A unit of luminous flux equal to one thousand lumens.
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
knuclesome
kominuter
kominuter
noun
A kind of Danish ball mill with a peripheral discharge.
koumises
koumisses
koumisses
noun
plural of koumiss
koumyses
koumysses
krameriaceous
kremenchug
krugerism
kulmet
kumisses
kumler
kummel
kummel
noun
A German caraway liqueur.
kummels
kummels
noun
plural of kummel
kummer
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
kumyses
kurzeme
kusimanse
kusimanse
noun
Alternative form of cusimanse
kusimansel
lameduck
lehmbruck
lemkul
lemurlike
lemurlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lemur.
leukaemia
leukaemia
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of leukemia
leukaemic
leukaemic
adj
Characteristic of, or associated with leukaemia.
leukemia
leukemia
noun
(countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.
A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
leukemias
leukemias
noun
plural of leukemia
leukemic
leukemic
adj
Relating to leukemia
noun
A person who has leukemia (but see people-first language).
leukemics
leukemics
noun
plural of leukemic
leukemid
leukemid
noun
A non-specific skin lesion that occurs with leukemia but is not related to leukemic cell infiltration.
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
adj
That tends to cause leukemia
leukemoid
leukemoid
adj
Resembling leukemia, but triggered by stress, infection, etc. rather than actual malignancy.
leukocythemia
leukoderma
leukoderma
noun
An acquired cutaneous condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin.
leukoma
leukoma
noun
Alternative form of leucoma
leukomas
leukotomies
leukotomies
noun
plural of leukotomy
leukotomy
leukotomy
noun
(surgery) lobotomy
lukemia
lukewarm
lukewarm
adj
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmly
lukewarmly
adv
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
lumberjack
lumberjack
noun
A lumberjacket.
A person whose work is to fell trees.
verb
(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
lumpsucker
lumpsucker
noun
Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
lutemaker
lutemaker
noun
A manufacturer of lutes.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
makeup
makeup
noun
(countable, uncountable) An item's composition.
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
(manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To put makeup on (someone or something).
makeups
makeups
noun
plural of makeup
mallemuck
mallemuck
noun
(obsolete) A mollymawk.
mameluke
mameluke
noun
(historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East created and run by freed slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516.
(obsolete) A slave (especially European and white) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.
(slang, Italian-American) A fool.
mamelukes
mamelukes
noun
plural of mameluke
mantuamaker
mantuamaker
noun
A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses
maquoketa
markleysburg
marlinsucker
marmaduke
marmaduke
Proper noun
name, once popular in parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham.
mayduke
mayduke
Noun
A cherry of a large dark-red variety.
mazurek
mazurek
noun
A kind of Polish cake baked at Easter, typically made from pastry with a layer of butter sponge cake on top, sometimes affixed with marmalade, and topped with nut-based icing and candied fruits.
mccluskey
mckuen
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
mecklenburgian
medusalike
medusalike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the mythical Medusa.
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
megabucks
megabucks
noun
(informal) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
plural of megabuck
mekbuda
mekoryuk
melkhout
melkhout
noun
(South Africa) The milkwood tree.
menangkabau
menkure
menuki
menuki
noun
A decorative grip swell on a Japanese sword.
merribauks
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
miccosukee
miccosukee
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Florida.
Proper noun
Their language, closely related to Hitchiti.
microleukoblast
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
miculek
milkhouse
milkhouse
noun
A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
A place where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
milwaukee
milwaukee
Proper noun
A city in Wisconsin, United States, which is the county seat of
milwaukeean
milwaukeean
Adjective
Of or relating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
milwaukie
minnewaukan
minnewaukan
Proper noun
a small city in North Dakota, USA, which is the county seat of
mishikhwutmetunne
mistakeful
mistakeful
adj
Full of mistakes.
misteuk
mitsukurinidae
mockernut
mockernut
noun
Carya tomentosa, a common North American hickory bearing large nuts with only a small edible part.
mollusklike
mollusklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mollusk.
monkeynut
monkeynut
noun
Alternative form of monkey nut
monumentlike
monumentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monument.
moonquake
moonquake
noun
A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake.
morpunkee
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
moukden
mountainlike
mountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mountain.
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
mountebankly
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
mousehawk
mousekin
mousekin
noun
A baby mouse.
A little mouse.
mouselike
mouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
(slang, British Army) A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation.
A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.
muckerer
muckerer
noun
(obsolete) A miser; a niggard.
muckerish
muckerish
adj
(dated) Characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar.
muckerism
muckerism
noun
(dated) rowdy, ungentlemanly behaviour in sporting contests
muckers
muckers
noun
plural of mucker
mucket
mucket
noun
A heavy cup with lid and bail which can be used over an open fire. Sizes can range from 0.5 to 1.0 liter.
Any of various species of mussels, especially those in the genus Lampsilis.
muckhole
muckier
muckier
adj
comparative form of mucky: more mucky
muckiest
muckiest
adj
superlative form of mucky: most mucky
muckiness
muckiness
noun
The quality of being mucky; dirtiness.
muck; dirt
muckite
muckite
noun
(mineralogy) A resin found in cretaceous lignite in Moravia.
muckle
muckle
adj
(archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Large, massive.
(archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Much.
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
verb
(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
(rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
muckles
muckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckle
muckment
muckmidden
muckmidden
noun
(dialect, Scotland) A dunghill.
muckrake
muckrake
noun
A rake for scraping up dung.
verb
(intransitive) To search for and expose corruption or scandal, especially as a form of investigative journalism.
muckraked
muckraked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of muckrake
muckraker
muckraker
noun
(Britain, derogatory) A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
(US) One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
(US, historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
muckrakers
muckrakers
noun
plural of muckraker
muckrakes
muckrakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake
mucksweat
muckweed
mudlarker
mudlarker
noun
One who mudlarks.
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
mudskippers
mudskippers
noun
plural of mudskipper
mudsucker
mudsucker
noun
A kind of goby.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
mukade
mukden
mukden
Proper noun
The former name for the city of Shenyang, in Liaoning province, China.
mukerji
mukilteo
muktear
muleback
muleback
noun
The back of a mule.
mulkeytown
mulliken
mullocker
mullocker
noun
(New Zealand, mining) A worker who clears waste material from a mine.