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- PICOMETERUS spelling of picometre.
- PLACARDSplural of placard
- PLEWbeaver pelt
- PODIAplural of podium
- POLYHEDRAplural of polyhedron
- POLYMERIC(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer. Examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, PVC foams, and styrofoam.
- POULTICESplural of poultice
- PRANARespiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
- PSYCHOMETERA person with the paranormal ability of psychometry.
- PUBESCENTAt or just after the age of puberty.
- PUTRIDLYIn a putrid manner.
- QUAILEDsimple past and past participle of quail
- QUESTORAlternative spelling of quaestor.
- QUOTHSaid.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- REGICIDALOf or pertaining to regicide.
- RHONEA horizontal section of guttering, collecting rainwater from a roof.
- RUBEA person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- RUBESplural of rube
- SECULARITYThe state of being secular.
- SEMIOLOGYSemiotics, the study of signs.
- SIBILANCEThe quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality.
- STELEAn upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
- STRIGILA grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
- SUCREThe former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
- SYNCHROAny synchronized event, such as synchronized swimming.
- TAPIRAn odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
- TAURINEPertaining to a bull; bull-like.
- TAWDRYTawdry lace.
- TERFRare spelling of taraf.
- TERNAny of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
- THESAURIplural of thesaurus
- TONGAA light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
- TOQUEA type of hat with no brim.
- TREPIDTimid, timorous, fearful.
- TUBULARShaped like a tube.
- UDALAllodial, inalienable.
- UMLAUTSplural of umlaut
- UNBIDunbidden, uninvited.
- VAPIDITYThe state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
- VARNISHA clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.
- VASCULUMA container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.
- VAUNTTo speak boastfully.
- VENTRICULE
- VERTA green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- VICTUALSplural of victual
- VIPEROUSof or pertaining to a viper
- VULGARSplural of vulgar
- WASTRELOne who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
- WICKENSplural of wicken
- WIMBLEAny of various hand tools for boring holes.
- WOADSplural of woad
- WONTOne's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.
- WOOLYAlternative form of woolly.
- WRENTroglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
- WUTHERSthird-person singular simple present indicative of wuther
- WUXIAA genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.
- YESHIVAAn academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
- YPSILONAlternative form of upsilon.