| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| mealiness | noun | The quality or state of being mealy. |
| meandered | imp. & past participle | of Meander |
| meandrian | adjective | Winding; having many turns. |
| meandrina | noun | A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals. |
| meandrous | adjective | Alt. of Meandry |
| meanwhile | noun | The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time)., In the intervening time; during the interval. |
| measuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Measure, Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. |
| meatiness | noun | Quality of being meaty. |
| meatotome | noun | An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice. |
| mechanics | noun | That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies. |
| mechanism | noun | The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod., Mechanical operation or action., An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements. |
| mechanist | noun | A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics., One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical. |
| mechanize | verb t. | To cause to be mechanical. |
| mechoacan | noun | A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan); — so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained. |
| meckelian | adjective | Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist. |
| meconinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine. |
| medalling | of Medal | |
| medallion | noun | A large medal or memorial coin., A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief. |
| medalurgy | noun | The art of making and striking medals and coins. |
| mediaeval | adjective | Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture. |
| medialuna | noun | See Half-moon. |
| mediating | present participle & vb. noun | of Mediate |
| mediately | adverb | In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; — opposed to immediately. |
| mediation | adjective | The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention., Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession. |
| mediative | adjective | Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts. |
| mediatize | verb t. | To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; — specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank. |
| mediatory | adjective | Mediatorial. |
| mediatrix | noun | A female mediator. |
| medicable | adjective | Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed. |
| medically | adverb | In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to the principles of the healing art. |
| medicated | imp. & past participle | of Medicate |
| medicinal | adjective | Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs., Of or pertaining to medicine; medical. |
| medicornu | noun | The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. |
| mediocral | adjective | Mediocre. |
| meditance | noun | Meditation. |
| meditated | imp. & past participle | of Meditate |
| medullary | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla., Pertaining to the medula oblongata., Filled with spongy pith; pithy. |
| meedfully | adverb | According to merit; suitably. |
| megaceros | noun | The Irish elk. |
| megachile | noun | A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf cutter, under Leaf. |
| megafarad | noun | One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad. |
| megalonyx | noun | An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth. |
| megameter | noun | An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars., A micrometer., Alt. of Megametre |
| megametre | noun | In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers. |
| megampere | noun | A million amperes. |
| megaphone | noun | A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet. |
| megapolis | noun | A metropolis. |
| megascope | noun | A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used. |
| megastome | noun | One of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture or mouth. |
| megathere | noun | Alt. of Megatherium |
| megaweber | noun | A million webers. |
| meibomian | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius. |
| melampode | noun | The black hellebore. |
| melanosis | The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors. | |
| melanotic | adjective | Melanistic. |
| melanuric | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder; — called also melanurenic acid. |
| melaphyre | noun | Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt. |
| melastoma | noun | A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; — so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth. |
| meleagris | noun | A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys. |
| melilotic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance. |
| meliorate | verb t. | To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable., To grow better. |
| meliorism | noun | The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement. |
| meliority | noun | The state or quality of being better; melioration. |
| melismata | plural | of Melisma |
| mellitate | noun | A salt of mellitic acid. |
| mellonide | noun | See Mellone. |
| mellowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mellow |
| melocoton | noun | Alt. of Melocotoon |
| melodious | adjective | Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. |
| melodized | imp. & past participle | of Melodize |
| melodrama | noun | Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven’s “Fidelio”. |
| melodrame | noun | Melodrama. |
| melograph | noun | Same as Melodiograph. |
| melopiano | noun | A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will. |
| melpomene | noun | The Muse of tragedy., The eighteenth asteroid. |
| memoirist | noun | A writer of memoirs. |
| memorable | adjective | Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. |
| memoranda | plural | of Memorandum |
| memoriter | adverb | By, or from, memory. |
| memorized | imp. & past participle | of Memorize |
| menagerie | noun | A piace where animals are kept and trained., A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition. |
| menagogue | noun | Emmenagogue. |
| mendacity | noun | The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying., A falsehood; a lie. |
| mendicant | adjective | Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars., A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar. |
| mendicate | verb t.& i. | To beg. |
| mendicity | noun | The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. |
| mendinant | noun | A mendicant or begging friar. |
| mendregal | noun | Medregal. |
| meningeal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the meninges. |
| meniscoid | adjective | Concavo-convex, like a meniscus. |
| mennonist | noun | Alt. of Mennonite |
| mennonite | noun | One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin, that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service. |
| menologia | plural | of Menology |
| menopause | noun | The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change. |
| menstrual | adjective | Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun’s place., Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period., Of or pertaining to a menstruum. |
| menstruum | noun | Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent. |
| mensurate | verb | To measure. |
| mentality | noun | Quality or state of mind. |
| mentioned | imp. & past participle | of Mention |
| mentorial | adjective | Containing advice or admonition. |
| mephitism | noun | Same as Mephitis, 1. |
| meracious | adjective | Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy. |
| mercaptal | noun | Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes. |
| mercaptan | noun | Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals. |
| mercature | noun | Commerce; traffic; trade. |
| mercenary | adjective | Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers., Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish., One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. |
| merciable | adjective | Merciful. |
| merciless | adjective | Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; — said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. |
