| jittery | (adjective) characterized by jerky movements | - |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight |
| jobbery | (noun) corruptness among public officials | - |
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| joinery | (noun) the craft of a joiner | Synonyms: cabinetmaking |
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| (noun) fine woodwork done by a joiner | - |
| judicatory | (noun) the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | Synonyms: judicature, judicial system, judiciary |
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| judiciary | (noun) persons who administer justice | Synonyms: bench |
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| (noun) the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | Synonyms: judicatory, judicature, judicial system |
| jugglery | (noun) the performance of a juggler | - |
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| (noun) artful trickery designed to achieve an end | - |
| juneberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry |
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| jury | (noun) a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law | - |
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| (noun) a committee appointed to judge a competition | Synonyms: panel |
| juryman | (noun) a male who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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| jurywoman | (noun) a female who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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| justiciary | (noun) the jurisdiction of a justiciar | - |
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| (noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciar |
| justificatory | (adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: defensive, justificative |
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| (adjective) providing justification | Synonyms: justificative, vindicatory |
| karyokinesis | (noun) organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis | - |
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| karyokinetic | (adjective) of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis | - |
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| karyolymph | (noun) a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed | - |
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| karyolysis | (noun) disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies | - |
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| karyon | (noun) a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | Synonyms: cell nucleus, nucleus |
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| karyoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: nucleoplasm |
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| karyotype | (noun) the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes) | - |
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| kaury | (noun) tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | Synonyms: Agathis australis, kauri |
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| kerygma | (noun) preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church | Synonyms: kerugma |
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| knavery | (noun) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | Synonyms: dishonesty |
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| knickknackery | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot |
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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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| krypton | (noun) a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air | Synonyms: atomic number 36, Kr |
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| laboratory | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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| (noun) a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation | Synonyms: testing ground |
| lachrymal | (adjective) of or relating to tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
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| (adjective) relating to or located near the organ that produces tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
| lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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| lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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| lachrymatory | (adjective) relating to or prompting tears | Synonyms: lacrimatory |
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| lachrymose | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, tearful, weeping |
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| lacrimatory | (adjective) relating to or prompting tears | Synonyms: lachrymatory |
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| lamasery | (noun) a monastery for lamas | - |
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| laniary | (adjective) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth | Synonyms: canine |
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| lapidary | (adjective) of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them | - |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones | Synonyms: lapidist |
| (noun) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them | Synonyms: lapidarist |
| laryngeal | (adjective) of or relating to or situated in the larynx | - |
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| laryngectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx) | - |
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| laryngismus | (noun) laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles | - |
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| laryngitis | (noun) inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing | - |
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| laryngopharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to the larynx and pharynx | - |
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| laryngopharyngitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and pharynx | - |
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| laryngopharynx | (noun) the lower part of the pharynx | - |
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| laryngoscope | (noun) a medical instrument for examining the larynx | - |
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| laryngospasm | (noun) a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs | - |
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| laryngostenosis | (noun) abnormal narrowing of the larynx | - |
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| laryngotracheobronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways | - |
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| larynx | (noun) a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech | Synonyms: voice box |
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| lathery | (adjective) resembling lather or covered with lather | Synonyms: sudsy |
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| laudatory | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: praiseful, praising |
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| laundry | (noun) workplace where clothes are washed and ironed | - |
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| (noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | Synonyms: wash, washables, washing |
| laundryman | (noun) a man who operates an industrial washing machine | Synonyms: washerman |
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| laundrywoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, washerwoman, washwoman |
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| lavatory | (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, privy, toilet |
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| (noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: basin, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
| (noun) a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it | Synonyms: flush toilet |
| leathery | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike |
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| lechery | (noun) unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity | - |
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| leery | (adjective) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | Synonyms: mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary |
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| legendary | (adjective) so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend | - |
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| (adjective) celebrated in fable or legend | Synonyms: fabled |
