| adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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| anasarcous | (adjective) characterized by or affected by dropsy | - |
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| angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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| arco | (adjective) (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow | - |
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| carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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| catercorner | (adjective) slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line | Synonyms: cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered |
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| charcoal | (adjective) of a very dark grey | Synonyms: charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey |
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| (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: fusain |
| (noun) a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material | - |
| (noun) a very dark grey color | Synonyms: charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey |
| (noun) a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air | Synonyms: wood coal |
| (verb) draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | - |
| chondrosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells | - |
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| countercoup | (noun) a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat | - |
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| hypercoaster | (noun) a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets | - |
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| intercollegiate | (adjective) used of competition between colleges or universities | - |
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| intercom | (noun) a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc | Synonyms: intercommunication system |
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| intercommunicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: communicate |
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| (verb) be interconnected, afford passage | - |
| intercommunication | (noun) mutual communication; communication with each other | - |
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| intercommunion | (noun) participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox) | - |
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| interconnect | (verb) cause to be interconnected or interwoven | Synonyms: interlink |
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| (verb) be interwoven or interconnected | Synonyms: complect, interlink |
| interconnected | (adjective) operating as a unit | Synonyms: co-ordinated, coordinated, unified |
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| (adjective) reciprocally connected | Synonyms: interrelated |
| interconnectedness | (noun) a state of being connected reciprocally | Synonyms: interconnection |
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| interconnection | (noun) (computer science) the act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.) | - |
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| (noun) a state of being connected reciprocally | Synonyms: interconnectedness |
| intercontinental | (adjective) extending or taking place between or among continents | - |
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| intercostal | (adjective) located or occurring between the ribs | - |
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| (noun) muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration | Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis |
| intercourse | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| (noun) communication between individuals | Synonyms: social intercourse |
| leiomyosarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate | - |
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| liposarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of fat cells | - |
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| moorcock | (noun) male red grouse | - |
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| motorcoach | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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| myosarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of muscle tissue | - |
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| narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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| narcolepsy | (noun) a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep | - |
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| narcoleptic | (adjective) of or relating to narcolepsy | - |
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| (noun) a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep | - |
| (noun) a person who has narcolepsy | - |
| narcosis | (noun) unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia | - |
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| narcoterrorism | (noun) the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade | - |
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| narcotic | (adjective) of or relating to or designating narcotics | - |
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| (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotising, narcotizing |
| (adjective) inducing mental lethargy | Synonyms: soporiferous, soporific |
| (noun) a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction | - |
| narcotise | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotize |
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| narcotised | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotized |
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| narcotising | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotizing |
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| narcotize | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotise |
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| narcotized | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotised |
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| narcotizing | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotising |
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| narcotraffic | (noun) traffic in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug traffic, drug trafficking |
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| neurosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue | Synonyms: malignant neuroma |
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| osteosarcoma | (noun) malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur | Synonyms: osteogenic sarcoma |
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| outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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| overcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, topcoat |
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| (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoating |
| overcoating | (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoat |
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| overcome | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, subdue, surmount |
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| (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | Synonyms: get the best, have the best |
| (verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| overcomer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: subduer, surmounter |
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| overcompensate | (verb) make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | Synonyms: over-correct |
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| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, cover |
| overcompensation | (noun) excessive compensation | - |
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| (noun) (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite | - |
| overconfidence | (noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant | Synonyms: certitude, cocksureness |
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| overconfident | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: cocksure, positive |
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| overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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| peppercorn | (noun) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | Synonyms: pepper |
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| percoid | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | Synonyms: percoid fish, percoidean |
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| percoidean | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | Synonyms: percoid, percoid fish |
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| percolate | (noun) the product of percolation | - |
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| (verb) gain or regain energy | Synonyms: gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up |
| (verb) pass through | Synonyms: filter, permeate, sink in |
| (verb) cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent | - |
| (verb) prepare in a percolator | - |
| (verb) permeate or penetrate gradually | Synonyms: leach |
| (verb) spread gradually | - |
| percolation | (noun) the act of making coffee in a percolator | - |
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| (noun) the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification | - |
| (noun) the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium | Synonyms: infiltration |
| percolator | (noun) a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans | - |
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| rhabdomyosarcoma | (noun) a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle | Synonyms: rhabdosarcoma |
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| rhabdosarcoma | (noun) a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle | Synonyms: rhabdomyosarcoma |
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| sarcocystidean | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian |
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| sarcocystieian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcosporidian |
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| sarcodine | (noun) protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods | Synonyms: sarcodinian |
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| sarcodinian | (noun) protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods | Synonyms: sarcodine |
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| sarcoid | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling flesh | Synonyms: fleshy |
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| sarcoidosis | (noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands | - |
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| sarcolemma | (noun) an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber | - |
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| sarcolemmal | (adjective) of or relating to the sarcolemma | - |
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| sarcolemmic | (adjective) of or relating to sarcolemma | Synonyms: sarcolemnous |
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| sarcolemnous | (adjective) of or relating to sarcolemma | Synonyms: sarcolemmic |
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| sarcoma | (noun) a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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| sarcomere | (noun) one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided | - |
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| sarcophagus | (noun) a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) | - |
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| sarcoplasm | (noun) the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber | - |
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| sarcoptid | (noun) whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals | Synonyms: itch mite |
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| sarcosine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid | - |
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| sarcosomal | (adjective) of or relating to sarcosomes | - |
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| sarcosome | (noun) a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber | - |
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| sarcosporidian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian |
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| sarcostyle | (noun) one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | Synonyms: myofibril, myofibrilla |
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| stercobilinogen | (noun) a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine | Synonyms: urobilinogen |
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| stercolith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, faecalith, fecalith |
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| sugarcoat | (verb) cause to appear more pleasant or appealing | - |
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| (verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: candy, glaze |
| supercomputer | (noun) a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
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| superconductivity | (noun) the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures | - |
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| surcoat | (noun) a tunic worn over a knight's armor | - |
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| (noun) a loose outer coat usually of rich material | - |
| undercoat | (noun) thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair | Synonyms: underfur |
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| (noun) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | Synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat |
| (noun) seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion | Synonyms: underseal |
| (verb) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | Synonyms: ground, prime |
| undercoated | (adjective) (of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside | Synonyms: undersealed |
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| undercover | (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, underground |
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| watercolor | (noun) the art or technique of painting with watercolors | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolour |
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| (noun) a painting produced with watercolors | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolour |
| (noun) a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolour |
| (noun) water-soluble pigment | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolour |
| (verb) paint with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolour |
| watercolorist | (noun) a painter who paints with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolourist |
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| watercolour | (noun) the art or technique of painting with watercolors | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
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| (noun) a painting produced with watercolors | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
| (noun) a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
| (noun) water-soluble pigment | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
| (verb) paint with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolor |
| watercolourist | (noun) a painter who paints with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolorist |
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| watercourse | (noun) a conduit through which water flows | Synonyms: waterway |
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| (noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | Synonyms: stream |
| (noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows | - |
| weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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| zircon | (noun) a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent | Synonyms: zirconium silicate |
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| zirconia | (noun) a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes | Synonyms: zirconium dioxide, zirconium oxide |
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| zirconium | (noun) a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon | Synonyms: atomic number 40, Zr |
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