| merge | (verb) become one | Synonyms: unify, unite |
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| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, mix |
| (verb) join or combine | Synonyms: unify, unite |
| merged | (adjective) formed or united into a whole | Synonyms: incorporate, incorporated, integrated, unified |
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| merger | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: amalgamation, uniting |
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| (noun) an occurrence that involves the production of a union | Synonyms: fusion, unification |
| merging | (adjective) flowing together | Synonyms: confluent |
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| (noun) a flowing together | Synonyms: confluence, conflux |
| (noun) the act of joining together as one | Synonyms: coming together, meeting |
| merica | (noun) A pejorative term for the United States | - |
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| mericarp | (noun) a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity | - |
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| meridian | (adjective) of or happening at noon | - |
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| (adjective) being at the best stage of development | Synonyms: prime |
| (noun) an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator | Synonyms: line of longitude |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
| meridional | (adjective) of or relating to a meridian | - |
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| (adjective) located in the south or characteristic of southern people or places | - |
| meringue | (noun) sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar | - |
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| merino | (noun) white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality | Synonyms: merino sheep |
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| meristem | (noun) undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root | - |
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| merit | (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | Synonyms: virtue |
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| (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, meritoriousness |
| (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: deserve |
| meritable | (adjective) deserving reward or praise | Synonyms: meritorious |
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| merited | (adjective) properly deserved | Synonyms: deserved |
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| meritless | (adjective) without merit; of little or no value or use | Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry |
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| meritocracy | (noun) the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth | - |
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| (noun) a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects | - |
| meritocratic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy | - |
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| meritorious | (adjective) deserving reward or praise | Synonyms: meritable |
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| meritoriously | (adverb) in a meritorious manner | - |
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| meritoriousness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: deservingness, merit |
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| merl | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merle, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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| merle | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merl, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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| merlin | (noun) small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry | Synonyms: Falco columbarius, pigeon hawk |
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| merlon | (noun) a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement | - |
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| mermaid | (noun) half woman and half fish; lives in the sea | - |
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| merman | (noun) half man and half fish; lives in the sea | - |
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| merobenthos | (noun) benthos consisting of organisms in pre-adult stages that later become adult in the plankton. | - |
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| meromelia | (noun) congenital absence of part of an arm or leg | - |
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| meronym | (noun) a word that names a part of a larger whole | Synonyms: part name |
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| meronymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole | Synonyms: part to whole relation |
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| merozoite | (noun) a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle | - |
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| merrily | (adverb) in a joyous manner | Synonyms: blithely, gayly, happily, jubilantly, mirthfully |
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| merriment | (noun) activities that are enjoyable or amusing | Synonyms: fun, playfulness |
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| (noun) a gay feeling | Synonyms: gaiety |
| merriness | (noun) the trait of merry joking | Synonyms: humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity |
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| merry | (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
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| (adjective) offering fun and gaiety | Synonyms: festal, festive, gay |
| (adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment | Synonyms: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful |
| merrymaker | (noun) a celebrant who shares in a noisy party | Synonyms: reveler, reveller |
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| merrymaking | (noun) a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | Synonyms: conviviality, jollification |
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| mesmeric | (adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotic, mesmerizing, spellbinding |
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| mesmerise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerize, spellbind |
| mesmerised | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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| mesmerism | (noun) the act of inducing hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotism, suggestion |
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| mesmerist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerizer |
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| mesmerize | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, spellbind |
| mesmerized | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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| mesmerizer | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist |
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| mesmerizing | (adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotic, mesmeric, spellbinding |
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| metamere | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: somite |
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| metameric | (adjective) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters | Synonyms: segmental, segmented |
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| midsummer | (noun) June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | Synonyms: June 21, summer solstice |
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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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| misnomer | (noun) an incorrect or unsuitable name | - |
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| mittelschmerz | (noun) pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) | - |
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| monomer | (noun) a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | - |
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| mummer | (noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression | Synonyms: mime, mimer, pantomimer, pantomimist |
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| mummery | (noun) meaningless ceremonies and flattery | Synonyms: flummery |
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| namer | (noun) a person who gives a name or names | - |
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| nemertean | (noun) soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract | Synonyms: nemertine, proboscis worm, ribbon worm |
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| nemertine | (noun) soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract | Synonyms: nemertean, proboscis worm, ribbon worm |
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| newcomer | (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, starter |
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| (noun) a recent arrival | - |
| noncommercial | (adjective) not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises | - |
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| nonsubmergible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmersible |
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| nonsubmersible | (adjective) not submersible or submergible | Synonyms: nonsubmergible |
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| numerable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: countable, denumerable, enumerable |
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| numeracy | (noun) skill with numbers and mathematics | - |
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| numeral | (adjective) of or relating to or denoting numbers | Synonyms: numeric, numerical |
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| (noun) a symbol used to represent a number | Synonyms: number |
| (noun) a word expressing a number. | - |
| numerate | (adjective) able to understand and use numbers | - |
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| (verb) read out loud as words written numbers | - |
| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: count, enumerate, number |
| numeration | (noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | Synonyms: count, counting, enumeration, reckoning, tally |
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| (noun) naming numbers | - |
| numerator | (noun) the dividend of a fraction | - |
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| numeric | (adjective) of or relating to or denoting numbers | Synonyms: numeral, numerical |
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| (adjective) measured or expressed in numbers | Synonyms: numerical |
| numerical | (adjective) relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers | Synonyms: mathematical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or denoting numbers | Synonyms: numeral, numeric |
| (adjective) measured or expressed in numbers | Synonyms: numeric |
| numerically | (adverb) in number; with regard to numbers | - |
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| numerological | (adjective) of or relating to numerology | - |
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| numerologist | (noun) a believer in numerology | - |
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| numerology | (noun) the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs | - |
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| numerosity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: multiplicity, numerousness |
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| numerous | (adjective) amounting to a large indefinite number | Synonyms: legion |
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| numerousness | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: multiplicity, numerosity |
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| oldtimer | (noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: antique, gaffer, old-timer, old geezer |
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| (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, stager, veteran, warhorse |
| omerta | (noun) a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities | - |
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| ormer | (noun) an abalone found near the Channel Islands | Synonyms: Haliotis tuberculata, sea-ear |
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| overcomer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: subduer, surmounter |
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| pantomimer | (noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression | Synonyms: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimist |
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| pentamerous | (adjective) divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members | - |
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| performer | (noun) an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | Synonyms: performing artist |
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| perfumer | (noun) a person who makes (and sells) perfumes | - |
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| perfumery | (noun) the art of making perfumes | - |
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| (noun) an establishment where perfumes are made | - |
| (noun) store where perfumes are sold | - |
| (noun) perfumes in general | - |
| peshmerga | (noun) a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state | - |
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| polymer | (noun) a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers | - |
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| polymerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA | - |
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| polymeric | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a polymer | - |
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| polymerisation | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerization |
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| polymerise | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerize |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerize |
| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| polymerize | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerise |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerise |
| postmeridian | (adjective) after midday | - |
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| primer | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, priming |
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| (noun) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | Synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat |
| (noun) an introductory textbook | - |
| programmer | (noun) a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | Synonyms: coder, computer programmer, software engineer |
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| rammer | (noun) a tool for driving something with force | - |
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| reamer | (noun) a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes | - |
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| (noun) a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit | Synonyms: juice reamer, juicer |
| redeemer | (noun) someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.) | - |
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