English words: M

1043 words under M; 501–600 on this page.

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• methuselah noun (Methuselah; a methuselah, methuselahs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Methuselah is a man in the Book of Genesis who is said to have lived 969 years, the oldest person in the Bible.
• metic nounJewish tradition
  In ancient Greece, a foreigner who lived in a city without being a citizen.
• metre noun…
  A metre is a measure of length; a big step is about one metre.
• metric adjective (metric); noun (a metric, metrics)
  Using the metric system of measurement, based on the metre, the kilogram and the litre, with units that go up in tens (10, 100, 1,000).
• metro noun (a metro, metros; the Metro); adjective…
  A metro is an underground railway system in a city, also called a subway (US) or the Underground or Tube (London).
• metronome noun (a metronome, metronomes)
  A metronome is a device that ticks or clicks at a steady speed to help musicians keep time.
• metropolis noun (metropolis, metropolises)
  A very large, important city, often the main city of a country.
• metropolitan adjective (metropolitan); noun…
  Metropolitan means belonging to a very big city, called a metropolis, and the towns around it.
• mettle noun (mettle; no plural)
  Courage and strength of character, shown when a person faces a hard test.
• mew verb (mew, mews, mewed, mewing); noun (a mew, mews)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The soft, high crying sound a cat or kitten makes; to make this sound.
• mews noun (a mews, mews – the same form for one and many); verb…
  A row of old stables in a small street or yard, often now turned into houses or flats; also the name of the little street: «a mews house».
• mexican adjective (Mexican); noun (a Mexican, Mexicans)
  From or to do with Mexico, its people, language or culture.
• mg abbreviation (mg)
  mg is short for milligram, a very small unit of mass: there are 1,000 mg in 1 gram.
• mi abbreviation (mi); also a note name (mi)
  Mi is the short way to write mile, a long unit of length for roads and trips.
• miami noun (Miami; a proper noun — a city)
  A large city in the state of Florida, in the south-east of the USA, famous for its beaches, warm weather and Latin American culture.
• miaou verb (miaou, miaous, miaoued, miaouing); noun…
  The sound a cat makes.
• miaow verb (miaow, miaows, miaowed, miaowing); noun (a miaow)…
  A miaow is the sound a cat makes.
• miasma noun (a miasma, miasmas)
  A cloud of bad-smelling, unhealthy air, such as the smell from rotting things or a swamp.
• mic noun (a mic, mics); verb…
  Short for microphone: a device that picks up sound so it can be made louder or recorded.
• mica noun (mica, micas)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mineral found in rocks that splits into very thin, shiny, see-through sheets.
• michael proper noun (Michael — a name)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Michael is a common boy's and man's name in English-speaking countries (a name); short forms are Mike, Mick, Mikey and Mickey.
• michigan proper noun (Michigan)
  A state in the north of the United States, made of two peninsulas and surrounded by the Great Lakes.
• mick noun (a mick — offensive); name (Mick); in the phrase take…
  Mick is a short form of the name Michael.
• mickey proper noun (Mickey — a name); noun…
  Mickey is a first name, short for Michael, and the name of Mickey Mouse, the famous cartoon mouse from Disney.
• micro adjective (micro); noun (a micro, micros); prefix (micro-)
  Micro means very small: «a micro farm», «micro plastics».
• microbe noun (a microbe, microbes)
  A microbe is a living thing too small to see without a microscope, such as a bacterium, a virus or some fungi like yeast.
• microbial adjective (microbial)
  To do with microbes: tiny living things like bacteria, fungi and some algae that can only be seen with a microscope.
• microchip noun (a microchip, microchips; also chip); verb…
  A microchip is a very small piece of material, usually silicon, carrying tiny electronic circuits that store information or do…
• microcosm nounJewish tradition
  A "small world"; a small thing that is a model of the whole universe, such as a human being.
• microgram noun (a microgram, micrograms)
  A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram; its symbol is µg (sometimes mcg on medicine labels).
