The petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies.
incumber
infectum
irenicum
lacunome
lameduck
lecanium
leucemia
leucemia
noun
Alternative spelling of leukemia
leucemic
leucojum
leucojum
noun
leucojum aestivum
leucojum vernum.
leucomas
leukemic
leukemic
adj
Relating to leukemia
noun
A person who has leukemia (but see people-first language).
lumachel
lumachel
noun
(geology) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours
lutecium
lutecium
noun
Obsolete form of lutetium.
macaques
macaques
noun
plural of macaque
macareus
macellum
machutte
maclurea
maculate
maculate
adj
Defiled; impure.
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
verb
To spot; to stain; to blur.
maculose
maculose
adj
Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.
macungie
maieutic
maieutic
adj
(philosophy) Of or related to the Socratic method.
(uncommon) Obstetric of or related to childbirth.
noun
Midwifery.
mameluco
mameluco
adj
(dated or historical) Born of a white father and American Indian mother, particularly in South America.
noun
A child born of one white parent and one Brazilian Indian parent.
mamercus
manicure
manicure
noun
(dated) A manicurist.
A cosmetic treatment for the fingernails.
verb
To apply such treatment to the hands.
manucode
manucode
noun
Any of the birds of paradise in the genus Manucodia.
manuduce
mccauley
mcgruter
mcguffey
mcmullen
mcteague
meconium
meconium
noun
(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
(obsolete) Opium.
mecurial
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
meloncus
meniscus
meniscus
noun
(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
(optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
merciful
merciful
adj
Showing mercy.
mercouri
mercuric
mercuric
adj
(chemistry) Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2.
(obsolete, chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
(rare) Mercurial (of people).
mercurid
metiscus
metuchen
minuetic
minuetic
adj
Of or relating to a minuet.
molecula
molecula
noun
(now historical) A molecule; a small particle of something.
molecule
molecule
noun
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
A tiny amount.
monocule
monocule
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of monocle
(zoology, obsolete) A small crustacean with one median eye.
morceaux
morceaux
noun
plural of morceau
mucedine
muchness
muchness
noun
Greatness in quantity, number, amount, or degree.
Large size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small).
mucilage
mucilage
noun
A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
mucivore
mucivore
noun
(zoology) An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
muckerer
muckerer
noun
(obsolete) A miser; a niggard.
muckhole
muckiest
muckiest
adj
superlative form of mucky: most mucky
muckment
muckrake
muckrake
noun
A rake for scraping up dung.
verb
(intransitive) To search for and expose corruption or scandal, especially as a form of investigative journalism.
muckweed
mucocele
mucocele
noun
(medicine) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or edema of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
mucorine
mucrones
mucrones
noun
plural of mucro
muculent
muculent
adj
slimy; moist and moderately viscous
mugience
mugiency
mulciber
muleback
muleback
noun
The back of a mule.
mulhacen
muncheel
munchers
munchers
noun
plural of muncher
munchies
munchies
noun
(slang) Food, especially convenience snack foods.
(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.
muricate
muricate
adj
(biology) covered with short rough points or studs
(mycology) covered with crystals
muricine
muricine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid isolated from Annona muricata.
musaceae
muscadel
muscadel
noun
Alternative form of muscatel (“wine or grape”)
muscadet
muscadet
noun
A white grape grown chiefly in the Loire valley of France, or a dry white wine made from this grape.
muscatel
muscatel
noun
A muscat grape or raisin, especially one from southern Spain.
A sweet wine made from these grapes.
muscidae
muscinae
muscogee
muscogee
Noun
Any of an indigenous people of the southeastern United States, also called Creek, many of whom were relocated to Oklahoma in the 1830s.
Proper noun
the Muskogean language spoken by the Muscogee
a ghost town in Florida
a county in the U.S. state of Georgia
musicale
musicale
noun
A musical entertainment, usually private and typically involving classical music
musicate
musicker
musicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A musician.
mustache
mustache
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of moustache.
muticate
mycelium
mycelium
noun
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.
mycetous
neumatic
neumatic
adj
(music) Written using neumes
nocument
nocument
noun
(obsolete) harm; injury; detriment
nucament
nucament
noun
(botany) A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, etc.
numeracy
numeracy
noun
The quality of being numerate; numerical skill.
numerics
numerics
noun
The field of numerically-controlled engineering
outcomer
outcomer
noun
In China, a person who comes from another place; an outsider.
outcomes
outcomes
noun
plural of outcome
overmuch
overmuch
adj
Excessive
adv
(chiefly Britain) Too much; overly much
det
(chiefly Britain) Very much; too much
pron
Too much
peculium
peculium
noun
(law, historical) The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own
A special fund for private and personal uses.
plectrum
plectrum
noun
(anatomy, zoology) A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
pumicate
pumicate
verb
(transitive) To make smooth with pumice.
pumicers
pumicers
noun
plural of pumicer
pumicite
pumicite
noun
A fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash.
pumicose
racemous
racemous
adj
Alternative form of racemose
racemule
racemule
noun
(botany) A little raceme.
sacellum
sacellum
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine.
A small chapel, as a monument within a church.
saeculum
saeculum
noun
A length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a human being or, equivalently, the complete renewal of a human population.
sauceman
saucemen
scalenum
scalenum
adj
(obsolete, of a triangle) Scalene.
noun
(obsolete) A scalene triangle.
scrummed
scrummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scrum
scrumple
scrumple
verb
(Britain) To crumple, crush or wad (like a piece of paper).
scumbled
scumbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scumble
scumbles
scumbles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scumble
scumless
scumless
adj
Free of scum.
scumlike
scumlike
adj
Resembling scum; scummy.
scummers
scummers
noun
plural of scummer
scummier
scummier
adj
comparative form of scummy: more scummy
secretum
secretum
noun
A special seal used for private correspondence.
secundum
secundum
prep
(formal) according to
semicupe
semicurl
semuncia
semuncia
noun
(historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.
smoucher
smutched
smutched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of smutch
smutches
smutches
noun
plural of smutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smutch
somacule
spectrum
spectrum
noun
(abstract algebra, algebraic geometry) The set, denoted Spec(R), of all prime ideals of a given ring R, commonly augmented with a Zariski topology and considered as a topological space.
(chemistry) The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).
(mathematics, functional analysis) Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.
(mathematics, linear algebra) The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
(obsolete) Specter, apparition.
(psychology, education, usually with the) The autism spectrum.
A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
The image of something seen that persists after the eyes are closed.
speculum
speculum
noun
(medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
(ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
A lookout place.
A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
tecumseh
tecumseh
Proper noun
A city in Michigan
A city in Nebraska
A city in Oklahoma
A town in Ontario, Canada
tecumtha
temecula
teucrium
teucrium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Teucrium of lamiaceous plants; a germander.
truckmen
truckmen
noun
plural of truckman
turmeric
turmeric
noun
(botany) An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
(cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.
A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.
ulmaceae
umbecast
umbecast
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
To bind, tie up.
To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade
To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
umbeclad
umbellic
umbellic
adj
(chemistry), pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants, such as umbellic acid
umbellar
umbracle
unanemic
unbecome
unbecome
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To misbecome.
uncalmed
uncalmed
adj
Not calmed.
uncamped
uncamped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncamp
uncement
uncement
verb
(transitive) To free or remove from a cemented position.
uncledom
uncledom
noun
the state of being an uncle
uncombed
uncombed
adj
Not combed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncomb
uncomely
uncomely
adj
Not comely.
adv
In an uncomely way; inappropriately, unappealingly.