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- RHOTICThat allows the phoneme /ɹ/ to be followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); who speaks with such an accent.
- ROBINIAAny member of the genus Robinia.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SCAPEGOATIn the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
- SCOLIOTICOf, pertaining to, or affected by scoliosis.
- SCROTUMThe sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals.
- SEELIE
- SEMANTICOf or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
- SIDEREALOf or relating to the stars.
- SILEN
- SILURIAN
- SORBATEAny salt or ester of sorbic acid.
- SORBICOf, or relating to the rowan tree (the sorb).
- SORDINEA mute for musical instruments.
- SPONDYLAlternative form of spondyle.
- STEROIDALOf, being, or derived from a steroid.
- SULPHURICAlternative spelling of sulfuric.
- SWATHEA bandage; a band.
- SYBILAlternative letter-case form of Sybil.
- SYNODALA monetary tribute formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest.
- TAXIDERMYThe art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
- TAXONA group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.
- TAXONOMICOf or relating to taxonomy.
- TEMERITYReckless boldness; foolish bravery.
- TETRALOGYA set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games
- THALAMICOf or pertaining to the thalamus.
- THALAMUSEither of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
- THEORBOA baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
- THERIANOf or pertaining to the taxonomic subclass Theria.
- THYLACINEA carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
- THYROIDOf, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
- TOROIDALHaving the shape of a torus or toroid.
- TRIADICOf or relating to a triad. Having an arity of three; taking three arguments or operands.
- TRIAXIALHaving three axes.
- TRIMARANA type of boat with three parallel hulls.
- TRIPLOIDHaving three sets of chromosomes.
- TRUANTShirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- VACUOUSEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- VELARArticulated at the velum or soft palate.
- VESTIGIAplural of vestigium
- VIRIDIANA bluish-green pigment made from chromium sesquioxide.
- VIRTUOUSFull of virtue; having excellent moral character.
- VITREOUSOf or resembling glass; glassy.
- VITRIOLAny of various metal sulphates.
- WEREGILDAlternative spelling of wergeld.
- WHIMSYA quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- WICCAN
- WOADThe plant Isatis tinctoria.
- WRYNECKEither of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
- WYRD
- XENOLITHAny piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.
- XYLOGRAPHAn engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
- YAWLA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
- ZABAIONEAlternative form of zabaglione.
- ZEALOUSFull of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion, particularly in matters of religion.
- ZITHERNA zither
- ZOOPHILEA person sexually attracted to non-human animals.
- ZYGOTEA eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.