| 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 |
|---|
| meager
|
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent |
Synonyms:
meagerly,
meagre,
scrimpy,
stingy |
|---|
| meagerly
|
(adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner |
Synonyms:
meagrely,
slenderly,
sparingly |
|---|
| (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent |
Synonyms:
meager,
meagre,
scrimpy,
stingy |
| meagerness
|
(noun) the quality of being meager |
Synonyms:
meagreness,
poorness,
exiguity,
scantiness,
scantness,
leanness |
|---|
| meagre
|
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent |
Synonyms:
meager,
meagerly,
scrimpy,
stingy |
|---|
| meagrely
|
(adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner |
Synonyms:
meagerly,
slenderly,
sparingly |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| mealy
|
(adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency |
Synonyms:
grainy,
granular,
granulose,
gritty,
coarse-grained,
farinaceous |
|---|
| (adjective) containing meal or made of meal |
- |
| mealybug
|
(noun) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees |
Synonyms:
mealy bug |
|---|
| mealymouthed
|
(adjective) hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy |
Synonyms:
mealy-mouthed |
|---|
| mean
|
(verb) mean or intend to express or convey |
Synonyms:
intend |
|---|
| (verb) have as a logical consequence |
Synonyms:
entail,
imply |
| (verb) denote or connote |
Synonyms:
intend,
stand for,
signify |
| (verb) have in mind as a purpose |
Synonyms:
intend,
think |
| (verb) have a specified degree of importance |
- |
| (verb) intend to refer to |
Synonyms:
have in mind,
think of |
| (verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose |
- |
| (noun) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
Synonyms:
mean value |
| (adjective) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
Synonyms:
average |
| (adjective) characterized by malice |
Synonyms:
hateful |
| (adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
Synonyms:
meanspirited,
base |
| (adjective) marked by poverty befitting a beggar |
Synonyms:
beggarly |
| (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity |
Synonyms:
mingy,
miserly,
tight |
| (adjective) (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt |
Synonyms:
beggarly |
| (adjective) of no value or worth |
Synonyms:
bastardly |
| (adjective) very good; of the highest quality |
Synonyms:
ripping,
excellent,
splendid,
fantabulous,
first-class |
| meander
|
(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
Synonyms:
wander,
weave,
wind,
thread |
|---|
| (noun) a bend or curve, as in a stream or river |
- |
| (noun) an aimless amble on a winding course |
Synonyms:
ramble |
| meandering
|
(adjective) of a path e.g. |
Synonyms:
rambling,
wandering,
winding |
|---|
| meanderingly
|
(adverb) in a meandering manner |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
| (adjective) rich in significance or implication |
Synonyms:
pregnant,
significant |
| meaningful
|
(adjective) having a meaning or purpose |
- |
|---|
| meaningfully
|
(adverb) in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful |
- |
|---|
| meaningfulness
|
(noun) the quality of having great value or significance |
- |
|---|
| meaningless
|
(adjective) having no meaning or direction or purpose |
Synonyms:
nonmeaningful |
|---|
| (adjective) producing no result or effect |
Synonyms:
unavailing,
ineffectual,
otiose,
futile |
| meaninglessness
|
(noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning |
Synonyms:
nonsense,
bunk,
nonsensicality,
hokum |
|---|
| (noun) the quality of having no value or significance |
- |
| meanly
|
(adverb) in a nasty ill-tempered manner |
Synonyms:
nastily |
|---|
| (adverb) in a despicable, ignoble manner |
Synonyms:
scurvily,
basely |
| (adverb) poorly or in an inferior manner |
- |
| (adverb) in a miserly manner |
Synonyms:
humbly |
| 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 |
| meanspirited
|
(adjective) lacking in magnanimity |
Synonyms:
ungenerous |
|---|
| (adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
Synonyms:
mean,
base |
| meanspiritedly
|
(adverb) in a meanspirited manner |
- |
|---|
| meantime
|
(adverb) during the intervening time |
Synonyms:
in the meantime,
meanwhile |
|---|
| (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another |
Synonyms:
lag,
interim,
meanwhile |
| meanwhile
|
(adverb) at the same time but in another place |
- |
|---|
| (adverb) during the intervening time |
Synonyms:
in the meantime,
meantime |
| (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 |
|---|
| measly
|
(adjective) contemptibly small in amount |
Synonyms:
miserable,
paltry |
|---|
| measurability
|
(noun) the quality of being measurable |
Synonyms:
quantifiability |
|---|
| measurable
|
(adjective) capable of being measured |
Synonyms:
mensurable |
|---|
| (adjective) of distinguished importance |
- |
| measurably
|
(adverb) to a measurable degree |
- |
|---|
| measure
|
(verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of |
Synonyms:
measure out,
mensurate |
|---|
| (verb) express as a number or measure or quantity |
Synonyms:
quantify |
| (verb) have certain dimensions |
- |
| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
Synonyms:
evaluate,
valuate,
value,
appraise,
assess |
| (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 |
- |
| measured
|
(adjective) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables |
Synonyms:
metric,
metrical |
|---|
| (adjective) carefully thought out in advance |
Synonyms:
deliberate,
calculated |
| (adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity |
Synonyms:
deliberate,
careful |
| (adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value |
Synonyms:
mensurable,
mensural |
| measuredly
|
(adverb) in a deliberate unhurried manner |
Synonyms:
deliberately |
|---|
| measureless
|
(adjective) without limits in extent or size or quantity |
Synonyms:
unmeasured,
illimitable,
limitless |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| meatless
|
(adjective) lacking meat |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| meaty
|
(adjective) like or containing meat |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) being on topic and prompting thought |
Synonyms:
substantive |
| 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
|
(adjective) resembling the action of a machine |
- |
|---|
| (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 |
| mechanical
|
(adjective) using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or concerned with machinery or tools |
Synonyms:
technical,
mechanically skillful |
| (adjective) relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics |
- |
| mechanically
|
(adverb) in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism |
Synonyms:
automatically |
|---|
| (adverb) in a machinelike manner; without feeling |
- |
| 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 |
| mechanise
|
(verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles |
Synonyms:
motorize,
mechanize,
motorise |
|---|
| (verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine |
Synonyms:
mechanize |
| (verb) make mechanical |
Synonyms:
mechanize |
| mechanised
|
(adjective) using vehicles |
Synonyms:
mechanized,
motorized |
|---|
| (adjective) equipped with machinery |
Synonyms:
mechanized |
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| mechanistic
|
(adjective) explained in terms of physical forces |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism |
- |
| mechanistically
|
(adverb) in a mechanistic manner |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
| mechanize
|
(verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles |
Synonyms:
motorize,
mechanise,
motorise |
|---|
| (verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine |
Synonyms:
mechanise |
| (verb) make mechanical |
Synonyms:
mechanise |
| mechanized
|
(adjective) equipped with machinery |
Synonyms:
mechanised |
|---|
| (adjective) using vehicles |
Synonyms:
mechanised,
motorized |
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| mecopterous
|
(adjective) of or relating to mecopterans |
- |
|---|
| 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 |
| meddle
|
(verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly |
Synonyms:
tamper |
|---|
| meddler
|
(noun) an officious annoying person who interferes with others |
- |
|---|
| meddlesome
|
(adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
Synonyms:
interfering,
meddling,
officious,
busy,
busybodied |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
Synonyms:
interfering,
meddlesome,
officious,
busy,
busybodied |
| 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 |
|---|
| mediaeval
|
(adjective) as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened |
Synonyms:
medieval,
gothic |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages |
Synonyms:
medieval |
| medial
|
(adjective) dividing an animal into right and left halves |
Synonyms:
median |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle |
Synonyms:
median |
| medially
|
(adverb) in a medial position |
- |
|---|
| median
|
(noun) the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items |
Synonyms:
median value |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) |
Synonyms:
average |
| (adjective) dividing an animal into right and left halves |
Synonyms:
medial |
| (adjective) relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle |
Synonyms:
medial |
| 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 |
- |
|---|
| mediate
|
(verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences |
Synonyms:
intercede,
intermediate,
arbitrate,
liaise |
|---|
| (verb) occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others |
- |
| (adjective) acting through or dependent on an intervening agency |
- |
| (adjective) being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series |
Synonyms:
in-between,
middle |