| mortality | (noun) the quality or state of being mortal | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | Synonyms: death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate |
| mortally | (adverb) in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.) | - |
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| musculoskeletal | (adjective) relating to muscles and skeleton | - |
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| natal | (adjective) relating to or accompanying birth | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the buttocks | - |
| natality | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, birthrate, fertility, fertility rate |
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| neandertal | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, oafish, swinish |
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| neonatal | (adjective) relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth | - |
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| noncommittal | (adjective) refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like | - |
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| noncrystalline | (adjective) not crystalline | - |
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| nonfatal | (adjective) not bringing death | - |
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| nonjudgmental | (adjective) refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards | - |
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| nonmetal | (adjective) not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal | Synonyms: nonmetallic |
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| (noun) a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties | - |
| nonmetallic | (adjective) not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal | Synonyms: nonmetal |
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| nonremittal | (noun) loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid | Synonyms: default, nonpayment |
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| (noun) act of failing to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: default, nonpayment |
| nonsegmental | (adjective) having a body that is not divided into segments | Synonyms: unsegmented |
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| nostalgia | (noun) longing for something past | - |
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| nostalgic | (adjective) unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons | - |
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| nostalgically | (adverb) in a nostalgic manner | - |
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| nyctalopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder | Synonyms: moon blindness, night blindness |
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| occidental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere | Synonyms: Hesperian |
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| occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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| occidentalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations | - |
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| occidentalize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, westernise, westernize |
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| occipital | (adjective) of or relating to the occiput | - |
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| octal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base | - |
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| odontalgia | (noun) an ache localized in or around a tooth | Synonyms: toothache |
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| orbital | (adjective) of or relating to an orbit | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the eye socket | - |
| orbitale | (noun) the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit | Synonyms: orbital point |
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| oriental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East | - |
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| (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia; 'oriental civilization' | - |
| orientalise | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalize |
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| orientalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations | - |
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| orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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| orientalize | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalise |
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| ornamental | (adjective) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | Synonyms: cosmetic, decorative |
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| (noun) any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value | - |
| ornamentalism | (noun) the practice of ornamental display | - |
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| ornamentalist | (noun) someone who decorates | Synonyms: decorator |
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| ornamentally | (adverb) in an ornamental, nonfunctional manner | - |
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| otalgia | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: earache |
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| overcapitalisation | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalization |
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| overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| overcapitalization | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalisation |
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| overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| palatal | (adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatine |
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| (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatalised, palatalized |
| (noun) a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') | - |
| palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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| palatalised | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalized |
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| palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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| palatalized | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalised |
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| pantaloon | (noun) trousers worn in former times | - |
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| pantalooned | (adjective) dressed in trousers | Synonyms: breeched, trousered |
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| parental | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, paternal |
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| (adjective) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced | - |
| parentally | (adverb) in a parental manner | - |
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| parietal | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium | - |
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| pedestal | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, stand |
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| (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, plinth |
| (noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority) | - |
| pentecostal | (adjective) of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members | - |
| pentecostalism | (noun) the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues | - |
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| pentobarbital | (noun) a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic | Synonyms: Nembutal, pentobarbital sodium, yellow jacket |
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| perinatal | (adjective) occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after) | - |
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| periodontal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics | Synonyms: periodontic |
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| peristalsis | (noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | Synonyms: vermiculation |
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| petal | (noun) part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored | Synonyms: flower petal |
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| petaled | (adjective) (of flowers) having petals | Synonyms: petalled, petalous |
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| petalled | (adjective) (of flowers) having petals | Synonyms: petaled, petalous |
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| petalless | (adjective) (of flowers) having no petals | Synonyms: apetalous |
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| petallike | (adjective) resembling a petal | Synonyms: petal-like |
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| petaloid | (adjective) resembling a flower petal | - |
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| petalous | (adjective) (of flowers) having petals | Synonyms: petaled, petalled |
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| phenobarbital | (noun) a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative | Synonyms: Luminal, phenobarbitone, purple heart, sodium thiopental |
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| photalgia | (noun) pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | Synonyms: photophobia |
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| pivotal | (adjective) being of crucial importance | Synonyms: polar |
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| placental | (adjective) pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta | - |
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| (noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | Synonyms: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental mammal |
| planetal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | Synonyms: planetary |
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| plantal | (adjective) of or relating to plants | - |
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| polycrystalline | (adjective) composed of aggregates of crystals | - |
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| polypetalous | (adjective) having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals | - |
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| portal | (noun) a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically) | - |
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| (noun) a short vein that carries blood into the liver | Synonyms: hepatic portal vein, portal vein, vena portae |
| (noun) a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet | Synonyms: portal site |
| postal | (adjective) of or relating to the system for delivering mail | - |
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| postalveolar | (noun) (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | Synonyms: post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar consonant |
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| postictal | (adjective) pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion | - |
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| postmortal | (adjective) occurring or done after death | Synonyms: postmortem |
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| postnatal | (adjective) occurring immediately after birth | Synonyms: postpartum |
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| prefrontal | (adjective) anterior to a frontal structure | - |
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| premarital | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: antenuptial, prenuptial |
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| prenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, antepartum |
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| prepubertal | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubescent |
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| proctalgia | (noun) pain in the rectum | - |
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| pubertal | (adjective) of or related to puberty | - |
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| quantal | (adjective) of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states | Synonyms: quantized |
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| quintal | (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, short hundredweight |
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| (noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms | - |
| rebuttal | (noun) the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument | - |
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| (noun) (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder | Synonyms: rebutter |
| recital | (noun) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | Synonyms: narration, yarn |
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| (noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: reading, recitation |
| (noun) performance of music or dance especially by soloists | - |
| (noun) a detailed account or description of something | - |
| recitalist | (noun) a musician who gives recitals | - |
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| rectal | (adjective) of or involving the rectum | - |
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| refutal | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutation |
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| regimental | (adjective) belonging to or concerning a regiment | - |
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| regimentally | (adverb) in a regimental manner or by regiments | - |
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| regimentals | (noun) the military uniform and insignia of a regiment | - |
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| reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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| remittal | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: absolution, remission, remission of sin |
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| (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remission, subsidence |
| (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remission, remitment, remittance |
| rental | (adjective) of or relating to rent | - |
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| (adjective) available to rent or lease | - |
| (noun) the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | Synonyms: renting |
| (noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: lease, letting |
| requital | (noun) an act of requiting; returning in kind | Synonyms: payment |
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| (noun) a justly deserved penalty | Synonyms: retribution |