• microorganism noun (a microorganism, microorganisms)
  A living thing so tiny that you can only see it with a microscope, such as a bacterium, a virus (usually counted with them), some fungi…
• microphone noun (a microphone, microphones); informal: mic, mike
  A device that picks up sound and turns it into an electrical signal so it can be made louder, recorded or sent.
• microscope noun (a microscope, microscopes)
  A scientific instrument with lenses that makes very small things look much bigger, so you can see things too small for your eyes alone…
• microscopic adjective (microscopic)
  So small that it can only be seen through a microscope.
• microwave noun (a microwave, microwaves); verb…
  A microwave (oven) is a kitchen machine that heats or cooks food very quickly using invisible waves.
• mid prefix and adjective (mid-, mid); preposition…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mid means in the middle of something, often in a word with a hyphen: mid-morning, mid-air, mid-sentence.
• midday noun (midday — uncountable); adjective (midday)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Midday is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day; noon.
• middle noun (the middle, middles); adjective (middle)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The middle is the part that is halfway between the two ends or sides.
• middlemost noun or adjectiveJewish tradition
  The one in the middle of three; the middle one.
• midge noun (a midge, midges)
  A midge is a tiny flying insect, a bit like a very small fly or mosquito, that often flies in clouds near water.
• midget noun (a midget, midgets); adjective (midget)
  An old word for a very short person; today it is considered hurtful and should not be used — say «a person of short stature» or «a person…
• midi noun (a midi, midis); adjective (midi); abbreviation (MIDI)
  A midi is a skirt or dress that reaches the middle of the lower leg.
• midnight noun (midnight — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Midnight is twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one day ends and the next one begins.
• midpoint noun (a midpoint, midpoints)
  The point exactly halfway between two ends of a line segment, or halfway between two numbers.
• midrash nounJewish tradition
  A Jewish way of explaining the Bible by looking closely at its words and telling stories about them; also a book of such explanations.
• midst noun (midst; no plural); also in the midst of (phrase)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The middle part of something, especially among a crowd or group of people.
• midsummer noun (midsummer — uncountable); adjective (midsummer)
  Midsummer is the middle of summer, around the longest day of the year.
• midway adverb and adjective (midway); noun (a midway — US)
  In the middle, halfway between two places or two points in time.
• midwife noun (a midwife, midwives)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards.
• midwinter noun (midwinter — uncountable); adjective (midwinter)
  Midwinter is the middle of winter, the coldest and darkest part.
• mien noun (mien, miens); old use
  A person's look or bearing, the way their face and manner seem.
• might modal verb (might — like may, no -s form); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Used to say something is possible but not sure: "It might rain.".
• mightest verb, past tense of might, used with thou…
  Had the power to do something; were able to.
• mightily adverb (mightily)everyday · Jewish tradition
  With great strength or force, very hard.
• mightst verb, past tense of might, used with thou…
  Had the power to do something; were able to.
• mighty adjective (mighty, mightier, mightiest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very strong or powerful.
• migrant noun (a migrant, migrants); adjective (migrant)
  A migrant is a person who moves from one place or country to another, especially to find work or a better life.
• migrate verb (migrate, migrates, migrated, migrating); nouns…
  To move from one area to another at certain seasons, often very far, to find food, warmth or a place to breed.
• migration noun (migration, migrations)
  The movement of animals, often in large groups, from one place to another at the same time each year, to find food, warmth or a place to…
• migratory adjective (migratory)
  Moving regularly from one place to another, usually with the seasons, to find food, warmth or a place to breed: «migratory birds».
• mike noun (Mike — a name; a mike, mikes — informal); verb…
  Mike is a boy's or man's first name, short for Michael.
• mil noun (mil, mils)
  A mil is a very small unit of thickness, one thousandth of an inch, used for plastic, wire and paper.
• milch adjectiveJewish tradition
  Giving milk; kept for its milk, said of cows or other animals.
• mild adjective (mild, milder, mildest)
  Not strong, severe or extreme: «a mild illness», «a mild punishment».
