| demimondaine | (noun) a female prostitute | - |
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| demimonde | (noun) a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior | - |
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| despond | (verb) lose confidence or hope; become dejected | - |
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| despondence | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness |
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| despondency | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, disconsolateness, heartsickness |
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| despondent | (adjective) without or almost without hope | Synonyms: heartsick |
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| despondently | (adverb) with desperation | Synonyms: despairingly |
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| diamond | (noun) the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate | Synonyms: baseball diamond, infield |
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| (noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it | - |
| (noun) the baseball playing field | Synonyms: ball field, baseball field |
| (noun) a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
| (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: rhomb, rhombus |
| (noun) very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem | Synonyms: adamant |
| diamondback | (noun) large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings | Synonyms: Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback rattlesnake |
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| dichondra | (noun) a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions | Synonyms: Dichondra micrantha |
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| enchondroma | (noun) benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet) | - |
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| epicondyle | (noun) a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments | - |
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| epicondylitis | (noun) painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle | - |
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| femtosecond | (noun) one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond | - |
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| fishpond | (noun) a freshwater pond with fish | - |
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| fond | (adjective) absurd or silly because unlikely | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for | Synonyms: partial |
| (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: adoring, doting |
| (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, lovesome, tender |
| fondant | (noun) candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste | - |
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| fondle | (verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner | Synonyms: caress |
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| fondler | (noun) a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one | Synonyms: petter |
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| (noun) a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim | - |
| fondling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| fondly | (adverb) with fondness; with love | Synonyms: lovingly |
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| fondness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: affectionateness, lovingness, warmth |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
| (noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fancy, partiality |
| fondu | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondue |
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| (noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondue |
| fondue | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondu |
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| (noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondu |
| frond | (noun) compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad | - |
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| gondola | (noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | - |
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| (noun) a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof | Synonyms: gondola car |
| (noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: car |
| gondolier | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondoliere |
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| gondoliere | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondolier |
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| hediondilla | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: coville, creosote bush, Larrea tridentata |
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| horsepond | (noun) a pond for watering horses | - |
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| hypochondria | (noun) chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments | Synonyms: hypochondriasis |
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| hypochondriac | (adjective) suffering from hypochondria | Synonyms: hypochondriacal |
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| (noun) a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments | - |
| hypochondriacal | (adjective) suffering from hypochondria | Synonyms: hypochondriac |
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| hypochondriasis | (noun) chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments | Synonyms: hypochondria |
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| hypochondrium | (noun) the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium | - |
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| imponderable | (adjective) difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision | - |
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| (noun) a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed | - |
| jaguarondi | (noun) long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | Synonyms: eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat |
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| keeshond | (noun) a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland | - |
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| klondike | (noun) a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | - |
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| komondor | (noun) Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog | - |
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| lipochondrodystrophy | (noun) hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation | Synonyms: dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome |
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| microsecond | (noun) one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond | - |
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| millisecond | (noun) one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | Synonyms: msec |
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| millpond | (noun) a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel | - |
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| misconduct | (noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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| (noun) bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf | - |
| (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage |
| (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misdemean |
| mitochondrion | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | Synonyms: chondriosome |
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| muishond | (noun) southern African weasel | - |
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| nanosecond | (noun) one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond | - |
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| nonconducting | (adjective) not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: non-conducting, nonconductive |
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| nonconductive | (adjective) not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: non-conducting, nonconducting |
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| nonconductor | (noun) a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity | Synonyms: dielectric, insulator |
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| nondeductible | (adjective) not allowable as a deduction | - |
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| nondenominational | (adjective) not restricted to a particular religious denomination | - |
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| nondescript | (adjective) lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | Synonyms: characterless |
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| (noun) a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting | - |
| nondevelopment | (noun) failure of normal development to occur | - |
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| nondigestible | (adjective) not digestible | - |
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| nondisjunction | (noun) meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells | - |
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| nondisposable | (adjective) not designed to be thrown away after use | - |
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| (adjective) (of assets) unavailable for use | - |
| nondrinker | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, abstinent |
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| nondriver | (noun) a person who is not a driver | - |
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| noonday | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noon, noontide, twelve noon |
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| osteochondroma | (noun) benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone | - |
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| overfond | (adjective) excessively fond | - |
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| photoconduction | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconductivity |
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| photoconductive | (adjective) of or relating to photoconductivity | - |
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| photoconductivity | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconduction |
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| picosecond | (noun) one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond | - |
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| pond | (noun) a small lake | Synonyms: pool |
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| ponder | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| ponderable | (adjective) capable of being weighed or considered | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being thought about | Synonyms: cogitable |
| ponderer | (noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muller, muser, ruminator |
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| pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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| ponderosa | (noun) common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature | Synonyms: bull pine, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine |
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| ponderosity | (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness |
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| ponderous | (adjective) slow and laborious because of weight | Synonyms: heavy, lumbering |
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| (adjective) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness | - |
| (adjective) labored and dull | - |
| ponderously | (adverb) in a heavy ponderous manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an uninterestingly ponderous manner | - |
| ponderousness | (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity |
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| (noun) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency | Synonyms: heaviness |
| pondweed | (noun) any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae | - |
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| (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodea |
| precondition | (noun) a condition that is a prerequisite | - |
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| (noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: given, presumption |
| (noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: condition, stipulation |
| (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
| preconditioned | (adjective) having already been put into a suitable condition | - |
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| preponderance | (noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: prevalence |
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| (noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | - |
| (noun) superiority in power or influence | - |
| preponderant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating |
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| preponderantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: predominantly |
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| preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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| preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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| quondam | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime |
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| recondite | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, deep |
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| reconditeness | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity |
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| (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profundity |
| recondition | (verb) bring into an improved condition | - |
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| respond | (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: react |
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| (verb) respond favorably or as hoped | - |
| (verb) react verbally | Synonyms: answer, reply |
| respondent | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: answering |
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| (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: answerer, responder |
| (noun) the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent | - |
| responder | (noun) someone who responds | Synonyms: answerer, respondent |
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| rondeau | (noun) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | Synonyms: rondel |
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| (noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | Synonyms: rondo |
| rondel | (noun) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | Synonyms: rondeau |
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| rondelet | (noun) a shorter form of rondeau | - |
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| rondo | (noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | Synonyms: rondeau |
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| second | (adjective) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first | - |
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| (adjective) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 2d, 2nd |
| (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield | Synonyms: second base |
| (noun) the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: second gear |
| (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: irregular |
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, secondment |
| (noun) the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match | - |
| (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: arcsecond |
| (noun) following the first in an ordering or series | - |
| (noun) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: s, sec |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, moment |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, minute, moment |
| (adverb) in the second place | Synonyms: secondly |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse |
| (verb) transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment | - |
| secondarily | (adverb) of secondary import | - |
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| secondary | (adjective) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | - |
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| (adjective) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | - |
| (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern |
| (adjective) not of major importance | - |
| (adjective) belonging to a lower class or rank | - |
| (noun) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | Synonyms: secondary coil, secondary winding |
| (noun) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | - |
| seconder | (noun) someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote | - |
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