| COMMITTAL | • committal n. The act of entrusting something to someone. • committal n. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone’s imprisonment. • committal n. The act of perpetrating an offence. |
| LEITMOTIF | • leitmotif n. (Music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. • leitmotif n. (By extension) A recurring theme. • LEITMOTIF n. (German) a leading motif, a recurring theme in a novel, musical signature for something, also LEITMOTIV. |
| LEITMOTIV | • leitmotiv n. Alternative form of leitmotif. • LEITMOTIV n. (German) a leading motif, a recurring theme in a novel, musical signature for something, also LEITMOTIF. |
| LITHOTOME | • lithotome n. (Surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. • lithotome n. A mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way by nature. • LITHOTOME n. a stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art. |
| LITHOTOMY | • lithotomy n. A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones. • LITHOTOMY n. the operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder. |
| MILKTOAST | • milktoast adj. Alternative spelling of milquetoast. • milktoast n. Alternative spelling of milquetoast. • milk␣toast n. A food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter, but which also may… |
| MISTLETOE | • mistletoe n. (Countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with… • mistletoe n. (Uncountable) A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that… • mistle-toe n. (Obsolete or rare) Alternative spelling of mistletoe. |
| MORTALITY | • mortality n. The state or quality of being mortal. • mortality n. The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year)… • mortality n. (Figuratively) Death. |
| MOTTLINGS | • mottlings n. Plural of mottling. • MOTTLING n. a blotched appearance. |
| MULTIATOM | • multiatom adj. Consisting of, or relating to, multiple atoms. • MULTIATOM adj. containing many atoms. |
| MULTIPORT | • multiport adj. Having multiple ports. • multiport n. A device having multiple ports. • MULTIPORT adj. involving more than one port. |
| MULTITONE | • multitone adj. Of or pertaining to more than one tone. • multitone n. A document or image that is printed using several different inks. • MULTITONE adj. having many tones. |
| MULTITOOL | • multitool n. A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body; thus… • multitool n. An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments. • multi-tool n. Alternative form of multitool. |
| MUTILATOR | • mutilator n. Agent noun of mutilate; one who mutilates. • MUTILATOR n. one who mutilates. |
| TOMATILLO | • tomatillo n. A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like… • TOMATILLO n. (Spanish) a plant of the nightshade family, native to Mexico. |
| TORMENTIL | • tormentil n. A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla). • TORMENTIL n. a small potentilla of heaths and moors having four-petalled yellow flowers and strongly astringent roots. |
| TOTALISMS | • totalisms n. Plural of totalism. • TOTALISM n. centralized control by an autocratic authority. |
| TREMOLITE | • tremolite n. (Mineralogy) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium… • TREMOLITE n. a white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses. |