English words: MEGX to melanizing

300 English words, part 53 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.

English words MEGX to melanizing

MEGX noun: Abbreviation of monoethylglycinexylidide.
Megyn proper noun: A female given name from Welsh, modern variant of Megan.
meh adjective, interjection, noun, particle /mɛ/: Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
Mehaffey proper noun: A surname from Irish.
mehalek noun: A former currency of Abyssinia.
mehalla noun: Alternative form of mahalla.
Mehan proper noun: A surname.
Mehar noun: Alternative form of Mer (“member of Indian caste”).
mehari noun: A type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport.
meharist noun: A mehari rider, especially in a military unit.
Mehboob proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
Mehdi proper noun /ˈmɛdiː/: A male given name from Persian.
mehendi noun: Alternative form of mehndi.
Meherrin noun: A member of a group of Native Americans of rural northeastern North Carolina.
mehfil noun: In parts of South Asia, a gathering where poetry or classical music is performed for a small audience in an intimate setting.
mehh interjection: Elongated form of meh (“expressing indifference etc.”).
Mehinaku noun: An indigenous people of Brazil, inhabiting the Xingu Indigenous Park.
Mehitabel proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew.
Mehler proper noun: A surname.
Mehlman proper noun: A surname from German.
mehmandar noun /ˈmeɪməndɑː/: An official courier appointed to escort an important traveller in Persian-speaking countries and the Indian subcontinent.
Mehmed proper noun: A male given name from Turkish, variant of Muhammad.
Mehmet proper noun: A male given name from Turkish, variant of Muhammad.
Mehmood proper noun: A surname.
mehndi noun /ˈmɛndi/: A henna plant (Lawsonia inermis).
mehopes contraction: I hope.
mehoriki noun: Alternative form of moeriki.
Mehr proper noun: The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
Mehra proper noun: A surname.
Mehrabian proper noun: A surname.
Mehran proper noun: A transliteration of the Persian male given name مهران (mehrân).
Mehrauli proper noun: A neighbourhood in South Delhi, India.
Mehrdad proper noun: A male given name of Persian usage.
Mehri noun: A Semitic ethnic group primarily inhabiting South Arabia and the Guardafui Channel island of Socotra.
mehrieh noun: Alternative form of mahr.
Mehring proper noun: A surname.
Mehringer proper noun: A surname.
Mehrotra proper noun: A surname from Hindi.
mehs noun: ennui; blahs.
Mehsana proper noun: A city and district in Gujarat, India.
Mehsud noun: Alternative form of Mahsud.
Mehta proper noun: A surname from Gujarati.
mehtar noun: A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
mehtarship noun: The role or status of a mehtar.
mehu noun: Alternative form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”).
MEI noun: multiengine instructor (a CFI qualified to give training in multiengine aircraft)
mei cai noun: Alternative form of meigan cai
mei cai kou rou noun: A Hakka dish of pork belly with preserved mustard greens in a rich sauce.
mei fun noun: Rice vermicelli, rice noodles, as used in East Asian (especially Cantonese) cooking.
mei-hua noun: Synonym of plum blossom
meibocyte noun: A type of cell found in the meibum produced by the meibomian gland
meibograde noun: Synonym of meiboscore.
meibograph noun: An image obtained by meibography
meibographic adjective: Relating to meibography
meibography noun: imaging of the meibomian glands
meibomian adjective: Of or relating to Heinrich Meibom (Meibomius; 1638–1700), German physician and scholar.
meibomian gland noun: A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.
meibomianitis noun: inflammation of the meibomian gland
meibomitis noun: inflammation of the meibomian glands
meibos noun: Alternative form of mebos (“type of apricot preserve”).
meiboscore noun: A measure of the relative size of a meibomian gland
meibum noun: The secretion, rich in lipids, of the meibomian gland
meibutsu noun: A product famously associated with a particular region of Japan, often purchased as a gift or souvenir.
meicatalecticizant noun: Synonym of catalecticant.
meidan noun: Alternative spelling of maidan (“an urban open space”).
meidaun noun: Alternative spelling of maidan (“an urban open space”).
meido noun: A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.
Meier proper noun: A surname from German.
meigan cai noun: A type of dry pickled Chinese mustard.
Meige's syndrome noun: The combination of blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia.
Meiggs proper noun: A surname.
Meighan proper noun: A surname.
Meigs proper noun: A surname.
Meigs's syndrome noun: Alternative form of Meigs syndrome.
