Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
milanese |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan. |
mildewed |
imp. & past participle |
of Mildew |
mildness |
noun |
The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter. |
milepost |
noun |
A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place. |
milesian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants., Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish., A native or inhabitant of Miletus., A native or inhabitant of Ireland. |
miliaria |
noun |
A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever. |
militant |
adjective |
Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. |
military |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown., Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition., The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army. |
militate |
verb i. |
To make war; to fight; to contend; — usually followed by against and with. |
milkmaid |
noun |
A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy. |
milkweed |
noun |
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge. |
milkwort |
noun |
A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses. |
milleped |
noun |
A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm. |
milliard |
noun |
A thousand millions; — called also billion. See Billion. |
milliary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles., A milestone. |
milliner |
noun |
Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women., A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. |
millinet |
noun |
A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets. |
milliped |
noun |
The same Milleped. |
millreis |
noun |
See Milreis. |
millrind |
noun |
Alt. of Millrynd |
millrynd |
noun |
A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center. |
millwork |
noun |
The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills., The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery. |
miltonic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose. |