(by extension) Any proponent for the rule of a legitimate sovereign.
(historical) A French royalist who believes that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic law.
A Carlist
legitimity
legitimity
noun
Misspelling of legitimacy.
legitimize
legitimize
verb
(transitive) To make legitimate.
ligamental
ligamental
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a ligament
ligamentta
ligamentum
lighterman
lighterman
noun
(nautical) One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
lightermen
lightermen
noun
plural of lighterman
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
limelights
limelights
noun
plural of limelight
lithomarge
lithomarge
noun
kaolinite
logometric
logometric
adj
(chemistry) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.
(mathematics) Of or relating to a system of logarithms constructed to suit a system of ratios and measures.
longimetry
longimetry
noun
The measurement of length.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
macerating
macerating
verb
present participle of macerate
magestical
magistrate
magistrate
noun
(Quebec) A master's degree.
(historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
(historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
(law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
magneoptic
magneoptic
adj
(archaic) magnetooptical
magnetical
magnetical
adj
(obsolete) magnetic
magnetised
magnetised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magnetise
magnetiser
magnetiser
noun
Alternative form of magnetizer
magnetisms
magnetisms
noun
plural of magnetism
magnetites
magnetites
noun
plural of magnetite
magnetitic
magnetitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral magnetite.
magnetized
magnetized
adj
That has been made magnetic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magnetize
magnetizer
magnetizer
noun
(now historical) A practitioner of animal magnetism; a hypnotist.
Someone or something that imparts magnetism.
magnetizes
magnetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magnetize
magnitudes
magnitudes
noun
plural of magnitude
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
malignment
malignment
noun
The act of maligning something.
malleating
malleating
verb
present participle of malleate
manganetic
manganetic
adj
(obsolete) manganiferous (containing manganese)
margaritae
margenting
margenting
verb
present participle of margent
margherita
margherita
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Margherita
marginated
marginated
adj
Having a distinct margin.
marguerita
marguerite
marguerite
noun
A shrub with daisy-like flowers, Argyranthemum frutescens
An oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
The China aster.
marketings
marketings
noun
plural of marketing
martingale
martingale
noun
(fencing) A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.
(mathematics) A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value.
(nautical) A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.
A gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.
A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
verb
To employ the martingale strategy in gambling.
mascagnite
mascagnite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; a native sulfate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts.
masterings
masterings
noun
plural of mastering
masterling
masterling
noun
A young, little, or petty master; a lordling.
medicating
medicating
verb
present participle of medicate
meditating
meditating
verb
present participle of meditate
megadontia
megadontia
noun
(pathology, dentistry) Macrodontia.
Malformation of megalodontia
megadontic
megalithic
megalithic
adj
Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made.
melotragic
melteigite
menagerist
menagerist
noun
The keeper of a menagerie of animals.
meningitic
meningitic
adj
Of or pertaining to meningitis.
meningitis
meningitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.
mentioning
mentioning
verb
present participle and gerund of mention
metalising
metalising
verb
present participle of metalise
metalizing
metalizing
verb
present participle of metalize
metrifying
metrifying
verb
present participle of metrify
miargyrite
miargyrite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulfide of silver and antimony.
micrergate
micrergate
noun
(entomology) An unusually small worker ant.
midlenting
mightiness
mightiness
noun
A title of dignity; excellency.
The property of being mighty.
mignonette
mignonette
adj
Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
noun
A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
A mignonette vine
A plant, Reseda odorata, having greyish-green flowers with orange-coloured stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.
minglement
minglement
noun
The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.
minguetite
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
misediting
misediting
verb
present participle of misedit
misgesture
misgesture
noun
A gesture that is made in error.
verb
To make the wrong gesture.
misgrafted
misgrafted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misgraft
mislighted
mislighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mislight
mismeeting
mismeeting
noun
A situation where a person fails to interact properly with another.
verb
present participle of mismeet
misseating
misseating
verb
present participle of misseat
missetting
missetting
verb
present participle of misset
mistelling
mistelling
noun
An incorrect telling.
verb
present participle of mistell
mistending
misterming
misterming
verb
present participle of misterm
mitigative
mitigative
adj
Serving to mitigate.
moderating
moderating
verb
present participle of moderate
moistening
moistening
noun
The act of making something moist.
verb
present participle of moisten
monetising
monetising
verb
present participle of monetise
monetizing
monetizing
verb
present participle of monetize
mongrelity
mongrelity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being a mongrel.
monogenist
monogenist
noun
(anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species.
morgengift
morgengift
noun
(historical) A marriage dowry, among the Anglo-Saxons.
morigerate
motherling
motherling
noun
(derogatory) Mother.
