| simulate | (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, feign, sham |
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| (verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: model |
| (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: copy, imitate |
| slate | (noun) (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate | - |
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| (noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices | Synonyms: ticket |
| (noun) a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers | - |
| (noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing | Synonyms: slating |
| (verb) designate or schedule | - |
| (verb) cover with slate | - |
| (verb) enter on a list or slate for an election | - |
| somnambulate | (verb) walk in one's sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalk |
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| spatulate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base | Synonyms: spatula-shaped |
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| speculate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over |
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| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize |
| (verb) talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion | - |
| (verb) invest at a risk | Synonyms: job |
| sphacelate | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, mortify, necrose |
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| sporulate | (verb) convert into spores | - |
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| (verb) produce spores | - |
| stellate | (adjective) arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center | Synonyms: radial, radiate |
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| stimulate | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up |
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| (verb) act as a stimulant | Synonyms: excite |
| (verb) provide the needed stimulus for | Synonyms: provoke |
| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, get, have, induce, make |
| (verb) cause to occur rapidly | Synonyms: hasten, induce, rush |
| (verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stir |
| (verb) stir feelings in | Synonyms: excite, stir |
| stipulate | (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, qualify, specify |
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| (verb) give a guarantee or promise of | - |
| (verb) make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force | - |
| strangulate | (verb) become constricted | - |
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| (verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | Synonyms: strangle, throttle |
| (verb) constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air | - |
| stridulate | (verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures | Synonyms: clitter |
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| tabulate | (verb) shape or cut with a flat surface | - |
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| (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularise, tabularize |
| template | (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: guide, templet |
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| tessellate | (verb) tile with tesserae | - |
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| (verb) fit together exactly, of identical shapes | - |
| tinplate | (noun) a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins | Synonyms: tin plate |
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| tintinnabulate | (verb) ring or sound like a small bell | - |
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| titillate | (verb) excite pleasurably or erotically | - |
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| (verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements | Synonyms: tickle, vellicate |
| trabeculate | (adjective) of or relating to trabeculae | Synonyms: trabecular |
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| translate | (verb) change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation | - |
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| (verb) change from one form or medium into another | Synonyms: transform |
| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, read, understand |
| (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | Synonyms: interpret, render |
| (verb) determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA | - |
| (verb) express, as in simple and less technical language | - |
| (verb) bring to a certain spiritual state | - |
| (verb) subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body | - |
| (verb) be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way | - |
| (verb) be equivalent in effect | - |
| triangulate | (adjective) composed of or marked with triangles | - |
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| (verb) survey by triangulation | - |
| (verb) measure by using trigonometry | - |
| (verb) divide into triangles or give a triangular form to | - |
| tribulate | (verb) oppress or trouble greatly | - |
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| trifoliolate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliate, trifoliated |
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| tuberculate | (adjective) covered with tubercles | - |
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| ululate | (verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, roar, wail, yaup, yawl |
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| umbellate | (adjective) bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels | Synonyms: umbellar |
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| (adjective) resembling an umbel in form | Synonyms: umbel-like |
| unarticulate | (adjective) without or deprived of the use of speech or words | Synonyms: inarticulate |
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| undulate | (adjective) having a wavy margin and rippled surface | - |
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| (verb) increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves | - |
| (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: flap, roll, wave |
| (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle |
| (verb) occur in soft rounded shapes | Synonyms: roll |
| unguiculate | (adjective) having or resembling claws or nails | Synonyms: unguiculated |
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| (noun) a mammal having nails or claws | Synonyms: unguiculate mammal |
| ungulate | (adjective) having or resembling hoofs | Synonyms: hoofed, hooved, ungulated |
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| (noun) any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically | Synonyms: hoofed mammal |
| uniovulate | (adjective) having a single ovule | Synonyms: uniovular |
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| urceolate | (adjective) urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth | - |
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| vacillate | (verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, waver |
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| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate |
| vacuolate | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolated |
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| ventilate | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air, air out, vent |
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| (verb) furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape | - |
| (verb) give expression or utterance to | Synonyms: give vent, vent |
| (verb) circulate through and freshen | - |
| (verb) expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage | - |
| vermiculate | (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings | Synonyms: vermicular, vermiculated |
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| (adjective) infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms | Synonyms: worm-eaten, wormy |
| (verb) decorate with wavy or winding lines | - |
| verticillate | (adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) | Synonyms: verticillated, whorled |
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| vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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| (verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
| violate | (verb) destroy | - |
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| (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, rape, spoil |
| (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish |
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, profane |
| (verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | Synonyms: break, go against |
| zooflagellate | (noun) flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics | Synonyms: zoomastigote |
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