| quinone | (noun) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | Synonyms: benzoquinone |
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| radiophone | (noun) a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables | Synonyms: radiotelephone, wireless telephone |
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| radiotelephone | (noun) a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables | Synonyms: radiophone, wireless telephone |
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| (noun) telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelephony, wireless telephone |
| redbone | (noun) a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound | - |
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| rhinestone | (noun) an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste | - |
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| rotenone | (noun) a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube | - |
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| rottenstone | (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing | Synonyms: tripoli |
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| sandstone | (noun) a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) | - |
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| saxophone | (noun) a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | Synonyms: sax |
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| scone | (noun) small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | - |
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| semitone | (noun) the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument | Synonyms: half step |
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| shinbone | (noun) the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | Synonyms: shin, shin bone, tibia |
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| silicone | (noun) any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation | Synonyms: silicone polymer |
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| siltstone | (noun) a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt | - |
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| smartphone | (noun) a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones | Synonyms: smart phone |
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| soapstone | (noun) a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments | Synonyms: soap-rock, soaprock, steatite |
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| someone | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, person, somebody, soul |
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| sone | (noun) a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold | - |
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| sousaphone | (noun) the lowest brass wind instrument | Synonyms: bass horn, tuba |
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| speakerphone | (noun) a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time | - |
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| spironolactone | (noun) a synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Aldactone |
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| stone | (adjective) of any of various dull tannish or grey colors | - |
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| (noun) building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose | - |
| (noun) a lack of feeling or expression or movement | - |
| (noun) a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter | Synonyms: rock |
| (noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: endocarp, pit |
| (noun) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds | - |
| (noun) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust | Synonyms: rock |
| (noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry | Synonyms: gem, gemstone |
| (verb) remove the pits from | Synonyms: pit |
| (verb) kill by throwing stones at | Synonyms: lapidate |
| sunstone | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: aventurine |
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| telephone | (noun) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | Synonyms: phone, telephone set |
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| (noun) transmitting speech at a distance | Synonyms: telephony |
| (verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call, call up, phone, ring |
| testosterone | (noun) a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics | - |
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| thighbone | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femoris, femur |
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| throne | (noun) the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions | - |
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| (noun) the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc. | - |
| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, toilet |
| (verb) put a monarch on the throne | Synonyms: enthrone |
| (verb) sit on the throne as a ruler | - |
| tombstone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: gravestone, headstone |
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| tone | (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: shade, tincture, tint |
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| (noun) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | Synonyms: quality, timber, timbre |
| (noun) (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages | - |
| (noun) the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | - |
| (noun) a steady sound without overtones | Synonyms: pure tone |
| (noun) a musical interval of two semitones | Synonyms: step, whole step, whole tone |
| (noun) the quality of a person's voice | Synonyms: tone of voice |
| (noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound | Synonyms: musical note, note |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit |
| (noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli | Synonyms: tonicity, tonus |
| (verb) give a healthy elasticity to | Synonyms: strengthen, tone up |
| (verb) change to a color image | - |
| (verb) change the color or tone of | - |
| (verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically | Synonyms: chant, intone |
| (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: inflect, modulate |
| touchstone | (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, standard |
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| trazodone | (noun) oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative | Synonyms: Desyrel, trazodone hydrochloride |
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| triamcinolone | (noun) a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent | Synonyms: Aristocort, Aristopak, Kenalog |
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| trombone | (noun) a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide | - |
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| turnstone | (noun) migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food | - |
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| ubiquinone | (noun) any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration | Synonyms: coenzyme Q |
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| underdone | (adjective) insufficiently cooked | Synonyms: half-baked |
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| undertone | (noun) a pale or subdued color | Synonyms: tinge |
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| (noun) a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning | Synonyms: undercurrent |
| (noun) a quiet or hushed tone of voice | - |
| undone | (adjective) thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence | Synonyms: unstuck |
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| (adjective) not fastened or tied or secured | - |
| (adjective) not done | - |
| (adjective) doomed to extinction | Synonyms: done for, ruined, sunk, washed-up |
| vibraphone | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibes, vibraharp |
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| whalebone | (noun) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | Synonyms: baleen |
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| whetstone | (noun) a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives | - |
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| whinstone | (noun) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) | Synonyms: whin |
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| wishbone | (noun) the furcula of a domestic fowl | Synonyms: wishing bone |
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| woebegone | (adjective) affected by or full of grief or woe | Synonyms: woeful |
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| (adjective) worn and broken down by hard use | Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down |
| xylophone | (noun) a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets | Synonyms: marimba |
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| zabaglione | (noun) light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled | Synonyms: sabayon |
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| zone | (noun) (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure | Synonyms: zona |
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| (noun) a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features | - |
| (noun) an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic | - |
| (noun) any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude | Synonyms: geographical zone |
| (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: partition |
| (verb) regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | Synonyms: district |
| zooecdysone | (noun) The term 'zooecdysone' refers to the molting hormones of insects. | - |
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