| maltster | (noun) a maker of malt | Synonyms: maltman |
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| malvasia | (noun) grape used to make malmsey wine | - |
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| malversate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate |
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| malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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| malware | (noun) malicious software, designed to break into a system | - |
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| mammal | (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | Synonyms: mammalian |
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| mammalian | (adjective) of or relating to the class Mammalia | - |
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| (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | Synonyms: mammal |
| mammalogist | (noun) one skilled in the study of mammals | - |
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| mammalogy | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies mammals | - |
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| marmalade | (noun) a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | - |
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| marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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| maximal | (adjective) the greatest or most complete or best possible | Synonyms: maximum |
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| maximally | (adverb) to a maximal degree | - |
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| mesodermal | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesoblastic |
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| miasmal | (adjective) filled with vapor | Synonyms: miasmic, vaporous, vapourous |
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| microsomal | (adjective) of or relating to microsomes | - |
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| minimal | (adjective) the least possible | Synonyms: minimum |
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| minimalism | (noun) an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color | Synonyms: minimal art, reductivism |
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| minimalist | (adjective) of or relating to artistic minimalism | - |
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| (adjective) advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics) | - |
| (noun) a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism | - |
| (noun) a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics | - |
| minimality | (noun) The state of being the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree. | - |
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| minimally | (adverb) to a minimal degree | - |
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| nonoptimality | (noun) The state of not being best, most favourable or desirable. | - |
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| nonthermal | (adjective) not involving heat | - |
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| normal | (adjective) conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal | - |
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| (adjective) in accordance with scientific laws | - |
| (adjective) being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development | - |
| (adjective) forming a right angle | - |
| (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, formula, pattern, rule |
| normalcy | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normality |
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| (noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normality |
| normalisation | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalization, standardisation, standardization |
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| normalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalize, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalize |
| normaliser | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normalizer |
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| normality | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normalcy |
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| (noun) conformity with the norm | - |
| (noun) (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter | Synonyms: N |
| (noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normalcy |
| normalization | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, standardisation, standardization |
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| normalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, temper |
| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalise |
| normalizer | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normaliser |
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| normally | (adverb) under normal conditions | Synonyms: commonly, ordinarily, unremarkably, usually |
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| optimal | (adjective) most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied | Synonyms: optimum |
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| optimally | (adverb) in an optimal and most desirable way | - |
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| organismal | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole) | Synonyms: organismic |
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| osteomalacia | (noun) abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D | - |
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| pachydermal | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermatous, pachydermic, pachydermous |
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| paleomammalogy | (noun) the paleobiology of ancient mammals | - |
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| paranormal | (adjective) not in accordance with scientific laws | - |
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| (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: extrasensory |
| paroxysmal | (adjective) accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms | - |
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| pessimal | (adjective) of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival | Synonyms: pessimum |
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| phantasmal | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral, spiritual |
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| planetesimal | (noun) one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system | - |
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| primal | (adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | Synonyms: aboriginal, primaeval, primeval, primordial |
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| (adjective) serving as an essential component | Synonyms: cardinal, central, fundamental, key |
| primality | (noun) the property of being a prime number | - |
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| prodromal | (adjective) symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease | Synonyms: prodromic |
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| protomammal | (noun) probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals | Synonyms: therapsid |
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| proximal | (adjective) situated nearest to point of attachment or origin | - |
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| pseudosmallpox | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| renormalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, normalize, renormalize |
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| renormalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, normalize, renormalise |
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| rosemaling | (noun) a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs | - |
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| sarcolemmal | (adjective) of or relating to the sarcolemma | - |
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| sarcosomal | (adjective) of or relating to sarcosomes | - |
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| schmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmalz, shmaltz |
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| schmaltzy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| schmalz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, shmaltz |
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| schmalzy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| seismal | (adjective) subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration | Synonyms: seismic |
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| semiformal | (adjective) moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket | Synonyms: black-tie, semi-formal |
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| sexagesimal | (adjective) of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths | - |
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| shmaltz | (noun) (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | Synonyms: schmaltz, schmalz |
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| simal | (noun) East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok | Synonyms: Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree |
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| small | (adjective) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent | Synonyms: little |
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| (adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | Synonyms: belittled, diminished |
| (adjective) have fine or very small constituent particles | - |
| (adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: humble, low, lowly, modest |
| (adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small | Synonyms: minor, modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small-scale |
| (adjective) slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope | - |
| (adjective) lowercase | Synonyms: little, minuscule |
| (adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount | Synonyms: modest |
| (adjective) (of a voice) faint | Synonyms: little |
| (adjective) (of children and animals) young, immature | Synonyms: little |
| (noun) a garment size for a small person | - |
| (noun) the slender part of the back | - |
| (adverb) on a small scale | - |
| smaller | (adjective) small or little relative to something else | Synonyms: littler |
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| smallholder | (noun) a person owning or renting a smallholding | - |
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| smallholding | (noun) a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation | - |
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| smallish | (adjective) rather small | - |
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| smallmouth | (noun) a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye | Synonyms: Micropterus dolomieu, smallmouth bass, smallmouth black bass, smallmouthed bass, smallmouthed black bass |
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| smallness | (noun) the property of having a relatively small size | Synonyms: littleness |
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| (noun) lack of generosity in trifling matters | Synonyms: littleness, pettiness |
| (noun) the property of being a relatively small amount | - |
| (noun) the property of having relatively little strength or vigor | Synonyms: littleness |
| (noun) The quality of being minor in influence, power, or rank. | - |
| smallpox | (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | Synonyms: variola, variola major |
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| smaltite | (noun) a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel | - |
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| subnormal | (adjective) below normal or average | - |
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| (noun) a person of less than normal intelligence | - |
| subnormality | (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness |
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| (noun) the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence) | - |
| supernormal | (adjective) exceeding the normal or average | - |
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| (adjective) beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable | Synonyms: supranormal |
| supranormal | (adjective) beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable | Synonyms: supernormal |
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| tamal | (noun) dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | Synonyms: tamale |
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| tamale | (noun) dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | Synonyms: tamal |
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| tatterdemalion | (adjective) worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing | Synonyms: tattered |
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| (adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down |
| (noun) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin | Synonyms: ragamuffin |
| thermal | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: caloric, thermic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a hot spring | - |
| (adjective) caused by or designed to retain heat | - |
| (noun) rising current of warm air | - |
| thermalgesia | (noun) pain caused by heat | - |
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| thermally | (adverb) by means of heat or with respect to thermal properties | - |
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| tomalley | (noun) edible greenish substance in boiled lobster | - |
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| tourmaline | (noun) a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones | - |
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| transdermal | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: percutaneous, transcutaneous, transdermic |
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| unmalicious | (adjective) not malicious or spiteful | - |
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| unmalleability | (noun) a lack of malleability | - |
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| unmalleable | (adjective) difficult or impossible to shape or work | - |
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| unmalted | (adjective) of grain that has not been converted into malt | - |
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| vigesimal | (adjective) relating to or based on the number twenty | - |
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| waxmallow | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers | Synonyms: sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow |
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