| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| macadamization | noun | The process or act of macadamizing. |
| macrencephalic | adjective | Alt. of Macrencephalous |
| macrocephalous | adjective | Having a large head., Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. |
| macrodactylous | adjective | Having long toes. |
| mesdemoiselles | plural | of Mademoiselle |
| magisteriality | noun | Magisterialness; authoritativeness. |
| magneticalness | noun | Quality of being magnetic. |
| magnetotherapy | noun | The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body. |
| mahometanizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mahometanize |
| malacopterygii | noun pl. | An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri. |
| malacostracous | adjective | Belonging to the Malacostraca. |
| malobservation | noun | Erroneous observation. |
| malpighiaceous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests. |
| mandibulohyoid | adjective | Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them. |
| marasritaceous | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly. |
| mariotte’s law | See Boyle’s law, under Law. | |
| marketableness | noun | Quality of being marketable. |
| marsh marigold | A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip. | |
| martello tower | A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction. | |
| martyrological | adjective | Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs. |
| mastodonsaurus | noun | A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks. |
| materia medica | Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; — a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine., That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases. | |
| matter-of-fact | adjective | Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry. |
| mechanicalness | noun | The state or quality of being mechanical. |
| mechanographic | adjective | Treating of mechanics., Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of temperature; mechanographic prints. |
| medicommissure | noun | A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure. |
| mediostapedial | adjective | Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella., The mediostapedial part of the columella. |
| mediterraneous | adjective | Inland. |
| megalethoscope | noun | An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope. |
| melancholiness | noun | The state or quality of being melancholy. |
| melastomaceous | adjective | Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type. |
| melolonthidian | noun | A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May. |
| membraniferous | adjective | Having or producing membranes. |
| mensurableness | noun | The quality or state of being mensurable; measurableness. |
| mentomeckelian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw., The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others. |
| merchandisable | adjective | Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise. |
| mercurammonium | noun | A radical regarded as derived from ammonium by the substitution of mercury for a portion of the hydrogen. |
| mercurializing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mercurialize |
| merry-go-round | noun | Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses. |
| mesaticephalic | adjective | Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic. |
| metagrammatism | noun | Anagrammatism. |
| metallifacture | noun | The production and working or manufacture of metals. |
| metallographic | adjective | Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography. |
| metallotherapy | noun | Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body. |
| metamorphosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Metamorphose |
| metaphosphoric | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid. |
| metaphrastical | adjective | Close, or literal. |
| metaphysically | adverb | In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. |
| metempsychosed | imp. & past participle | of Metempsychose |
| metempsychosis | noun | The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. |
| metensomatosis | noun | The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another. |
| meteorographic | adjective | Of or pertaining to meteorography. |
| meteorological | adjective | Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology. |
| methaemoglobin | noun | A stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains. |
| methodological | adjective | Of or pertaining to methodology. |
| metoposcopical | adjective | Of or relating to metoposcopy. |
| metropolitical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. |
| microcephalous | adjective | Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; — opposed to megacephalic. |
| micro-chemical | adjective | Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test. |
| micropegmatite | noun | A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite). |
| microphthalmia | noun | Alt. of Microphthalmy |
| microtasimeter | noun | A tasimeter, especially when arranged for measuring very small extensions. See Tasimeter. |
| millenarianism | noun | Alt. of Millenarism |
| mineralization | noun | The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant., The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water., The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature. |
| ministerialist | noun | A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power. |
| misacceptation | noun | Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense. |
| misadventurous | adjective | Unfortunate. |
| misanthropical | adjective | Hating or disliking mankind. |
| misapplication | noun | A wrong application. |
| misappreciated | adjective | Improperly appreciated. |
| misappropriate | verb t. | To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. |
| misarrangement | noun | Wrong arrangement. |
| miscellanarian | adjective | Of or pertaining to miscellanies., A writer of miscellanies. |
| mischief-maker | noun | One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity. |
| miscollocation | noun | Wrong collocation. |
| miscomputation | noun | Erroneous computation; false reckoning. |
| misconsequence | noun | A wrong consequence; a false deduction. |
| misconstruable | adjective | Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. |
| miscontinuance | noun | Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process. |
| misdisposition | noun | Erroneous disposal or application. |
| misdistinguish | verb t. | To make wrong distinctions in or concerning. |
| misexplanation | noun | An erroneous explanation. |
| misexplication | noun | Wrong explication. |
| misimagination | noun | Wrong imagination; delusion. |
| misimprovement | noun | Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose. |
| misinformation | noun | Untrue or incorrect information. |
| misinstruction | noun | Wrong or improper instruction. |
| misinterpreter | noun | One who interprets erroneously. |
| mismeasurement | noun | Wrong measurement. |
| mispronouncing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mispronounce |
| misrepresenter | noun | One who misrepresents. |
| mistranslation | noun | Wrong translation. |
| mitter’s green | A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium. | |
| molendinaceous | adjective | Alt. of Molendinarious |
| molendinarious | adjective | Resembling the sails of a windmill. |
| monocarpellary | adjective | Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond. |
| monophysitical | adjective | Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines. |
| morse alphabet | A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse’s telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), – . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), — (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them. | |
| mulberry-faced | adjective | Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains. |
| multarticulate | adjective | Having many articulations or joints. |
| multicuspidate | adjective | Having many cusps or points. |
| multifariously | adverb | With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations. |
| multigranulate | adjective | Having, or consisting of, many grains. |
| multinucleated | adjective | Multinuclear. |
| multiplication | noun | The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation., The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; — the reverse of division., An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation., The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, — attributed formerly to the alchemists. |
| multiplicative | adjective | Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease numbers. |
| multisiliquous | adjective | Having many pods or seed vessels. |
| municipalities | plural | of Municipality |
| musculophrenic | adjective | Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery. |
| muzzle-loading | adjective | Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle. |
| myelencephalic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebro-spinal. |
| myelencephalon | noun | The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal., The metencephalon. |
| myodynamometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer. |
| mysteriousness | noun | The state or quality of being mysterious., Something mysterious; a mystery. |