| landlubberly | (adjective) inexperienced in seamanship | Synonyms: lubberly |
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| latterly | (adverb) in the recent past | Synonyms: late, lately, of late, recently |
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| leatherleaf | (noun) north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers | Synonyms: Chamaedaphne calyculata |
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| (noun) stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib | Synonyms: coast polypody, leathery polypody, Polypodium scouleri |
| leatherlike | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: coriaceous, leathered, leathery |
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| linearly | (adverb) in a linear manner | - |
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| liverleaf | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: hepatica |
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| loverlike | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverly |
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| loverly | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverlike |
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| lubberly | (adjective) inexperienced in seamanship | Synonyms: landlubberly |
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| (adjective) clumsy and unskilled | - |
| lusterless | (adjective) lacking luster or shine | Synonyms: lackluster, lacklustre, lustreless |
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| (adjective) lacking brilliance or vitality | Synonyms: lackluster, lacklustre, lustreless |
| lusterlessness | (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte |
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| mannerly | (adjective) socially correct in behavior | Synonyms: well-mannered |
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| marl | (noun) a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime | - |
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| marlberry | (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries | Synonyms: Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata |
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| marlin | (noun) large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes | - |
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| marline | (noun) a small usually tarred line of 2 strands | - |
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| marlinespike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlingspike, marlinspike |
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| marlingspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlinspike |
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| marlinspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike |
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| marlite | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlstone |
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| marlstone | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlite |
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| marly | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl | - |
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| masterless | (adjective) having no lord or master | Synonyms: lordless |
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| masterly | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, virtuoso |
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| meagerly | (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy |
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| (adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner | Synonyms: meagrely, slenderly, sparingly |
| memberless | (adjective) of a group or set having no members | - |
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| merl | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merle, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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| merle | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merl, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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| merlin | (noun) small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry | Synonyms: Falco columbarius, pigeon hawk |
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| merlon | (noun) a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement | - |
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| mirrorlike | (adjective) capable of reflecting light like a mirror | Synonyms: specular |
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| miserliness | (noun) total lack of generosity with money | - |
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| miserly | (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | Synonyms: mean, mingy, tight |
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| moorland | (noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss | Synonyms: moor |
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| motherland | (noun) the country where you were born | Synonyms: country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, native land |
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| motherless | (adjective) having no living or known mother | - |
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| motherlike | (adjective) suggestive of or acting like a mother | - |
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| motherliness | (noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternalism, maternity |
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| motherly | (adjective) befitting a mother; warm and nurturing | - |
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| (adverb) in a maternal manner; as a mother | Synonyms: maternally |
| motorless | (adjective) having no motor | Synonyms: unmotorised, unmotorized |
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| nearly | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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| (adverb) in a close manner | Synonyms: closely, intimately |
| neighborliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighbourliness |
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| neighborly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighbourly |
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| neighbourliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighborliness |
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| neighbourly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighborly |
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| netherworld | (noun) (religion) the world of the dead | Synonyms: Hades, Hell, infernal region, Scheol, underworld |
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| northeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeast |
| northerly | (adjective) coming from the north; used especially of wind | Synonyms: northern |
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| (adjective) oriented toward the north | Synonyms: northern |
| (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: boreas, north wind, norther |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northward, northwards |
| northwesterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northwest | Synonyms: northwest |
| numberless | (adjective) too numerous to be counted | Synonyms: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable |
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| oarlock | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin |
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| odorless | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: inodorous, odourless |
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| odourless | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: inodorous, odorless |
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| orderliness | (noun) the quality of appreciating method and system | Synonyms: methodicalness |
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| (noun) a condition of regular or proper arrangement | Synonyms: order |
| orderly | (adjective) devoid of violence or disruption | - |
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| (adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: neat |
| (noun) a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients | Synonyms: hospital attendant |
| (noun) a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer | - |
| orlop | (noun) the fourth or lowest deck | Synonyms: fourth deck, orlop deck |
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| otherworld | (noun) an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality | - |
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| otherworldliness | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality |
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| otherworldly | (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: nonnatural, preternatural, transcendental |
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| overladen | (adjective) loaded past capacity | Synonyms: overloaded |
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| overland | (adjective) traveling or passing over land | - |
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| overlap | (noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: lap |
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| (noun) the property of partial coincidence in time | - |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, intersection |
| (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
| (verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
| overlapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, lapping |
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| overlarge | (adjective) excessively large | Synonyms: too large |
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| overlay | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlayer, sheathing |
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| (noun) a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface | - |
| (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
| (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
| overlayer | (noun) protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior | Synonyms: overlay, sheathing |
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| overleaf | (adverb) on or to the other side of a page | - |
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| overleap | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit |
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| (verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: vault |
| (verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far | - |
| overlie | (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlay |
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| (verb) lie upon; lie on top of | - |
| overlip | (noun) the upper lip | - |
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| overload | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overburden |
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| (noun) an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power | - |
| (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: clog |
| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge |
| (verb) become overloaded | - |
| overloaded | (adjective) loaded past capacity | Synonyms: overladen |
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| overlook | (noun) a high place affording a good view | - |
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| (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit |
| (verb) watch over | - |
| (verb) look past, fail to notice | - |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction | Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over |
| overlooked | (adjective) not taken into account | Synonyms: unmarked, unnoted |
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| overlooking | (adjective) used of a height or viewpoint | Synonyms: commanding, dominating |
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| overlord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, master |
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| overlordship | (noun) the position of overlord | - |
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| overly | (adverb) to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits | Synonyms: excessively, to a fault, too |
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| overlying | (adjective) placed on or over something else | Synonyms: superimposed |
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| ownerless | (adjective) having no owner | Synonyms: unowned |
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| painterly | (adjective) having qualities unique to the art of painting | - |
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| paperlike | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: chartaceous, papery |
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| parlance | (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language | Synonyms: idiom |
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| parlay | (noun) a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers | - |
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| (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
| parley | (noun) a negotiation between enemies | - |
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| (verb) discuss, as between enemies | - |
| parliament | (noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards | Synonyms: fantan, sevens |
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| (noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries | - |
| parliamentarian | (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures | - |
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| parliamentary | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of a parliament | - |
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| (adjective) having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament | - |
| (adjective) in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly | - |
| parlor | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlour |
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| (noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlour, sitting room |
| parlormaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlourmaid |
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| parlour | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlor |
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| (noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlor, sitting room |
| parlourmaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlormaid |
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| parlous | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: perilous, precarious, touch-and-go |
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| particularly | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, peculiarly, specially |
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| (adverb) uniquely or characteristically | Synonyms: peculiarly |
| (adverb) specifically or especially distinguished from others | Synonyms: in particular |
| pearl | (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: bone, ivory, off-white |
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| (noun) a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel | - |
| (noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: bead, drop |
| (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
| pearler | (noun) a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls | Synonyms: pearl diver |
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| pearlescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline |
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| pearlfish | (noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds | Synonyms: pearl-fish |
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| pearlite | (noun) a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron | - |
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| pearlweed | (noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | Synonyms: pearl-weed, pearlwort |
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