| jejuneness | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness |
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| (noun) quality of inadequate nutritive value | Synonyms: jejunity |
| (noun) lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life | Synonyms: callowness, juvenility |
| jejunitis | (noun) inflammation of the jejunum of the small intestine | - |
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| jejunity | (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness |
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| (noun) quality of inadequate nutritive value | Synonyms: jejuneness |
| jejunoileitis | (noun) inflammation of the jejunum and the ileum of the small intestine | - |
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| jejunostomy | (noun) surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding | - |
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| jejunum | (noun) the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum | - |
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| jocundity | (noun) a feeling of facetious merriment | Synonyms: jocularity |
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| jounce | (noun) a sudden jarring impact | Synonyms: jar, jolt, shock |
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| junco | (noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: snowbird |
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| junction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: adjunction |
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| (noun) the place where two or more things come together | - |
| (noun) something that joins or connects | Synonyms: conjunction |
| (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, juncture |
| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: colligation, conjugation, conjunction |
| juncture | (noun) an event that occurs at a critical time | Synonyms: occasion |
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| (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, junction |
| (noun) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made | Synonyms: critical point, crossroads |
| juneberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry |
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| jungle | (noun) a place where hoboes camp | Synonyms: hobo camp |
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| (noun) an impenetrable equatorial forest | - |
| (noun) a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival | - |
| junior | (noun) the younger of two persons | - |
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| (noun) a third-year undergraduate | - |
| (noun) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male | - |
| juniper | (noun) wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
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| (noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | Synonyms: Genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem |
| (noun) coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
| junk | (noun) any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails | - |
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| (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, dust, rubble |
| junket | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
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| (noun) a trip taken by an official at public expense | - |
| (noun) dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet | - |
| junketing | (noun) taking an excursion for pleasure | - |
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| junkie | (noun) a narcotics addict | Synonyms: drug addict, junky |
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| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: addict, freak, junky, nut |
| junky | (noun) a narcotics addict | Synonyms: drug addict, junkie |
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| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: addict, freak, junkie, nut |
| junkyard | (noun) a field where junk is collected and stored for resale | - |
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| junta | (noun) a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power | Synonyms: military junta |
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| junto | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, camarilla, faction |
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| keratoconjunctivitis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva | - |
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| koruna | (noun) the basic unit of money in Czech Republic | - |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Slovakia | - |
| kunzite | (noun) a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone | - |
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| lacuna | (noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: blank |
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| lacunar | (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, coffer |
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| laguna | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, lagune |
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| lagune | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, laguna |
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| launce | (noun) very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches | Synonyms: sand eel, sand lance, sand launce |
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| launch | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launching |
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| (noun) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck | - |
| launcher | (noun) armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | Synonyms: rocket launcher |
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| (noun) a device that launches aircraft from a warship | Synonyms: catapult |
| launching | (noun) the act of propelling with force | Synonyms: launch |
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| (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, unveiling |
| (noun) the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time | - |
| launchpad | (noun) a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched | Synonyms: launch area, launch pad, launching pad, pad |
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| launderette | (noun) a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers | Synonyms: Laundromat |
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| laundering | (noun) washing clothes and bed linens | - |
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| laundress | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| laundry | (noun) workplace where clothes are washed and ironed | - |
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| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: wash, washables, washing |
| laundryman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: washerman |
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| laundrywoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| leflunomide | (noun) an anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally; can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium | Synonyms: Arava |
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| leprechaun | (noun) a mischievous elf in Irish folklore | - |
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| lounge | (noun) a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait | Synonyms: waiting area, waiting room |
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| (noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person | Synonyms: couch, sofa |
| lounger | (noun) an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it | Synonyms: recliner, reclining chair |
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| (noun) an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear | - |
| (noun) someone who wastes time | Synonyms: dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, mope |
| loungewear | (noun) clothing suitable for relaxation | - |
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| lunacy | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, tomfoolery |
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| (noun) obsolete terms for legal insanity | Synonyms: insaneness, madness |
| lunatic | (noun) an insane person | Synonyms: maniac |
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| (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, madcap, swashbuckler |
| lunation | (noun) the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) | Synonyms: lunar month, moon, synodic month |
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| lunch | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, luncheon, tiffin |
