English words: meltingpoint to memory safety

300 English words, part 56 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.

English words meltingpoint to memory safety

meltingpoint noun: Alternative spelling of melting point.
meltith noun: A meal.
meltoff noun: The melting of snowpack at the end of winter.
melton noun /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/: A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
Melton Mowbray noun: A pork pie with a hand-formed crust, containing chopped rather than minced meat.
Meltonian adjective, noun /mɛlˈtəʊnɪ.ən/: Of or relating to the Melton district in Leicestershire, England.
meltproof adjective: Resistant to melting.
meltrin noun: A metalloprotein involved in the formation of osteoclasts.
meltwater noun: Water from melting ice or snow.
melty adjective, noun /ˈmɛlti/: Having a high tendency to melt.
Meltzer proper noun: A surname.
Melua proper noun: A surname from Georgian.
Melun proper noun: A commune, the capital of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
Melungeon adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to any of several similar Mestee groups currently and historically found in the Southeastern United States, all of uncertain or disputed...
melusin noun: A protein that binds to integrin within striated muscle
melusine noun: A mermaid with a split or double tail.
Melva proper noun: A female given name.
Melvern proper noun: A minor city in Osage County, Kansas, United States.
Melvill proper noun: A surname.
Melville proper noun: A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
Melvillean adjective, noun: Associated with the Scottish education reformer Andrew Melville (1545–1622).
Melvillian adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Melvillean.
melvin noun: A wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
Melvoin proper noun: A surname.
melwell noun: Alternative form of milwell.
Melwood proper noun: A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
melyrid noun: Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.
Melzer proper noun: A surname from German.
mem interjection, noun /mɛm/: The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Mem'l noun: Abbreviation of memorial.
memable adjective: Alternative form of memeable.
memadmittance noun: Memory admittance; the reciprocal of memimpedance
memantine noun: A drug, derived from adamantane, that is used to treat Alzheimer's disease, dementia etc.
memapsin noun: membrane-associated aspartic protease
memaw noun, verb: Alternative form of meemaw.
memba verb: Clipping of remember.
membar noun: A memory barrier (an instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it).
member noun, verb /ˈmɛm.bə/: One who belongs to a group.
member bank noun: A private bank that holds stock in one of the regional Federal Reserve banks.
member class noun: An inner class declared outside a function (hence a "member") and not declared as static.
member country noun: Synonym of member state.
member field noun: Synonym of member variable.
member for Barkshire noun: A person who has a cough which causes them to sound as if they are barking.
member function noun: A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.
member of parliament noun: A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.
member of staff noun: An employee in an organisation.
member of the public noun: A regular or normal citizen, as opposed to an official or agent acting in an official capacity.
member of the tribe noun: A Jew (Jewish person).
member organisation noun: An organisation connected to an umbrella organisation.
member's bill noun: A private member's bill.
member state noun: A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.
member variable noun: A variable that is associated with each instance of a class and can be accessed from all its methods.
membered adjective: Having a specified number of members.
memberless adjective: Without members; limbless.
memberlessness noun: Absence of members.
memberlist noun: A list of members (of a website, etc.).
members' day noun: Friday, seen as the start of the weekend and a time to party.
membership noun, verb: The state of being a member of a group or organization.
membership card noun: A small card issued to and held by a member of a club, society or other organisation, verifying the member's membership for a given period.
membership function noun: A generalization of the indicator function for a fuzzy set which assigns a truth value (0 or 1) to each element.
membership marketing noun: The process of acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members for an association or relationship-driven organization.
memberwise adverb: In terms of members (items associated with class instances).
membracid noun: Any of the insect family Membracidae.
membral adjective /ˈmɛmbɹəl/: Relating to a member, in various senses; especially, (anatomy, zoology) pertaining to a limb.
membrana noun: A membrane.
membrana tympani noun: Synonym of eardrum.
membrana tympanica noun: Synonym of eardrum.
membranaceous adjective: Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
membranaceously adverb: In a membranaceous manner.
membranal adjective: Of or pertaining to a membrane.
membranate adjective: Having the character of a membrane.
membrance noun: remembrance, recollection
membrane noun /ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/: A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
membrane attack complex noun: A structure, typically formed on the surface of a pathogen cell membrane as a result of the activation of the host's complement system, creating...
membrane bone noun: A bony element covered by cartilaginous tissue; an endochondral bone.
membrane distillation noun: a separation method in which a nonwetting, microporous membrane is used with a liquid feed phase on one side of the membrane and a condensing, permeate...
membrane evaporation noun: Synonym of membrane distillation.
membrane filtration noun: filtration through a permeable or semipermeable membrane
membrane keyboard noun: A type of computer keyboard that uses rubber or silicone membranes beneath each key and uses electrical signals to register keypresses, often quieter and...
