English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 208 of 732

means-testedadj

Subject to a means test.

meanshipnoun

Instrumentality.

meanspiritedlyadv

In a meanspirited manner.

meanspiritednessnoun

The state or condition of being meanspirited.

meansponoun

Thinspo content that is deliberately cruel or insulting to the supposedly overweight viewer.

meantverb

simple past and past participle of mean

meant tophrase

supposed to, obliged to, ought to

meant to beadj

Destined to exist or occur.

meantestverb

second-person singular simple past indicative of mean

meantimenoun

The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

meantnessnoun

The state or quality of being meant or intended.

meantonenoun

A musical temperament that generates all non-octave intervals from a stack of identical perfect fifths all tuned flat from their just ratio of 3/2. When the amount of flattening makes the major and minor thirds appropriate sizes, the syntonic comma is tempered out to a unison.

meanwhilenoun

The time between two events.

meanwhile gardennoun

A community greenspace created temporarily on unused, derelict, or brownfield sites that are awaiting future permanent development; vacant land used for socially beneficial purposes until it is brought back into commercial or public use.

meanwhile sitenoun

Synonym of meanwhile space.

meanwhile spacenoun

A vacant or underused property that is temporarily occupied for a beneficial use before future redevelopment; spaces used for short-term purposes, such as pop-up shops, art studios, community gardens, or affordable housing, to generate value and support local communities.

meanwhile usenoun

short-term use of a vacant site; a place subject to such a use

meanynoun

Alternative spelling of meanie.

mearnoun

Alternative form of mere (“boundary”).

Mearaname

A surname from Irish.

Mearnsname

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Mearns quailnoun

Synonym of Montezuma quail.

Mearsname

A surname from Old English.

measverb

Abbreviation of measures.

MEASAname

Acronym of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.

measenoun

A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring.

Meashamname

A large village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3312).

measlenoun

A red spot of the kind that appears on the skin of someone suffering from measles.

measledadj

Infected with measles.

measlesnoun

An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.

measleslikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of measles.

measleyadj

Uncommon form of measly.

measlinessnoun

The state or quality of being measly.

measlingnoun

Synonym of measle: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, a red spot caused by the disease.

measlingsnoun

Synonym of measles: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, the red spots caused by the disease.

measlyadj

Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).

meastaticadj

Misspelling of metastatic.

measurabilitynoun

Susceptibility to measurement.

measurableadj

Able to be measured.

measurablenessnoun

Quality of being measurable.

measurablyadv

In a measurable manner.

measuragenoun

A toll or duty based on the volume of a material; or, the right to collect such a toll or duty.

measurationnoun

measurement; mensuration

measurenoun

A prescribed quantity or extent.

measure the drapesverb

To make premature or unwarranted preparations for victory, especially election to public office.

measure twice and cut onceproverb

One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.

measure upverb

To meet expectations; to be as good as.

measureableadj

Misspelling of measurable.

measurebateverb

To focus excessively on technical specifications (of a camera or other electronic device).

measuredadj

That has been determined by measurement.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 208. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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