Between rami, especially between the mandibles of the lower jaw.
intimately
intimately
adv
In an intimate manner.
intramural
intramural
adj
Within the substance of the walls of an organ.
Within the walls; within one institution, particularly a school.
noun
A (usually sports) competition between teams belonging to the same school.
intumulate
ishmaelite
ishmaelite
Noun
Any descendant of Ishmael.
An outcast.
An Arab Muslim.
islamistic
islamitish
islamitish
Adjective
Islamic.
ismaelitic
isomaltose
isomaltose
noun
(biochemistry) An isomer of maltose (linked α1-6 rather than α1-4); brachyose
isothermal
isothermal
adj
Of or pertaining to a process that takes place at constant temperature
Of or pertaining to an isotherm
noun
(geography) An isotherm
italianism
italianism
Noun
A from the
A of or the Italian people
A to or the or of Italy
italomania
italomania
Noun
A passion for Italy and its people and culture.
jewelsmith
jewelsmith
noun
An individual whose profession involves making jewelry out of precious metals and stones.
The place where such an individual carries out their trade.
kalimantan
kalimantan
Proper noun
The Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
katabolism
katabolism
noun
Alternative form of catabolism
kelotomies
kelotomies
noun
plural of kelotomy
ketembilla
ketembilla
noun
The plant Dovyalis hebecarpa, native to Sri Lanka and southern India.
kilometers
kilometers
noun
plural of kilometer
kilometric
kilometric
adj
Measured in kilometres/kilometers
kimballton
kimberlite
kimberlite
noun
(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
kitambilla
kitzmiller
kitzmiller
Proper noun
A town in Maryland.
lachrymist
lachrymist
noun
(rare) One who weeps.
lacrimator
lacrimator
noun
Alternative spelling of lachrymator
lambasting
lambasting
noun
A beating or thrashing.
A harsh reprimand.
verb
present participle of lambast
present participle of lambaste
laminarite
laminarite
noun
(paleontology) A broad-leafed fossil alga.
laminating
laminating
verb
present participle of laminate
lamination
lamination
noun
(geology) A small scale sequence of fine layers that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
(topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less.
A layer of something that is laminated.
Something made by laminating.
The process of laminating, joining together thin layers.
lammastide
lammastide
Proper noun
The religious festival of Lammas.
lampoonist
lampoonist
noun
One who lampoons.
larithmics
larithmics
noun
(obsolete) The study of population statistics.
latecoming
latecoming
adj
Arriving late.
latiniform
latissimus
latissimus
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of latissimus dorsi.
lattermint
laumontite
laumontite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster, with the chemical formula CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.
laurentium
lavishment
lavishment
noun
The act of lavishing.
leamington
leamington
Proper noun
Royal Leamington Spa, a health resort in Warwickshire, England
A small town in Ontario, Canada
A town in Utah
legitimacy
legitimacy
noun
Lawfulness of birth or origin; directness of descent as affecting the royal succession.
The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.
legitimate
legitimate
adj
Authentic, real, genuine.
Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
Relating to hereditary rights.
noun
A person born to a legally married couple.
verb
(transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
legitimise
legitimise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.
legitimism
legitimism
noun
The principles or plans of legitimists.
legitimist
legitimist
adj
related to the principles of legitimism
noun
(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.
leitmotifs
leitmotifs
noun
plural of leitmotif
lemniscata
lemniscata
noun
Archaic form of lemniscate. (type of curve)
lemniscate
lemniscate
noun
(mathematics) Any of a variety of quartic functions producing similar figure-of-eight closed curves.
(mathematics) The lemniscate of Bernoulli
The infinity symbol (∞).
lentissimo
leominster
leominster
Proper noun
a market town in Herefordshire, England.
a city in Massachusetts, USA.
leptamnium
leptomatic
leptosomic
lettsomite
lettsomite
noun
(mineralogy) cyanotrichite.
levisticum
leviticism
lienectomy
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
ligusticum
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
limestones
limestones
noun
plural of limestone
limitanean
limitarian
limitarian
adj
Tending to limit.
noun
One who subscribes to the doctrine of limitarianism.
limitaries
limitation
limitation
noun
(law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
limitative
limitative
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a grammatical case that specifies a deadline, a time by which something must take place.
