| intersection | (noun) the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path) | - |
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| (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway |
| (noun) a point where lines intersect | Synonyms: intersection point, point of intersection |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, overlap |
| (noun) the set of elements common to two or more sets | Synonyms: Cartesian product, product |
| (noun) a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations | - |
| intersex | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite |
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| intersexual | (adjective) having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female | - |
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| (adjective) existing or occurring between the sexes | - |
| interspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecific |
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| interspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecies |
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| interspersal | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersion |
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| intersperse | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions | Synonyms: interlard |
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| (verb) place at intervals in or among | - |
| interspersion | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersal |
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| interstate | (adjective) involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States | - |
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| (noun) one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States | Synonyms: interstate highway |
| interstellar | (adjective) between or among stars | - |
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| interstice | (noun) small opening between things | - |
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| (noun) a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ | - |
| interstitial | (adjective) of or relating to interstices | - |
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| interstratify | (verb) arrange rocks in alternating strata | - |
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| introversion | (noun) (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings | - |
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| (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, intussusception, invagination |
| (noun) the condition of being folded inward or sheathed | Synonyms: invagination |
| introversive | (adjective) directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings | Synonyms: introvertive |
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| inverse | (adjective) opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | - |
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| (adjective) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect | Synonyms: reverse |
| (noun) something inverted in sequence or character or effect | Synonyms: opposite |
| inversely | (adverb) in an inverse or contrary manner | Synonyms: reciprocally |
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| inversion | (noun) turning upside down; setting on end | Synonyms: upending |
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| (noun) the act of turning inside out | Synonyms: eversion, everting |
| (noun) a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex | Synonyms: sexual inversion |
| (noun) the reversal of the normal order of words | Synonyms: anastrophe |
| (noun) (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa | - |
| (noun) (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed | - |
| (noun) the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer | - |
| (noun) a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa | - |
| (noun) abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) | - |
| irreversibility | (noun) the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed) | - |
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| irreversible | (adjective) incapable of being reversed | - |
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| irreversibly | (adverb) in an irreversible manner | - |
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| jersey | (noun) a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric | - |
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| (noun) a close-fitting pullover shirt | Synonyms: T-shirt, tee shirt |
| jitters | (noun) extreme nervousness | Synonyms: heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies |
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| jodhpurs | (noun) (used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots | Synonyms: jodhpur breeches, riding breeches |
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| katharsis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | Synonyms: abreaction, catharsis |
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| (noun) purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: catharsis, purgation |
| kinsperson | (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: family, kin |
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| kirsch | (noun) from fermented juice of black morello cherries | - |
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| knackwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knockwurst |
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| knickerbockers | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers |
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| knickers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, pants |
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| (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers |
| knockwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knackwurst |
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| laborsaving | (adjective) designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor | Synonyms: laboursaving |
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| laboursaving | (adjective) designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor | Synonyms: laborsaving |
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| lancers | (noun) a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples | - |
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| layperson | (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, secular |
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| leaders | (noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leadership |
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| leadership | (noun) the activity of leading | Synonyms: leading |
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| (noun) the ability to lead | - |
| (noun) the body of people who lead a group | Synonyms: leaders |
| (noun) the status of a leader | - |
| leftovers | (noun) food remaining from a previous meal | - |
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| legislatorship | (noun) the office of legislator | - |
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| letters | (noun) the literary culture | - |
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| (noun) scholarly attainment | - |
| limbers | (noun) a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well | - |
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| listenership | (noun) all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster. | - |
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| liverwurst | (noun) sausage containing ground liver | Synonyms: liver pudding, liver sausage |
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| majors | (noun) the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) | Synonyms: big league, major league |
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| malversate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate |
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| malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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| managership | (noun) the position of manager | - |
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| manners | (noun) social deportment | - |
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| marseille | (noun) strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads | - |
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| marsh | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marshland |
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| marshal | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshall |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshall |
| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: mobilise, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) arrange in logical order | - |
| (verb) place in proper rank | - |
| (verb) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession | - |
| marshall | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshal |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshal |
| marshalship | (noun) the post of marshall | - |
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| marshland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marsh |
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| marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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| marshy | (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
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| marsupial | (adjective) of or relating to the marsupials | - |
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| (noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
| marsupium | (noun) an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | - |
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| mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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| (noun) the skill of a master | - |
| masterstroke | (noun) an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
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| maulers | (noun) large strong hand (as of a fighter) | Synonyms: hooks, meat hooks |
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| mearstone | (noun) an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab | Synonyms: meerestone, merestone |
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| meerschaum | (noun) a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum | - |
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| (noun) a white clayey mineral | Synonyms: sepiolite |
| membership | (noun) the body of members of an organization or group | Synonyms: rank |
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| (noun) the state of being a member | - |
| metatarsal | (adjective) of or relating to the metatarsus | - |
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| (noun) any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes | - |
| metatarsus | (noun) the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds | - |
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| meterstick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: metrestick |
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| minors | (noun) a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) | Synonyms: bush league, minor league |
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| misunderstand | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret |
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| misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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| (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
| misunderstood | (adjective) wrongly understood | - |
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| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| morsel | (noun) a small amount of solid food; a mouthful | Synonyms: bit, bite |
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| (noun) a small quantity of anything | - |
| multiversity | (noun) a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers | - |
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| nearside | (noun) the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb | - |
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| nearsighted | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: myopic, shortsighted |
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| nearsightedness | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: myopia, shortsightedness |
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| newsperson | (noun) a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | Synonyms: reporter |
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| noncontroversial | (adjective) not likely to arouse controversy | Synonyms: uncontroversial |
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| nonintersecting | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonconvergent |
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| nonperson | (noun) a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons) | Synonyms: unperson |
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| nonpersonal | (adjective) lacking personality | - |
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| nonreversible | (adjective) not reversible or capable of having either side out | Synonyms: one-sided |
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| nonsubmersible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmergible |
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| numbers | (noun) an illegal daily lottery | Synonyms: numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket |
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| nurse | (noun) one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) | - |
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| (noun) a woman who is the custodian of children | Synonyms: nanny, nursemaid |
| (verb) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury | - |
| (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, harbour, hold |
| (verb) serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | - |
| (verb) treat carefully | - |
| nursed | (adjective) (of an infant) breast-fed | Synonyms: suckled |
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| nurseling | (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nursling, suckling |
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| nursemaid | (noun) a woman who is the custodian of children | Synonyms: nanny, nurse |
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| nurser | (noun) a person who treats something carefully | - |
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| nursery | (noun) a child's room for a baby | Synonyms: baby's room |
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| nurseryman | (noun) someone who takes care of a garden | Synonyms: gardener |
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| nursing | (noun) the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm | - |
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| (noun) nourishing at the breast | Synonyms: breast feeding |
| (noun) the profession of a nurse | - |
| nursling | (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nurseling, suckling |
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| oarsman | (noun) a male who rows a boat | - |
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| oarsmanship | (noun) skill as an oarsman | - |
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| oarswoman | (noun) a woman oarsman | - |
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| obverse | (noun) the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design | - |
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| (noun) the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides | - |
| oersted | (noun) the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole | - |
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| outburst | (noun) a sudden violent disturbance | Synonyms: tumultuous disturbance |
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| (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush |
| (noun) a sudden intense happening | Synonyms: burst, flare-up |