metric
metric (adj)
Relating to measurement.
metronome
metronome (n)
An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.
metropolis
metropolis (n)
A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
metropolitan
metropolitan (adj)
Pertaining to a chief city.
mettle
mettle (n)
Courage.
mettlesome
mettlesome (adj)
Having courage or spirit.
microcosm
microcosm (n)
The world or universe on a small scale.
micrometer
micrometer (n)
An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
microphone
microphone (n)
An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.
microscope
microscope (n)
An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
microscopic
microscopic (adj)
Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.
microscopy
microscopy (n)
The art of examing objects with the microscope.
midsummer
midsummer (n)
The middle of the summer.
midwife
midwife (n)
A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.
mien
mien (n)
The external appearance or manner of a person.
migrant
migrant (adj)
Wandering.
migrate
migrate (v)
To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
migratory
migratory (adj)
Wandering.
mileage
mileage (n)
A distance in miles.
militant
militant (adj)
Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
militarism
militarism (n)
A policy of maintaining great standing armies.
militate
militate (v)
To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
militia
militia (n)
Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.
Milky Way
Milky Way (n)
The galaxy.
millet
millet (n)
A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
mimic
mimic (v)
To imitate the speech or actions of.
miniature
miniature (adj)
Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
minimize
minimize (v)
To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
minion
minion (n)
A servile favorite.
ministration
ministration (n)
Any religious ceremonial.
ministry
ministry (n)
A service.
minority
minority (n)
The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
minute
minute (adj)
Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
minutia
minutia (n)
A small or unimportant particular or detail.
mirage
mirage (n)
An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.
misadventure
misadventure (n)
An unlucky accident.
misanthropic
misanthropic (adj)
Hating mankind.
misanthropy
misanthropy (n)
Hatred of mankind.
misapprehend
misapprehend (v)
To misunderstand.
misbehave
misbehave (v)
To behave ill.
misbehavior
misbehavior (n)
Ill or improper behavior.
mischievous
mischievous (adj)
Fond of tricks.
miscount
miscount (v)
To make a mistake in counting.
miscreant
miscreant (n)
A villain.
misdeed
misdeed (n)
A wrong or improper act.
misdemeanor
misdemeanor (n)
Evil conduct, small crime.
miser
miser (n)
A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
mishap
mishap (n)
Misfortune.
misinterpret
misinterpret (v)
To misunderstand.
mislay
mislay (v)
To misplace.
mismanage
mismanage (v)
To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
misnomer
misnomer (n)
A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
misogamy
misogamy (n)
Hatred of marriage.
misogyny
misogyny (n)
Hatred of women.
misplace
misplace (v)
To put into a wrong place.
misrepresent
misrepresent (v)
To give a wrong impression.
misrule
misrule (v)
To misgovern.
missal
missal (n)
The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
missile
missile (n)
Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.
missive
missive (n)
A message in writing.
mistrust
mistrust (v)
To regard with suspicion or jealousy.
misty
misty (adj)
Lacking clearness
misunderstand
misunderstand (v)
To Take in a wrong sense.
misuse
misuse (v)
To maltreat.
mite
mite (n)
A very small amount, portion, or particle.
miter
miter (n)
The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
mitigate
mitigate (v)
To make milder or more endurable.
mnemonics
mnemonics (n)
A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
moat
moat (n)
A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
mobocracy
mobocracy (n)
Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
moccasin
moccasin (n)
A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
mockery
mockery (n)
Ridicule.
moderation
moderation (n)
Temperance.
moderator
moderator (n)
The presiding officer of a meeting.
modernity
modernity (n)
The state or character of being modern.
modernize
modernize (v)
To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
modification
modification (n)
A change.
modify
modify (v)
To make somewhat different.
modish
modish (adj)
Fashionable.
modulate
modulate (v)
To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
mollify
mollify (v)
To soothe.
molt
molt (v)
To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
momentary
momentary (adj)
Lasting but a short time.
momentous
momentous (adj)
Very significant.
momentum
momentum (n)
An impetus.
monarchy
monarchy (n)
Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
monastery
monastery (n)
A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.
monetary
monetary (adj)
Financial.
mongrel
mongrel (n)
The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
monition
monition (n)
Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
monitory
monitory (n)
Admonition or warning.
monocracy
monocracy (n)
Government by a single person.
monogamy
monogamy (n)
The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
monogram
monogram (n)
A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
monograph
monograph (n)
A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
monolith
monolith (n)
Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
monologue
monologue (n)
A story or drama told or performed by one person.
monomania
monomania (n)
The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
monopoly
monopoly (n)
The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
monosyllable
monosyllable (n)
A word of one syllable.
