| lactate | (noun) a salt or ester of lactic acid | - |
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| laminate | (noun) a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers | - |
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| latecomer | (noun) someone who arrives late | - |
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| lateen | (noun) a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean | Synonyms: lateen sail |
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| latency | (noun) the state of being not yet evident or active | - |
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| (noun) the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it | Synonyms: latent period, reaction time, response time |
| (noun) (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head | Synonyms: rotational latency |
| lateness | (noun) quality of coming late or later in time | - |
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| lateral | (noun) a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer | Synonyms: lateral pass |
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| lateralisation | (noun) localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain | Synonyms: laterality, lateralization |
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| laterality | (noun) superior development of one side of the body | Synonyms: dominance |
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| (noun) the property of using one hand more than the other | Synonyms: handedness |
| (noun) localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain | Synonyms: lateralisation, lateralization |
| lateralization | (noun) localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain | Synonyms: lateralisation, laterality |
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| latergram | (noun) a photo to be posted to Instagram at a later date | - |
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| laterite | (noun) a red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides | - |
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| latest | (noun) the most recent news or development | - |
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| latex | (noun) a water-base paint that has a latex binder | Synonyms: latex paint, rubber-base paint |
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| (noun) a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air | - |
| laureate | (noun) someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath | - |
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| lechatelierite | (noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: crystal, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
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| legate | (noun) a member of a legation | Synonyms: official emissary |
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| legatee | (noun) someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
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| legateship | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legation |
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| lemniscate | (noun) any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight | - |
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| levirate | (noun) the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line | - |
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| licentiate | (noun) holds a license (degree) from a (European) university | - |
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| lichgate | (noun) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals | Synonyms: lychgate |
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| liftgate | (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatch, hatchback, hatchback door |
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| limewater | (noun) solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid | - |
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| literate | (noun) a person who can read and write | Synonyms: literate person |
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| litterateur | (noun) a writer of literary works | Synonyms: essayist |
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| locater | (noun) a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | Synonyms: locator |
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| lychgate | (noun) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals | Synonyms: lichgate |
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| macerate | (noun) a macerated substance, sometimes used to infuse vodka with flavor. | - |
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| magistrate | (noun) a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) | - |
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| magnate | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
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| maleate | (noun) a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation | - |
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| maltreater | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: abuser |
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| manatee | (noun) sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | Synonyms: Trichechus manatus |
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| mandate | (noun) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory | - |
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| (noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
| (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | Synonyms: mandatory |
| manganate | (noun) a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion | - |
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| margate | (noun) a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil | Synonyms: Haemulon album |
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| mate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: checkmate |
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| (noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: match |
| (noun) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate | - |
| (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, partner, spouse |
| (noun) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) | - |
| (noun) the officer below the master on a commercial ship | Synonyms: first mate |
| (noun) informal term for a friend of the same sex | - |
| (noun) a fellow member of a team | Synonyms: teammate |
| (noun) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea | Synonyms: Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea |
| (noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: fellow |
| matelote | (noun) highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock | - |
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| mater | (noun) an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously | - |
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| materfamilias | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: matriarch |
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| material | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, textile |
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| (noun) things needed for doing or making something | - |
| (noun) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form | - |
| (noun) a person judged suitable for admission or employment | - |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: stuff |
| materialisation | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialization |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialization, offspring |
| (noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialization |
| materialism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | Synonyms: physicalism |
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| (noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | Synonyms: philistinism |
| materialist | (noun) someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter | - |
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| (noun) someone with great regard for material possessions | - |
| materiality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporality, corporeality, physicalness |
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| (noun) relevance requiring careful consideration | - |
| materialization | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialisation |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, offspring |
| (noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialisation |
| materiel | (noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: equipage |
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| maternalism | (noun) motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children | - |
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| (noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternity, motherliness |
| maternity | (noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness |
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| (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | Synonyms: motherhood |
| (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: gestation, pregnancy |
| mates | (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: couple, match |
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| matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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| matriculate | (noun) someone who has been admitted to a college or university | - |
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| meclofenamate | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis | Synonyms: meclofenamate sodium, Meclomen |
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| mediateness | (noun) the quality of being mediate | Synonyms: mediacy |
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| mellitate | (noun) a salt of mellitic acid. | - |
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| meltwater | (noun) melted snow or ice | - |
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| meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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| messmate | (noun) (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) | - |
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| methotrexate | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: amethopterin, methotrexate sodium |
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| methylphenidate | (noun) central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children | Synonyms: Ritalin |
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| miltomate | (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo |
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| misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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| moderate | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderationist |
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| moderateness | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderation |
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| (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: modestness, reasonableness |
| monohydrate | (noun) a hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound | - |
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| muscatel | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat, muscat grape |
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| (noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscat |
| myelatelia | (noun) any developmental defect of the spinal cord | - |
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| nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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| nates | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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| neonate | (noun) a baby from birth to four weeks | Synonyms: newborn |
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| nitrate | (noun) any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | - |
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| noncandidate | (noun) someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office | - |
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| noviciate | (noun) the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order) | Synonyms: novitiate |
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| novitiate | (noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows | Synonyms: novice |
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| (noun) the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order) | Synonyms: noviciate |
| numberplate | (noun) a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number | Synonyms: license plate |
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| oblate | (noun) a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life | - |
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| oblateness | (noun) the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles | Synonyms: ellipticity |
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| odonate | (noun) large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings | - |
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| opiate | (noun) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative | - |
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| ordinate | (noun) the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis | - |
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| organophosphate | (noun) an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system | - |
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| ornateness | (noun) an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated | Synonyms: elaborateness |
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| (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, rhetoric |
| orthophosphate | (noun) a salt of phosphoric acid | Synonyms: inorganic phosphate, phosphate |
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| overestimate | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning |
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| (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation |
| overstatement | (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification |
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| oxalacetate | (noun) a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid | Synonyms: oxaloacetate |
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| oxalate | (noun) a salt or ester of oxalic acid | - |
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| oxaloacetate | (noun) a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid | Synonyms: oxalacetate |
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| palate | (noun) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | Synonyms: roof of the mouth |
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| palatinate | (noun) a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine | - |
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| panatela | (noun) a long slender cigar | Synonyms: panetela, panetella |
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| pancreatectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas | - |
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| particulate | (noun) a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) | Synonyms: particulate matter |
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| passionateness | (noun) a strong feeling or emotion | Synonyms: passion |
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| pastorate | (noun) the position of pastor | Synonyms: pastorship |
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| (noun) pastors collectively | - |
| pate | (noun) liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned | - |
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| (noun) the top of the head | Synonyms: crown, poll |
| patella | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneecap, kneepan |
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| patency | (noun) the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct | - |
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| (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness |