| lysogenisation | (noun) the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome | Synonyms: lysogenization |
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| lyssa | (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: hydrophobia, madness, rabies |
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| lyssavirus | (noun) a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies | - |
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| madrasa | (noun) Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan | Synonyms: madrasah |
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| madrasah | (noun) Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan | Synonyms: madrasa |
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| magnetisation | (noun) the physical property of being magnetic | Synonyms: magnetization |
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| (noun) the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) | Synonyms: magnetic induction, magnetization |
| (noun) the extent or degree to which something is magnetized | Synonyms: magnetization |
| mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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| malfeasance | (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official | - |
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| malfeasant | (noun) one guilty of malfeasance | - |
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| malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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| mansard | (noun) a hip roof having two slopes on each side | Synonyms: mansard roof |
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| mantissa | (noun) the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808 | Synonyms: fixed-point part |
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| marbleisation | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleising, marbleization, marbleizing |
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| marginalisation | (noun) the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society) | Synonyms: marginalization |
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| margosa | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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| mariposa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: mariposa lily, mariposa tulip |
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| masculinisation | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinization, virilisation, virilization |
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| massacre | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, carnage, mass murder, slaughter |
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| 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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| massasauga | (noun) pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians | Synonyms: massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus |
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| (noun) small pygmy rattlesnake | Synonyms: ground rattler, Sistrurus miliaris |
| 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 |
| maximisation | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximization |
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| mechanisation | (noun) the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware | Synonyms: automation, mechanization |
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| (noun) the condition of having a highly technical implementation | Synonyms: mechanization |
| medusa | (noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles | Synonyms: medusan, medusoid |
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| medusan | (noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles | Synonyms: medusa, medusoid |
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| megalosaur | (noun) gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | Synonyms: megalosaurus |
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| megalosaurus | (noun) gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | Synonyms: megalosaur |
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| melosa | (noun) South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil | Synonyms: Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, Madia sativa |
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| memorialisation | (noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: commemoration, memorialization |
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| memorisation | (noun) learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | Synonyms: committal to memory, memorization |
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| memsahib | (noun) a woman sahib | - |
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| mesa | (noun) flat tableland with steep edges | Synonyms: table |
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| mesalliance | (noun) a marriage with a person of inferior social status | - |
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| 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 | - |
| messaging | (noun) the sending and processing of e-mail by computer | Synonyms: electronic messaging |
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| metatarsal | (noun) any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes | - |
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| militarisation | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarization, mobilisation, mobilization |
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| mimosa | (noun) a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice | Synonyms: buck's fizz |
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| (noun) any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves | - |
| (noun) evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers | Synonyms: Acacia dealbata, silver wattle |
| miniaturisation | (noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale | Synonyms: miniaturization |
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| minimisation | (noun) the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position | Synonyms: minimization |
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| misadventure | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: mischance, mishap |
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| misalignment | (noun) the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned | - |
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| misalliance | (noun) an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) | - |
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| misanthrope | (noun) someone who dislikes people in general | Synonyms: misanthropist |
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| misanthropist | (noun) someone who dislikes people in general | Synonyms: misanthrope |
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| misanthropy | (noun) a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people | - |
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| (noun) hatred of mankind | - |
| misapplication | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation |
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| (noun) wrong use or application | - |
| misapprehension | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: mistake, misunderstanding |
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| misappropriation | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation |
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| (noun) wrongful borrowing | - |
| misfeasance | (noun) doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner | - |
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| missal | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year | - |
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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 |
| modernisation | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernization |
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| moksa | (noun) (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth | - |
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| monetisation | (noun) establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetization |
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| monopolisation | (noun) domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: monopolization |
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| monosaccharide | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharose, simple sugar |
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| monosaccharose | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar |
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| monthsary | (noun) the one month anniversary of something | - |
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| moralisation | (noun) the act of making moral (or more moral) | Synonyms: moralization |
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| (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralization, moralizing |
| mosaic | (noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | - |
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| (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, photomosaic |
| (noun) transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube | - |
| (noun) a pattern resembling a mosaic | - |
| (noun) viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves | - |
| mosaicism | (noun) the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup | - |
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| motorisation | (noun) the act of motorizing (equipping with motors or with motor vehicles) | Synonyms: motorization |
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| moussaka | (noun) casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs | - |
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| msasa | (noun) small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers | Synonyms: Brachystegia speciformis |
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| mucopolysaccharide | (noun) complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue | - |
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| mucopolysaccharidosis | (noun) any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues | - |
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| mucosa | (noun) mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior | Synonyms: mucous membrane |
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| myelinisation | (noun) the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: myelinization |
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| myosarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of muscle tissue | - |
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| mythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologization |
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| namesake | (noun) a person with the same name as another | - |
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| nasal | (noun) an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose | Synonyms: nasal bone, os nasale |
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| (noun) a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed | Synonyms: nasal consonant |
| nasalisation | (noun) the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | Synonyms: nasalization |
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| nasality | (noun) a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators | - |
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| nasalization | (noun) the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | Synonyms: nasalisation |
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| nationalisation | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalization |
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| (noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalization |
| (noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalization |
| naturalisation | (noun) the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship | Synonyms: naturalization |
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| (noun) changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology | Synonyms: naturalization |
| (noun) the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous | Synonyms: naturalization |
| (noun) the quality of being brought into conformity with nature | Synonyms: naturalization |
| naysayer | (noun) someone with an aggressively negative attitude | - |
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| naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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| necessary | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessity, requirement, requisite |
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| neurosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue | Synonyms: malignant neuroma |
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| neutralisation | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: counteraction, neutralization |
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| (noun) action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war | Synonyms: neutralization |
| (noun) (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) | Synonyms: neutralization |
| (noun) a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water | Synonyms: neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction |
| newsagent | (noun) someone who sells newspapers | Synonyms: newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor |
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| nonfeasance | (noun) a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do | - |
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| nonpartisan | (noun) a person who is nonpartisan | Synonyms: nonpartizan |
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| nonpartisanship | (noun) an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | Synonyms: impartiality |
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| normalisation | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalization, standardisation, standardization |
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| nothosaur | (noun) extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming | - |
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| novelisation | (noun) converting something into the form of a novel | Synonyms: novelization |
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| nuisance | (noun) (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive | - |
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| (noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck |
| obeisance | (noun) the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person | Synonyms: obedience |
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| (noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting | Synonyms: bow, bowing |
| oligosaccharide | (noun) any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| oophorosalpingectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes | - |
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| opsonisation | (noun) process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis | Synonyms: opsonization |
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| optimisation | (noun) the act of rendering optimal | Synonyms: optimization |
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| organisation | (noun) the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business | Synonyms: organization |
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| (noun) the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically | Synonyms: organization |
| (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, establishment, formation, organization |
| (noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organization, system |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organization, system |
| (noun) a group of people who work together | Synonyms: organization |
| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organization |
| orinasal | (noun) a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) | Synonyms: orinasal phone |
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| osteosarcoma | (noun) malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur | Synonyms: osteogenic sarcoma |
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