| lovastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate | Synonyms: Mevacor |
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| lustiness | (noun) the property of being strong and healthy in constitution | Synonyms: hardiness, robustness |
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| luting | (noun) a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid | Synonyms: lute |
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| marketing | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: merchandising, selling |
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| (noun) shopping at a market | - |
| (noun) the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service | - |
| martin | (noun) any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas | - |
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| martinet | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: disciplinarian, moralist |
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| martingale | (noun) a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head | - |
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| (noun) spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat | Synonyms: dolphin striker |
| martini | (noun) a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth | - |
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| matinee | (noun) a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon) | - |
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| mating | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, pairing, sexual union, union |
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| matins | (noun) the first canonical hour; at daybreak | Synonyms: morning prayer |
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| matting | (noun) a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp) | - |
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| (noun) mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture | Synonyms: mat |
| mediastinum | (noun) the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus | - |
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| meeting | (noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose | Synonyms: coming together, congress |
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| (noun) the act of joining together as one | Synonyms: coming together, merging |
| (noun) a casual or unexpected convergence | Synonyms: encounter |
| (noun) a formally arranged gathering | Synonyms: group meeting |
| (noun) a small informal social gathering | Synonyms: get together |
| (noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) | Synonyms: confluence |
| meetinghouse | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: conventicle |
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| melting | (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid | Synonyms: melt, thaw, thawing |
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| mexiletine | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias | Synonyms: Mexitil |
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| mezzotint | (noun) print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade | - |
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| mightiness | (noun) physical strength | Synonyms: might, power |
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| mintiness | (noun) The state or condition of having a flavour or essence of mint. | - |
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| misdating | (noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: anachronism, mistiming |
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| mistiness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness |
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| molting | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: ecdysis, molt, moult, moulting |
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| motivating | (noun) the act of motivating; providing incentive | Synonyms: motivation |
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| moulting | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: ecdysis, molt, molting, moult |
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| mounting | (noun) framework used for support or display | - |
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| (noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climb, climbing |
| multinomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
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| mustiness | (noun) the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy | Synonyms: moldiness, must |
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| mutineer | (noun) someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) | - |
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| mutiny | (noun) open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) | - |
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| nastiness | (noun) the quality of being highly unpleasant | - |
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| (noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | Synonyms: bitchiness, cattiness, spite, spitefulness |
| (noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse | Synonyms: filth, filthiness, foulness |
| nattiness | (noun) stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance | Synonyms: dapperness, jauntiness, rakishness |
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| naughtiness | (noun) an attribute of mischievous children | Synonyms: badness, mischievousness |
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| nauseatingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, distastefulness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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| nemertine | (noun) soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract | Synonyms: nemertean, proboscis worm, ribbon worm |
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| neritina | (noun) ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters | - |
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| netting | (noun) creating nets | - |
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| (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, veiling |
| neuromarketing | (noun) marketing based on studies of consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses | Synonyms: neuro-marketing |
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| nicotine | (noun) an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide | - |
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| nightingale | (noun) European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song | Synonyms: Luscinia megarhynchos |
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| nystatin | (noun) an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes | Synonyms: Mycostatin, Nystan |
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| obstinacy | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: mulishness, obstinance, stubbornness |
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| (noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | Synonyms: bullheadedness, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness |
| obstinance | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: mulishness, obstinacy, stubbornness |
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| (noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | Synonyms: bullheadedness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness |
| officiating | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiation, refereeing, umpirage |
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| ostinato | (noun) a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition | - |
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| ousting | (noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | Synonyms: ouster |
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| outfitting | (noun) the act of renovating and fitting out a ship | - |
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| outing | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, pleasure trip, sashay |
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| (noun) a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering | Synonyms: field day, picnic |
| overacting | (noun) poor acting by a ham actor | Synonyms: hamming |
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| overcasting | (noun) a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling | Synonyms: overcast |
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| overcoating | (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoat |
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| overeating | (noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: gluttony, gula |
