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| Word | Definition |
| mabble | to wrap up |
| mabsoot | happy |
| macadamize | to cover a road with small broken stones |
| macarism | a beatitude; taking pleasure in another's joy |
| macarize | to declare to be happy or blessed |
| macaroni | nonsense; foolishness |
| macaronic | muddled or mixed-up |
| macerate | to steep or soak; to break up; to emaciate |
| macerator | a person who fasts and becomes emaciated |
| machair | low-lying sandy beach |
| machairodont | sabre-toothed |
| machicolation | space between corbels in a parapet |
| machinule | tool used by surveyors to obtain right angle |
| macies | atrophy |
| macilent | lean; excessively thin |
| mackinaw | heavy napped and felted wool cloth |
| mackintosh | lightweight rubberized waterproof cotton |
| macon | smoked salted mutton |
| macrobian | long-lived |
| macrobiote | long-lived organism |
| macrocephalic | having an abnormally large head |
| macrocephalous | having a large head |
| macrocosm | large and complex structure considered as a whole |
| macrography | viewing an object with the naked eye |
| macrology | much talk with little to say; redundancy; pleonasm |
| macromancy | divination using large objects |
| macromania | delusion that objects are larger than natural size |
| macron | straight line placed above vowel to indicate stress |
| macrophobia | fear of prolonged waiting |
| macropicide | killer of kangaroos |
| macropodine | of, like or pertaining to kangaroos |
| macropterous | having large wings or fins |
| macroscian | one with a long shadow; one who inhabits polar regions |
| macrotone | macron; straight line placed above vowel to indicate stress |
| macrotous | big-eared |
| macrural | having a long tail |
| mactation | killing or slaughter of a sacrificial victim |
| macular | spotted; patchy |
| maculation | the act of spotting or staining |
| maculomancy | divination using spots |
| maculose | spotted |
| madapollam | fine cotton cloth |
| madarosis | loss of eyelashes or eyebrows |
| madder | red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour |
| madefy | to moisten or make wet |
| maderization | wine becoming rusty in colour and flat in taste |
| madescent | growing damp |
| madid | wet; dank |
| madoline | vegetable slicer with adjustable blade |
| madras | fine plain-woven cotton or silk |
| maelid | apple-nymph |
| maenadic | furious; bacchanalian |
| maffick | to celebrate exuberantly and boisterously |
| magadis | ancient bridged stringed instrument |
| maggotorium | place where maggots are bred for sale to fishers |
| magianism | teachings or philosophy of the magi |
| magirics | art of cookery |
| magisterial | in the manner of a teacher or magistrate |
| magisterium | teaching function of the Catholic church |
| magistral | of, like or pertaining to a master or teacher |
| magistricide | killer of one's teacher |
| magnality | wonderful or great thing |
| magnanerie | art of raising silkworms |
| magnetics | study of magnetism |
| magnetograph | instrument for recording measurements of magnetic fields |
| magnetometer | instrument for measuring intensity of magnetic fields |
| magneton | unit of the quantized magnetic moment of a particle |
| magnicaudate | having a long tail |
| magnificat | canticle in praise of the Virgin Mary |
| magniloquent | speaking in a grand or pompous style |
| magomancy | divination by magic or sorcery |
| magpiety | garrulousness |
| mahout | one who rides or drives elephants |
| maidan | open plain; open space near a town |
| maieutic | bringing out latent thoughts; socratic |
| maieutics | midwifery |
| maillot | tights worn by a ballet dancer |
| mainmast | sailing ship's principal mast |
| mainour | stolen goods discovered on thief |
| mainpernor | one who gives mainprise |
| mainprise | surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial |
| mainsail | principal sail on a ship's mainmast |
| mainsheet | rope by which mainsail is trimmed and secured |
| mainstay | stay that extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast |
| majolica | elaborate glazed Italian pottery |
| makaf | hyphen used to join words in Hebrew texts |
| malabathrum | dried leaf used in ancient times to make perfumed ointments |
| malacissation | act of making soft or supple |
| malacoid | made of a soft or fleshy substance |
| malacology | study of molluscs |
| malacophilous | pollinated by snails |
| malacophonous | soft-voiced |
| malagma | emollient plaster |
| malaguena | Spanish dance performed by a couple, similar to the fandango |
| malapert | bold; forward; saucy |
| malapropism | misapplication of words without mispronunciation |
| malar | of, like or pertaining to the cheek |
| malariology | study of malaria |
| malarkey | humbug; nonsense |
| malaxage | softening of clay by kneading it |
| malaxate | to soften by kneading, rubbing or mixing with a liquid |
| malbrouck | arboreal monkey of West Africa |
| malchus | short cutting sword |
| maledicent | cursing |
| malefic | doing mischief; producing evil |
| malfeasance | evil-doing; illegal activities |
| malgrado | notwithstanding |
| malgré | in spite of |
| maliferous | harmful; unhealthy |
| malinger | to feign sickness in order to avoid duty or work |
| malism | the belief that the world is evil |
| malison | a curse |
| malleation | hammering; a hammer-mark or dent |
| malleiform | shaped like a hammer |
| mallophagous | eating wool or fleece |
| malloseismic | suffering from frequent and severe earthquakes |
| malm | calcareous loam used in making brick |
| malmsey | sweet perfumed wine |
| maltha | thick mineral pitch |
| maltster | one who makes or deals in malt |
| malvaceous | of, like or pertaining to the mallow family of plants |
| malversation | corruption in office; corrupt administration; misconduct |
