| accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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| accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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| accouterment | (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accessory, accoutrement |
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| albuterol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Proventil, Ventolin |
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| cauterant | (noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cautery |
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| cauterisation | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterization, cautery |
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| cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
| cauterization | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterisation, cautery |
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| cauterize | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterise |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterise |
| cautery | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterisation, cauterization |
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| (noun) an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | Synonyms: cauterant |
| charcuterie | (noun) a delicatessen that specializes in meats | - |
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| commuter | (noun) a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another | Synonyms: commuter train |
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| (noun) someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city | - |
| computer | (noun) a machine for performing calculations automatically | Synonyms: computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
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| (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, estimator, figurer, reckoner |
| computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
| computerization | (noun) the control of processes by computer | Synonyms: cybernation |
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| computerize | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerise |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerise |
| confuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: disprover, rebutter, refuter |
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| cryocautery | (noun) application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it | - |
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| (noun) an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it | - |
| deuteranopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red | Synonyms: Daltonism, green-blindness |
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| deuteranopic | (adjective) inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red | Synonyms: green-blind |
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| deuterium | (noun) an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) | Synonyms: heavy hydrogen |
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| deuteron | (noun) the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators | - |
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| distributer | (noun) electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence | Synonyms: distributor, electrical distributor |
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| (noun) someone who markets merchandise | Synonyms: distributor |
| electrocautery | (noun) application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts) | - |
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| flouter | (noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision | Synonyms: jeerer, mocker, scoffer |
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| intrauterine | (adjective) within the womb | - |
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| microcomputer | (noun) a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time | Synonyms: PC, personal computer |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| neuter | (adjective) neither male nor female (of grammatical gender) | - |
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| (adjective) having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs | Synonyms: sexless |
| (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) | - |
| (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, spay |
| neutered | (adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed | Synonyms: altered |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| outer | (adjective) being on the outside or further from a center | - |
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| (adjective) being on or toward the outside of the body | - |
| (adjective) located outside | - |
| outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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| outermost | (adjective) situated at the farthest possible point from a center | Synonyms: outmost |
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| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| parachuter | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachutist |
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| polluter | (noun) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | Synonyms: defiler |
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| pouter | (noun) one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out | Synonyms: pouter pigeon |
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| (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, sourpuss |
| refuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, disprover, rebutter |
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| router | (noun) (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks | - |
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| (noun) a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery | - |
| (noun) a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves | - |
| saluter | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, welcomer |
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| scouter | (noun) an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement | Synonyms: rover |
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| shouter | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, yeller |
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| spouter | (noun) a spouting whale | - |
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| (noun) an oil well that is spouting | - |
| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater |
| sprouter | (noun) A device for sprouting seeds. | Synonyms: seed sprouter |
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| supercomputer | (noun) a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
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| thermocautery | (noun) cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat | - |
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| touter | (noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way | Synonyms: tout |
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| uterine | (adjective) of or involving the uterus | - |
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| uterus | (noun) a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus | Synonyms: womb |
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