| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| macaranga gum | A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. | |
| macedonianism | noun | The doctrines of Macedonius. |
| machicolation | noun | An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle., The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures. |
| macrodactylic | adjective | Alt. of Macrodactylous |
| macrodiagonal | noun | The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization. |
| macropetalous | adjective | Having long or large petals. |
| macrophyllous | adjective | Having long or large leaves. |
| macropinacoid | noun | One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes. |
| macroscopical | adjective | Visible to the unassisted eye; — as opposed to microscopic. |
| macrozoospore | noun | A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; — found in certain green algae. |
| madreporiform | adjective | Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure. |
| magisterially | adverb | In a magisterial manner. |
| magistratical | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate. |
| magnanimously | adverb | In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind. |
| magnase black | A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. | |
| magnetiferous | adjective | Producing or conducting magnetism. |
| magnetization | noun | The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized. |
| magnetometric | adjective | Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements. |
| magnification | noun | The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. |
| magnificently | adverb | In a Magnificent manner. |
| magniloquence | noun | The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence. |
| magnoliaceous | adjective | Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples. |
| mahometanized | imp. & past participle | of Mahometanize |
| major general | An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. | |
| malacissation | noun | The act of making soft or supple. |
| malacostomous | adjective | Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes. |
| malacostracan | noun | One of the Malacostraca. |
| maladjustment | noun | A bad adjustment. |
| malebranchism | noun | The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God. |
| maleficiation | noun | A bewitching. |
| maleformation | noun | See Malformation. |
| male-spirited | adjective | Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous. |
| malleableness | noun | Quality of being malleable. |
| malthusianism | noun | The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population. |
| mammaliferous | adjective | Containing mammalian remains; — said of certain strata. |
| mammonization | noun | The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism. |
| manageability | noun | The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness. |
| mandibuliform | adjective | Having the form of a mandible; — said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting. |
| manganiferous | adjective | Containing manganese. |
| mangel-wurzel | noun | A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, — by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet. |
| mangoldwurzel | noun | See Mangel-wurzel. |
| manifestation | noun | The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God’s power in creation. |
| mannheim gold | A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc. | |
| manufacturing | present participle & vb. noun | of Manufacture, Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town., Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects. |
| marechal niel | A kind of large yellow rose. | |
| mariposa lily | One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California. | |
| marmottes oil | A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil. | |
| marsipobranch | noun | One of the Marsipobranchia. |
| martel de fer | A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; — used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. | |
| martyrization | noun | Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. |
| martyrologist | noun | A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. |
| marvelousness | noun | The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness. |
| massoola boat | See Masoola boat. | |
| materialistic | adjective | Alt. of Materialistical |
| materializing | present participle & vb. noun | of Materialize |
| mathematician | noun | One versed in mathematics. |
| matriculating | present participle & vb. noun | of Matriculate |
| matriculation | noun | The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated. |
| matrimonially | adverb | In a matrimonial manner. |
| mealy-mouthed | adjective | Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. |
| mean-spirited | adjective | Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. |
| mechanicalize | verb t. | To cause to become mechanical. |
| mechanography | noun | The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art. |
| mediatization | noun | The act of mediatizing. |
| mediterranean | adjective | Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa., Inland; remote from the ocean., Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage. |
| megacephalous | adjective | Large headed; — applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads. |
| megalophonous | adjective | Having a loud voice. |
| melostemonous | adjective | Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla. |
| meistersinger | noun | See Mastersinger. |
| melancholious | adjective | Melancholy. |
| melanochroite | noun | A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; — called also phoenicocroite. |
| mellification | noun | The making or production of honey. |
| mellifluently | adverb | In a mellifluent manner. |
| melodramatist | noun | One who acts in, or writes, melodramas. |
| membranaceous | adjective | Same as Membranous., Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar. |
| memorializing | present participle & vb. noun | of Memorialize |
| mensurability | noun | The quality of being mensurable. |
| menticultural | adjective | Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind. |
| mercenariness | noun | The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. |
| merchandising | present participle & vb. noun | of Merchandise |
| mercurialized | imp. & past participle | of Mercurialize |
| meridionality | noun | The state of being in the meridian., Position in the south; aspect toward the south. |
