| interlayer | (noun) a layer placed between other layers | - |
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| interplay | (noun) reciprocal action and reaction | - |
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| islay | (noun) California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers | Synonyms: evergreen cherry, holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry, Prunus ilicifolia |
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| jambalaya | (noun) spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | - |
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| jay | (noun) crested largely blue bird | - |
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| jaybird | (noun) common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast | Synonyms: blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata |
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| jaywalk | (verb) cross the road at a red light | - |
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| jaywalker | (noun) a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally | - |
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| kayak | (noun) a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos | - |
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| (verb) travel in a small canoe | - |
| kayo | (noun) a blow that renders the opponent unconscious | Synonyms: knockout, KO |
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| (verb) knock unconscious or senseless | Synonyms: knock cold, knock out |
| kayoed | (adjective) knocked unconscious by a heavy blow | Synonyms: knocked out, KO'd, out, stunned |
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| lay | (adjective) not of or from a profession | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | Synonyms: laic, secular |
| (noun) a narrative poem of popular origin | Synonyms: ballad |
| (noun) a narrative song with a recurrent refrain | Synonyms: ballad |
| (verb) put in a horizontal position | Synonyms: put down, repose |
| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set |
| (verb) lay eggs | - |
| (verb) prepare or position for action or operation | - |
| (verb) impose as a duty, burden, or punishment | - |
| layabout | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, loafer |
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| layby | (noun) designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily | Synonyms: lay-by, pull-off, rest area, rest stop |
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| layer | (noun) thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells | - |
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| (noun) a hen that lays eggs | - |
| (noun) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance | Synonyms: bed |
| (noun) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | Synonyms: level, stratum |
| (noun) a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | - |
| (verb) make or form a layer | - |
| layered | (adjective) with one layer on top of another | Synonyms: superimposed |
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| layette | (noun) kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby | - |
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| laying | (noun) the production of eggs (especially in birds) | Synonyms: egg laying |
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| layman | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layperson, secular |
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| layoff | (noun) the act of laying off an employee or a work force | - |
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| layout | (noun) the act of laying out (as by making plans for something) | - |
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| (noun) a plan or design of something that is laid out | - |
| layover | (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: stop, stopover |
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| layperson | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, secular |
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| layup | (noun) a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) | Synonyms: lay-up |
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| leastways | (adverb) if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | Synonyms: at any rate, at least, leastwise |
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| leeway | (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, margin, tolerance |
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| (noun) (of a ship or plane) sideways drift | - |
| lengthways | (adjective) running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing | Synonyms: lengthwise |
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| (adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthwise, longitudinally, longways, longwise |
| longways | (noun) country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other | Synonyms: longways dance |
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| (adverb) in the direction of the length | Synonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, longitudinally, longwise |
| mainstay | (noun) the forestay that braces the mainmast | - |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin |
| (noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: pillar |
| manslayer | (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: liquidator, murderer |
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| margay | (noun) small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil | Synonyms: Felis wiedi, margay cat |
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| may | (noun) thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | Synonyms: Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, whitethorn |
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| mayapple | (noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit | Synonyms: May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake |
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| maybe | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
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| mayeng | (noun) Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree | Synonyms: maple-leaved bayur, Pterospermum acerifolium |
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| mayfish | (noun) black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States | Synonyms: Fundulus majalis, may fish, striped killifish |
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| mayflower | (noun) low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | Synonyms: Epigaea repens, trailing arbutus |
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| mayfly | (noun) slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | Synonyms: dayfly, shadfly |
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| mayhap | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
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| mayhaw | (noun) hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves | Synonyms: Crataegus aestivalis, summer haw |
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| mayhem | (noun) the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person | - |
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| (noun) violent and needless disturbance | Synonyms: havoc |
| mayidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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| mayo | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayonnaise |
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| mayonnaise | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayo |
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| mayor | (noun) the head of a city government | Synonyms: city manager |
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| mayoral | (adjective) of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor | - |
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| mayoralty | (noun) the position of mayor | - |
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| mayoress | (noun) a woman mayor | - |
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| (noun) the wife of a mayor | - |
| maypole | (noun) a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day | - |
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| maypop | (noun) of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg | Synonyms: Passiflora incarnata |
