| mead
|
(noun) made of fermented honey and water |
- |
|---|
| meadow
|
(noun) a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay |
Synonyms:
hayfield |
|---|
| meadowgrass
|
(noun) any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture |
Synonyms:
meadow grass |
|---|
| meadowlark
|
(noun) North American songbirds having a yellow breast |
Synonyms:
lark |
|---|
| meagerness
|
(noun) the quality of being meager |
Synonyms:
meagreness,
poorness,
exiguity,
scantiness,
scantness,
leanness |
|---|
| meagreness
|
(noun) the quality of being meager |
Synonyms:
meagerness,
poorness,
exiguity,
scantiness,
scantness,
leanness |
|---|
| meal
|
(noun) the food served and eaten at one time |
Synonyms:
repast |
|---|
| (noun) any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times |
- |
| (noun) coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse |
- |
| mealberry
|
(noun) evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn |
Synonyms:
red bearberry,
hog cranberry,
mountain box,
wild cranberry,
sand berry,
sandberry,
common bearberry,
creashak,
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi,
bear's grape |
|---|
| mealie
|
(noun) an ear of corn |
- |
|---|
| mealtime
|
(noun) the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten |
- |
|---|
| mealworm
|
(noun) the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae |
- |
|---|
| mealybug
|
(noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees |
Synonyms:
mealy bug |
|---|
| mean
|
(noun) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
Synonyms:
mean value |
|---|
| meander
|
(noun) a bend or curve, as in a stream or river |
- |
|---|
| (noun) an aimless amble on a winding course |
Synonyms:
ramble |
| meanie
|
(noun) a person of mean disposition |
Synonyms:
unkind person,
meany |
|---|
| meaning
|
(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified |
Synonyms:
import,
significance,
signification |
|---|
| (noun) the idea that is intended |
Synonyms:
substance |
| meaningfulness
|
(noun) the quality of having great value or significance |
- |
|---|
| meaninglessness
|
(noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning |
Synonyms:
nonsense,
bunk,
nonsensicality,
hokum |
|---|
| (noun) the quality of having no value or significance |
- |
| meanness
|
(noun) the quality of being deliberately mean |
Synonyms:
beastliness |
|---|
| (noun) extreme stinginess |
Synonyms:
tightness,
niggardliness,
niggardness,
minginess,
parsimoniousness,
parsimony,
closeness,
tightfistedness |
| means
|
(noun) to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end |
Synonyms:
way,
agency |
|---|
| (noun) considerable capital (wealth or income) |
Synonyms:
substance |
| (noun) an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end |
Synonyms:
instrumentation,
instrumentality |
| meantime
|
(noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another |
Synonyms:
lag,
interim,
meanwhile |
|---|
| meanwhile
|
(noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another |
Synonyms:
lag,
interim,
meantime |
|---|
| meany
|
(noun) a person of mean disposition |
Synonyms:
unkind person,
meanie |
|---|
| mearstone
|
(noun) an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab |
Synonyms:
meerestone,
merestone |
|---|
| measles
|
(noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children |
Synonyms:
rubeola,
morbilli |
|---|
| measurability
|
(noun) the quality of being measurable |
Synonyms:
quantifiability |
|---|
| measure
|
(noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal |
Synonyms:
step |
|---|
| (noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
Synonyms:
quantity,
amount |
| (noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law |
Synonyms:
bill |
| (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
Synonyms:
measurement,
measuring,
mensuration |
| (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated |
Synonyms:
standard,
criterion,
touchstone |
| (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
Synonyms:
beat,
meter,
metre,
cadence |
| (noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats |
Synonyms:
bar |
| (noun) measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements |
Synonyms:
measuring rod,
measuring stick |
| (noun) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance |
- |
| measurement
|
(noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
Synonyms:
measure,
measuring,
mensuration |
|---|
| measurer
|
(noun) a person who makes measurements |
- |
|---|
| measuring
|
(noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
Synonyms:
measure,
measurement,
mensuration |
|---|
| meat
|
(noun) the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone |
Synonyms:
kernel |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
Synonyms:
heart,
center,
centre,
core,
nitty-gritty,
nub,
inwardness,
heart and soul,
marrow,
pith,
kernel,
gist,
essence,
substance,
sum |
| meatball
|
(noun) ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth |
- |
|---|
| meatloaf
|
(noun) a baked loaf of ground meat |
Synonyms:
meat loaf |
|---|
| meatman
|
(noun) a retailer of meat |
Synonyms:
butcher |
|---|
| meatpacking
|
(noun) wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) |
Synonyms:
meat packing,
meat-packing business |
|---|
