English Words: M
36,575 words · Page 335 of 732
A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.
A composite of fabrics (typically linen or paper fabric) using phenolic resins cured under pressure and high temperature to produce laminates.
Of or relating to heating systems which incorporate mica and produce both radiant and convective heat.
A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.
The claim that something good will turn up, especially when used to justify optimism.
A level of income, above the poverty line, but not high enough to cope with economic shocks.
a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration
The nucleophilic addition of a carbanion or another nucleophile to an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound.
The chemical reaction of a trivalent phosphorus ester with an alkyl halide to form a pentavalent phosphorus species and another alkyl halide.
A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
Any of several species and hybrids of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, particularly in the genera Aster or Symphyotrichum; a flower of any such plant.
The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
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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 335. 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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