English Words: M

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menageristnoun

The keeper of a menagerie of animals.

menagerynoun

Archaic form of menagerie.

menagoguenoun

Obsolete form of emmenagogue.

menahelnoun

A principal, especially of a yeshiva or Jewish school.

Menai Bridgename

A town and community with a town council on the Menai Strait in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH5572).

menaionnoun

The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia.

Menakaname

In Hindu mythology, one of the most beautiful of the apsaras and the wife of Himavat.

Menameradielname

A former municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.

Menanderianadj

Of or pertaining to Menander or his works.

menaquinonenoun

A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C₄₁H₅₆O₂ that is obtained especially from putrefied fish meal and produced by bacteria in the large intestine and essential for the blood-clotting process. It is much more unsaturated than vitamin K₁ and slightly less active biologically, and is an isoprenoid derivative of menadione.

menarchaladj

Alternative form of menarcheal.

menarchenoun

The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period.

menarchealadj

Of or pertaining to the menarche (advent of menses).

menarchedadj

Having been through menarche.

menarchialadj

Alternative form of menarcheal.

menarchicadj

Menarcheal.

Menardname

A surname from French.

menatnoun

In Ancient Egypt, a heavy beaded necklace and musical instrument with a crescent-shaped plate in the front and a keyhole-shaped amuletic counterweight in the rear, considered sacred to Hathor.

menazonnoun

A chemical compound (C₆H₁₂N₅O₂PS₂) used as an organophosphate insecticide.

Mencername

A surname.

Mencianadj

Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Mencius.

Menciusname

Chinese philosopher, follower of Confucius (?372 - 289 B.C.E., or 385 - 303/302 B.C.E.)

Menckename

A surname.

Menckenesenoun

The flamboyant writing style associated with Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic.

Menckenesqueadj

Reminiscent of H. L. Mencken (1880–1956), American writer, editor, and critic.

Menckenianadj

Of or pertaining to Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic.

Menckenismnoun

An inflammatory and satirical remark of, or characteristic of, Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880–1956), influential American writer and critic.

mendverb

To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).

mend fencesverb

To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap.

mend one's paceverb

To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust one's speed to match that of a companion.

mendabilitynoun

The state or quality of being mendable.

mendableadj

Able to be mended.

mendaciloquencenoun

The action of telling lies in an artful way

mendaciloquentadj

Untruthful in speech.

mendaciousadj

Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

mendaciouslyadv

In a lying or deceitful manner.

mendaciousnessnoun

Mendacity.

mendacitynoun

The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

Mendenoun

A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Mendelname

A surname.

Mendeleevname

A transliteration of the Russian surname Менделе́ев (Mendeléjev), usually applying to Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev.

Mendeleevianadj

Of or relating to Dmitri Mendeleev (Russian: Дми́трий Менделе́ев; 1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor involved in the creation of the modern periodic table.

mendeleeviumnoun

Rare spelling of mendelevium.

mendelevatenoun

An anion of mendelevium.

mendeleviumnoun

A radioactive metallic transuranic chemical element (symbol Md) with atomic number 101, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator.

mendeleyeviumnoun

Rare spelling of mendelevium.

Mendelianadj

Of or relating to Gregor Mendel or his theories of genetics

Mendelianismnoun

Synonym of Mendelism.

Mendelianistnoun

Synonym of Mendelist.

Mendelianlyadv

In a Mendelian manner.

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