(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
(historical) Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.
A kind of tall bicycle.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
legerdemain
legerdemain
noun
A show of skill or deceitful ability.
Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery.
legitimated
legitimated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of legitimate
legitimates
legitimates
noun
plural of legitimate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimate
legitimator
legitimator
noun
One who legitimates.
legitimised
legitimised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of legitimise
legitimises
legitimises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimise
legitimisms
legitimisms
noun
plural of legitimism
legitimists
legitimists
noun
plural of legitimist
legitimized
legitimized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of legitimize
legitimizer
legitimizer
noun
One who, or that which, legitimizes.
legitimizes
legitimizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legitimize
leguminosae
lemmatizing
lemmatizing
verb
present participle of lemmatize
lemminglike
lemminglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lemming, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
ligamentary
ligamentary
adj
Of or relating to ligaments.
ligamentous
ligamentous
adj
Forming part of a ligament.
Of or pertaining to ligaments.
lightsomely
lightsomely
adv
(archaic) In a lightsome manner.
ligitimized
limelighted
limelighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of limelight
limelighter
limelighter
noun
A person who excessively seeks attention or tries to take credit for the accomplishments of others.
limnologies
limnologies
noun
plural of limnology
limpingness
limpingness
noun
The quality of having a limping motion or progression.
linguaeform
logomachies
logomachies
noun
plural of logomachy
logomachize
logomachize
verb
(intransitive) To dispute the meanings of words.
longimetric
longimetric
adj
Related to longimetry.
lovemakings
lovemakings
noun
plural of lovemaking
lumberingly
lumberingly
adv
With heavy, clumsy movements.
luminescing
luminescing
verb
present participle of luminesce
lymphogenic
lymphogenic
adj
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands
mackereling
mackereling
noun
Alternative form of mackerelling
maddeningly
maddeningly
adv
In a maddening manner.
magazinable
magazinable
adj
Suitable for publication in a magazine.
magazinelet
magazinelet
noun
A little magazine.
magdalenian
magellanian
magisterial
magisterial
adj
Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.
Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.
maglemosian
maglemosian
Noun
A member of a Stone Age people who lived in modern-day Scandinavia and Northern Europe.
Adjective
of, or relating to the Maglemosians.
magnifiable
magnifiable
adj
Capable of being magnified, or made to appear larger.
That can be magnified, or extolled.
malebolgian
maledicting
maledicting
verb
present participle of maledict
malignances
malignances
noun
plural of malignance
malignified
malignified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of malignify
malignities
malignities
noun
plural of malignity
malingerers
malingerers
noun
plural of malingerer
malingering
malingering
verb
present participle of malinger
malmignatte
malmignatte
noun
a small venomous spider of southern Europe, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, having 13 small red spots on the abdomen.
maltreating
maltreating
verb
present participle of maltreat
mammalogies
mammalogies
noun
plural of mammalogy
manstealing
manstealing
noun
The act or business of kidnapping human beings, especially with a view to enslave them.
maquillages
maquillages
noun
plural of maquillage
marbelizing
marbelizing
verb
present participle of marbelize
marbleising
marbleising
verb
present participle of marbleise
marbleizing
marbleizing
verb
present participle of marbleize
marginalize
marginalize
verb
(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
martingales
martingales
noun
plural of martingale
meaningless
meaningless
adj
Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
Lacking meaning.
mediatingly
mediatingly
adv
So as to mediate.
medicolegal
medicolegal
adj
Of, or pertaining to, both medicine and law, as for example with the legal implications of a medical decision (such as when to stop reattempting resuscitation, when not to prescribe a certain medication or surgery, or other ethically sensitive decisions).
mediglacial
mediglacial
adj
(geology) Between two glaciers.
(geology) Formed between glaciers.
megaladapis
megalensian
megalomania
megalomania
noun
(obsolete) Narcissistic personality disorder.
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
megalomanic
megalomanic
adj
Afflicted by megalomania.
megalomelia
megalopenis
megalopenis
noun
The condition of having an abnormally large penis; macropenis
megalopidae
megalopinae
megalopolis
megalopolis
noun
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity.
megaluridae
megapolitan
megapolitan
adj
Of or pertaining to a megapolis (“a very large city or urban complex”).
noun
An inhabitant of a megapolis.
