| psychodynamics | (noun) the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation | - |
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| (noun) the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation | - |
| psychogenesis | (noun) a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind | - |
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| (noun) the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors | - |
| psychogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the origin and development of the mind | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder | Synonyms: psychogenic |
| psychogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder | Synonyms: psychogenetic |
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| (adjective) mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin | - |
| psychographics | (noun) market research or statistics classifying population groups according to psychological variables (as attitudes, values, or fears); also: variables or trends identified through such research. | - |
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| psychokinesis | (noun) the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | Synonyms: telekinesis |
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| psychokinetic | (adjective) moving an object without apparent use of physical means | - |
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| psycholinguist | (noun) a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language | - |
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| psycholinguistic | (adjective) of or relating to the psychology of language | - |
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| psycholinguistics | (noun) the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance | - |
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| psychological | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by psychology | - |
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| (adjective) mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature | - |
| psychologically | (adverb) in terms of psychology | - |
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| (adverb) with regard to psychology | - |
| psychologist | (noun) a scientist trained in psychology | - |
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| psychology | (noun) the science of mental life | Synonyms: psychological science |
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| psychomachy | (noun) a conflict of the soul (as with the body or between good and evil). | - |
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| psychometric | (adjective) of or relating to psychometrics | - |
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| psychometrics | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrika, psychometry |
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| psychometrika | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrics, psychometry |
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| psychometry | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrics, psychometrika |
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| psychomotor | (adjective) of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa | - |
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| psychoneurosis | (noun) a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction | Synonyms: neurosis, neuroticism |
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| psychoneurotic | (adjective) affected with emotional disorder | Synonyms: neurotic |
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| (noun) a person suffering from neurosis | Synonyms: mental case, neurotic |
| psychonomics | (noun) the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues | Synonyms: experimental psychology |
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| psychopath | (noun) someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') | Synonyms: sociopath |
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| psychopathic | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathologic, psychopathological |
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| psychopathologic | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathic, psychopathological |
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| psychopathological | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathic, psychopathologic |
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| psychopathology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | Synonyms: psychiatry, psychological medicine |
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| (noun) the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior | Synonyms: abnormal psychology |
| psychopathy | (noun) any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention | Synonyms: mental disease, mental illness |
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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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| psychophysicist | (noun) a psychologist trained in psychophysics | - |
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| psychophysics | (noun) the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects | - |
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| psychophysiology | (noun) the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes | Synonyms: neuropsychology, physiological psychology |
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| psychopomp | (noun) a conductor of souls to the afterworld | - |
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| psychosexual | (adjective) of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality | - |
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| psychosexuality | (noun) the mental representation of sexual activities | - |
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| psychosis | (noun) any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted | - |
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| psychosomatic | (adjective) used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis | - |
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| psychosurgery | (noun) brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems | - |
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| psychotherapeutic | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy | - |
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| (adjective) emotionally purging | Synonyms: cathartic |
| psychotherapeutics | (noun) the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods | Synonyms: mental hygiene, psychotherapy |
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| psychotherapist | (noun) a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders | Synonyms: clinical psychologist |
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| psychotherapy | (noun) the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means | - |
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| (noun) the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods | Synonyms: mental hygiene, psychotherapeutics |
| psychotic | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from psychosis | - |
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| (noun) a person afflicted with psychosis | Synonyms: psycho, psychotic person |
| psychotropic | (adjective) affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes | Synonyms: psychoactive |
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| psychrometer | (noun) a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air | - |
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| psylla | (noun) small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices | Synonyms: jumping plant louse, psyllid |
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| psyllid | (noun) small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices | Synonyms: jumping plant louse, psylla |
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| psyllium | (noun) plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative | Synonyms: fleawort, Plantago psyllium, Spanish psyllium |
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| psyop | (noun) military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments | Synonyms: psychological operation |
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| pursy | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, short-winded, winded |
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| pussy | (adjective) containing pus | Synonyms: purulent |
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| (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussycat |
| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussycat | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable | - |
| pussyfoot | (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, mouse, sneak |
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| pussyfuck | (verb) to have vaginal intercourse | - |
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| pussytoes | (noun) low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers | Synonyms: Antennaria dioica, cat's feet, cat's foot |
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| queasy | (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit | Synonyms: nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickish |
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| (adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | Synonyms: anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet |
| (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, sickening, vile |
| quinsy | (noun) a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis | Synonyms: peritonsillar abscess |
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| rosy | (adjective) presaging good fortune | Synonyms: fortunate |
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| (adjective) of blush color | Synonyms: blushful |
| (adjective) having the pinkish flush of health | Synonyms: flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked |
| (adjective) reflecting optimism | Synonyms: rose-colored |
| sassy | (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy, smart, wise |
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| selsyn | (noun) a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized | Synonyms: synchro |
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| semisynthetic | (adjective) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | Synonyms: man-made, synthetic |
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| servosystem | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servomechanism |
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| sissy | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissyish |
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| (noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | Synonyms: milksop, Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist |
| sissyish | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy |
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| sonsy | (adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed |
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| speakeasy | (noun) (during prohibition) an illegal barroom | - |
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| subsystem | (noun) a system that is part of some larger system | - |
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| sudsy | (adjective) resembling lather or covered with lather | Synonyms: lathery |
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| supersymmetry | (noun) (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces | - |
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| sybarite | (noun) a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses | Synonyms: voluptuary |
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| sybaritic | (adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | Synonyms: epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, voluptuary, voluptuous |
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| sycamore | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits | Synonyms: plane tree, platan |
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| (noun) variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree | Synonyms: lacewood |
| (noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn | Synonyms: Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple |
| (noun) thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore | Synonyms: Ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore fig |
| syconium | (noun) the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets | - |
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| sycophancy | (noun) fawning obsequiousness | - |
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| sycophant | (noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, toady |
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| sycophantic | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, toadyish |
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| (adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, toadyish |
| syllabary | (noun) a writing system whose characters represent syllables | Synonyms: syllabic script |
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| syllabic | (adjective) consisting of a syllable or syllables | - |
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| (adjective) (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities | - |
| (adjective) (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable | - |
| (adjective) consisting of or using a syllabary | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to syllables | - |
| syllabically | (adverb) in or with syllables | - |
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| syllabicate | (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabify, syllabise, syllabize |
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| syllabication | (noun) forming or dividing words into syllables | Synonyms: syllabification |
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| syllabicity | (noun) the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language | - |
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| syllabification | (noun) forming or dividing words into syllables | Synonyms: syllabication |
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| syllabify | (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabise, syllabize |
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| syllabise | (verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable | Synonyms: syllabize |
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| (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabify, syllabize |
| syllabize | (verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable | Synonyms: syllabise |
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| (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabify, syllabise |
| syllable | (noun) a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme | - |
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| syllabled | (adjective) pronounced in syllables | - |
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| syllabub | (noun) sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor | Synonyms: sillabub |
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| (noun) spiced hot milk with rum or wine | Synonyms: sillabub |
| syllabus | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, curriculum, program, programme |
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| syllepsis | (noun) use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one | - |
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| syllogise | (verb) reason by syllogisms | Synonyms: syllogize |
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| syllogiser | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogist, syllogizer |
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| syllogism | (noun) deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | - |
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| syllogist | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogizer |
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| syllogistic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of syllogism | - |
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| (noun) in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises. | - |
| syllogize | (verb) reason by syllogisms | Synonyms: syllogise |
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| syllogizer | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogist |
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