(diminutive, endearing) A mother, especially a precious one.
A woman's child.
multigrade
multigrade
adj
(education) Relating to students of differing grade levels
Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil)
multistage
multistage
adj
(astronautics, of a rocket) Composed of multiple detachable parts.
Having more than one step or phase.
murthering
murthering
verb
present participle of murther
myogenetic
myogenetic
adj
Originating in muscle.
negativism
negativism
noun
A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude.
A stubborn tendency to do the opposite of what one is asked.
nightmares
nightmares
noun
plural of nightmare
nighttimes
nighttimes
noun
plural of nighttime
nomogenist
nomogenist
noun
A proponent of the theory of nomogeny.
nonmelting
numerating
numerating
verb
present participle of numerate
obligement
obligement
noun
(Ulster) favour
obligation
omnigerent
omnilegent
omniregent
omostegite
omostegite
noun
(zoology) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
overmighty
overmighty
adj
Excessively mighty
overtiming
overtiming
verb
present participle of overtime
pegmatitic
pegmatitic
adj
Containing or characteristic of pegmatite
permeating
permeating
verb
present participle of permeate
permitting
permitting
noun
An act or instance of permitting something.
verb
present participle of permit
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
phragmites
phragmites
noun
Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
pigmentary
pigmentary
adj
Of a colour, produced by pigments.
Of or pertaining to pigment.
pigmenting
pigmenting
verb
present participle of pigment
pigmentize
pigmentose
plummeting
plummeting
verb
present participle of plummet
pragmatize
pragmatize
verb
(intransitive) To behave in a pragmatic manner; to focus on the material or practical rather than abstractions.
(intransitive) To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.
preempting
preempting
verb
present participle of preempt
premiating
premiating
verb
present participle of premiate
pterygiums
reemigrate
reemitting
reemitting
verb
present participle of reemit
regainment
regainment
noun
An instance of regaining.
regimental
regimental
adj
(military) Relating to a regiment
Overly strict; rigid
regimented
regimented
adj
Organised, ordered, formed into regiments.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of regiment
rematching
rematching
verb
present participle of rematch
remigation
remigrated
remigrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of remigrate
remigrates
remigrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remigrate
remounting
remounting
noun
The act of mounting something again.
verb
present participle of remount
resignment
resignment
noun
resignation
resmelting
resmelting
verb
present participle of resmelt
restamping
restamping
noun
The act of stamping something again.
verb
present participle of restamp
retrimming
retrimming
verb
present participle of retrim
ringmaster
ringmaster
noun
(Internet) The person who maintains a webring.
The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.
verb
(figurative) To control (a group of people).
To act as ringmaster.
rontgenism
segmenting
segmenting
verb
present participle of segment
segmentize
segmentize
Verb
To divide into segments.
semiglutin
semiglutin
noun
(biochemistry) A peptone-like body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water.
seminating
seminating
verb
present participle of seminate
signalment
signalment
noun
A description based on specific traits.
The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
smaragdite
smaragdite
noun
(mineralogy) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro.
smartening
smartening
verb
present participle of smarten
smattering
smattering
noun
A small number or amount of something.
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
verb
present participle of smatter
smifligate
smoketight
smoketight
adj
impervious to smoke
smothering
smothering
noun
The act by which someone or something is smothered.
verb
present participle of smother
springtime
springtime
noun
The season of spring, between winter and summer.
stalagmite
stalagmite
noun
(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
Coordinate term: stalactite
stammering
stammering
noun
The act of one who stammers.
verb
present participle of stammer
stampeding
stampeding
verb
present participle of stampede
steamering
steamering
verb
present participle of steamer
steamtight
steamtight
adj
So tightly made that steam cannot enter or escape.
sterigmata
sterigmata
noun
plural of sterigmatum
stigmariae
stigmatise
stigmatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize.
stigmatize
stigmatize
verb
(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.