Words ending with om

ransom means: the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

ransom means: payment for the release of someone

ransom means: money demanded for the return of a captured person

ransom means: exchange or buy back for money; under threat

reading room means: a room set aside for reading

rec room means: a room equipped for informal entertaining

reception room means: a room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel)

recovery room means: a hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery

recreation room means: a room equipped for informal entertaining

restroom means: a toilet that is available to the public

agrostis canina means: common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves

air plant means: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it

balkan state means: any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula

bioassay means: appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard

bioassay means: subject to a bio-assay

cape town means: port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa

capparis mitchellii means: small Australian tree bearing edible dark purple fruit

cor pulmonale means: enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels

ecg means: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

herzberg means: Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904)

intermittency means: the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping

life-sustaining means: performing an essential function in the living body

lucretius means: Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)

mifepristone means: an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo

scry means: divine by gazing into crystals

sea lettuce means: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

shorthand typist means: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

starlet means: a small star

starlet means: a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star

theraphosidae means: large tropical spiders; tarantulas