English Words: M
36,575 words · Page 291 of 732
The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.
Certain members of the decay chain of thorium, mainly isotopes of radium and actinium
Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia (said of the larvae of certain marine annelids).
providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).
Any of various minerals, including natrolite (soda mesotype), scolecite (lime mesotype), and mesolite (lime-soda mesotype)
A small-scale, vertical vortex of air associated with a thunderstorm that occurs at less than one kilometer from the ground and is between 2-20 kilometers in width.
A dicarboxylic acid, C₃H₂O₆ that is an intermediate in the oxidation of malonic acid to oxalic acid.
Any plant whose tolerance to moisture is intermediate between that of a mesophyte and a xerophyte
A zeugma where the governing word occurs in the middle of the sentence and governs clauses on either side.
Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.
Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus (now Crataegus sect. Mespilus), of medlars.
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed and bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
A portable container for cooking or serving food, originally for military use, and generally of a rounded rectangular form.
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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 291. 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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