| ILMENITE | • ilmenite n. (Mineralogy) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed… • ILMENITE n. a brownish-black titanium ore. |
| LIMATION | • limation n. The act of filing or polishing. • LIMATION n. filing; (figurative) the process of refining or improving the appearance of something. |
| LIMITING | • limiting n. A limitation. • limiting v. Present participle of limit. • LIMITING adj. setting a limit. |
| LIMNETIC | • limnetic adj. Of or pertaining to the deeper, open water of a lake. • limnetic n. Any animal that lives in the limnetic zone. • LIMNETIC adj. living in fresh water, also LIMNIC. |
| LIMONITE | • limonite n. (Mineralogy) Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with… • LIMONITE n. a major ore of iron. |
| LINIMENT | • liniment n. A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve… • liniment v. (Transitive) To apply liniment to. • LINIMENT n. a liquid preparation for rubbing into the skin to relieve pain or stiffness of a joint. |
| LUMINIST | • luminist n. (Painting) A painter who works in the style of luminism. • LUMINIST n. a painter who uses the effects of light. |
| MELINITE | • melinite n. (Mineralogy) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria. • melinite n. An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton. • MELINITE n. a powerful explosive. |
| MELITTIN | • melittin n. (Biochemistry) A peptide, containing 26 amino acids, which is present in bee venom and has been used… • MELITTIN n. a toxic polypeptide found in bee venom, responsible for the pain of the sting. |
| MENILITE | • menilite n. (Mineralogy) An opal. • MENILITE n. a kind of opal, liver opal. |
| MILITANT | • militant adj. Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. • militant adj. Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. • militant n. (Obsolete) A soldier, a combatant. |
| MILTONIA | • miltonia n. (Botany) Any orchid of the genus Miltonia. • MILTONIA n. a plant of the Miltonia genus of tropical American orchids with brightly-coloured flowers. |
| MINTLIKE | • mintlike adj. Resembling mint; minty. • MINTLIKE adj. like mint. |
| MINUTIAL | • minutial adj. Characterized by minutiae, or small details. • MINUTIAL adj. of or like a minutia, a minute particular or detail, also MINUTIOSE. |
| MIRLITON | • mirliton n. A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote. • mirliton n. (Music) The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone. • mirliton n. An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez. |
| MISTLING | • mistling v. Present participle of mistle. • MISTLE v. to rain in small drops. |
| PALMITIN | • palmitin n. (Organic chemistry) A glyceride of palmitic acid. • PALMITIN n. a glyceride of palmitic acid. |
| TIMELINE | • timeline n. A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology. • timeline n. A schedule of activities; a timetable. • timeline n. (Science fiction) An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events… |