| monoplegia | (noun) paralysis of a single limb | - |
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| mugginess | (noun) a state of warm humidity | - |
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| mugging | (noun) assault with intent to rob | - |
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| muggins | (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, sap, saphead, tomfool |
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| musicologist | (noun) a student of musicology | - |
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| myalgia | (noun) pain in a muscle or group of muscles | Synonyms: myodynia |
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| mycologist | (noun) a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi | - |
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| mycophagist | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophage |
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| mythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologization |
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| mythologist | (noun) an expert on mythology | - |
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| mythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologisation |
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| nagi | (noun) medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan | Synonyms: Nageia nagi |
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| nargileh | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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| necrophagia | (noun) feeding on corpses or carrion | Synonyms: necrophagy |
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| neologism | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: coinage, neology |
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| (noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: coinage, neology |
| neologist | (noun) a lexicographer of new words and expressions | - |
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| nephralgia | (noun) pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) | - |
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| nephroangiosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephrosclerosis |
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| neuralgia | (noun) acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves | Synonyms: neuralgy |
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| neurobiologist | (noun) a specialist in neurobiology | - |
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| neurologist | (noun) a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it | Synonyms: brain doctor |
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| nierembergia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: cupflower |
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| noggin | (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, dome, noodle |
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| nogging | (noun) rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame | - |
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| nostalgia | (noun) longing for something past | - |
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| numerologist | (noun) a believer in numerology | - |
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| numismatologist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatist |
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| obligingness | (noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, deference |
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| odontalgia | (noun) an ache localized in or around a tooth | Synonyms: toothache |
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| odynophagia | (noun) severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus | - |
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| oenologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, fermentologist |
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| oesophagitis | (noun) inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux | Synonyms: esophagitis |
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| ogive | (noun) front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere | Synonyms: nose cone |
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| oleaginousness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: greasiness, oiliness |
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| (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
| omophagia | (noun) the eating of raw food | - |
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| oncologist | (noun) a specialist in oncology | - |
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| ophthalmologist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, oculist |
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| ophthalmoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye | - |
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| orchidalgia | (noun) pain in the testes | - |
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| origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, extraction |
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| (noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | - |
| (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origination |
| (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
| (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source |
| (noun) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | - |
| original | (noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master, master copy |
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| (noun) something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | Synonyms: archetype, pilot |
| originalism | (noun) the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it | - |
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| originality | (noun) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | - |
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| (noun) the ability to think and act independently | - |
| origination | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction |
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| (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origin |
| originator | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, mastermind |
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| ornithologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies birds | Synonyms: bird watcher |
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| osteologist | (noun) an anatomist who is skilled in osteology | Synonyms: osteologer |
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| otalgia | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: earache |
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| otolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| otologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases | Synonyms: ear doctor, ear specialist |
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| otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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| packaging | (noun) the business of packing | - |
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| (noun) material used to make packages | - |
| (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
| pagination | (noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: folio, page number, paging |
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| paging | (noun) calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system) | - |
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| (noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: folio, page number, pagination |
| palaeontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, paleontologist |
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| paleontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, palaeontologist |
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| paperhanging | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: papering |
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| paralogism | (noun) an unintentionally invalid argument | - |
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| paraplegia | (noun) paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma) | - |
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| paraplegic | (noun) a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down) | - |
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| parapsychologist | (noun) someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance | - |
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| pathologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | Synonyms: diagnostician |
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| pedagogics | (noun) the principles and methods of instruction | Synonyms: pedagogy, teaching method |
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| penologist | (noun) a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management | - |
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| perinatologist | (noun) an obstetrician specializing in perinatology | - |
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| phalangist | (noun) a Spanish member of General Franco's political party | Synonyms: falangist |
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| phalangitis | (noun) inflammation of a finger or toe | - |
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| pharmacologist | (noun) someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) | Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist |
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| pharyngitis | (noun) inflammation of the fauces and pharynx | Synonyms: raw throat, sore throat |
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| philologist | (noun) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship | Synonyms: philologue |
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| phlogiston | (noun) a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning | - |
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| phonologist | (noun) a specialist in phonology | - |
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| photalgia | (noun) pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | Synonyms: photophobia |
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| phrenologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: craniologist |
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| physiologist | (noun) a biologist specializing in physiology | - |
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| physostegia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers | - |
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| phytologist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: botanist, plant scientist |
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| pidgin | (noun) an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages | - |
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| piggishness | (noun) an excessive desire for food | Synonyms: greediness, hoggishness |
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| pillaging | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, plundering |
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| pirogi | (noun) small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | Synonyms: piroshki, pirozhki |
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| plagiarisation | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarism, plagiarization |
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| plagiariser | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiarist, plagiarizer |
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| plagiarism | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarization |
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| (noun) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work | - |
| plagiarist | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarizer |
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| plagiarization | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarism |
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| plagiarizer | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist |
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| plagiocephaly | (noun) congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique | - |
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| plagioclase | (noun) any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks | Synonyms: oligoclase |
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| pleuralgia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: costalgia, pleurodynia |
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| podalgia | (noun) foot pain | - |
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| pomologist | (noun) someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees | - |
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| pongid | (noun) any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae | Synonyms: great ape |
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| prestidigitation | (noun) manual dexterity in the execution of tricks | Synonyms: sleight of hand |
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| prestidigitator | (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician |
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| prestigiousness | (noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | Synonyms: prestige |
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| priggishness | (noun) exaggerated and arrogant properness | Synonyms: primness |
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| proctalgia | (noun) pain in the rectum | - |
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| proctologist | (noun) a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus | - |
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| protozoologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies protozoans | - |
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