| hyena | (noun) doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion | Synonyms: hyaena |
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| interlayer | (noun) a layer placed between other layers | - |
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| journeyer | (noun) a traveler going on a trip | Synonyms: wayfarer |
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| kaffiyeh | (noun) an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal | - |
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| keyed | (adjective) fitted with or secured by a key | - |
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| (adjective) set to a key or tone | - |
| lammergeyer | (noun) the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill | Synonyms: bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, lammergeier |
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| lawyer | (noun) a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice | Synonyms: attorney |
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| lawyerbush | (noun) stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth | Synonyms: bush lawyer, lawyer bush, Rubus australis, Rubus cissoides |
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| layer | (noun) thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells | - |
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| (noun) a hen that lays eggs | - |
| (noun) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance | Synonyms: bed |
| (noun) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | Synonyms: level, stratum |
| (noun) a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another | - |
| (verb) make or form a layer | - |
| layered | (adjective) with one layer on top of another | Synonyms: superimposed |
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| layette | (noun) kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby | - |
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| lye | (noun) a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide | - |
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| manslayer | (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: liquidator, murderer |
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| matsyendra | (noun) (Hinduism) a religious posture | - |
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| mayeng | (noun) Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree | Synonyms: maple-leaved bayur, Pterospermum acerifolium |
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| metacyesis | (noun) pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus | Synonyms: eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy |
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| minelayer | (noun) ship equipped for laying marine mines | - |
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| moneyed | (adjective) based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth | Synonyms: monied |
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| (adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, substantial, wealthy |
| moneyer | (noun) a skilled worker who coins or stamps money | Synonyms: coiner, minter |
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| mooneye | (noun) recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness | Synonyms: moon blindness |
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| myelatelia | (noun) any developmental defect of the spinal cord | - |
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| myelencephalon | (noun) the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults | - |
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| myelic | (adjective) of or relating to bone marrow cells | Synonyms: myeloid |
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| myelin | (noun) a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | Synonyms: medulla, myeline |
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| myelinated | (adjective) (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin | Synonyms: medullated |
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| myeline | (noun) a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | Synonyms: medulla, myelin |
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| myelinic | (adjective) of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers | - |
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| myelinisation | (noun) the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: myelinization |
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| myelinization | (noun) the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: myelinisation |
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| myelitis | (noun) inflammation of the spinal cord | - |
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| myeloblast | (noun) a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow | - |
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| myelocyte | (noun) an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myelofibrosis | (noun) fibrosis of the bone marrow | - |
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| myelogram | (noun) X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space | - |
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| myelography | (noun) roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space) | - |
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| myeloid | (adjective) of or relating to bone marrow | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to bone marrow cells | Synonyms: myelic |
| (adjective) marrowlike | - |
| myeloma | (noun) a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myelomeningocele | (noun) a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation | - |
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| naysayer | (noun) someone with an aggressively negative attitude | - |
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| osteomyelitis | (noun) an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection) | - |
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| overjoyed | (adjective) extremely joyful | - |
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| 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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| oxeye | (noun) an oval or round dormer window | - |
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| (noun) Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers | - |
| (noun) any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers | Synonyms: heliopsis |
| panchayet | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayat, punchayet |
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| payee | (noun) a person to whom money is paid | - |
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| payer | (noun) a person who pays money for something | Synonyms: remunerator |
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| pinkeye | (noun) inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye | Synonyms: conjunctivitis |
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| platelayer | (noun) a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks | Synonyms: tracklayer |
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| played | (adjective) (of games) engaged in | - |
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| player | (noun) a theatrical performer | Synonyms: actor, histrion, role player, thespian |
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| (noun) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | Synonyms: participant |
| (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: instrumentalist, musician |
| (noun) a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously | - |
| (noun) someone who takes part in an activity | Synonyms: participant |
| plyer | (noun) someone who plies a trade | Synonyms: plier |
