| hymenium | (noun) spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia | - |
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| hymenopter | (noun) insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing | Synonyms: hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect |
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| hymenopteran | (noun) insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing | Synonyms: hymenopter, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect |
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| hymenopteron | (noun) insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing | Synonyms: hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopterous insect |
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| hymie | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew | Synonyms: kike, sheeny, yid |
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| hymn | (noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | Synonyms: anthem |
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| hymnal | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnary, hymnbook |
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| hymnary | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnal, hymnbook |
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| hymnbook | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnal, hymnary |
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| hymnody | (noun) the act of singing psalms or hymns | Synonyms: psalmody |
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| hymnography | (noun) (music) the craft of hymn composition. | - |
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| hypernym | (noun) a word that is more generic than a given word | Synonyms: superordinate, superordinate word |
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| hypernymy | (noun) the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class | Synonyms: superordination |
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| hyponym | (noun) a word that is more specific than a given word | Synonyms: subordinate, subordinate word |
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| hyponymy | (noun) the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | Synonyms: subordination |
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| infantryman | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, footslogger, marcher |
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| isocryme | (noun) a line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year. | - |
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| journeyman | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artificer, artisan, craftsman |
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| juryman | (noun) a male who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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| karyolymph | (noun) a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed | - |
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| kymograph | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) | Synonyms: cymograph |
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| lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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| lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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| laundryman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: washerman |
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| layman | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layperson, secular |
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| liveryman | (noun) a worker in a livery stable | - |
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| lymantriid | (noun) dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees | Synonyms: tussock moth |
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| lymph | (noun) a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels | - |
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| lymphadenitis | (noun) inflammation of lymph nodes | - |
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| lymphadenoma | (noun) an abnormally enlarged lymph node | - |
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| lymphadenopathy | (noun) chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease) | - |
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| lymphangiectasia | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasis |
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| lymphangiectasis | (noun) dilatation of a lymph vessel | Synonyms: lymphangiectasia |
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| lymphangiogram | (noun) an angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance | - |
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| lymphangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram | Synonyms: lymphography |
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| lymphangioma | (noun) benign angioma consisting of a mass of lymphatic vessels | - |
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| lymphangitis | (noun) inflammation of a lymph vessel | - |
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| lymphedema | (noun) swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas | - |
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| lymphoblast | (noun) an immature lymphocyte | - |
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| lymphocyte | (noun) an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection | Synonyms: lymph cell |
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| lymphocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | Synonyms: lymphopenia |
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| lymphocytosis | (noun) an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | - |
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| lymphogranuloma | (noun) swelling of a lymph node | - |
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| lymphography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram | Synonyms: lymphangiography |
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| lymphokine | (noun) a cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages) | - |
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| lymphoma | (noun) a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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| lymphopenia | (noun) an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | Synonyms: lymphocytopenia |
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| lymphopoiesis | (noun) the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen | - |
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| lymphuria | (noun) the presence of lymph in the urine | - |
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| lysozyme | (noun) an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria | Synonyms: muramidase |
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| matronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: metronymic |
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| meronym | (noun) a word that names a part of a larger whole | Synonyms: part name |
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| meronymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole | Synonyms: part to whole relation |
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| merrymaker | (noun) a celebrant who shares in a noisy party | Synonyms: reveler, reveller |
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| merrymaking | (noun) a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | Synonyms: conviviality, jollification |
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| mesenchyme | (noun) mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles | - |
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| methylenedioxymethamphetamine | (noun) a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States | Synonyms: MDMA |
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| metonym | (noun) a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing | - |
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| metonymy | (noun) substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') | - |
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| metronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: matronymic |
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| microtoponym | (noun) a name of a "minor" or small natural feature (e.g., a field, path, bridge, ditch, etc.). | - |
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| mollymawk | (noun) large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | Synonyms: albatross |
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| moneymaker | (noun) a project that generates a continuous flow of money | Synonyms: cash cow, money-spinner |
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| (noun) someone who is successful in accumulating wealth | - |
| moneymaking | (noun) the act of making money (and accumulating wealth) | - |
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| moneyman | (noun) a person skilled in large scale financial transactions | Synonyms: financier |
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| mym | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: myriameter, myriametre |
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| neodymium | (noun) a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium | Synonyms: atomic number 60, Nd |
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| nonpayment | (noun) the deliberate act of failing to pay money | Synonyms: evasion |
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| (noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: default, nonremittal |
| (noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: default, nonremittal |
| nurseryman | (noun) someone who takes care of a garden | Synonyms: gardener |
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| nymph | (noun) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | - |
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| (noun) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden | - |
| (noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: houri |
| nymphalid | (noun) medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast | Synonyms: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid butterfly |
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| nymphet | (noun) a sexually attractive young woman | - |
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| nympho | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| nympholepsy | (noun) a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable | - |
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| nympholept | (noun) a person seized by nympholepsy | - |
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| nymphomania | (noun) abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
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| nymphomaniac | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nympho |
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| overpayment | (noun) the act of paying too much | - |
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| (noun) a payment larger than needed or expected | - |
| oxymoron | (noun) conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') | - |
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| paddymelon | (noun) small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea | Synonyms: pademelon |
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| pantryman | (noun) a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table | Synonyms: butler |
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| parasympathetic | (noun) originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels | Synonyms: parasympathetic nervous system |
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| parenchyma | (noun) animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels | - |
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| (noun) the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | - |
| paronym | (noun) a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling | - |
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| patronym | (noun) a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | Synonyms: patronymic |
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| patronymic | (noun) a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | Synonyms: patronym |
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| paymaster | (noun) a person in charge of paying wages | - |
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| payment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, defrayment |
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| (noun) an act of requiting; returning in kind | Synonyms: requital |
| (noun) a sum of money paid or a claim discharged | - |
| perilymph | (noun) the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
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| pertainym | (noun) meaning relating to or pertaining to | - |
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| playmaker | (noun) a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score | - |
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| playmate | (noun) a companion at play | Synonyms: playfellow |
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| polymastigote | (noun) flagellates with several flagella | - |
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| polymath | (noun) a person of great and varied learning | - |
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| polymer | (noun) a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers | - |
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| polymerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA | - |
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| polymerisation | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerization |
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| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| polymetry | (noun) The combining of different metres simultaneously. | - |
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| polymorph | (noun) an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites | - |
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