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- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
- limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
- little-known — not widely known; not famed
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- loose cannon — a person whose reckless behavior endangers the efforts or welfare of others.
- los angeleno — Angeleno (def 1).
- lose no time — act without delay
- lover's knot — love knot.
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- luminousness — The condition of being luminous.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- macroeconomy — A large-scale economic system.
- maginot line — a zone of heavy defensive fortifications erected by France along its eastern border in the years preceding World War II, but outflanked in 1940 when the German army attacked through Belgium.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- make a noise — to talk a great deal or complain
- malnormality — (mathematics, group theory) The property of a subgroup H of a group G where, for any x in G but not in H, H and Hx intersect in the identity element.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- mean anomaly — the anomaly of a mean planet; the angular distance of the planet from perihelion or aphelion.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- methanometer — an instrument that measures the concentration of methane in the air of mines
- metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- minor arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor orders — the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- mirror canon — a canon in which the parts are written as though seen in a mirror placed between them: one part or set of parts is the upside-down image of the other
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of misdiagnose.
- misdiagnoses — to make an incorrect diagnosis.
- misdiagnosis — an incorrect diagnosis.