33678
|
m |
M is the thirteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and a labial articulation, formed by a ... |
33679
|
mab |
MAB, n. In northern mythology, the queen of the imaginary beings called fairies.1. A ... |
33680
|
mac |
MAC, in names of Scotch and Irish origin, signifies son. [See Maid.] |
33681
|
macao |
MACA'O, n. The name of a race of beautiful fowls of the parrot kind, under the genus Psittacus. |
33682
|
macaroni |
MACARO'NI, n. [Gr. happy.] 1. A kind of biscuit made of flour, eggs, sugar and almonds, and ... |
33683
|
macaronic |
MACARON'IC, a. Pertaining to or like a macaroni; empty; trifling; vain; affected.1. Consisting of ... |
33684
|
macaroon |
MACAROON, the same as macaroni. |
33685
|
macauco |
MACAU'CO, n. A name of several species of quadrupeds of the genus Lemur. |
33686
|
macaw |
MACAW' |
33687
|
maccabees |
MAC'CABEES, n. The name of two apocryphal books in the Bible. |
33688
|
maccoboy |
MAC'COBOY, n. A kind of snuff. |
33689
|
mace |
MACE, n. An ensign of authority borne before magistrates. Originally, the mace was a club or ... |
33690
|
mace-ale |
MA'CE-ALE, n. Ale spiced with mace. |
33691
|
mace-bearer |
MA'CE-BEARER, n. A person who carries a mace before men in authority. |
33692
|
mace-reed |
MACE-REED, or REED-MACE, n. A plant of the genus Typha. |
33693
|
macerate |
MAC'ERATE, v.t. [L. macero, from macer, thin, lean; maceo, to be thin or lean; Eng. meager, ... |
33694
|
macerated |
MAC'ERATED, pp. Made thin or lean; steeped almost to solution. |
33695
|
macerating |
MAC'ERATING, ppr. Making lean; steeping almost to solution; softening. |
33696
|
maceration |
MACERA'TION, n. The act or the process of making thin or lean by wearing away, or by ... |
33697
|
machiavelian |
MACHIAVE'LIAN, a. [from Machiavel, an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the ... |
33698
|
machiavelism |
MACH'IAVELISM, n. The principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political ... |
33699
|
machicolation |
MACHICOLA'TION, n. In old castles,the pouring of hot substances through apertures in the upper part ... |
33700
|
machinal |
MACH'INAL, a. [See Machine.] Pertaining to machines. |
33701
|
machinate |
MACH'INATE, v.t. [L. machinor.] To plan; to contrive; to form a scheme. |
33702
|
machinated |
MACH'INATED, pp. Planned; contrived. |
33703
|
machinating |
MACH'INATING, ppr. Contriving; scheming. |
33704
|
machination |
MACHINA'TION, n. The act of planning or contriving a scheme for executing some purpose, ... |
33705
|
machinator |
MACH'INATOR, n. One that forms a scheme, or who plots with evil designs. |
33706
|
machine |
MACHINE, n. [L. machina.] An artificial work, simple or complicated, that serves to apply or ... |
33707
|
machinery |
MACHINERY, n. A complicated work, or combination of mechanical powers in a work, designed to ... |
33708
|
machining |
MACHINING, a. Denoting the machinery of a poem. [Not used.] |
33709
|
machinist |
MACH'INIST, n. A constructor of machines and engines, or one well versed in the principles of ... |
33710
|
macigno |
MACIG'NO, n. A species of stone of two varieties, one of a grayish yellow color, the other of a ... |
33711
|
macilency |
MAC'ILENCY, n. [See Macilent.] Leanness. |
33712
|
macilent |
MAC'ILENT, a. [L. macilentus, from macer, lean, thin. See Macerate.] Lean; thin; having little ... |
33713
|
mackerel |
MACK'EREL, n. [L. macula, a spot; the spotted fish.]A species of fish of the genus Scomber, an ... |
33714
|
mackerel-sky |
MACK'EREL-SKY, n. A sky streaked or marked like a mackerel. |
33715
|
macle |
MAC'LE, n. A name given to chiastolite or hollow spar. |
33716
|
maclurite |
MACLU'RITE, n. A mineral of a brilliant pale green color, so called in honor of Maclure, the ... |
33717
|
macrocosm |
MAC'ROCOSM, n. [Gr. great, and world.] The great world; the universe, or the visible system of ... |
33718
|
macrology |
MACROL'OGY, n. [Gr. great, and discourse.] Long and tedious talk; prolonged discourse without ... |
33719
|
mactation |
MACTA'TION, n. [L. macto, to kill.]The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. |
33720
|
macula |
MAC'ULA, n. [L.] A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or other luminous orb. |
33721
|
maculate |
MAC'ULATE, v.t. [L. maculo.] To spot; to stain.MAC'ULATE |
33722
|
maculated |
MAC'ULATED, a. Spotted. |
33723
|
maculation |
MACULA'TION, n. The act of spotting a spot; a stain. |
33724
|
macule |
MAC'ULE, n. A spot. [supra.] [Little used.] |
33725
|
mad |
MAD, a. 1. Disordered in intellect; distracted; furious. We must bind our passions in chains, lest ... |
33726
|
mad-cap |
MAD-CAP, a. [mad-caput or cap.] A violent, rash, hot-headed person; a madman. |
33727
|
madam |
MAD'AM, n. An appellation or complimentary title given to married and elderly ladies, or chiefly ... |
33728
|
madapple |
MAD'APPLE, n. A plant of the genus Solanum. |
33729
|
madbrain |
MAD'BRAIN |
33730
|
madbrained |
MAD'BRAINED, a. Disordered in mind; hot-headed; rash. |
33731
|
madden |
MAD'DEN, v.t. mad'n. To make mad.MAD'DEN, v.i. To become mad; to act as if mad. They rave, recite ... |
33732
|
maddened |
MAD'DENED, pp. Rendered mad. |
33733
|
maddening |
MAD'DENING, ppr. Making mad or angry. |
33734
|
madder |
MAD'DER, n. A plant of the genus Rubia, one species of which is much used in dyeing red. The root ... |
33735
|
madding |
MAD'DING, ppr. of mad. Raging; furious. |
33736
|
made |
MADE, n. An earthworm. [But this is the Eng.moth.] |
33737
|
madefaction |
MADEFAC'TION, n. [L. madefacio.] The act of making wet. |
33738
|
madefied |
MAD'EFIED, pp. Made wet. |
33739
|
madefy |
MAD'EFY, v.t. [L. madefio.] To make wet or moist; to moisten. [Not much used.] |
33740
|
madefying |
MAD'EFYING, ppr. Making moist or wet. |
33741
|
madeira |
MADEIRA, n. A rich wine made on the isle of Madeira. |
33742
|
mademoiselle |
MADEMOISELLE, n. A young woman, or the title given to one; miss; also, the puppet sent from the ... |
33743
|
madheaded |
MAD'HEADED, n. Hot brained; rash. |
33744
|
madhouse |
MAD'HOUSE, n. A house where insane persons are confined for cure or for restraint. |
33745
|
madid |
MAD'ID, a. [L.madidus.] Wet; moist. [Not in use.] |
33746
|
madly |
MAD'LY, adv. [from mad.] Without reason or understanding; rashly; wildly.1. With extreme folly ... |
33747
|
madman |
MAD'MAN, n. A man raving or furious with disordered intellect; a distracted man.1. A man without ... |
33748
|
madness |
MAD'NESS, n. [from mad.] Distraction; a state of disordered reason or intellect, in which the ... |
33749
|
madona |
MADO'NA |
33750
|
madonna |
MADON'NA, n. A term of compellation equivalent to madam. It is given to the virgin Mary. |
33751
|
madrepore |
MAD'REPORE, n. A submarine substance of a stony hardness, resembling coral. It consists of ... |
33752
|
madreporite |
MAD'REPORITE, n. A name given to certain petrified bones found in Normandy, in France, belonging ... |
33753
|
madrier |
MADRIE'R, n. A thick plank armed with iron plates, with a cavity to receive the mouth of a petard, ... |
33754
|
madrigal |
MAD'RIGAL, n. 1. A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing a certain ... |
33755
|
madwort |
MAD'WORT, n. A plant of the genus Alyssum. |
33756
|
maestoso |
MAESTO'SO, an Italian word signifying majestic, a direction in music to play the part with grandeur ... |
33757
|
maffle |
MAF'FLE, v.i. To stammer. [Not in use.] |
33758
|
magazine |
