| achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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| acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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| agamous | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| allogamous | (adjective) relating to cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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| anadromous | (adjective) migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
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| angiospermous | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms | - |
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| anisogamous | (adjective) relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) | Synonyms: anisogamic |
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| anonymous | (adjective) having no known name or identity or known source | Synonyms: anon. |
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| (adjective) not known or lacking marked individuality | - |
| anonymously | (adverb) without giving a name | - |
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| antonymous | (adjective) of words: having opposite meanings | - |
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| apogamous | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogametic, apogamic |
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| autogamous | (adjective) characterized by or fit for autogamy | Synonyms: autogamic |
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| autonomous | (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: independent, self-governing, sovereign |
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| (adjective) (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment | Synonyms: self-directed, self-reliant |
| (adjective) existing as an independent entity | - |
| bigamous | (adjective) of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first | - |
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| biramous | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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| blasphemous | (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blue, profane |
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| (adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: profane, sacrilegious |
| blasphemously | (adverb) in a blasphemous manner | - |
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| brumous | (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist | Synonyms: foggy, hazy, misty |
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| catadromous | (adjective) migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn | - |
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| cleistogamous | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamic |
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| cormous | (adjective) having or producing corms | Synonyms: cormose |
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| cryptogamous | (adjective) of or relating to a cryptogam | Synonyms: cryptogamic |
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| diadromous | (adjective) (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters | - |
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| dichotomous | (adjective) divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications | - |
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| dichotomously | (adverb) in a dichotomous manner | - |
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| dormouse | (noun) small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
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| endogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamic |
| enormous | (adjective) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | Synonyms: tremendous |
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| enormously | (adverb) vastly | Synonyms: hugely, staggeringly, tremendously |
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| enormousness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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| eponymous | (adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym | Synonyms: eponymic |
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| equanimous | (adjective) in full control of your faculties | Synonyms: collected, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed |
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| exogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamic |
| famous | (adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned |
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| famously | (adverb) in a manner or to an extent that is well known | - |
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| (adverb) wonderfully | Synonyms: excellently, magnificently, splendidly |
| fieldmouse | (noun) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | Synonyms: field mouse |
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| grumous | (adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | Synonyms: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose |
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| gymnospermous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae | - |
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| homonymous | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymic |
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| humous | (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, hoummos, hummus, humus |
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| infamous | (adjective) known widely and usually unfavorably | Synonyms: ill-famed, notorious |
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| limousine | (noun) large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | Synonyms: limo |
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| longanimous | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: forbearing |
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| magnanimous | (adjective) generous and understanding and tolerant | Synonyms: big, large |
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| (adjective) noble and generous in spirit | Synonyms: greathearted |
| magnanimously | (adverb) in a magnanimous manner | - |
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| magnanimousness | (noun) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | Synonyms: grandeur, nobility, nobleness |
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| monochromous | (adjective) having or appearing to have only one color | Synonyms: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic |
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| monogamous | (adjective) (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate | - |
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| monogamousness | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamy |
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| monosemous | (adjective) having only one meaning | - |
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| mouse | (noun) any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails | - |
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| (noun) a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad | Synonyms: computer mouse |
| (noun) person who is quiet or timid | - |
| (noun) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye | Synonyms: black eye, shiner |
| (verb) manipulate the mouse of a computer | - |
| (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, pussyfoot, sneak |
| mouselike | (adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | Synonyms: mouse-colored, mousey, mousy |
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| mousepad | (noun) a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse | Synonyms: mouse mat |
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| mouser | (noun) a cat proficient at mousing | - |
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| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| mousey | (adjective) infested with mice | Synonyms: mousy |
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| (adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | Synonyms: mouse-colored, mouselike, mousy |
| (adjective) quiet and timid and ineffectual | Synonyms: mousy |
| moussaka | (noun) casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs | - |
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| mousse | (noun) toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling | Synonyms: hair mousse |
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| (noun) a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin | - |
| (noun) a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream | - |
| (verb) apply a styling gel to | Synonyms: gel |
| moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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| moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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| mousy | (adjective) infested with mice | Synonyms: mousey |
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| (adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | Synonyms: mouse-colored, mouselike, mousey |
| (adjective) quiet and timid and ineffectual | Synonyms: mousey |
| nonautonomous | (adjective) (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: nonsovereign |
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| nonvenomous | (adjective) not producing venom | - |
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| onymous | (adjective) bearing a name | - |
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| pachydermous | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms | Synonyms: pachydermal, pachydermatous, pachydermic |
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| poikilothermous | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: ectothermic, heterothermic, poikilothermic |
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| polygamous | (adjective) having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals | - |
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| (adjective) having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | Synonyms: heteroicous, polyoicous |
| polysemous | (adjective) of words; having many meanings | Synonyms: polysemantic |
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| posthumous | (adjective) occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | - |
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| posthumously | (adverb) after death | - |
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| pseudonymous | (adjective) bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name | - |
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| pusillanimous | (adjective) lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | Synonyms: poor-spirited, unmanly |
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| pusillanimously | (adverb) with a lack of courage and determination | Synonyms: simperingly |
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| pusillanimousness | (noun) contemptible fearfulness | Synonyms: pusillanimity |
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| ramous | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branched, branching, ramate, ramose |
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| shrewmouse | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrew |
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| spermous | (adjective) consisting of or resembling spermatozoa | Synonyms: spermatic |
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| synonymous | (adjective) (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | - |
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| synonymously | (adverb) in a synonymous manner | - |
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| synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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| titmouse | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: tit |
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| unanimous | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentaneous, consentient |
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| (adjective) acting together as a single undiversified whole | Synonyms: solid, whole |
| unanimously | (adverb) of one mind; without dissent | Synonyms: nem con, nemine contradicente |
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| venomous | (adjective) marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | Synonyms: poisonous, vicious |
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| (adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom | Synonyms: deadly, virulent |
| venomously | (adverb) in a very malevolent manner | Synonyms: poisonously |
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| venomousness | (noun) The property of being poisonous or envenomed; or of having a venom-producing gland. | - |
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