| counterintuitive | (adjective) contrary to what common sense would suggest | - |
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| counterintuitively | (adverb) in a counterintuitive manner | - |
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| fatuity | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: absurdity, fatuousness, silliness |
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| fortuitous | (adjective) occurring by happy chance | - |
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| (adjective) having no cause or apparent cause | Synonyms: causeless, uncaused |
| fortuitously | (adverb) by good fortune | Synonyms: as luck would have it, fortunately, luckily |
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| fortuitousness | (noun) the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance | - |
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| fortuity | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, stroke |
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| gratuitous | (adjective) without cause | - |
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| (adjective) unnecessary and unwarranted | Synonyms: needless, uncalled-for |
| (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, costless, free, gratis |
| gratuitously | (adverb) in an uncalled-for manner | - |
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| gratuity | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, pourboire, tip |
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| (noun) an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation | - |
| hyperpituitarism | (noun) excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone) | - |
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| intuit | (verb) know or grasp by intuition or feeling | - |
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| intuition | (noun) instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) | - |
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| (noun) an impression that something might be the case | Synonyms: hunch, suspicion |
| intuitionism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition | - |
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| intuitionist | (adjective) of or relating to intuitionism | - |
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| intuitive | (adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | Synonyms: nonrational, visceral |
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| (adjective) spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency | - |
| intuitively | (adverb) in an intuitive manner | - |
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| perpetuity | (noun) the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | Synonyms: sempiternity |
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| pituitary | (adjective) of or relating to the pituitary gland | - |
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| (noun) the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain | Synonyms: hypophysis, pituitary body, pituitary gland |
| tuition | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tutelage, tutorship |
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| (noun) a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) | Synonyms: tuition fee |