| jobless | (adjective) not having a job | Synonyms: idle, out of work |
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| kabob | (noun) cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables | Synonyms: kebab, shish kebab |
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| katharobe | (noun) an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter | - |
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| katharobic | (adjective) of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter | - |
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| keyfob | (noun) A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped. | Synonyms: key fob |
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| kilobit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits | Synonyms: kb, kbit |
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| kilobyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kibibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB |
| knob | (noun) a round handle | - |
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| (noun) a circular rounded projection or protuberance | Synonyms: boss |
| (noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: pommel |
| (noun) any thickened enlargement | Synonyms: node, thickening |
| knobbed | (adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | Synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty |
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| knobble | (noun) a small knob | - |
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| knobbly | (adjective) having knobs | Synonyms: knobby |
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| knobby | (adjective) having knobs | Synonyms: knobbly |
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| knobkerrie | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerry |
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| knobkerry | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerrie |
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| kob | (noun) an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa | Synonyms: Kobus kob |
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| kobo | (noun) 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria | - |
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| lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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| lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| lepidobotrys | (noun) African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds | - |
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| lepidophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of snakes | - |
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| lob | (noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | - |
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| (noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc | - |
| (verb) propel in a high arc | - |
| lobar | (adjective) of or relating to or affecting a lobe | - |
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| lobate | (adjective) having or resembling a lobe or lobes | Synonyms: lobated |
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| (adjective) having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other | Synonyms: lobed |
| lobated | (adjective) having or resembling a lobe or lobes | Synonyms: lobate |
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| lobby | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule |
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| (noun) an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying | Synonyms: advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house |
| (noun) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | - |
| (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: buttonhole |
| lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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| lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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| lobe | (noun) a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure | - |
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| (noun) (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part | - |
| (noun) the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern | - |
| (noun) (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided | - |
| lobectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain) | - |
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| lobed | (adjective) having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other | Synonyms: lobate |
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| lobefin | (noun) any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form | Synonyms: crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish |
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| lobelia | (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia | - |
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| lobeliaceous | (adjective) belonging to the family Lobeliaceae | - |
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| loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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| lobotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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| lobscouse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscuse, scouse |
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| lobscuse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, scouse |
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| lobster | (noun) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a lobster | - |
| lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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| lobsterman | (noun) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters | - |
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| lobular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a lobule | - |
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| lobularity | (noun) the property of having lobules | - |
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| lobule | (noun) a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe | - |
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| lobworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lug, lugworm |
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| lymphoblast | (noun) an immature lymphocyte | - |
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| macrobiotic | (adjective) of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics | - |
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| macrobiotics | (noun) the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains) | - |
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| megaloblast | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency | - |
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| megaloblastic | (adjective) of or relating to megaloblasts | - |
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| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
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| mephobarbital | (noun) a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy | Synonyms: Mebaral |
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| meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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| merobenthos | (noun) benthos consisting of organisms in pre-adult stages that later become adult in the plankton. | - |
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| mesoblast | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoderm |
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| mesoblastic | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesodermal |
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| metagrobolised | (adjective) totally perplexed and mixed up | Synonyms: metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolized, mystified |
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| metagrobolized | (adjective) totally perplexed and mixed up | Synonyms: metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolised, mystified |
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| microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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| microbar | (noun) the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter | Synonyms: bar absolute, barye |
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| microbat | (noun) typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | Synonyms: carnivorous bat |
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| microbe | (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: bug, germ |
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| microbenthos | (noun) microscopic benthic organisms that are less than 0.1 mm in size. | - |
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| microbial | (adjective) of or involving or caused by or being microbes | Synonyms: microbic |
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| microbic | (adjective) of or involving or caused by or being microbes | Synonyms: microbial |
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| microbiologist | (noun) a specialist in microbiology | - |
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| microbiology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans | - |
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| microblog | (noun) a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings. | - |
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| microbrachia | (noun) abnormally small arms | - |
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| microbrewery | (noun) a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere | - |
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| mob | (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | Synonyms: rabble, rout |
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| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, pack, ring |
| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, family, syndicate |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, pack, pile, throng |
| mobbish | (adjective) characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless | Synonyms: moblike |
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| mobcap | (noun) large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women | - |
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| mobile | (adjective) moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place) | - |
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| (adjective) having transportation available | - |
| (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering |
| (adjective) affording change (especially in social status) | Synonyms: fluid |
| (adjective) capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another | - |
| (noun) sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents | - |
| mobilisation | (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilization |
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| (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilization |
| mobilise | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally |
| mobility | (noun) the quality of moving freely | - |
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| mobilization | (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilisation |
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| (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilisation |
| mobilize | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilise |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilise |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, rally |
| moblike | (adjective) characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless | Synonyms: mobbish |
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| mobocracy | (noun) a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses | Synonyms: ochlocracy |
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| mobster | (noun) a criminal who is a member of gang | Synonyms: gangster |
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| monoblast | (noun) a large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| musophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of mice | - |
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| mycobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacterium |
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| mycobacterium | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacteria |
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| myeloblast | (noun) a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow | - |
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| myoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed | - |
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| myoglobinuria | (noun) the presence of myoglobin in the urine | - |
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| myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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| mysophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of dirt or contamination | - |
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| mysophobic | (adjective) suffering from mysophobia; abnormally afraid of dirt or contamination | - |
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| myxobacter | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
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| myxobacteria | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
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| myxobacterium | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, slime bacteria |
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| nabob | (noun) a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient) | - |
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| (noun) a governor in India during the Mogul empire | Synonyms: nawab |
| necrobiosis | (noun) (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) | Synonyms: cell death |
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| neobaroque | (noun) art or architecture based on study of 17th century baroque. | Synonyms: neo-baroque |
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| neobehaviorism | (noun) a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality. | - |
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| neophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of novelty | - |
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