| mambo | Cuban ballroom dance resembling the rumba or cha-cha |
| mamelle | rounded hill |
| mamelon | rounded hill or protuberance |
| mammalogy | study of mammals |
| mammer | to stammer; to waver; to be undecided |
| mammetry | idolatry; idols collectively |
| mammiferous | having breasts |
| mammiform | shaped like a breast |
| mammila | nipple |
| mammiliform | shaped like a nipple |
| mammock | scrap or shred; a broken piece |
| mammogenic | promoting growth of the milk glands |
| mammon | riches; the wealthy; the upper classes |
| mammonism | devotion to pursuit of wealth |
| mammose | shaped like a breast |
| mammothrept | spoiled child |
| mamzer | illegitimate child |
| manal | of, like or pertaining to the hand |
| mancipation | legal transfer by actual or symbolic sale |
| manciple | steward of a college or monastery; purveyor |
| mandament | command; order |
| mandamus | writ instructing that an action should be performed |
| mandarism | government with a large bureaucracy |
| mandative | of, like or pertaining to commands or leadership |
| mandibuliform | shaped like a mandible or jaw-bone |
| mandorla | oval panel containing a work of art; elliptical halo around holy person |
| mandrel | axle of a circular saw |
| mandriarch | founder or leader of a monastic order |
| manducate | to chew or eat |
| mandylion | loose outer garment worn over armour |
| manège | the art of horsemanship |
| mangabey | long-tailed tropical African monkey |
| manganiferous | bearing manganese |
| mangonel | medieval war engine for throwing stones |
| manicate | having a woolly growth that can be peeled off |
| manicism | left-handedness |
| maniform | having the shape of a hand |
| maniple | clerical vestment worn on the left arm |
| manometer | instrument for measuring pressure of a liquid or gas |
| manqué | having had unfulfilled ambition; failing to achieve expectation |
| manrope | rope used as a handrail on a ship |
| mansionary | residence; mansions |
| mansuetude | meekness; tameness; sweetness of temper |
| mansworn | perjured |
| mantelletta | knee-length sleeveless garment worn by Catholic cardinals and bishops |
| mantic | of, like or pertaining to divination; prophetic; divinely inspired |
| mantissa | decimal part of logarithm |
| mantology | fortune-telling |
| manubrial | shaped like a handle |
| manubrium | any handle-like structure |
| manuduction | careful guidance; leading by hand |
| manumission | emancipation; freedom from slavery |
| manurance | cultivation |
| manustupration | masturbation |
| manzello | variant form of soprano saxophone |
| mappemond | map of the world |
| maquette | small model of something to be made on a larger scale |
| maquis | guerrilla resistance force |
| marabout | thin downy silk |
| maraging | process by which alloy is slowly cooled in the air |
| marah | bitterness; something bitter |
| marasmus | wasting away of the body; emaciation due to malnutrition |
| marc | refuse from winemaking |
| marcella | cotton or linen in twill weave |
| marcescent | withering without falling off |
| marchpane | old name for marzipan |
| marcidity | state of great leanness |
| marcottage | propagation of trees by stripping ring of bark and covering with moss |
| maremma | marsh; miasma |
| margaric | pearl-like |
| margaritiferous | pearl-bearing |
| margaritomancy | divination using pearls |
| maricolous | living in the sea |
| mariculture | cultivation of aquatic flora and fauna |
| marigenous | produced by or in the sea |
| marigraph | instrument for recording tide levels |
| marimbaphone | marimba with steel keys |
| Mariolatry | worship of the virgin mother |
| Mariology | study of the Virgin Mary |
| maritage | right of feudal lord to arrange marriages of vassals |
| mariticide | killing or killer of one's husband |
| maritodespotism | ruthless domination by a husband |
| marivaudage | preciosity in literary style or expression |
| markhor | reddish-grey central Asian wild goat |
| marl | clay used as fertilizer |
| marline | small rope wound about larger rope to keep it from fraying |
| marmarosis | conversion of limestone into marble |
| marmoreal | of or like marble |
| marocain | ribbed crepe fabric |
| marquetry | furniture inlaid with multicoloured wood, ivory, or metal |
| marquisette | sheer meshed cloth |
| marrano | Jew converted to Christianity to avoid persecution |
| marry | expression of surprised agreement |
| martello | circular fort for coastal defence |
| martext | ignorant preacher |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian; one who adheres to rules |
| martingale | lower stay of rope used to sustain strain of the forestays |
| martingale | strap between horse's forelegs to keep its head down |
| martlet | heraldic representation of a bird without feet |
| martyrium | shrine erected in memory of a martyr |
| martyrolatry | excessive devotion to martyrs |
| martyrology | study of martyrs |
| marver | marble or iron slab on which molten glass is rolled |
| mascaron | grotesque face on a door-knocker |
| maschalephidrosis | massive sweating of the armpits |
| mascle | diamond-shaped plate or scale |
| mascon | concentration of dense mass beneath the moon's surface |
| maskirovka | use of deception or camouflage as military stratagem |
| masseter | muscle used to move the lower jaw |
| masterate | degree or title of a master |
| masticate | to chew; to knead mechanically |
| mastigophorous | bearing a whip |
| mastoid | like a nipple or teat |
| mastology | study of mammals |
| matachin | Spanish ritualised sword-dance or battle dance |
| matelassé | having a quilted ornamentation; fabric with raised pattern as if quilted |
| materialism | belief that matter is the only extant substance |
| materteral | of or resembling an aunt |
| mathemancy | divination by counting |
| mathematicaster | minor or inferior mathematician |
