| lateen | (adjective) rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail | Synonyms: lateen-rigged |
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| (noun) a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean | Synonyms: lateen sail |
| latten | (noun) brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils | - |
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| leaden | (adjective) made of lead | - |
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| (adjective) darkened with overcast | Synonyms: dull |
| (adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness | Synonyms: heavy |
| (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: plodding |
| (adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness | Synonyms: weighted |
| leaven | (noun) an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something | Synonyms: leavening |
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| (noun) a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid | Synonyms: leavening |
| (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: prove, raise |
| lederhosen | (noun) leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria | - |
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| lengthen | (verb) become long or longer | - |
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| (verb) make longer | - |
| lenten | (adjective) of or relating to or suitable for Lent | - |
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| lessen | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, fall |
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| (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: subside |
| (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, minify |
| lichen | (noun) any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. | - |
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| (noun) any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks | - |
| lien | (noun) the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged | - |
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| (noun) a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | Synonyms: spleen |
| lighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: brighten, lighten up |
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| (verb) become lighter | Synonyms: lighten up |
| (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: relieve |
| (verb) become more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| (verb) reduce the weight on; make lighter | - |
| (verb) make more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| liken | (verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: compare, equate |
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| limen | (noun) the smallest detectable sensation | Synonyms: threshold |
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| linden | (noun) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | Synonyms: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree |
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| (noun) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork | Synonyms: basswood |
| linemen | (noun) the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage | - |
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| linen | (noun) white goods or clothing made with linen cloth | - |
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| (noun) a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant | - |
| (noun) a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish | Synonyms: linen paper |
| listen | (verb) hear with intention | - |
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| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: hear, take heed |
| (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: heed, mind |
| liven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven up |
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| loosen | (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, relax |
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| (verb) make loose or looser | Synonyms: loose |
| (verb) make less dense | - |
| (verb) disentangle and raise the fibers of | Synonyms: tease, tease apart |
| (verb) cause to become loose | Synonyms: undo, untie |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: relax |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: relax |
| louden | (verb) cause to become loud | - |
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| (verb) become louder | - |
| lumen | (noun) a cavity or passage in a tubular organ | - |
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| (noun) a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions | Synonyms: lm |
| lumpen | (adjective) mentally sluggish | Synonyms: lumpish, unthinking |
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| lungen | (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, longanberry, Nephelium longana |
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| madden | (verb) make mad | - |
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| (verb) drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves | - |
| (verb) cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind | Synonyms: craze |
| magdalen | (noun) a reformed prostitute | - |
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| maiden | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory |
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| (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maid |
| (noun) (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored | Synonyms: maiden over |
| mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
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| (noun) East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit | Synonyms: Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen tree |
| marten | (noun) agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels | Synonyms: marten cat |
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| maven | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| men | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, manpower, work force, workforce |
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| menhaden | (noun) shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer | Synonyms: Brevoortia tyrannis |
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| methanogen | (noun) archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas | - |
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| midden | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, muckheap, muckhill |
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| (noun) (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement | Synonyms: eitchen midden, kitchen midden |
| mien | (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, comportment, presence |
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| milliroentgen | (noun) a unit of exposure to ionizing radiation, one thousandth of a roentgen. | - |
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| misbegotten | (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: bastardly, misbegot, spurious |
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| misshapen | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed |
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| mistaken | (adjective) arising from error | Synonyms: false |
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| (adjective) wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment | Synonyms: misguided |
| mitogen | (noun) an agent that triggers mitosis | - |
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| mitten | (noun) glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together | - |
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| mizen | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizenmast, mizzen, mizzenmast |
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| (noun) fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast | Synonyms: mizzen |
| mizzen | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizen, mizenmast, mizzenmast |
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| (noun) fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast | Synonyms: mizen |
| moisten | (verb) make moist | Synonyms: dampen, wash |
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| (verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: drizzle |
| molten | (adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating | Synonyms: liquefied, liquified |
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| moorhen | (noun) black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes | Synonyms: Gallinula chloropus |
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| (noun) female red grouse | - |
| moreen | (noun) a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains | - |
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| morgen | (noun) a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres | - |
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| mujahadeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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| mujahedeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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| mujahideen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin |
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| mutagen | (noun) any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation | - |
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| nankeen | (noun) a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | - |
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| naproxen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain | Synonyms: Naprosyn |
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| neaten | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: groom |
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| (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
| nineteen | (adjective) being one more than eighteen | Synonyms: 19, xix |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one | Synonyms: 19, XIX |
| nitrogen | (noun) a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues | Synonyms: atomic number 7, N |
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| noncitizen | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, foreigner, outlander |