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| luncheon | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, lunch, tiffin |
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| luncher | (noun) someone who is eating lunch | - |
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| lunching | (noun) the act of eating lunch | - |
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| lunchroom | (noun) a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased | - |
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| lunchtime | (noun) the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch | Synonyms: lunch period |
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| lunette | (noun) oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault | Synonyms: fenestella |
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| (noun) temporary fortification like a detached bastion | - |
| lung | (noun) either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood | - |
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| lunge | (noun) the act of moving forward suddenly | Synonyms: lurch |
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| (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: passado, straight thrust |
| lungen | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, longanberry, Nephelium longana |
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| lunger | (noun) someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing) | - |
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| (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: consumptive, tubercular |
| lungfish | (noun) air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought | - |
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| lungi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungyi |
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| lungyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungi |
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| lunkhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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| lunula | (noun) a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age | - |
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| (noun) the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail | Synonyms: half-moon, lunule |
| lunule | (noun) the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail | Synonyms: half-moon, lunula |
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| malfunction | (noun) a failure to function normally | - |
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| manhunt | (noun) an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) | - |
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| maund | (noun) a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries | - |
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| millrun | (noun) a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel | Synonyms: millrace |
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| miscount | (noun) an inaccurate count | - |
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| misfortune | (noun) unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | Synonyms: bad luck |
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| (noun) an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | Synonyms: bad luck, ill luck, tough luck |
| mispronunciation | (noun) incorrect pronunciation | - |
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| misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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| (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
| mound | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| (noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Synonyms: hill |
| (noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | Synonyms: hill, pitcher's mound |
| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, pile |
| (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll |
| mount | (noun) the act of climbing something | Synonyms: climb |
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| (noun) a lightweight horse kept for riding only | Synonyms: riding horse, saddle horse |
| (noun) something forming a back that is added for strengthening | Synonyms: backing |
| (noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | Synonyms: setting |
| (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mountain |
| mountain | (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mount |
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| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| mountaineer | (noun) someone who climbs mountains | Synonyms: mountain climber |
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| mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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| mountainside | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: versant |
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| mountebank | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: charlatan |
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| mounter | (noun) someone who ascends on foot | Synonyms: climber |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. | - |
| 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 |
| mucuna | (noun) any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres | - |
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| multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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| munch | (noun) a large bite | - |
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| muncher | (noun) a chewer who makes a munching noise | - |
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| mundaneness | (noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | Synonyms: mundanity, sophistication, worldliness |
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| (noun) the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | Synonyms: mundanity, ordinariness |
| mundanity | (noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | Synonyms: mundaneness, sophistication, worldliness |
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| (noun) the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | Synonyms: mundaneness, ordinariness |
| mung | (noun) seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung bean, munggo |
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| (noun) erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus | Synonyms: mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata |
| (noun) seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung bean, munggo |
| munggo | (noun) seed of the mung bean plant used for food; food from the seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean |
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| (noun) seed of the mung bean plant; used for food; seed of the mung bean plant | Synonyms: golden gram, green bean, green gram, green soy, mash bean, monggo, moong, mung, mung bean |
| municipality | (noun) people living in a town or city having local self-government | - |
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| (noun) an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government | - |
| munificence | (noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | Synonyms: largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness |
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| muniments | (noun) deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land | - |
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| munition | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, weaponry, weapons system |
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| (noun) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it | Synonyms: fortification |
| (noun) military supplies | Synonyms: ordnance, ordnance store |
| munj | (noun) tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets | Synonyms: munja, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja |
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| munja | (noun) tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets | Synonyms: munj, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja |
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| munjeet | (noun) perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient | Synonyms: Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia |
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| muntjac | (noun) small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark | Synonyms: barking deer |
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| muskellunge | (noun) large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America | Synonyms: Esox masquinongy |
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| (noun) flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish | - |