English Words: M
36,575 words · Page 308 of 732
A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.
A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, having about seven pairs of appendages.
A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
A metabolite of epinephrine (adrenaline) created by the action of catechol-O-methyl transferase on epinephrine.
The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.
A name that is rejected because a valid name (based on another member) already exists for the same group.
In the Perl and Raku programming languages, an operator that can combine with other operators.
A software package that contains no software itself, but serves to install a particular set of other packages.
The most general and overarching framework for a discipline that represents its core concepts.
A Wikipedia editor who focuses on the social side of the project, such as participating in discussions or community events, rather than editing articles and contributing content.
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 308. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "M" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.