| pharmacogenetics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms | - |
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| pharmacokinetics | (noun) the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion, duration of effect, etc. | - |
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| pharmacologic | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacology | Synonyms: pharmacological |
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| pharmacological | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacology | Synonyms: pharmacologic |
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| pharmacologically | (adverb) with regard to pharmacology | - |
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| pharmacologist | (noun) someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) | Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist |
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| pharmacology | (noun) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects | Synonyms: materia medica, pharmacological medicine |
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| pharmacopeia | (noun) (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation | Synonyms: formulary |
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| pharmacopoeia | (noun) a collection or stock of drugs | - |
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| pharmacy | (noun) a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | Synonyms: apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore |
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| (noun) the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines | Synonyms: pharmaceutics |
| preformation | (noun) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell | Synonyms: theory of preformation |
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| pseudohermaphrodite | (adjective) having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex | Synonyms: pseudohermaphroditic |
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| (noun) someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth | - |
| pseudohermaphroditic | (adjective) having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex | Synonyms: pseudohermaphrodite |
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| pseudohermaphroditism | (noun) congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex | - |
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| psychopharmacological | (adjective) of or relating to psychopharmacology | - |
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| psychopharmacology | (noun) the study of drugs that affect the mind | - |
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| quartermaster | (noun) an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
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| radiopharmaceutical | (noun) pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy | - |
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| reaffirmation | (noun) renewed affirmation | Synonyms: reassertion |
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| rearmament | (noun) the act of arming again | - |
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| reformable | (adjective) susceptible to improvement or reform | Synonyms: redeemable |
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| reformation | (noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | Synonyms: reclamation |
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| (noun) improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs | - |
| reformative | (adjective) tending to reform | Synonyms: reformatory |
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| reformatory | (adjective) tending to reform | Synonyms: reformative |
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| (noun) correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | Synonyms: reform school, training school |
| renormalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, normalize, renormalize |
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| renormalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, normalize, renormalise |
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| repairman | (noun) a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | Synonyms: maintenance man, service man |
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| scleroderma | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: dermatosclerosis |
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| semiformal | (adjective) moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket | Synonyms: black-tie, semi-formal |
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| semipermanent | (adjective) relating to or extending over a relatively long time | Synonyms: long-run, long-term |
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| spermaceti | (noun) a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale | - |
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| spermatic | (adjective) consisting of or resembling spermatozoa | Synonyms: spermous |
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| spermatid | (noun) an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon | - |
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| spermatocele | (noun) a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa | - |
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| spermatocide | (noun) a contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa | Synonyms: spermicide |
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| spermatocyte | (noun) a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids | - |
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| spermatogenesis | (noun) development of spermatozoa | - |
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| spermatophyte | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: phanerogam, seed plant |
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| spermatozoan | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon |
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| spermatozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: antherozoid |
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| spermatozoon | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan |
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| squandermania | (noun) prodigious squandering (usually by a government) | - |
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| subnormal | (adjective) below normal or average | - |
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| (noun) a person of less than normal intelligence | - |
| subnormality | (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness |
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| (noun) the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence) | - |
| superman | (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, window pane, Zen |
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| (noun) a person with great powers and abilities | Synonyms: demigod, Ubermensch |
| supermarket | (noun) a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods | - |
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| supermarketeer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketer |
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| supermarketer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketeer |
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| supernormal | (adjective) exceeding the normal or average | - |
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| (adjective) beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable | Synonyms: supranormal |
| supranormal | (adjective) beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable | Synonyms: supernormal |
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| tarmac | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: macadam, tarmacadam |
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| (noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving | Synonyms: tarmacadam |
| (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, macadamize |
| tarmacadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: macadam, tarmac |
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| (noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving | Synonyms: tarmac |
| termagant | (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: shrew |
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| thermal | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: caloric, thermic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a hot spring | - |
| (adjective) caused by or designed to retain heat | - |
| (noun) rising current of warm air | - |
| thermalgesia | (noun) pain caused by heat | - |
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| thermally | (adverb) by means of heat or with respect to thermal properties | - |
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| timberman | (noun) an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering | - |
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| tourmaline | (noun) a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones | - |
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| transdermal | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: percutaneous, transcutaneous, transdermic |
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| transformable | (adjective) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy | Synonyms: convertible, translatable, transmutable |
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| transformation | (noun) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance | Synonyms: translation |
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| (noun) (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA | - |
| (noun) a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure | - |
| (noun) a qualitative change | Synonyms: shift, transmutation |
| (noun) (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system | - |
| trencherman | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer |
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| triggerman | (noun) a professional killer who uses a gun | Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo |
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| unconformable | (adjective) not correspondent | - |
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| undermanned | (adjective) inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. | Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, understaffed |
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| uninformative | (adjective) lacking information | - |
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| uninformatively | (adverb) in an uninformative manner | Synonyms: uninstructively |
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| unreformable | (adjective) unrepentant and incapable of being reformed | Synonyms: unregenerate |
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| (adjective) insusceptible of reform | Synonyms: irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable |
| washerman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: laundryman |
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| waterman | (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boater, boatman |
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| watermark | (noun) a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light | - |
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| (noun) a line marking the level reached by a body of water | Synonyms: water line |
| weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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| xeroderma | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xerodermia |
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