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- METRICIANA composer of verses.
- MIGRAINEUROne who experiences migraines.
- MIGRANTA migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
- MILADYAn English noblewoman or gentlewoman; the form of address to such a person; a lady.
- MILLIARD10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
- MILORDAn English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.
- MINAUDERIEAffectation; an affected remark or behaviour.
- MINCEURslenderness
- MINERALISTOne versed in minerals; a mineralogist.
- MINERALOGISTAn expert in mineralogy.
- MINIMA half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- MIRAGEAn optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
- MIREPOIXA combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.
- MIRLITONA pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
- MISEThe issue in a writ of right.
- MIXTEA kind of bicycle frame where the top tube of the traditional diamond frame is replaced with a pair of smaller lateral tubes running from the top of the head tube all the way back
- MOBILISETo make something mobile.
- MOBILIZETo make something mobile.
- MODALITYThe fact of being modal.
- MODERNIZETo make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
- MODIFIABLECapable of being modified; subject to modification.
- MODISTA follower of fashion.
- MODISTEA person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
- MOINEAUA small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.
- MOIREOriginally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
- MOLINETA short rod that was used for stirring hot chocolate drinks before emulsifiers were available.
- MONARCHISTA supporter of, or believer in, monarchy.
- MONDEA ball-like object, located near the top of a crown, symbolizing the globe.
- MONOLITHICOf or resembling a monolith.
- MONORAILa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- MONSIEURA man, especially a French gentleman.
- MONTAGEA composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
- MONTUREA mounting, setting, or frame.
- MORALEThe mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
- MORGUEA supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
- MORNAYServed with a white sauce containing cheese.
- MORNAYSServed with a white sauce containing cheese.
- MOTETA composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
- MOTIFA recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
- MOTTA copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm.
- MOUCHARABYA mashrabiyya.
- MOUCHARDAn undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
- MOUCHOIRA handkerchief.
- MOUFLONA species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.
- MOULAGEThe art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel.
- MOURNIVALIn the game of gleek, and other card games, a set of four cards of the same face value.
- MOUTONA 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
- MPOXA viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.
- MUCOSITYThe state of being mucous or containing mucus.
- MUSCADETA white grape grown chiefly in the Loire valley of France, or a dry white wine made from this grape.
- MUSCADINdandy, coxcomb
- MUSCARDINEA fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores.
- MUSCATA white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine.
- MUSICALEA musical entertainment, usually private and typically involving classical music
- MUSKETOONA firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore.
- MUSKETRYThe technique of using small arms such as muskets.
- MUSLINAny of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
- MUSLINETA sort of coarse or light cotton muslin.
- MUTINEERSomeone who participates in mutiny.
- MYOGENICForming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis.
- MYOPIESArchaic form of myopia.
- NACRITEA basic aluminium silicate clay that is a polymorph of kaolinite
- NAGORThe bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca.
- NAIVETYnaïveté
- NANDUrhea (large, flightless birds)
- NAPOOFinished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
- NAPPYAn absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
- NATURALISMA state of nature; conformity to nature.
- NATURISMThe belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.
- NEBULYEdged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.
- NEGRITUDEThe fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.
- NEMATOCYSTA capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
- NEROLIMore fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.
- NEUTRALISENon-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize.
- NEUTRALIZETo make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- NIMRODA foolish person; an idiot.
- NITERIEA nightclub or nightspot.
- NITRATEAny salt or ester of nitric acid.
- NITRICOf, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.
- NOIROf or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
- NOISETTEA small round thick slice of meat (in particular, lamb or veal) that has been deboned.
- NOMADEArchaic form of nomad.
- NORITEA granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (such as labradorite) and hypersthene.
- NORMALITYThe state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
- NOUVEAUNew, fashionable.
- NOYADEA murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
- NUDISMThe belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the nor
- NUMERICOf or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.
- NUMISMATICOf or pertaining to currency, especially to coins.
- NYMPHETTEAlternative form of nymphet.
- OBOEA soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed
- OBOLEAn obsolete French coin.
- OBSERVANTAlert and paying close attention; watchful.
- OCELOTAn American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
- OCTILLIONA thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10.
- OCTUORSynonym of octet (“a composition for eight instruments or voices”).
- OCULARISTSomeone who specializes in the fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost an eye or eyes due to trauma or illness.
- ODALISQUEA female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
- OEILLADEA glance, especially an amorous one; an ogle
- OGRESSA female ogre.