| alsatian | (noun) breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind | Synonyms: German police dog, German shepherd, German shepherd dog |
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| anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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| balsa | (noun) forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts | Synonyms: Ochroma lagopus |
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| (noun) strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats | Synonyms: balsa wood |
| balsam | (noun) an ointment containing a fragrant resin | - |
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| (noun) any seed plant yielding balsam | - |
| (noun) any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes | - |
| balsamic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam | Synonyms: balsamy |
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| balsamroot | (noun) a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots | - |
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| balsamy | (adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam | Synonyms: balsamic |
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| phalsa | (noun) drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets | Synonyms: Grewia asiatica |
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| pulsar | (noun) a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation | - |
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| pulsate | (verb) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | Synonyms: pulse |
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| (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulse, throb |
| (verb) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | Synonyms: beat, quiver |
| pulsation | (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulse, pulsing |
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| (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulse |
| (noun) a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity | - |
| salsa | (noun) spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods | - |
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| valsartan | (noun) an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure | Synonyms: Diovan |
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