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| mayweed | (noun) widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs | Synonyms: Anthemis cotula, dog fennel, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweed |
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| midday | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon |
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| midway | (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: center, centre, halfway, middle |
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| (noun) the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located | - |
| (adverb) at half the distance; at the middle | Synonyms: halfway |
| minelayer | (noun) ship equipped for laying marine mines | - |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| mislay | (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: misplace |
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| misplay | (noun) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | Synonyms: error |
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| (verb) play wrong or in an unskillful manner | - |
| (verb) play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | - |
| moray | (noun) family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked | Synonyms: moray eel |
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| motorway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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| mulloway | (noun) large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre | Synonyms: jewfish, Sciaena antarctica |
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| nay | (noun) used to express negation | - |
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| (adverb) not this merely but also; not only so but | - |
| naysayer | (noun) someone with an aggressively negative attitude | - |
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| naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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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 |
| noonday | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noon, noontide, twelve noon |
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| nosegay | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, corsage, posy |
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| nowadays | (noun) the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | Synonyms: present |
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| (adverb) in these times | Synonyms: now, today |
| okay | (adjective) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | Synonyms: all right, cool, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., ok |
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| (noun) an endorsement | Synonyms: O.K., OK, okeh, okey |
| (adverb) in a satisfactory or adequate manner | Synonyms: all right, alright, O.K. |
| (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: approve, O.K., sanction |
| outlay | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement, spending |
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| (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: expenditure, outgo, spending |
| outplay | (verb) excel or defeat in a game | - |
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| outstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: overstay |
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| (verb) surpass in staying power | - |
| overlay | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlayer, sheathing |
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| (noun) a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface | - |
| (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
| (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
| overlayer | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlay, sheathing |
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| overpay | (verb) pay too much | - |
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| overpayment | (noun) the act of paying too much | - |
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| (noun) a payment larger than needed or expected | - |
| overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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| overstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: outstay |
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| panchayat | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayet, punchayet |
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| panchayet | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayat, punchayet |
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| papaya | (noun) large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh | - |
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| (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | Synonyms: Carica papaya, melon tree, papaia, papaya tree, pawpaw |
| parkway | (noun) a wide scenic road planted with trees | Synonyms: drive |
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| parlay | (noun) a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers | - |
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| (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
| passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
| pathway | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: footpath |
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| (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract |
| pay | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, remuneration, salary, wage |
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| (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: devote, give |
| (verb) bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action | - |
| (verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | - |
| (verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, yield |
| (verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off |
| (verb) cancel or discharge a debt | Synonyms: ante up, pay up |
| (verb) make a compensation for | - |
| (verb) discharge or settle | - |
| (verb) render | - |
| (verb) be worth it | - |
| payable | (adjective) subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | Synonyms: collectable, collectible |
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| (noun) a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | Synonyms: account payable |
| payables | (noun) money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts | - |
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| payback | (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | Synonyms: retribution, vengeance |
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| (noun) financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | - |
| paycheck | (noun) a check issued in payment of wages or salary | Synonyms: payroll check |
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| payday | (noun) the day on which you receive pay for your work | - |
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| payee | (noun) a person to whom money is paid | - |
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| payer | (noun) a person who pays money for something | Synonyms: remunerator |
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| paygrade | (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, rating |
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| paying | (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary |
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| (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paid |
| payload | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, shipment |
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| (noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: load, warhead |
| 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 | - |
| paynim | (noun) a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) | - |
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| payoff | (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: reward, wages |
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| (noun) the final payment of a debt | Synonyms: final payment |
| (noun) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment | Synonyms: bribe |
| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
| payola | (noun) a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record | - |
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