| alligator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: gator |
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| (noun) leather made from alligator's hide | - |
| (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
| alligatored | (adjective) of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | Synonyms: cracked |
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| alligatorfish | (noun) small very elongate sea poachers | Synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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| colligate | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: subsume |
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| (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
| colligation | (noun) the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis | - |
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| (noun) the state of being joined together | Synonyms: conjugation, conjunction, junction |
| hooligan | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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| hooliganism | (noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | Synonyms: malicious mischief, vandalism |
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| ligament | (noun) any connection or unifying bond | - |
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| (noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs | - |
| ligan | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, lagend |
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| ligand | (noun) a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom | - |
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| ligate | (verb) bind with a bandage or ligature | - |
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| (verb) bind chemically | - |
| (verb) join letters in a ligature when writing | - |
| ligation | (noun) (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) | - |
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| ligature | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: tying |
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| (noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: binder |
| (noun) thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) | - |
| (noun) a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone | - |
| (noun) (music) a group of notes connected by a slur | - |
| (noun) character consisting of two or more letters combined into one | - |
| mulligan | (noun) Irish version of burgoo | Synonyms: Irish burgoo, mulligan stew |
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| mulligatawny | (noun) a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base | - |
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| nonobligatory | (adjective) not required by rule or law | Synonyms: nonmandatory |
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| obbligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obligato |
| obligate | (adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life | - |
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| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: bind, hold, oblige |
| (verb) commit in order to fulfill an obligation | - |
| (verb) force somebody to do something | Synonyms: compel, oblige |
| obligated | (adjective) caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course | - |
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| obligation | (noun) the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force | Synonyms: duty, responsibility |
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| (noun) a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply | - |
| (noun) a written promise to repay a debt | Synonyms: certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument |
| (noun) a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor | Synonyms: indebtedness |
| (noun) the state of being obligated to do or pay something | - |
| obligational | (adjective) relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation | - |
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| obligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obbligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obbligato |
| obligatorily | (adverb) in a manner that cannot be evaded | Synonyms: compulsorily, mandatorily |
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| (adverb) in an obligatory manner | - |
| obligatory | (adjective) morally or legally constraining or binding | - |
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| (adjective) required by obligation or compulsion or convention | - |
| oligarch | (noun) one of the rulers in an oligarchy | - |
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| oligarchic | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | Synonyms: oligarchical |
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| oligarchical | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | Synonyms: oligarchic |
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| oligarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a few people | - |
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| profligacy | (noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness |
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| (noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: extravagance, prodigality |
| profligate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, riotous |
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| (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: extravagant, prodigal, spendthrift |
| (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, rake, rakehell, rip, roue |
| (noun) a recklessly extravagant consumer | Synonyms: prodigal, squanderer |
| profligately | (adverb) in a dissolute way | Synonyms: dissolutely |
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| unobligated | (adjective) not obligated | - |
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