| meatus
|
(noun) a natural body passageway |
- |
|---|
| mebendazole
|
(noun) an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations |
- |
|---|
| mebibit
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits |
Synonyms:
Mibit |
|---|
| mebibyte
|
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes |
Synonyms:
M,
MB,
MiB,
megabyte |
|---|
| mecca
|
(noun) a place that attracts many visitors |
- |
|---|
| mechanic
|
(noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools |
Synonyms:
machinist,
shop mechanic |
|---|
| (noun) someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
Synonyms:
grease monkey,
car-mechanic,
auto-mechanic,
automobile mechanic |
| mechanics
|
(noun) the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the technical aspects of doing something |
Synonyms:
mechanism |
| mechanisation
|
(noun) the condition of having a highly technical implementation |
Synonyms:
mechanization |
|---|
| (noun) the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware |
Synonyms:
mechanization,
automation |
| mechanism
|
(noun) the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction |
Synonyms:
chemical mechanism |
|---|
| (noun) the technical aspects of doing something |
Synonyms:
mechanics |
| (noun) a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function |
- |
| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes |
- |
| (noun) device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function |
- |
| mechanist
|
(noun) a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism |
- |
|---|
| mechanization
|
(noun) the condition of having a highly technical implementation |
Synonyms:
mechanisation |
|---|
| (noun) the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware |
Synonyms:
mechanisation,
automation |
| meclizine
|
(noun) an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness |
Synonyms:
meclizine hydrochloride,
Antivert |
|---|
| meclofenamate
|
(noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis |
Synonyms:
Meclomen,
meclofenamate sodium |
|---|
| meconium
|
(noun) thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child |
- |
|---|
| mecopteran
|
(noun) any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera |
- |
|---|
| medal
|
(noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
Synonyms:
decoration,
ribbon,
laurel wreath,
palm,
medallion |
|---|
| medalist
|
(noun) someone who has won a medal |
Synonyms:
medallist |
|---|
| (noun) (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament |
Synonyms:
medal winner,
medallist |
| medallion
|
(noun) any of various large ancient Greek coins |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) |
- |
| (noun) an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered |
- |
| (noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
Synonyms:
decoration,
ribbon,
laurel wreath,
palm,
medal |
| (noun) a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) "medallions of veal" |
- |
| medallist
|
(noun) someone who has won a medal |
Synonyms:
medalist |
|---|
| (noun) (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament |
Synonyms:
medal winner,
medalist |
| meddler
|
(noun) an officious annoying person who interferes with others |
- |
|---|
| meddlesomeness
|
(noun) aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation |
Synonyms:
intrusiveness,
officiousness |
|---|
| meddling
|
(noun) the act of altering something secretly or improperly |
Synonyms:
tampering |
|---|
| medevac
|
(noun) the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care |
Synonyms:
medical evacuation,
medivac |
|---|
| medfly
|
(noun) small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
Synonyms:
Mediterranean fruit fly,
Ceratitis capitata |
|---|
| mediacy
|
(noun) the quality of being mediate |
Synonyms:
mediateness |
|---|
| median
|
(noun) the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items |
Synonyms:
median value |
|---|
| mediant
|
(noun) (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant |
- |
|---|
| mediastinum
|
(noun) the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus |
- |
|---|
| mediateness
|
(noun) the quality of being mediate |
Synonyms:
mediacy |
|---|
| mediation
|
(noun) a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement |
Synonyms:
intermediation |
| mediator
|
(noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties |
Synonyms:
intercessor,
intermediary,
intermediator,
go-between |
|---|
| mediatrix
|
(noun) a woman who is a mediator |
- |
|---|
| medic
|
(noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves |
Synonyms:
trefoil,
medick |
|---|
| (noun) a medical practitioner in the armed forces |
Synonyms:
medical officer |
| medical
|
(noun) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
Synonyms:
health check,
medical checkup,
medical exam,
medical examination,
checkup |
|---|
| medicament
|
(noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
Synonyms:
medication,
medicine,
medicinal drug |
|---|
| medication
|
(noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
Synonyms:
medicine,
medicament,
medicinal drug |
|---|
| (noun) the act of treating with medicines or remedies |
- |
| medicine
|
(noun) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
Synonyms:
medical specialty |
|---|
| (noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
Synonyms:
medication,
medicament,
medicinal drug |
| (noun) the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
Synonyms:
practice of medicine |
| (noun) punishment for one's actions |
Synonyms:
music |
| medick
|
(noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves |
Synonyms:
trefoil,
medic |
|---|
| medico
|
(noun) a student in medical school |
Synonyms:
medical student |
|---|
| (noun) a licensed medical practitioner |
Synonyms:
MD,
doctor,
Dr.,
doc,
physician |
| mediety
|
(noun) one of two (approximately) equal parts |
Synonyms:
moiety |
|---|
| medievality
|
(noun) The quality of being of or relating to the Middle Ages, perhaps circa 500 to circa 1500 CE. |
- |
|---|
| medina
|
(noun) the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa |
- |
|---|
| mediocrity
|
(noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding |
Synonyms:
averageness |
|---|
| (noun) a person of second-rate ability or value |
Synonyms:
second-rater |
| meditation
|
(noun) continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature |
Synonyms:
speculation |
|---|
| (noun) (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects) |
- |
| meditativeness
|
(noun) deep serious thoughtfulness |
Synonyms:
pensiveness,
contemplativeness |
|---|
| medium
|
(noun) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the surrounding environment |
- |
| (noun) an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication |
- |
| (noun) (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
Synonyms:
culture medium |
| (noun) a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter |
- |
| (noun) (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed |
- |
| (noun) an intervening substance through which something is achieved |
- |
| (noun) a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position |
- |
| (noun) someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead |
Synonyms:
sensitive,
spiritualist |
| (noun) (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
Synonyms:
mass medium |
| (noun) an occupation for which you are especially well suited |
Synonyms:
metier |
| medivac
|
(noun) the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care |
Synonyms:
medevac,
medical evacuation |
|---|
| medlar
|
(noun) small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit |
Synonyms:
wild medlar,
wild medlar tree,
Vangueria infausta |
|---|
| (noun) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples |
Synonyms:
Mespilus germanica,
medlar tree |
| (noun) a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste |
- |
| (noun) crabapple-like fruit used for preserves |
- |
| medley
|
(noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources |
Synonyms:
potpourri,
pastiche |
|---|
| medroxyprogesterone
|
(noun) a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders |
Synonyms:
Provera |
|---|
| medulla
|
(noun) a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers |
Synonyms:
myelin,
myeline |
|---|
| (noun) lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata) |
Synonyms:
bulb,
medulla oblongata |
| (noun) the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal |
- |
| medusa
|
(noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles |
Synonyms:
medusan,
medusoid |
|---|
| medusan
|
(noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles |
Synonyms:
medusa,
medusoid |
|---|
| medusoid
|
(noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles |
Synonyms:
medusa,
medusan |
|---|
| meed
|
(noun) a fitting reward |
- |
|---|
| meekness
|
(noun) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness |
Synonyms:
submission |
|---|
| (noun) a disposition to be patient and long suffering |
Synonyms:
subduedness |
| meerestone
|
(noun) an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab |
Synonyms:
mearstone,
merestone |
|---|
| meerkat
|
(noun) a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes |
Synonyms:
mierkat |
|---|
| meerschaum
|
(noun) a white clayey mineral |
Synonyms:
sepiolite |
|---|
| (noun) a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum |
- |
| meet
|
(noun) a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
Synonyms:
sports meeting |
|---|
| meeter
|
(noun) a person who is present and participates in a meeting |
Synonyms:
attendant,
attendee,
attender |
|---|
| meeting
|
(noun) a formally arranged gathering |
Synonyms:
group meeting |
|---|
| (noun) a small informal social gathering |
Synonyms:
get together |
| (noun) a casual or unexpected convergence |
Synonyms:
encounter |
| (noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose |
Synonyms:
coming together,
congress |
| (noun) the act of joining together as one |
Synonyms:
merging,
coming together |
| (noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) |
Synonyms:
confluence |
| meetinghouse
|
(noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) |
Synonyms:
conventicle |
|---|
| mefloquine
|
(noun) an antimalarial drug (trade name Lariam and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people |
Synonyms:
Mephaquine,
mefloquine hydrochloride,
Lariam |
|---|
| meg
|
(noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros |
Synonyms:
1000000,
million,
one thousand thousand |
|---|