| mathematicism | belief that everything is expressible in mathematical terms |
| mathesis | mental discipline; learning or wisdom |
| matinal | of, like or pertaining to the morning |
| matins | prayer service held in early morning hours |
| matrass | long-necked chemical flask |
| matrical | of, like or pertaining to a womb or a matrix |
| matricular | of, like or pertaining to a register |
| matriherital | of, like or pertaining to inheritance along the female line |
| matriotism | love for country or other institution when regarded as a mother |
| matripotestal | of, like or pertaining to the power of mothers |
| matroclinic | more like the mother than the father |
| matryoshka | Russian hollow wooden doll |
| mattery | purulent |
| mattock | pickaxe for loosening soil |
| mattoid | person on borderline between sanity and insanity |
| maturescent | becoming mature |
| matutinal | of, like or pertaining to the morning; happening early in the day |
| matutolypea | getting up on the wrong side of the bed |
| maudlin | tearfully sentimental |
| maugre | in spite of; notwithstanding |
| maulstick | stick used by painters to steady the hand |
| maunder | to grumble; to drivel; to mutter |
| maundy | custom of sovereign washing feet of poor or giving alms |
| mavrodaphne | sweet dark red Greek wine |
| maxillary | of, like or pertaining to a jaw |
| maximalism | uncompromising adherence to extreme demands |
| maxixe | Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step |
| maxwell | unit of magnetic flux |
| maya | illusion; the world of phenomena |
| mayhap | perhaps |
| mazarine | rich blue or reddish-blue colour |
| mazer | hardwood drinking bowl |
| mazocacothesis | abnormal position of the placenta |
| mazology | mammalogy; study of mammals |
| mazopathia | any disease of the placenta |
| mazurka | Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure |
| mazut | petroleum residue after distillation |
| mazy | dizzy; confused; labyrinthine; convoluted |
| mazzard | wild sweet cherry |
| mazzebah | ancient Jewish sacred stone pillar |
| mbalax | West African popular music |
| mbaqanga | jazz-influenced southern African popular music style |
| mbira | African musical instrument made of a hollow resonator and metal vibrating strips |
| meable | easily penetrable |
| meatus | opening of a passage or canal |
| mecate | old Mexican measure of about one-tenth of an acre |
| mechanism | belief that life is explainable by mechanical forces |
| mechanography | mechanical reproduction of art |
| mechanolatry | worship of machines |
| mechanomorphic | having the form of a machine |
| mecometer | instrument for measuring length |
| meconium | first feces of a newborn child |
| meconology | study of or treatise concerning opium |
| meconomancy | divination using sleep |
| meconophagist | consumer of opium or heroin |
| mediagenic | able to present a good image in the media |
| medianic | of, like or pertaining to spiritualists, mediums or prophets |
| medicament | externally applied curative treatment |
| medicaster | quack; charlatan |
| meditabund | absorbed in meditation |
| medius | the middle finger |
| medullary | consisting of or resembling marrow or pith |
| medusiform | resembling a jellyfish |
| meedless | undeserving; unrewarded |
| meerkat | small long-tailed African ground squirrel or mongoose |
| meet | fitting; proper |
| megacerine | extinct giant deer |
| megachiropteran | of, like or pertaining to fruit bats |
| megalith | large rough stone used as a monument |
| megalography | artistic depiction of legendary or significant events |
| megameter | instrument for determining longitude by observing stars |
| megaprosopous | having a large face |
| megascope | instrument for projecting an enlarged image |
| megascopic | visible to the naked eye |
| megathermic | surviving only in tropical climates |
| megistotherm | plant requiring very high temperatures |
| megrim | dizziness; migraine; low spirits |
| mehari | camel used for racing |
| meiosis | understatement of size or importance for rhetorical effect |
| mekometer | range-finder |
| mel | honey |
| melalgia | pain in the limbs |
| melanic | black; very dark |
| melaniferous | containing or bearing melanin |
| melano | abnormally dark person or animal |
| melanochroic | dark-skinned |
| melasma | dark patch of skin |
| meldometer | instrument for measuring melting points of substances |
| meleagrine | of, like or pertaining to turkeys |
| melic | to be sung; lyric |
| melichrous | having a honey-like colour |
| meline | canary-yellow |
| meliorism | the belief the world tends to become better |
| meliphagous | feeding upon honey |
| melisma | tune; melodic embellishment; ornamentation |
| melismatic | florid in melody |
| melittology | study of bees |
| mellaginous | of, like or pertaining to or resembling honey |
| melliferous | producing or forming honey |
| mellification | honey-making |
| melliloquent | speaking harmoniously or sweetly |
| mellisonant | sweet-sounding |
| mellivorous | honey-eating |
| melodikon | keyboard instrument that brings tuning forks in contact with rotating cone |
| melologue | recitation with musical accompaniment |
| melomania | craze for music |
| melopepon | any of various kinds of squash |
| melopoeia | composition of music |
| melton | strong and smooth heavy woollen cloth |
| membral | of, like or pertaining to the limbs rather than the trunk |
| memoriter | from memory; by heart |
| memoriter | from memory |
| menald | speckled; spotted |
| menarche | first menstruation |
| mendaciloquence | lying speech |
| mendacity | insincerity; inclination to tell falsehoods |
| mendicant | member of impoverished religious order |
| menisciform | shaped like a crescent |
| meniscus | crescent-shaped object; concave lens |
| menology | register or calendar of saints' days |
| mensal | of, like or pertaining to the dinner-table; monthly |
