| mamey | (noun) globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh | Synonyms: mammee, mammee apple |
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| (noun) tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind | Synonyms: Mammea americana, mammee, mammee apple, mammee tree |
| medicament | (noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | Synonyms: medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
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| megagametophyte | (noun) the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores | - |
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| metamere | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: somite |
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| metameric | (adjective) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters | Synonyms: segmental, segmented |
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| microgametophyte | (noun) the male gametophyte produced by a microspore | - |
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| misname | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: miscall |
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| moorgame | (noun) reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain | Synonyms: Lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, red grouse |
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| myriameter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: mym, myriametre |
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| myriametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: mym, myriameter |
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| name | (noun) by the sanction or authority of | - |
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| (noun) a language unit by which a person or thing is known | - |
| (noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: epithet |
| (noun) family based on male descent | Synonyms: gens |
| (noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: figure, public figure |
| (noun) a person's reputation | - |
| (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: diagnose |
| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out |
| (verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: identify |
| (verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, call, know as |
| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, mention, refer |
| (verb) mention and identify by name | - |
| (verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: list |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, nominate |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, nominate |
| namedrop | (verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | - |
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| nameko | (noun) one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan | Synonyms: Pholiota nameko, viscid mushroom |
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| nameless | (adjective) being or having an unknown or unnamed source | Synonyms: unidentified, unknown, unnamed |
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| namelessness | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: anonymity |
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| namely | (adverb) as follows | Synonyms: that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz. |
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| nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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| namer | (noun) a person who gives a name or names | - |
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| names | (noun) verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument | Synonyms: name calling |
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| namesake | (noun) a person with the same name as another | - |
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| nickname | (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet |
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| (noun) a descriptive name for a place or thing | - |
| (verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: dub |
| nonparametric | (adjective) not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic | - |
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| octameter | (noun) a verse line having eight metrical feet | - |
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| ornament | (noun) something used to beautify | Synonyms: decoration, ornamentation |
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| (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace |
| (verb) be an ornament to | - |
| ornamental | (adjective) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | Synonyms: cosmetic, decorative |
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| (noun) any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value | - |
| ornamentalism | (noun) the practice of ornamental display | - |
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| ornamentalist | (noun) someone who decorates | Synonyms: decorator |
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| ornamentally | (adverb) in an ornamental, nonfunctional manner | - |
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| ornamentation | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: embellishment |
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| (noun) something used to beautify | Synonyms: decoration, ornament |
| (noun) the state of being ornamented | - |
| paramecia | (noun) any member of the genus Paramecium | Synonyms: paramecium |
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| paramecium | (noun) any member of the genus Paramecium | Synonyms: paramecia |
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| paramedic | (noun) a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | Synonyms: paramedical |
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| paramedical | (adjective) of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities | - |
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| (noun) a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | Synonyms: paramedic |
| parameter | (noun) a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves | Synonyms: parametric quantity |
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| (noun) a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | Synonyms: argument |
| (noun) any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance | - |
| parametric | (adjective) of or relating to or in terms of a parameter | - |
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| parametritis | (noun) inflammation of connective tissue adjacent to the uterus | - |
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| parliament | (noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | Synonyms: fantan, sevens |
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| (noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries | - |
| parliamentarian | (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures | - |
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| parliamentary | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of a parliament | - |
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| (adjective) having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament | - |
| (adjective) in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly | - |
| pentamerous | (adjective) divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members | - |
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| pentameter | (noun) a verse line having five metrical feet | - |
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| pentamethylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentylenetetrazol |
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| predicament | (noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | Synonyms: plight, quandary |
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| pronunciamento | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: manifesto |
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| putamen | (noun) the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus | - |
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| ramee | (noun) tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax | Synonyms: Boehmeria nivea, China grass, Chinese silk plant, ramie |
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| ramekin | (noun) a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions | Synonyms: ramequin |
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| (noun) a cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes | Synonyms: ramequin |
| ramequin | (noun) a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions | Synonyms: ramekin |
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| (noun) a cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes | Synonyms: ramekin |
| reamer | (noun) a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes | - |
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| (noun) a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit | Synonyms: juice reamer, juicer |
| rearmament | (noun) the act of arming again | - |
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| rename | (verb) assign a new name to | - |
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| (verb) name again or anew | - |
| roamer | (noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, rover, wanderer |
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| sacrament | (noun) a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction | - |
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| sacramental | (adjective) of or relating to or involving a sacrament | - |
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| same | (adjective) closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree | - |
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| (adjective) same in identity | - |
| (adjective) equal in amount or value | Synonyms: like |
| (adjective) unchanged in character or nature | - |
| samekh | (noun) the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| sameness | (noun) the quality of being alike | - |
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| (noun) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | Synonyms: humdrum, monotony |
| screamer | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: scorcher |
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| (noun) gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call | - |
| (noun) a sensational newspaper headline | - |
| (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
| seamed | (adjective) having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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| (adjective) (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams | Synonyms: lined |
| selfsame | (adjective) being the exact same one; not any other: | Synonyms: identical, very |
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| selfsameness | (noun) the quality of being identical with itself | - |
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| semidiameter | (noun) the apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth | - |
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| sesame | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum |
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| shame | (noun) an unfortunate development | Synonyms: pity |
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| (noun) a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt | - |
| (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: disgrace, ignominy |
| (verb) surpass or beat by a wide margin | - |
| (verb) cause to be ashamed | - |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour |
| (verb) compel through a sense of shame | - |
| shamed | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: discredited, disgraced, dishonored |
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| (adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced |
| shamefaced | (adjective) extremely modest or shy | - |
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| (adjective) showing a sense of shame | Synonyms: sheepish |
| (adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamed |
| shamefacedly | (adverb) in a shamefaced manner | - |
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| shamefacedness | (noun) feeling embarrassed about yourself | Synonyms: sheepishness |
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| shameful | (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious |
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| (adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shocking |
| shamefully | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously |
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| shamefulness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: disgracefulness, ignominiousness |
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| shameless | (adjective) feeling no shame | Synonyms: unblushing |
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| shamelessly | (adverb) without shame | Synonyms: barefacedly, unashamedly |
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| shamelessness | (noun) behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | Synonyms: brazenness |
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| siamese | (noun) an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building | Synonyms: siamese connection |
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| stamen | (noun) the male reproductive organ of a flower | - |
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| steamed | (adjective) cooked in steam | - |
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| (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, stung |
| steamer | (noun) an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe | Synonyms: long-neck clam, Mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer clam |
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| (noun) a ship powered by one or more steam engines | Synonyms: steamship |
| (noun) a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it | - |
| (noun) a clam that is usually steamed in the shell | Synonyms: long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer clam |
| (verb) travel by means of steam power | Synonyms: steam |
| streamer | (noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising | Synonyms: banner |
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| (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, pennon, waft |
| (noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page | Synonyms: banner |
| (noun) light that streams | - |
| sulfamethazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamezathine |
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| sulfamethoxazole | (noun) a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract) | Synonyms: Gantanol |
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| sulfamezathine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamethazine |
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| surname | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | Synonyms: cognomen, family name, last name |
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| tame | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tamed |
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| (adjective) very restrained or quiet | - |
| (adjective) very docile | Synonyms: meek |
| (adjective) flat and uninspiring | - |
| (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, subdue |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: domesticate |
| (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: moderate, tone down |
| tameable | (adjective) capable of being tamed | Synonyms: tamable |
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| tamed | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tame |
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| (adjective) brought from wildness | - |
| tamely | (adverb) in a tame manner | - |
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| tameness | (noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: domestication |
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| (noun) the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | Synonyms: jejuneness, jejunity, vapidity, vapidness |
| tamer | (noun) an animal trainer who tames wild animals | - |
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| temperament | (noun) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys | - |
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| (noun) your usual mood | Synonyms: disposition |
| (noun) excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly) | - |
| temperamental | (adjective) relating to or caused by temperament | - |
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| (adjective) subject to sharply varying moods | Synonyms: moody |
| (adjective) likely to perform unpredictably | Synonyms: erratic |
| temperamentally | (adverb) by temperament | - |
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| testament | (noun) a profession of belief | - |
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| (noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: will |
| (noun) strong evidence for something | - |
| testamentary | (adjective) of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament | - |
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| tetramerous | (adjective) having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers | - |
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| tetrameter | (noun) a verse line having four metrical feet | - |
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| tetramethyldiarsine | (noun) a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air | Synonyms: cacodyl |
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| tetrametric | (adjective) of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter | - |
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| tournament | (noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | Synonyms: tourney |
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| (noun) a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize | - |
| unamended | (adjective) (of legislation) not amended | - |
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