the sentence EAT LATE means, "I haven't eaten yet"
LATE AFTERNOON
LATER—after a while
LAW
lawyer—combination of LAW and AGENT
LEARN
LEFT—opposite of right
LEFT TURN
LEGISLATURE
LEMON
LEND—borrow
LESBIAN
LESS
LESS THAN
LESSON—course, chapter
LET'S SEE—used in expressions such as "We'll see about that"
LETTUCE
lexicalized fingerspelling
liberate (SAVE)
LIBRARY
LICENSE
LIE DOWN
light, sight, and space
LIGHT FLASH
LIGHTNING
LIKE
LIKE—to be attracted to, enjoy
line of work (MAJOR)
LION
LIPREAD—Schools for deaf children that do not use any sign language in their instructional program are called "oral" schools. This sign is used to refer to these schools. A school for hearing children is signed SPEAK SCHOOL. The LIPREAD sign also means "speech" and "to read lips"
LITTLE BIT—not much
LIVE—life; address
LOAF
LOBSTER
LONG—used only in the sense of long span of something that endures or lasts for a long time
LONG AGO
LOOK—watch; stare
look like (FACE)
LORD
LOSE
LOUSY—awful, terrible, rotten, crummy
LOVE
lovely (PRETTY)
LUGGAGE—baggage; suitcase
lunch—combination of EAT and NOON
LUTHERAN
MAGAZINE—journal
magnificent (WONDERFUL)
MAJOR—course of study in school; line of work; specialty
MAN
manage (CONTROL)
manual alphabet
Manually Coded English (MCEs)
MANY—a lot of
MARRY
MASS
MATH
may (CAN)
may not (CAN'T)
MAYBE
MCEs (Manually Coded English)
ME/I
MEAN—intended, intention, meaning
MEAT
MEDICINE
MEDIUM (glass)
MEET—encounter another person
MELON
MELT—disappear, go away
MEMORIZE
Merry Christmas
merry (HAPPY)
MESSAGE/COMMENT
MEXICO—Mexican
MILK
MILWAUKEE
MINUTE
MISSIONARY
MISTAKE
MIX
MOBILE PHONE—cell phone
modify (CHANGE)
MONDAY
MONEY
money
MONKEY
MONTH
MONTHLY
MORE THAN
MORMON
MORNING
MOST
MOTHER
motion pictures (MOVIE)
MOUNTAIN
MOUSE
MOVIE—cinema, film, motion pictures
MSN
MUCH
MULE
MUSEUM
MUSIC—sing, song
MUSLIM/ISLAM
MUST— SM : necessary, have to, go to, obligated to. The idea is that one has no choice
MUST— DM : should, ought to; the idea here is that it would be a good idea, but that it is not obligatory. The double movement may also mean "need"
MUST NEED
MY—mine
MYSELF
NAME
names
NEAR
NEAR FUTURE
NEED
negation
negative questions
NEPHEW
NEVER
NEW
NEW ORLEANS
NEW YORK
NEWSPAPER
NEXT WEEK—a week from now
NEXT YEAR
NICE— SM :
NICE— DM : clean, neat
NIECE
NIGHT—evening
no
no one (NONE)
NONE—not any; nothing; no one
NOON
NORWAY—Norwegian
NOT—don't; didn't
not allowed (PROHIBIT)
not any (NONE)
not much (LITTLE BIT)
nothing (NONE)
NOTIFY—inform
NOW
NOW—at present
NOW—at present, present, presently
NUMBER
numbers
NUT
OBEY
objective (AIM)
objects (COMPLAIN)
ocean (WATER, WAVE [1], WAVE [2], WAVE [3])
ODD—strange
offend, offensive (DISGUST)
oily (GREASE)
OK (FINE)
OLD—age
Olympics (CHAIN)
ON
ONE HOUR
ONION
ONLY—single, alone. In addition to this meaning, the ONLY sign means "some" in expressions such as "someone," "someday," "something," and "somehow," either in combination with signs ONE, DAY, THING, and HOW, or all by itself. In the sentence, "I had some feeling that everything was not right," the ONLY sign is used for the idea of "some"
OPEN
OPEN BOOK
OPEN DOOR
OPEN WINDOW
OPERATE
OPINION
opposed to (AGAINST)
OPPOSITE—enemy, opponents
ORAL THERMOMETER
ORANGE
ORDER
OREGON
OUR
OURSELVES
OUT
over again (AGAIN)
overshoes (GALOSHES)
OWE—debt
own (HAVE)
PACK BAGS
paddle (CANOE)
pagers
PAIN
PANTS
PAPER
pardon (EXCUSE)
PARENTS
park (VEHICLE)
PARTNER
PASS
PAST—This sign is often interchangeable with the FINISH sign to indicate than action is in the past. The sentence MOVIE SEE PAST means "I've seen this movie before," which is essentially the same as, "I've already seen the movie"
past, present, and