| massage | (noun) kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| massager | (noun) someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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| meagerness | (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: exiguity, leanness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness |
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| menage | (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, house, household |
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| menagerie | (noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition | Synonyms: zoo, zoological garden |
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| (noun) a collection of live animals for study or display | - |
| message | (noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: content, subject matter, substance |
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| (noun) a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled | - |
| messuage | (noun) (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
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| metagenesis | (noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations | Synonyms: digenesis |
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| metalanguage | (noun) a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
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| microphage | (noun) a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria) | - |
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| milage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: mileage |
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| mileage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: milage |
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| (noun) a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled | - |
| (noun) the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned | Synonyms: fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, gasoline mileage |
| mintage | (noun) act or process of minting coins | - |
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| (noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: coinage, metal money, specie |
| (noun) fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin | - |
| mirage | (noun) something illusory and unattainable | - |
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| (noun) an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects | - |
| miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
| mismanagement | (noun) management that is careless or inefficient | Synonyms: misdirection |
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| montage | (noun) a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | Synonyms: collage |
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| moorage | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: dockage, docking, tying up |
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| (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, mooring, slip |
| (noun) a fee for mooring | - |
| mortgage | (noun) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | - |
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| mortgagee | (noun) the person who accepts a mortgage | Synonyms: mortgage holder |
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| mortgager | (noun) the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid | Synonyms: mortgagor |
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| mucilage | (noun) a gelatinous substance secreted by plants | - |
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| (noun) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive | Synonyms: glue, gum |
| multistage | (noun) occurring in more than one stage | - |
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| mutagen | (noun) any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation | - |
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| mutagenesis | (noun) an event capable of causing a mutation | - |
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| mycophage | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophagist |
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| newsagent | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor |
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| nonage | (noun) any age prior to the legal age | Synonyms: minority |
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| nonagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the nineties | - |
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| offstage | (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, wing |
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| ohmage | (noun) the ohmic resistance of a conductor | - |
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| onager | (noun) Asiatic wild ass | Synonyms: Equus hemionus |
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| (noun) small catapult used by the Romans | - |
| orphanage | (noun) a public institution for the care of orphans | Synonyms: orphans' asylum |
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| (noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanhood |
| outage | (noun) a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers) | - |
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| (noun) the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation | - |
| outrage | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: scandalisation, scandalization |
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| (noun) a wantonly cruel act | - |
| (noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: scandal |
| (noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: indignation |
| outrageousness | (noun) the quality of being outrageous | Synonyms: enormity |
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| (noun) excessive excess | Synonyms: exorbitance |
| overage | (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
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| package | (noun) a wrapped container | Synonyms: parcel |
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| (noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | Synonyms: computer software, software, software package, software program, software system |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, packet, parcel |
| page | (noun) one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | - |
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| (noun) in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood | Synonyms: varlet |
| (noun) a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings | - |
| (noun) a boy who is employed to run errands | Synonyms: pageboy |
| pageant | (noun) an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes | Synonyms: pageantry |
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| (noun) a rich and spectacular ceremony | Synonyms: pageantry |
| pageantry | (noun) an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes | Synonyms: pageant |
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| (noun) a rich and spectacular ceremony | Synonyms: pageant |
| pageboy | (noun) a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward | - |
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| (noun) a boy who is employed to run errands | Synonyms: page |
| pager | (noun) an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged | Synonyms: beeper |
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| paralanguage | (noun) the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings | Synonyms: paralinguistic communication |
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| parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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| (noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
| (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
| parsonage | (noun) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | Synonyms: rectory, vicarage |
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| passage | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: transit |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) the act of passing something to another person | Synonyms: handing over |
| (noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: transition |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passing |
| (noun) a way through or along which someone or something may pass | - |
| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passageway |
| (noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | - |
| (noun) a short section of a musical composition | Synonyms: musical passage |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passing |
| passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
| pasturage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasture |
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| (noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | Synonyms: herbage |
| patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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| patronage | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, championship |
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| (noun) (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | - |
| (noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: trade |
| (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, disdain |
| (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, clientele |
| pavage | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: paving |
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| (noun) a tax toward paving streets | - |
| peerage | (noun) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | Synonyms: baronage |
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| pelage | (noun) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | Synonyms: coat |
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| peonage | (noun) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged | - |
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| (noun) the condition of a peon | - |
| percentage | (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, portion, share |
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| (noun) a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent | Synonyms: pct, per centum, percent |
| persiflage | (noun) light teasing | - |
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| personage | (noun) another word for person; a person not meriting identification | - |
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| (noun) a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Synonyms: important person, influential person |
| petrissage | (noun) massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed | - |
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| phage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: bacteriophage |
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| photomontage | (noun) a montage that uses photographic images | - |
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| pilferage | (noun) the act of stealing small amounts or small articles | - |
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| pilgrimage | (noun) a journey to a sacred place | Synonyms: pilgrim's journey |
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| pillage | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillaging, plundering |
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| (noun) goods or money obtained illegally | Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag |
| pillager | (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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| pilotage | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, piloting |
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| (noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: piloting |
| pipage | (noun) a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | Synonyms: pipe, piping |
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| (noun) a fee charged for the use of pipes | - |
| plage | (noun) the beach at a seaside resort | - |
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| plumage | (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds | Synonyms: plume |
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| plunderage | (noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) | - |
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| portage | (noun) carrying boats and supplies overland | - |
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| (noun) overland track between navigable waterways | - |
| (noun) the cost of carrying or transporting | - |
| porterage | (noun) the transportation of burdens by porters | - |
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| (noun) the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |
| postage | (noun) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid | Synonyms: postage stamp, stamp |
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| (noun) the charge for mailing something | - |
| potage | (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: pottage |
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| pottage | (noun) a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat | - |
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| (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: potage |
| poundage | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment |
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| (noun) weight expressed in pounds | - |
| (noun) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | - |
| (noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds | - |
| presage | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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| (noun) a foreboding about what is about to happen | - |
| preteenager | (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteen |
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| quayage | (noun) a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay | Synonyms: wharfage |
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| rage | (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furor, furore |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense anger | Synonyms: fury, madness |
| (noun) a state of extreme anger | - |
| (noun) violent state of the elements | - |
| (noun) something that is desired intensely | Synonyms: passion |
| ragee | (noun) East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient | Synonyms: African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana, finger millet, kurakkan, ragi |
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| rampage | (noun) violently angry and destructive behavior | Synonyms: violent disorder |
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| ravage | (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: depredation |
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| reagent | (noun) a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions | - |
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| remarriage | (noun) the act of marrying again | - |
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| repechage | (noun) a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race | - |
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| reportage | (noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: coverage, reporting |
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| rootage | (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, source |
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| (noun) a developed system of roots | Synonyms: root system |
| (noun) fixedness by or as if by roots | - |
| roughage | (noun) coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | Synonyms: fiber, fibre |
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| rummage | (noun) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) | Synonyms: ransacking |
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| (noun) a jumble of things to be given away | - |
| sabotage | (noun) a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged | - |
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| sage | (noun) aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc | - |
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| (noun) a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom | - |
| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb | Synonyms: salvia |
| sagebrush | (noun) any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium | Synonyms: sage brush |
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| salvage | (noun) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire | - |
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| (noun) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction | - |
| (noun) property or goods saved from damage or destruction | - |
| salvager | (noun) someone who salvages | Synonyms: salvor |
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| sausage | (noun) a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon | Synonyms: blimp, sausage balloon |
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| (noun) highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings | - |
| savage | (noun) a member of an uncivilized people | Synonyms: barbarian |
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| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, wildcat, wolf |
| savageness | (noun) the property of being untamed and ferocious | Synonyms: savagery |
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| savagery | (noun) a brutal barbarous savage act | Synonyms: barbarism, barbarity, brutality |
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| (noun) the trait of extreme cruelty | Synonyms: brutality, ferociousness, viciousness |
| (noun) the property of being untamed and ferocious | Synonyms: savageness |