| asystole | (noun) absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death | Synonyms: cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest |
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| atole | (noun) eaten as mush or as a thin gruel | - |
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| citole | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, cittern, gittern |
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| diastole | (noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
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| extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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| intolerable | (adjective) incapable of being tolerated or endured | Synonyms: unbearable, unendurable |
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| intolerably | (adverb) to an unacceptable degree | Synonyms: unacceptably |
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| intolerance | (noun) impatience with annoyances | - |
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| (noun) unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs | - |
| intolerant | (adjective) unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion | - |
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| (adjective) narrow-minded about cherished opinions | Synonyms: illiberal |
| intolerantly | (adverb) in a manner that isn't broad-minded | Synonyms: illiberally |
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| (adverb) in an intolerant manner | - |
| overtolerance | (noun) too much permissiveness | - |
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| pistoleer | (noun) someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed) | - |
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| stole | (noun) a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women | - |
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| systole | (noun) the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery | - |
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| tole | (noun) enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century | - |
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| tolerable | (adjective) capable of being borne or endured | - |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: adequate, fair to middling, passable |
| tolerably | (adverb) in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner | Synonyms: acceptably, so-so |
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| tolerance | (noun) the act of tolerating something | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, margin |
| (noun) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | - |
| (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: permissiveness |
| (noun) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | - |
| tolerant | (adjective) showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others | - |
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| (adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | Synonyms: broad, large-minded, liberal |
| (adjective) tolerant and forgiving under provocation | Synonyms: kind |
| (adjective) showing the capacity for endurance | Synonyms: patient of |
| (adjective) able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress | Synonyms: resistant |
| tolerantly | (adverb) in a tolerant manner | - |
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| tolerate | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support |
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| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: allow, permit |
| (verb) have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition | - |
| (verb) recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others) | - |
| toleration | (noun) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion) | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations | Synonyms: acceptance, sufferance |