| acrodont | (noun) an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets | - |
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| aerodontalgia | (noun) pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing) | - |
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| aerodrome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: airdrome, airport, drome |
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| aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
| aerodynamics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aeromechanics |
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| anaphrodisia | (noun) decline or absence of sexual desire | - |
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| anaphrodisiac | (adjective) tending to diminish sexual desire | - |
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| aphrodisia | (noun) a desire for heterosexual intimacy | - |
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| aphrodisiac | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiacal, sexy |
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| (noun) a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | - |
| aphrodisiacal | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiac, sexy |
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| argyrodite | (noun) a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur | - |
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| arthrodesis | (noun) the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion | - |
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| astrodome | (noun) a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations | - |
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| astrodynamics | (noun) the branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space | - |
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| atherodyde | (noun) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed | Synonyms: athodyd, flying drainpipe, ramjet, ramjet engine |
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| brodiaea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium | - |
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| byproduct | (noun) a product made during the manufacture of something else | Synonyms: by-product, spin-off |
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| (noun) a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence | Synonyms: by-product |
| chondrodystrophy | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
| corroded | (adjective) eaten away as by acid or oxidation | - |
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| corroding | (noun) erosion by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosion, erosion |
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| counterproductive | (adjective) tending to hinder the achievement of a goal | - |
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| dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | (noun) an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 | Synonyms: DDT |
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| dimetrodon | (noun) carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail | - |
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| downtrodden | (adjective) abused or oppressed by people in power | - |
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| ectrodactyly | (noun) congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes | - |
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| electrode | (noun) a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | - |
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| electrodeposition | (noun) the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis) | - |
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| electrodynamometer | (noun) measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power | - |
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| erode | (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, fret |
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| (verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away |
| eroded | (adjective) worn away as by water or ice or wind | Synonyms: scoured |
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| eroding | (noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, erosion, wearing, wearing away |
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| erythroderma | (noun) any skin disorder involving abnormal redness | - |
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| flatbrod | (noun) the thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia | - |
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| gastroduodenal | (adjective) of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum | - |
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| goldenrod | (noun) any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago | - |
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| hermaphrodism | (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphroditism |
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| hermaphrodite | (adjective) of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs | Synonyms: hermaphroditic |
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| (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex |
| hermaphroditic | (adjective) of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs | Synonyms: hermaphrodite |
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| (adjective) of or relating to monoclinous plants | - |
| hermaphroditism | (noun) showing characteristics of both sexes | Synonyms: androgyny, bisexuality |
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| (noun) congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics | Synonyms: hermaphrodism |
| heterodactyl | (adjective) (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward | - |
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| heterodox | (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: dissident, heretical |
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| heterodoxy | (noun) the quality of being unorthodox | Synonyms: unorthodoxy |
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| (noun) any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | Synonyms: heresy, unorthodoxy |
| heterodyne | (adjective) of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations | - |
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| (verb) combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two | - |
| hydrodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to hydrodynamics | - |
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| hydrodynamics | (noun) study of fluids in motion | Synonyms: hydrokinetics |
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| hygrodeik | (noun) a wet and dry bulb hygrometer | - |
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| introduce | (verb) be a precursor of | Synonyms: inaugurate, usher in |
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| (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: enclose, inclose, insert, put in, stick in |
| (verb) put before (a body) | - |
| (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: acquaint, present |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: precede, preface, premise |
| (verb) bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. | Synonyms: bring out |
| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: enter, infix, insert |
| (verb) bring something new to an environment | Synonyms: innovate |
| (verb) bring in or establish in a new place or environment | - |
| (verb) bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment | Synonyms: bring in |
| introduction | (noun) the act of putting one thing into another | Synonyms: insertion, intromission |
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| (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, launching, unveiling |
| (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, origination |
| (noun) the first section of a communication | - |
| (noun) formally making a person known to another or to the public | Synonyms: intro, presentation |
| (noun) a basic or elementary instructional text | - |
| (noun) a new proposal | - |
| introductoriness | (noun) The quality of being introducing; of giving a preview or idea of. | - |
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| introductory | (adjective) serving as a base or starting point | Synonyms: basic |
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| (adjective) serving to open or begin | - |
| (adjective) serving as an introduction or preface | Synonyms: prefatorial, prefatory |
| irreproducibility | (noun) the quality of being unreproducible | - |
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| irreproducible | (adjective) impossible to reproduce or duplicate | Synonyms: unreproducible |
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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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| magnetohydrodynamics | (noun) the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal) | - |
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| microdevice | (noun) any very small device manufactured using microfabrication. | - |
