| lutefisk | (noun) dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency | Synonyms: lutfisk |
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| lutein | (noun) yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks | Synonyms: xanthophyl, xanthophyll |
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| lutenist | (noun) a musician who plays the lute | Synonyms: lutanist, lutist |
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| luteotropin | (noun) gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | Synonyms: lactogenic hormone, prolactin |
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| lutetium | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium | Synonyms: atomic number 71, Lu, lutecium |
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| malamute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malemute |
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| malemute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malamute |
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| microcomputer | (noun) a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time | Synonyms: PC, personal computer |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| minute | (adjective) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination | Synonyms: narrow |
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| (adjective) infinitely or immeasurably small | Synonyms: infinitesimal |
| (noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it | Synonyms: hour |
| (noun) a short note | - |
| (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | Synonyms: arcminute, minute of arc |
| (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | Synonyms: min |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, mo, moment, second |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, moment, second |
| minutely | (adverb) in minute detail | Synonyms: circumstantially |
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| minuteness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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| (noun) great precision; painstaking attention to details | - |
| minutes | (noun) a written account of what transpired at a meeting | Synonyms: proceedings, transactions |
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| mute | (adjective) expressed without speech | Synonyms: silent, tongueless, unspoken, wordless |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | Synonyms: dumb, silent |
| (noun) a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument | - |
| (noun) a deaf person who is unable to speak | Synonyms: deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute |
| (verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | Synonyms: damp, dampen, dull, muffle, tone down |
| muted | (adjective) being or made softer or less loud or clear | Synonyms: dull, muffled, softened |
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| (adjective) in a softened tone | Synonyms: hushed, quiet, subdued |
| mutely | (adverb) without speaking | Synonyms: silently, taciturnly, wordlessly |
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| muteness | (noun) a refusal to speak when expected | Synonyms: silence |
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| (noun) the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak | Synonyms: mutism |
| neuter | (adjective) neither male nor female (of grammatical gender) | - |
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| (adjective) having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs | Synonyms: sexless |
| (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) | - |
| (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, spay |
| neutered | (adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed | Synonyms: altered |
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| neutering | (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, fixing |
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| outer | (adjective) being on the outside or further from a center | - |
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| (adjective) being on or toward the outside of the body | - |
| (adjective) located outside | - |
| outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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| outermost | (adjective) situated at the farthest possible point from a center | Synonyms: outmost |
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| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| pahautea | (noun) evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka | Synonyms: Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine |
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| parachute | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: chute |
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| (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
| parachuter | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachutist |
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| permute | (verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: commute, transpose |
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| persecute | (verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: oppress |
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| pollute | (verb) make impure | Synonyms: contaminate, foul |
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| polluted | (adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | Synonyms: contaminated |
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| polluter | (noun) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | Synonyms: defiler |
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| polybutene | (noun) a polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber | Synonyms: polybutylene |
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| pouter | (noun) one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out | Synonyms: pouter pigeon |
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| (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, sourpuss |
| prosecute | (verb) bring a criminal action against (in a trial) | - |
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| (verb) conduct a prosecution in a court of law | - |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, pursue |
| prostitute | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| (verb) sell one's body; exchange sex for money | - |
| reattribute | (verb) attribute to another source | - |
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| reconstitute | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: restructure |
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| redistribute | (verb) distribute anew | - |
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| redistributed | (adjective) having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas | - |
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| refute | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: controvert, rebut |
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| (verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | Synonyms: rebut |
| refuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, disprover, rebutter |
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| repute | (noun) the state of being held in high esteem and honor | Synonyms: reputation |
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| (verb) look on as or consider | Synonyms: be known as, esteem, know as, look on, look upon, regard as, take to be, think of |
| reputedly | (adverb) by repute; according to general belief | - |
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| resolute | (adjective) firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by quickness and firmness | Synonyms: unhesitating |
| resolutely | (adverb) showing firm determination or purpose | - |
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| (adverb) with firmness of purpose | Synonyms: decisively |
| resoluteness | (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness, firmness of purpose, resolution, resolve |