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| overheating | (noun) excessive heating | - |
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| overrating | (noun) a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning |
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| painting | (noun) creating a picture with paints | - |
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| (noun) the occupation of a house painter | Synonyms: house painting |
| (noun) the act of applying paint to a surface | - |
| (noun) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | Synonyms: picture |
| palatinate | (noun) a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine | - |
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| palatine | (noun) either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits | Synonyms: os palatinum, palatine bone |
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| (noun) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands | Synonyms: palsgrave |
| (noun) any of various important officials in ancient Rome | - |
| palmitin | (noun) an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid | - |
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| pancreatin | (noun) extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions | - |
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| panting | (noun) breathing heavily (as after exertion) | Synonyms: heaving |
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| (noun) any fabric used to make trousers | Synonyms: trousering |
| parachuting | (noun) descent with a parachute | Synonyms: jump |
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| pargeting | (noun) ornamental plastering | Synonyms: pargetting |
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| (noun) ornamental plasterwork | Synonyms: pargetry, pargetting |
| (noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys | Synonyms: parget, pargetting |
| pargetting | (noun) ornamental plastering | Synonyms: pargeting |
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| (noun) ornamental plasterwork | Synonyms: pargeting, pargetry |
| (noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys | Synonyms: parget, pargeting |
| paroxetine | (noun) a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil) | Synonyms: Paxil |
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| parting | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: farewell, leave-taking, leave |
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| (noun) a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions | Synonyms: part |
| patina | (noun) a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper) | - |
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| (noun) a gloss or sheen on wooden furniture produced by age, polishing, or handling | - |
| (noun) an acquired change in the appearance of something (other than metal or wood) | - |
| pectin | (noun) any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams | - |
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| pelting | (noun) anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | Synonyms: rain |
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| pertinacity | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| pertinence | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: applicability, pertinency |
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| pertinency | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: applicability, pertinence |
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| pettiness | (noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: puniness, slightness, triviality |
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| (noun) lack of generosity in trifling matters | Synonyms: littleness, smallness |
| (noun) narrowness of mind or ideas or views | - |
| petting | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, smooching, snuggling |
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| phenacetin | (noun) a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic | Synonyms: acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin |
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| philistine | (noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | Synonyms: anti-intellectual, lowbrow |
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| philistinism | (noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | Synonyms: materialism |
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| phosphocreatine | (noun) an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction | Synonyms: creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid |
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| photoretinitis | (noun) damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection | - |
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| piloting | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, pilotage |
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| (noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: pilotage |
| pipefitting | (noun) fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together | Synonyms: pipe fitting |
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| pitting | (noun) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | Synonyms: indentation, roughness |
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| planting | (noun) the act of fixing firmly in place | - |
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| (noun) putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow | - |
| (noun) a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area | - |
| plastination | (noun) a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened | - |
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| plating | (noun) the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis) | - |
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| (noun) a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface | Synonyms: metal plating |
| platinum | (noun) a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits | Synonyms: atomic number 78, Pt |
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| playacting | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playing |
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| pleating | (noun) the act of folding in parallel folds | Synonyms: plication |
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| posting | (noun) the transmission of a letter | Synonyms: mailing |
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| (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, placard, poster |
| (noun) (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records | - |
| poutine | (noun) a Canadian dish made with french fries and cheese curds topped with a light brown gravy | - |
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| pratincole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: glareole |
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| pravastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks | Synonyms: Pravachol |
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| precipitin | (noun) an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen | - |
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| predestinarian | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinationist |
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| predestinarianism | (noun) the belief or doctrine of predestinarians | - |
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| predestination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predetermination, preordination |
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| (noun) previous determination as if by destiny or fate | - |
| predestinationist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinarian |
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| prettiness | (noun) the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | Synonyms: cuteness |
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| printing | (noun) the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution | - |
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| (noun) reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication | Synonyms: printing process |
| (noun) text handwritten in the style of printed matter | - |
| (noun) all the copies of a work printed at one time | Synonyms: impression |
| proconvertin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: cothromboplastin, factor VII, stable factor |
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| procrastination | (noun) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time | Synonyms: cunctation, shillyshally |
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| (noun) slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | Synonyms: dilatoriness |