Meigs syndrome noun: The triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor (fibroma).
meihua noun: Synonym of plum blossom
Meijer proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
Meiji adjective /ˈmeɪd͡ʒi/: Of the Meiji period (1868–1912).
meijin noun: A master of go.
meikle adjective: Alternative form of mickle.
Meiklejohn proper noun: A surname.
Meiklejohnian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Alexander Meiklejohn (1872–1964), philosopher and educational reformer.
Meiklejohnian absolutism noun: The belief, espoused by Alexander Meiklejohn, that the purpose of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution is to keep the electorate informed,...
Meiko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
Meiktila proper noun: A town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar.
Meilan proper noun: A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.
Meillassouxian adjective: Of or relating to Quentin Meillassoux (born 1967), French philosopher.
meimechite noun: An ultramafic volcanic rock that has a high magnesium oxide content.
Mein proper noun: A surname.
Meinecke proper noun: A surname.
Meinen proper noun: A surname.
Meinert proper noun: A surname.
meinertellid noun: Any bristletail in the family Meinertellidae.
Meinhardt proper noun: A surname from German.
Meinhof proper noun: A surname from German.
meinie noun /ˈmeɪni/: A household, or family.
Meininger proper noun: A surname from German.
Meinke proper noun: A surname.
Meinong proper noun: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Meinongian adjective: Of or relating to Alexius Meinong (1853–1920), Austrian realist philosopher.
meinongianism noun: The view that there are not only existent but also nonexistent objects.
meiny noun: Alternative form of meinie.
meio- prefix: Small, little.
meiobar noun: A region of low atmospheric pressure.
meiobenthic adjective: Relating to the meiobenthos.
meiobenthos noun: A group of marine or freshwater benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrobenthos and microbenthos, and which can pass through a...
Meiocene adjective: Alternative form of Miocene.
meiocyte noun: A kind of cell that differentiates into a gamete through the process of meiosis.
meiofauna noun: A group of marine or freshwater, typically benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrofauna and microfauna, and which can pass...
meiofaunal adjective: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
meiogenesis noun: Causation of meiosis.
meiogynogenesis noun: meiotic gynogenesis
meiogynogenetic adjective: Relating to meiogynogenesis
meiolaniid noun: Any of the extinct armoured land turtles of the family †Meiolaniidae.
meiome noun: The complete set of messenger RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell that is undergoing meiosis.
meionite noun: A silicate mineral belonging to the scapolite group.
meiophylly noun: A diminution in number of the leaves in a whorl, as compared with the preceding whorl.
meiosis noun /maɪˈəʊ.sɪs/: A figure of speech in which something is presented as smaller or less significant than it actually appears.
meiosporangial adjective: Relating to a meiosporangium.
meiosporangium noun: Any sporangium that is subject to meiosis
meiospore noun: A haploid spore produced by meiosis
meiostemonous adjective: Having fewer stamens than petals.
meiotaxy noun: The suppression of entire whorls.
meiotherm noun: A plant inhabiting cool temperate regions.
meiotic adjective: Of or pertaining to meiosis.
meiotically adverb: Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
Meir proper noun: An outer suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9342).
Meiring proper noun: A surname from German.
Meirion proper noun: A male given name of Welsh usage.
Meis proper noun: A surname from German.
Meisel proper noun: A surname.
Meisenheimer proper noun: A surname.
Meisenheimer complex noun: A 1:1 reaction adduct between an arene carrying electron withdrawing groups and a nucleophile.
Meiser proper noun: A surname.
Meishan proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
meishi noun: A Japanese business card.
Meisinger proper noun: A surname from German.
meism noun: Egotism; a focus on, or obsession with, oneself.
Meisner proper noun: A surname from German.
Meissen proper noun: A city in Meissen district, Saxony, Germany.
Meissenware noun: The first European hardpaste porcelain, originally produced at Meissen, near Dresden in Germany.
Meissner proper noun: A surname from German.
Meissner effect noun: The total expulsion of magnetic flux from the interior of a superconducting metal when it is cooled in a magnetic field below a critical temperature, near...
Meissner oscillator noun: Synonym of Armstrong oscillator.
meister noun, suffix /ˈmaɪ̯stə(r)/: A person of great skill or authority in a particular field.
meistersinger noun: Synonym of mastersinger.
Meitei adjective, noun: A member of a certain ethnic group native to Manipur, India.
Meitei Huei noun: Synonym of Meitei Hui.
