| fulminate | (verb) cause to explode violently and with loud noise | - |
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| (verb) come on suddenly and intensely | - |
| (verb) criticize severely | Synonyms: rail |
| fumigate | (verb) treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests | Synonyms: fume |
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| geminate | (verb) arrange or combine in pairs | - |
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| (verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: pair |
| (verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: pair |
| (verb) form by reduplication | Synonyms: reduplicate |
| germinate | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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| (verb) cause to grow or sprout | - |
| (verb) work out | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| humidify | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: moisturise, moisturize |
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| humify | (verb) convert (plant remains) into humus | - |
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| humiliate | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, mortify |
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| hypophysectomise | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomize |
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| hypophysectomize | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomise |
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| illuminate | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illumine, light, light up |
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| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| (verb) add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) | - |
| illumine | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illuminate, light, light up |
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| imitate | (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: copy, simulate |
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| (verb) make a reproduction or copy of | - |
| (verb) appear like, as in behavior or appearance | - |
| immigrate | (verb) come into a new country and change residency | - |
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| (verb) migrate to a new environment | - |
| (verb) introduce or send as immigrants | - |
| immingle | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, intermingle, intermix |
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| immix | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, meld, merge, mix |
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| incriminate | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, impeach |
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| (verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: imply, inculpate |
| ingeminate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell |
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| inseminate | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilise, fertilize |
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| (verb) place seeds in or on (the ground) | Synonyms: sow, sow in |
| intermingle | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, immingle, intermix |
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| intermit | (verb) cease an action temporarily | Synonyms: break, pause |
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| intermix | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, immingle, intermingle |
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| intimidate | (verb) make timid or fearful | - |
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| (verb) to compel or deter by or as if by threats | - |
| intromit | (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: admit, allow in, let in |
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| itemise | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: enumerate, itemize, recite |
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| (verb) place on a list of items | Synonyms: itemize |
| itemize | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: enumerate, itemise, recite |
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| (verb) place on a list of items | Synonyms: itemise |
| laminate | (verb) cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material | - |
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| (verb) press or beat (metals) into thin sheets | - |
| (verb) split (wood) into thin sheets | - |
| (verb) create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material | - |
| legitimise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimize |
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| legitimize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise |
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| limit | (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: circumscribe, confine to |
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| (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, restrict, throttle, trammel |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, set, specify |
| luminesce | (verb) be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence | - |
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| macadamise | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamize, tarmac |
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| macadamize | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, tarmac |
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| manumit | (verb) free from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: emancipate |
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| mastermind | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, orchestrate, organise, organize |
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| maximise | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximize |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximize |
| maximize | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximise |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximise |
| miaou | (verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaow |
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| miaow | (verb) make a cat-like sound | Synonyms: miaou |
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| microcopy | (verb) photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size | - |
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| microfilm | (verb) record on microfilm | - |
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| microwave | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap |
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| micturate | (verb) eliminate urine | Synonyms: make, make water, pass water, pee-pee, pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee-wee, wee |
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| middle | (verb) put in the middle | - |
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| miff | (verb) cause to be annoyed | - |
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| migrate | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there | Synonyms: transmigrate |
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| (verb) move periodically or seasonally | - |
| mildew | (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mold, mould |
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| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| militarize | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarise |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarise |
| militate | (verb) have force or influence; bring about an effect or change | - |
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| milk | (verb) take milk from female mammals | - |
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| (verb) add milk to | - |
| (verb) exploit as much as possible | - |
| mill | (verb) grind with a mill | - |
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| (verb) produce a ridge around the edge of | - |
| (verb) roll out (metal) with a rolling machine | - |
| (verb) move about in a confused manner | Synonyms: mill about, mill around |
| mime | (verb) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only | Synonyms: pantomime |
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| (verb) imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect | Synonyms: mimic |
| mimeo | (verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | Synonyms: mimeograph |
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| mimeograph | (verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | Synonyms: mimeo |
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| mimic | (verb) imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect | Synonyms: mime |
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| mince | (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: moderate, soften |
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| (verb) cut into small pieces | - |
| (verb) walk daintily | - |
| mind | (verb) keep in mind | Synonyms: bear in mind |
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| (verb) be concerned with or about something or somebody | - |
| (verb) be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to | Synonyms: beware |
| (verb) be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by | - |
| (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: heed, listen |
| (verb) be in charge of or deal with | Synonyms: take care |
| mine | (verb) lay mines | - |
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| (verb) get from the earth by excavation | - |
| mineralize | (verb) transform (a metal) into an ore | - |
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| (verb) convert into a mineral substance | - |
| mingle | (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, commix, mix, unify |
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| (verb) get involved or mixed-up with | - |
| (verb) be all mixed up or jumbled together | Synonyms: jumble |
| miniate | (verb) paint with red lead or vermilion | - |
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| (verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red | Synonyms: rubricate |
| miniaturise | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturize |
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| miniaturize | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturise |
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| minify | (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, lessen |
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| minimise | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimize |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimize, understate |
| minimize | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimise |
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| (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, derogate |
| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimise, understate |
| minister | (verb) work as a minister | - |
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| (verb) attend to the wants and needs of others | - |
| minor | (verb) have as one's secondary field of study | - |
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| minstrel | (verb) celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels | - |
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| mint | (verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing | Synonyms: coin, strike |
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| mire | (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: muck, muck up, mud |
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| (verb) be unable to move further | Synonyms: bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt |
| (verb) cause to get stuck as if in a mire | Synonyms: bog down |
| (verb) entrap | Synonyms: entangle |
| mirror | (verb) reflect or resemble | - |
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| (verb) reflect as if in a mirror | - |
| misaddress | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misdirect |
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| misadvise | (verb) give bad advice to | Synonyms: misguide |
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| misalign | (verb) align imperfectly or badly | - |
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| misally | (verb) make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately | - |
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| misapply | (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misuse |
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| misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misappropriate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate |
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| misbehave | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misconduct, misdemean |
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| misbelieve | (verb) hold a false or unorthodox belief | - |
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| miscalculate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: misestimate |
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| (verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: misestimate |
| miscall | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: misname |
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| miscarry | (verb) suffer a miscarriage | - |
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| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: fail, go wrong |
| miscast | (verb) cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role | - |
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| miscegenate | (verb) marry or cohabit with a person of another race | - |
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| misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misconduct | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage |
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| (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misdemean |
| misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| miscount | (verb) count wrongly | - |
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| miscreate | (verb) shape or form or make badly | - |
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| misdate | (verb) assign the wrong date to | - |
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| misdeal | (verb) deal cards wrongly | - |
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| misdeliver | (verb) deliver to the wrong address | - |
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| misdemean | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misconduct |
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| misdirect | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misaddress |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misguide, mislead |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| misdo | (verb) do wrongly or improperly | - |
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| misestimate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: miscalculate |
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| (verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: miscalculate |
| misfire | (verb) fail to fire or detonate | - |
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| misfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: malfunction |
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