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| microdot | (noun) photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) | - |
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| nailrod | (noun) tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia |
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| neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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| nonproductive | (adjective) not directly productive | - |
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| overproduce | (verb) produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted | - |
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| (verb) produce in excess | - |
| overproduction | (noun) too much production or more than expected | Synonyms: overrun |
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| parodist | (noun) mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | Synonyms: lampooner |
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| parody | (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, takeoff |
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| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, spoof |
| (verb) make a spoof of or make fun of | - |
| pleurodont | (noun) an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets | - |
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| pleurodynia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: costalgia, pleuralgia |
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| prod | (noun) a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion | Synonyms: goad |
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| (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
| (verb) urge on; cause to act | Synonyms: egg on, incite |
| (verb) poke or thrust abruptly | Synonyms: dig, jab, poke, stab |
| (verb) to push against gently | Synonyms: nudge, poke at |
| prodding | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, spur, spurring, urging |
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| prodigal | (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift |
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| (noun) a recklessly extravagant consumer | Synonyms: profligate, squanderer |
| prodigality | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: extravagance, high life, highlife, lavishness |
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| (noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: extravagance, profligacy |
| prodigally | (adverb) to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree | Synonyms: wastefully |
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| prodigious | (adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, surpassing |
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| (adjective) so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | Synonyms: colossal, stupendous |
| (adjective) of momentous or ominous significance | Synonyms: portentous |
| prodigiously | (adverb) to a prodigious degree | - |
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| prodigy | (noun) an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality | - |
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| (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication |
| (noun) an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration | - |
| prodroma | (noun) an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur | Synonyms: prodrome |
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| prodromal | (adjective) symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease | Synonyms: prodromic |
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| prodrome | (noun) an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur | Synonyms: prodroma |
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| prodromic | (adjective) symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease | Synonyms: prodromal |
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| produce | (noun) fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market | Synonyms: garden truck, green goods, green groceries |
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| (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, grow |
| (verb) create or manufacture a man-made product | Synonyms: create, make |
| (verb) bring forth or yield | Synonyms: bring forth |
| (verb) cause to happen, occur or exist | Synonyms: bring about, give rise |
| (verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, grow, raise |
| (verb) bring onto the market or release | Synonyms: bring on, bring out |
| (verb) bring out for display | Synonyms: bring forth |
| producer | (noun) something that produces | - |
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| (noun) someone who manufactures something | Synonyms: manufacturer |
| (noun) someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work) | - |
| product | (noun) an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | Synonyms: production |
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| (noun) items for sale to the individual consumer | Synonyms: merchandise, ware |
| (noun) a quantity obtained by multiplication | Synonyms: mathematical product |
| (noun) the set of elements common to two or more sets | Synonyms: Cartesian product, intersection |
| (noun) a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances | - |
| (noun) a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction | - |
| production | (noun) the act or process of producing something | - |
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| (noun) (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law | - |
| (noun) (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale | - |
| (noun) the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services | - |
| (noun) an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | Synonyms: product |
| (noun) a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television | - |
| (noun) a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated | - |
| (noun) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) | Synonyms: output, yield |
| productive | (adjective) producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) | - |
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| (adjective) having the ability to produce or originate | Synonyms: generative |
| (adjective) marked by great fruitfulness | Synonyms: fat, fertile, rich |
| (adjective) yielding positive results | - |
| productively | (adverb) in a productive way | Synonyms: fruitfully, profitably |
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| productiveness | (noun) the quality of being productive or having the power to produce | Synonyms: productivity |
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| productivity | (noun) the quality of being productive or having the power to produce | Synonyms: productiveness |
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| (noun) (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time | - |
| 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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| pterodactyl | (noun) extinct flying reptile | - |
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| ramrod | (noun) a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm | - |
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| (noun) a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm | - |
| (noun) a harshly demanding overseer | - |
| reintroduce | (verb) introduce anew | Synonyms: re-introduce |
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| reintroduction | (noun) an act of renewed introduction | - |
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| reproduce | (verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | Synonyms: multiply, procreate |
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| (verb) repeat after memorization | Synonyms: regurgitate |
| (verb) make a copy or equivalent of | - |
| (verb) recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. | - |
| reproducer | (noun) an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound | - |
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| reproducibility | (noun) the quality of being reproducible | Synonyms: duplicability |
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| reproducible | (adjective) capable of being reproduced | Synonyms: consistent |
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| reproducibly | (adverb) in a manner that is reproducible | - |
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| reproduction | (noun) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | Synonyms: breeding, facts of life, procreation |
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| (noun) the act of making copies | Synonyms: replication |
| (noun) copy that is not the original; something that has been copied | Synonyms: replica, replication |
| (noun) recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall | Synonyms: reproductive memory |
| (noun) the process of generating offspring | - |
| reproductive | (adjective) producing new life or offspring | Synonyms: generative, procreative |
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