| allis | (noun) European shad | Synonyms: allice, allice shad, allis shad, Alosa alosa |
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| amaryllis | (noun) bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers | - |
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| ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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| ballistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity | - |
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| ballistics | (noun) the science of flight dynamics | - |
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| (noun) the trajectory of an object in free flight | Synonyms: ballistic trajectory |
| ballistocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph | - |
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| ballistocardiograph | (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| bimetallism | (noun) a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio | - |
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| bimetallist | (noun) an advocate of bimetallism | - |
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| bimetallistic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallic |
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| bullish | (adjective) expecting a rise in prices | - |
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| callisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: calisthenics |
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| (noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: calisthenics |
| cellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: violoncellist |
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| challis | (noun) a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed) | - |
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| collision | (noun) a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals | - |
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| (noun) an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object | - |
| (noun) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | Synonyms: hit |
| crystallisation | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallization, crystallizing |
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| crystallise | (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
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| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystallised | (adjective) having become fixed and definite in form | Synonyms: crystallized |
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| cullis | (noun) a gutter in a roof | - |
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| dallisgrass | (noun) tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States | Synonyms: dallis grass, paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum |
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| duellist | (noun) a person who fights duels | Synonyms: dueler, duelist, dueller |
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| embellish | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: beautify, fancify, prettify |
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| (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad |
| (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, grace |
| embellishment | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: ornamentation |
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| (noun) a superfluous ornament | - |
| (noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embroidery |
| hellish | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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| (adjective) (informal) very unpleasant | Synonyms: beastly, god-awful |
| hellishly | (adverb) diabolically | Synonyms: infernally |
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| hellishness | (noun) The property of being extremely bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying; resembling a nightmare. | Synonyms: nightmarishness |
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| 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 |
| mellisonant | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, sweet |
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| millisecond | (noun) one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | Synonyms: msec |
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| monometallism | (noun) the use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value. | - |
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| panellist | (noun) a member of a panel | Synonyms: panelist |
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| pleurothallis | (noun) any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers | - |
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| pointillism | (noun) a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France | - |
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| (noun) a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France | - |
| pointillist | (adjective) of or relating to pointillism | Synonyms: pointillistic |
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| (noun) a painter who uses the technique of pointillism | - |
| pointillistic | (adjective) of or relating to pointillism | Synonyms: pointillist |
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| portcullis | (noun) gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage | - |
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| smallish | (adjective) rather small | - |
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| tallis | (noun) (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer | Synonyms: prayer shawl, tallith |
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| tallish | (adjective) somewhat tall | - |
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| torticollis | (noun) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted | Synonyms: wryneck |
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| tranquillise | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillize |
| tranquilliser | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquillizer |
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| tranquillising | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillizing |
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| trellis | (noun) latticework used to support climbing plants | Synonyms: treillage |
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| (verb) train on a trellis, as of a vine | - |
| uncrystallised | (adjective) not finally or definitely formed | Synonyms: uncrystallized |
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| (adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: amorphous, uncrystallized |
| unembellished | (adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, plain, spare, unornamented |
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| violoncellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: cellist |
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