monotone
monotone (n)
The sameness or monotony of utterance.
monotonous
monotonous (adj)
Unchanging and tedious.
monotony
monotony (n)
A lack of variety.
monsieur
monsieur (n)
A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
monstrosity
monstrosity (n)
Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
moonbeam
moonbeam (n)
A ray of moonlight.
morale
morale (n)
A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
moralist
moralist (n)
A writer on ethics.
morality
morality (n)
Virtue.
moralize
moralize (v)
To render virtuous.
moratorium
moratorium (n)
An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
morbid
morbid (adj)
Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
mordacious
mordacious (adj)
Biting or giving to biting.
mordant
mordant (adj)
Biting.
moribund
moribund (adj)
On the point of dying.
morose
morose (adj)
Gloomy.
morphology
morphology (n)
the science of organic forms.
motley
motley (adj)
Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
motto
motto (n)
An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
mountaineer
mountaineer (n)
One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
mountainous
mountainous (adj)
Full of or abounding in mountains.
mouthful
mouthful (n)
As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
muddle
muddle (v)
To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
muffle
muffle (v)
To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
mulatto
mulatto (n)
The offspring of a white person and a black person.
muleteer
muleteer (n)
A mule-driver.
multiform
multiform (adj)
Having many shapes, or appearances.
multiplicity
multiplicity (n)
the condition of being manifold or very various.
mundane
mundane (adj)
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
municipal
municipal (adj)
Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
municipality
municipality (n)
A district enjoying municipal government.
munificence
munificence (n)
A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
munificent
munificent (adj)
Extraordinarily generous.
muster
muster (n)
An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
mutation
mutation (n)
The act or process of change.
mutilate
mutilate (v)
To disfigure.
mutiny
mutiny (n)
Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.
myriad
myriad (n)
A vast indefinite number.
mystic
mystic (n)
One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
mystification
mystification (n)
The act of artfully perplexing.
myth
myth (n)
A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
mythology
mythology (n)
The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
nameless
nameless (adj)
Having no fame or reputation.
naphtha
naphtha (n)
A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
Narcissus
Narcissus (n)
The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
narrate
narrate (v)
To tell a story.
narration
narration (n)
The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
narrative
narrative (n)
An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
narrator
narrator (n)
One who narrates anything.
narrow-minded
narrow-minded (adj)
Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
nasal
nasal (adj)
Pertaining to the nose.
natal
natal (adj)
Pertaining to one's birth.
nationality
nationality (n)
A connection with a particular nation.
naturally
naturally (adv)
According to the usual order of things.
nausea
nausea (n)
An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
nauseate
nauseate (v)
To cause to loathe.
nauseous
nauseous (adj)
Loathsome.
nautical
nautical (adj)
Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
naval
naval (adj)
Pertaining to ships.
navel
navel (n)
The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
navigable
navigable (adj)
Capable of commercial navigation.
navigate
navigate (v)
To traverse by ship.
nebula
nebula (n)
A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
necessary
necessary (adj)
Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
necessitate
necessitate (v)
To render indispensable.
necessity
necessity (n)
That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
necrology
necrology (n)
A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
necromancer
necromancer (n)
One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
necropolis
necropolis (n)
A city of the dead.
necrosis
necrosis (n)
the death of part of the body.
nectar
nectar (n)
Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
nectarine
nectarine (n)
A variety of the peach.
needlework
needlework (n)
Embroidery.
needy
needy (adj)
Being in need, want, or poverty.
nefarious
nefarious (adj)
Wicked in the extreme.
negate
negate (v)
To deny.
negation
negation (n)
The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
neglectful
neglectful (adj)
Exhibiting or indicating omission.
negligee
negligee (n)
A loose gown worn by women.
negligence
negligence (n)
Omission of that which ought to be done.
negligent
negligent (adj)
Apt to omit what ought to be done.
negligible
negligible (adj)
Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
negotiable
negotiable (v)
To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
Nemesis
Nemesis (n)
A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
neocracy
neocracy (n)
Government administered by new or untried persons.
neo-Darwinsim
neo-Darwinsim (n)
Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
neo-Latin
neo-Latin (n)
Modernized Latin.
neopaganism
neopaganism (n)
A new or revived paganism.
Neolithic
Neolithic (adj)
Pertaining to the later stone age.
neology
neology (n)
The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
neophyte
neophyte (adj)
Having the character of a beginner.
nestle
nestle (v)
To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
nestling
nestling (adj)
Recently hatched.
nettle
nettle (v)
To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
network
network (n)
Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
neural
neural (adj)
Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.