MAGAZINE, n.1. A store of arms, ammunition or provisions; or the building in which such store is ... |
33759
|
magaziner |
MAGAZINER, n. One who writes for a magazine. [Little used.] |
33760
|
mage |
MAGE, n. A magician. [Not used.]Magellanic clouds, whitish clouds, or appearances like clouds near ... |
33761
|
maggot |
MAG'GOT, n.1. A worm or grub; particularly, the flyworm, from the egg of the large blue or green ... |
33762
|
maggoty |
MAG'GOTY, a. Full of maggots. |
33763
|
maggoty-headed |
MAG'GOTY-HEADED, a. Having a head full of whims. |
33764
|
magi |
MA'GI, n. plu. [L.] Wise men or philosophers of the East. |
33765
|
magian |
MA'GIAN, a. [L. magus.] Pertaining to the Magi, a sect of philosophers in Persia.MA'GIAN, n. One ... |
33766
|
magianism |
MA'GIANISM, n. The philosophy or doctrines of the Magi. |
33767
|
magic |
MAG'IC, n. [L. magia; Gr. a philosopher among the Persians.]1. The art or science of putting into ... |
33768
|
magical |
MAG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to magic; used in magic; as a magic wand; magic art.1. Performed by ... |
33769
|
magically |
MAG'ICALLY, adv. By the arts of magic; according to the rules or rites of magic; by enchantment. |
33770
|
magician |
MAGI'CIAN, n. One skilled in magic; one that practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; ... |
33771
|
magisterial |
MAGISTE'RIAL, a. [See Magistrate.] Pertaining to a master; such as suits a master; ... |
33772
|
magisterially |
MAGISTE'RIALLY, adv. With the air of a master; arrogantly; authoritatively. |
33773
|
magisterialness |
MAGISTE'RIALNESS, n. The air and manner of a master; haughtiness; imperiousness; peremptoriness. |
33774
|
magistery |
MAG'ISTERY, n. [L. magisterium.] Among chimists, a precipitate; a fine substance deposited by ... |
33775
|
magistracy |
MAG'ISTRACY, a. [See Magistrate.] The office or dignity of a magistrate. Duelling is not only an ... |
33776
|
magistral |
MAG'ISTRAL, a. Suiting a magistrate; authoritative.MAG'ISTRAL, n. A sovereign medicine or remedy. |
33777
|
magistrality |
MAGISTRAL'ITY, n. Despotic authority in opinion. |
33778
|
magistrally |
MAG'ISTRALLY, adv. Authoritatively; with imperiousness. |
33779
|
magistrate |
MAG'ISTRATE, n. [L. magistratus, from magister, master; magis, major, and ster, Teutonic steora, a ... |
33780
|
magistratic |
MAGISTRAT'IC, a. Having the authority of a magistrate. |
33781
|
magistrature |
MAG'ISTRATURE, n. Magistracy. [Little used.] |
33782
|
magnanimity |
MAGNANIM'ITY, n. [L. magnanimitas; magnus, great, and animus, mind.] Greatness of mind; that ... |
33783
|
magnanimous |
MAGNAN'IMOUS, a. [L. magnanimus.]1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; brave; ... |
33784
|
magnanimously |
MAGNAN'IMOUSLY, adv. With greatness of mind; bravely; with dignity and elevation of sentiment. |
33785
|
magnesia |
MAGNE'SIA, n. s as z. [Gr. the lodestone.]1. A primitive earth, having for its base a metallic ... |
33786
|
magnesian |
MAGNE'SIAN, a. Pertaining to magnesia, or partaking of its qualities. |
33787
|
magnesite |
MAG'NESITE, n. Carbonated magnesia, or magnesia combined with silex. It occurs in amorphous ... |
33788
|
magnesium |
MAGNE'SIUM, n. The undecomposable base of magnesia. |
33789
|
magnet |
MAG'NET, n. [L. from Gr. Magnesia, in Asia Minor.] The lodestone; an ore of iron which has the ... |
33790
|
magnetic |
MAGNET'IC |
33791
|
magnetical |
MAGNET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or ... |
33792
|
magnetically |
MAGNET'ICALLY, adv. By means of magnetism; by the power of attraction. |
33793
|
magneticalness |
MAGNET'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being magnetic. |
33794
|
magnetics |
MAGNET'ICS, n. The science or principles of magnetism. |
33795
|
magnetiferous |
MAGNETIF'EROUS, a. Producing or conducting magnetism. |
33796
|
magnetism |
MAG'NETISM, n. That branch of science which treats of the properties of the magnet, the power of ... |
33797
|
magnetize |
MAG'NETIZE, v.t. To communicate magnetic properties to any thing; as, to magnetize a needle. Seven ... |
33798
|
magnetized |
MAG'NETIZED, pp. Made magnetic. |
33799
|
magnetizing |
MAG'NETIZING, ppr. Imparting magnetism to. |
33800
|
magnifiable |
MAG'NIFIABLE, a. [See Magnify.] That may be magnified; worthy of being magnified or extolled. |
33801
|
magnific |
MAGNIF'IC |
33802
|
magnifical |
MAGNIF'ICAL, a. [L. magnificus.] Grand; splendid; illustrious. |
33803
|
magnifically |
MAGNIFICALLY, adv. In a magnificent manner. |
33804
|
magnificate |
MAGNIF'ICATE, v.t. To magnify or extol. [Not used.] |
33805
|
magnificence |
MAGNIFICENCE, n. [L.magnificentia.] Grandeur of appearance; greatness and splendor of show or ... |
33806
|
magnificent |
MAGNIF'ICENT, a. Grand in appearance; splendid; pompous. Man he made, and for him built ... |
33807
|
magnificently |
MAGNIF'ICENTLY, adv. With splendor of appearance, or pomp of show. The minister was magnificently ... |
33808
|
magnifico |
MAGNIF'ICO, n. A grandee of Venice. |
33809
|
magnifier |
MAG'NIFIER, n. [from magnify.] One who magnifies; one who extols or exalts in praises.1. A glass ... |
33810
|
magnify |
MAGNIFY, v.t. [L. magnifico; magnus, great, and facio, to make.]1. To make great or greater; to ... |
33811
|
magnifying |
MAG'NIFYING, ppr. Enlarging apparent bulk or dimensions; extolling; exalting. |
33812
|
magniloquence |
MAGNIL'OQUENCE, n. [L. magnus, great, and loquens, speaking.]A lofty manner of speaking; tumid, ... |
33813
|
magnitude |
MAG'NITUDE, n. [L. magnitudo.] Extent of dimensions or parts; bulk; size; applied to things that ... |
33814
|
magnolia |
MAGNO'LIA, n. The laurel-leafed tulip tree, of several species. |
33815
|
magpie |
MAG'PIE, n. [L. pica, with mag.] A chattering bird of the genus Corvus. |
33816
|
maguey |
MAG'UEY, a. A species of aloe in Mexico, which furnished the natives with timber for their ... |
33817
|
mahogany |
MAHOG'ANY, n. A tree of the genus Swietenia, growing in the tropical climates of America. The ... |
33818
|
mahometan |
MAHOM'ETAN |
33819
|
mahound |
MA'HOUND, n. Formerly a contemptuous name for Mohammed and the devil, &c. |
33820
|
maid |
MAID, n. A species of skate fish. |
33821
|
maid-servant |
MA'ID-SERVANT, n. A female servant. |
33822
|
maiden |
MA'IDEN, n.1. An unmarried woman, or a young unmarried woman; a virgin.2. A female servant.3. It ... |
33823
|
maidenhair |
MA'IDENHAIR, n. A plant of the genus Adiantum. |
33824
|
maidenhood |
MA'IDENHOOD, n.1. The state of being a maid or virgin; virginity. The modest lore of maidenhood.2. ... |
33825
|
maidenlike |
MA'IDENLIKE, a. Like a maid; modest. |
33826
|
maidenliness |
MA'IDENLINESS, n. The behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness. |
33827
|
maidenlip |
MA'IDENLIP, n. A plant. |
33828
|
maidenly |
MA'IDENLY, a. Like a maid; gentle; modest; reserved.MA'IDENLY, adv. In a maidenlike manner. |
33829
|
maidhood |
MA'IDHOOD, n. Virginity. |
33830
|
maidmarian |
MAIDMAR'IAN, n. A dance; so called from a buffoon dressed like a man. |
33831
|
maidpale |
MA'IDPALE, a. Pale, like a sick girl. |
33832
|
mail |
MAIL, n. [L.macula.]1. A coat of steel net-work, formerly worn for defending the body against ... |
33833
|
mail-coach |
MA'IL-COACH, n. A coach that conveys the public mails. |
33834
|
mailed |
MA'ILED, pp. Covered with a mail or with armor; inclosed and directed, as letters in a bundle.1. ... |
33835
|
mailing |
