| 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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| milch | (adjective) giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production | - |
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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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| mild | (adjective) moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme | - |
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| (adjective) mild and pleasant | Synonyms: balmy, soft |
| (adjective) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness | Synonyms: meek, modest |
| 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 |
| (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| mildly | (adverb) to a moderate degree | - |
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| (adverb) in a gentle manner | Synonyms: gently |
| 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 | (adjective) showing a fighting disposition | Synonyms: competitive |
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| (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | Synonyms: hawkish, warlike |
| (adjective) engaged in war | Synonyms: belligerent, war-ridden, warring |
| (noun) a militant reformer | Synonyms: activist |
| militarily | (adverb) with respect to the military | - |
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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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| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| militarised | (adjective) issued military arms | Synonyms: militarized |
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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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| militaristic | (adjective) imbued with militarism | - |
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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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| militarize | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarise |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarise |
| militarized | (adjective) issued military arms | Synonyms: militarised |
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| military | (adjective) associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare | - |
| (noun) the military forces of a nation | Synonyms: armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| militate | (verb) have force or influence; bring about an effect or change | - |
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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 | - |
| (verb) take milk from female mammals | - |
| (verb) add milk to | - |
| (verb) exploit as much as possible | - |
| 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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| milkless | (adjective) having no milk | - |
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| milklike | (adjective) resembling milk in color; not clear | Synonyms: milky, whitish |
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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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| milky | (adjective) resembling milk in color; not clear | Synonyms: milklike, whitish |
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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 |
| (verb) grind with a mill | - |
| (verb) produce a ridge around the edge of | - |
| (verb) roll out (metal) with a rolling machine | - |
| (verb) move about in a confused manner | Synonyms: mill about, mill around |
| 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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| milled | (adjective) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | Synonyms: polished |
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| millenarian | (adjective) relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness | Synonyms: chiliastic |
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| (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarist |
| 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 | (adjective) relating to or consisting of 1000 | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium | - |
| (noun) a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) | - |
| (noun) a span of 1000 years | Synonyms: millennium |
| (noun) the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: millennium |
| millennial | (adjective) relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years | Synonyms: millennian |
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| millennian | (adjective) relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years | Synonyms: millennial |
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| 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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| 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 | (adjective) (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units | - |
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| (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros | Synonyms: 1000000, meg, one thousand thousand |
| (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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| millionfold | (adverb) by a factor of a million | Synonyms: a million times |
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| millionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one million in counting order | - |
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| (noun) one part in a million equal parts | Synonyms: one-millionth |
| (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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