| menstruum | solvent used in the preparation of drugs |
| mensuration | measuring to find the dimensions of things |
| mental | of, like or pertaining to the chin |
| mentalism | belief that the world can be explained as aspect of the mind |
| mentatiferous | telepathic |
| mentation | thought; cogitation; cognition |
| menticide | reduction of mind by psychological pressure |
| mentonniere | armour covering the chin, neck, and lower part of the face |
| mentum | the chin |
| mephitic | foul-smelling |
| meracious | pure; unmixed |
| mercedary | pertaining to the giving or receiving of wages |
| mercer | dealer in small wares or textiles |
| mercurial | volatile; fluctuating |
| merdivorous | dung-eating |
| merdurinous | composed of urine and feces |
| merengue | Caribbean ballroom dance in which feet are frequently dragged |
| mereology | study of part-whole relationships |
| meretricious | of, like or pertaining to prostitution; superficially attractive but lacking value |
| merino | soft wool of the merino sheep; any soft merino-like wool or wool and cotton cloth |
| merism | rhetorical device of contrasting two parts of a whole |
| meristic | divided into parts or segments |
| meritocracy | government by the meritorious |
| merkin | pubic wig |
| merlon | narrow wall in battlement between embrasures |
| merocracy | government by a part of the citizenry |
| merogenesis | segmentation |
| meromorphic | fractional |
| meronym | word whose relation to another is a part to the whole |
| meropia | partial blindness |
| mersion | dipping; as in baptism |
| merycism | rumination |
| mesail | movable visor of a helmet |
| mésalliance | unsuitable marriage |
| meseems | it seems to me |
| mesial | middle |
| mesic | adapted to life with a moderate supply of moisture |
| mesnalty | feudal estate |
| mesochroic | having skin colour intermediate between light and dark |
| mesocracy | government by the middle classes |
| mesology | ecology |
| mesotherm | plant living only in moderate climates |
| mesozeugma | placement of a word referring to two different clauses between them |
| mesquin | mean; ungracious |
| messaline | soft lightweight silk with a satin weave |
| messianism | belief in a single messiah or saviour |
| messuage | house with land and auxiliary buildings |
| metabasis | transition; transfer; in rhetoric, movement from one topic to another |
| metabiosis | reliance of an organism on another for environment |
| metachronism | an error of dating an event too late |
| metachrosis | ability of animals to change colour |
| metage | official weighing of goods; charge for such weighing |
| metagnomy | divination |
| metagnostic | incomprehensible; beyond understanding |
| metagraphy | transliteration |
| metagrobolize | to mystify; to puzzle out |
| metalepsis | metonymy of a double or indirect kind |
| metalliferous | bearing metal |
| metallogenic | metal occurring as an ore as opposed to in rocks |
| metallogeny | study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits |
| metallography | study of the structure and constitution of metals |
| metallophone | instrument like the xylophone but with metal bars |
| metallurgy | study of alloying and treating metals |
| metameric | of, like or pertaining to serial division or segmentation of body |
| metanalysis | incorrect placement of 'n' at start of word following a nindefinite article |
| metanoia | repentance; fundamental change in character |
| metanomen | metaphorical name |
| metaphony | umlaut; change in vöwel sound due to nearby consonant |
| metaphrase | turning of prose into verse or vice versa |
| metaphrast | one who produces a metaphrase |
| metaphysics | study of principles of nature and thought |
| metaphysis | change in form; metamorphosis |
| metaplasm | alteration in spelling of a word by adding, removing, or transposing letters |
| metapolitics | study of politics in theory or abstract |
| metapsychology | study of nature of the mind |
| metastasis | removal from one place to another; rapid transition in argument |
| metasthenic | having strong haunches or hindquarters |
| metastrophe | mutual exchange |
| metathesis | transposition of sounds or letters of a word |
| métayage | system of agricultural labour with share of produce as wages |
| metempirical | beyond the scope of knowledge |
| metempsychosis | passing of soul after death into another body |
| metemptosis | omission of day from calendar to correct lunar calendar |
| metensomatosis | movement of soul into new body before or after death |
| meteorism | abdominal cramps and swelling due to flatulence |
| meteoritics | the study of meteors |
| meteorograph | instrument recording a variety of meteorological observations |
| meteorography | written description of weather |
| meteoromancy | divination by studying meteors |
| methanometer | instrument for detecting presence of methane |
| metheglin | mead; honey ale |
| methinks | I believe; I think |
| methomania | morbid craving for alcohol |
| methysis | drunkenness |
| métier | profession, occupation, calling or business |
| metonymy | figurative use of word to name an attribute of its subject |
| metope | front, forehead or frontal surface |
| metopic | of, like or pertaining to the forehead |
| metopomancy | divination using the forehead or face |
| metoposcopy | fortune-telling or judgement of character by the lines of the forehead |
| metrics | study of versification |
| metrocracy | government by mothers or women; matriarchy |
| metrology | science of weights and measures |
| metromania | insatiable desire for writing verse |
| metronymy | system of naming after the mother's or female line |
| metrophobia | fear of poetry |
| metropolitan | archbishop holding authority over other bishops |
| meuse | space through which animal track passes |
| mew | to shed, moult or change |
