| malar | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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| mandibular | (adjective) relating to the lower jaw | Synonyms: inframaxillary |
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| maxillomandibular | (adjective) relating to the upper and lower jaws | - |
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| medlar | (noun) crabapple-like fruit used for preserves | - |
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| (noun) a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste | - |
| (noun) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples | Synonyms: medlar tree, Mespilus germanica |
| (noun) small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit | Synonyms: Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree |
| micropylar | (adjective) of or relating to a micropyle | - |
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| minuscular | (adjective) of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries | Synonyms: minuscule |
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| modular | (adjective) constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use | - |
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| molar | (adjective) pertaining to large units of behavior | - |
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| (adjective) containing one mole of a substance | - |
| (adjective) designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution | - |
| (adjective) of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth | - |
| (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | Synonyms: grinder |
| molecular | (adjective) relating to simple or elementary organization | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules | - |
| monovular | (adjective) (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum | Synonyms: identical |
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| multicellular | (adjective) consisting of many cells | - |
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| muscular | (adjective) having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer | Synonyms: mesomorphic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of muscle | - |
| (adjective) having or suggesting great physical power or force | - |
| (adjective) (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful | Synonyms: brawny, hefty, powerful, sinewy |
| narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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| navicular | (adjective) shaped like a boat | Synonyms: scaphoid |
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| (noun) the largest wrist bone on the thumb side | Synonyms: os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone |
| nebular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a nebula | Synonyms: nebulous |
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| (adjective) resembling a cloud | Synonyms: cloudlike |
| neuromuscular | (adjective) affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue | - |
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| nodular | (adjective) relating to or characterized by or having nodules | - |
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| (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodulated, noduled |
| noncellular | (adjective) not made up of or divided into cells | Synonyms: acellular |
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| nongranular | (adjective) not having granules | - |
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| nonpolar | (adjective) not ionic | Synonyms: nonionic |
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| octangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like an octagon | Synonyms: octagonal |
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| ocular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the eye | Synonyms: ophthalmic, optic, optical |
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| (adjective) relating to or using sight | Synonyms: optic, optical, visual |
| (adjective) visible | Synonyms: visual |
| (noun) combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments | Synonyms: eyepiece |
| oracular | (adjective) of or relating to an oracle | - |
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| (adjective) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought | Synonyms: enigmatic |
| (adjective) obscurely prophetic | Synonyms: Delphic |
| orbicular | (adjective) circular or nearly circular | Synonyms: orbiculate |
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| (adjective) having the shape of a sphere or ball | Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, spheric, spherical |
| orthomolecular | (adjective) designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals | - |
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| ossicular | (adjective) pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear | Synonyms: ossiculate |
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| ovular | (adjective) of or relating to an ovum | - |
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| (adjective) being or of the nature of an ovule | - |
| particular | (adjective) providing specific details or circumstances | - |
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| (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, finicky, fussy, picky |
| (adjective) first and most important | Synonyms: special |
| (adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: peculiar, special |
| (adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, exceptional, special |
| (adjective) separate and distinct from others of the same group or category | - |
| (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: specific |
| (noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class | Synonyms: particular proposition |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, item |
| patellar | (adjective) near or relating to the patella or kneecap | - |
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| pedlar | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pitchman |
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| peninsular | (adjective) of or forming or resembling a peninsula | - |
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| pentangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon | Synonyms: pentagonal |
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| peristylar | (adjective) having columniation completely circling an area of the structure | Synonyms: pseudoperipteral |
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| perpendicular | (adjective) intersecting at or forming right angles | - |
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| (adjective) at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | Synonyms: vertical |
| (adjective) so steep as to be nearly vertical | - |
| (noun) an extremely steep face | - |
| (noun) a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point | Synonyms: plumb line |
| (noun) a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style |
| (noun) a straight line at right angles to another line | - |
| pilar | (adjective) of or relating to a hair | - |
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| pillar | (noun) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | Synonyms: column |
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| (noun) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | Synonyms: column |
| (noun) a fundamental principle or practice | - |
| (noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: mainstay |
| (noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, tower |
| polar | (adjective) of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles | - |
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| (adjective) located at or near or coming from the earth's poles | - |
| (adjective) having a pair of equal and opposite charges | - |
| (adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy |
| (adjective) being of crucial importance | Synonyms: pivotal |
| (adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, opposite |
| poplar | (noun) any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins | Synonyms: poplar tree |
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| (noun) soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar | - |
| popular | (adjective) regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public | - |
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| (adjective) carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large | - |
| (adjective) (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) | Synonyms: pop |
| (adjective) representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | Synonyms: democratic |
| 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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| premolar | (noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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| proconsular | (adjective) of or relating to or typical of a proconsul | - |
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| quadrangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle | - |
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| rectangular | (adjective) having four right angles | - |
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| (adjective) having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal |
| regular | (adjective) in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle | - |
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| (adjective) (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula | - |
| (adjective) (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces | - |
| (adjective) not constipated | Synonyms: unconstipated |
