| lintwhite | (noun) small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead | Synonyms: Carduelis cannabina, linnet |
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| literate | (noun) a person who can read and write | Synonyms: literate person |
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| lithophyte | (noun) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere | Synonyms: lithophytic plant |
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| lorgnette | (noun) eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle | - |
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| lotte | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, monkfish |
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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 | - |
| lute | (noun) chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard | - |
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| (noun) a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid | Synonyms: luting |
| lychgate | (noun) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals | Synonyms: lichgate |
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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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| macerate | (noun) a macerated substance, sometimes used to infuse vodka with flavor. | - |
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| machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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| macrocyte | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) | Synonyms: megalocyte |
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| magistrate | (noun) a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) | - |
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| magnate | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
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| magnesite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium | - |
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| magnetite | (noun) an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets | Synonyms: magnetic iron-ore |
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| maisonette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonnette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonnette |
| maisonnette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonette |
| majorette | (noun) a female drum major | Synonyms: drum majorette |
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| (noun) a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band | Synonyms: drum majorette |
| malachite | (noun) a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects | - |
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| malamute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malemute |
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| maleate | (noun) a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation | - |
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| malemute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malamute |
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| mandate | (noun) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory | - |
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| (noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
| (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | Synonyms: mandatory |
| manganate | (noun) a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion | - |
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| manganite | (noun) a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese | - |
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| margate | (noun) a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil | Synonyms: Haemulon album |
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| marguerite | (noun) tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Leucanthemum vulgare, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, oxeye daisy, white daisy |
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| (noun) perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy |
| marionette | (noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer | Synonyms: puppet |
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| marlite | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlstone |
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| marmite | (noun) a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup | - |
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| (noun) soup cooked in a large pot | - |
| martensite | (noun) a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel | - |
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| massicotite | (noun) the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment | Synonyms: massicot |
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| mastocyte | (noun) a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | Synonyms: labrocyte, mast cell |
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| mate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: checkmate |
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| (noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: match |
| (noun) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate | - |
| (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, partner, spouse |
| (noun) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) | - |
| (noun) the officer below the master on a commercial ship | Synonyms: first mate |
| (noun) informal term for a friend of the same sex | - |
| (noun) a fellow member of a team | Synonyms: teammate |
| (noun) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea | Synonyms: Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea |
| (noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: fellow |
| matelote | (noun) highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock | - |
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| matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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| matriculate | (noun) someone who has been admitted to a college or university | - |
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| matte | (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt |
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| (noun) a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted | - |
| mebibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | Synonyms: M, MB, megabyte, MiB |
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| meclofenamate | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis | Synonyms: meclofenamate sodium, Meclomen |
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| megabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | Synonyms: M, MB, mebibyte, MiB |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes | Synonyms: M, MB |
| megagametophyte | (noun) the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores | - |
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| megakaryocyte | (noun) a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets | - |
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| megalocyte | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) | Synonyms: macrocyte |
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| melanocyte | (noun) a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone | - |
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| mellitate | (noun) a salt of mellitic acid. | - |
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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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| merozoite | (noun) a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle | - |
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| mesophyte | (noun) land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte | Synonyms: mesophytic plant |
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| mesquite | (noun) any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | Synonyms: mesquit |
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| messmate | (noun) (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) | - |
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| metabolite | (noun) any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism) | - |
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| mete | (noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation |
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| meteorite | (noun) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface | - |
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| methotrexate | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: amethopterin, methotrexate sodium |
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| methylphenidate | (noun) central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children | Synonyms: Ritalin |
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| microcyte | (noun) an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter) | - |
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| microgametophyte | (noun) the male gametophyte produced by a microspore | - |
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| microgliacyte | (noun) a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue | - |
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| micrometeorite | (noun) a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | Synonyms: micrometeor, micrometeoroid |
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| midinette | (noun) a Parisian salesgirl | - |
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| mignonette | (noun) Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance | Synonyms: Reseda odorata, sweet reseda |
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| millerite | (noun) a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel | - |
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| miltomate | (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo |
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| minute | (noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it | Synonyms: hour |
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| (noun) a short note | - |
| (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | Synonyms: arcminute, minute of arc |
| (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | Synonyms: min |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, mo, moment, second |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, moment, second |
| misquote | (noun) an incorrect quotation | Synonyms: misquotation |
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| mite | (noun) any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods | - |
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| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
| moderate | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderationist |
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| modiste | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress |
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| (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatmaker, hatter, milliner |
| molybdenite | (noun) a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds | - |
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| monazite | (noun) a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium | - |
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| monocyte | (noun) a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria | - |
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| monohydrate | (noun) a hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound | - |
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| monte | (noun) a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time | Synonyms: three-card monte |
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| moquette | (noun) a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery | - |
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| morganite | (noun) a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone | - |
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| mote | (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, particle, speck |
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| muscovite | (noun) a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium | - |
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| musette | (noun) a small bagpipe formerly popular in France | Synonyms: shepherd's pipe |
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| mute | (noun) a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument | - |
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| (noun) a deaf person who is unable to speak | Synonyms: deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute |
| myelocyte | (noun) an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myrmecophyte | (noun) plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it | - |
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| myxomycete | (noun) a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes | Synonyms: acellular slime mold, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold |
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| naivete | (noun) lack of sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: naiveness, naivety |
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| nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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| natrolite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum | - |
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| neonate | (noun) a baby from birth to four weeks | Synonyms: newborn |
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| neophyte | (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, newbie, newcomer, starter |
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| (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: catechumen |
| (noun) a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously | - |
| nephelinite | (noun) an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene | - |
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| nephelite | (noun) a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels | Synonyms: nepheline |
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| nephrite | (noun) an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders | - |
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| netiquette | (noun) Etiquette practiced or advocated in electronic communication over a computer network. | - |
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| neurogliacyte | (noun) a cell of the neuroglia | Synonyms: glial cell, neuroglial cell |
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| niobite | (noun) a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum | Synonyms: columbite |
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| nitrate | (noun) any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | - |
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| nitrite | (noun) the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid) | - |
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| nitrocalcite | (noun) the mineral form of calcium nitrate | - |
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| noncandidate | (noun) someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office | - |
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| note | (noun) a characteristic emotional quality | - |
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| (noun) a brief written record | - |
| (noun) a comment or instruction (usually added) | Synonyms: annotation, notation |
| (noun) a short personal letter | Synonyms: billet, line, short letter |
| (noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound | Synonyms: musical note, tone |
| (noun) a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling | - |
| (noun) a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time | Synonyms: note of hand, promissory note |
| (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback |
| (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: distinction, eminence, preeminence |