MA'ILING, ppr. Investing with a coat of mail; inclosing in a wrapper and directing to a post ... |
33836
|
maim |
MAIM, v.t.1. To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person less able to defend himself ... |
33837
|
maimed |
MA'IMED, pp. Crippled; disabled in limbs; lame. |
33838
|
maimedness |
MA'IMEDNESS, n. A state of being maimed. |
33839
|
maiming |
MA'IMING, ppr. Disabling by depriving of the use of a limb; crippling; rendering lame or ... |
33840
|
main |
MAIN, a. [L. magnus.]1. Principal; chief; that which has most power in producing an effect, or ... |
33841
|
main-keel |
MA'IN-KEEL, n. The principal keel, as distinguished from the false keel. |
33842
|
main-land |
MA'IN-LAND, n. The continent; the principal land, as opposed to an isle. |
33843
|
main-mast |
MA'IN-MAST, n. The principal mast in a ship or other vessel. |
33844
|
main-sail |
MA'IN-SAIL, n. The principal sail in a ship. The main-sail of a ship or brig is extended by a ... |
33845
|
main-sheet |
MA'IN-SHEET, n. The sheet that extends and fastens the main-sail. |
33846
|
main-top |
MA'IN-TOP, n. The top of the main-mast of a ship or brig. |
33847
|
main-yard |
MA'IN-YARD, n. The yard on which the main-sail is extended, supported by the main-mast. |
33848
|
mainly |
MA'INLY, adv. Chiefly; principally. He is mainly occupied with domestic concerns.1. Greatly; to ... |
33849
|
mainor |
MA'INOR, n. [ L. a manu, from the hand, or in the work.] The old law phrase, to be taken as a ... |
33850
|
mainpernable |
MAINPERN'ABLE, a. That may be admitted to give surety by mainpernors; that may be mainprized. |
33851
|
mainpernor |
MAINPERN'OR, n. In law, a surety for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day. Mainpernors ... |
33852
|
mainprize |
MA'INPRIZE, n.1. In law, a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties for the ... |
33853
|
mainswear |
MA'INSWEAR, v.i. To swear falsely; to perjure one's self. |
33854
|
maintain |
MAINTA'IN, v.t. [L. manus and teneo.]1. To hold, preserve or keep in any particular state or ... |
33855
|
maintainable |
MAINTA'INABLE, a. That may be maintained, supported, preserved or sustained.1. That may be ... |
33856
|
maintained |
MAINTA'INED, pp. Kept in any state; preserved; upheld; supported; defended; vindicated. |
33857
|
maintainer |
MAINTA'INER, n. One who supports, preserves, sustains or vindicates. |
33858
|
maintaining |
MAINTA'INING, ppr. Supporting; preserving; upholding; defending; vindicating. |
33859
|
maintenance |
MA'INTENANCE, n. Sustenance; sustentation; support by means of supplies of food, clothing and ... |
33860
|
maister |
MAISTER, for master, is obsolete. |
33861
|
maistress |
MAISTRESS, for mistress, is obsolete. |
33862
|
maiz |
MAIZ, n. A plant of the genus Zea, the native corn of America, called Indian corn. |
33863
|
maja |
MA'JA, n. A bird of Cuba, of a beautiful yellow color, whose flesh is accounted a delicacy. |
33864
|
majestic |
MAJES'TIC, a. [from majesty.] August; having dignity of person or appearance; grand; princely. ... |
33865
|
majestical |
MAJES'TICAL, a. Majestic. [Little used.] |
33866
|
majestically |
MAJES'TICALLY, adv. With dignity; with grandeur; with a lofty air or appearance. |
33867
|
majesty |
MAJ'ESTY, n. [L. majestas, from the root of magis, major, more, greater.]1. Greatness of ... |
33868
|
major |
MA'JOR, a. [L.] Greater in number, quantity or extent; as the major part of the assembly; the ... |
33869
|
major-domo |
MAJOR-DO'MO,n. [major and domus, house.] A man who holds the place of master of the house; a ... |
33870
|
major-general |
MA'JOR-GENERAL, n. A military officer who commands a division or a number of regiments; the next ... |
33871
|
majoration |
MAJORA'TION, n. Increase; enlargement. [Not used.] |
33872
|
majority |
MAJOR'ITY, n.1. The greater number; more than half; as a majority of mankind; a majority of votes ... |
33873
|
make |
MAKE, v.t. pret. and pp. made.1. To compel; to constrain. They should be made to rise at an early ... |
33874
|
makebate |
MA'KEBATE, n. One who excites contention and quarrels. |
33875
|
makeless |
MA'KELESS, a. Matchless; without a mate. |
33876
|
makepeace |
MA'KEPEACE, n. A peace-maker; one that reconciles persons when are variance. |
33877
|
maker |
MA'KER, n. The Creator. The universal Maker we may praise.1. One that makes, forms, shapes, or ... |
33878
|
makeweight |
MA'KEWEIGHT, n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight. |
33879
|
maki |
MA'KI, n. An animal of the genus Lemur. The ring-tailed maki is of the size of a cat.The common ... |
33880
|
making |
MA'KING, ppr. Forming; causing; compelling; creating; constituting.MA'KING, n. The act of ... |
33881
|
mal |
MAL, or MALE, as a previx, in composition, denotes ill or veil, L. malus. [See Malady.] |
33882
|
malachite |
MAL'ACHITE, n. [Gr. mallows, L. malva, soft, so names from its resembling the color of the leaf of ... |
33883
|
malacolite |
MAL'ACOLITE, n. [Gr. mallows, from its color.]Another name for diopside, a variety of pyroxene. |
33884
|
malacopterygeous |
MALACOPTERYG'EOUS, a. [Gr. soft, a point or feather.]Having bony rays of fins, not sharp or pointed ... |
33885
|
malacostomous |
MALACOS'TOMOUS, a. [Gr. soft, and mouth.]Having soft jaws without teeth; as a fish. |
33886
|
maladministration |
MALADMINISTRA'TION, n. [See Mal and Administer.] Bad management of public affairs; vicious or ... |
33887
|
malady |
MAL'ADY, n. [L. malum; Eng. mellow, L. mollis.]1. Any sickness or disease of the human body; any ... |
33888
|
malaga |
MAL'AGA, n. A species of wine imported from Malaga, in Spain. |
33889
|
malanders |
MALAN'DERS, n. A dry scab on the pastern of a horse. |
33890
|
malapert |
MAL'APERT, a. [mal and pert.] Saucy; quick, with impudence; sprightly, without respect or decency; ... |
33891
|
malapertly |
MAL'APERTLY, adv. Saucily; with impudence. |
33892
|
malapertness |
MAL'APERTNESS, n. Sauciness; impudent pertness or forwardness; sprightliness of reply without ... |
33893
|
malapropos |
MALAPROPOS, adv. malap'ropo. Unsuitably. |
33894
|
malar |
MA'LAR, a. [L. mala, the cheek.] Pertaining to the cheek. |
33895
|
malate |
MAL'ATE, n. [L. malum, an apple.] A salt formed by the malic acid, the acid of apples, combined ... |
33896
|
malaxate |
MAL'AXATE, v.t. To soften; to knead to softness. |
33897
|
malaxation |
MALAXA'TION, n. The act of moistening and softening; or the forming of ingredients into a mass for ... |
33898
|
malconformation |
MALCONFORMA'TION, n. Ill form; disproportion of parts. |
33899
|
malcontent |
MAL'CONTENT, n. [mal and content.] A discontented subject of government; one who murmurs at the ... |
33900
|
malcontented |
MALCONTENT'ED, a. Discontented with the laws or the administration of government; uneasy; ... |
33901
|
malcontentedly |
MALCONTENT'EDLY, adv. With discontent. |
33902
|
malcontentedness |
MALCONTENT'EDNESS, n. Discontentedness with the government; dissatisfaction; want of attachment to ... |
33903
|
male |
MALE, a. [L. masculus, from mas,maris.]1. Pertaining to the sex that procreates young, and applied ... |
33904
|
maledicency |
MALEDIC'ENCY, n. [L. maledicentia; male and dico.]Evil speaking; reproachful language; proneness to ... |
33905
|
maledicent |
MAL'EDICENT, a. Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Little used.] |
33906
|
malediction |
MALEDIC'TION, n. [L. maledictio; male, evil, and dico, to speak.]Evil speaking; denunciation of ... |
