| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| meadow | noun | A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay., Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay., Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. |
| meager | adjective | Alt. of Meagre, Alt. of Meagre |
| meagre | adjective | Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean., Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery., Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk., To make lean., A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. |
| meanly | adverb | Moderately., In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously. |
| measle | noun | A leper., A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4. |
| measly | adjective | Infected with measles., Containing larval tapeworms; — said of pork and beef. |
| meatal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. |
| meated | adjective | Fed; fattened., Having (such) meat; — used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated. |
| meathe | noun | A sweet liquor; mead. |
| meatus | noun sing. & pl. | A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear. |
| meazel | noun | See 1st Measle. |
| mebles | noun pl. | See Moebles. |
| mecate | noun | A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc. |
| meddle | verb i. | To mix; to mingle., To interest or engage one’s self; to have to do; — / a good sense., To interest or engage one’s self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one’s self improperly with another’s affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another’s property without permission; — often followed by with or in., To mix; to mingle. |
| mediae | plural | of Media |
| medial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation., See 2d Media. |
| median | adjective | Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove., Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; — said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts., A median line or point. |
| medics | noun | Science of medicine. |
| medino | noun | Same as Para. |
| medium | noun | That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean., See Mean., The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection., A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted., An average., A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper., The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application., Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength. |
| medius | noun | The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it. |
| medlar | noun | A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay. |
| medley | noun | A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; — often used contemptuously., The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee., A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri., A cloth of mixed colors., Mixed; of mixed material or color., Mingled; confused. |
| medusa | noun | The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone., Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. |
| meeken | verb t. | To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. |
| meekly | adverb | In a meek manner. |
| meeten | verb t. | To render fit. |
| meeter | noun | One who meets. |
| meetly | adverb | Fitly; suitably; properly. |
| megass | noun | Alt. of Megasse |
| megerg | noun | One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; — called also megalerg. |
| megilp | noun | Alt. of Megilph |
| megohm | noun | One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms. |
| megrim | noun | A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head., A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits., A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy., The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa). |
| melada | noun | Alt. of Melado |
| melado | noun | A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained. |
| melain | noun | The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish. |
| melena | noun | See Melaena. |
| melene | noun | An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; — called also melissene, and melissylene. |
| mellay | noun | A melee; a conflict. |
| mellic | adjective | See Mellitic. |
| mellow | superl. | Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple., Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil., Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; — said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc., Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial., Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated., To make mellow., To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. |
| melody | noun | A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds., A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression., The air or tune of a musical piece. |
| melted | imp. & past participle | of Melt |
| melter | noun | One who, or that which, melts. |
| melton | noun | A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp. |
| member | verb t. | To remember; to cause to remember; to mention., A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb., Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body, A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse., Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality., Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss., Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings., One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. |
| memnon | noun | A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise. |
| memoir | noun | Alt. of Memoirs |
| memory | noun | The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events., The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one’s power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong., The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands., The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man., Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory., A memorial. |
| menace | noun | The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come., To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; — usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war., To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted., To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect. |
| menage | noun | See Manage., A collection of animals; a menagerie. |
| menaia | plural | of Menaion |
| menald | adjective | Alt. of Menild |
| menild | adjective | Covered with spots; speckled; variegated. |
| mended | imp. & past participle | of Mend |
| mender | noun | One who mends or repairs. |
| meinte | of Menge | |
| menhir | noun | A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe. |
| menial | noun | Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving., Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean., A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices., A person of a servile character or disposition. |
| mensal | adjective | Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation., Occurring once in a month; monthly. |
| menses | noun pl. | The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs. |
| mental | adjective | Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region., A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile., Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise. |
| mentha | noun | A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters. |
| mentor | noun | A wise and faithful counselor or monitor. |
| mentum | noun | The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium. |
| menuse | verb i. | See Amenuse. |
| mercat | noun | Market; trade. |
| mercer | noun | Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. |
| merely | adverb | Purely; unmixedly; absolutely., Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. |
| merged | imp. & past participle | of Merge |
| merger | noun | One who, or that which, merges., An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater. |
| meride | noun | A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides. |
| merils | noun | A boy’s play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris. |
| merino | adjective | Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain., Made of the wool of the merino sheep., A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool., A fine fabric of merino wool. |
| merkin | noun | Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon. |
| merlin | noun | A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon). |
| merlon | noun | One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement. |
| mermen | plural | of Merman |
| merman | noun | The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish. |
| mescal | noun | A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave. |
| meshed | imp. & past participle | of Mesh, Mashed; brewed. |
| mesiad | adverb | Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; — opposed to laterad. |
| mesial | adjective | Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; — opposed to lateral. |
| meslin | noun | See Maslin. |
| mesole | noun | Same as Thomsonite. |
| messed | imp. & past participle | of Mess |
| messet | noun | A dog. |
| mestee | noun | The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; — so called in the West Indies. |
| mester | noun | See Mister, a trade. |
| metage | verb | Measurement, especially of coal., Charge for, or price of, measuring. |
| meting | present participle & vb. noun | of Mete |
| metely | adjective | According to measure or proportion; proportionable; proportionate. |
| meteor | noun | Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc., Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region. |
| methal | noun | A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series. |
| method | noun | An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind., Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual., Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method. |
| methol | noun | The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl. |
| methyl | noun | A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc. |
| metive | noun f. | See Metis. |
| metope | noun | The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature., The face of a crab. |
| metric | adjective | Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement., Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. |
| mettle | noun | Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; — usually in a good sense. |
| mewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mew |
| mewled | imp. & past participle | of Mewl |
| mewler | noun | One that mewls. |
| mezcal | noun | Same as Mescal. |