Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
mileage |
noun |
An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile., Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. |
milfoil |
noun |
A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow. |
miliary |
adjective |
Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption., Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever., Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini., One of the small tubercles of Echini. |
miliola |
noun |
A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers. |
militar |
adjective |
Military. |
militia |
noun |
In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies., Military service; warfare. |
milking |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Milk |
milkful |
adjective |
Full of milk; abounding with food. |
milkily |
adverb |
In a milky manner. |
milkmen |
plural |
of Milkman |
milkman |
noun |
A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers. |
milksop |
noun |
A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. |
milling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Mill, The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill. |
milldam |
noun |
A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel. |
millier |
noun |
A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton. |
million |
noun |
The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, — written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred., A very great number; an indefinitely large number., The mass of common people; — with the article the. |
millrea |
noun |
Alt. of Millreis |
millree |
noun |
Alt. of Millreis |
milreis |
noun |
A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills. |
milvine |
adjective |
Of or resembling birds of the kite kind., A bird related to the kite. |