Meitei Hui noun: An indigenous domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) traditionally domesticated and reared by the Meitei people of Kangleipak (Manipur).
Meiteidom noun: The realm or sphere of Meiteis.
Meiteilogy noun: The study of the history, culture, and language of the Meiteis.
Meiteiness noun: The quality of being Meitei.
Meiteinisation noun: The act, process, or result of making something Meitei.
Meiteinization noun: The act, process, or result of making something Meitei.
Meiteisation noun: The act, process, or result of making something Meitei.
Meiteist noun: One who engages in Meitei culture.
Meiteization noun: The act, process, or result of making something Meitei.
Meitner proper noun /ˈmaɪt.nə/: A surname from German.
meitnerium noun /maɪtˈnɪəɹi.əm/: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Mt) with atomic number 109.
meitnium noun: (obsolete) A rejected name for protactinium.
Meixner proper noun: A surname.
meixnerite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
meizothrombin noun: A particular intermediate in thrombin metabolism.
mejadra noun: Alternative form of mujaddara.
Mejia proper noun: A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Mejía.
Mejias proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
mejiro noun: A small passerine bird, Zosterops japonicus, the Japanese white-eye.
mejlis noun: Alternative form of majlis.
mejorana noun: Synonym of mejoranera (“musical instrument”).
mejoranera noun: A chordophone from Panama, traditionally carved out of a single block of wood.
meju noun: A brick of dried fermented soybeans.
MEK noun: Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone.
Meka proper noun: A surname from Telugu.
mekabu noun: Undaria pinnatifida, a sea plant native to Japan and Korea and invasive elsewhere; wakame; Asian kelp.
meke noun: A traditional dance of Fiji.
Meker burner noun: A laboratory burner that produces multiple open gas flames, used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.
Meker-Fisher burner noun: Synonym of Meker burner.
mekhela noun: A traditional garment worn by Assamese women, consisting of a length of cloth worn (typically with a chador) from the waist to the ankles and often pleated.
Mekhelee noun: Another name of Meitei people.
Mekheli noun: Another name of Meitei people.
Mekhi proper noun /mɛˈkaɪ/: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Mekhitarist noun: Alternative form of Mechitarist.
Mekhitaristic adjective: Alternative form of Mechitaristic.
Mekhlee noun: Another name of Meitei people.
mekin verb: Pronunciation spelling of making.
Meknes proper noun: A city in the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco.
mekometer noun: A kind of precision rangefinder.
Mekong proper noun /ˈmikɔŋ/: a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and...
Mekong Bobtail noun: A breed of cat named after the Mekong River, developed as a breed in Russia.
Mekonnen proper noun: A surname from Amharic.
mekoro noun: Alternative form of mokoro.
mekosuchine noun: Any extinct crocodile of the subfamily Mekosuchinae
MEKP noun: Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide.
mekubal noun: Alternative form of mekubbal.
mekubbal noun: Synonym of kabbalist.
mel infix, noun /mɛl/: A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
mela noun, prefix /ˈmeɪlə/: A Hindu religious festival.
melabasanite noun: A black basanite
melacacidin noun: A particular leucoanthocyanidin compound.
melachah noun: Alternative form of melakhah.
melaconite noun: tenorite.
melada noun: Alternative form of melado.
melado noun: a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained
meladrazine noun: A drug used in urology as an antispasmodic.
melaena noun: Alternative spelling of melena.
melagabbro noun: A form of gabbro that is relatively darkly colored.
melagabbroic adjective: Relating to or composed of melagabbro.
melagatran noun: An anticoagulant drug.
melainotype noun /məˈleɪnəˌtaɪp/: A ferrotype or tintype.
melakarta noun: A collection of fundamental ragas (scales) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music).
melakhah noun /mɛl.ə.xɑ/: Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat.
melaleuca noun /ˌmɛləˈluːkə/: Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
melaleuca oil noun: Synonym of tea tree oil
melalgia noun: Pain in a limb.
melam noun: A condensation product of melamine, originally found in the residue of heating ammonium thiocyanate.
melamed noun: A religious teacher or instructor in general, especially in the Talmudic period.
melamine noun /ˈmɛl.ə.min/: A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica
melamine resin noun: any thermosetting resin, such as Formica, manufactured from melamine and an aldehyde, used to make surface coatings etc
melaminylthioarsenate noun: melarsomine
melamphaid noun: Any fish in the family Melamphaidae.
melamphid noun: Alternative form of melamphaid.
melampitta noun: Any member of the family Melampittidae of birds from New Guinea.
melampodium noun: Any plant of the genus Melampodium.
melampolide noun: Any of a class of organic compounds found in Melampodium and related plants.
melampsoraceous adjective: Of or relating to the Melampsoraceae.
