| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| macadamize | verb t. | To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface. |
| macaronies | plural | of Macaroni |
| macaronian | adjective | Alt. of Macaronic |
| macedonian | adjective | Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia., A native or inhabitant of Macedonia., One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son. |
| macerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Macerate |
| maceration | noun | The act or process of macerating. |
| machinated | imp. & past participle | of Machinate |
| machinator | noun | One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. |
| mackintosh | noun | A waterproof outer garment; — so called from the name of the inventor. |
| macrofarad | noun | See Megafarad. |
| macrometer | noun | An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant. |
| macropodal | adjective | Having long or large feet, or a long stem. |
| macroprism | noun | A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids. |
| macrospore | noun | One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc. |
| maculation | noun | The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. |
| maculatory | adjective | Causing a spot or stain. |
| maculature | noun | Blotting paper. |
| madbrained | adjective | Disordered in mind; hot-headed. |
| madderwort | noun | A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder. |
| madecassee | noun | A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy., Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants. |
| mad-headed | adjective | Wild; crack-brained. |
| madreporic | adjective | Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora. |
| madrigaler | noun | A madrigalist. |
| magazining | present participle & vb. noun | of Magazine, The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. |
| magazinist | noun | One who edits or writes for a magazine. |
| magellanic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator. |
| maggot-pie | noun | A magpie. |
| magistracy | noun | The office or dignity of a magistrate., The collective body of magistrates. |
| magistrate | noun | A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. |
| magnetical | adjective | Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle., Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth’s magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian., Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals., Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment., Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. |
| magnetized | imp. & past participle | of Magnetize |
| magnetizee | noun | A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. |
| magnetizer | noun | One who, or that which, imparts magnetism. |
| magnifical | adjective | Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. |
| magnificat | noun | The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; — so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate. |
| magnifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Magnify |
| mahabarata | noun | Alt. of Mahabharatam |
| mahl-stick | noun | See Maul-stick. |
| mahometism | noun | See Mohammedanism. |
| mahometist | noun | A Mohammedan. |
| mahwa tree | An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit. | |
| maidenhair | noun | A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. |
| maidenhead | noun | The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity., The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity., The hymen, or virginal membrane. |
| maidenhood | noun | The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity., Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state. |
| maidenlike | adjective | Like a maiden; modest; coy. |
| maidenship | noun | Maidenhood. |
| maidmarian | noun | The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman’s clothes., A kind of dance. |
| maieutical | adjective | Serving to assist childbirth., Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language. |
| mail-shell | noun | A chiton. |
| maimedness | noun | State of being maimed. |
| mainpernor | noun | A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner’s appearance in court at a day. |
| mainprised | imp. & past participle | of Mainprise |
| mainspring | noun | The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action. |
| maintained | imp. & past participle | of Maintain |
| maintainer | noun | One who maintains. |
| maintainor | noun | One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. |
| majestatic | adjective | Alt. of Majestatal |
| majestatal | adjective | Majestic. |
| majestical | adjective | Majestic. |
| majoration | noun | Increase; enlargement. |
| major-domo | noun | A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer. |
| majorities | plural | of Majority |
| majusculae | noun pl. | Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier. |
| make-peace | noun | A peacemaker. |
| makeweight | noun | That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap. |
| malacatune | noun | See Melocoton. |
| malacoderm | noun | One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies. |
| malacolite | noun | A variety of pyroxene. |
| malacology | noun | The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks. |
| malacopoda | noun pl. | A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; — called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. |
| malacotoon | noun | See Melocoton. |
| malacozoic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa. |
| maladdress | noun | Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one. |
| malapropos | adjective & adverb | Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably. |
| malaxation | noun | The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. |
| malcontent | adjective | discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government., One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts. |
| maledicent | adjective | Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. |
| malefactor | noun | An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal., One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. |
| maleficent | adjective | Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous. |
| maleficial | adjective | Injurious. |
| malevolent | adjective | Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another’s misfortune. |
| malevolous | adjective | Malevolent. |
| malignance | noun | Alt. of Malignancy |
| malignancy | noun | The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart., Unfavorableness; evil nature., Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever., The state of being a malignant. |
| malingered | imp. & past participle | of Malinger |
| malingerer | noun | In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability. |
| malleating | present participle & vb. noun | of Malleate |
| malleation | noun | The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. |
| mallenders | noun pl. | Same as Malanders. |
| mallophaga | noun pl. | An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; — called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird. |
| mallowwort | noun | Any plant of the order Malvaceae. |
| malpighian | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. |
| malthusian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories. |
| maltreated | imp. & past participle | of Maltreat |
| malvaceous | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it. |
| mamillated | adjective | See Mammillated. |
