Word origins

• LiechtensteinerA person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent.
• liedertafelA male choir.
• LienemannA surname from German.
• ligroinA petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel.
• LiskeA surname from German.
• LisztomaniaA feverish enthusiasm for the music of Franz Liszt.
• LitauerA surname from German.
• LöbauA town in Görlitz district, Saxony, Germany.
• LœfflerA surname from German, variant of Loeffler.
• LöfflerA surname from German, variant of Loeffler.
• logarithmandThe number for which one is obtaining a logarithm. Thus, if a = bᶜ, then c is the logarithm (base b) of a, and a is the logarithmand.
• LohmeierA surname from German.
• LohmillerA surname from German.
• loipeA cross-country ski trail.
• LortzA surname from German.
• LotspeichA surname from German.
• lottesA surname from German.
• löwchenAn uncommon bichon bred in North-Western Europe.
• LuchsingerA surname from German.
• LuckowA surname.
• LucksingerA surname from German.
• LudemannA surname from German.
• Ludwigshafen am RheinSynonym of Ludwigshafen (“German city”).
• LuehrsA surname from German.
• lumpenproletariatThe lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.
• LüneburgA town in Lower Saxony, formerly a prominent member of the Hanse, known for its salt production.
• LurzA surname from German.
• MaahsA surname from German.
• MachamerA surname from German.
• machtpolitikPower politics.
• MackauerA surname from German.
• MadlA surname from German.
• MaertensA surname from German.
• magenblaseA gastric air bubble.
• magenstrassea groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation
• maibockA lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.
• Mainz-BingenA district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• MalburgA surname from German.
• MalotkiA surname from German [in turn from Polish].
• MalzahnA surname from German.
• manganblendeSynonym of alabandite.
• manganositeAn isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing manganese and oxygen.
• mangelwurzelA root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
• männleinA little man; a dwarf, a mannikin.
• MantheA surname from German.
• MantheiA surname from German.
• margaroditeA hydrous potash mica related to muscovite.
• mariengroschenAn obsolete coin from Germany, higher in value than a pfennig.
• MarohnA surname from German.
• MarolfA surname from German.
• MarschkeA surname from German.
• märzenA lager originating in Bavaria, which has a medium to full body and may vary in color from pale through amber to dark brown and is traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest.
• märzenbierSynonym of märzen.
• MasonerA surname from German.
• masskrugstemmenSynonym of steinholding.
• MassmannA surname from German.
• MatheisA surname from German.
• MaylanderA denizen of Mayland
• MechlerA surname from German.
• MeesdorfAn urban district of Buer at the city of Melle in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.
• MehrerA surname from German.
• MeingastA surname from German.
• MeisslA surname from German.
• -meisterAn expert on the specified subject.
• MemellandThe region around Klaipėda (Memel), historically part of East Prussia and today within Lithuania.
• MenckeA surname.
• MenkerA surname from German.
• Menschanschauungthe set of ideas and presumptions one has about humans
• Mercedes-BenzA car of a particular brand manufactured by Daimler AG.
• MerkmannA surname from German.
• MeschedeA town in Hochsauerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• MeschkeA surname from German.
• MeskeA surname from German.
• MilbrathA surname from German.
• MiltnerA surname from German.
• milzbrandanthrax
• minikinA young person, especially a young woman.
• minnesingerA peripatetic musician in Germany in the 12th to the 14th centuries, often performing songs of courtly love.
• minoratA custom or right, analogous to borough English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, by which certain entailed estates, such as a homestead and adjacent land, descended to the youngest male heir.
• mischlingIn certain (especially Nazi) racial theories, someone of mixed race; especially one who is partly of Jewish descent.
• MiskeA surname from German.
• mispickelThe mineral arsenopyrite
• mitgehenAn extreme form of mitmachen, where very slight pressure exerted on a body will cause a movement in any direction.
• mitmachenA state in which a person's body can be put into any posture, although the person has been instructed to resist any movement.
• mittelschmerzLower abdominal and pelvic pain that occurs roughly midway through the menstrual cycle, during ovulation.
• MittelstadtA surname from German.
• MittenpunktA triangle center defined as the symmedian point of the triangle formed by the centers of the three excircles.
• mixoscopyThe attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.
• mnemePersisting effect of memory of past events.
• MöbiusA surname from German.
• moderlieschenLeucaspius delineatus, a species of freshwater fish found throughout temperate continental Europe.
• MoeckelA surname from German.
• MoedeA surname from German.
• MoehleA surname from German.
• MoermannA surname from German.
• mondmilchSynonym of moonmilk (limestone precipitate in caves)
• MonnigA surname from German.
• MonschauA town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• MonseesA surname from German.
• MormannA surname from German.