33907
|
malefaction |
MALEFAC'TION, n. [L.male, evil, and facio, to do.]A criminal deed; a crime; an offense against the ... |
33908
|
malefactor |
MALEFAC'TOR, n. [supra.] One who commits a crime; one guilty of violating the laws, in such a ... |
33909
|
malefice |
MAL'EFICE, n. An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Not in use.] |
33910
|
maleficiate |
MALEFI'CIATE, v.t. To bewitch. [Not in use.] |
33911
|
maleficiation |
MALEFICIA'TION, n. A bewitching. [Not in use.] |
33912
|
maleficience |
MALEFI'CIENCE, n. [L. maleficientia.]The doing of evil, harm or mischief. |
33913
|
maleficient |
MALEFI'CIENT, a. Doing evil, harm or mischief. |
33914
|
malengine |
MALEN'GINE, n. Guile; deceit. [Not in use.] |
33915
|
malet |
MAL'ET, n. A little bag or budget; a portmanteau. [Not used.] |
33916
|
malevolence |
MALEV'OLENCE, n. [L. malevolentia; malum, evil, and volens, volo, to will.] Ill will, personal ... |
33917
|
malevolent |
MALEV'OLENT, a. Having an evil disposition towards another or others; wishing evil to others; ill ... |
33918
|
malevolently |
MALEV'OLENTLY, adv. With ill will or enmity; with the wish or design to injure. |
33919
|
malevolous |
MALEV'OLOUS, a. Malevolent. [Not in use.] |
33920
|
malfeasance |
MALFE'ASANCE, n. Evil doing; wrong; illegal deed. |
33921
|
malformation |
MALFORMA'TION, n. [mal and formation.] Ill or wrong formation; irregular or anomalous formation or ... |
33922
|
malic |
MA'LIC, a. [L.malum, an apple.] Pertaining to apples; drawn from the juice of apples; as malic ... |
33923
|
malice |
MAL'ICE, n. [L.malitia, from malus, evil.] Extreme enmity of heart, or malevolence; a disposition ... |
33924
|
malicious |
MALI'CIOUS, a. Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; ... |
33925
|
maliciously |
MALI'CIOUSLY, adv. With malice; with extreme enmity or ill will; with deliberate intention to ... |
33926
|
maliciousness |
MALI'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being malicious; extreme enmity or disposition to injure; ... |
33927
|
malign |
MALIGN, a. mali'ne. [L. malignus, from malus, evil. See Malady.]1. Having a very evil disposition ... |
33928
|
malignancy |
MALIG'NANCY, n. [See Malignant.] Extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as malignancy of ... |
33929
|
malignant |
MALIG'NANT, a. [L. malignus,maligno, from malus, evil.]1. Malicious; having extreme malevolence ... |
33930
|
malignantly |
MALIG'NANTLY, adv. Maliciously; with extreme malevolence.1. With pernicious influence. |
33931
|
maligner |
MALIGNER, n. One who regards or treats another with enmity; a traducer; a defamer. |
33932
|
malignity |
MALIG'NITY, n. [L. malignitas.] Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart towards another; ... |
33933
|
malignly |
MALIGNLY, adv. With extreme ill will.1. Unpropitiously; perniciously. |
33934
|
malison |
MAL'ISON, n. Malediction. [Not in use.] |
33935
|
malkin |
MALKIN, n. maw'kin. A mop; also, a low maid-servant. |
33936
|
mall |
MALL, n. maul. [L. malleus.]1. A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing ... |
33937
|
mallard |
MAL'LARD, n. A species of duck of the genus Anas. |
33938
|
malleability |
MALLEABIL'ITY, n. [from malleable.] That quality of bodies which renders them susceptible of ... |
33939
|
malleable |
MAL'LEABLE, a. [L. malleus. See Mall.] That may be drawn out and extended by beating; capable of ... |
33940
|
malleableness |
MAL'LEABLENESS, n. Malleability, which see. |
33941
|
malleate |
MAL'LEATE, v.t. To hammer; to draw into a plate or leaf by beating. |
33942
|
malleation |
MALLEA'TION, n. The act of beating into a plate or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. |
33943
|
mallet |
MAL'LET, n. [L.malleus.] A wooden hammer or instrument for beating, or for driving pins; ... |
33944
|
mallow |
MALLOW, n. [L. malva; Gr. soft; Eng. mellow.]A plant of the genus Malva; so called form its ... |
33945
|
malmsey |
MALM'SEY, n. [L. vinum arvisium.] The name of a species of grape, and also of a kind of wine. |
33946
|
malpractice |
MALPRAC'TICE, n. [mal and practice.] Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary ... |
33947
|
malt |
MALT, n. Barley steeped in water, fermented and dried in a kiln, and thus prepared for brewing ... |
33948
|
malt-dust |
MALT'-DUST, n. The grains or remains of malt. Malt-dust is an enricher of barren land. |
33949
|
maltalent |
MAL'TALENT, n. Ill humor. [Not in use.] |
33950
|
maltha |
MAL'THA, n. A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch; unctuous to the touch and ... |
33951
|
maltman |
MALTMAN |
33952
|
maltreat |
MALTRE'AT, v.t. [mal and treat.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly, rudely, or with ... |
33953
|
maltreated |
MALTRE'ATED, pp. Ill treated; abused. |
33954
|
maltreating |
MALTRE'ATING, ppr. Abusing; treating unkindly. |
33955
|
maltreatment |
MALTRE'ATMENT, n. Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse. |
33956
|
maltster |
MALTSTER, n. A man whose occupation is to make malt. |
33957
|
maltworm |
MALTWORM, n. [malt and worm.] A tipler. |
33958
|
malvaceous |
MALVA'CEOUS, a. [L.malvaceus, from malva, mallows.] Pertaining to mallows. |
33959
|
malversation |
MALVERSA'TION, n. [L. male, ill, and versor, to behave.]Evil conduct; improper or wicked behavior; ... |
33960
|
mam |
MAM |
33961
|
mamaluke |
MAM'ALUKE |
33962
|
mameluke |
MAM'ELUKE, n. The military force of Egypt consisted of soldiers called Mamelukes, who were ... |
33963
|
mamma |
MAMM`A, n. [L. mamma, the breast or pap, and mother.]A familiar word for mother,used by young ... |
33964
|
mammal |
MAM'MAL, n. [L.mamma, the breast.] In zoology, an animal that suckles its young. [See Mammifer.] |
33965
|
mammalian |
MAMMA'LIAN, a. Pertaining to the mammals. |
33966
|
mammalogist |
MAMMAL'OGIST, n. One who treats of mammiferous animals. |
33967
|
mammalogy |
MAMMAL'OGY, n. [L.mamma, breast, and discourse.]The science or doctrine of mammiferous animals. ... |
33968
|
mammary |
MAM'MARY, a. [See Mamma.] Pertaining to the breasts or paps; as the mammary arteries and veins. |
33969
|
mammee |
MAMMEE', n. A tree of the genus Mammea, of two species, both large evergreens produced in hot ... |
33970
|
mammet |
MAM'MET, n. A puppet; a figure dressed. |
33971
|
mammifer |
MAM'MIFER, n. [L. mamma, the breast, and fero, to bear.]An animal which has breasts for nourishing ... |
33972
|
mammiferous |
MAMMIF'EROUS, a. [supra.] Having breasts and nourishing the young by the milk secreted by them. |
33973
|
mammiform |
MAM'MIFORM, a. [L.mamma and form.]Having the shape or form of paps. |
33974
|
mammillary |
MAM'MILLARY, a. [L. mamilla.] Pertaining to the paps; resembling a pap; an epithet applied to two ... |
33975
|
mammillated |
MAM'MILLATED, a. Having small nipples, or little globes like nipples. |
33976
|
mammoc |
MAM'MOC, n. A shapeless piece. [Not used.]MAM'MOC, v.t. To tear in pieces. [Not used.] |
33977
|
mammodis |
MAM'MODIS, n. Coarse, plain India muslins. |
33978
|
mammon |
MAM'MON, n. Riches; wealth; or the god or riches. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt.6. |
33979
|
mammonist |
MAM'MONIST, n. A person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one whose affections are placed ... |
33980
|
mammoth |
MAM'MOTH, n. This name has been given to a hugh quadruped, now extinct, whose bones are found on ... |
33981
|
man |
