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- MAKARA poet writing in Scots.
- MAKARSplural of makar
- MALAISEA feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
- MALARKEYSplural of malarkey
- MANIFESTEvident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
- MANLYHaving the characteristics of a man.
- MANTICOREA beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be a
- MARRINGpresent participle and gerund of mar: ruining, thwarting, spoiling.
- MARTIALOf, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
- MATINEEA showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.
- MEADAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- MEDALINGpresent participle and gerund of medal
- MOATSplural of moat
- MOLLUSKUS standard spelling of mollusc.
- MONOCLEA single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
- MOPINGSplural of moping
- MORISHAlternative spelling of moreish.
- MOTESplural of mote
- MOULDYCovered with mould.
- MUTTONThe meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- MUTTSplural of mutt
- MYOPICNear-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.
- NAGSplural of nag
- NEBULAA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- NEBULAEplural of nebula
- NIPPYFast; speedy.
- NOBSplural of nob
- NODSplural of nod
- NODULEA small lump, often roughly hemispherical in shape; a small node.
- NOGSplural of nog
- NOOKSplural of nook
- NUISANCESplural of nuisance
- OBOESplural of oboe
- OCCUPATIONAn activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- OEDIPALAlternative letter-case form of Oedipal.
- OGHAMAlternative form of Ogham.
- OGHAMSplural of ogham
- OGLESplural of ogle.
- OPIUMA yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and
- ORATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of orate
- ORNATEElaborately ornamented, often to excess.
- OUTLIERA person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
- OVERHAULSplural of overhaul
- OVERLOADSplural of overload
- OXTERSplural of oxter
- PADDYRough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
- PANDERA person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
- PARAGONA person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
- PARAGONSplural of paragon
- PARASITEAn organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organi
- PARIAHSplural of pariah
- PARMESANA hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.
- PARSETo resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe gram
- PARSINGThe act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).
- PARTLYIn part, or to some degree, but not completely.
- PAVINGpresent participle and gerund of pave
- PAWNSplural of pawn
- PERUSINGSynonym of perusal.
- PETRIEllipsis of petri dish.
- PEWSplural of pew
- PHONEMEAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
- PHONEMESplural of phoneme
- PHONICSThe study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
- PHOSplural of pho
- PIDGINAn amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and havi
- PILAFA dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
- PILFERTo steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- PILFERINGpresent participle and gerund of pilfer
- PIQUETo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- PLATONICSNeither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- PLATOONA unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
- PLEADINGThe act of making a plea.
- PLEBSplural of pleb
- PLUTONICAlternative letter-case form of Plutonic.
- POETICSThe theory of poetry, or of literature in general.
- POLKAA lively dance originating in Bohemia.
- PRIMATESplural of primate
- PRIMESplural of prime
- PROBIOTICA food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.
- PROVOKESthird-person singular simple present indicative of provoke
- PROWLTo rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
- PSIONICOf or relating to psionics.
- PUGILISTOne who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
- PULLEYOne of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a b
- PULSARA rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
- PUNTEDsimple past and past participle of punt
- PUNTEROne who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.
- PUNTERSplural of punter
- PUNTSplural of punt
- PURSEDThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
- PUTTThe act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- QUANTUMSplural of quantum
- QUICKENSSynonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
- QUIPSplural of quip
- QUIVERA container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
- QUIVERSplural of quiver
- RADICALISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalize.
- RAGUAlternative spelling of ragù.
- RAPERSplural of raper
- RATTYResembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.