Melampus proper noun /mɪˈlæm.pəs/: A legendary soothsayer and healer, originally of Pylos, who ruled at Argos.
melampyrin noun: melampyrite
melampyrine noun: Alternative form of melampyrin.
melampyrite noun: galactitol
Melan proper noun: A town in Albania.
melanaemia noun: A morbid state in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells; either a disease or a sign of one,...
melanaemic adjective: Having or relating to melanaemia.
melanagogue noun: A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.
melanate noun: Any salt or ester of melanic acid.
melanated adjective: Containing melanin.
Melanau noun: A member of people who live on the island of Borneo, primarily in Sarawak, Malaysia, but also in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Melanchlaeni noun: A Scythian tribe which dwelt in Pontus
melancholia noun: Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
melancholiac noun: Synonym of melancholic.
melancholian noun: A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
melancholic adjective, noun: Filled with or affected by melancholy–great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
melancholic personality disorder noun: Synonym of depressive personality disorder.
melancholically adverb: In a melancholic manner.
melancholily adverb: In a melancholy manner.
melancholiness noun: The quality of being melancholy.
melancholious adjective: melancholy
melancholiously adverb: In a melancholious manner.
melancholish adjective: Somewhat melancholic.
melancholist noun: One affected with melancholy or dejection.
melancholize verb: To make melancholy.
melancholous adjective: melancholic
melancholy adjective, noun /ˈmɛlənkəli/: Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
melancholy thistle noun: Any thistle of species Cirsium helenioides or Cirsium heterophyllum.
Melanchthon proper noun /mə.ˈleɪŋk.θən/: A surname.
Melanchthonian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 1497–1560), German Lutheran reformer.
Melanchthonic adjective: Of or relating to Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560), German Lutheran reformer.
melanchym noun: Alternative spelling of melanchyme.
melanchyme noun: A bituminous substance found in masses in the brown coal of Zweifelsruth, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.
Melancon proper noun: A surname.
melanconiaceous adjective: Belonging to the Melanconiaceae, a family of fungi.
melanconidaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Melanconidaceae.
Melancthon proper noun: A male given name.
Melander proper noun: A surname.
melandrioside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
melandryid noun: Any beetle in the family Melandryidae.
melanemia noun: Alternative form of melanaemia.
melanemic adjective: Alternative form of melanaemic.
melanephelinite noun: A dark nephelinite.
Melanesia proper noun /ˌmɛl.əˈniː.zi.ə/: A continental region of Oceania, consisting of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Melanesian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Melanesia.
Melanesianist noun: An anthropologist who studies the societies of Melanesia.
Melanesid noun: A proposed subrace of the Australoid race.
melanettin noun: The neoflavone 6-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin.
melange noun /məˈlɑnʒ/: Alternative form of melange.
melanger noun /məˈlɑnʒɚ/: Alternative form of melangeur.
melangeur noun: Alternative form of melangeur.
Melania proper noun: A female given name.
melanian noun: One of a family (Melaniidae) of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell, now considered a synonym of the family Thiaridae, but also...
melanic adjective, noun /məˈlæn.ɪk/: Of, relating to, or exhibiting melanism.
Melanie proper noun /ˈmɛləni/: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
melaniferous adjective: Bearing melanin.
melaniid noun: Any in the family of freshwater snails Melaniidae (synonym of family Thiaridae).
melanilin noun: Alternative form of melaniline.
melaniline noun: A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white crystalline substance; diphenyl guanidin.
melanin noun /ˈmɛlənɪn/: Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.
melanin-challenged adjective: white; having white skin or being racially categorized as white.
melaninization noun: melanization
melaninlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of melanin.
melaninogenesis noun: The formation of melanin.
melanisation noun: Alternative form of melanization.
melanise verb: Alternative form of melanize.
melanism noun /ˈmɛlənɪzəm/: Congenital abundance or excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes, more than is typical for the species.
melanist noun: A person with melanism.
melanistic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.
melanite noun /ˈmɛ.ləˌnaɪt/: A black variety of andradite.
melanitic adjective: Relating to the mineral picotite.
melanization noun: Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism)
melanize verb: To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
melanized adjective, verb: Treated with melanin
melanizing adjective, verb: That causes melanization

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.