| intransigence | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigency |
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| intransigency | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | Synonyms: intransigence |
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| intransigent | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
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| intransitive | (adjective) designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object | - |
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| (noun) a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object | Synonyms: intransitive verb, intransitive verb form |
| intransitively | (adverb) in an intransitive manner | - |
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| intransitiveness | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitivity |
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| intransitivise | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivize |
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| intransitivity | (noun) the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb | Synonyms: intransitiveness |
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| intransitivize | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise |
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| isoflurane | (noun) a widely used inhalation anesthetic | - |
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| isopteran | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera | - |
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| itinerant | (adjective) traveling from place to place to work | - |
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| (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gipsy, gypsy |
| jacaranda | (noun) an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black | Synonyms: Brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, Dalbergia nigra |
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| 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 |
| lepidopteran | (noun) insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales | Synonyms: lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect |
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| leptosporangiate | (adjective) (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell | - |
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| leptosporangium | (noun) a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns | - |
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| lymphogranuloma | (noun) swelling of a lymph node | - |
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| macrosporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: megasporangium |
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| maharanee | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharani |
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| maharani | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharanee |
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| marang | (noun) tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp | - |
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| (noun) Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit | Synonyms: Artocarpus odoratissima, marang tree |
| maranta | (noun) any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves | - |
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| mastigophoran | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore |
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| mecopteran | (noun) any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera | - |
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| megasporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores | Synonyms: macrosporangium |
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| membrane | (noun) a thin pliable sheet of material | - |
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| (noun) a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants | Synonyms: tissue layer |
| membranophone | (noun) a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end | Synonyms: drum, tympan |
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| membranous | (adjective) relating to or made of or similar to a membrane | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane) | Synonyms: membrane-forming |
| memoranda | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memorandum |
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| memorandum | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memoranda |
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| mestranol | (noun) a synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives | - |
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| microsporangium | (noun) a plant structure that produces microspores | - |
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| migrant | (adjective) habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | Synonyms: migratory |
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| (noun) traveler who moves from one region or country to another | Synonyms: migrator |
| ministrant | (adjective) giving practical help to | Synonyms: attending |
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| (noun) someone who serves as a minister | - |
| misbranded | (adjective) branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements | Synonyms: mislabeled |
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| mistranslate | (verb) translate incorrectly | - |
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| mistranslation | (noun) an incorrect translation | - |
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| moneran | (adjective) of or relating to the Monera | - |
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| (noun) organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis | Synonyms: moneron |
| monstrance | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: ostensorium |
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| (noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: demonstration |
| morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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| naranjilla | (noun) small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges | Synonyms: Solanum quitoense |
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| neuropteran | (noun) insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins | Synonyms: neuropteron, neuropterous insect |
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| neurotransmitter | (noun) a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse | - |
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| nitrofuran | (noun) derivative of furan used to inhibit bacterial growth | - |
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| nitrofurantoin | (noun) derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Macrodantin |
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| nonappearance | (noun) failure to appear (especially as at court) | - |
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| nongranular | (adjective) not having granules | - |
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| nonrandom | (adjective) not random | - |
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| nontransferable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: unassignable, untransferable |
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| nontranslational | (adjective) of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation | - |
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| nontransmissible | (adjective) (of disease) not capable of being passed on | Synonyms: noncommunicable, noncontagious |
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| (adjective) not acquirable by inheritance | Synonyms: nonhereditary |
| nudibranch | (noun) any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body | Synonyms: sea slug |
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| nurturance | (noun) physical and emotional care and nourishment | - |
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| nurturant | (adjective) providing physical and emotional care and nourishment | - |
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| obscurantism | (noun) a deliberate act intended to make something obscure | - |
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| (noun) a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge | - |
| obscurantist | (noun) a person who is deliberately vague | - |
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| olecranon | (noun) process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended | Synonyms: olecranon process |
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| omnirange | (noun) a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing | Synonyms: omnidirectional radio range, omnidirectional range |
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| onychophoran | (noun) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | Synonyms: peripatus, velvet worm |
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| operand | (noun) a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed | - |
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| operant | (adjective) having influence or producing an effect | - |
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| orang | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orangutan, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus |
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| orange | (adjective) of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange | Synonyms: orangish |
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| (noun) orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow | Synonyms: orangeness |
| (noun) round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees | - |
| (noun) any citrus tree bearing oranges | Synonyms: orange tree |
| (noun) any pigment producing the orange color | - |
| orangeade | (noun) sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice | - |
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| orangeness | (noun) orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow | Synonyms: orange |
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| orangery | (noun) a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas | - |
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| orangewood | (noun) fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork | - |
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| orangish | (adjective) of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange | Synonyms: orange |
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| orangutan | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus |
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| orangutang | (noun) large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits | Synonyms: orang, orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus |
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| orthopteran | (noun) any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts | Synonyms: orthopteron, orthopterous insect |
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| outrange | (verb) have a greater range than (another gun) | - |
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| outrank | (verb) take precedence or surpass others in rank | Synonyms: rank |
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| overanxiety | (noun) excessive anxiety | - |
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| overanxious | (adjective) anxious or nervous to an excessive degree | - |
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| overtolerance | (noun) too much permissiveness | - |
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| paranasal | (adjective) adjacent to the nasal cavities | - |
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| parang | (noun) a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia | - |
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| paranoia | (noun) a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur | - |
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| paranoiac | (noun) a person afflicted with paranoia | Synonyms: paranoid |
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| paranoid | (adjective) suffering from paranoia | - |
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| (noun) a person afflicted with paranoia | Synonyms: paranoiac |
| paranormal | (adjective) not in accordance with scientific laws | - |
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| (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: extrasensory |
| perseverance | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseveration, persistence |
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| (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
| pesantran | (noun) a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders | Synonyms: pesantren |
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| pirana | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: caribe, piranha |
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| piranha | (noun) small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals | Synonyms: caribe, pirana |
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| (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, predator, vulture |
| plecopteran | (noun) primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones | Synonyms: stone fly, stonefly |
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| plectranthus | (noun) any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus | - |
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| pogonophoran | (noun) slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom | Synonyms: beard worm |
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| pomegranate | (noun) large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind | - |
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| (noun) shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit | Synonyms: pomegranate tree, Punica granatum |
| poriferan | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: parazoan, sponge |
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| postprandial | (adjective) following a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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| prance | (noun) a proud stiff pompous gait | Synonyms: strut, swagger |
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| (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
| (verb) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward | - |
| (verb) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward | - |
| (verb) spring forward on the hind legs | - |
| prancer | (noun) a mettlesome or fiery horse | - |
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| prandial | (adjective) of or relating to a meal | - |
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| prang | (noun) a crash involving a car or plane | - |
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| (verb) crash | - |
| prank | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, caper, joke, put-on, trick |
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| (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery |
| (verb) dress up showily | - |
| (verb) dress or decorate showily or gaudily | - |
| prankish | (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, puckish, wicked |
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| prankishness | (noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks | Synonyms: rascality, roguishness |
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