| mammillary | adjective | Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid., Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances. |
| mammillate | adjective | Alt. of Mammillated |
| mammilloid | adjective | Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform. |
| manageable | adjective | Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse. |
| manageless | adjective | Unmanageable. |
| management | verb | The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs., Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement., Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; — often in a bad sense., The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. |
| managerial | adjective | Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. |
| manchineel | noun | A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. |
| mandarinic | adjective | Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin. |
| mandibular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible., The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. |
| mandragora | noun | A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. |
| manducable | adjective | Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten. |
| manducated | imp. & past participle | of Manducate |
| maneuvered | imp. & past participle | of Manoeuvre |
| manoeuvred | of Manoeuvre | |
| maneuverer | noun | Alt. of Manoeuvrer |
| manoeuvrer | noun | One who maneuvers. |
| manganesic | adjective | Manganic. |
| mangosteen | noun | Alt. of Mangostan |
| manichaean | noun | Alt. of Manichee, Alt. of Manichean |
| manicheism | noun | The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans. |
| manicheist | noun | Manichaean. |
| manifested | imp. & past participle | of Manifest |
| manifestly | adverb | In a manifest manner. |
| manifolded | imp. & past participle | of Manifold, Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. |
| manifoldly | adverb | In a manifold manner. |
| manipulate | verb t. | To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus., To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns., To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations. |
| men-of-war | plural | of Manofwar |
| manometric | adjective | Alt. of Manometrical |
| manqueller | noun | A killer of men; a manslayer. |
| manservant | noun | A male servant. |
| mansionary | adjective | Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons. |
| manstealer | noun | A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings. |
| mansuetude | noun | Tameness; gentleness; mildness. |
| manteltree | noun | The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses. |
| manubriums | plural | of Manubrium |
| manuducent | noun | One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. |
| manumitted | imp. & past participle | of Manumit |
| manumotive | adjective | Movable by hand. |
| manurement | noun | Cultivation. |
| manuscript | adjective | Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume., A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy., Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript. |
| many-sided | adjective | Having many sides; — said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic., Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile. |
| maraschino | noun | A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia. |
| marbleized | imp. & past participle | of Marbleize |
| marcantant | noun | A merchant. |
| marcasitic | adjective | Alt. of Marcasitical |
| marcescent | adjective | Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying. |
| march-ward | noun | A warden of the marches; a marcher. |
| marcionite | noun | A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. |
| mardi gras | noun | The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; — in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking. |
| margaritic | adjective | Margaric. |
| marginging | present participle & vb. noun | of Margin |
| marginalia | noun pl. | Marginal notes. |
| marginally | adverb | In the margin of a book. |
| marginated | adjective | Same as Marginate, a. |
| marginella | noun | A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas. |
| margravate | noun | Alt. of Margraviate |
| margravine | noun | The wife of a margrave. |
| marguerite | noun | The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. |
| marigenous | adjective | Produced in or by the sea. |
| marinorama | noun | A representation of a sea view. |
| mariolater | noun | One who worships the Virgin Mary. |
| mariolatry | noun | The worship of the Virgin Mary. |
| marionette | noun | A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show., The buffel duck. |
| maritimale | adjective | See Maritime. |
| marketable | adjective | Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable., Current in market; as, marketable value., Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country. |
| markisesse | noun | A marchioness. |
| marlaceous | adjective | Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl. |
| marmorated | adjective | Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble. |
| marmorosis | noun | The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. |
| marquisate | noun | The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis. |
| marquisdom | noun | A marquisate. |
| marrowbone | noun | A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one’s marrowbones, i. e., to kneel. |
| marrowless | adjective | Destitute of marrow. |
| marseilles | noun | A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; — so named because first made in Marseilles, France. |
| marshalled | of Marshal | |
| marshaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Marshal, The act of arranging in due order., The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. |
| marshalsea | noun | The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king’s household. |
| marshiness | noun | The state or condition of being marshy. |
| marsupiate | adjective | Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea. |
| martialism | noun | The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. |
| martialist | noun | A warrior. |
| martialize | verb t. | To render warlike; as, to martialize a people. |
| martingale | noun | Alt. of Martingal |
| martyrship | noun | Martyrdom. |
| marvelling | of Marvel | |
| maryolatry | noun | Mariolatry. |
| mascagnite | noun | Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; — so named from Mascagni, who discovered it. |
| maskinonge | noun | The muskellunge. |
| mask shell | Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. | |
| masquerade | noun | An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions., A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4., Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise., A Spanish diversion on horseback., To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade., To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not., To conceal with masks; to disguise. |
| massacring | present participle & vb. noun | of Massacre |
| massasauga | noun | The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley. |
| masse shot | noun | A stroke made with the cue held vertically. |
| masseteric | adjective | Of or pertaining to the masseter. |
| masterhood | noun | The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector. |
| masterless | adjective | Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. |
| mastership | noun | The state or office of a master., Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority., Chief work; masterpiece., An ironical title of respect. |
