English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 292 of 732

Mess-Johnnoun

A domestic chaplain.

Messaname

A surname.

Messacname

A surname from French.

messagenoun

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

message boardnoun

A board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.

message controlnoun

The management of an organization’s communicating its own agenda to the public, particularly as shaped by news media, customers or others.

message fictionnoun

Fiction that attempts to convey a sociopolitical message, as opposed to mere escapism.

message in a bottlenoun

A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.

message queuenoun

A queue onto which messages may be placed for delivery between components as part of interprocess communication.

message queuesnoun

plural of message queue

message sticknoun

A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups.

message unitnoun

An individual broadcasting slot, such as a single televised advertisement.

messagelessadj

Without a message.

messagelessnessnoun

Absence of a message.

messagelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a message.

messagernoun

One who sends a message.

messagerynoun

Messages collectively.

messagesnoun

plural of message

messagethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of message

messagingnoun

gerund of message: the transmission of messages.

Messalianismnoun

The beliefs and practices of the Messalians.

Messalinianadj

Reminiscent of Messalina; scheming and lascivious.

Messapiannoun

A member of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Apulia in Southern Italy.

messboynoun

A young man employed on a ship as a waiter and messroom attendant.

messdecknoun

The mess on board a ship.

messed upadj

In disorder.

messed-upnessnoun

The state or condition of being messed-up.

messelitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Messenename

An ancient Greek city in the southwest Peloponnesus and new capital of the region of Messenia.

messengernoun

One who brings messages.

messenger of deathnoun

A figure or entity that presages death.

messenger RNAnoun

RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.

messengerhoodnoun

The role or status of a messenger.

messengerialadj

Of or relating to a messenger.

messengerlyadj

Characteristic of a messenger.

messengersnoun

plural of messenger

messengershipnoun

The role or status of a messenger.

Messenianadj

Of or relating to Messenia.

Messername

A surname.

messer-abouternoun

One who messes about.

Messerschmidtname

A surname from German.

Messerschmittname

A surname from German

messetnoun

A dog, especially one as a pet.

messhallnoun

Alternative form of mess hall.

Messiname

A surname.

Messianame

The Roman goddess of reaping.

messiahnoun

The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.

messiahlessadj

Without a messiah.

messiahlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a messiah.

messiahshipnoun

Having the position of, or being ordained by God as messiah.

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