| mesencephalic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain. |
| mesencephalon | noun | The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain. |
| mesmerization | noun | The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized. |
| mesobranchial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region. |
| mesobronchium | noun | The main bronchus of each lung. |
| mesocephalous | adjective | Mesocephalic. |
| mesocuneiform | noun | Alt. of Mesocuniform |
| mesologarithm | noun | A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. |
| mesopterygium | noun | The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. |
| metabranchial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae. |
| metadiscoidal | adjective | Discoidal by derivation; — applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta. |
| metalammonium | noun | A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen. |
| metalliferous | adjective | Producing metals; yielding metals. |
| metallization | noun | The act or process of metallizing. |
| metallochrome | noun | A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity. |
| metallochromy | noun | The art or process of coloring metals. |
| metallography | noun | The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals., A method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action., A substitute for lithography, in which metallic plates are used instead of stone. |
| metallorganic | adjective | Metalorganic. |
| metallurgical | adjective | Of or pertaining to metallurgy. |
| metamerically | adverb | In a metameric manner. |
| metamorphosed | imp. & past participle | of Metamorphose |
| metamorphoser | noun | One who metamorphoses. |
| metamorphosic | adjective | Changing the form; transforming. |
| metamorphoses | plural | of Metamorphosis |
| metamorphosis | noun | Change of form, or structure; transformation., A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation., The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. |
| metanephritic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the metanephros. |
| metantimonate | noun | A salt of metantimonic acid. |
| metaphosphate | noun | A salt of metaphosphoric acid. |
| metaphysician | noun | One who is versed in metaphysics. |
| metapterygium | noun | The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. |
| metatungstate | noun | A salt of metatungstic acid. |
| metempiricism | noun | The science that is concerned with metempirics. |
| metempsychose | verb t. | To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another. |
| metencephalon | noun | The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten. |
| meteorography | noun | The registration of meteorological phenomena. |
| meteorologist | noun | A person skilled in meteorology. |
| methodistical | adjective | Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. |
| methodization | noun | The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized. |
| metoposcopist | noun | One versed in metoposcopy. |
| metric system | See Metric, a. | |
| metrification | noun | Composition in metrical form; versification. |
| mezzo-relievo | noun | Mezzo-rilievo. |
| mezzo-rilievo | noun | A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief., Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo. |
| mezzo-soprano | adjective | Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; — said of the voice of a female singer., A mezzo-soprano voice., A person having such a voice. |
| mezzotintoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mezzotinto |
| microbacteria | noun pl. | In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria. |
| microcephalic | adjective | Alt. of Microcephalous |
| microcosmical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the microcosm. |
| micro-geology | noun | The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope. |
| micrometrical | adjective | Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. |
| microorganism | noun | Any microscopic form of life; — particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases. |
| microphthalmy | noun | An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development. |
| microphyllous | adjective | Small-leaved. |
| microscopical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation., Able to see extremely minute objects., Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect. |
| microzoospore | noun | A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae. |
| middle-ground | noun | That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
| millennialist | noun | One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period. |
| millennialism | noun | Alt. of Millenniarism |
| millenniarism | noun | Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium; millenarianism. |
| millionairess | noun | A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. |
| mill-sixpence | noun | A milled sixpence; — the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561). |
| mineralogical | adjective | Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table. |
| mingle-mangle | verb t. | To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of., A hotchpotch. |
| ministerially | adverb | In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister. |
| misadjustment | noun | Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. |
| misadventured | adjective | Unfortunate. |
| misadvertence | noun | Inadvertence. |
| misallegation | noun | A erroneous statement or allegation. |
| misanthropist | noun | A misanthrope. |
| miscegenation | noun | A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white. |
| miscellaneous | adjective | Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. |
| miscomprehend | verb t. | To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand. |
| misconceiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Misconceive |
| misconception | noun | Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding. |
| misconclusion | noun | An erroneous inference or conclusion. |
| misconjecture | noun | A wrong conjecture or guess., To conjecture wrongly. |
| misconsecrate | verb t. | To consecrate amiss. |
| misconstruing | present participle & vb. noun | of Misconstrue |
| misemployment | noun | Wrong or mistaken employment. |
| miserableness | noun | The state or quality of being miserable. |
| misexposition | noun | Wrong exposition. |
| misexpression | noun | Wrong expression. |
| misgovernance | noun | Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. |
