| 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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| millimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | Synonyms: millimeter, mm |
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| millimicron | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, micromillimetre, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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| milline | (noun) an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication | - |
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| milliner | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatmaker, hatter, modiste |
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| millinery | (noun) hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner | Synonyms: woman's hat |
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| (noun) shop selling women's hats | Synonyms: hat shop |
| milling | (noun) corrugated edge of a coin | - |
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| million | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros | Synonyms: 1000000, meg, one thousand thousand |
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| (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: bazillion, billion, gazillion, jillion, trillion, zillion |
| millionaire | (noun) a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars | - |
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| millionairess | (noun) a woman millionaire | - |
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| millionth | (noun) one part in a million equal parts | Synonyms: one-millionth |
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| (noun) position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things | - |
| milliped | (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: millepede, millipede |
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| millipede | (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: millepede, milliped |
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| milliradian | (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian | - |
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| millirem | (noun) a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem | Synonyms: mrem |
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| milliroentgen | (noun) a unit of exposure to ionizing radiation, one thousandth of a roentgen. | - |
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| millisecond | (noun) one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | Synonyms: msec |
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| millivolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt | Synonyms: mV |
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| millivoltmeter | (noun) sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltage in millivolts | - |
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| milliwatt | (noun) a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt | - |
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| millpond | (noun) a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel | - |
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| millrace | (noun) a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel | Synonyms: millrun |
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| millrun | (noun) a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel | Synonyms: millrace |
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| millstone | (noun) one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain | - |
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| (noun) any load that is difficult to carry | - |
| (noun) (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | Synonyms: albatross |
| millwheel | (noun) water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill | Synonyms: mill wheel |
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| millwork | (noun) woodwork that has been machined at a mill | - |
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| millwright | (noun) a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery | - |
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| milo | (noun) small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains | Synonyms: milo maize |
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| milometer | (noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed | Synonyms: hodometer, mileometer, odometer |
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| milord | (noun) a term of address for an English lord | - |
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| milt | (noun) seminal fluid produced by male fish | - |
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| (noun) fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture | Synonyms: soft roe |
| miltomate | (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: jamberry, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo |
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| mime | (noun) a performance using gestures and body movements without words | Synonyms: dumb show, pantomime |
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| (noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression | Synonyms: mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist |
| mimeo | (noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) | Synonyms: mimeograph, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph |
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| mimeograph | (noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) | Synonyms: mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph |
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| mimer | (noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression | Synonyms: mime, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist |
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| mimesis | (noun) the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature | - |
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| (noun) the representation of another person's words in a speech | - |
| (noun) any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease | - |
| mimic | (noun) someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) | Synonyms: mimicker |
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| mimicker | (noun) someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) | Synonyms: mimic |
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| mimicry | (noun) the act of mimicking; imitative behavior | Synonyms: apery |
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| (noun) the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators | - |
| mimosa | (noun) a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice | Synonyms: buck's fizz |
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| (noun) any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves | - |
| (noun) evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers | Synonyms: Acacia dealbata, silver wattle |
| min | (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | Synonyms: minute |
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| mina | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minah | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: mina, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| minaret | (noun) slender tower with balconies | - |
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| mince | (noun) food chopped into small bits | - |
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| mincemeat | (noun) spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat | - |
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| mincer | (noun) a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces | Synonyms: mincing machine |
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| mind | (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: brain, head, nous, psyche |
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| (noun) recall or remembrance | - |
| (noun) attention | - |
| (noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgement, judgment |
| (noun) knowledge and intellectual ability | Synonyms: intellect |
| (noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: idea |
| (noun) an important intellectual | Synonyms: creative thinker, thinker |
| minder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, babyminder |
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| (noun) someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors | - |
| mindfuck | (noun) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person | - |
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| mindfulness | (noun) the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities | Synonyms: heedfulness |
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| mindlessness | (noun) the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | Synonyms: heedlessness, rashness |
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| (noun) total lack of meaning or ideas | Synonyms: inanity, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuity |
| mindset | (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, outlook |
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| mine | (noun) explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel | - |
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| (noun) excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted | - |
| minefield | (noun) a region in which explosives mines have been placed | - |
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| minelayer | (noun) ship equipped for laying marine mines | - |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| miner | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: mineworker |
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| mineral | (noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | - |
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| mineralocorticoid | (noun) hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium | - |
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| mineralogist | (noun) a scientist trained in mineralogy | - |
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| mineralogy | (noun) the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them | - |
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| mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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| minestrone | (noun) soup made with a variety of vegetables | Synonyms: petite marmite, vegetable soup |
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| minesweeper | (noun) ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines | - |
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| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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| mineworker | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: miner |
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| minge | (noun) vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals | - |
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| minginess | (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
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| mingling | (noun) the action of people mingling and coming into contact | - |
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| mini | (noun) a very short skirt | Synonyms: miniskirt |
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| miniature | (noun) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | Synonyms: toy |
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| (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: illumination |
| miniaturisation | (noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale | Synonyms: miniaturization |
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| miniaturist | (noun) someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail | - |
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| miniaturization | (noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale | Synonyms: miniaturisation |
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| minibar | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: cellaret |
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| minibike | (noun) small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars | Synonyms: motorbike |
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| minibus | (noun) a light bus (4 to 10 passengers) | - |
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| minicab | (noun) a minicar used as a taxicab | - |
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| minicalculator | (noun) (old-fashioned) a very small handheld calculator. | - |
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| minicar | (noun) a car that is even smaller than a subcompact car | - |
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| minicomputer | (noun) a digital computer of medium size | - |
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| minim | (noun) a musical note having the time value of half a whole note | Synonyms: half note |
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| (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram | - |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters | - |
| minimalism | (noun) an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color | Synonyms: minimal art, reductivism |
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| minimalist | (noun) a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism | - |
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| (noun) a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics | - |
| minimality | (noun) The state of being the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree. | - |
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| minimisation | (noun) the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position | Synonyms: minimization |
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| minimization | (noun) the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position | Synonyms: minimisation |
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| minimum | (noun) the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right | - |
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| (noun) the smallest possible quantity | Synonyms: lower limit |
| minimus | (noun) the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe | - |
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