| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |