| homeobox | (noun) one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development | Synonyms: homeobox gene |
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| homophobe | (noun) a person who hates or fears homosexual people | - |
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| homophobia | (noun) prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality | - |
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| hydrophobia | (noun) an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain | Synonyms: lyssa, madness, rabies |
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| (noun) a morbid fear of water | - |
| (noun) a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids | - |
| hydrophobicity | (noun) the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water | - |
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| hypnophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of falling asleep | - |
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| hypobasidium | (noun) special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales | - |
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| hypobetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol | - |
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| hypoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, entoderm |
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| hypogammaglobulinemia | (noun) an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection | - |
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| ignobility | (noun) the quality of being ignoble | Synonyms: ignobleness |
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| ignobleness | (noun) the quality of being ignoble | Synonyms: ignobility |
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| immobilisation | (noun) the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement | Synonyms: immobilization, immobilizing |
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| (noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing | Synonyms: immobilization |
| immobility | (noun) the quality of not moving | - |
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| (noun) remaining in place | Synonyms: fixedness, stationariness |
| immobilization | (noun) the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement | Synonyms: immobilisation, immobilizing |
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| (noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing | Synonyms: immobilisation |
| immobilizing | (noun) the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement | Synonyms: immobilisation, immobilization |
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| immunoglobulin | (noun) a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response | Synonyms: Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin |
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| improbability | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbableness |
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| improbableness | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbability |
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| insobriety | (noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness |
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| isobar | (noun) (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time | - |
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| isobase | (noun) a line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant land upheaval. | - |
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| isobront | (noun) a line drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously. | - |
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| isobutylene | (noun) used also in making gasoline components | - |
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| jeroboam | (noun) a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon) | Synonyms: double-magnum |
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| job | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, line, line of work, occupation |
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| (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: chore, task |
| (noun) a crime (especially a robbery) | Synonyms: caper |
| (noun) a damaging piece of work | - |
| (noun) the responsibility to do something | - |
| (noun) the performance of a piece of work | - |
| (noun) a workplace; as in the expression `on the job' | - |
| (noun) an object worked on; a result produced by working | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit | - |
| (noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: problem |
| jobber | (noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: middleman, wholesaler |
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| jobbery | (noun) corruptness among public officials | - |
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| jobcentre | (noun) a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered | - |
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| jobholder | (noun) an employee who holds a regular job | - |
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| kabob | (noun) cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | Synonyms: kebab, shish kebab |
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| katharobe | (noun) an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter | - |
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| keyfob | (noun) A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped. | Synonyms: key fob |
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| kilobit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits | Synonyms: kb, kbit |
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| kilobyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kibibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB |
| knob | (noun) a round handle | - |
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| (noun) a circular rounded projection or protuberance | Synonyms: boss |
| (noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: pommel |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: node, thickening |
| knobble | (noun) a small knob | - |
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| knobkerrie | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerry |
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| knobkerry | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerrie |
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| kob | (noun) an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa | Synonyms: Kobus kob |
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| kobo | (noun) 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria | - |
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| lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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| lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| lepidobotrys | (noun) African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds | - |
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| lepidophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of snakes | - |
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| lob | (noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | - |
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| (noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc | - |
| lobby | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule |
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| (noun) an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying | Synonyms: advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house |
| (noun) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | - |
| lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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| lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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| lobe | (noun) a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure | - |
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| (noun) (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part | - |
| (noun) the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern | - |
| (noun) (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided | - |
| lobectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain) | - |
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| lobefin | (noun) any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form | Synonyms: crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish |
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| lobelia | (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia | - |
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| loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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| lobotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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| lobscouse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscuse, scouse |
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| lobscuse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, scouse |
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| lobster | (noun) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a lobster | - |
| lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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| lobsterman | (noun) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters | - |
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| lobularity | (noun) the property of having lobules | - |
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| lobule | (noun) a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe | - |
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| lobworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lug, lugworm |
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| lymphoblast | (noun) an immature lymphocyte | - |
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| macrobiotics | (noun) the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
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| megaloblast | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency | - |
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| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
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| mephobarbital | (noun) a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy | Synonyms: Mebaral |
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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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| merobenthos | (noun) benthos consisting of organisms in pre-adult stages that later become adult in the plankton. | - |
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| mesoblast | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoderm |
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| microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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| microbar | (noun) the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter | Synonyms: bar absolute, barye |
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| microbat | (noun) typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | Synonyms: carnivorous bat |
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| microbe | (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: bug, germ |
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| microbenthos | (noun) microscopic benthic organisms that are less than 0.1 mm in size. | - |
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| microbiologist | (noun) a specialist in microbiology | - |
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| microbiology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans | - |
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| microblog | (noun) a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings. | - |
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| microbrachia | (noun) abnormally small arms | - |
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| microbrewery | (noun) a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere | - |
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| mob | (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | Synonyms: rabble, rout |
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| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, pack, ring |
| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, family, syndicate |
| mobcap | (noun) large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women | - |
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| mobile | (noun) sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents | - |
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| mobilisation | (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilization |
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| (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilization |
| mobility | (noun) the quality of moving freely | - |
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| mobilization | (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilisation |
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| (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilisation |
| mobocracy | (noun) a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses | Synonyms: ochlocracy |
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| mobster | (noun) a criminal who is a member of gang | Synonyms: gangster |
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| monoblast | (noun) a large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| musophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of mice | - |
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| mycobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacterium |
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| mycobacterium | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacteria |
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| myeloblast | (noun) a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow | - |
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| myoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed | - |
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| myoglobinuria | (noun) the presence of myoglobin in the urine | - |
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| myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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| mysophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of dirt or contamination | - |
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| myxobacter | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
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