MAN, n. plu. men. [Heb.species, kind, image, similitude.]1. Mankind; the human race; the whole ... |
33982
|
man-midwife |
MAN-MIDWIFE, n. A man who practices obstetrics. |
33983
|
manacle |
MAN'ACLE, n. [L. manica; from manus,the hand.] An instrument of iron for fastening the hands; ... |
33984
|
manacled |
MAN'ACLED, pp. Hand-cuffed; shackled. |
33985
|
manacling |
MAN'ACLING, ppr. Confining the hands; shackling. |
33986
|
manage |
MAN'AGE, v.t.1. To conduct; to carry on; to direct the concerns of; as, to manage a farm; to ... |
33987
|
manageable |
MAN'AGEABLE, a. Easy to be used or directed to its proper purpose; not difficult to be moved or ... |
33988
|
manageableness |
MAN'AGEABLENESS, n. The quality of being easily used, or directed to its proper purpose; as the ... |
33989
|
managed |
MAN'AGED, pp. Conducted; carried on; trained by discipline; governed; controlled; wielded. |
33990
|
management |
MAN'AGEMENT, n. Conduct; administration; manner of treating, directing or carrying on; as the ... |
33991
|
manager |
MAN'AGER, n. One who has the conduct or direction of any thing; as the manager of a theater; the ... |
33992
|
managery |
MAN'AGERY, n. [from manage.] conduct; direction; administration.1. Husbandry; economy; ... |
33993
|
managing |
MAN'AGING, ppr. Conducting; regulating; directing; governing; wielding. |
33994
|
manakin |
MAN'AKIN, n. The name of a beautiful race of birds found in warm climates. |
33995
|
manati |
MANA'TI |
33996
|
manation |
MANA'TION, n. [L.manatio, from mano,to flow.]The act of issuing or flowing out. [Little used.] |
33997
|
manatus |
MANA'TUS, n. The sea-cow, or fish-tailed walrus,an animal of the genus Trichechus, which grows to ... |
33998
|
manchet |
MAN'CHET, n. A small loaf of fine bread. [Not used.] |
33999
|
manchineel |
MANCHINEE'L, n. [L. mancanilla.] A tree of the genus Hippomane, growing in the West Indies to the ... |
34000
|
mancipate |
MAN'CIPATE, v.t. [L. mancipo, from manceps,mancipium; manu capio, to take with the hand.] To ... |
34001
|
mancipation |
MANCIPA'TION, n. Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Little used.] |
34002
|
manciple |
MAN'CIPLE, n. [L. manceps; manu capio, supra.]A steward; an undertaker; a purveyor, particularly of ... |
34003
|
mandamus |
MANDA'MUS, n. [L. mando, to command; mandamus, we command. The primary sense is to send.]In law, a ... |
34004
|
mandarin |
MANDARIN, n. In China, a magistrate or governor of a province; also, the court language of China. |
34005
|
mandatary |
MAN'DATARY |
34006
|
mandate |
MAN'DATE, n. [L. mando, to command.]1. A command; an order, precept or injunction; a commission. ... |
34007
|
mandator |
MANDA'TOR, a. [L.] A director. |
34008
|
mandatory |
MAN'DATORY, n. [L. mando, to command.]1. A person to whom the pope has by his prerogative given a ... |
34009
|
mandible |
MAN'DIBLE, n. [L. mando, to chew.] The jaw, the instrument of chewing; applied particularly to ... |
34010
|
mandibular |
MANDIB'ULAR, a. Belonging to the jaw. |
34011
|
mandil |
MAN'DIL, n. A sort of mantle. [Not in use.] |
34012
|
mandilion |
MANDIL'ION, n. [supra.] A soldier's coat; a loose garment. |
34013
|
mandlestone |
MAN'DLESTONE, n. Kernel-stone; almond-stone, called also amygdaloid; a name given to stones or ... |
34014
|
mandment |
MANDMENT, for commandment, is not in use. |
34015
|
mandolin |
MAN'DOLIN, n. A cithern or harp. [Not in use.] |
34016
|
mandrake |
MAN'DRAKE, n. [L. mandragoras.] A plant of the genus Atropa, growing naturally in Spain, Italy and ... |
34017
|
mandrel |
MAN'DREL, n. An instrument for confining in the lathe the substance to be turned. |
34018
|
mandrill |
MAN'DRILL, n. A species of monkey. |
34019
|
manducable |
MAN'DUCABLE, a. That can be chewed; fit to be eaten. |
34020
|
manducate |
MAN'DUCATE, v.t. [L. mando.] To chew. |
34021
|
manducated |
MAN'DUCATED, pp. Chewed. |
34022
|
manducating |
MAN'DUCATING, ppr. Chewing; grinding with the teeth. |
34023
|
manducation |
MANDUCA'TION, n. The act of chewing or eating. |
34024
|
mane |
MANE, n. The hair growing on the upper side of the neck of a horse or other animal, usually ... |
34025
|
maneater |
MAN'EATER, n. A human being that feeds on human flesh; a cannibal; an anthropophagite. |
34026
|
maned |
MA'NED, a. Having a mane. |
34027
|
manege |
MAN'EGE, n. A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses. |
34028
|
manerial |
MANERIAL. [See Manorial.] |
34029
|
manes |
MA'NES, n. plu. [L.] The ghost, shade or soul of a deceased person; and among the ancient pagans, ... |
34030
|
maneuver |
MANEU'VER, n. [L. manus, the hand, and oeuvre, work, L. opera.]1. Management; dexterous movement, ... |
34031
|
maneuvered |
MANEU'VERED, pp. Moved in position. |
34032
|
maneuvering |
MANEU'VERING, ppr. Changing the position or order for advantageous attack or defense. |
34033
|
manful |
MAN'FUL, a. [man and full.] Having the spirit of a man; bold; brave; courageous.1. Noble; ... |
34034
|
manfully |
MAN'FULLY, adv. Boldly; courageously; honorably. |
34035
|
manfulness |
MAN'FULNESS, n. Boldness; courageousness. |
34036
|
mangaby |
MAN'GABY, n. A monkey with naked eyelids; the white-eyed monkey. |
34037
|
manganese |
MAN'GANESE, n. A metal of a dusky white, or whitish gray color, very hard and difficult to fuse. ... |
34038
|
manganesian |
MANGANE'SIAN, a. Pertaining to manganese; consisting of it or partaking of its qualities. |
34039
|
manganesiate |
MANGANE'SIATE, n. A compound of manganesic acid, with a base. |
34040
|
manganesic |
MANGANE'SIC, a. Obtained from manganese; as the manganesic acid.[Manganic is ill formed.] |
34041
|
manganesious |
MANGANE'SIOUS, a. Manganesious acid is an acid with a minimum of oxygen. |
34042
|
mangcorn |
MANG'CORN, n. A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain. [Not used in America.] |
34043
|
mange |
MANGE, n. The scab or itch in cattle, dogs and other beasts. |
34044
|
mangel-wurzel |
MANGEL-WURZEL, n. The root of scarcity, a plant of the beet kind. |
34045
|
manger |
MANGER, n. [L. mando.]1. A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle, or the place in which ... |
34046
|
manger-board |
MANGER-BOARD, n. The bulk-head on a ship's deck that separates the manger from the other part of ... |
34047
|
manginess |
MANGINESS, n. [from mangy.] Scabbiness; infection of the mange. |
34048
|
mangle |
MAN'GLE, v.t.1. To cut with a dull instrument and tear, or to tear in cutting; to cut in a ... |
34049
|
mangled |
MAN'GLED, pp. Torn in cutting; smoothed with a mangle. |
34050
|
mangler |
MAN'GLER, n. One who tears in cutting; one who uses a mangle. |
34051
|
mangling |
MAN'GLING, ppr. Lacerating in the act of cutting; tearing. |
34052
|
mango |
MAN'GO, n. The fruit of the mango tree, a native of the East Indies, of the genus Mangifera. It ... |
34053
|
mangonel |
MAN'GONEL, n. An engine formerly used for throwing stones and battering walls. |
34054
|
mangonism |
MAN'GONISM, n. The art of setting off to advantage. |
34055
|
mangonize |
MAN'GONIZE, v.t. To polish for setting off to advantage. |
34056
|
mangostan |
MAN'GOSTAN |
34057
|
mangosteen |
MANGOSTEE'N, n. A tree of the East Indies, of the genus Garcinia, so called from Dr. Garcin, who ... |
34058
|
mangrove |
MAN'GROVE, n. A tree of the East and West Indies, otherwise called mangle, and of the genus ... |
34059
|
mangy |
MANGY, a. [from mange.] Scabby; infected with the mange. |
34060
|
manhater |