membrane mimetic chemistry noun: the study of processes and reactions whose developments have been inspired by the biological membrane
membrane potential noun: The difference in electrical potential across the enclosing membrane of a cell
membrane protein noun: A protein that is associated with a biological membrane; association typically refers to either the ability to copurify membrane lipids with said protein or...
membrane separation noun: any of several processes for separating the components of mixtures by using thin barriers between two miscible fluids; any transmembrane force leads to...
membranectomy noun: excision of a membrane
membraned adjective: Having a (specified type of) membrane.
membraneless adjective: Without a membrane.
membranelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a membrane.
membranella noun: A membranelle.
membranellar adjective: Relating to a membranelle.
membranelle noun: One of a set of structures found around the mouth, or cytostome, in ciliate protists, and from which the cilia emerge.
membraneous adjective /mɛmˈbɹeɪ.nɪ.əs/: Alternative form of membranous.
membranes noun: plural of membrane
membranic adjective: Relating to a membrane
membraniferous adjective: Having or producing membranes.
membraniform adjective: Of or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane.
membraniporid noun: Any bryozoan in the family Membraniporidae.
membraniporiform adjective: Having colonies that form encrusting sheets.
membranized adjective: That have developed a membrane
membrano- prefix: membrane
membranocartilaginous adjective: Composed of, or relating to, membrane and cartilage.
membranogenesis noun: The production of a membrane
membranogenic adjective: That generates membranes.
membranoid adjective: Resembling a membrane.
membranology noun: The science of membranes.
membranolyse verb: To cause or to undergo membranolysis.
membranolysed adjective, verb: Having a disrupted biological membrane
membranolysis noun: The disruption of a biological membrane
membranolytic adjective: That disrupts a biological membrane; relating to membranolysis
membranome noun: The set of biological membranes in an organism
membranopathy noun: disease of a membrane
membranophone noun: Any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane.
membranophonic adjective: Of or pertaining to membranophones.
membranoproliferative adjective: Causing proliferation or thickening of a membrane.
membranosome noun: A membraneous lomasome
membranotoxin noun: Any toxin present in plant membranes
membranotropic adjective: That moves towards, or is active at biological membranes
membranotropism noun: The condition of being membranotropic
membranous adjective /ˈmɛm.bɹən.əs/: Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
membranously adverb: In a membranous manner.
membranousness noun: The state or condition of being membranous.
membranule noun: A small membrane
membrification noun: The formation of members or limbs.
membrum muliebre noun: The clitoris.
membrum virile noun: The penis.
Membury proper noun: A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England, the site of Membury Castle (OS grid ref ST2703).
memcapacitance noun: The capacitance of a memcapacitor.
memcapacitive adjective: That functions as a memcapacitor
memcapacitor noun: A capacitor with memory, whose capacitance depends on past input.
memcomputer noun: A computer that has very fast (even instantaneous) access to memory
memcomputing noun: computing by means of a memcomputer
memductance noun: Electrical conductance that varies according to the history of electric current that has flowed through a device
meme noun, verb /miːm/: Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a...
meme-able adjective: Alternative form of memeable.
meme coin noun: Alternative form of memecoin.
meme-ification noun: Alternative form of memeification.
meme magic noun: The (supposedly supernatural) power of Internet memes to have a meaningful impact on the real world when used en masse in a targeted way.
meme on verb: To exploit or mock by means of memes.
meme pool noun: The set of all memes present in a given human population.
meme speak noun: Speech or language associated with memes.
meme stock noun: A company's stock that gains popularity among retail investors through social media.
memeability noun: The quality or degree of being memeable.
memeable adjective: Able to be turned into a meme; having the potential to become a meme.
memeably adverb: In a memeable manner.
memecoin noun: A cryptocurrency or token that is based on a meme or has a comedic trait.
memedom noun: The state or quality of being a meme.
memefication noun: Alternative form of memeification.
memehood noun: The state of being a meme.
memeification noun: The process of forming an Internet meme out of something.
memeify verb: To form an Internet meme out of something.
Memel proper noun: A city, historically part of East Prussia, now called Klaipėda and part of Lithuania.
memeless adjective: Without memes.
