| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| miamis | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers. |
| miasma | noun | Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria. |
| micher | noun | One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc. |
| mickle | adjective | Much; great. |
| micro- | Alt. of Micr- | |
| micron | noun | A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter. |
| midday | adjective | The middle part of the day; noon., Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun. |
| midden | noun | A dunghill., An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, — as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens. |
| middle | adjective | Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age., Intermediate; intervening., The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central portion, the waist. |
| midget | noun | A minute bloodsucking fly., A very diminutive person. |
| midgut | noun | The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine. |
| midrib | noun | A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf. |
| midway | noun | The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course., Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway air., In the middle of the way or distance; half way. |
| mighty | noun | Possessing might; having great power or authority., Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful., Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences, etc., A warrior of great force and courage., In a great degree; very. |
| mignon | adjective | See 3d Minion., To flatter. |
| mikado | noun | The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan. |
| milage | noun | Same as Mileage. |
| milden | verb t. | To make mild, or milder. |
| mildew | noun | A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances., To taint with mildew., To become tainted with mildew. |
| mildly | adverb | In a mild manner. |
| milice | noun | Militia. |
| milked | imp. & past participle | of Milk |
| milken | adjective | Consisting of milk. |
| milker | noun | One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows., A cow or other animal that gives milk. |
| milled | imp. & past participle | of Mill, Having been subjected to some process of milling. |
| miller | noun | One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill., A milling machine., A moth or lepidopterous insect; — so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller’s clothes. Called also moth miller., The eagle ray., The hen harrier. |
| millet | noun | The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica. |
| milli- | A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter, milligram, milliampere. | |
| milter | noun | A male fish. |
| milvus | noun | A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite. |
| mimosa | noun | A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica). |
| minaul | noun | Same as Manul. |
| minced | imp. & past participle | of Mince |
| mincer | noun | One who minces. |
| minded | imp. & past participle | of Mind, Disposed; inclined; having a mind. |
| minder | noun | One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom., One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to the care of a private person. |
| mining | present participle & vb. noun | of Mine, The act or business of making mines or of working them., Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region. |
| mingle | verb t. | To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound., To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry., To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate., To put together; to join., To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of., To become mixed or blended., A mixture. |
| minify | verb t. | To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen., To degrade by speech or action. |
| minima | plural | of Minimum |
| minimi | plural | of Minimus |
| minion | noun | Minimum., A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; — in a good sense., An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite., A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil., An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches., Fine; trim; dainty. |
| minish | adjective | To diminish; to lessen. |
| minium | noun | A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead. |
| minnow | noun | A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; — called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys., Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog. |
| minted | imp. & past participle | of Mint |
| minter | noun | One who mints. |
| minuet | noun | A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance., A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure. |
| minute | noun | The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.), The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (‘); as, 10ยก 20’)., A nautical or a geographic mile., A coin; a half farthing., A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle., A point of time; a moment., The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate., A fixed part of a module. See Module., Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes., To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of., Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable., Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. |
| mirage | noun | An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage. |
| miring | present participle & vb. noun | of Mire |
| mirror | noun | A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light., That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar., See Speculum., To reflect, as in a mirror. |
| miscue | noun | A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired. |
| misdid | imp. | of Misdo |
| misery | noun | Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe., Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune., Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. |
| misfit | noun | The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit., Something that fits badly, as a garment. |
| misget | verb t. | To get wrongfully. |
| misgie | verb t. | See Misgye. |
| misgye | verb t. | To misguide. |
| mishap | noun | Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance., To happen unluckily; — used impersonally. |
| mishna | noun | A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud. |
| misken | verb t. | Not to know. |
| miskin | noun | A little bagpipe. |
| mislay | verb t. | To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source., To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. |
| misled | imp. & past participle | of Misle, of Mislead, imp. & p. p. of Mislead. |
| mislin | noun & adjective | See Maslin. |
| mispay | verb t. | To dissatisfy. |
| misses | plural | of Miss |
| missed | imp. & past participle | of Miss |
| missae | plural | of Missa |
| missal | noun | The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire year; a Mass book., Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book. |
| missay | verb t. | To say wrongly., To speak evil of; to slander., To speak ill. |
| missel | noun | Mistletoe. |
| misset | verb t. | To set pr place wrongly. |
| missis | noun | A mistress; a wife; — so used by the illiterate. |
| missit | verb t. | To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. |
| misted | imp. & past participle | of Mist |
| mister | noun | A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr., To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way., A trade, art, or occupation., Manner; kind; sort., Need; necessity., To be needful or of use. |
| mistic | noun | Alt. of Mistico |
| mistle | verb i. | To fall in very fine drops, as rain. |
| misuse | verb t. | To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one’s talents., To abuse; to treat ill., Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use., Violence, or its effects. |
| misway | noun | A wrong way. |
| miswed | verb t. | To wed improperly. |
| mitred | of Mitre | |
| mithic | adjective | See Mythic. |
| miting | noun | A little one; — used as a term of endearment. |
| mitome | noun | The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell. |
| mitral | adjective | Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart. |
| mitten | noun | A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger., A cover for the wrist and forearm. |
| mixing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mix |
| mixtly | adverb | With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. |
| mizzen | adjective | Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc., The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker. |
| mizzle | verb i. | To rain in very fine drops., To take one’s self off; to go., Mist; fine rain. |