MAN'HATER, n. [man and hate.] One who hates mankind; a misanthrope. |
34061
|
manhood |
MAN'HOOD, n. [man and hood.] The state of one who is a man, of an adult male, or one who is ... |
34062
|
mania |
MA'NIA, n. [L. and Gr.] Madness. |
34063
|
maniable |
MAN'IABLE, a. Manageable; tractable. [Not in use.] |
34064
|
maniac |
MA'NIAC, a. [L. maniacus.] Mad; raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect.MA'NIAC, n. ... |
34065
|
maniacal |
MANI'ACAL, a. Affected with madness. |
34066
|
manichean |
MANICHE'AN, a. Pertaining to the Manichees. |
34067
|
manicheism |
MAN'ICHEISM, n. [supra.] The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained by the ... |
34068
|
manichord |
MAN'ICHORD |
34069
|
manicon |
MAN'ICON, n. A species of nightshade. |
34070
|
manicordon |
MANICORD'ON, n. A musical instrument in the form of a spinet, whose strings, like those of the ... |
34071
|
manifest |
MAN'IFEST, a. [L. manifestus.]1. Plain, open, clearly visible to the eye or obvious to the ... |
34072
|
manifestation |
MANIFESTA'TION, n. The act of disclosing what is secret, unseen or obscure; discovery to the eye ... |
34073
|
manifested |
MAN'IFESTED, pp. Made clear; disclosed; made apparent, obvious or evident. |
34074
|
manifestible |
MANIFEST'IBLE, a. That may be made evident. |
34075
|
manifesting |
MAN'IFESTING, ppr. Showing clearly; making evident; disclosing, displaying. |
34076
|
manifestly |
MAN'IFESTLY, adv. Clearly; evidently; plainly; in a manner to be clearly seen or understood. |
34077
|
manifestness |
MAN'IFESTNESS, n. Clearness to the sight or mind; obviousness. |
34078
|
manifesto |
MANIFEST'O, n. [L. manifestus,manifest.] A public declaration, usually of a prince or sovereign, ... |
34079
|
manifold |
MAN'IFOLD, a. [many and fold.] Of divers kinds; many in number; numerous; multiplied. O Lord, how ... |
34080
|
manifolded |
MAN'IFOLDED, a. Having many doublings or complications; as a manifolded shield. [Not used.] |
34081
|
manifoldly |
MAN'IFOLDLY, adv. In a manifold manner; in many ways. |
34082
|
manifoldness |
MAN'IFOLDNESS, n. Multiplicity. |
34083
|
maniglions |
MANIG'LIONS, n. In gunnery, two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance, after the German way ... |
34084
|
manihoc |
MA'NIHOC |
34085
|
manihot |
MA'NIHOT, n. A plant of the genus Jatropha, or Cassada plant. It has palmated leaves, with entire ... |
34086
|
manikin |
MAN'IKIN, n. A little man. |
34087
|
manil |
MAN'IL |
34088
|
manilla |
MANIL'LA, n. [L. manus.] A ring or bracelet worn by persons in Africa. |
34089
|
manioc |
MA'NIOC |
34090
|
maniple |
MAN'IPLE, n. [L. manipulus,a handful. Qu.L. manus and the Teutonic full.]1. A handful.2. A small ... |
34091
|
manipular |
MANIP'ULAR, a. Pertaining to the maniple. |
34092
|
manipulation |
MANIPULA'TION, n. [L. manipulus, supra.] In general, work by hand; manual operation; as in mining, ... |
34093
|
mankiller |
MAN'KILLER, n. [man and kill.] One who slays a man. |
34094
|
mankilling |
MAN'KILLING, a. Used to kill men. |
34095
|
mankind |
MANKIND, n. [man and kind.] This word admits the accent either on the first or second syllable; ... |
34096
|
manless |
MAN'LESS, a. [man and less.] Destitute of men; not manned; as a boat. [Little used.] |
34097
|
manlike |
MAN'LIKE, a. Having the proper qualities of a man.1. Of man's nature. |
34098
|
manliness |
MAN'LINESS, n. [from manly.] The qualities of a man; dignity; bravery; boldness. |
34099
|
manling |
MAN'LING, n. A little man. |
34100
|
manly |
MAN'LY, a. [man and like.] Manlike; becoming a man; firm; brave; undaunted. Serene and manly, ... |
34101
|
manna |
MAN'NA, n.1. A substance miraculously furnished as food for the Israelites in their journey ... |
34102
|
manner |
MAN'NER, n. [L. manus, the hand.]1. Form; method; way of performing or executing. Find thou the ... |
34103
|
mannerism |
MAN'NERISM, n. Adherence to the same manner; uniformity of manner. |
34104
|
mannerist |
MAN'NERIST, n. An artist who performs his work in one unvaried manner. |
34105
|
mannerliness |
MAN'NERLINESS, n. The quality of being civil and respectful in behavior; civility; complaisance. |
34106
|
mannerly |
MAN'NERLY, a. Decent in external deportment; civil; respectful; complaisant; not rude or vulgar. ... |
34107
|
manners |
MAN'NERS, n. plu. Deportment; carriage; behavior; conduct; course of life; in a moral sense. Evil ... |
34108
|
mannish |
MAN'NISH, a. [from man.] Having the appearance of a man; bold; masculine; as a mannish ... |
34109
|
manometer |
MANOM'ETER, n. [Gr. measure.] An instrument to measure or show the alterations in the rarity or ... |
34110
|
manometrical |
MANOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer. |
34111
|
manor |
MAN'OR, n. [L. maneo, to abide.] The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a ... |
34112
|
manor-house |
MAN'OR-HOUSE |
34113
|
manor-seat |
MAN'OR-SEAT, n. The house belonging to a manor. |
34114
|
manorial |
MANO'RIAL |
34115
|
manpleaser |
MAN'PLEASER, n. [man and pleaser.] One who pleases men, or one who takes uncommon pains to gain ... |
34116
|
manqueller |
MAN'QUELLER, n. [man and quell.] A mankiller; a manslayer; a murderer. [Not used.] |
34117
|
manse |
MANSE, n. mans. [L. mansio, from maneo, to abide.]1. A house or habitation; particularly, a ... |
34118
|
manservant |
MAN'SERVANT, n. A male servant. |
34119
|
mansion |
MAN'SION, n. [L. mansio, from maneo, to dwell.]1. Any place of residence; a house; a habitation. ... |
34120
|
mansion-house |
MAN'SION-HOUSE, n. The house in which one resides; an inhabited house. |
34121
|
mansionary |
MAN'SIONARY, a. Resident; residentiary; as mansionary canons. |
34122
|
mansionry |
MAN'SIONRY, n. A place of residence. [Not used.] |
34123
|
manslaughter |
MAN'SLAUGHTER, n. [man and slaughter. See Slay.]1. In a general sense,the killing of a man or of ... |
34124
|
manslayer |
MAN'SLAYER, n. One that has slain a human being. The Israelites had cities of refuge for ... |
34125
|
manstealer |
MAN'STEALER, n. One who steals and sells men. |
34126
|
manstealing |
MAN'STEALING, n. The act of stealing a human being. |
34127
|
mansuete |
MAN'SUETE, a. [L.mansuetus.] Tame; gentle; not wild or ferocious. [Little used.] |
34128
|
mansuetude |
MAN'SUETUDE, n. [L. mansuetudo.] Tameness; mildness; gentleness. |
34129
|
manta |
MAN'TA, n. A flat fish that is very troublesome to pearlfishers. |
34130
|
mantel |
MANTEL. [See Mantle.] |
34131
|
mantelet |
MAN'TELET |
34132
|
mantiger |
MANT'IGER, rather mantichor, or manticor, n. [L. manticora,mantichora.] A large monkey or baboon. |
34133
|
mantle |
MAN'TLE, n. [Gr. a cloke.]1. A kind of cloke or loose garment to be worn over other garments. The ... |
34134
|
mantle-piece |
MAN'TLE-PIECE |
34135
|
mantle-shelf |
MAN'TLE-SHELF, n. The work over a fire-place, in front of the chimney. |
34136
|
mantle-tree |
MAN'TLE-TREE, n. The piece of timber or stone in front of a chimney, over the fire-place, resting ... |
34137
|
mantlet |
MANT'LET, n. [dim. of mantle.] A small cloke worn by women.1. In fortification, a kind of movable ... |
34138
|
mantling |
MANT'LING, n. In heraldry,the representation of a mantle, or the drapery of a coat of arms. |
34139
|
manto |
MAN'TO, n. A robe; a cloke. |
34140
|
mantology |
MANTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. divination,and discourse.] The act or art of divination or prophesying. ... |
34141
|
mantua |