| mercurial | adjective | Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament., Having the form or image of Mercury; — applied to ancient guideposts., Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty., Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2., Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth., A person having mercurial qualities., A preparation containing mercury. |
| mercurify | verb t. | To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed., To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize. |
| mercurism | noun | A communication of news; an announcement. |
| mercurous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; — said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. |
| merestead | noun | The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. |
| merestone | noun | A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. |
| merganser | noun | Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. |
| meritable | adjective | Deserving of reward. |
| meritedly | adverb | By merit; deservedly. |
| meroblast | noun | An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; — opposed to holoblast. |
| meroistic | adjective | Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova. |
| meropidan | noun | One of a family of birds (Meropidae), including the bee-eaters. |
| merrimake | noun | See Merrymake, n., See Merrymake, v. |
| merriment | noun | Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. |
| merriness | noun | The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter. |
| merrymake | noun | Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival., To make merry; to be jolly; to feast. |
| merulidan | noun | A bird of the Thrush family. |
| mervaille | noun | Marvel. |
| mesaconic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid. |
| mesentery | noun | The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc., One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers. |
| mesitylol | noun | A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene. |
| mesmerism | noun | The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism. |
| mesmerist | noun | One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism. |
| mesmerize | verb t. | To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep. |
| mesoarium | noun | The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity. |
| mesoblast | noun | The mesoderm., The cell nucleus; mesoplast. |
| mesocoele | noun | Alt. of Mesocoelia |
| mesocolon | noun | The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. |
| mesohepar | noun | A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. |
| mesonasal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region. |
| mesonotum | noun | The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects. |
| mesoplast | noun | The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast. |
| mesorhine | adjective | Having the nose of medium width; between leptorhine and platyrhine. |
| mesosperm | noun | A membrane of a seed. See Secundine. |
| mesostate | noun | A product of metabolic action. |
| mesotheca | noun | The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa. |
| mesoxalic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2, obtained from amido malonic acid. |
| messenger | noun | One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages., One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells., A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; — formerly used for heaving in the cable., A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent. |
| messianic | adjective | Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office or character. |
| messieurs | noun pl. | Sirs; gentlemen; — abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr., of Monsieur |
| messinese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans. |
| metabases | plural | of Metabasis |
| metabasis | noun | A transition from one subject to another., Same as Metabola. |
| metabolia | noun pl. | A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis. |
| metabolic | adjective | Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change., Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force. |
| metagenic | adjective | Metagenetic. |
| metalling | of Metal | |
| metalepsy | noun | Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis. |
| metalline | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties., Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water., A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants. |
| metallist | noun | A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals. |
| metallize | verb t. | To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. |
| metalloid | noun | Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; — applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined., Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are metalloids., Having the appearance of a metal., Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative. |
| metameric | adjective | Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric., Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation. |
| metanotum | noun | The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects. |
| metaplasm | noun | A change in the letters or syllables of a word. |
| metaplast | noun | A word having more than one form of the root. |
| metapodia | plural | of Metapodium |
| metastoma | noun | Alt. of Metastome |
| metastome | noun | A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods. |
| metatarse | noun | Metatarsus. |
| metatarsi | plural | of Metatarsus |
| metazoans | plural | of Metazoan |
| meteorism | noun | Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites. |
| meteorite | noun | A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite. |
| meteorize | verb i. | To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. |
| meteoroid | noun | A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth’s atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor. |
| meteorous | adjective | Of the nature or appearance of a meteor. |
| metergram | noun | A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation. |
| metheglin | noun | A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. |
| methought | imp. | of Methinks |
| methionic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance, CH2.(SO3H)2, which forms well defined salts. |
| methodios | noun | The art and principles of method. |
| methodism | noun | The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists. |
| methodist | noun | One who observes method., One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory., One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the “Holy Club,” formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; — originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties., A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; — sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule., Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder. |
| methodize | verb t. | To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one’s work or thoughts. |
| methylate | noun | An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa., To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol. |
| methylene | noun | A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; — formerly called also methene. |
| metonymic | adjective | Alt. of Metonymical |
| metosteon | noun | The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification. |
| metrician | noun | A composer of verses. |
| metrology | noun | The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject. |
| metronome | noun | An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music. |
| metronomy | noun | Measurement of time by an instrument. |
| metropole | noun | A metropolis. |
| metrotome | noun | An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus. |
| metrotomy | noun | The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section. |
| mezzanine | noun | Same as Entresol., A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house. |
| mezzotint | noun | A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced., To engrave in mezzotint. |