English Words: M

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memory spannoun

The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short-term memory).

memory sticknoun

One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.

memory-holingnoun

An action or instance of alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records.

memory-riddenadj

Full of memories; oppressed or plagued by memories.

memorycidenoun

The deliberate destruction of all traces and physical reminders of a people.

memoryfuladj

Equipped with a memory; capable of retaining information about what has happened before.

memoryingnoun

The act or process of remembering; the use of memory.

memorylessadj

Without a memory or memories.

memorylessnessnoun

Absence of a memory or memories.

memospherenoun

The world or sphere of memes (transmitted ideas).

Memphianadj

Of or relating to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.

Memphibiannoun

A person from Memphis, Tennessee

Memphisname

A city of ancient Egypt.

Memphis rapnoun

A subgenre of hip hop that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-late 1980s.

Memphiteadj

Of, from or pertaining to Memphis, Egypt.

Memphiticadj

Of or relating to Memphis or the Memphites.

Memphiticaladj

Synonym of Memphitic.

Memphrename

A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada.

memresistancenoun

Alternative form of memristance.

memristicadj

Relating to, or characteristic of a memristor

memristiveadj

Of or pertaining to a memristor; exhibiting memristance.

memristornoun

A passive electrical element in which the electrical resistance is proportional to the integral of the electrical current between the terminals.

memrizeverb

Pronunciation spelling of memorize, representing dialectal English.

memsahibnoun

A white European woman in colonial India.

mennoun

plural of man

men in blue tiesnoun

The men of the Liberal party and their background lobbyists, particularly with regard to women's issues.

men in white coatsnoun

Mental health professionals.

men'snoun

possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans.

men's roomnoun

A restroom intended for use by males, often including urinals in addition to toilet stalls.

men-stealernoun

A slave-dealer; someone who seizes other persons to hold those persons as slave or sell them into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.

Men-t'ou-kouname

Alternative form of Mentougou.

MENAname

Initialism of Middle East News Agency, a news agency based in Cairo, established in 1955, nationalized and affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Information in 1960.

menabitannoun

A synthetic drug which acts as a potent cannabinoid receptor agonist.

Menacaname

A habitational surname from Basque.

menaccanitenoun

A black or steel-grey mineral consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium.

menaccaniticadj

Of or relating to the mineral menaccanite.

menacenoun

A perceived threat or danger.

menacefuladj

Full of menace; threatening.

menacementnoun

An act of menacing or threatening.

menacernoun

One who menaces.

menacestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of menace

menacethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of menace

menacingadj

Synonym of threatening in its various senses.

menacinglyadv

In a menacing manner.

menacingnessnoun

The quality of being menacing.

menacmenoun

The time of a woman's life between menarche and menopause

menadnoun

Alternative spelling of maenad.

menadiolnoun

The dihydric alcohol formed by reduction of menadione.

menadionenoun

A synthetic yellow compound C₁₁H₈O₂ with the biological activity of natural vitamin K menaquinone, used to treat hemorrhage.

menagerienoun

A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.

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