| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| men-of-war | plural | of Manofwar |
| 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. |