| mewling | crying feebly |
| mezzotint | method of copper engraving with even gradation of tones |
| mho | unit of electrical conductance |
| miasma | foul vapours from rotting matter; unwholesome air |
| micaceous | consisting of or made of mica |
| micrander | dwarf male plant |
| microanatomy | study of microscopic tissues |
| microbarograph | instrument for recording minute changes in atmospheric pressure |
| microbiology | study of microscopic organisms |
| microcalorimeter | instrument for measuring tiny quantities of heat |
| microcephalic | having a very small head |
| microclimatology | study of local climates |
| micrograph | instrument used to write on a very small scale |
| micrography | description of objects observed under a microscope |
| microlith | very small stone tool |
| micrology | study or discussion of trivialities |
| micromancy | divination using small objects |
| micromania | pathological self-deprecation or belief that one is very small |
| micrometer | instrument for measuring very small distances |
| microminiaturization | extreme miniaturization used in making electronic components |
| micronometer | instrument for measuring short periods of time |
| micropalaeontology | study of microscopic fossils |
| microphagous | feeding on small creatures or plants |
| microphyllous | having small leaves |
| microphytology | study of very small plant life |
| micropodal | having extremely small feet |
| micropolis | small city |
| micropsia | disease causing objects to appear smaller than actual size |
| micropyle | microscopic orifice |
| microscopy | study of minute objects |
| microseismograph | instrument for recording small or distant earthquakes |
| microseismometer | instrument for measuring small or distant earthquakes |
| microsomatous | having a small body |
| microtome | instrument used to cut very small sections of something |
| micrurgy | dissection under magnification or under a microscope |
| micturition | the act of urinating |
| mida | larva of the bean-fly |
| midinette | shop-girl |
| midlenting | custom of giving gifts to parents on mid-Lent Sunday |
| mien | air or look; manner |
| mignon | small and dainty |
| migraineur | one who suffers from migraines |
| mil | unit of 1/1000 inch used for measuring thickness of wire |
| mileometer | instrument for recording distance travelled in miles |
| miliary | like or concerning millet seeds |
| militaster | soldier without skill or ability |
| milleflori | glassware made of coloured rods embedded in clear glass |
| millenarianism | belief that an ideal society will be produced in the near future |
| millesimal | thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts |
| milliad | millennium; period of a thousand years |
| milliammeter | instrument for recording very small electrical currents |
| millionocracy | government by millionaires |
| millocracy | government by mill owners |
| milquetoast | very timid; unassertive person |
| milt | fish spawn |
| milvine | of, like or pertaining to kites and similar birds |
| mim | prim, demure |
| mimature | mimicry |
| mimesis | rhetorical imitation of another's words or mannerisms |
| mimetic | imitative; of, like or pertaining to mimicry |
| mimography | written representation of signs |
| minacious | threatening |
| minargent | alloy of copper, silver and aluminum |
| minatory | threatening |
| minauderie | display of affectation |
| mineralography | study and description of minerals |
| mineralogy | study of minerals |
| miniaceous | colour of reddish lead |
| miniate | to decorate with rubrics; to illuminate a manuscript |
| miniaturist | one who paints miniature pictures |
| minify | to diminish, in appearance or reality |
| minim | unit of liquid volume equal to 1/480 fluid ounces |
| minimifidian | having the smallest possible degree of faith |
| minimism | inclination to reduce a dogma to the least possible |
| minimuscular | tiny |
| minium | vermilion; red lead |
| miniver | ermine in winter coat; ermine or squirrel fur |
| minnesinger | medieval troubadour or poet |
| minster | church associated with a monastery |
| minuend | number from which another is to be subtracted |
| minuet | slow and stately Baroque dance in 3/4 time |
| minutious | paying undue attention to minutiae |
| miosis | abnormal contraction of the pupil of the eye |
| miothermic | of, like or pertaining to temperature conditions of the present day |
| mirabilia | wonders |
| mirabiliary | miracle worker |
| mirador | belvedere or watchtower; architectural feature with good view |
| mird | to meddle |
| mirific | wonder-working; marvellous |
| mirliton | reed pipe |
| misacceptation | misinterpretation |
| misandry | hatred of men |
| misaunter | misadventure or mishap |
| misbeseem | to be unsuited or unsuitable to |
| miscegene | person of mixed racial heritage |
| miscellanarian | writer of miscellanies |
| misericord | ledge in church to lean against while standing; forgiveness or mercy |
| misfeasance | doing of a lawful act in a wrongful manner |
| mislight | to lead astray by a light |
| misocainea | hatred of new ideas |
| misocapnic | hating tobacco or its smoke |
| misoclere | one who hates the clergy |
| misogallic | hating France or the French |
| misology | hatred of reason or knowledge |
| misoneism | hatred of novelty |
| misopaedia | hatred of children |
| misosophy | hatred of knowledge or wisdom |
| misotheism | hatred of God or deities |
| misprise | to scorn; to slight; to undervalue |
| misprision | mistake; overlooking of a crime of another |
| missal | book containing complete service for mass |
| mistetch | bad habit |
| mistigris | variation of poker where blank card can have any value |
| misyoke | to yoke or marry unsuitably |
| miter | high headdress worn by bishop or archbishop |
| mithridate | antidote to poison |
| mithridatism | immunity to poison by taking increasingly large doses |