| masterwort | noun | A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria)., The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre., Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum). |
| masticable | adjective | Capable of being masticated. |
| masticador | noun | A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. |
| masticated | imp. & past participle | of Masticate |
| masticater | noun | One who masticates. |
| masticator | noun | One who masticates., A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture. |
| mastigopod | noun | One of the Mastigopoda. |
| mastodynia | noun | Alt. of Mastodyny |
| match-coat | noun | A coat made of match-cloth. |
| matchmaker | noun | One who makes matches for burning or kinding., One who tries to bring about marriages. |
| materially | adverb | In the state of matter., In its essence; substantially., In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions. |
| materiated | adjective | Consisting of matter. |
| maternally | adverb | In a motherly manner. |
| mathematic | adjective | See Mathematical. |
| matricidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to matricide. |
| matrimoine | noun | Matrimony. |
| matronhood | noun | The state of being a matron. |
| matronized | imp. & past participle | of Matronize |
| matronlike | adjective | Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly. |
| matronymic | noun | See Metronymic. |
| matterless | adjective | Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits., Unimportant; immaterial. |
| mattowacca | noun | An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; — called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring. |
| maturating | present participle & vb. noun | of Maturate |
| maturation | noun | The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter. |
| maturative | adjective | Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration., A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant. |
| matureness | noun | The state or quality of being mature; maturity. |
| matutinary | adjective | Matutinal. |
| muadlinism | noun | A maudlin state. |
| maul-stick | noun | A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. |
| mausoleums | plural | of Mausoleum |
| maxilliped | noun | One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw. |
| maximilian | noun | A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter. |
| mayonnaise | noun | A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; — used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce. |
| mazologist | noun | One versed in mazology or mastology. |
| meadowwort | noun | The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes. |
| meagerness | noun | Alt. of Meagreness |
| meagreness | noun | The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. |
| meandering | present participle & vb. noun | of Meander |
| measurable | adjective | Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation., Moderate; temperate; not excessive. |
| meatoscope | noun | A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra. |
| mechanical | adjective | Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits., Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products., Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service., Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe., Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric., A mechanic. |
| mechanized | imp. & past participle | of Mechanize |
| mechanurgy | noun | That branch of science which treats of moving machines. |
| meconidine | noun | An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed. |
| meconidium | noun | A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel. |
| meddlesome | adjective | Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. |
| meddlingly | adverb | In a meddling manner. |
| mediaevals | noun pl. | The people who lived in the Middle Ages. |
| mediastine | noun | Alt. of Mediastinum |
| mediatized | imp. & past participle | of Mediatize |
| mediatress | noun | Alt. of Mediatrix |
| medicament | noun | Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application. |
| medicaster | noun | A quack. |
| medicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Medicate |
| medication | The act or process of medicating. | |
| medicative | adjective | Medicinal; acting like a medicine. |
| medicornua | plural | of Medicornu |
| mediocrist | noun | A mediocre person. |
| mediocrity | noun | The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate., Moderation; temperance. |
| meditating | present participle & vb. noun | of Meditate |
| meditation | noun | The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing., Thought; — without regard to kind. |
| meditatist | noun | One who is given to meditation. |
| meditative | adjective | Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood. |
| medullated | adjective | Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber. |
| medusiform | adjective | Resembling a medusa in shape or structure. |
| meerschaum | noun | A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite., A tobacco pipe made of this mineral. |
| megalesian | adjective | Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome. |
| megalocyte | noun | A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anaemia. |
| megalosaur | noun | Alt. of Megalosaurus |
| megaphyton | noun | An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds. |
| megasthene | noun | One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic. |
| melaconite | noun | An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores. |
| melampyrin | noun | Alt. of Melampyrite |
| melanaemia | noun | A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles. |
| melancholy | noun | Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess., Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia., Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness., Ill nature., Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal., Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event., Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired., Favorable to meditation; somber. |
| melanesian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Melanesia. |
| melaniline | noun | A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; — called also diphenyl guanidin. |
| melanistic | adjective | Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism. |
| melanotype | noun | A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. |
| meleagrine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris. |
| melezitose | noun | A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix). |
| meliaceous | adjective | Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar. |
| melicerous | adjective | Consisting of or containing matter like honey; — said of certain encysted tumors. |
| melicotoon | noun | See Melocoton. |
| meliorated | imp. & past participle | of Meliorate |
| meliorater | noun | Same as Meliorator. |
| meliorator | noun | One who meliorates. |
| meliphagan | adjective | Belonging to the genus Meliphaga., Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey eater; — called also meliphagidan. |
| mellowness | noun | Quality or state of being mellow. |
| melocotoon | noun | A quince., A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow. |
| melodizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Melodize |
| meloplasty | noun | The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part. |
| membership | noun | The state of being a member., The collective body of members, as of a society. |
| membranous | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining., Membranaceous. |
| memorandum | noun | A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory., A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form. |
| memorative | adjective | Commemorative. |
| memorizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Memorize |
| menacingly | adverb | In a threatening manner. |
| mendacious | adjective | Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person., False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement. |
| mendicancy | noun | The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. |
| meningitis | noun | Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. |
| meniscuses | plural | of Meniscus |
| menobranch | noun | Alt. of Menobranchus |
| menologies | plural | of Menology |
| menologium | noun | Alt. of Menology |
| menostasis | noun | Stoppage of the mences. |
| menstruant | adjective | Subject to monthly flowing or menses. |
| menstruate | adjective | Menstruous., To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow. |
| menstruous | adjective | Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating., Of or pertaining tj the monthly flow; catamenial. |
| menstruums | plural | of Menstruum |
| mensurable | adjective | Capable of being measured; measurable. |
| mentioning | present participle & vb. noun | of Mention |
| mephitical | adjective | Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions., Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. |
| mercantile | adjective | Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial. |
| mercaptide | noun | A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK. |
| mercatante | noun | A foreign trader. |
| mercenaria | noun | The quahog. |
| mercership | noun | The business of a mercer. |
| merchandry | noun | Trade; commerce. |
| merchantly | adjective | Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant. |
| merchantry | noun | The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country., The business of a merchant; merchandise. |
| merenchyma | noun | Tissue composed of spheroidal cells. |
| meridional | adjective | Of or pertaining to the meridian., Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly. |
| merismatic | adjective | Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many. |
| meropodite | noun | The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea. |
| merrymaker | noun | One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade. |
| mesaconate | noun | A salt of mesaconic acid. |
| mesam/boid | noun | One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation. |
| mesenchyma | noun | The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood. |
| mesenteric | adjective | Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic. |
| mesenteron | noun | All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast. |
| mesethmoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone., The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone. |
| mesitylene | noun | A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. |
| mesmerical | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep. |
| mesmerized | imp. & past participle | of Mesmerize |
| mesmerizer | noun | One who mesmerizes. |
| mesocaecum | noun | The fold of peritoneum attached to the caecum. |
| mesocoelia | noun | The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter. |
| mesodermal | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues. |
| mesodermic | adjective | Same as Mesodermal. |
| mesogaster | noun | The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium. |
| mesohippus | noun | An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot. |
| mesophl/um | noun | The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated. |
| mesophryon | noun | See Glabella. |
| mesopodial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong. |
| mesopodium | noun | The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda. |
| mesorchium | noun | The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac. |
| mesorectum | noun | The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. |
| mesosauria | noun | Same as Mosasauria. |
| mesoscutum | noun | The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly. |
| mesothorax | noun | The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. |
| mesovarium | noun | The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity. |
| mesoxalate | noun | A salt of mesoxalic acid. |
| mesymnicum | noun | A repetition at the end of a stanza. |
| metabolian | noun | An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis. |
| metabolism | noun | The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism). |
| metabolite | noun | A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea. |
| metabolize | verb t. & i. | To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism. |
| metacarpal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the metacarpus., A metacarpal bone. |
| metacarpus | noun | That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla. |
| metacenter | noun | Alt. of -tre |
| metacetone | noun | A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; — so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone. |
| metagraphy | noun | The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration. |
| metalbumin | noun | A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin. |
| metalepses | plural | of Metalepsis |
| metalepsis | noun | The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word. |
| metaleptic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a metalepsis., Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle., Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy. |
| metallical | adjective | See Metallic. |
| metallicly | adverb | In a metallic manner; by metallic means. |
| metallized | imp. & past participle | of Metallize |
| metallurgy | noun | The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores. |
| metamerism | noun | The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres., The state or quality of being metameric; also, the relation or condition of metameric compounds. |
| metapectic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained from pectin. |
| metapectin | noun | A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits. |
| metaphoric | adjective | Alt. of Metaphorical |
| metaphrase | noun | A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; — opposed to paraphrase., An answering phrase; repartee. |
| metaphrast | noun | A literal translator. |
| metaphysic | noun | See Metaphysics., Metaphysical. |
| metaphysis | noun | Change of form; transformation. |
| metapodial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong. |
| metapodium | noun | Same as Metapode. |
| metastases | plural | of Metastasis |
| metastasis | noun | A spiritual change, as during baptism., A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another., The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism. |
| metastatic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth. |
| metatarsal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the metatarsus., A metatarsal bone. |
| metatarsus | noun | That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| metatheses | plural | of Metathesis |
| metathesis | noun | Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager., A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body., The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt. |
| metathetic | adjective | Alt. of Metathetical |
