(biochemistry) A pancreatic polypeptide hormone that is secreted with insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, that is a major component of the amyloid deposits found outside beta cells in those affected with type 2 diabetes, and that inhibits the glucose synthesis stimulated by insulin in skeletal muscles.
(biochemistry) The dextrin of starch.
amylon
amyrin
amyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins
ananym
ananym
noun
A pseudonym derived by spelling one's name backwards.
anonym
anonym
noun
(zoology) A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.
An anonymous person.
An assumed or false name; a pseudonym.
bayman
bayman
noun
(Newfoundland) A rural Newfoundlander, as opposed to a townie (city dweller).
(US, naval) A sickbay nurse.
(historical) One of the earliest European settlers of the eventual colony of British Honduras, modern-day Belize.
baymen
baymen
noun
plural of bayman
behymn
binomy
byeman
byname
byname
noun
(Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
(archaic, historical) A nickname.
(archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.
cayman
cayman
noun
Alternative spelling of caiman
clyman
comyns
cymene
cymene
noun
(chemistry) Any of several isomeric naturally occurring terpenoid hydrocarbons; a constituent of a number of essential oils, most commonly the oil of cumin and thyme.
cymlin
cynism
cynism
noun
cynicism
dayman
daymen
dionym
dionym
noun
A name consisting of two terms.
dominy
dynamo
dynamo
noun
(astrophysics) The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
(figuratively) An energetic person.
(physics) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
emlynn
encomy
endyma
endyma
noun
(anatomy) ependyma
enmity
enmity
noun
A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
enzyme
enzyme
noun
(Christianity) leavened bread, as opposed to azyme
(biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
enzyms
enzyms
noun
plural of enzym
eponym
eponym
noun
(loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
etymon
etymon
noun
(linguistics) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
Meaning as derived and conveyed thereby: The literal meaning of a term according to its origin, which may differ from its usual meaning when the latter relies on idiomatic conventions that are not conveyed by the term alone (that is, they must be known in other ways, such as experience, training, education, or dictionary lookup).
eunomy
eunomy
noun
Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government.
euonym
euonym
noun
(rare) A name well suited to the person, place or object which bears it.
exonym
exonym
noun
An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version.
flyman
flyman
noun
(UK, historical) Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly.
(theater) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
flymen
flymen
noun
plural of flyman
guymon
guymon
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA, and the county seat of Texas County. Named after Edward T. Guymon.
gymnic
gymnic
adj
(now rare) Gymnastic; athletic.
noun
(in the plural, now rare) Gymnastics.
hayman
heyman
hominy
hominy
noun
A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
hoyman
hoyman
noun
One who navigates a hoy (sailing vessel).
hydnum
hymens
hymens
noun
plural of hymen
hymnal
hymnal
adj
Of or pertaining to hymns.
noun
A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
hymned
hymned
adj
For whom a hymn is sung (typically at a funeral)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hymn
hymner
hymner
noun
A book of hymns.
One who sings or recites a hymn.
hymnic
hymnic
adj
Of or relating to hymns.
hypnum
hypnum
noun
Any member of the genus Hypnum of mosses.
infamy
infamy
noun
(law) A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.
A reprehensible occurrence or situation.
The state of being infamous.
The state of having a reputation as being evil.
isonym
isonym
noun
paronym
jermyn
jiminy
kemeny
kenmpy
keyman
keyman
noun
(India) A workman who checks a railway track for faults, and who carries a keying hammer.
(dated) A telegraph operator.
An employee of vital importance to a business.
keymen
keymen
noun
plural of keyman
kymnel
kymnel
noun
Obsolete form of kimnel.
lamany
layman
layman
noun
(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
A common person.
A generally ignorant person.
A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.
Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
laymen
laymen
noun
plural of layman
lemony
lemony
adj
Of or pertaining to lemons.
Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour.
lymann
madlyn
mainly
mainly
adv
(obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously.
(obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully.
(obsolete) To a great degree; very much.