| miticide | agent which kills mites |
| mitogenic | causing cell division |
| mitrailleur | machine-gunner |
| mitrate | shaped like a mitre or bonnet |
| mitriform | mitre-shaped |
| mittimus | warrant granted for sending a charged person to jail |
| mixen | dunghill |
| mixotrophic | combining different modes of nutrition |
| mizmaze | labyrinth; bewilderment |
| mizzen | three-masted vessel; aft sail of such a vessel |
| mizzenmast | mast aft or next aft of the mainmast in a ship |
| mizzle | to rain in small drops |
| mnemon | unit of memory, largely hypothetical |
| mnemonist | one from whose memory nothing is erased |
| mnemotechny | system for improving memory |
| mnesic | of, like or pertaining to memory |
| mobilism | belief that nothing is fixed |
| mobocracy | government by mobs or crowds |
| mockado | inferior quality woollen fabric |
| modalism | belief that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three modes of a single entity |
| modena | crimson |
| modillion | ornamental bracket under Corinthian or other column |
| modish | fashionable; stylish |
| modiste | a maker or seller of fashionable dresses and hats |
| modius | cylindrical headdress of the gods |
| modulo | taking into account |
| modulus | number leaving same remainder when divided into two others |
| mofette | volcanic opening in the earth emitting carbon dioxide |
| mofussil | provincial; rural |
| mogadore | ribbed silk used in making neckties |
| mogigraphia | writing only with difficulty |
| mogigraphy | cramped writing; writer's cramp |
| mogilalia | speaking only with difficulty |
| mohair | fabric made from silky hair of angora goats |
| moilsome | laborious |
| moineau | small flat bastion that protects fortification when being built |
| moire | watered silk |
| moiré | watered appearance on cloth or metal |
| moirologist | mourner for hire |
| molariform | shaped like a molar |
| molendinar | of, like or pertaining to a mill or miller |
| molendinary | mill |
| moleskin | heavy durable cotton |
| molimen | great effort, especially in performing natural functions |
| molimo | wooden trumpet used by Mbuti pygmies |
| molinary | of, like or pertaining to mills or grinding |
| molinology | study of mills and milling |
| mollescent | softening |
| mollipilose | downy; soft; having soft plumage |
| mollities | softness; softening |
| mollitious | luxurious; sensuous |
| molluscicide | killing of mollusks |
| mollycoddle | an effeminate man |
| molo | two or three-stringed lute of West Africa |
| molochize | to sacrifice |
| molossus | verse foot of three long syllables |
| molybdosis | lead poisoning |
| momentaneous | momentary; instantaneous |
| momilogy | study of mummies |
| Momus | satirist; critic |
| mon | Japanese family crest |
| monachise | to cause to become a monk |
| monachism | monasticism |
| monadism | theory that there exist ultimate units of being |
| monandry | marriage to only one man at a time |
| monanthous | having only a single flower |
| monaxial | having only one axis |
| mondain | worldly; fashionable; such a person |
| monepic | comprising only one word or single-word sentences |
| monergism | theory that the Holy Spirit alone can act |
| moneyocracy | government by the monied classes |
| mongery | trafficking or marketing, especially in discreditable ways |
| monial | a nun |
| moniliform | shaped like a string of beads |
| monism | belief that all things can be placed in one category |
| monition | caution; warning |
| monitory | letter containing a warning |
| monkery | monks in general; monasticism; behaviour of monks |
| monoblepsia | colour-blindness for all but one colour |
| monocarpic | producing fruit only once |
| monocerous | having only one horn |
| monochord | musical instrument having only one string |
| monochroic | of one colour |
| monochromasy | complete colour-blindness |
| monochronic | contemporaneous |
| monocracy | government by one individual |
| monoculture | growing of one agricultural crop only |
| monoculus | one-eyed person |
| monodont | one-tusked |
| monodrama | one-man show; play having only one actor |
| monody | mournful ode or poem performed by a single mourner |
| monoecious | having both male and female reproductive organs |
| monogenesis | origin of offspring from identical parent |
| monogoneutic | having only a single brood or litter |
| monogony | asexual reproduction |
| monoideism | obsession or fixation on a single idea or thought |
| monolatry | worship of one god without excluding belief in others |
| monoliteral | comprising only one letter |
| monolith | large single stone in form of monument, obelisk or column |
| monology | habit of offering soliloquies or monologues |
| monomachy | single combat; a duel |
| monomania | abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea |
| monomorphic | having only one form |
| monoousian | having the same substance |
| monophagous | feeding on only one type of food |
| monophobia | fear of being alone |
| monophylletic | derived from common ancestry or parentage |
| monophysitism | belief that Christ was primarily divine but in human form |
| monopode | one-footed person with foot large enough to be a sunshade |
| monopolylogue | dramatic work in which one actor plays many roles |
| monopsony | case of only one buyer for products of several sellers |
| monopsychism | belief that individuals have a single eternal soul |
| monopteron | circular temple with one ring of columns |
| monoptote | word with one form for all cases; indeclinable noun |
| monorhyme | series of lines all rhyming together |
| monoschemic | having the same metrical pattern throughout |
| monostichous | in one line; in one row |
| monostrophe | poem in which all stanzas share an identical structure |
| monostylar | consisting of a single shaft |
| monosy | separation of parts normally fused |