| metathorax | noun | The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. |
| metaxylene | noun | That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colorless inf/ammable liquid. |
| metempiric | adjective | Alt. of Metempirical |
| meteorical | adjective | Meteoric. |
| methionate | noun | A salt of methionic acid. |
| methodical | adjective | Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise., Proceeding with regard to method; systematic., Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. |
| methodized | imp. & past participle | of Methodize |
| methodizer | noun | One who methodizes. |
| methylated | adjective | Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits. |
| meticulous | adjective | Timid; fearful. |
| metrically | adverb | In a metrical manner. |
| metrograph | noun | An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops. |
| metromania | noun | A mania for writing verses. |
| metrometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the size of the womb. |
| metronymic | adjective | Derived from the name of one’s mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. — A metronymic appellation. |
| metropolis | noun | The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country., The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. |
| metroscope | noun | A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina. |
| mettlesome | adjective | Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. |
| mexicanize | verb t. | To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government., To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government. |
| mezza voce | With a medium fullness of sound. | |
| mezzotinto | noun | Mezzotint., To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint. |
| miargyrite | noun | A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver. |
| miasmatist | noun | One who has made a special study of miasma. |
| miasmology | noun | That department of medical science which treats of miasma. |
| michaelmas | noun | The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn. |
| microcline | noun | A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form. |
| micrococci | plural | of Micrococcus |
| microcrith | noun | The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See Crith. |
| microfarad | noun | The millionth part of a farad. |
| micrograph | noun | An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving. |
| micrologic | adjective | Alt. of Micrological |
| micrometer | noun | An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. |
| micrometry | noun | The art of measuring with a micrometer. |
| microphone | noun | An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action of acoustic vibrations. |
| microphyte | noun | A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be. |
| microscope | noun | An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. |
| microscopy | noun | The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope. |
| microspore | noun | One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore. |
| microweber | noun | The millionth part of one weber. |
| middle-age | Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediaeval. | |
| middlemost | adjective | Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost. |
| midfeather | noun | A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber., A support for the center of a tunnel. |
| midrashoth | plural | of Midrash |
| midshipmen | plural | of Midshipman |
| midshipman | noun | Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required., In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant., In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign., An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish. |
| mightiness | noun | The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity., Highness; excellency; — with a possessive pronoun, a title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses. |
| mignonette | noun | A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. |
| miliolitic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Miliola; containing miliolites. |
| militarily | adverb | In a military manner. |
| militarism | noun | A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system., The spirit and traditions of military life. |
| militarist | noun | A military man. |
| militating | present participle & vb. noun | of Militate |
| militiamen | plural | of Militiaman |
| militiaman | noun | One who belongs to the militia. |
| milk vetch | A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. | |
| millennial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness. |
| millennist | noun | One who believes in the millennium. |
| millennium | noun | A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints. |
| millesimal | adjective | Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as, millesimal fractions. |
| milliaries | plural | of Milliary |
| milliliter | noun | Alt. of Millilitre |
| millilitre | noun | A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce. |
| millimeter | noun | Alt. of Millimetre |
| millimetre | noun | A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter. |
| millionary | adjective | Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the pundits. |
| millistere | noun | A liter, or cubic decimeter. |
| milliweber | noun | The thousandth part of one weber. |
| millwright | noun | A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery. |
| mimeograph | noun | An autographic stencil copying device invented by Edison. |
| mimotannic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannin or tannic acid found in Acacia, Mimosa, etc. |
| minatorily | adverb | In a minatory manner; with threats. |
| mince-meat | noun | Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; — used in making mince pie. |
| mineralist | noun | One versed in minerals; mineralogist. |
| mineralize | verb t. | To transform into a mineral., To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water., To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize. |
| mineralogy | noun | The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them., A treatise or book on this science. |
| mingleable | adjective | That can be mingled. |
| minglement | noun | The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed. |
| minglingly | adverb | In a mingling manner. |
| miniardize | verb t. | To render delicate or dainty. |
| minie ball | A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel. | |
| minimizimg | present participle & vb. noun | of Minimize |
| minionette | adjective | Small; delicate., A size of type between nonpareil and minion; — used in ornamental borders, etc. |
| minionlike | adjective & adverb | Alt. of Minionly |
| minionship | noun | State of being a minion. |
| minishment | noun | The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution. |
| ministered | imp. & past participle | of Minister |
| ministracy | noun | Ministration. |
| ministrant | adjective | Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate., One who ministers. |
| ministress | noun | A woman who ministers. |
| minoration | noun | A diminution. |
| minorities | plural | of Minority |
| minstrelsy | noun | The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel., Musical instruments., A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels’ songs. |
| minuteness | noun | The quality of being minute. |
| mirabilary | noun | One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. |
| mirabilite | noun | Native sodium sulphate; Glauber’s salt. |
| miraculize | verb t. | To cause to seem to be a miracle. |
| miraculous | adjective | Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes., Supernatural; wonderful., Wonder-working. |
| mirificent | adjective | Wonderful. |
| misaccompt | verb t. | To account or reckon wrongly. |
| misadvised | adjective | Ill advised. |
| misapplied | imp. & past participle | of Misapply |
| misarrange | verb t. | To place in a wrong order, or improper manner. |
| misarcribe | verb t. | To ascribe wrongly. |
| misbehaved | imp. & past participle | of Misbehave, Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude. |
| misbelieve | verb i. | To believe erroneously, or in a false religion. |
| miscarried | imp. & past participle | of Miscarry |
| miscellane | noun | A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; — now called maslin and meslin. |
| miscellany | noun | A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects., Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. |
| miscensure | verb t. | To misjudge., Erroneous judgment. |
| miscognize | verb t. | To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. |
| miscomfort | noun | Discomfort. |
| miscompute | verb t. | To compute erroneously. |
| misconceit | noun | Misconception. |
| misconduct | noun | Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement., To conduct amiss; to mismanage., To behave amiss. |
| miscontent | adjective | Discontent. |
| miscorrect | verb t. | To fail or err in attempting to correct. |
| miscounsel | verb t. | To counsel or advise wrongly. |
| miscreance | noun | Alt. of Miscreancy |
| miscreancy | noun | The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. |
| miscreated | adjective | Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. |
| miscredent | noun | A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. |
| misdealing | present participle & vb. noun | of Misdeal |
| misedition | noun | An incorrect or spurious edition. |
| miseducate | verb t. | To educate in a wrong manner. |
| misentreat | verb t. | To treat wrongfully. |
| miseration | noun | Commiseration. |
| misexpound | verb t. | To expound erroneously. |
| misfalling | present participle & vb. noun | of Misfall |
| misfashion | verb t. | To form wrongly. |
| misfeature | noun | Ill feature. |
| misfeeling | adjective | Insensate. |
| misforming | present participle & vb. noun | of Misform |
| misfortune | noun | Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance., To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. |
| misguiding | adjective | Misleading. |
| misimprove | verb t. | To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. |
| misincline | verb t. | To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly. |
| misjoinder | noun | An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil. |
| misleading | present participle & vb. noun | of Mislead, Leading astray; delusive. |
| mismanager | noun | One who manages ill. |
| mismeasure | verb t. | To measure or estimate incorrectly. |
| misnurture | verb t. | To nurture or train wrongly; as, to misnurture children. |
| misobserve | verb t. | To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. |
| misogamist | noun | A hater of marriage. |
| misogynist | noun | A woman hater. |
| misogynous | adjective | Hating women. |
| misopinion | noun | Wrong opinion. |
| misorderly | adjective | Irregular; disorderly. |
| misotheism | noun | Hatred of God. |
| mispassion | noun | Wrong passion or feeling. |
| misplacing | present participle & vb. noun | of Misplace |
| misprision | noun | The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake., Neglect; undervaluing; contempt., A neglect, negligence, or contempt. |
| misprofess | verb i. | To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed., To make a false profession of. |
| misreading | present participle & vb. noun | of Misread |
| misreceive | verb t. | To receive wrongly. |
| misrecital | noun | An inaccurate recital. |
| misseldine | noun | The mistletoe. |
| missionary | n | One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion., Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund. |
| misspelled | imp. & past participle | of Misspell |
| misspender | noun | One who misspends. |
| missuccess | noun | Failure. |
| mistakable | adjective | Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. |
| mistakenly | adverb | By mistake. |
| mistelling | present participle & vb. noun | of Mistell |
| misthought | noun | Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. |
| mistruster | noun | One who mistrusts. |
| misusement | noun | Misuse. |
| misworship | noun | Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion., To worship wrongly. |
| miswrought | adjective | Badly wrought. |
| miszealous | adjective | Mistakenly zealous. |
| mithridate | noun | An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; — so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor. |
| mitigating | present participle & vb. noun | of Mitigate |
| mitigation | noun | The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty. |
| mitigative | adjective | Tending to mitigate; alleviating. |
| mitigatory | adjective | Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative. |
| mixogamous | adjective | Pairing with several males; — said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning. |
| mizzenmast | noun | The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel. |
| mnemonical | adjective | Assisting in memory. |
| mobilizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mobilize |
| mobocratic | adjective | Of, or relating to, a mobocracy. |
| moccasined | adjective | Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. |
| moderating | present participle & vb. noun | of Moderate |
| moderately | adverb | In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. |
| moderation | noun | The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint., The state or quality of being mmoderate., Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation., The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; — usually contracted to mods. |
| moderatism | noun | Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion. |
| moderatrix | noun | A female moderator. |
| modernized | imp. & past participle | of Modernize |
| modernizer | noun | One who modernizes. |
| modernness | noun | The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. |
| modifiable | adjective | Capable of being modified; liable to modification. |
| modificate | verb t. | To qualify. |
| modulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Modulate |
| modulation | noun | The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice., Sound modulated; melody., A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations. |
| mohammedan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed., A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism. |
| moistening | present participle & vb. noun | of Moisten |
| mouldboard | noun | A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing., A follow board. |
| mouldering | of Moulder | |
| mouldiness | noun | The state of being moldy. |
| moliminous | adjective | Of great bulk or consequence; very important. |
| molliently | adverb | Assuagingly. |
| mollifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Mollify |
| molluscoid | adjective | Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea., One of the Molluscoidea. |
| molluscous | adjective | Molluscan. |
| molly-mawk | noun | See Mollemoke. |
| molybdenum | noun | A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9. |
