English words: M

1043 words under M; 1001–1043 on this page.

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• musing verb form (the -ing form of muse); noun (plural musings)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Musing is thinking quietly and slowly about something.
• musk noun (musk, uncountable); a name (Musk)
  Musk is a strong-smelling substance first taken from a gland of the male musk deer, used in making perfumes; today most musk in perfumes…
• musket noun (plural muskets)
  A musket is an old kind of long gun, loaded through the front of the barrel, used by soldiers and hunters long ago.
• muskrat noun (plural muskrats)
  A muskrat is a small water animal with thick brown fur, found in North America and Europe, which lives near rivers and ponds.
• muslim noun (a Muslim, Muslims); adjective (Muslim)
  A person who follows the religion of Islam.
• muslin noun (muslin — uncountable; muslins for kinds)
  Muslin is a thin, light cotton cloth.
• mussel noun (a mussel, mussels)
  A mussel is a sea or river shellfish with a long dark blue or black shell in two halves.
• must verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Must means something has to happen; it is needed or it is a rule: «You must wear shoes.».
• mustache noun (plural mustaches)
  A mustache is the hair that grows on a man's upper lip.
• mustang noun (a mustang, mustangs)
  A small, tough, half-wild horse of the western USA, descended from horses brought by the Spanish.
• mustard noun (mustard, uncountable); adjective…
  Mustard is a hot-tasting yellow or brown paste or sauce made from the seeds of the mustard plant, eaten with meat and hot dogs.
• muster verb (musters, mustered, mustering); noun (plural musters)Jewish tradition
  To muster is to gather or bring together, such as courage or strength.
• musty adjective (mustier, mustiest)
  Musty means smelling damp, stale or old, as a room or food does when it has not been aired.
• mutant noun (a mutant, mutants); adjective (mutant)
  A mutant is a living thing whose genes have changed, so it is different from its parents in some way, like a white tiger or a plant with…
• mutation noun (a mutation, mutations; mutation, uncountable)
  A mutation is a change in the genes (DNA) of a living thing, which can cause a new feature; most mutations make no difference, some are…
• mute adjective (mute); verb (mute, mutes, muted, muting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To mute a sound, phone, TV or video call is to turn its sound off so nothing can be heard; the mute button does this.
• muted adjective (muted); verb past form of mute…
  Quiet and soft, not loud.
• mutilate verbJewish tradition
  To damage something badly by cutting or tearing off a part of it.
• mutilated adjective; past participle of mutilate…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mutilated means badly damaged, cut or broken, especially a body part that has been harmed.
• mutiny noun (plural mutinies); verb (mutinies, mutinied, mutinying)
  A mutiny is a rebellion, when a group of sailors or soldiers refuse to obey their leader and fight against him.
• mutt noun (a mutt, mutts)
  A dog of no particular breed, a mixed-breed dog; often said with love.
• mutter verb (mutter, mutters, muttered, muttering); noun (a mutter)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To speak quietly and unclearly, often to yourself, so others cannot hear well.
• muttering noun (muttering, mutterings); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  -ing form of mutter: he was muttering to himself.
• mutton noun (mutton — uncountable)
  Meat from an adult sheep, older than lamb, with a stronger taste.
• mutual adjective (mutual; mutually adv.)
  Mutual means felt or done by each of two or more people towards the other: mutual respect, mutual help.
• mutualism noun (mutualism, uncountable); adjective mutualistic
  Mutualism is a relationship between two different kinds of living things in which both of them benefit.
• mutually adverb (mutually)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mutually means felt or done by each of two or more people towards the other, or shared by both.
• muzzle noun (a muzzle, muzzles); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A muzzle is the nose and mouth of an animal such as a dog or horse.
• mycelium noun (mycelium, mycelia)
  Mycelium is the mass of thin white threads of a fungus that grows underground or inside rotting wood; mushrooms grow out of it.
• myoglobin noun (myoglobin)
  Myoglobin is a protein in muscles that holds oxygen until the muscle needs it.
• myopia noun (myopia, uncountable)
  Short-sightedness: being able to see things close to you clearly but things far away look blurry.
• myriad noun (a myriad, myriads); adjective (myriad lights)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars.
• myrrh noun (myrrh, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A sweet-smelling, bitter gum (resin) from a small thorny tree in Arabia and Africa, used in perfumes, medicines and incense.
• myrtle noun (myrtles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens.
• mysterious adjective (mysterious; mysteriously adv.)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mysterious means strange and hard to explain or understand.
• mysteriously adverb (mysteriously; more mysteriously)
  In a way that is strange and cannot be explained.
• mystery noun (mystery, mysteries); adjective (mystery — unknown)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mystery is something strange that is not known or explained yet.
• mystic adjective (mystic, more mystic); noun (a mystic, mystics)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mystic means connected with a hidden or secret meaning, something that cannot be understood by reason alone.
• mystical adjective (mystical)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Having a hidden spiritual meaning that is hard to explain, beyond the everyday world.
• mysticism nounJewish tradition
  The search for knowledge of God and hidden truth through deep spiritual thought and experience.
• myth noun (a myth, myths)
  A myth is a very old story about gods, heroes or magical creatures, often explaining how the world or nature began.
• mythical adjective (more mythical, most mythical)
  Found in myths and legends, not real: a mythical creature like a dragon or unicorn.
• mythology noun (mythologies)
  Mythology is the whole collection of myths that belong to a people, such as Greek mythology.

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