• mildew nounJewish tradition
  A thin white or grey fungus that grows on plants, walls or cloth in damp places.
• mildly adverb
  Slightly; a little; not very much: mildly annoyed.
• mildness noun (mildness; no plural)
  The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong.
• mile noun (mile, miles)
  A mile is a long unit of distance; walking a mile takes about 20 minutes.
• milestone noun (a milestone, milestones)
  A stone by the side of a road showing how many miles it is to a town.
• military adjective (military); noun…
  Military means having to do with soldiers, the army, navy or air force, or war.
• milk noun (milk — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Milk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals.
• milkmaid noun (a milkmaid, milkmaids)
  A girl or woman who milks cows by hand or works in a dairy.
• milkman noun (milkman, milkmen)
  A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning.
• milkshake noun (a milkshake, milkshakes)
  A cold, sweet drink made by mixing milk with ice cream and a flavour such as chocolate, strawberry or banana.
• milkweed noun (milkweed, milkweeds)
  Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds.
• milky adjective (milky, milkier, milkiest)
  Containing a lot of milk, or made with milk: «milky tea», «milky coffee».
• mill noun (a mill, mills); verb (mill, mills, milled, milling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mill is a building with machines for grinding grain into flour, often powered by wind or water.
• millennial noun (a millennial, millennials); adjective (millennial)
  A person born roughly between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, who became an adult around the year 2000; also called Generation Y.
• millennium noun (a millennium, millennia or millenniums)
  A millennium is a period of a thousand years.
• miller noun (a miller, millers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A miller is a person who owns or works in a mill, grinding grain into flour.
• millet noun (millet — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A kind of grass grown for its small round seeds, which are eaten as grain by people and animals.
• milligram noun…
  A milligram is a very small unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram.
• millilitre noun (millilitre, millilitres)
  A millilitre is a very small unit for measuring liquid.
• millimetre noun (a millimetre, millimetres); millimeter (US)
  A millimetre is a small unit of length; there are 10 millimetres in a centimetre and 1,000 in a metre.
• milliner noun (milliner, milliners)
  A milliner is a person who makes or sells hats, especially women's hats and bonnets.
• million number; noun (a million, millions; two million)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A million is the number 1,000,000: a thousand thousands.
• millionaire noun (a millionaire, millionaires)
  A millionaire is a person who has money and property worth at least a million pounds, dollars or other units of money.
• millionth adjective and noun (millionth; a millionth, millionths)
  Millionth means coming at number 1,000,000 in order.
• millipede noun (a millipede, millipedes)
  A millipede is a small creature with a long body made of many segments, with two pairs of legs on most segments, that lives in damp soil…
• millstone noun (a millstone, millstones)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A millstone is one of a pair of large, round, flat stones used in a mill to grind grain into flour.
• milt nounJewish tradition
  The spleen, a small organ near the stomach; also the sperm of male fish.
• mime noun (a mime, mimes; mime, uncountable); verb…
  Mime is acting a story using only movements, faces and gestures, without words.
• mimic verb (mimic, mimics, mimicked, mimicking); noun…
  To copy the way someone talks or moves, often to be funny or to make fun of them.
• mimicry noun (mimicry, uncountable)
  Mimicry is copying the way someone talks, moves or behaves, often to make people laugh.
• mimosa noun (a mimosa, mimosas)
  A tree or shrub with fluffy yellow or pink flowers.
• min abbreviation, noun (min — minute, minutes)
  Min is the short way to write minute.
• mince noun (mince — uncountable) — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mince is meat cut into very small pieces in a machine, used for burgers, spaghetti bolognese and cottage pie; in the US and Canada it is…
• mincer noun (a mincer, mincers)
  A kitchen machine that cuts meat or other food into very small pieces by pushing it through a plate with holes; in the US usually called a…
• mind noun (a mind, minds); verb (mind, minds, minded, minding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your mind is the part of you that thinks, feels, remembers and imagines.
• mindful adjective (no change of form; mindful of, mindful that)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To be mindful is to keep something in mind and be careful about it: mindful of the rules.

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