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| plyers | (noun) a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws | Synonyms: pair of pliers, pliers |
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| poliomyelitis | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, polio |
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| polyelectrolyte | (noun) an electrolyte of high molecular weight | - |
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| polyester | (noun) any of a large class of synthetic fabrics | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant | - |
| (noun) a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer | - |
| polyestrous | (adjective) having more than one period of estrus per year | Synonyms: polyoestrous |
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| polyethylene | (noun) a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation | Synonyms: polythene |
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| popeyed | (adjective) having bulging eyes | - |
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| (adjective) with eyes or mouth open in surprise | Synonyms: goggle-eyed, openmouthed |
| portrayed | (adjective) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | Synonyms: depicted, pictured |
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| portrayer | (noun) a painter or drawer of portraits | Synonyms: limner, portrait painter, portraitist |
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| prayer | (noun) the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) | Synonyms: supplication |
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| (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: appeal, entreaty |
| (noun) a fixed text used in praying | - |
| (noun) reverent petition to a deity | Synonyms: orison, petition |
| (noun) someone who prays to God | Synonyms: supplicant |
| prayerbook | (noun) a book containing prayers | Synonyms: prayer book |
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| prayerful | (adjective) disposed to pray or appearing to pray | - |
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| pseudocyesis | (noun) physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant | Synonyms: false pregnancy |
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| punchayet | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayat, panchayet |
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| pyelitis | (noun) inflammation of the renal pelvis | - |
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| pyelogram | (noun) an X ray of the kidneys and ureters | - |
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| pyelography | (noun) roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye) | - |
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| pyelonephritis | (noun) inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection | - |
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| pyemia | (noun) septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess | Synonyms: pyaemia |
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| pyemic | (adjective) of or relating to pyemia | Synonyms: pyaemic |
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| rabbiteye | (noun) shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry | Synonyms: rabbit-eye blueberry, rabbiteye blueberry, Vaccinium ashei |
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| ratepayer | (noun) a person who pays local rates (especially a householder) | - |
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| redeye | (noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep | Synonyms: redeye flight |
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| rye | (noun) whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt | Synonyms: rye whiskey, rye whisky |
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| (noun) hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement | Synonyms: Secale cereale |
| (noun) the seed of the cereal grass | - |
| ryegrass | (noun) any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses | Synonyms: rye grass |
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| sawyer | (noun) any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers | Synonyms: sawyer beetle |
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| (noun) one who is employed to saw wood | - |
| sayeret | (noun) Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions | Synonyms: Sayeret Mat'kal, Sayeret Matkal |
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| shuteye | (noun) informal term for sleep | Synonyms: shut-eye |
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| slayer | (noun) someone who causes the death of a person or animal | Synonyms: killer |
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| sockeye | (noun) small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning | Synonyms: blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye salmon |
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| (noun) fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers | Synonyms: red salmon, sockeye salmon |
| soothsayer | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator |
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| spayed | (adjective) (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed | - |
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| sprayer | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray |
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| (noun) a worker who applies spray to a surface | - |
| stayer | (noun) a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance | - |
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| storeyed | (adjective) having stories as indicated | Synonyms: storied |
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| strayer | (noun) someone who strays or falls behind | Synonyms: straggler |
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| stye | (noun) an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid | Synonyms: eye infection, hordeolum, sty |
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| swayer | (noun) a person who rules or commands | Synonyms: ruler |
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| taxpayer | (noun) someone who pays taxes | - |
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| tracklayer | (noun) a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks | Synonyms: platelayer |
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| unalloyed | (adjective) free from admixture | - |
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| underemployed | (adjective) employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills | - |
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| undismayed | (adjective) unshaken in purpose | Synonyms: undaunted, unshaken |
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| undyed | (adjective) not artificially colored or bleached | Synonyms: unbleached, uncolored |
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| unemployed | (adjective) not engaged in a gainful occupation | - |
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| (noun) people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) | Synonyms: unemployed people |
| unkeyed | (adjective) characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality | Synonyms: atonal |
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| unmyelinated | (adjective) (of neurons) not myelinated | - |
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| unswayed | (adjective) not influenced or affected | Synonyms: uninfluenced, untouched |
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| voyeur | (noun) a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others | Synonyms: peeper, Peeping Tom |
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