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| numen | (noun) a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) | - |
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| oaken | (adjective) consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree | - |
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| oaten | (adjective) of or related to or derived from oats | - |
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| oestrogen | (noun) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | Synonyms: estrogen |
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| often | (adverb) many times at short intervals | Synonyms: frequently, oft, oftentimes, ofttimes |
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| (adverb) frequently or in great quantities | Synonyms: a great deal, much |
| (adverb) in many cases or instances | - |
| olden | (adjective) relating to time long past | - |
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| omen | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
| open | (adjective) ready or willing to receive favorably | Synonyms: receptive |
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| (adjective) affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed | Synonyms: unfastened |
| (adjective) affording free passage or access | - |
| (adjective) (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints | - |
| (adjective) open and observable; not secret or hidden | Synonyms: overt |
| (adjective) used of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: opened |
| (adjective) ready for business | - |
| (adjective) not having been filled | - |
| (adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | Synonyms: loose |
| (adjective) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness | Synonyms: candid, heart-to-heart |
| (adjective) not requiring union membership | - |
| (adjective) open to or in view of all | - |
| (adjective) possibly accepting or permitting | Synonyms: capable, subject |
| (adjective) without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition | - |
| (adjective) having no protecting cover or enclosure | - |
| (adjective) affording free passage or view | Synonyms: clear |
| (adjective) with no protection or shield | Synonyms: exposed |
| (adjective) accessible to all | - |
| (adjective) not sealed or having been unsealed | Synonyms: opened |
| (adjective) not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought | Synonyms: undecided, undetermined, unresolved |
| (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: assailable, undefendable, undefended |
| (noun) information that has become public | Synonyms: surface |
| (noun) a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play | - |
| (noun) a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water | Synonyms: clear |
| (noun) where the air is unconfined | Synonyms: open air, out-of-doors, outdoors |
| (verb) make available | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) become available | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) make the opening move | - |
| (verb) cause to open or to become open | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) become open | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state | Synonyms: spread, spread out, unfold |
| (verb) display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer | - |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: afford, give |
| (verb) start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. | - |
| (verb) have an opening or passage or outlet | - |
| outspoken | (adjective) given to expressing yourself freely or insistently | Synonyms: vocal |
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| (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
| oven | (noun) kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting | - |
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| overburden | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overload |
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| (noun) the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits | - |
| (verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
| (verb) load with excessive weight | - |
| overladen | (adjective) loaded past capacity | Synonyms: overloaded |
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| oxen | (noun) domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | Synonyms: Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine |
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| oxygen | (noun) a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust | Synonyms: atomic number 8, O |
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| palankeen | (noun) a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | Synonyms: palanquin |
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| pangen | (noun) a hypothetical heredity-controlling particle of protoplasm. | - |
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| pantothen | (noun) a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods | Synonyms: pantothenic acid |
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| pathogen | (noun) any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) | - |
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| patten | (noun) footwear usually with wooden soles | Synonyms: clog, geta, sabot |
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| peahen | (noun) female peafowl | - |
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| peen | (noun) the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) | - |
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| pen | (noun) female swan | - |
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| (noun) a writing implement with a point from which ink flows | - |
| (noun) an enclosure for confining livestock | - |
| (noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | Synonyms: penitentiary |
| (noun) a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | Synonyms: playpen |
| (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: compose, indite, write |
| pepsinogen | (noun) precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach | - |
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| pesantren | (noun) a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders | Synonyms: pesantran |
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| pfannkuchen | (noun) puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce | Synonyms: german pancake |
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| pigpen | (noun) a pen for swine | Synonyms: pigsty, sty |
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| plainspoken | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adjective) using simple and direct language | - |
| plasminogen | (noun) an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents | - |
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| platen | (noun) the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike | - |
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| (noun) the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type | - |
| (noun) work table of a machine tool | - |
| playpen | (noun) a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | Synonyms: pen |
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| pollen | (noun) the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant | - |
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| poteen | (noun) unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey | - |
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| praenomen | (noun) the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome | - |
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| preen | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, primp |
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| (verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: congratulate |
| (verb) clean with one's bill | Synonyms: plume |
| preteen | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preadolescent |
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| (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteenager |
| progestogen | (noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | Synonyms: progestin |
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| proven | (adjective) established beyond doubt | Synonyms: proved |
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| putamen | (noun) the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus | - |
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| pyrogen | (noun) any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature | Synonyms: pyrectic |
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| (noun) any substance characterized by its great flammability | - |
| queen | (noun) the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs | - |
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| (noun) an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males | Synonyms: queen mole rat |
| (noun) female cat | Synonyms: tabby |
| (noun) (chess) the most powerful piece | - |
| (noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen | - |
| (noun) a female sovereign ruler | Synonyms: female monarch, queen regnant |
| (noun) the wife or widow of a king | - |
| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer |
| (noun) something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind | - |
| (noun) a female competitor who holds a preeminent position | - |
| (verb) become a queen | - |
| (verb) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess | - |
| quicken | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| (verb) show signs of life | - |
| (verb) give life or energy to | Synonyms: invigorate |
| (verb) move faster | Synonyms: accelerate, speed, speed up |
| (verb) make keen or more acute | Synonyms: whet |
| quieten | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, shut up, silence, still |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| (verb) become quiet or quieter | Synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down |
| raven | (noun) large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail | Synonyms: Corvus corax |
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| (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: devour, guttle, pig |
| (verb) feed greedily | - |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, prey |
| (verb) obtain or seize by violence | - |