| insipidness | (noun) lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property | Synonyms: blandness, insipidity |
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| (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, dreariness, insipidity |
| inspectorship | (noun) the office of inspector | - |
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| instructorship | (noun) the position of instructor | - |
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| interdisciplinary | (adjective) drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study | - |
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| internship | (noun) the position of a medical intern | - |
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| interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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| ipecac | (noun) a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) | - |
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| iproclozide | (noun) an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor | - |
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| ipsedixitism | (noun) an unsupported dogmatic assertion | Synonyms: ipse dixit |
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| ipsilateral | (adjective) on or relating to the same side (of the body) | - |
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| jacksnipe | (noun) American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting | Synonyms: Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper |
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| (noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe | Synonyms: half snipe, Limnocryptes minima |
| judgeship | (noun) the position of judge | Synonyms: judicature |
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| juniper | (noun) wood of a coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
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| (noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | Synonyms: Genista raetam, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam, retem |
| (noun) coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones | - |
| kaliph | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah |
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| kingship | (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
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| kinship | (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, relationship |
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| (noun) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character | Synonyms: affinity |
| kip | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright | Synonyms: upstart |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Laos | - |
| (noun) sleep | - |
| (verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, log Z's, sleep, slumber |
| kipper | (noun) salted and smoked herring | Synonyms: kippered herring |
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| kniphofia | (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, flameflower, tritoma |
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| landslip | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslide |
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| leadership | (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leading |
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| (noun) the ability to lead | - |
| (noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leaders |
| (noun) the status of a leader | - |
| lectureship | (noun) the post of lecturer | - |
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| legateship | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legation |
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| legislatorship | (noun) the office of legislator | - |
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| leipoa | (noun) Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds | Synonyms: Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl |
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| librarianship | (noun) the position of librarian | - |
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| lightship | (noun) a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable | - |
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| lilliputian | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, midget, petite, tiny |
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| (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
| (noun) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) | - |
| lip | (noun) either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell | - |
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| (noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: brim, rim |
| (noun) either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking | - |
| (noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, mouth, sass, sassing |
| (noun) (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx | - |
| lipaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| liparis | (noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes | - |
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| lipase | (noun) an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream | - |
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| lipectomy | (noun) plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue | Synonyms: selective lipectomy |
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| lipemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipfern | (noun) any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions | Synonyms: lip fern |
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| lipid | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipide, lipoid |
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| lipidaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipide | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipid, lipoid |
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| lipidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipidosis | (noun) a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body | - |
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| lipless | (adjective) without a lip or lips | Synonyms: unlipped |
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| liplike | (adjective) having lips or parts that resemble lips | Synonyms: labiate |
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| lipochondrodystrophy | (noun) hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation | Synonyms: dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome |
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| lipogram | (noun) a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet | - |
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| lipoid | (noun) an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) | Synonyms: lipid, lipide |
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| lipoidaemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidemia |
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| lipoidemia | (noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood | Synonyms: hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia |
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| lipoma | (noun) a tumor consisting of fatty tissue | Synonyms: adipose tumor |
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| lipomatosis | (noun) pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body | - |
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| lipophilic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipotropic |
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| lipoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood | - |
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| liposarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of fat cells | - |
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| liposome | (noun) an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector | - |
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| liposuction | (noun) lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction | Synonyms: suction lipectomy |
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| lipotropic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipophilic |
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| lipped | (adjective) having a lip or lips | - |
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| lipread | (verb) interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | Synonyms: lip-read, speech-read |
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| lipreading | (noun) perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips | - |
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| lipstick | (noun) makeup that is used to color the lips | Synonyms: lip rouge |
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| (verb) apply lipstick to | - |
| (verb) form by tracing with lipstick | - |
| listenership | (noun) all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster. | - |
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| lollipop | (noun) hard candy on a stick | Synonyms: all-day sucker, sucker |
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| (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lolly, popsicle |
| longship | (noun) a type of ship invented and used by the Vikings for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age. | - |
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| lordship | (noun) the authority of a lord | - |
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| managership | (noun) the position of manager | - |
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| manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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| manipulable | (adjective) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) | Synonyms: tractable |
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| manipulate | (verb) treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed | - |
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| (verb) hold something in one's hands and move it | - |
| (verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage | Synonyms: control, keep in line |
| (verb) manipulate in a fraudulent manner | Synonyms: rig |
| (verb) influence or control shrewdly or deviously | Synonyms: pull strings, pull wires |
| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, wangle |
| manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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| (noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
| manipulative | (adjective) skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage | - |
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| manipulatively | (adverb) in an artfully manipulative manner | - |
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| manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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| manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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| (noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
| manuscript | (noun) the form of a literary work submitted for publication | Synonyms: ms |
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| (noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: holograph |
| mariposa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: mariposa lily, mariposa tulip |
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| marksmanship | (noun) skill in shooting | - |
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| marshalship | (noun) the post of marshall | - |
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| marzipan | (noun) almond paste and egg whites | Synonyms: marchpane |
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| mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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| (noun) the skill of a master | - |
| maxilliped | (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. | Synonyms: gnathopod |
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| membership | (noun) the body of members of an organization or group | Synonyms: rank |
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| (noun) the state of being a member | - |
| mesohippus | (noun) North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses | - |
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| messiahship | (noun) the position of messiah | - |
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| microchip | (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit | Synonyms: chip, micro chip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip |
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| midshipman | (noun) a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training | - |
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| midships | (adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidship, amidships |
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| milliped | (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs | Synonyms: millepede, millipede |
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| millipede | (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs | Synonyms: millepede, milliped |
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| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| mudskipper | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudspringer |
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| multiparous | (adjective) producing more than one offspring at a time | - |
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| multipartite | (adjective) involving more than two parties | - |
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| multiphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: polyphase |
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| multiple | (adjective) having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual | - |
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| (noun) the product of a quantity by an integer | - |
| multiplex | (adjective) having many parts or aspects | - |
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| (adjective) many and varied; having many features or forms | Synonyms: manifold |
| (noun) a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building | - |
| (noun) communicates two or more signals over a common channel | - |
| multiplexer | (noun) a device that can interleave two or more activities | - |
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| multiplicand | (noun) the number that is multiplied by the multiplier | - |
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| multiplication | (noun) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | Synonyms: times |
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| (noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: generation, propagation |
| (noun) a multiplicative increase | - |
| multiplicative | (adjective) tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree | - |
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| multiplicatively | (adverb) in a multiplicative manner | - |
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| multiplicity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: numerosity, numerousness |
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| (noun) the property of being multiple | - |