun) human conception without fertilization by a man | Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth |
| pathogenesis | (noun) the origination and development of a disease | - |
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| pedesis | (noun) the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid | Synonyms: Brownian motion, Brownian movement |
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| pheresis | (noun) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | Synonyms: apheresis |
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| photosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) | - |
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| phylogenesis | (noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | Synonyms: evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny |
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| planetesimal | (noun) one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system | - |
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| plasmapheresis | (noun) plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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| plateletpheresis | (noun) platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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| plesiosaur | (noun) extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | Synonyms: plesiosaurus |
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| plesiosaurus | (noun) extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | Synonyms: plesiosaur |
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| praesidium | (noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session | Synonyms: presidium |
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| preside | (verb) act as president | - |
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| presidency | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidentship |
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| (noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: administration, presidential term |
| president | (noun) the chief executive of a republic | - |
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| (noun) an executive officer of a firm or corporation | - |
| (noun) the head administrative officer of a college or university | Synonyms: prexy |
| (noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | Synonyms: chair, chairperson |
| presidential | (adjective) befitting a president | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a president or presidency | - |
| presidentially | (adverb) in a presidential manner | - |
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| presidentship | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidency |
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| presidio | (noun) a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings | - |
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| presidium | (noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session | Synonyms: praesidium |
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| prophesier | (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophet, seer, vaticinator |
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| prosthesis | (noun) corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | Synonyms: prosthetic device |
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| pseudocyesis | (noun) physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant | Synonyms: false pregnancy |
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| psychogenesis | (noun) a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind | - |
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| (noun) the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors | - |
| psychokinesis | (noun) the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | Synonyms: telekinesis |
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| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| resid | (noun) oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled | Synonyms: residual oil |
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| reside | (verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, domiciliate, shack |
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| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, occupy |
| (verb) be inherent or innate in | Synonyms: repose, rest |
| residence | (noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: abidance, residency |
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| (noun) the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) | - |
| (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, manse, mansion, mansion house |
| (noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily | Synonyms: abode |
| residency | (noun) the act of dwelling in a place | Synonyms: abidance, residence |
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| (noun) the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship) | - |
| resident | (adjective) living in a particular place | - |
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| (adjective) used of animals that do not migrate | Synonyms: nonmigratory |
| (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupant, occupier |
| (noun) a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital | Synonyms: house physician, resident physician |
| residential | (adjective) used or designed for residence or limited to residences | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or connected with residence | - |
| residentially | (adverb) used as a residence | - |
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| residual | (adjective) relating to or indicating a remainder | Synonyms: residuary |
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| (noun) (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing | - |
| (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, remainder, residue, residuum, rest |
| residuary | (adjective) relating to or indicating a remainder | Synonyms: residual |
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| (adjective) entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts) | - |
| residue | (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, remainder, residual, residuum, rest |
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| (noun) matter that remains after something has been removed | - |
| residuum | (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, remainder, residual, residue, rest |
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| resift | (verb) sift anew | - |
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| resign | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, submit |
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| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish |
| (verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, vacate |
| (verb) give up or retire from a position | Synonyms: leave office, quit, step down |
| resignation | (noun) the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) | - |
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| (noun) a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign | - |
| (noun) acceptance of despair | Synonyms: surrender |