| momentally | adverb | For a moment. |
| monadiform | adjective | Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young. |
| monadology | noun | The doctrine or theory of monads. |
| monandrian | adjective | Same as Monandrous. |
| monandrous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen. |
| monanthous | adjective | Having but one flower; one-flowered. |
| monarchess | noun | A female monarch. |
| monarchial | adjective | Monarchic. |
| monarchian | noun | One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; — called also patripassian. |
| monarchism | noun | The principles of, or preference for, monarchy. |
| monarchist | noun | An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy. |
| monarchize | verb i. | To play the sovereign; to act the monarch., To rule; to govern. |
| monarchies | plural | of Monarchy |
| monastical | adjective | Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules., Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. |
| monasticon | noun | A book giving an account of monasteries. |
| mongolians | noun pl. | One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks. |
| mongrelize | verb t. & i. | To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels. |
| moniliform | adjective | Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna. |
| monishment | noun | Admonition. |
| monitorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors., Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction. |
| monkey-cup | noun | See Nepenthes. |
| monkey-pot | noun | The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule. |
| monkeytail | noun | A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. |
| monkflower | noun | A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.). |
| monocarpic | adjective | Alt. of Monocarpous |
| monochrome | noun | A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color. |
| monochromy | noun | The art of painting or drawing in monochrome. |
| monoclinal | adjective | Having one oblique inclination; — applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation. |
| monoclinic | adjective | Having one oblique intersection; — said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization. |
| monocotyle | adjective | Monocotyledonous. |
| monocrotic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type. |
| monoculous | adjective | Monocular. |
| monocystic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac. |
| monoecious | adjective | Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; — opposed to dioecious. |
| monogamian | adjective | Alt. of Monogamic |
| monogamist | noun | One who practices or upholds monogamy. |
| monogamous | adjective | Upholding, or practicing, monogamy., Same as Monogamian., Mating with but one of the opposite sex; — said of birds and mammals. |
| monogenism | noun | The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species. |
| monogenist | noun | One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; — opposed to polygenist. |
| monogenous | adjective | Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction. |
| monography | noun | Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing., A monograph. |
| monogynian | adjective | Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous., One of the Monogynia. |
| monogynous | adjective | Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma. |
| monolithal | adjective | Monolithic. |
| monolithic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone. |
| monologist | noun | One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. |
| monomachia | noun | Alt. of Monomachy |
| monomaniac | noun | A person affected by monomania., Alt. of Monomaniacal |
| monomerous | adjective | Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil., Having but one joint; — said of the foot of certain insects. |
| monometric | adjective | Same as Isometric. |
| monomyaria | nounpl. | An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster. |
| mononomial | noun & adjective | Monomyal. |
| monoousian | adjective | Alt. of Monoousious |
| monophonic | adjective | Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; — opposed to polyphonic. |
| monoplegia | noun | Paralysis affecting a single limb. |
| monopodial | adjective | Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk. |
| monopodium | noun | A single and continuous vegetable axis; — opposed to sympodium. |
| monopolist | noun | One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly. |
| monopolite | noun | A monopolist. |
| monopolize | verb t. | To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land. |
| monopolies | plural | of Monopoly |
| monopteral | adjective | Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; — said esp. of a temple. |
| monopteron | noun | A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella. |
| monorganic | adjective | Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs. |
| monothecal | adjective | Having a single loculament. |
| monotheism | noun | The doctrine or belief that there is but one God. |
| monotheist | noun | One who believes that there is but one God. |
| monotocous | adjective | Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic., Uniparous; laying a single egg. |
| monotomous | adjective | Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only. |
| monotonist | noun | One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced. |
| monotonous | adjective | Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. |
| monovalent | adjective | Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent. |
| monoxylous | adjective | Made of one piece of wood. |
| monsignors | plural | of Monsignore |
| monsignore | noun | My lord; — an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.) |
| monstrance | noun | A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view. |
| monstruous | adjective | Monstrous. |
| monte-acid | noun | An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory. |
| monumental | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription., Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. |
| moon-faced | adjective | Having a round, full face. |
| moonflower | noun | The oxeye daisy; — called also moon daisy., A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night. |
| moonshiner | noun | A person engaged in illicit distilling; — so called because the work is largely done at night. |
| moonstruck | adjective | Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic., Produced by the supposed influence of the moon., Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence. |
| moot-house | noun | A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. |
| moralities | plural | of Morality |
| moralizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Moralize |
| morbidezza | noun | Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh., A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy. |
| morbidness | noun | The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity. |
| morbifical | adjective | Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter. |
| morbillous | adjective | Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly. |
| mordacious | adjective | Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. |
| mordanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Mordant |
| mordicancy | noun | A biting quality; corrosiveness. |
| morganatic | adjective | Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. |
| morigerate | adjective | Obedient. |
| morigerous | adjective | Obedient; obsequious. |
| morosaurus | noun | An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America. |
