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- MUSCOLOGYSynonym of bryology.
- MUSCULAROf, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- MUSICALOf, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
- MUSIVERelating to mosaic art.
- MUSKETA kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock,
- MUSTARDA plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- MUSTELINELike or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.
- MUSTERA gathering. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise,
- MUSTYAffected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
- MUTABILITYThe quality or state of being mutable.
- MUTABLEChangeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
- MUTANTThat which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
- MUTATETo undergo mutation.
- MUTATIONAny alteration or change.
- MUTCHA nightcap (hat worn to bed).
- MUTCHEDA nightcap (hat worn to bed).
- MUTCHINGA nightcap (hat worn to bed).
- MUTENot having the power of speech; dumb.
- MUTICOUSWithout a point or pointed end; blunt.
- MUTILATETo physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
- MUTILATIONThe act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
- MUTISMThe inability to speak, be it from psychological or physical cause.
- MUTOSCOPEA motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- MUTTERA repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
- MUTTONThe meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- MUTUALHaving the same relationship, each to each other.
- MYCOLOGIESThe study of fungi.
- MYOTONIAA symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.
- MYSTERIOUSOf unknown origin.
- MYSTIQUEAn aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
- MYTHICALExisting in myth.
- NACREA shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
- NADIRThe point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
- NAEVEAlternative spelling of naevus (“pigmented spot”).
- NAIANTDepicted swimming horizontally.
- NAIVELacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- NAKERA small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
- NAPIFORMShaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
- NARISa nostril
- NASALOf or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
- NASCENCEBirth.
- NASCENCYA state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
- NASCENTEmerging; just coming into existence.
- NASTURTIUMThe popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
- NASUTEHaving a long snout.
- NATANTFloating or swimming (in water).
- NATATIONThe act or process of swimming
- NATESThe two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
- NATIFORMResembling or having the form of buttocks.
- NATIONA historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common economic life, ethnicity, language, religion, and/or territory, and manifested in a common culture.
- NATIVEBelonging to one by birth or ancestry.
- NATIVITYSomeone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
- NATRIUMSynonym of sodium.
- NATRIUMSSynonym of sodium.
- NATURALExisting in nature. Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- NATUREThe way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distin
- NAUMACHYA place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.
- NAVALOf or relating to a navy.
- NAVEThe middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- NAVETTEA shuttle bus in France.
- NAVEWA kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica napus.
- NAVICULAA thurible in the shape of a boat.
- NAVIGABLECapable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
- NAVIGATORA person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
- NDUJAA type of spicy, spreadable salami from Calabria.
- NEATClean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- NEBULEA decorative wavy or curly pattern; moulding of an undulating or wavy form.
- NEBULIZETo convert liquid into a fine spray of aerosols, by using a nebulizer; to atomize
- NEBULOSITYThe characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
- NECESSITYThe quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
- NEEPThe swede (rutabaga); turnip.
- NEFASTwicked (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- NEGATETo deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- NEGATIVENot positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
- NEGATOROne who, or that which, negates. A word (or other structural element) which causes negation.
- NEGATORYNegative; negating.
- NEGLECTTo fail to care for or attend to something.
- NEIFA woman born in the state of serfdom; a female serf.
- NEITHERNot one of two; not either; not one or the other.
- NEMORALPertaining to groves or woodland.
- NEMOROUSForested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
- NEPERA non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) bein
- NEPHRITICOf, relating to, or affected with nephritis or nephritic syndrome.
- NEPOTISMThe favoring of relatives or also personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
- NERVEA bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- NERVOSITYThe state of being nervous; nervousness.
- NEUROLOGYThe branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular
- NEUTERNeutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
- NEUTRALNot taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- NEUTRALITYThe state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.
- NEVUSAny of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
- NEWELEither of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.
- NEXUSA form or state of connection.
- NICEPleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
- NICTATETo wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.
- NIDALOf or pertaining to nests.
- NIDAMENTUMegg case
- NIDICOLOUSTending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.
- NIDIFUGOUSThat leaves the nest shortly after hatching.
- NIDIFYTo make a nest.