| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| meach | verb i. | To skulk; to cower. See Mich. |
| mealy | superl. | Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato., Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect. |
| meant | imp. & past participle | of Mean, imp. & p. p. of Mean. |
| mease | noun | Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings. |
| meath | noun | Alt. of Meathe |
| meaty | adjective | Abounding in meat. |
| meawl | verb i. | See Mewl, and Miaul. |
| medal | noun | A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward., To honor or reward with a medal. |
| media | noun | pl. of Medium., One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute., of Medium |
| medic | noun | A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa., Medical. |
| medii | plural | of Medius |
| medle | verb t. | To mix; to mingle; to meddle. |
| medly | verb t. | See Medle. |
| medoc | noun | A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of Medoc in the department of Gironde. |
| meech | verb i. | See Mich. |
| meeth | noun | Mead. See Meathe. |
| meine | verb t. | See Menge., Alt. of Meiny |
| meiny | noun | A family, including servants, etc.; household; retinue; train., Company; band; army. |
| melam | noun | A white or buff-colored granular powder, C6H9N11, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate. |
| melee | noun | A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray. |
| melic | Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful. | |
| melne | noun | A mill. |
| meloe | A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil. | |
| melon | noun | The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit., A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo. |
| mends | noun | See Amends. |
| mente | imp. | of Menge |
| meint | of Menge | |
| menge | verb i. | To mix. |
| menow | noun | A minnow. |
| mense | noun | Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility., To grace. |
| merce | verb t. | To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce. |
| mercy | noun | Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency., Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence., Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help., A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor. |
| merge | verb t. | To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb., To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost. |
| merit | noun | The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert., Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence., Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits., To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment., To reward., To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit. |
| merke | adjective | Murky. |
| merle | noun | The European blackbird. See Blackbird. |
| meros | noun | The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph., The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh. |
| merou | noun | See Jack, 8 (c). |
| merry | superl. | Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive., Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy., Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest., A kind of wild red cherry. |
| merus | noun | See Meros. |
| mesad | adverb | Same as Mesiad. |
| mesal | adjective | Same as Mesial. |
| mesel | noun | A leper. |
| meshy | adjective | Formed with meshes; netted. |
| mesne | adjective | Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. |
| meso- | Alt. of Mes- | |
| meson | noun | The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson. |
| meta- | Alt. of Met- | |
| metal | noun | An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc., Ore from which a metal is derived; — so called by miners., A mine from which ores are taken., The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper., Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle., The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads., The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war., Glass in a state of fusion., The rails of a railroad., To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship’s bottom; to metal a road. |
| mette | imp. | of Mete, imp. of Mete, to dream. |
| meted | imp. & past participle | of Mete |
| meter | noun | One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter., An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured., A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it., Alt. of Metre |
| metre | noun | Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter., A poem., A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric., See Meter. |
| metic | noun | A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen. |
| metif | noun f. | Alt. of Metive |
| metis | noun f. | Alt. of Metisse |
| meute | noun | A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1. |
| mewed | imp. & past participle | of Mew |
| mexal | mexcal. | Alt. of Mexical |
| mezzo | adjective | Mean; not extreme. |