MAN'TUA, n. A lady's gown. |
34142
|
mantua-maker |
MAN'TUA-MAKER, n. One who makes gowns for ladies. |
34143
|
manual |
MAN'UAL, a. [L. manualis, from manus, the hand.]1. Performed by the hand; as manual labor or ... |
34144
|
manuary |
MAN'UARY, a. Done by the hand. [Not used.] |
34145
|
manubial |
MANU'BIAL, a. [L. manubialis, from manubioe, spoils.]Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Little ... |
34146
|
manuduction |
MANUDUC'TION, n. [L. manus,hand, and ductio, a leading.]Guidance by the hand. |
34147
|
manuductor |
MANUDUC'TOR, n. [L.manus,hand, and ductor, a leader.]An officer in the ancient church, who gave the ... |
34148
|
manufactory |
MANUFAC'TORY, n. [See Manufacture.] A house or place where goods are manufactured. |
34149
|
manufactural |
MANUFAC'TURAL, a. Pertaining or relating to manufactures. |
34150
|
manufacture |
MANUFAC'TURE, n. [L. manus, hand, and facio, to make.]1. The operation of making cloth, wares, ... |
34151
|
manufactured |
MANUFAC'TURED, pp. Made form raw materials into forms for use. |
34152
|
manufacturer |
MANUFAC'TURER, n. One who works raw materials into wares suitable for use.1. One who employs ... |
34153
|
manufacturing |
MANUFAC'TURING, ppr. Making goods and wares from raw materials. |
34154
|
manumise |
MANUMISE, for manumit, not used. |
34155
|
manumission |
MANUMIS'SION, n. [L. manumissio. See Manumit.]The act of liberating a slave from bondage, and ... |
34156
|
manumit |
MAN'UMIT, v.t. [L.manumitto; manus,hand, and mitto, to send.]To release from slavery; to liberate ... |
34157
|
manumitted |
MAN'UMITTED, pp. Released from slavery. |
34158
|
manumitting |
MAN'UMITTING, ppr. Liberating from personal bondage. |
34159
|
manurable |
MANU'RABLE, a. [from manure.] That may be cultivated. This, though the original sense, is rarely ... |
34160
|
manurage |
MANU'RAGE, n. Cultivation. [Not used.] |
34161
|
manurance |
MANU'RANCE, n. Cultivation. [Not used.] |
34162
|
manure |
MANU'RE, v.t. [L.manus, hand, and ouvrer, to work, L. operor.]1. To cultivate by manual labor; to ... |
34163
|
manured |
MANU'RED, pp. Dressed or overspread with a fertilizing substance. |
34164
|
manurement |
MANU'REMENT, n. Cultivation; improvement. [Little used.] |
34165
|
manurer |
MANU'RER, n. One that manures land. |
34166
|
manuring |
MANU'RING, ppr. Dressing or overspreading land with manure; fertilizing.MANU'RING, n. A dressing ... |
34167
|
manuscript |
MAN'USCRIPT, n. [L. manu scriptum, written with the hand.]A book or paper written with the hand or ... |
34168
|
manutenency |
MANUTEN'ENCY, n. Maintenance. [Not in use.] |
34169
|
many |
MANY, a. men'ny.1. Numerous; comprising a great number of individuals. Thou shalt be a father of ... |
34170
|
many-cleft |
MANY-CLEFT', a. Multifid; having many fissures. |
34171
|
many-colored |
MANY-COL'ORED, a. Having many colors or hues. |
34172
|
many-cornered |
MANY-COR'NERED, a. Having many corners,or more than twelve; polygonal. |
34173
|
many-flowered |
MANY-FLOW'ERED, a. Having many flowers. |
34174
|
many-headed |
MANY-HEAD'ED, a. Having many heads; as a many-headed monster; many-headed tyranny. |
34175
|
many-languaged |
MANY-LAN'GUAGED, a. Having many languages. |
34176
|
many-leaved |
MANY-LE'AVED, a. Polyphyllous; having many leaves. |
34177
|
many-mastered |
MANY-M`ASTERED, a. Having many masters. |
34178
|
many-parted |
MANY-P`ARTED, a. Multipartite; divided into several parts; as a corol. |
34179
|
many-peopled |
MANY-PE'OPLED, a. Having a numerous population. |
34180
|
many-petaled |
MANY-PET'ALED, a. Having many petals. |
34181
|
many-twinkling |
MANY-TWINK'LING, a. Variously twinkling or gleaming. |
34182
|
many-valved |
MANY-VALV'ED, a. Multivalvular; having many valves. |
34183
|
map |
MAP, n. [L. mappa, a cloth or towel, a Punic word.] A representation of the surface of the earth ... |
34184
|
maple |
MA'PLE |
34185
|
maple-sugar |
MAPLE-SU'GAR, n. Sugar obtained by evaporation from the juice of the rock maple. |
34186
|
maple-tree |
MA'PLE-TREE, n. A tree of the genus Acer, of several species. Of the sap of the rock maple, sugar ... |
34187
|
mappery |
MAP'PERY, n. [from map.] The art of planning and designing maps. |
34188
|
mar |
M`AR, v.t. [L. marceo.]1. To injure by cutting off a part, or by wounding and making defective; ... |
34189
|
maracan |
MAR'ACAN, n. A species of parrot in Brazil. |
34190
|
maracock |
MAR'ACOCK, n. A plant of the genus Passiflora. |
34191
|
maranatha |
MARANA'THA, n. The Lord comes or has come; a word used by the apostle Paul in expressing a curse. ... |
34192
|
maranon |
MAR'ANON, n. The proper name of a river in South America, the largest in the world; most absurdly ... |
34193
|
marasmus |
MARAS'MUS, n. [Gr. to cause to pine or waste away.]Atrophy; a wasting of flesh without fever or ... |
34194
|
maraud |
MARAUD', v.i. [Heb. to rebel; L. cursus, curro.]To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion ... |
34195
|
marauder |
MARAUD'ER, n. A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; usually applied to small parties ... |
34196
|
marauding |
MARAUD'ING, ppr. Roving in search of plunder.MARAUD'ING, n. A roving for plunder; a plundering by ... |
34197
|
maravedi |
MARAVE'DI, n. A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mills American money, less than a ... |
34198
|
marble |
M`ARBLE, n. [L. marmor; Gr. white.]1. The popular name of any species of calcarious stone or ... |
34199
|
marbled |
M`ARBLED, pp. Diversified in color; veined like marble. |
34200
|
marbled-hearted |
M`ARBLED-HE`ARTED, a. Having a heart like marble; hard hearted; cruel; insensible; incapable of ... |
34201
|
marbling |
M`ARBLING, ppr. Variegating in colors; clouding or veining like marble.M`ARBLING, n. The art or ... |
34202
|
marcasite |
M`ARCASITE, n. A name which has been given to all sorts of minerals, to ores, pyrites, and ... |
34203
|
marcasitic |
MARCASIT'IC, a. Pertaining to marcasite; of the nature of marcasite. |
34204
|
marcescent |
MARCES'CENT, a. [L. marcescens, marcesco.]Withering; fading; decaying. |
34205
|
marcessible |
MARCES'SIBLE, a. That may wither; liable to decay. |
34206
|
march |
M`ARCH, n. [L. Mars, the god of war.]The third month of the year.M`ARCH, v.i. To border on; to be ... |
34207
|
marcher |
M`ARCHER, n. The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory. |
34208
|
marches |
M`ARCHES, n. plu. Borders; limits; confines; as lord of the marches. |
34209
|
marching |
M`ARCHING, ppr. Moving or walking in order or in a stately manner.M`ARCHING, n. Military movement; ... |
34210
|
marchioness |
M`ARCHIONESS, n. The wife or widow of a marquis; or a female having the rank and dignity of a ... |
34211
|
marchpane |
M`ARCHPANE, n. [L. panis, bread.] A kind of sweet bread or biscuit. [Not used.] |
34212
|
marcid |
M`ARCID, a. [L. marcidus, from marceo, to pine.]Pining; wasted away; lean; withered. |
34213
|
marcor |
M`ARCOR, n. [L.] The state of withering or wasting; leanness; waste of flesh. [Little used.] |
34214
|
mare |
MARE, n. The female of the horse,or equine genus of quadrupeds.A kind or torpor or stagnation ... |
34215
|
mareca |
MAR'ECA, n. A species of duck in South America. |
34216
|
marena |
MARE'NA, n. A kind of fish somewhat like a pilchard. |
34217
|
mareschal |
M`ARESCHAL, n. m`arshal. The chief commander of an army. |
34218
|
margarate |
M`ARGARATE, n. [L. margarita, a pearl, from the Greek.]In chimistry, a compound of margaric acid ... |