| moroseness | noun | Sourness of temper; sulenness. |
| moroxylate | noun | A morate. |
| morphinism | noun | A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine. |
| morphogeny | noun | History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; — distinguished from physiogeny. |
| morphology | noun | That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology. |
| morphonomy | noun | The laws of organic formation. |
| mortalized | imp. & past participle | of Mortalize |
| mortalness | noun | Quality of being mortal; mortality. |
| mortgaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Mortgage |
| mortgageor | noun | Alt. of Mortgagor |
| mortifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Mortify, Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh., Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances., Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse. |
| mortuaries | plural | of Mortuary |
| morulation | noun | The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed. |
| mosaically | adverb | In the manner of a mosaic. |
| mosasauria | noun pl. | An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria. |
| mosasaurus | noun | A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. |
| mososaurus | noun | Same as Mosasaurus. |
| mosquitoes | plural | of Mosquito |
| mossbanker | noun | Alt. of Mossbunker |
| mossbunker | noun | The menhaded. |
| moss-grown | adjective | Overgrown with moss. |
| motherhood | noun | The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother. |
| motherland | noun | The country of one’s ancestors; — same as fatherland. |
| motherless | adjective | Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children. |
| motherwort | noun | A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion’s tail., The mugwort. See Mugwort. |
| motionless | adjective | Without motion; being at rest. |
| motiveless | adjective | Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. |
| motorpathy | noun | Kinesiatrics. |
| mountainer | noun | A mountaineer. |
| mountainet | noun | A small mountain. |
| mountebank | noun | One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor., Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack., To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull., To play the mountebank. |
| mountingly | adverb | In an ascending manner. |
| mourningly | adverb | In a mourning manner. |
| mousseline | noun | Muslin. |
| mouth-made | adjective | Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. |
| mouthpiece | noun | The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe., An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid., One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party. |
| movability | noun | Movableness. |
| movingness | noun | The power of moving. |
| mucigenous | adjective | Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin. |
| muciparous | adjective | Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin. |
| muckmidden | noun | A dunghill. |
| mucousness | noun | The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess. |
| mucronated | adjective | Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. |
| muddlehead | noun | A stupid person. |
| mugwumpery | noun | Alt. of Mugwumpism |
| mugwumpism | noun | The acts and views of the mugwumps. |
| muhammadan | adjective & noun | Alt. of Muhammedan |
| muhammedan | adjective & noun | Mohammedan. |
| mulattress | noun | A female mulatto. |
| mulberries | plural | of Mulberry |
| mule-jenny | noun | See Mule, 4. |
| muliebrity | noun | The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; — correlate of virility., Hence: Effeminancy; softness. |
| mulligrubs | noun | A griping of the intestines; colic., Hence, sullenness; the sulks. |
| mullingong | noun | See Duck mole, under Duck. |
| multiaxial | adjective | Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; — opposed to monoaxial. |
| multicolor | adjective | Having many, or several, colors. |
| multifaced | adjective | Having many faces. |
| multilobar | adjective | Consisting of, or having, many lobes. |
| multiloquy | noun | Excess of words or talk. |
| multiplier | noun | One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number., The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication., An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier. |
| multiplied | imp. & past participle | of Multiply |
| multipolar | adjective | Having many poles; — applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes. |
| multivalve | noun | Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces., Alt. of Multivalvular |
| multivious | adjective & adverb | Having many ways or roads; by many ways. |
| multivocal | adjective | Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal., A multivocal word. |
| multocular | adjective | Having many eyes, or more than two. |
| mumblenews | noun | A talebearer. |
| mum-chance | noun | A game of hazard played with cards in silence., A silent, stupid person., Silent and idle. |
| mummifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Mummify |
| muneration | noun | Remuneration. |
| munificate | verb t. | To enrich. |
| munificent | adjective | Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. |
| murderment | noun | Murder. |
| muriculate | adjective | Minutely muricate. |
| muscardine | noun | A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself. |
| muscularly | adverb | In a muscular manner. |
| mussulmans | plural | of Mussulman |
| mustachios | plural | of Mustacho |
| mustachoed | adjective | Having mustachios. |
| mutability | noun | The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation. |
| mutilating | present participle & vb. noun | of Mutilate |
| mutilation | noun | The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part. |
| myall wood | A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla. | |
| mycologist | noun | One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology. |
| myelocoele | noun | The central canal of the spinal cord. |
| myelogenic | adjective | Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow. |
| myeloneura | noun pl. | The Vertebrata. |
| myocardium | noun | The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium. |
| myocommata | plural | of Myocomma |
| myographic | adjective | Alt. of Myographical |
| myological | adjective | Of or pertaining to myology. |
| myrialiter | noun | Alt. of Myrialitre |
| myrialitre | noun | A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons. |
| myriameter | noun | Alt. of Myriametre |
| myriametre | noun | A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles. |
| myriologue | noun | An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend. |
| myrioscope | noun | A form of kaleidoscope. |
| myropolist | noun | One who sells unguents or perfumery. |
| myrtaceous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more. |
| mystagogic | adjective | Alt. of Mystagogical |
| mystagogue | noun | interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind., One who keeps and shows church relics. |
| mysterious | adjective | Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible. |
| mysterized | imp. & past participle | of Mysterize |
| mystifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Mystify |
| mythologer | noun | A mythologist. |
| mythologic | adjective | Alt. of Mythological |
| mythologue | noun | A fabulous narrative; a myth. |
| mythoplasm | noun | A narration of mere fable. |
| mythopoeic | adjective | Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives. |