| legionary | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionnaire |
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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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| lepidoptery | (noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera | Synonyms: lepidopterology |
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| levorotary | (adjective) rotating to the left | Synonyms: left-handed, levorotatory |
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| levorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the left | Synonyms: left-handed, levorotary |
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| library | (noun) a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | Synonyms: depository library |
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| (noun) a room where books are kept | - |
| (noun) a building that houses a collection of books and other materials | - |
| (noun) a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing | - |
| (noun) (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use | Synonyms: program library, subroutine library |
| lingberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| lingenberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| lingonberry | (noun) tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller | Synonyms: cowberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry |
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| (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| literary | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of literature | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing | - |
| (adjective) knowledgeable about literature | - |
| livery | (adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: bilious, liverish |
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| (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | Synonyms: delivery, legal transfer |
| (noun) the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay | - |
| (noun) uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs | - |
| liveryman | (noun) a worker in a livery stable | - |
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| loganberry | (noun) large red variety of the dewberry | - |
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| (noun) red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California | Synonyms: Rubus loganobaccus, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus |
| longanberry | (noun) Asian fruit similar to litchi | Synonyms: dragon's eye |
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| (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, lungen, Nephelium longana |
| lordolatry | (noun) the worship of a lord because of his rank or title | - |
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| lorry | (noun) a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides | Synonyms: camion |
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| (noun) a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides | - |
| lory | (noun) small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits | - |
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| lottery | (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: drawing |
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| (noun) something that is regarded as a chance event | - |
| lumberyard | (noun) a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale | - |
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| luminary | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, notability, notable |
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| luxury | (noun) something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity | - |
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| (noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | Synonyms: lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness |
| (noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | Synonyms: luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness |
| machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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| (noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
| malacopterygian | (noun) any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii | Synonyms: soft-finned fish |
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| maleberry | (noun) deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers | Synonyms: he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina, male berry, privet andromeda |
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| mammary | (adjective) of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female | - |
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| mandatary | (noun) the recipient of a mandate | Synonyms: mandatory |
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| mandatory | (adjective) required by rule | Synonyms: compulsory, required |
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| (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | Synonyms: mandate |
| (noun) the recipient of a mandate | Synonyms: mandatary |
| manufactory | (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: factory, manufacturing plant, mill |
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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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| marquetry | (noun) inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture | Synonyms: marqueterie |
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| marry | (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, wed |
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| (verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: splice, tie, wed |
| masonry | (noun) the craft of a mason | - |
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| (noun) structure built of stone or brick by a mason | - |
| mastery | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: subordination |
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| (noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: command, control |
| (noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: domination, supremacy |
| maxillary | (adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw | - |
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| (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium | Synonyms: maxilla, upper jaw, upper jawbone |
| mealberry | (noun) evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn | Synonyms: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry |
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| mediatory | (adjective) of or related to or directed toward mediation | - |
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| medullary | (adjective) of or relating to the medulla of any body part | - |
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| (adjective) containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to the medulla oblongata | - |
| megakaryocyte | (noun) a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets | - |
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| megakaryocytic | (adjective) of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells | - |
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| memory | (noun) an electronic memory device | Synonyms: computer memory, computer storage, memory board, storage, store |
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| (noun) the power of retaining and recalling past experience | Synonyms: retention, retentiveness, retentivity |
| (noun) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered | Synonyms: remembering |
| (noun) something that is remembered | - |
| (noun) the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes | - |
| mercenary | (adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: commercial, mercantile, moneymaking |
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| (adjective) serving for wages in a foreign army | Synonyms: free-lance, freelance |
| (adjective) marked by materialism | Synonyms: materialistic, worldly-minded |
| (noun) a person hired to fight for another country than their own | Synonyms: soldier of fortune |
| mercury | (noun) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer | - |
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| (noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | Synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, quicksilver |
| merry | (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
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| (adjective) offering fun and gaiety | Synonyms: festal, festive, gay |
| (adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment | Synonyms: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful |