| amelia | (noun) congenital absence of an arm or leg | - |
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| ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
| ameliorating | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative |
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| amelioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: betterment, melioration |
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| ameliorative | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, amelioratory, meliorative |
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| amelioratory | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative |
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| ameloblast | (noun) a cell from which tooth enamel develops | - |
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| amelogenesis | (noun) the developmental process of forming tooth enamel | - |
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| bechamel | (noun) milk thickened with a butter and flour roux | Synonyms: bechamel sauce, white sauce |
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| blameless | (adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable |
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| blamelessly | (adverb) in an irreproachable and blameless manner | Synonyms: irreproachably |
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| blamelessness | (noun) a state of innocence | Synonyms: guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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| calomel | (noun) a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | Synonyms: mercurous chloride |
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| camel | (noun) cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions | - |
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| camelhair | (noun) a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel | Synonyms: camel's hair |
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| camelia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camellia |
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| camellia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camelia |
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| camelopard | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe |
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| camelpox | (noun) a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox | - |
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| caramel | (adjective) having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown | Synonyms: caramel brown |
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| (noun) a medium to dark tan color | Synonyms: buff, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown |
| (noun) firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk | - |
| (noun) burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food | Synonyms: caramelized sugar |
| caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
| caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
| chameleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chamaeleon |
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| (noun) a changeable or inconstant person | - |
| chrysomelid | (noun) brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems | Synonyms: leaf beetle |
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| columella | (noun) a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal | - |
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| comeliness | (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, fairness, loveliness |
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| comely | (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, fair, sightly |
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| (adjective) according with custom or propriety | Synonyms: becoming, comme il faut, decorous, seemly |
| commelina | (noun) any plant of the genus Commelina | - |
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| contumelious | (adjective) arrogantly insolent | - |
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| contumeliously | (adverb) without respect; in a disdainful manner | Synonyms: contemptuously, disdainfully, scornfully |
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| contumely | (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt | Synonyms: abuse, insult, revilement, vilification |
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| enamel | (noun) any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze | - |
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| (noun) a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish | - |
| (noun) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth | Synonyms: tooth enamel |
| (noun) a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection | - |
| (verb) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel | - |
| enamelware | (noun) cooking utensil of enameled iron | - |
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| extremely | (adverb) to an extreme degree | Synonyms: deathly, exceedingly, super |
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| (adverb) to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect | Synonyms: highly |
| fearsomely | (adverb) in a fearsome manner | - |
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| fistmele | (noun) about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow) | - |
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| fulsomely | (adverb) in an unctuous manner | Synonyms: smarmily, unctuously |
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| gamelan | (noun) a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs | - |
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| gamely | (adverb) in an intrepid manner | - |
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| gimel | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| gruesomely | (adverb) in a gruesome manner | - |
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| gymel | (noun) the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds. | - |
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| hamelia | (noun) any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia | - |
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| handsomely | (adverb) in a generously handsome manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an attractively handsome manner | - |
| homeland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, mother country, motherland, native land |
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| homeless | (adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | Synonyms: dispossessed, roofless |
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| (adjective) without nationality or citizenship | Synonyms: stateless |
| (noun) poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in | - |
| (noun) someone unfortunate without housing | Synonyms: homeless person |
| homelessness | (noun) the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) | - |
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| homelike | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homely, homey, homy |
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| homeliness | (noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | Synonyms: plainness |
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| (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, drabness |
| homely | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homelike, homey, homy |
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| (adjective) without artificial refinement or elegance | - |
| (adjective) plain and unpretentious | - |
| (adjective) lacking in physical beauty or proportion | Synonyms: plain |
| hydromel | (noun) honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented | - |
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| jacksmelt | (noun) a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length) | Synonyms: Atherinopsis californiensis |
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| kummel | (noun) liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin | - |
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| lamella | (noun) thin plate | - |
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| (noun) a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones | - |
| (noun) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus | Synonyms: gill |
| lamellibranch | (adjective) bivalve | Synonyms: pelecypod, pelecypodous |
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| (noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: bivalve, pelecypod |
| lamely | (adverb) in a weak and unconvincing manner | - |
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| lepidomelane | (noun) a mica that is a biotite containing iron | - |
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| lightsomely | (adverb) in a light-hearted manner | Synonyms: light-heartedly |
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| (adverb) moving with quick light steps | Synonyms: trippingly |
| limelight | (noun) a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting | Synonyms: calcium light |
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| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: glare, public eye, spotlight |
| melaena | (noun) abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) | Synonyms: melena |
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| melagra | (noun) rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs | - |
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| melamine | (noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | Synonyms: cyanuramide |
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| melancholia | (noun) extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | - |
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| melancholiac | (noun) someone subject to melancholia | Synonyms: melancholic |
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| melancholic | (adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | Synonyms: melancholy |
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| (noun) someone subject to melancholia | Synonyms: melancholiac |
| melancholy | (adjective) grave or even gloomy in character | Synonyms: somber, sombre |
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| (adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | Synonyms: melancholic |
| (noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | Synonyms: black bile |
| (noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness | - |
| (noun) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed | - |
| melange | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| melanin | (noun) insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | - |
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| melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
| melanism | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanosis |
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| melanize | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanise |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanise |
| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
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| melanocyte | (noun) a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone | - |
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| melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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| melanoma | (noun) any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | Synonyms: malignant melanoma |
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| melanosis | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanism |
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| melasma | (noun) a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives | Synonyms: chloasma, mask of pregnancy |
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| melatonin | (noun) hormone secreted by the pineal gland | - |
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| meld | (noun) a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | Synonyms: basket rummy, canasta |
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| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, merge, mix |
| (verb) lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually | Synonyms: melt |
| (verb) announce for a score; of cards in a card game | - |
| melee | (noun) a noisy riotous fight | Synonyms: battle royal, scrimmage |
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| melena | (noun) abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) | Synonyms: melaena |
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| melilot | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilotus, sweet clover |
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| melilotus | (noun) erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement | Synonyms: melilot, sweet clover |
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| meliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, improve |
| melioration | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, betterment |
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| (noun) the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning | - |
| (noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition | Synonyms: improvement |
| meliorative | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, amelioratory |
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| meliorism | (noun) the belief that the world can be made better by human effort | - |
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| meliorist | (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, reformer, reformist, social reformer |
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| mellifluous | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet |
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| mellisonant | (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, sweet |
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| mellitate | (noun) a salt of mellitic acid. | - |
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| mellow | (adjective) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | Synonyms: high |
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| (adjective) unhurried and relaxed | Synonyms: laid-back |
| (adjective) having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging | Synonyms: mellowed |
| (adjective) softened through age or experience | Synonyms: mellowed |
| (adverb) in a mellow manner | Synonyms: mellowly |
| (verb) make or grow (more) mellow | - |
| (verb) soften, make mellow | - |
| (verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial | Synonyms: mellow out, melt |
| mellowed | (adjective) having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging | Synonyms: mellow |
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| (adjective) softened through age or experience | Synonyms: mellow |
| mellowing | (noun) the process of becoming mellow | - |
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| mellowingly | (adverb) so as to mellow | - |
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| mellowly | (adverb) in a mellow manner | Synonyms: mellow |
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| mellowness | (noun) the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing | Synonyms: fullness, richness |
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| (noun) a soft shade of a color | - |
| (noun) geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana | - |
| (noun) a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor | - |
| (noun) a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state | - |
| melodic | (adjective) containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | Synonyms: melodious, musical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to melody | - |
| melodically | (adverb) with respect to melody | - |
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| melodious | (adjective) containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | Synonyms: melodic, musical |
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| (adjective) having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune | Synonyms: tuneful |