Memelian noun: A native or inhabitant of Memel (a city in eastern Europe).
memelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a meme (unit of cultural information).
memelord noun: A person known for creating or distributing memes (usually humorous material copied and circulated online).
memento noun /məˈmɛntoʊ/: A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
memento dollar noun: A silver dollar of the Republic of China, bearing the head of Sun Yat Sen on the obverse, first issued in 1912.
memento mori noun /məˌmɛntoʊ ˈmɔːɹi/: An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.
memeplex noun /ˈmiːm.plɛks/: A set of memes which interact to reinforce each other.
memepost verb: To post a meme or memes.
memer noun: A person who creates or distributes memes (usually humorous material copied and circulated online).
memery noun: The distribution of memes (usually humorous material copied and circulated online).
memescape noun: A notional landscape of memes, or units of cultural information.
memesmith noun: A creator of Internet memes.
memespeak noun: Alternative form of meme-speak.
memester noun /mimstɚ/: A person who creates or enjoys memes, especially Internet ones.
memetic adjective /məˈmɛtɪk/: Of, being, containing, or pertaining to memes; pertaining to replication of concepts.
memetic algorithm noun: An algorithm for the evolution of genotypes, which includes a selected, non-genetic component.
memetic engineering noun: The process of developing memes, through meme-splicing and memetic synthesis, with the intent of altering the behavior of others in society or humanity.
memetic hazard noun: A sensory input that self-propagates, often causing adverse affects.
memetic warfare noun: The usage of Internet memes in an effort to achieve geopolitical goals or to enact social change.
memetical adjective: memetic
memetically adverb: In a memetical way.
memeticist noun: A person who studies memetics or memes.
memetics noun /mɛˈmɛtɪks/: The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.
memetist noun: A person who studies memetics
memeverse noun: The sphere of Internet memes.
memeworthy adjective: Deserving of Internet memes.
memex noun: A proposed computer system, implemented with electromechanical controls and microfilm equipment, that would permit a researcher to follow and annotate...
memey adjective /ˈmiːmi/: Characterized by or relating to memes.
memic adjective /ˈmi.mɪk/: Relating to memes.
memification noun: Alternative spelling of memeification.
memimpedance noun: Memory impedance; the reciprocal of memadmittance
meminductance noun: Electrical inductance that varies according to the history of electric charge that has flowed through a device
meminductive adjective: That functions as a meminductor
meminductor noun: A passive nonlinear electrical element that exhibits meminductance
meminna noun: Any spotted chevrotain of genus Moschiola, especially the Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica)
memistor noun: A resistor with memory able to perform logic operations and store information.
meml. noun: Abbreviation of memorial.
MEMM noun: Initialism of maximum-entropy Markov model.
Memmott proper noun: A surname.
Memnon proper noun /ˈmɛmnɑn/: An Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos. Considered a great warrior, he fought on the side of Troy and was killed by Achilles.
Memnonian adjective: Relating to the Memnonium.
memo noun, verb /ˈmɛməʊ̯/: A short note; a memorandum.
memo for record noun: Synonym of memorandum for the record.
memo for the record noun: Synonym of memorandum for the record.
memocide noun: An attempt to eradicate one or more ideas; for example eradication by book burning and censorship.
memoir noun /ˈmɛmˌwɑː/: An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
memoiric adjective: Of or pertaining to anecdotes based on one's own life; autobiographical.
memoirish adjective: In the style of a memoir.
memoirism noun: The act or art of writing memoirs.
memoirist noun /ˈmɛmˌwɑːɹɪst/: A person who writes a memoir.
memoiristic adjective: In the style of a memoir.
memoirs noun /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹz/: plural of memoir
memoisation noun: Alternative spelling of memoization.
memoise verb: Alternative spelling of memoize.
memoizable adjective: Suitable for memoization.
memoization noun /ˌmɛmoʊaɪˈzeɪʃən/: A technique in which partial results are recorded (forming a memo) and then can be re-used later without having to recompute them.
memoize verb: To store (the result of a computation) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.
memoizer noun: An algorithm or software component that memoizes.
memology noun: The study of memes.
memome noun: The complete set of memes stored in the mind of a person.
Memon proper noun: A surname.
memorabilia noun /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/: Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
memorability noun: The quality or state of being memorable.
memorable adjective, noun /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/: Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
memorableness noun: memorability
memorably adverb: In a memorable manner.
Memorandist noun: A supporter of the Transylvanian Memorandum, a petition sent in 1892 by the leaders of the Romanians of Transylvania to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor-King...
memorandize verb: To make a memorandum of (something).
memorandum noun /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/: A short note serving as a reminder.
memorandum for record noun: Synonym of memorandum for the record.
memorandum for the record noun: A US military document meant to act as an internal, formal record of a verbally or informally delivered communication.
memorandum of agreement noun: Synonym of memorandum of understanding
memorandum of association noun: A document that governs the relationship between a company and the outside world.
memorandum of understanding noun: A document that outlines the legal and factual premises believed by the parties to have been agreed to between them.
memorandum opinion noun: A judicial opinion that does not create precedent.
memoranduming noun: The writing of memoranda.
memorat noun: Alternative spelling of memorate.
memorate noun, verb: an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
memorative adjective: commemorative
memoria noun /məˈmɔɹi.ə/: One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of memory and recall.
