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- MEGAPODEAny of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiati
- MEISTERA person of great skill or authority in a particular field.
- MELEEA battle fought at close range, one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
- MELIORATETo make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
- MELIORATIONArchaic form of amelioration.
- MELIORATIVEThat meliorates; curative, improving, salutary.
- MELIORISTA proponent of meliorism
- MELIORITYThe state or quality of being better; melioration.
- MELLIFICProducing honey.
- MELODIONAn accordion.
- MENACEA perceived threat or danger.
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- MENDICANTDepending on alms for a living.
- MENDICATETo beg.
- MENDICITYthe state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
- MENIALOf or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
- MENOLOGYThe study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar.
- MENSAIn planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
- MENSALOccurring once in a month; monthly.
- MENSESThe discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstru
- MENSTRUALOf or relating to the menses.
- MENSTRUUMThe menses; menstrual discharge.
- MENSUALOf or pertaining to a month.
- MENSURABLEmeasurable
- MENSURALOf or pertaining to measure or measurement.
- MENSURATETo measure absolutely the height, latitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- MENTALOf or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- MENTHOLA cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decon
- MENTICIDEBrain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs.
- MENTUMThe chin.
- MEPHITISA poisonous or foul-smelling gas, especially as emitted from the earth; an unpleasant smell.
- MERCANTILEConcerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
- MERCAPTOThe univalent radical -SH
- MERCATMarket; trade.
- MERCENARYOne motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- MERCHANDISEGoods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
- MERCURIALAny of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua).
- MERCYRelenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
- MERDESOrdure; dung, shit, excrement.
- MERETRICIOUSTastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
- MERGANSERAny of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
- MERGETo combine into a whole.
- MERIDIANIn full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface. In full terrestrial merid
- MERIDIONALlocated in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
- MERITORIOUSDeserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
- MERSIONObsolete form of immersion.
- MESAA flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
- MESEA dinner; meal.
- MESELSynonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
- MESTIZOA person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
- METALLINEA substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-coloured metal, used in the bearings of machines to reduce friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.
- METAPHYSICMetaphysical.
- METAPHYSICALOf or pertaining to metaphysics.
- METISA person of mixed-race ancestry.
- METOPEThe architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
- METRICOf or relating to the metric system of measurement.
- METRIFYTo make verse.
- MICAAny of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
- MICELLEa colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentrat
- MICTIONUrination.
- MICTURATETo urinate.
- MIENDemeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- MIGRATETo relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.
- MIGRATIONAn instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- MIGRATORYMigrating.
- MILEThe international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- MILFOILCommon yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
- MILIARYOf or pertaining to millet seeds.
- MILIEUAn environment or setting; a medium; environs
- MILITANTFighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
- MILITARYCharacteristic of members of the armed forces.
- MILITIAAn army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a p
- MILLENARYOf or pertaining to a thousand, especially to a thousand years.
- MILLIPEDEAny of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
- MILVINEOf or resembling birds of the kite kind.
- MINACIOUSLYSynonym of threateningly: in a minacious manner.
- MINATORYThreatening, menacing.
- MINERALAny naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one.
- MINERALOGYThe branch of petrology that studies minerals.
- MINIATEOf or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
- MINIATUREGreatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- MINIMAplural of minimum
- MINIMUSA being of the smallest size.
- MINISHTo lessen or cause to seem to be less.
- MINISTERA person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
- MINISTRANTOne who ministers.
- MINISTRYGovernment department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitut
- MINORITYThe state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
- MINSTRELSYThe musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
- MINTA building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- MINTEROne who mints, particularly a moneyer producing coinage.
- MINUENDA number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.
- MINUETA slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
- MINUSCULEA lowercase letter.
- MINUTEA unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- MINUTIAA minor detail, often of negligible importance.
- MIRABILIAWonderful or extraordinary things; marvels.
- MIRABILISAny of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
- MIRABLEwonderful; admirable
- MISCELLANYAn assortment of miscellaneous items.