| centrepiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centerpiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centerpiece |
| dihydrostreptomycin | (noun) antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | - |
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| entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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| (noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
| entrepreneur | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: enterpriser |
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| entrepreneurial | (adjective) of or relating to an entrepreneur | - |
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| (adjective) willing to take risks in order to make a profit | - |
| intrepid | (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, unfearing |
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| intrepidity | (noun) resolute courageousness | Synonyms: dauntlessness |
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| intrepidly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: dauntlessly, fearlessly |
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| obstreperous | (adjective) boisterously and noisily aggressive | - |
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| (adjective) noisily and stubbornly defiant | - |
| obstreperously | (adverb) in manner that attracts attention | Synonyms: clamorously, loudly |
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| obstreperousness | (noun) noisy defiance | - |
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| ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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| strep | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: streptococcal, streptococcic |
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| (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: streptococci, streptococcus |
| streptobacillus | (noun) any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria | - |
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| streptocarpus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses | - |
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| streptococcal | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcic |
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| streptococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococcus |
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| streptococcic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by streptococci | Synonyms: strep, streptococcal |
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| streptococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococci |
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| streptodornase | (noun) an enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infections; used medicinally (often in combination with streptokinase) | - |
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| streptokinase | (noun) an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism | - |
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| streptolysin | (noun) any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus | - |
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| streptomyces | (noun) aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin) | - |
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| streptomycin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis | - |
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| streptothricin | (noun) a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete | - |
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| trepan | (noun) a drill for cutting circular holes around a center | - |
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| (noun) a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull | Synonyms: trephine |
| (verb) cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery | - |
| trepang | (noun) of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese | Synonyms: Holothuria edulis |
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| trephination | (noun) an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull | - |
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| trephine | (noun) a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull | Synonyms: trepan |
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| (verb) operate on with a trephine | - |
| trepid | (adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity | Synonyms: fearful, timorous |
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| trepidation | (noun) a feeling of alarm or dread | - |
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| trepidly | (adverb) in a timorous and trepid manner | Synonyms: timorously |
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| treponema | (noun) spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws) | - |
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