| (adjective) relating to a person who does something regularly | Synonyms: steady |
| (adjective) officially full-time | - |
| (adjective) not deviating from what is normal | - |
| (adjective) regularly scheduled for fixed times | - |
| (adjective) conforming to a standard or pattern | - |
| (adjective) occurring at fixed intervals | Synonyms: even |
| (adjective) symmetrically arranged | Synonyms: even |
| (adjective) often used as intensifiers | Synonyms: veritable |
| (adjective) in accord with regular practice or procedure | - |
| (noun) a garment size for persons of average height and weight | - |
| (noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: fixture, habitue |
| (noun) a dependable follower (especially in party politics) | - |
| (noun) a soldier in the regular army | - |
| reticular | (adjective) resembling or forming a network | Synonyms: reticulate |
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| saltcellar | (noun) a small container for holding salt at the dining table | - |
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| scalar | (adjective) of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a musical scale | - |
| (noun) a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components | - |
| scapular | (adjective) relating to or near the shoulder blade | - |
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| (noun) a feather covering the shoulder of a bird | - |
| (noun) garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | Synonyms: scapulary |
| scholar | (noun) a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | Synonyms: bookman, scholarly person |
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| (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: assimilator, learner, student |
| (noun) a student who holds a scholarship | - |
| secular | (adjective) of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows | - |
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| (adjective) not concerned with or devoted to religion | Synonyms: profane |
| (adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | Synonyms: temporal, worldly |
| (adjective) of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations | - |
| (adjective) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | Synonyms: laic, lay |
| (noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | Synonyms: layman, layperson |
| semicircular | (adjective) curved into a half circle | - |
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| similar | (adjective) marked by correspondence or resemblance | - |
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| (adjective) resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination | Synonyms: like |
| (adjective) having the same or similar characteristics | Synonyms: alike, like |
| (adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, standardised, standardized |
| (adjective) (of words) expressing closely related meanings | - |
| singular | (adjective) grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit | - |
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| (adjective) composed of one member, set, or kind | - |
| (adjective) unusual or striking | Synonyms: remarkable |
| (adjective) being a single and separate person or thing | - |
| (adjective) the single one of its kind | Synonyms: unique |
| (adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy |
| (noun) the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton | Synonyms: singular form |
| solar | (adjective) relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun | - |
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| spectacular | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, prominent, salient, striking |
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| (adjective) characteristic of spectacles or drama | - |
| (adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: dramatic, striking |
| (noun) a lavishly produced performance | - |
| specular | (adjective) capable of reflecting light like a mirror | Synonyms: mirrorlike |
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| stellar | (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars | Synonyms: astral |
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| (adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, star, starring |
| subocular | (adjective) situated on or below the floor of the eye socket | Synonyms: suborbital |
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| supraocular | (adjective) located or occurring above the eye socket | Synonyms: supraorbital |
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| sustentacular | (adjective) serving to sustain or support | - |
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| tabular | (adjective) of or pertaining to or arranged in table form | - |
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| (adjective) flat; like a table in form | - |
| tegular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles | - |
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| tentacular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling tentacles | - |
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| testicular | (adjective) of or involving the testes | - |
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| titular | (adjective) of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to the title of a work of art | - |
| (adjective) of or bearing a title signifying status or function | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a legal title to something | Synonyms: titulary |
| (adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: nominal |
| trabecular | (adjective) of or relating to trabeculae | Synonyms: trabeculate |
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| transpolar | (adjective) extending across or crossing either pole | - |
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| triangular | (adjective) having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle | - |
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| (adjective) having three sides | Synonyms: three-sided, trilateral |
| tubercular | (adjective) relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle | - |
| (adjective) characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles | - |
| (adjective) constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus | Synonyms: tuberculous |
| (noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | Synonyms: consumptive, lunger |
| tubular | (adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | Synonyms: cannular, tube-shaped, tubelike, vasiform |
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| tutelar | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: custodial, tutelary |
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| umbellar | (adjective) bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels | Synonyms: umbellate |
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| unicellular | (adjective) having or consisting of a single cell | - |
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| unifilar | (adjective) having or using only one filament | - |
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| uniovular | (adjective) having a single ovule | Synonyms: uniovulate |
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| unipolar | (adjective) having a single pole | - |
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| unpopular | (adjective) regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval | - |
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| unspectacular | (adjective) not spectacular | - |
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| uvular | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the uvula | - |
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| valvular | (adjective) relating to or operating by means of valves | - |
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| variolar | (adjective) relating to small pox | Synonyms: variolic, variolous |
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| vascular | (adjective) of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids | - |
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| vehicular | (adjective) of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles | - |
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| velar | (adjective) of or relating to the velum | - |
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| (adjective) produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') | - |
| (noun) a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate | Synonyms: velar consonant |
| ventricular | (adjective) of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) | - |
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| verisimilar | (adjective) appearing to be true or real | - |
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| vermicular | (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings | Synonyms: vermiculate, vermiculated |
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| vernacular | (adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: common, vulgar |
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| (noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | - |
| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang |
| vesicular | (adjective) of or relating to or involving vesicles | - |
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| vestibular | (adjective) relating to the sense of equilibrium | - |
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| volar | (adjective) relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot | Synonyms: palmar |
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| vulpecular | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox | Synonyms: vulpine |
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