| abelmosk | (noun) bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus | Synonyms: Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow |
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| aftermost | (adjective) located closest to the stern or tail | - |
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| almost | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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| anaplasmosis | (noun) a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever | - |
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| anastomose | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: inosculate |
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| (verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: inosculate |
| anastomosis | (noun) a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous | Synonyms: inosculation |
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| animosity | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | Synonyms: animus, bad blood |
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| atmosphere | (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, aura |
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| (noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth | Synonyms: air |
| (noun) the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body | - |
| (noun) a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade | Synonyms: atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure |
| (noun) the weather or climate at some place | Synonyms: atmospheric state |
| (noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambiance, ambience |
| atmospheric | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospherical |
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| atmospherical | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospheric |
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| atmospherics | (noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference | Synonyms: atmospheric static, static |
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| backmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: hindermost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| bottommost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: lowermost, nethermost |
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| camosh | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camas, camash, camass, quamash |
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| chamosite | (noun) a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum | - |
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| chemosis | (noun) edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining | - |
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| chemosorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorption |
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| chemosorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemisorptive |
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| chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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| chemosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi | - |
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| chromosomal | (adjective) of or relating to a chromosome | - |
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| chromosome | (noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | - |
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| chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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| chymosin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: rennin |
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| comose | (adjective) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts | Synonyms: comate |
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| (adjective) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | Synonyms: comal, comate |
| cormose | (adjective) having or producing corms | Synonyms: cormous |
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| cosmos | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world |
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| (noun) any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals | Synonyms: cosmea |
| cymose | (adjective) having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side | - |
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| damosel | (noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damozel, damsel, demoiselle |
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| ditchmoss | (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed |
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| easternmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: eastmost |
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| eastmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: easternmost |
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| ecchymosis | (noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin | - |
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| (noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise | - |
| eleemosynary | (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, philanthropic |
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| endmost | (adjective) being or situated at an end | Synonyms: terminal |
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| exophthalmos | (noun) protrusion of the eyeball from the socket | - |
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| farthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| foremost | (adjective) ranking above all others | Synonyms: first, world-class |
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| (adjective) situated closest to the bow | - |
| (adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: frontmost |
| (adverb) prominently forward | Synonyms: first |
| (adverb) before anything else | Synonyms: first, first of all, first off, firstly |
| frontmost | (adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: foremost |
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| furthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| grumose | (adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous |
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| gummosis | (noun) pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees | - |
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| (noun) disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora | Synonyms: brown rot gummosis |
| haemosiderin | (noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | Synonyms: hemosiderin |
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| haemosiderosis | (noun) abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis | Synonyms: hemosiderosis |
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| haemosporidian | (noun) minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens | - |
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| haemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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| haemostasis | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, hemostasia, hemostasis |
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| haemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: hemostat |
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| hemosiderin | (noun) a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | Synonyms: haemosiderin |
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| hemosiderosis | (noun) abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis | Synonyms: haemosiderosis |
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| hemostasia | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasis |
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| hemostasis | (noun) surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | Synonyms: haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia |
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| hemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: haemostat |
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| hemostatic | (adjective) tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels | Synonyms: styptic |
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| hindermost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| hindmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindermost, rearmost |
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| hommos | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hoummos, hummus, humous, humus |
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| homosexual | (adjective) sexually attracted to members of your own sex | - |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homophile |
| homosexualism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| homosexuality | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, queerness |
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| homosporous | (adjective) characterized by homospory | - |
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| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| homostyled | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostylic, homostylous |
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| homostylic | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostyled, homostylous |
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| homostylous | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostyled, homostylic |
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| hoummos | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hummus, humous, humus |
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| inmost | (adjective) situated or occurring farthest within | Synonyms: innermost |
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| (adjective) being deepest within the self | Synonyms: innermost |
| innermost | (adjective) situated or occurring farthest within | Synonyms: inmost |
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| (adjective) being deepest within the self | Synonyms: inmost |
| lachrymose | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, tearful, weeping |
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| lagophthalmos | (noun) abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely | - |
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| leftmost | (adjective) farthest to the left | - |
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| lowermost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: bottommost, nethermost |
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| marmoset | (noun) small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails | - |
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| middlemost | (adjective) being in the exact middle | Synonyms: midmost |
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| midmost | (adjective) being in the exact middle | Synonyms: middlemost |
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| (adverb) the middle or central part or point | Synonyms: in the midst |
| mimosa | (noun) a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice | Synonyms: buck's fizz |
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| (noun) any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves | - |
| (noun) evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers | Synonyms: Acacia dealbata, silver wattle |
| mosaic | (noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | - |
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| (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, photomosaic |
| (noun) transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube | - |
| (noun) a pattern resembling a mosaic | - |
| (noun) viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves | - |
| mosaicism | (noun) the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup | - |
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| mosey | (verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: amble |
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| mosh | (verb) dance the slam dance | Synonyms: slam, slam dance, thrash |
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| moshav | (noun) a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms | - |
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| mosque | (noun) (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret | - |
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| mosquito | (noun) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | - |
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| mosquitofish | (noun) silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control | Synonyms: Gambusia affinis |
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| moss | (noun) tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants | - |
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| mossback | (noun) an extremely old-fashioned conservative | - |
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| mosstone | (adjective) of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color | Synonyms: moss green |
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| mossy | (adjective) overgrown with moss | Synonyms: moss-grown |
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| (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy |
| most | (adjective) the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree | - |
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| (adjective) (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number | - |
| (adverb) used to form the superlative, greatest in size or degree | Synonyms: to the highest degree |
| (adverb) very | - |
| (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
| mostaccioli | (noun) pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches | - |
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| mostly | (adverb) in large part; mainly or chiefly | Synonyms: for the most part, largely |
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| (adverb) usually; as a rule | Synonyms: by and large, generally, more often than not |
| nanophthalmos | (noun) condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal | - |
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| nethermost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: bottommost, lowermost |
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| northernmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northmost |
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| northmost | (adjective) situated farthest north | Synonyms: northernmost |
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| ophthalmoscope | (noun) medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye | - |
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| ophthalmoscopy | (noun) examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope | - |
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| osmosis | (noun) (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal | - |
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| outermost | (adjective) situated at the farthest possible point from a center | Synonyms: outmost |
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| outmost | (adjective) situated at the farthest possible point from a center | Synonyms: outermost |
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