Chiefly; for the most part.
malony
mandyi
mangey
mangey
adj
Alternative form of mangy
manify
manify
verb
(transitive) To make male or manly.
manity
manley
manway
manway
noun
A hole or duct giving access to a utility area for maintenance purposes.
marlyn
marney
martyn
maundy
maundy
noun
(Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
(Christianity) The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing.
(obsolete) A commandment.
(obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
maungy
maungy
adj
(Britain, Yorkshire, especially of a child) Sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish.
Obsolete form of mangy.
mayans
maying
maying
noun
(chiefly historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.
verb
present participle of may
mayman
maynet
maysin
maysin
noun
(organic chemistry) An insecticidal flavone glycoside 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[4-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-oxo-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one
mayten
mayten
noun
A tree native to South America, Maytenus boaria
Any plant in the genus Maytenus
mayvin
mcnary
meanly
meanly
adv
Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.
In a mean manner; ill-willed, nastily.
Poorly or inadequately.
melany
melony
melony
adj
Of, or pertaining to, melons.
Resembling melons, melon-like.
melvyn
menyie
mervyn
merwyn
mindly
mindly
adj
Of or relating to the mind; mental
minery
minery
noun
(archaic) A mining business.
minify
minify
verb
(computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.
To make smaller.
To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
minsky
minyae
minyan
minyan
noun
(by extension) A Jewish prayer service.
The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service.
minyas
monday
monday
Noun
The first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm and second day of the week in many religious traditions. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.
Adverb
on Monday
moneys
moneys
noun
Collectively money
plural of money (used in the sense of plural of coins and bills, often with humorous intention)
plural of money (used in the sense of plural of currency) Multiple currencies
monkey
monkey
noun
(Britain, slang) Five hundred pounds sterling; (US, dated) five hundred dollars.
(blackjack) A face card.
(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
(informal) A mischievous person, often a child.
(informal) Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes.
(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
(slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.
(slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
(slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance
(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
(slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
A dance move popular in the 1960s.
A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.
The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with).
(transitive) To mimic; to ape.
monkly
monkly
adj
Like or befitting a monk.
monney
monody
monody
noun
(music) A composition having a single melodic line.
A monotonous or mournful noise.
An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
monroy
monsey
mooney
mooney
Proper noun
of Irish origin, from Gaelic Ó Maonaigh.
mornay
mornay
adj
(postpositive, sometimes capitalized) Served with a white sauce containing cheese.
moundy
mounty
mounty
noun
(obsolete) The rise of a hawk, after prey
muncey
munchy
munchy
noun
(informal) A snack.
munday
mungey
munify
munify
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To prepare for defence; to fortify.
munity
munity
noun
(obsolete) Freedom; security; immunity.
munsey
murvyn
mutiny
mutiny
noun
An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
verb
(intransitive) To commit a mutiny.
mydine
myelin
myelin
noun
(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
myelon
myelon
noun
(anatomy) The spinal cord.
mygdon
mynahs
mynahs
noun
plural of mynah
myogen
myosin
myosin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.
An albuminous body present in dead muscle formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis.
myowun
myowun
noun
(historical) A viceroy in parts of what is now Burma/Myanmar.
myrina
myrvyn
myrwyn
mysian
mysian
Noun
A native or inhabitant of ancient Mysia.
Proper noun
An extinct unclassified language, possibly belonging to the Anatolian subgroup of Indo-European languages.
Adjective
Of or relating to Mysia, its people, their language or their culture.
myxine
myxine
noun
(zoology) Any member of the genus Myxine of hagfish.
myzont
namely
namely
adv
(now rare) Especially, above all.
Specifically; that is to say.
nemery
niamey
niamey
Proper noun
The capital of Niger.
nimbly
nimbly
adv
in a nimble manner
niminy
niyama
nominy
numbly
numbly
adv
In a numb manner; without feeling.
nyeman
nympha
nympha
noun
(anatomy, now rare) Each of the labia minora.
(entomology) A nymph.
Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.
nympho
nympho
noun
(informal) Clipping of nymphomaniac.
nymphs
nymphs
noun
plural of nymph
omnify
omnify
verb
(transitive) To render universal; to enlarge.
onymal
paynim
paynim
noun
(archaic) A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew.