English words: M

1043 words under M; 801–900 on this page.

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• monoxide noun (monoxide, a monoxide), mostly in "carbon monoxide"
  A monoxide is a chemical made of one atom of oxygen joined to another element.
• monsieur noun (French: monsieur; plural messieurs)
  Monsieur is the French word for "Mr" or "sir", used before a man's name or to speak to a man politely: «Bonjour, monsieur!».
• monsoon noun (a monsoon, monsoons)
  A wind in South Asia and nearby places that changes direction with the seasons.
• monster noun (a monster, monsters); adjective-like…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A monster is a big, scary, made-up creature in stories, films and games.
• monstrous adjective (monstrous; more monstrous, most monstrous)
  Very large and frightening, like a monster: «a monstrous wave».
• montage noun (a montage, montages); verb…
  In films and TV, a quick series of short clips put together to show time passing or many things happening.
• montezuma proper noun (Montezuma); in the phrase «Montezuma's…
  Montezuma (also Moctezuma) was a famous ruler, or emperor, of the Aztecs in Mexico long ago, when Spanish soldiers arrived.
• month noun (month, months)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A month is one of the twelve parts of a year, like March or July.
• monthly adjective (monthly); adverb (monthly); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Happening, done or paid once every month.
• monument noun (a monument, monuments)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A statue, building or stone made to remember a famous person or event.
• moo verb (moo, moos, mooed, mooing); noun (a moo, moos)…
  A moo is the long, low sound a cow makes.
• mood noun (a mood, moods)
  How someone feels at a particular time, such as happy, grumpy or calm.
• moodily adverb (moodily)
  Moodily means in a sulky, gloomy way, as someone does when they are in a bad mood.
• moody adjective (moody, moodier, moodiest)
  Often changing mood suddenly, especially becoming sad, cross or grumpy for no clear reason.
• moon noun (moon, moons; the Moon); verb (moon around — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The big round object that goes around the Earth and shines at night by reflecting sunlight (often the Moon).
• moonbeam noun (moonbeams)
  A moonbeam is a ray of light from the moon.
• moonlight noun (moonlight, uncountable); verb…
  Moonlight is the light that comes from the Moon at night.
• moonlit adjective (moonlit)
  Moonlit means lit by the light of the Moon.
• moonshine noun (no plural); also used as a verb in old use
  Moonshine is the pale light of the moon.
• moonwalk noun (a moonwalk, moonwalks); verb…
  A walk on the surface of the Moon by an astronaut.
• moor noun (a moor, moors); verb (moor, moors, moored, mooring)
  A wide, open area of high land with rough grass, heather and few trees.
• moorhen noun (a moorhen, moorhens)
  A moorhen is a black water bird with a red and yellow beak and a white stripe on its side, often seen on ponds, rivers and canals.
• mooring noun (a mooring, moorings); verb form of «moor»…
  A place where a boat is tied up, often with a rope to a post or buoy.
• moorish adjective (Moorish)
  To do with the Moors, the Muslim people from North Africa who ruled much of Spain and Portugal for hundreds of years in the Middle Ages.
• moorland noun (moorlands)
  Moorland is wide open high land covered with heather and rough grass, often wet and bare.
• moose noun (moose; plural moose)
  A moose is a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of skin under its chin, and wide flat antlers on the male.
• moot adjective (a moot point; no comparative); verb…
  A moot point is a question that people still argue about and have not settled.
• mop noun (a mop, mops); verb (mop, mops, mopped, mopping)
  A mop is a cleaning tool with a long handle and thick strings or a sponge at the end, used to wash floors.
• mope verb (mope, mopes, moped, moping)
  To mope is to be low, sad and dull, sitting about and not wanting to join in.
• mopping verb form (-ing of mop: mop, mops, mopped, mopping); noun…
  Mopping is cleaning a floor with a mop and water.
• moral adjective (moral); noun (a moral, morals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches (the moral of the story).
• moralise verb…
  To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story.
• morality noun (no plural)
  Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about how people should behave.
• morally adverb (morally)
  In a way that is about right and wrong behaviour: morally right, morally wrong.
• morass noun (morasses)
  A morass is soft, wet ground that sinks under your feet, a bog.
• moray noun (a moray, morays); also moray eel
  A moray, or moray eel, is a long, snake-like fish with sharp teeth that lives in holes in coral reefs and rocks in warm seas.
• more determiner, pronoun, adverb (more; most)everyday · Jewish tradition
  More means a bigger number or amount: more apples, more water.
• moreover adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Moreover means also, and besides.
• morn noun (morn — literary)
  Morning.
• morning noun (morning, mornings)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The morning is the early part of the day, from when the sun rises until midday (noon).
• moro proper noun (Moro); fragment
  Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and other languages.
• moroccan adjective (Moroccan); noun (a Moroccan, Moroccans)
  From or to do with Morocco, a country in north-west Africa.
• morocco proper noun (Morocco); noun (morocco — soft leather)
  Morocco is a country in north-west Africa, across the sea from Spain (a name).
• morrow noun (the morrow)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The next day; tomorrow.
• morse noun (Morse, Morse code — uncountable); proper name (Morse)
  Morse code is a way of sending messages using short and long signals, dots and dashes, for each letter.
• morsel noun (a morsel, morsels)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small piece or bite of food.
• mortal adjective (mortal); noun (a mortal, mortals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Certain to die one day; not living forever.
• mortality noun (mortality — uncountable; mortalities — rare)
  Mortality is the fact that every living thing will one day die.
• mortally adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded».
• mortar noun (mortar, a mortar, mortars)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Mortar is a mixture of sand, cement or lime and water used to stick bricks or stones together.
