| replay | (noun) the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape | Synonyms: action replay, instant replay |
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| (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: rematch |
| (verb) play again | - |
| (verb) repeat a game against the same opponent | - |
| (verb) play (a melody) again | - |
| (verb) reproduce (a recording) on a recorder | Synonyms: play back |
| rhinoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose | Synonyms: nose job |
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| rhytidoplasty | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy |
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| roleplay | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, playact |
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| roleplaying | (noun) acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) | - |
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| sailplane | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: glider |
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| (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: soar |
| sailplaning | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailing, soaring |
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| sarcoplasm | (noun) the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber | - |
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| screenplay | (noun) a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - |
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| seaplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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| (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: hydroplane |
| shinplaster | (noun) paper money of little value issued on insufficient security | - |
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| showplace | (noun) a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty | - |
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| silverplate | (verb) plate with silver | Synonyms: silver-plate |
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| someplace | (adverb) in or at or to some place | Synonyms: somewhere |
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| splanchnic | (adjective) relating to or affecting the viscera | Synonyms: visceral |
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| splash | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering |
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| (noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly | Synonyms: splashing |
| (noun) a patch of bright color | - |
| (noun) the sound like water splashing | Synonyms: plash |
| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: dab, splatter |
| (noun) a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event | Synonyms: stir |
| (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, spatter, splatter, splosh, swash |
| (verb) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | Synonyms: splosh, sprinkle |
| (verb) strike and dash about in a liquid | - |
| (verb) soil or stain with a splashed liquid | - |
| (verb) mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered | - |
| (verb) walk through mud or mire | Synonyms: slop, slosh, splosh, squelch, squish |
| (verb) make a splashing sound | Synonyms: slosh, slush, splosh |
| splashboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: washboard |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splasher |
| splashdown | (noun) a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight | - |
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| splashed | (adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | Synonyms: dabbled, spattered, splattered |
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| (adjective) (of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses | - |
| splasher | (noun) a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud | - |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splashboard |
| splashiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness |
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| splashing | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splattering |
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| (noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly | Synonyms: splash |
| splashy | (adjective) characterized by water flying about haphazardly | - |
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| (adjective) covered with patches of bright color | - |
| (adjective) marked by ostentation but often tasteless | Synonyms: flamboyant, showy |
| splat | (noun) a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair | - |
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| (noun) a single splash | - |
| (verb) split open and flatten for cooking | - |
| (verb) flatten on impact | - |
| (verb) give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact | - |
| splatter | (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
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| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: dab, splash |
| (verb) cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container | Synonyms: slop, spill |
| (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, spatter, splash, splosh, swash |
| splattered | (adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | Synonyms: dabbled, spattered, splashed |
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| splattering | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
| splay | (adjective) turned outward in an ungainly manner | - |
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| (noun) an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger | - |
| (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, slip |
| (verb) turn outward | Synonyms: rotate, spread out, turn out |
| (verb) spread open or apart | - |
| splayfoot | (adjective) having feet that turn outward | Synonyms: splayfooted |
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| (noun) a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out | Synonyms: flatfoot, pes planus |
| splayfooted | (adjective) having feet that turn outward | Synonyms: splayfoot |
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| stepladder | (noun) a folding portable ladder hinged at the top | Synonyms: step ladder |
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| supplant | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supersede, supervene upon |
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| supplanter | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: usurper |
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| supplanting | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: displacement |
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| swampland | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swamp |
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| swordplay | (noun) the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | Synonyms: play |
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| tailplane | (noun) the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged | Synonyms: horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer |
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| template | (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: guide, templet |
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| thermoplastic | (adjective) having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled | - |
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| (noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |
| thromboplastin | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thrombokinase |
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| tinplate | (noun) a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins | Synonyms: tin plate |
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| toxoplasmosis | (noun) infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus | - |
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| transplacental | (adjective) occurring through or by way of the placenta | - |
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| transplant | (noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location | Synonyms: transplantation, transplanting |
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| (noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) | Synonyms: organ transplant, transplantation |
| (noun) (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient | Synonyms: graft |
| (verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transfer, transpose |
| (verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | Synonyms: graft |
| (verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation | Synonyms: transfer |
| (verb) be transplantable | - |
| transplantable | (adjective) capable of being transplanted | - |
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| transplantation | (noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location | Synonyms: transplant, transplanting |
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| (noun) an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient) | Synonyms: organ transplant, transplant |
| transplanter | (noun) a gardener who moves plants to new locations | - |
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| transplanting | (noun) the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location | Synonyms: transplant, transplantation |
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| tympanoplasty | (noun) surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear | - |
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| uncomplaining | (adjective) not complaining | - |
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| uncomplainingly | (adverb) without complaining | - |
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| underplay | (verb) play a card lower than (a held high card) | - |
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| (verb) act (a role) with great restraint | Synonyms: underact |
| unexplainable | (adjective) not to be accounted for or explained | Synonyms: unaccountable |
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| unexplained | (adjective) having the reason or cause not made clear | - |
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| (adjective) not explained | - |
| unplaced | (adjective) not one of the first three in a race or competition | - |
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| unplanned | (adjective) without apparent forethought or prompting or planning | - |
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| (adjective) not done with purpose or intent | Synonyms: unintentional, unwitting |
| unplanted | (adjective) not planted | - |
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| unplayable | (adjective) not capable of or suitable for being played or played on | - |
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| unplayful | (adjective) completely lacking in playfulness | Synonyms: serious, sober |
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| unreplaceable | (adjective) impossible to replace | Synonyms: irreplaceable |
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| upland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: highland |
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| (noun) elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | Synonyms: highland |
| uranoplasty | (noun) surgical correction of a defect of the palate | - |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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| warplane | (noun) an aircraft designed and used for combat | Synonyms: military plane |
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| whiplash | (noun) a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object | Synonyms: lash, whip |
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| (noun) an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) | Synonyms: whiplash injury |
| wordplay | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, punning |
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| workplace | (noun) a place where work is done | Synonyms: work |
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| xenotransplant | (noun) a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transferred from one species to another species | Synonyms: xenotransplantation |
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| xenotransplantation | (noun) a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transferred from one species to another species | Synonyms: xenotransplant |
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| zooplankton | (noun) animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae | - |
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