| monotheism | belief in only one God |
| monotheletism | belief that Christ had only one will |
| monothelious | polyandrous |
| monotroch | wheelbarrow |
| monoxylon | canoe made from one log |
| monstrance | vessel used to expose the Eucharist |
| monstricide | killing of a monster |
| montane | mountainous; mountain-dwelling |
| montant | vertical member in panelling or framing |
| montero | huntsman |
| montgolfier | balloon using fire for propulsion |
| monticle | a little hill |
| monticolous | mountain-dwelling |
| montiform | shaped like a mountain |
| montre | visible pipes of an organ |
| monture | mounting, setting or frame |
| mooncalf | false conception or fleshy mass in the womb |
| moonraker | topmost sail of a ship, above the skyscraper |
| moorlog | deposit of decayed woody material under a marsh |
| moot | meeting; gathering; meeting-hall |
| mopsical | short-sighted |
| moquette | thick piled fabric used in upholstery and carpeting |
| mor | humus layer formed by slow decomposition in acidic soil |
| mora | delay |
| morassic | of, like or pertaining to a morass |
| morbidezza | an extreme delicacy and softness |
| morbiferous | disease-bringing |
| morbilli | measles |
| morbilliform | like or resembling measles |
| morbus | disease |
| morcellate | to divide into small portions |
| mordacious | given to biting; biting in quality |
| mordant | biting; caustic; incisive; corrosive |
| mordent | rapidly alternating a tone with one half-tone lower; reverse trill |
| moreen | stout corded wool or cotton |
| morel | dark-coloured horse; blackish colour |
| moresco | a Moorish dance or morris-dance |
| morgan | unit of inferred distance between genes on a chromosome |
| morganatic | of, like or pertaining to a marriage between those of unequal rank |
| morganise | to secretly do away with |
| morgen | unit of land area slightly more than two acres |
| morgue | haughtiness; arrogance |
| moria | folly |
| morient | dying |
| moriform | shaped like a mulberry |
| morigeration | deferential behaviour |
| morigerous | obsequious or deferent |
| morion | open helmet without visor |
| morioplasty | restoration of lost parts of the body |
| morkin | animal that has died by accident |
| morling | sheep dead from disease; its wool |
| mormal | inflamed sore |
| morne | dismal; gloomy; sombre |
| morology | nonsense |
| morosis | pathological feeble-mindedness |
| morosophy | foolish pretence of wisdom |
| morphallaxis | regeneration in a changed form |
| morphean | of, like or pertaining to dreams |
| morphew | skin eruption |
| morphinomania | habitual craving or desire for morphine |
| morphogenesis | origin or development of a body part or organ |
| morphography | scientific description of external form |
| morphology | study of forms and the development of structures |
| morphometry | measurement of form or shape |
| morphonomy | laws governing biological morphology |
| morphotic | of, like or pertaining to formation or development |
| morris | vigorous English dance performed by costumed men |
| morro | rounded hill or headland |
| morsal | of, like or pertaining to the cutting edge of a knife |
| morse | walrus |
| morsitation | act of biting or gnawing |
| morsure | a bite |
| mortalism | belief that the soul is mortal |
| mortiferous | death-bringing; fatal |
| mortise | hole or recess made in wood to receive a tenon |
| mortmain | restrictive influence of the past on the present |
| moschate | having a musky odour |
| moschiferous | producing musk |
| moslings | thin strips taken off when dressing skins |
| motable | constantly moving |
| motatory | continually moving |
| motiferous | conveying motion |
| motile | capable of moving spontaneously as a whole |
| motograph | old telegraph or telephone receiver |
| moton | armour for the armpit |
| motrix | female motor |
| motte | artificial mound upon which a castle is built |
| mottle | to variegate blotchily |
| moucharaby | projecting latticed window |
| mouchard | police spy |
| mouillé | sounded in a liquid manner; palatized |
| mouldwarp | mole |
| moulin | shaft in a glacier caused by water running down a crack |
| moulinet | machine for bending a crossbow |
| mountenance | amount; distance |
| mournival | set of four things |
| mousseline | fine sheer fabric |
| mousseline | very fine glassware |
| mouton | sheepskin processed to look like the fur of another animal |
| movent | moving; capable of causing motion |
| mow | to make a grimace |
| moya | volcanic mud |
| moyenant | by means of; on condition that |
| mozzetta | short cape with ornamental hood worn by Catholic prelates |
| mucago | mucus; mucilage |
| mucedinous | mouldy; mildewy |
| muchity | great size or bulk |
| mucid | mouldy; musty |
| muciferous | conveying or secreting mucus |
| mucilage | any sticky substance |
| mucivorous | feeding on plant juices |
| mucopurulent | of mucus and pus |
| mucorrhoea | discharge of mucus |
| mucronate | terminating in a sharp point |
| mucrone | stiff sharp point forming an abrupt end |
| mucroniform | like, having or resembling a sharp point |
| muculent | like mucus |
| muffineer | dish for keeping muffins hot |
| mugient | bellowing; braying |
| mugwump | one who is neutral politically |
| mulciberian | of, like or pertaining to metalworking |
| mulct | to swindle; to obtain by fraud |
| mulctuary | punishable by a fine |
| muleteer | mule-driver |
| muliebrile | womanly; feminine |
| muliebrity | womanhood |
| mulism | obstinate quirk or habit |
| mull | soft fine sheer cotton or silk fabric |
| mull | to moisten leather to make it more supple |
| muller | flat heavy stone or iron pulverizing tool |
| mullet | five-pointed star in heraldry; ridiculous hairstyle |
| mulley | hornless |
| mulligrubs | a despondent or ill-tempered mood |
| mullion | upright division between window panes |
