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Every Germanic word

Words players have found whose deepest named ancestor belongs to the Germanic family. A family is a group of languages, so this is wider than any single one of them.

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  • LOUSYadjectiveMiddle English63 findersUnwanted and often unpleasant.
  • LOUTnounProto-Germanic109 findersA troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  • LOUVERnounFrankish70 findersA type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
  • LOVAGEnounOld English73 findersA perennial Mediterranean herb, of species Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery.
  • LOVEDverbOld English18 finderssimple past and past participle of love
  • LOVERnounMiddle English39 findersOne who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
  • LOVESOMEadjectiveOld English6 findersWorthy of love; having qualities that inspire love; lovable.
  • LOVINGnounOld English35 findersThe action of the verb to love. (Can we clean up this sense?)
  • LOWNnounSwedish11 findersCalm, tranquillity.
  • LOWNEDnounSwedish2 findersCalm, tranquillity.
  • LUBBERnounSwedish15 findersA clumsy or lazy person.
  • LUCKnounMiddle Low German24 findersSomething that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
  • LUCKIESadjectiveMiddle English4 findersFavoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
  • LUCKYadjectiveMiddle English53 findersFavoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
  • LUFFnounMiddle Dutch13 findersThe vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
  • LUFTMENSCHnounYiddish56 findersA person who is highly intellectual or contemplative but detached from practical affairs, especially the need to earn a living.
  • LUKEadjectiveOld English7 finderslukewarm
  • LUKEWARMadjectiveMiddle English31 findersBetween warm and cool.
  • LUMPnounProto-Germanic7 findersSomething that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
  • LUNTnounDutch22 findersA slow-burning match or torch.
  • LURKverbProto-Germanic11 findersTo remain concealed in order to ambush.
  • LUSCIOUSadjectiveMiddle English12 findersSweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent.
  • LUSTnounProto-Germanic24 findersA feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
  • LUSTFULadjectiveOld English8 findersFull of lust; driven by lust.
  • LUSTIHEADnounMiddle English6 findersLustfulness, delight; licentiousness.
  • LUSTIHOODnounMiddle English3 findersThe state of being lusty.
  • LUSTYadjectiveMiddle English37 findersExhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
  • LUTEFISKnounSwedish72 findersA traditional Nordic dish made from stockfish and soda lye.
  • LUTFISKnounSwedish12 findersAlternative form of lutefisk.
  • LYNCHETnounOld English19 findersA bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.
  • MACEnounGerman44 findersA heavy fighting club.
  • MACHERnounYiddish6 findersAn important person, often in the negative sense of self-important; a bigwig.
  • MACONnounGerman5 findersA type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.
  • MACROPHYTEnounGerman14 findersAny normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
  • MADDENverbMiddle English1 finderTo make angry.
  • MADLYadverbMiddle English6 findersIn a mad manner without reason or understanding; wildly.
  • MADNESSnounMiddle English1 finderThe state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
  • MAFTIRnounYiddish1 finderThe person who reads the Haftarah.
  • MAGNETITEnounGerman8 findersA magnetic mineral, with the chemical formula FeFe3+2O4, one of the primary ores of iron.
  • MAIDnounOld English26 findersA girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
  • MAIDENnounProto-Germanic83 findersA girl or an unmarried young woman.
  • MAIDENLYadjectiveMiddle English45 findersOf or pertaining to a maiden.
  • MAIDSERVANTnounMiddle English1 finderA female servant; a maid.
  • MAIMverbGerman3 findersTo wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
  • MAIMEDadjectiveMiddle English4 findersPartially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
  • MAINadjectiveGerman14 findersOf chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
  • MAINLYadverbMiddle English16 findersOf a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of an event; chiefly; certainly for the most part.
  • MAINSTAYnounMiddle English29 findersA chief support.
  • MAIRadjectiveProto-Germanic19 findersmore
  • MAKARnounScots6 findersA poet writing in Scots.
  • MAKEABLEadjectiveMiddle English2 findersAble to be made.
  • MAKERnounMiddle English20 findersSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
  • MAKINGnounOld English35 findersThe act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
  • MANCHETnounMiddle English6 findersA type of high-quality bread or cracker made from flour.
  • MANEUVERnounFrankish36 findersThe planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
  • MANFULadjectiveMiddle English6 findersShowing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly.
  • MANFULLYadverbMiddle English6 findersIn a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.
  • MANGLEverbOld English21 findersTo change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
  • MANHOODnounMiddle English9 findersThe state or condition of being a human being.
  • MANIFESTERnounMiddle English8 findersOne who or that which manifests.
  • MANIFOLDadjectiveProto-Germanic76 findersVarious in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
  • MANLYadjectiveProto-Germanic25 findersHaving the characteristics of a man.
  • MANOEUVREnounFrankish12 findersCommonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.
  • MANSEverbOld English60 findersTo excommunicate; curse.
  • MANSLAUGHTERnounOld English54 findersThe slaying of a human being.
  • MANUSCRIPTadjectiveGerman42 findersHandwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
  • MARAnounOld English12 findersA nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stoma
  • MARBLEnounOld English46 findersA metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
  • MARBLIESTadjectiveMiddle English13 findersCharacteristic of marble.
  • MARBLYadjectiveMiddle English8 findersCharacteristic of marble.
  • MARCHnounProto-Germanic15 findersA formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
  • MARCHIONESSnounProto-Germanic1 finderThe wife of a marquess.
  • MARIGOLDnounMiddle English42 findersAny of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
  • MARINEadjectiveProto-Germanic41 findersBelonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
  • MARISHnounGerman16 findersA marsh.
  • MARKINGnounGerman7 findersThe action of marking.
  • MARREDadjectiveOld English9 findersSpoiled; harmed or damaged.
  • MARRIEDadjectiveMiddle English3 findersIn a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
  • MARSHnounGerman31 findersAn area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
  • MARSHALnounGerman22 findersA high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.
  • MARSHYadjectiveMiddle English33 findersOf, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
  • MARTENnounDutch18 findersAny carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.
  • MARTENSITEnounGerman2 findersA solid solution of carbon in iron; the chief constituent of steel.
  • MASCLEnounGerman7 findersA lozenge-shaped piece of metal, used in making scale mail.
  • MASKnounGerman13 findersA cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
  • MASLINnounOld English1 finderA mixture composed of different materials; especially: A mixture of metals resembling brass. A mixture of different sorts of grain, such as wheat and rye.
  • MASSYadjectiveMiddle English2 findersHeavy; massive.
  • MASTERFULadjectiveMiddle English105 findersOf or pertaining to the manner of a master of an art, technique, profession, or craft; masterly.
  • MASTERFULLYadverbMiddle English1 finderIn a masterful manner; in an extremely confident and competent manner.
  • MASTERPIECEnounGerman1 finderA piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
  • MATCHLESSadjectiveMiddle English1 finderHaving no match; without equal.
  • MATEnounProto-Germanic22 findersA fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
  • MATERnounMiddle English33 findersMother.
  • MATERIALLYadverbMiddle English1 finderIn a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
  • MAULSTICKnounGerman2 findersA short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.
  • MAUNverbOld English19 findersTo have to; must.
  • MAUNDnounGerman15 findersA wicker basket.
  • MAWSEEDnounGerman1 finderThe seed of the opium poppy.
  • MAYBEadverbMiddle English20 findersPerhaps, possibly.
  • MAYWEEDnounMiddle English2 findersstinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula).

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