Synonym of megapolis
megascleric
melagranite
meleagridae
meleagrinae
meliorating
meliorating
verb
present participle of meliorate
meliphagous
meliphagous
adj
Of an animal, that feeds on honey or nectar.
melittology
melittology
noun
The study of bees
mellaginous
mellaginous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling honey
mellisugent
melographic
melographic
adj
(dated, of a musical instrument) Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it.
meltingness
meltingness
noun
The property of melting or seeming to melt.
meningocele
meningocele
noun
(pathology) A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.
mesological
mesological
adj
Relating to mesology.
mesopelagic
mesopelagic
adj
(oceanography) Describing a pelagic zone of the oceans between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones
noun
A mesopelagic fish
metabiology
metabiology
noun
(biology) The study of biology itself
metagelatin
metagelatin
noun
(photography) A form of gelatin treated so that it remains fluid.
metallising
metallising
verb
present participle of metallise
metallizing
metallizing
verb
present participle of metallize
metallurgic
metallurgic
adj
Related to metallurgy.
metalogical
metalogical
adj
Of or pertaining to metalogic.
methylating
methylating
adj
That methylates
verb
present participle of methylate
metrologies
metrologies
noun
plural of metrology
metrologist
metrologist
noun
One who studies or practices metrology.
middleburgh
millersburg
millidegree
millidegree
noun
One thousandth of a degree.
milligramme
milligramme
noun
(UK) Dated spelling of milligram.
millinering
millinering
noun
millinery
mineralogic
mineralogic
adj
mineralogical
minileagues
misalleging
misalleging
verb
present participle of misallege
misaltering
misaltering
verb
present participle of misalter
misfielding
misfielding
verb
present participle of misfield
misguidedly
misguidedly
adv
In a misguided manner.
mislabeling
mislabeling
noun
An incorrect labeling.
mislanguage
mislearning
mislearning
verb
present participle of mislearn
mispleading
mispleading
noun
(law) An error in pleading.
verb
present participle of misplead
misregulate
misregulate
verb
(transitive) To regulate wrongly or imperfectly.
misrelating
misrelating
verb
present participle of misrelate
misreligion
misreligion
noun
False religion.
misspelling
misspelling
noun
(countable) A misspelt word.
verb
present participle of misspell
mitigatedly
mitigatedly
adv
In a mitigated manner.
modelmaking
modelmaking
noun
The creation of scale models.
mongrelised
mongrelised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mongrelise
mongreliser
mongrelized
mongrelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mongrelize
mongrelizes
mongrelizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mongrelize
monologized
monologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monologize
montgolfier
montgolfier
Noun
A hot-air balloon.
moonlighted
moonlighted
adj
Illuminated by moonlight.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of moonlight
moonlighter
moonlighter
noun
(Australia) A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.
(Ireland, historical) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
(US, regional) One who serenades by moonlight.
A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
A person who moonlights, or works a second job on the side.
morganfield
morganfield
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
morganville
morningless
morningless
adj
Without a morning.
mudslingers
mudslingers
noun
plural of mudslinger
multiagency
multiagency
adj
Involving multiple agencies
multicharge
multicharge
adj
Involving, or capable of holding, more than one charge.
multiengine
multiengine
adj
Having more than one engine.
noun
An aircraft with more than one engine.
multigyrate
multigyrate
adj
Having many convolutions.
multijugate
multijugate
adj
(botany, of a pinnate leaf) Having more than one pair of leaflets.
multitagged
murderingly
murderingly
adv
murderously
museologies
museologies
noun
plural of museology
museologist
museologist
noun
A specialist in museology
musicologue
mutteringly
mutteringly
adv
With a muttering sound.
myelinogeny
myelogonium
myeloplegia
myeloplegia
noun
spinal paralysis
mythologies
mythologies
noun
plural of mythology
mythologise
mythologise
verb
Alternative spelling of mythologize
mythologize
mythologize
verb
(intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology.
(transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.
(transitive, now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
neuroglioma
neuroglioma
noun
Synonym of ganglioglioma
nonagesimal
nonagesimal
adj
Of or relating to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
noun
(astronomy) The middle to highest point of a part of an ecliptic that is above the horizon at any period of time.
nongerminal
nongerminal
adj
Not germinal.
oligochrome
oligochrome
adj
(art) Using only a few colours.
oligomerous
oligomerous
adj
(biology) Having only a few members in a particular organ