| mullock | waste earth or rock from a mine |
| mullock | nonsense; rubbish |
| mulm | organic sediment at bottom of an aquarium |
| mulse | boiled wine with honey |
| multanimous | having a many-sided mind |
| multarticulate | many-jointed |
| multeity | manifoldness; very great numerousness |
| multicapitate | many-headed |
| multicipital | many-headed |
| multifarious | having great diversity; manifold |
| multifid | having many divisions |
| multiflorous | many-flowered |
| multilocation | appearance in many places simultaneously |
| multiloculate | many-chambered |
| multiloquence | talkativeness; use of many words |
| multiparous | having given birth to multiple children |
| multiplicative | indicating repetition or augmentation |
| multipotent | having the power to do many things |
| multiscience | knowledge of many things |
| multisonant | producing many or very loud sounds |
| multisulcate | many-furrowed |
| multitarian | having many forms but one central essence |
| multivious | leading in many directions; offering many different paths |
| multivocal | having many meanings |
| multivolent | having several differing opinions; disagreeing |
| multivoltine | having several broods in one season |
| multure | fee for grinding grain |
| mumbo-jumbo | obscure nonsense |
| mumpsimus | view stubbornly held even when shown to be wrong |
| mundificative | a cleansing or purifying medicine |
| mundify | to cleanse; to purify; to heal |
| mundungus | foul-smelling tobacco |
| mungo | shoddy cloth made from shredding old or waste woven material |
| munificence | magnificent liberality in giving |
| munify | to fortify |
| muniment | means of defence; record fortifying or proving a claim |
| munting | vertical framing piece between door panels |
| muntjac | small tusked East Asian deer |
| muonium | positively-charged muon attached to an electron |
| murage | tax for the upkeep of walls |
| murally | by means of walls; on or from a wall |
| murcous | having the thumb cut off |
| murdrum | killing of a human being in a secret manner |
| murenger | official in charge of ensuring city walls are repaired |
| muriated | pickled; preserved |
| muriatic | briny |
| muricate | rough or warty with sharp points |
| muricide | killing or killer of mice or rats |
| muriform | resembling a mouse or rat |
| murine | of, like or pertaining to mice and rats |
| muriphobia | fear of mice |
| murrain | epidemic or plague affecting livestock |
| murre | white-breasted North Atlantic seabird |
| murrey | purplish-black |
| murrhine | clear glassware containing pieces of coloured glass |
| musal | of, like or pertaining to poetry or the Muses |
| muscariform | shaped like a brush |
| muscicapine | of, like or pertaining to flycatchers and related birds |
| muscicide | substance for killing flies |
| muscid | of, like or pertaining to house-flies |
| muscoid | of, like or pertaining to mosses; moss-like |
| muscology | the study of mosses |
| museography | description of the contents of a museum |
| museology | the study of museums |
| musicaster | a mediocre musician |
| musicography | art of writing music |
| muslin | plain-woven fine cotton |
| musomania | obsession with music |
| musrol | nose-band of a bridle |
| mussitate | to mutter |
| mussitation | murmuring; grumbling |
| mustelid | otters, badgers and weasels |
| musteline | of, like or pertaining to weasels, martens and badgers |
| musterdevillers | archaic mixed grey woollen cloth |
| mutagenesis | origin or induction of mutation |
| mutative | indicating a change of place or state |
| mutchkin | old unit of liquid measurement equal to 3/4 of an imperial pint |
| mutic | lacking normal defensive parts or organs |
| mutivity | tendency to alter |
| mutualism | belief in mutual dependence of society and the individual |
| mvule | kind of African tree like a mulberry; hard wood of that tree |
| myasthenia | muscular weakness or debility |
| mycetism | fungus poisoning |
| mycology | study of funguses |
| mycophagous | eating fungus |
| mycosis | disease due to the growth of a fungus |
| mycteric | of, like or pertaining to the nostrils |
| mycterism | sneering; rhetorical sarcasm or irony |
| mydriasis | morbid dilatation of the pupil of the eye |
| myelic | of, like or pertaining to the spinal cord |
| myogenic | having a muscular origin |
| myograph | instrument for recording muscular contractions |
| myography | description of the muscles |
| myology | study of muscles |
| myomancy | divination from the movements of mice |
| myophobia | fear of mice |
| myosis | excessive contraction of the pupil of the eye |
| myoxine | of, like or pertaining to dormice |
| myriacanthous | having many prickles |
| myriadth | being a one-ten-thousandth part of a whole |
| myriarchy | government by ten thousand individuals |
| myringa | eardrum |
| myringoscope | instrument for viewing the eardrum |
| myriorama | picture consisting of many interchangeable parts |
| myristicivorous | feeding upon nutmegs |
| myrmecoid | antlike |
| myrmecology | study of ants |
| myrmecophagid | of, like or pertaining to anteaters |
| myrmecophagous | feeding on ants |
| myrmecophilous | having a symbiotic relationship with ants |
| myrmicine | of, like or pertaining to ants |
| myrmidon | follower; hireling; mercenary |
| myropologist | one who sells perfume |
| myrtle | deep green |
| mysophobia | fear of contamination or dirt |
| mystacial | having a mustache-like stripe |
| mystagogical | of, like or pertaining to religious ritual initiation |
| mysteriosophy | system of knowledge concerning secrets and mysteries |
| mythoclast | destroyer of myths |
| mythogenesis | origin of myths |
| mythography | descriptive study or representation of myths |
| mythomania | lying or exaggerating to an abnormal extent |
| mythopoeic | giving rise to myths |
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