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| restitute | (verb) restore to a previous or better condition | Synonyms: renovate |
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| (verb) give or bring back | Synonyms: restore |
| route | (noun) an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | Synonyms: road |
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| (noun) an established line of travel or access | Synonyms: itinerary, path |
| (verb) send via a specific route | - |
| (verb) divert in a specified direction | - |
| (verb) send documents or materials to appropriate destinations | - |
| routemarch | (noun) a long training march for troops | - |
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| router | (noun) (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks | - |
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| (noun) a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery | - |
| (noun) a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves | - |
| salute | (noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition | Synonyms: salutation |
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| (noun) a formal military gesture of respect | Synonyms: military greeting |
| (noun) an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat | - |
| (verb) greet in a friendly way | - |
| (verb) recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position | Synonyms: present |
| (verb) honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers | - |
| (verb) express commendation of | - |
| (verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, toast, wassail |
| (verb) become noticeable | - |
| saluter | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, welcomer |
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| saute | (adjective) fried quickly in a little fat | Synonyms: sauteed |
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| (noun) a dish of sauteed food | - |
| (verb) fry briefly over high heat | - |
| sauteed | (adjective) fried quickly in a little fat | Synonyms: saute |
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| sauteing | (noun) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle | Synonyms: frying |
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| scouter | (noun) an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement | Synonyms: rover |
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| scute | (noun) large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake | - |
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| shouted | (adjective) in a vehement outcry | Synonyms: yelled |
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| shouter | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, yeller |
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| shuteye | (noun) informal term for sleep | Synonyms: shut-eye |
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| solute | (noun) the dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state | - |
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| spouter | (noun) a spouting whale | - |
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| (noun) an oil well that is spouting | - |
| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater |
| sprouted | (adjective) (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground | - |
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| sprouter | (noun) A device for sprouting seeds. | Synonyms: seed sprouter |
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| statute | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: codified |
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| (noun) an act passed by a legislative body | Synonyms: legislative act |
| subacute | (adjective) less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it | - |
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| sublieutenant | (noun) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant | - |
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| substitute | (adjective) artificial and inferior | Synonyms: ersatz |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, alternative |
| (adjective) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | Synonyms: utility |
| (noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in |
| (noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: reserve, second-stringer |
| (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace |
| (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in |
| suffrutescent | (adjective) of a plant; having a woody base that does not die down each year | - |
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| suffrutex | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: subshrub |
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| supercomputer | (noun) a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
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| tauten | (verb) become taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
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| (verb) make taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
| thermocautery | (noun) cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat | - |
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| touter | (noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way | Synonyms: tout |
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| transmute | (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: metamorphose, transform |
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| (verb) alter the nature of (elements) | - |
| (verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transform, transubstantiate |
| tribute | (noun) payment by one nation for protection by another | - |
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| (noun) payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | Synonyms: protection |
| (noun) something given or done as an expression of esteem | Synonyms: testimonial |
| tutee | (noun) learns from a tutor | - |
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| tutelage | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tuition, tutorship |
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| (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, charge, guardianship |
| tutelar | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: custodial, tutelary |
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| tutelary | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: custodial, tutelar |
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| undiluted | (adjective) not diluted | - |
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| undisputed | (adjective) generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute | Synonyms: unchallenged, unquestioned |
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| undisputedly | (adverb) in an unarguable and undisputed manner | Synonyms: inarguably, unarguably |
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| undistributed | (adjective) (of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities | - |
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| unpolluted | (adjective) free from admixture with noxious elements; clean | Synonyms: uncontaminated |
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| utensil | (noun) an implement for practical use (especially in a household) | - |
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| uterine | (adjective) of or involving the uterus | - |
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| uterus | (noun) a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus | Synonyms: womb |
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| veloute | (noun) white sauce made with stock instead of milk | - |
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| volute | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, voluted, whorled |
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| (noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, whorl |
| (noun) ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center | Synonyms: spiral |
| voluted | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, whorled |
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