memoria technica noun: Synonym of mnemotechny.
memorial adjective, noun /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/: Memory; recollection.
memorial park noun: A cemetery.
memorial pole noun: A totem pole set up in memory of a deceased person, intended to honor the deceased and to identify their successor.
memorial rose noun: Rosa wichuraiana, a Japanese evergreen rose with creeping branches, glossy leaves, and single white flowers.
memorial service noun: A ceremony to honor a deceased person; a funeral.
memorialisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorialization.
memorialise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorialize.
memorialiser noun: Alternative form of memorializer.
memorialist noun: A writer of memorials.
memorialistic adjective: Characteristic of or involving a memorial.
memorializable adjective: That may be memorialized.
memorialization noun /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/: The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
memorialize verb /məˈmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪz/: To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
memorializer noun /məˈmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪ.zə(ɹ)/: Someone who provides or writes a memorial.
memorially adverb: By means of, or in terms of, memory.
memoricide noun: Alternative spelling of memorycide.
memoried adjective /ˈmɛməɹiːd/: Having a memory (of a given kind).
memorious adjective: having an unusually good memory
memoriousness noun: The state of being memorious; commemoration, remembrance.
memorisable adjective: Alternative form of memorizable.
memorisation noun: Alternative spelling of memorization.
memorise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorize.
memoriser noun: Alternative spelling of memorizer.
memorist noun: One who, or that which, causes to be remembered.
memoriter adjective, adverb /məˈmɒɹɪtə/: By, or from, memory; by heart.
memorizability noun: The quality of being memorizable.
memorizable adjective: That may be memorized.
memorization noun /ˈmem(ə)ɹaɪˌzeɪʃn̩/: The act of committing something to memory or memorizing.
memorize verb /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/: To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
memorizer noun: One who, or that which, memorizes.
memorizing noun, verb: memorization
memory noun /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/: The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
memory B cell noun: A B cell, formed during primary infection, that provides an accelerated immune response during re-infection
memory balloon noun: A pool of memory in the system of memory ballooning.
memory ballooning noun: A technique used to eliminate the need to overcommit host memory used by virtual machines by letting each VM effectively "give back" unused pages of virtual...
memory bank noun: A hardware-dependent logical unit of storage in an electronic.
memory barrier noun: An instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it.
memory box noun: A box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.
memory café noun: A group for people with dementia and their carers, based around conversation and the sharing of memories.
memory card noun: A solid state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.
memory care noun: The care of a patient suffering from a memory disorder.
memory cartridge noun: An electronic flash memory data storage device commonly used in portable electronic devices.
memory cell noun: A type of lymphocyte that is capable of responding to an antigen long after the initial exposure.
memory chip noun: A RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM or EEPROM microchip that can be plugged into a personal computer to provide temporary or permanent memory.
memory core noun: A (semi-)permanent computer memory storage device that may be extracted, and may or may not be separate from the computer core.
memory distrust syndrome noun: The condition of doubting the accuracy of one's own memories, believed to be related to amnesia.
memory drive noun: Synonym of flash drive.
memory dump noun: Synonym of core dump.
memory effect noun: The situation in which nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity if they are repeatedly recharged after being only...
memory enhancer noun: Synonym of nootropic.
memory foam noun: Foam consisting of polyurethane and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of pillows, mattresses, laptop sleeves, etc., which reacts to body heat and...
memory frame noun: Synonym of page frame.
memory hole noun, verb /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi ˌhəʊl/: A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.
memory-holing noun, verb: An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.
memory institution noun: A library, museum or similar organization serving as an archive of knowledge.
memory jogger noun: Something which jogs the memory; an aid for remembering.
memory journey noun: An imaginary journey used as a mnemonic device to recall faces, digits, etc. by the order in which they are encountered during travel.
memory lane noun /ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi ˌleɪn/: An imaginary path along which one can take a nostalgic or sentimental journey through one's memories of the past.
memory leak noun: Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.
memory like a sieve noun: Synonym of mind like a sieve.
memory metal noun: Synonym of shape memory alloy
memory page noun: A page in a book (e.g., a scrapbook) where one can write down special memories and insert mementoes.
memory palace noun: An imaginary place used as a mnemonic device to recall faces, digits, etc. by their position inside it.
memory quilt noun: A patchwork quilt made from personal items such as old clothing, to preserve memories of former times.
memory-ridden adjective: Full of memories; oppressed or plagued by memories.
memory root noun: Synonym of Jack-in-the-pulpit (“the plant Arisaema triphyllum”).
memory-safe adjective: Of a program or programming language, able to ensure memory safety.
memory safety noun: Protection from software bugs and security vulnerabilities resulting from improper memory management, such as buffer overflows and dangling pointers.

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.