Restrictive, limited.
limitrophe
limitrophe
adj
Border, frontier; being or existing along a border or frontier.
noun
A border state or area.
limnanthes
limnimeter
limnimeter
noun
The apparatus used in limnimetry
limnometer
limnometer
noun
A device used to measure the level of water in a lake
lineaments
lineaments
noun
plural of lineament
lineameter
lingtowman
lipomatous
lipomatous
adj
Relating to a lipoma.
lipothymia
lipothymia
noun
(pathology, obsolete) A swoon due to transient cerebral hypoperfusion.
lipothymic
lipothymic
adj
Tending to swoon; fainting.
literalism
literalism
noun
(art) The style of art portraying a subject as literally and accurately as possible.
Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.
lithectomy
lithectomy
noun
Excision of a calculus.
lithodesma
lithodomus
lithomancy
lithomancy
noun
divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
lithomarge
lithomarge
noun
kaolinite
lithometer
lithosperm
lithotomic
lithotomic
adj
Relating to, or performed by, lithotomy.
litteratim
littermate
littermate
noun
An animal born in the same litter
lobotomies
lobotomies
noun
plural of lobotomy
lobotomize
lobotomize
verb
(transitive) To perform a lobotomy upon.
(transitive, figurative) To remove the vitality or intelligence from.
locksmiths
locksmiths
noun
plural of locksmith
locomoting
locomoting
verb
present participle of locomote
locomotion
locomotion
noun
(biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
(countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
(uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
locomotive
locomotive
adj
Of or relating to locomotion.
Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself.
noun
(archaic) Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.
(economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
(rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
(rare) A traction engine.
(slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
locutorium
logarithms
logarithms
noun
plural of logarithm
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.
(astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions
(physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
(uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
lumisterol
lumisterol
noun
Constituent of vitamin D₁.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
lutuamians
lymantriid
lymantriid
noun
(zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
lymphation
lymphatism
lymphatism
noun
(medicine, historical) Enlargement or swelling of the lymphatic tissue, associated in the past with sudden death of children but no longer considered to be an authentic ailment.
Bloating, sluggishness.
lypothymia
lysimetric
lysimetric
adj
Carried out by means of a lysimeter.
maculating
maculating
verb
present participle of maculate
maculation
maculation
noun
(obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.
(zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.
magestical
magnetical
magnetical
adj
(obsolete) magnetic
maieutical
maieutical
adj
(rare) Alternative form of maieutic
majestical
majestical
adj
(now chiefly poetic) Majestic.
malacolite
malacolite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene.
malaxation
malaxation
noun
(agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
(entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
(pharmacology) The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.
In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
maledicent
maledicent
adj
(archaic) reproachful in speech
(archaic) slanderous
maledicted
maledicted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of maledict
maleficent
maleficent
adj
Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
malignment
malignment
noun
The act of maligning something.
malladrite
malladrite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing fluorine, silicon, and sodium.
mallardite
mallardite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
malleating
malleating
verb
present participle of malleate
malleation
malleation
noun
A hammering movement of the hands against the thighs, a form of tic.
The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.
malnutrite
malnutrite
adj
(obsolete) malnourished
malolactic
malolactic
adj
(winemaking) Describing a type of fermentation in which malic acid is converted into lactic acid
malthusian
malthusian
Adjective
of, or relating to Malthus or his views on human population and world resources
maltobiose
maltobiose
Noun
maltose
mamillated
mamillated
adj
Having nipples
mammilated
mammilated
adj
Having relatively small protrusions from the exterior, most commonly the surface.
mammillate
mammillate
adj
Bounded like a nipple; said of the apex of some shells.
Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.
mangalitza
manifestly
manifestly
adv
In a manifest manner; obviously.
manipulate
manipulate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.
(transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
(transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
(transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
manitoulin
mantically
manualiter
manualiter
adj
Of organ music requiring the use of the manuals only.
maquahuitl
maquahuitl
noun
Alternative form of macuahuitl
marienthal
mariolater
mariolater
Noun
One who worships the Virgin Mary.
mariolatry
mariolatry
Noun
Worship (latria) of the Virgin Mary, i.e. more than the veneration which may be considered appropriate. Used to disparage the Roman Catholic practice of veneration of Mary.
maritality
maritality
noun
Fondness of a wife for her husband.
The marital state; being married.
martialing
martialism
martialism
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.