English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 458 of 732

misdeclarationnoun

An incorrect declaration, especially relating to how much tax one owes.

misdeclareverb

To declare wrongly; to declare erroneously.

misdeclineverb

To decline (a noun or adjective) incorrectly, applying the wrong inflection.

misdecodeverb

To incorrectly decode

misdecorateverb

To decorate incorrectly.

misdeednoun

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

misdeedernoun

One who commits or is guilty of misdeed.

misdeedyadj

Given to misdeeds; naughty or criminal.

misdeemverb

To misjudge, to deem wrongly.

misdeemingverb

present participle and gerund of misdeem

misdefendverb

To defend incorrectly.

misdefensenoun

A faulty defense that allows one's opponent to take advantage

misdefineverb

To define a term in a manner that is not correct; to define wrongly.

misdefinitionnoun

A definition that explains something incorrectly; a wrong definition.

misdeliververb

To deliver incorrectly.

misdeliverynoun

an incorrect delivery, e.g. to the wrong person

misdemeanverb

With a reflexive pronoun: to cause (oneself) to behave badly.

misdemeanantnoun

Someone convicted of a misdemeanor.

misdemeanistnoun

One who commits a misdemeanor.

misdemeanornoun

A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.

misdemeanorizationnoun

The act of making a previously non-misdemeanor activity a misdemeanor

misdemeanorizeverb

To reclassify (an offense) as a misdemeanor.

misdemeanorousadj

Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of a misdemeanor.

misdemeanournoun

Alternative form of misdemeanor.

misdemptverb

simple past and past participle of misdeem

misdentitionnoun

Abnormal dentition.

misdepositedadj

Wrongly deposited

misdepositionnoun

An incorrect deposition

misderivationnoun

An incorrect derivation, especially of the etymology of a word.

misderiveverb

To derive erroneously.

misdescribeverb

To incorrectly explain or detail something or someone.

misdescribernoun

One who misdescribes something.

misdescriptionnoun

An inaccurate description, often fraudulent.

misdescriptiveadj

In United States trademark law, tending to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark.

misdescriptivenessnoun

In United States trademark law, the characteristic of a trademark being misdescriptive.

misdesertnoun

The state or fact of deserving bad things.

misdesignverb

To design badly or incorrectly.

misdesirenoun

A bad or wrong desire.

misdetectverb

To detect wrongly, or where not actually present.

misdetectionnoun

An incorrect or faulty detection

misdeterminationnoun

incorrect determination

misdetermineverb

To determine incorrectly.

misdevelopverb

To develop badly or wrongly.

misdevelopmentnoun

Bad or wrong development.

misdevoteverb

To devote mistakenly or unwisely.

misdevotionnoun

Mistaken, ineffective, or fake devotion.

misdiagnoseverb

To incorrectly diagnose.

misdiagnosisnoun

An incorrect diagnosis.

misdiagnosticadj

Relating to misdiagnosis.

misdiagramverb

To diagram incorrectly.

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 458. 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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