| misgovernment | noun | Bad government; want of government. |
| mismanagement | noun | Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement. |
| misordination | noun | Wrong ordination. |
| misperception | noun | Erroneous perception. |
| mispersuasion | noun | A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. |
| misproceeding | noun | Wrong or irregular proceding. |
| mispronounced | imp. & past participle | of Mispronounce |
| misproportion | verb t. | To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion. |
| missuggestion | noun | Wrong or evil suggestion. |
| mistrustingly | adverb | With distrust or suspicion. |
| misunderstood | imp. & past participle | of Misunderstand |
| misunderstand | verb t. | To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense. |
| moderatorship | noun | The office of a moderator. |
| modernization | noun | The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting. |
| modifiability | noun | Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable. |
| mohammedanism | noun | Alt. of Mohammedism |
| mohammedanize | verb t. | Alt. of Mohammedize |
| mollification | noun | The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. |
| momentariness | noun | The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration. |
| monocephalous | adjective | Having a solitary head; — said of unbranched composite plants. |
| monochromatic | adjective | Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only. |
| monocotyledon | noun | A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. |
| monodactylous | adjective | Having but one finger or claw. |
| monogrammatic | adjective | Monogrammic. |
| monographical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture. |
| monometallism | noun | The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism. |
| monometallist | noun | One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc. |
| monophthongal | adjective | Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong. |
| monopolylogue | noun | An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters. |
| monospherical | adjective | Consisting of one sphere only. |
| monosulphuret | noun | See Monosulphide. |
| monosyllabism | noun | The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables. |
| monosyllabled | adjective | Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. |
| monosymmetric | adjective | Alt. of Monosymmetrical |
| monothalamous | adjective | One-chambered. |
| monothelitism | noun | The doctrine of the Monothelites. |
| monotrematous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Monotremata. |
| monsel’s salt | A basic sulphate of iron; — so named from Monsel, a Frenchman. | |
| monstrosities | plural | of Monstrosity |
| monstrousness | noun | The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. |
| mont de piete | One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; — called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house. | |
| morning-glory | noun | A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. |
| morphological | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. |
| mortification | noun | The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified, The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene., Destruction of active qualities; neutralization., Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body., Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation., That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation., A gift to some charitable or religious institution; — nearly synonymous with mortmain. |
| mortifiedness | noun | The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of the passions. |
| mother-in-law | noun | The mother of one’s husband or wife. |
| motley-minded | adjective | Having a mind of a jester; foolish. |
| mountebankery | noun | The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. |
| mountebankish | adjective | Like a mountebank or his quackery. |
| mountebankism | noun | The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery. |
| muddy-mettled | adjective | Dull-spirited. |
| muhammadanism | noun | Mohammedanism. |
| multicapsular | adjective | Having many, or several, capsules. |
| multicarinate | adjective | Many-keeled. |
| multicellular | adjective | Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell. |
| multidigitate | adjective | Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes. |
| multigenerous | adjective | Having many kinds. |
| multiloquence | noun | Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness. |
| multinominous | adjective | Having many names or terms. |
| multinucleate | adjective | Alt. of Multinucleated |
| multiplicable | adjective | Capable of being multiplied; multipliable. |
| multiplicator | noun | The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier. |
| multiplicious | adjective | Manifold. |
| multipresence | noun | The state or power of being multipresent. |
| multiramified | adjective | Divided into many branches. |
| multisyllable | noun | A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. |
| multitudinary | adjective | Multitudinous. |
| multitudinous | adjective | Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves., Of or pertaining to a multitude. |
| multivalvular | adjective | Having many valves., Many-valved; having more than two valves; — said of certain shells, as the chitons. |
| mummification | noun | The act of making a mummy. |
| munchausenism | noun | An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure. |
| mundification | noun | The act or operation of cleansing. |
| mundificative | adjective | Cleansing., A detergent medicine or preparation. |
| muriatiferous | adjective | Producing muriatic substances or salt. |
| muscovy glass | Mica; muscovite. See Mica. | |
| musculospiral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; — applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm. |
| muzzle-loader | noun | A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech. |
| myelencephala | noun pl. | Same as Vertebrata. |
| myoepithelial | adjective | Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; — applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms., Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra. |
| myriacanthous | adjective | Having numerous spines, as certain fishes. |
| myriophyllous | adjective | Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves. |
| mystification | noun | The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify. |