• mortgage noun (a mortgage, mortgages); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mortgage is a big loan from a bank to buy a house or flat; you pay it back with interest, a bit every month, over many years.
• mortification noun
  Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down.
• mortified adjective (mortified); verb past form of «mortify»…
  Mortified means extremely embarrassed or ashamed.
• mosaic noun (a mosaic, mosaics)
  A picture or pattern made by putting together many small pieces of coloured stone, glass or tile.
• mosque noun (a mosque, mosques)
  A building where Muslims go to pray and worship together.
• mosquito noun (a mosquito, mosquitoes or mosquitos)
  A mosquito is a small flying insect with long legs; the females bite people and animals and suck their blood.
• moss noun (moss — uncountable; mosses for kinds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small, soft, green plant without flowers that grows in thick, low patches on damp ground, rocks, trees and walls.
• mossy adjective (mossy, mossier, mossiest)
  Covered with moss, the soft, green, low plant that grows on damp stones, trees and ground.
• most adjective, pronoun, adverb (many/much, more, most); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Most means the biggest amount or number.
• mostly adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Mostly means almost all, or the biggest part.
• mot noun (an MOT, MOTs — UK); noun…
  An MOT is a yearly test that cars more than a few years old must pass to show they are safe to drive on the road.
• mote nounJewish tradition
  A tiny speck of dust.
• motel noun (a motel, motels)
  A hotel by a road for people travelling by car, where you can usually park right outside your room.
• moth noun (a moth, moths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An insect like a butterfly, usually with dull brown or grey wings, that mostly flies at night and is drawn to lights.
• mother noun (mother, mothers); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mother is a woman who has a child.
• motherless adjective
  Motherless means having no living mother.
• motif noun (a motif, motifs)
  A pattern or picture that is repeated in a design, such as on fabric or wallpaper: a flower motif.
• motion noun (motion, motions); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Movement; the act of moving.
• motionless adjective (motionless — no comparative in normal use)
  Not moving at all; completely still.
• motivated adjective (motivated, more motivated); verb, past form of…
  Motivated means keen and wanting to work hard to do something.
• motivating verb form…
  Making someone want to do something or try hard.
• motivation noun (motivation — uncountable; a motivation, motivations)
  The wish or energy to do something and keep trying.
• motive noun (motive, motives); adjective…
  The reason why someone does something, especially something secret or wrong.
• motor noun (a motor, motors); adjective (motor); verb…
  A machine that turns energy (usually electricity or fuel) into movement, like the motor in a fan, a toy car or a boat.
• motorbike noun (motorbike, motorbikes)
  A motorbike is a heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, like a bicycle with a motor.
• motorboat noun (motorboat, motorboats)
  A motorboat is a boat that moves with an engine, not with sails or oars.
• motorcar noun (a motorcar, motorcars — old-fashioned)
  A car, a road vehicle with an engine that carries a few people.
• motorcycle noun (a motorcycle, motorcycles); verb…
  A heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, ridden like a bicycle.
• motorist noun (a motorist, motorists)
  A person who drives a car.
• motorway noun (a motorway, motorways)
  A motorway is a wide, fast road with several lanes in each direction, made for long journeys by car and lorry.
• mottled adjective
  Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat.
• motto noun (a motto, mottos or mottoes)
  A motto is a short sentence or phrase that sums up the beliefs or aims of a person, school, family or country.
• mould noun…
  Mould is a soft, furry growth, often green, white, blue or black, that grows on old food or damp walls; it is a kind of fungus.
• moulder verb (moulders, mouldered, mouldering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To moulder is to decay slowly and crumble, as old wood or stone does over many years.
• mouldy adjective (mouldy, mouldier, mouldiest)
  Covered with mould, a soft, furry fungus that grows on old food or in damp places.
• moult verb (moult, moults, moulted, moulting) — US spelling…
  To lose feathers, fur, hair or skin so that new ones can grow.
• mound noun (a mound, mounds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mound is a small hill or a pile of earth, stones or other things.
• mount verb (mount, mounts, mounted, mounting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To mount a horse or bike is to get on it.
• mountain noun (a mountain, mountains); adjective forms (mountainous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very high hill with steep sides, usually higher than about 600 metres.
• mountaineer noun (a mountaineer, mountaineers); verb…
  A mountaineer is a person who climbs mountains as a sport or hobby.
• mountainous adjective (mountainous)
  Mountainous means having many mountains.
• mourn verb (mourn, mourns, mourned, mourning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To mourn is to feel and show deep sadness because someone has died.
• mourner noun (a mourner, mourners)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who feels or shows sadness because someone has died, especially a person at a funeral.
• mournful adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Mournful means full of sorrow or sadness, showing grief.
• mournfully adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Mournfully means in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving.
• mourning noun (mourning — uncountable); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Great sadness shown after someone dies.
• mouse noun (mouse, mice; for computers also «mouses»)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mouse is a very small animal with a long thin tail, round ears and sharp teeth.
• mouser noun (a mouser, mousers)
  A mouser is a cat (or sometimes another animal) that is good at catching mice.
• moustache noun (a moustache, moustaches; US: mustache)
  A moustache is hair that grows on a man's upper lip, between the nose and the mouth.
• mousy adjective (mousy or mousey, mousier, mousiest)
  A dull light brown colour, like a mouse.

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