| mudspringer | (noun) found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins | Synonyms: mudskipper |
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| murine | (adjective) of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice) | - |
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| (noun) a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae | - |
| murmuring | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: susurrant, whispering |
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| (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmur, mutter, muttering |
| (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, mussitation, mutter, muttering |
| muttering | (noun) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter |
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| (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | Synonyms: murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, mutter |
| myringa | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: eardrum, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| myringectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the eardrum | - |
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| myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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| myringotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear) | - |
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| nectarine | (noun) a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin | - |
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| (noun) variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh | Synonyms: nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina |
| neighboring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighbouring |
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| neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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| neurinoma | (noun) tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve | - |
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| neuroendocrine | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together) | - |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| neutrino | (noun) an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass | - |
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| newspapering | (noun) journalism practiced for the newspapers | - |
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| newsprint | (noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers | Synonyms: newspaper |
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| nitroglycerin | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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| nitroglycerine | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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| nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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| nonbearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own | - |
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| nondrinker | (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: abstainer, abstinent |
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| nonflowering | (adjective) without flower or bloom and not producing seeds | Synonyms: flowerless |
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| nonpasserine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds | - |
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| norepinephrine | (noun) a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses | Synonyms: noradrenaline |
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| numbering | (noun) a numbered list | Synonyms: enumeration |
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| ocarina | (noun) egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes | Synonyms: sweet potato |
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| offering | (noun) the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity | Synonyms: oblation |
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| (noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes | - |
| offprint | (noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | Synonyms: reprint, separate |
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| offspring | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: young |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, progeny |
| oleomargarine | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, marge, oleo |
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| ordering | (noun) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | Synonyms: order |
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| (noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: order, ordination |
| ordinariness | (noun) the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | Synonyms: mundaneness, mundanity |
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| orinasal | (noun) a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) | Synonyms: orinasal phone |
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| orneriness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: cussedness |
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| orphenadrine | (noun) a skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism | Synonyms: Norflex |
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| outpouring | (noun) a large flow | Synonyms: flood, overflow |
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| (noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught |
| (noun) the pouring forth of a fluid | Synonyms: discharge, run |
| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, gush |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, spring |
| overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| overbearingly | (adverb) in an overbearing manner | - |
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| overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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| overindulge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overindulgence | (noun) excessive indulgence | Synonyms: excess |
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| overindulgent | (adjective) excessively indulgent | - |
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| overinterpretation | (noun) Excessive interpretation. | - |
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| overpowering | (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| overpoweringly | (adverb) incapable of being resisted | Synonyms: irresistibly, overwhelmingly |
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| overprint | (noun) something added by overprinting | Synonyms: surprint |
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| (verb) print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper | Synonyms: print over |
| pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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| (noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
| paltering | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: fibbing |
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| paltriness | (noun) worthlessness due to insignificance | Synonyms: sorriness |
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| pampering | (adjective) gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires | - |
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| (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, humouring, indulgence, indulging |
| papaverine | (noun) an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive | Synonyms: Kavrin |
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| papering | (noun) the application of wallpaper | Synonyms: paperhanging |
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| paring | (noun) (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel | - |
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| (noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | Synonyms: shaving, sliver |
| passerine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds | - |
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| (noun) perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless | Synonyms: passeriform bird |
| pepperiness | (noun) a hot spiciness | Synonyms: hotness |
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| peregrinate | (verb) travel around, through, or over, especially on foot | - |
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| peregrination | (noun) traveling or wandering around | - |
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| peregrine | (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: mobile, nomadic, roving, wandering |
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| (noun) a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry | Synonyms: Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon |
| perinasal | (adjective) near the nose | Synonyms: perirhinal |
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| perinatal | (adjective) occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after) | - |
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| perinatologist | (noun) an obstetrician specializing in perinatology | - |
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| perinatology | (noun) the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium | - |
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| perineal | (adjective) of or relating to the perineum | - |
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| perineotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the perineum | - |
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| perineum | (noun) the general region between the anus and the genital organs | - |
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| perineurium | (noun) the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers | - |
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| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| perseveringly | (adverb) with perseverance | - |
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| pestering | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| phenylephrine | (noun) a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion | - |
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| phycoerythrin | (noun) red pigment in red algae | - |
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| picturing | (noun) visual representation as by photography or painting | Synonyms: pictorial representation |
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| (noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: envisioning |
| piperin | (noun) derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper | Synonyms: piperine |
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| piperine | (noun) derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper | Synonyms: piperin |
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| plastering | (noun) the application of plaster | Synonyms: daubing |
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| plundering | (adjective) given to taking by force what is desired | - |
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| (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillage, pillaging |
| pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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| porphyrin | (noun) any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues | - |
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| porringer | (noun) a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) | - |
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| posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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| poudrin | (noun) small crystals of ice | Synonyms: diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, snow mist |
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| pouring | (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: gushing |
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| powderiness | (noun) having a very fine texture | Synonyms: fineness |
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| prechlorination | (noun) chlorination prior to another chemical process | - |
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| prince | (noun) a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) | - |
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| princedom | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: principality |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of a prince | - |
| princeling | (noun) a young prince | - |
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| (noun) a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality | - |
| princely | (adjective) having the rank of or befitting a prince | - |
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| (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, sumptuous |
| princess | (noun) a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | - |
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| princewood | (noun) tropical American timber tree | Synonyms: Cordia gerascanthus, Spanish elm |
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| (noun) large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood | Synonyms: Cordia alliodora, cypre, Equador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm |
| principal | (adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, main, master, primary |
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| (noun) the educator who has executive authority for a school | Synonyms: head, head teacher, school principal |
| (noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, star |
| (noun) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | Synonyms: dealer |
| (noun) (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement | - |
| (noun) the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated | - |
| (noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: corpus, principal sum |
| principality | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: princedom |
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| principally | (adverb) for the most part | Synonyms: chiefly, in the main, mainly, primarily |
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| principalship | (noun) the post of principal | - |
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| principle | (noun) a basic truth or law or assumption | - |
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| (noun) a rule or standard especially of good behavior | - |
| (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: rationale |
| (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | Synonyms: rule |
| (noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | Synonyms: rule |
| (noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: precept |
| principled | (adjective) based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality | - |
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| prink | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress very carefully and in a finicky manner | - |
| print | (noun) a picture or design printed from an engraving | - |
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| (noun) a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers) | - |
| (noun) a printed picture produced from a photographic negative | Synonyms: photographic print |
| (noun) a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it) | - |
| (noun) the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication | - |
| (noun) a visible indication made on a surface | Synonyms: mark |
| (noun) availability in printed form | - |
| (verb) reproduce by printing | Synonyms: impress |
| (verb) make into a print | - |
| (verb) put into print | Synonyms: publish |
| (verb) write as if with print; not cursive | - |
| printable | (adjective) fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable | - |
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