English Words: M
36,575 words · Page 480 of 732
Sight proved to be wrong; an instance of seeing something that turned out to be something else or nothing at all.
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.
A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
A member of a community who is widely but privately known within that community for abusiveness or other harmful behavior that has not been addressed.
A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.
The disproportionate media coverage of a missing person or similar case involving a young, white, upper-middle-class woman, contrasted with lesser coverage of males, non-white ethnicities, etc.
The area of practical theology which studies the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary.
A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
A dish in American cuisine usually consisting of a tortilla wrapped around meat, rice, beans, sour cream, as well as various vegetables and sauces. The Mission burrito is distinguished from a traditional burrito by its larger size and greater diversity of ingredients and is the most common variety of burrito consumed at a typical "burrito restaurant".
Gradual unplanned expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a project, especially a military mission.
A reserve or other tract of land administered by religious missionaries for the spiritual and material welfare of Aboriginal people.
A tramp or vagrant who often frequents missions or charitable organizations for food and shelter.
Of a process or part within a larger system, vital to the operations of the system as a whole.
A position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman face each other, with the man on top.
A missionary who seeks to study a people's language in order to facilitate religious conversion.
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 480. 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.
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