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- PSYCHIATERA psychiatrist.
- PSYCHOGRAMA composite psychological measurement that attempts to integrate various interrelated elements of a person's thought processes.
- PSYCHOIDAn innate physical reaction to a psychological stimulus.
- PYKNICSplural of pyknic
- PYKNOMETERAlternative form of pycnometer.
- PYKNOMETERSplural of pyknometer
- PYKNOTICshowing pyknosis
- RADIOLUCENCYThe quality or degree of being radiolucent.
- REPLEVYTo return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods.
- REPLEVYINGpresent participle and gerund of replevy
- RHODAMINEAny of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone dyes.
- SABKHAAn area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia.
- SAPROGENICITYThe quality of being saprogenic.
- SAPROLITEa chemically weathered rock
- SAPROPHYTICRelating to saprophytes.
- SATURNIIDAny moth of the family Saturniidae
- SATURNIIDSplural of saturniid
- SCANDIUMA metallic chemical element (symbol Sc), atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.
- SCHLUMPINGpresent participle and gerund of schlump
- SCHULNplural of schul
- SCIOPHYTEAny plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
- SCRUMPLINGpresent participle and gerund of scrumple
- SCULTCH
- SEIGNIORAGEAll the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.
- SEIGNORAGEAlternative form of seigniorage.
- SELENOGRAPHA picture or delineation of the Moon's surface.
- SHULNplural of shul
- SIDEROPHILEIn the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms alloys easily with iron and is concentrated in the Earth's core.
- SITOPHOBIAA morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.
- SITOPHOBICHaving or relating to sitophobia.
- SOCIETALOf or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- SOUTObsolete form of soot.
- SPHYGMICOf or pertaining to the circulatory pulse.
- SPOROPHYTEA plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
- SPOROPHYTICOf or pertaining to a sporophyte plant.
- STEROIDOGENICOf or relating to the process of steroidogenesis.
- STOLNObsolete form of stolen.
- STROBILAA jointed series of segments of an organism, as of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum.
- STRYCHNIAstrychnine
- STRYCHNIASplural of strychnia
- STRYCHNISMAlternative form of strychninism.
- STYLOGRAPHA fountain pen that has a thin hollow tube or needle instead of a nib, and which releases ink when pressed against the paper.
- SUBCHIEFA lesser or secondary chief.
- SUBINFEUDATETo apportion land by subinfeudation.
- SUPERABOUNDTo abound very much; to be superabundant.
- SUPERAGENCYAn agency with unusually far-reaching powers
- SUPERBLOCKA very large block of buildings; in modern urban planning often designed for local needs, with access and speed restrictions.
- SUPERCABINETA political cabinet with special powers or abilities.
- SUPERCOILA coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
- SUPERCOILEDsimple past and past participle of supercoil
- SUPERDIPLOMATA very skilled or successful diplomat (government representative).
- SUPERHUMANITYThe state or condition of being superhuman.
- SUPERINDUCETo replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a first, or while she is still alive.
- SUPERJUMBOThe largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380.
- SUPEROVULATETo produce large quantities of mature ova.
- SUPEROVULATINGpresent participle and gerund of superovulate
- SUPEROVULATIONThe act or process of superovulating.
- SUPERTAXAn additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
- SYNGRAPHA document signed by both or all of the parties to a contract or bond.
- SYRPHIDOf or pertaining to flies of the family Syrphidae.
- TAENIACIDEAny substance that kills tapeworms
- TAENIAEplural of taenia
- TAENIAFUGEAlternative form of taenifuge.
- TEIIDOf or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards.
- TEIIDSplural of teiid
- TELIOSPOREA teleutospore.
- TERBIUMA metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile. An atom of this element.
- TETRAPLOIDYThe state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes.
- THEORBISTSomeone who plays a theorbo.
- THOLEIITESplural of tholeiite
- THROMBOXANEAny of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood
- THYROXINSplural of thyroxin
- TOMOGRAPHYImaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning.
- TOXIPHAGOUS
- TRICHOGYNEThe slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red algae, lichens and fungi.
- TRIDARNSplural of tridarn
- TRILITHONSplural of trilithon
- TRIPHYLITEAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- TUROPHILEA gourmet/connoisseur of cheese.
- TUROPHILESplural of turophile
- TWIBILSplural of twibil
- TYMPANIAlternative spelling of timpani.
- TYND
- ULTRAFICHEAn ultramicrofiche.
- UNISERIATEHaving a single line or series
- VALEDICTORIESplural of valedictory
- VALETUDINARIESplural of valetudinary
- VANADIUMA chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
- VENOUSOf or pertaining to veins.
- VESTIGIALOf or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
- VICARIANTOf, relating to, or as a result of vicariance
- VICARIANTSplural of vicariant
- VICOMTESplural of vicomte
- WATCHBOXESplural of watchbox
- WATCHSPRINGThe mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece).
- WINCERSomeone who winces.
- WRASTLINGpresent participle of wrastle
- WRECKFISHAny of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.
- WRYTHENObsolete form of writhen.
- XENOCRYSTAn isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.