| armilla | (noun) (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm | - |
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| (noun) a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars | Synonyms: armillary sphere |
| assimilability | (noun) Capability of being taken in and utilized as nourishment. | - |
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| assimilation | (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance | - |
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| (noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: acculturation |
| (noun) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound | - |
| (noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: absorption |
| (noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: absorption |
| (noun) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family | - |
| assimilator | (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: learner, scholar, student |
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| bimillenary | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillennium |
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| (noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillennium |
| bimillennium | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillenary |
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| (noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillenary |
| buttermilk | (noun) residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture | - |
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| camomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile |
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| chamomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, camomile, Chamaemelum nobilis |
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| chemiluminescence | (noun) luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies | - |
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| dissimilarity | (noun) the quality of being dissimilar | Synonyms: unsimilarity |
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| dissimilation | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: catabolism, destructive metabolism, katabolism |
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| (noun) a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other | - |
| dissimilitude | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: unlikeness |
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| facsimile | (noun) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax |
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| (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: autotype |
| familiar | (noun) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | Synonyms: familiar spirit |
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| (noun) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | - |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, fellow |
| familiarisation | (noun) the experience of becoming familiar with something | Synonyms: familiarization |
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| familiarity | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: impropriety, indecorum, liberty |
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| (noun) usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known | - |
| (noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: closeness, intimacy |
| (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: casualness |
| (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversance, conversancy |
| familiarization | (noun) the experience of becoming familiar with something | Synonyms: familiarisation |
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| family | (noun) primary social group; parents and children | Synonyms: family unit |
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| (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept |
| (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: home, house, household, menage |
| (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera | - |
| (noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: category, class |
| (noun) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | Synonyms: fellowship |
| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, mob, syndicate |
| (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: kin, kinsperson |
| foremilk | (noun) milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition | Synonyms: colostrum |
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| ginmill | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, saloon, taproom |
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| gristmill | (noun) a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) | - |
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| homiletics | (noun) the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies | - |
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| (noun) the art of preaching | - |
| homily | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: preachment |
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| humiliation | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem | Synonyms: abasement |
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| (noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect | Synonyms: mortification |
| (noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: chagrin, mortification |
| (noun) state of disgrace or loss of self-respect | - |
| humility | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | Synonyms: humbleness |
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| (noun) a humble feeling | Synonyms: humbleness |
| kamilavka | (noun) A headdress worn among Orthodox Christian monastics and clergy. | - |
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| liebfraumilch | (noun) a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany) | - |
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| lumbermill | (noun) a mill for dressing logs and lumber | Synonyms: sawmill |
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| mamilla | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mammilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit |
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| mammilla | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit |
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| mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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| materfamilias | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: matriarch |
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| micromillimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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| micromillimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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| mil | (noun) a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire) | - |
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| (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, milliliter, millilitre, ml |
| (noun) an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution | - |
| (noun) a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound | - |
| (noun) a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km | Synonyms: mile, Swedish mile |
| milage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: mileage |
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| milcher | (noun) cattle that are reared for their milk | Synonyms: dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milker |
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| mildew | (noun) a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter | - |
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| (noun) the process of becoming mildewed | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| mildness | (noun) mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | Synonyms: lenience, leniency, lenity |
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| (noun) acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered | Synonyms: gentleness, softness |
| (noun) good weather with comfortable temperatures | Synonyms: clemency |
| mile | (noun) a footrace extending one mile | - |
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| (noun) a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters | Synonyms: international mile, land mile, mi, stat mi, statute mile |
| (noun) a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km | Synonyms: mil, Swedish mile |
| (noun) an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards | Synonyms: Roman mile |
| (noun) a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude | Synonyms: air mile, international nautical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile |
| (noun) a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) | Synonyms: sea mile |
| (noun) a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile | Synonyms: Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mi, naut mi, nautical mile |
| (noun) a large distance | - |
| mileage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: milage |
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| (noun) a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled | - |
| (noun) the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned | Synonyms: fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, gasoline mileage |
| mileometer | (noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed | Synonyms: hodometer, milometer, odometer |
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| milepost | (noun) stone post at side of a road to show distances | Synonyms: milestone |
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| miler | (noun) a runner in a one-mile race | - |
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| (noun) (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles | - |
| milestone | (noun) stone post at side of a road to show distances | Synonyms: milepost |
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| (noun) a significant event in your life (or in a project) | - |
| milfoil | (noun) ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America | Synonyms: Achillea millefolium, yarrow |
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| miliaria | (noun) obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity | Synonyms: heat rash, prickly heat |
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| milieu | (noun) the environmental condition | Synonyms: surroundings |
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| militainment | (noun) entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated | - |
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| militance | (noun) a militant aggressiveness | Synonyms: combativeness, militancy |
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| militancy | (noun) a militant aggressiveness | Synonyms: combativeness, militance |
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| militant | (noun) a militant reformer | Synonyms: activist |
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| militarisation | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarization, mobilisation, mobilization |
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| militarism | (noun) a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests | - |
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| militarist | (noun) a person who advocates war or warlike policies | Synonyms: warmonger |
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| militarization | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, mobilisation, mobilization |
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| military | (noun) the military forces of a nation | Synonyms: armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
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| militia | (noun) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | Synonyms: reserves |
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| (noun) the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service | - |
| militiaman | (noun) a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies | - |
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| milium | (noun) a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland | Synonyms: whitehead |
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| milk | (noun) produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young | - |
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| (noun) a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings | - |
| (noun) any of several nutritive milklike liquids | - |
| milkcap | (noun) edible mushroom | Synonyms: Lactarius delicioso |
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| milker | (noun) cattle that are reared for their milk | Synonyms: dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow |
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| milkmaid | (noun) a woman who works in a dairy | Synonyms: dairymaid |
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| milkman | (noun) someone who delivers milk | - |
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| milkshake | (noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream | Synonyms: milk shake, shake |
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| milksop | (noun) a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | Synonyms: Milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy |
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| milkwagon | (noun) wagon for delivering milk | Synonyms: milk wagon |
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| milkweed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts | Synonyms: silkweed |
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| (noun) annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads | Synonyms: Sonchus oleraceus |
| milkwort | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Polygala | - |
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| mill | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, pulverisation, pulverization |
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| (noun) machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | Synonyms: grinder, milling machinery |
| (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant |
| millboard | (noun) stout pasteboard used to bind books | - |
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| milldam | (noun) dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill | - |
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| millenarian | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarist |
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| millenarianism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarism, millenniumism |
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| millenarism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenniumism |
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| millenarist | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarian |
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| millenary | (noun) a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) | - |
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| (noun) a span of 1000 years | Synonyms: millennium |
| (noun) the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: millennium |
| millennium | (noun) a span of 1000 years | Synonyms: millenary |
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| (noun) (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness | - |
| (noun) the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: millenary |
| millenniumism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenarism |
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| millepede | (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs | Synonyms: milliped, millipede |
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| miller | (noun) any of various moths that have powdery wings | Synonyms: moth miller |
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| (noun) machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it | Synonyms: milling machine |
| (noun) someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) | - |
| millerite | (noun) a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel | - |
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| millet | (noun) small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica | - |
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| (noun) any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine | - |
| millettia | (noun) any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood | - |
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| milliammeter | (noun) a sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes | - |
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| milliampere | (noun) one thousandth of an ampere | Synonyms: mA |
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| milliard | (noun) a billion | - |
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| millibar | (noun) a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar | - |
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| millicurie | (noun) a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie | - |
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| millidegree | (noun) a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree | - |
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| milliequivalent | (noun) one-thousandth of an equivalent | Synonyms: meq |
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| millifarad | (noun) a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad | - |
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| milligram | (noun) one thousandth (1/1,000) gram | Synonyms: mg |
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| millihenry | (noun) a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry | - |
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| milliliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, millilitre, ml |
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| millilitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, milliliter, ml |
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| millime | (noun) 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia | - |
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| millimeter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | Synonyms: millimetre, mm |
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