34219
|
margaric |
MARGAR'IC, a. [supra.] Pertaining to pearl. The margaric acid is obtained by digesting soap made ... |
34220
|
margarin |
M`ARGARIN |
34221
|
margarine |
M`ARGARINE, n. A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard; called also margarite ... |
34222
|
margarite |
M`ARGARITE, n. A pearl.1. Margaric acid.2. A mineral of a grayish white color found in Tyrol. |
34223
|
margay |
M`ARGAY, n. An American animal of the cat kind. |
34224
|
margin |
M`ARGIN, n. [L. margo.]1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as the margin of a river or lake.2. The ... |
34225
|
marginal |
M`ARGINAL, a. Pertaining to a margin.1. Written or printed in the margin; as a marginal note or ... |
34226
|
marginally |
M`ARGINALLY, adv. In the margin of a book. |
34227
|
marginated |
M`ARGINATED, a. Having a margin. |
34228
|
margode |
M`ARGODE, n. A bluish gray stone, resembling clay in external appearance, but so hard as to cut ... |
34229
|
margot |
M`ARGOT, n. A fish of the perch kind, found in the waters of Carolina. |
34230
|
margrave |
M`ARGRAVE, n. Originally, a lord or keeper of the marches or borders; now a title of nobility in ... |
34231
|
margraviate |
MARGRA'VIATE, n. The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave. |
34232
|
mariets |
MAR'IETS, n. A kind of violet, [violae marianae.] |
34233
|
marigenous |
MARIG'ENOUS, a. [L. mare, the sea, and gigno, to produce.]Produced in or by the sea. |
34234
|
marigold |
MAR'IGOLD, n. A plant of the genus Calendula, bearing a yellow flower. There are several plants ... |
34235
|
marikin |
MAR'IKIN, n. A species of monkey having a mane. |
34236
|
marinate |
MAR'INATE, v.t. To salt or pickle fish, and then preserve them in oil or vinegar. [Little used.] |
34237
|
marine |
MARINE, a. [L. marinus, from mare,the sea.]1. Pertaining to the sea; as marine productions or ... |
34238
|
mariner |
MAR'INER, n. [L. mare,the sea.] A seaman or sailor; one whose occupation is to assist in ... |
34239
|
mariput |
MAR'IPUT, n. The zoril, an animal of the skunk tribe. |
34240
|
marish |
MAR'ISH, n. [L. mare.] Low ground, wet or covered with water and coarse grass; a fen; a bog; a ... |
34241
|
marital |
MAR'ITAL, a. [L. maritus.] Pertaining to a husband. |
34242
|
maritime |
MAR'ITIME, a. [L. maritimus, from mare, the sea.]1. Relating or pertaining to the sea or ocean; as ... |
34243
|
marjoram |
M`ARJORAM, n. A plant of the genus Origanum, of several species. The sweet marjoram is peculiarly ... |
34244
|
mark |
M`ARK, n. [L. mercor, the primary sense of which is to go, to pass; Gr. to pass; Eng. fair, and ... |
34245
|
markable |
M`ARKABLE, a. Remarkable. [Not in use.] |
34246
|
marked |
M`ARKED, pp. Impressed with any note or figure of distinction; noted; distinguished by some ... |
34247
|
marker |
M`ARKER, n. One who puts a mark on any thing.1. One that notes or takes notice. |
34248
|
market |
M`ARKET, n. [L. mercatus, from mercor,to buy.]1. A public place in a city or town, where ... |
34249
|
market-bell |
M`ARKET-BELL, n. The bell that gives notice of the time or day of market. |
34250
|
market-cross |
M`ARKET-CROSS, n. A cross set up where a market is held. |
34251
|
market-day |
M`ARKET-DAY, n. The day of a public market. |
34252
|
market-folks |
M`ARKET-FOLKS, n. People that come to the market. |
34253
|
market-house |
M`ARKET-HOUSE, n. A building for a public market. |
34254
|
market-maid |
M`ARKET-MAID, n. A woman that brings things to market. |
34255
|
market-man |
M`ARKET-MAN, n. A man that brings things to market. |
34256
|
market-place |
M`ARKET-PLACE, n. The place where provisions or goods are exposed to sale. |
34257
|
market-price |
M`ARKET-PRICE |
34258
|
market-rate |
M`ARKET-RATE, n. The current price of commodities at any given time. |
34259
|
market-town |
M`ARKET-TOWN, n. A town that has the privilege of a stated public market. |
34260
|
market-woman |
M`ARKET-WOMAN, n. A woman that brings things to market or that attends a market for selling any ... |
34261
|
marketable |
M`ARKETABLE, n. That may be sold; salable.1. Current in market; as marketable value. |
34262
|
marksman |
M`ARKSMAN, n. [Mark and man.] One that is skillful to hit a mark; he that shoots well.1. One who, ... |
34263
|
marl |
M`ARL, n. [L. marga.] A species of calcarious earth, of different composition, being united with ... |
34264
|
marlaceous |
MARLA'CEOUS, a. Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl. |
34265
|
marline |
M`ARLINE, n. A small line composed of two strands little twisted,and either tarred or white; used ... |
34266
|
marline-spike |
M`ARLINE-SPIKE, n. A small iron like a large spike, used to open the bolt rope when the sail is to ... |
34267
|
marling |
M`ARLING, n. The act of winding a small line about a rope, to prevent its being galled. |
34268
|
marlite |
M`ARLITE, n. A variety of marl. |
34269
|
marlitic |
MARLIT'IC, a. Partaking of the qualities of marlite. |
34270
|
marlpit |
M`ARLPIT, n. A pit where marl is dug. |
34271
|
marly |
M`ARLY, a. Consisting in or partaking of marl.1. Resembling marl.2. Abounding with marl. |
34272
|
marmalade |
M`ARMALADE, n. [L. melo, mel.] The pulp of quinces boiled into a consistence with sugar, or a ... |
34273
|
marmalite |
M`ARMALITE, n. [Gr. to shine.] A mineral of a pearly or metallic luster; a hydrate of magnesia. |
34274
|
marmoraceous |
MARMORA'CEOUS, a. Pertaining to or like marble. [See Marmorean, the more legitimate word.] |
34275
|
marmorated |
M`ARMORATED, a. [L. marmor, marble.] Covered with marble. [Little used.] |
34276
|
marmoration |
MARMORA'TION, n. A covering or incrusting with marble. [Little used.] |
34277
|
marmorean |
MARMO'REAN, a. [L. marmoreus.] Pertaining to marble.1. Made of marble. |
34278
|
marmose |
M`ARMOSE, n. An animal resembling the opossum, but less. Instead of a bag, this animal has two ... |
34279
|
marmoset |
M`ARMOSET, n. A small monkey. |
34280
|
marmot |
M`ARMOT, n. A quadruped of the genus Arctomys, allied to the murine tribe. It is about the size of ... |
34281
|
maroon |
MAROON', n. A name given to free blacks living on the mountains in the West India isles.MAROON', ... |
34282
|
marque |
M`ARQUE |
34283
|
marquetry |
M`ARQUETRY, n. Inlaid work; work inlaid with variegations of fine wood, shells, ivory and the ... |
34284
|
marquis |
M`ARQUIS, n. A title of honor in Great Britain, next to that of duke. Originally, the marquis was ... |
34285
|
marquisate |
M`ARQUISATE, n. The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis. |
34286
|
marrer |
M`ARRER, n. [from mar.] One that mars, hurts or impairs. |
34287
|
marriable |
MARRIABLE, for marriageable. [Not used.] |
34288
|
marriage |
MAR'RIAGE, n. [L.mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal ... |
34289
|
marriage-articles |
MAR'RIAGE-ARTICLES, n. Contract or agreement on which a marriage is founded. |
34290
|
marriageable |
MAR'RIAGEABLE, a. Of an age suitable for marriage; fit to be married. Young persons are ... |
34291
|
married |
MAR'RIED, pp. [from marry.] United in wedlock.1. a. Conjugal; connubial; as the married state. |
34292
|
marrow |
MAR'ROW, n. 1. A soft oleaginous substance contained in the cavities of animal bones.2. The ... |
34293
|
marrow-bone |
MAR'ROW-BONE, n. A bone containing marrow,or boiled for its marrow.1. The bone of the knee; in ... |
34294
|
marrowfat |
MAR'ROWFAT, n. A kind of rich pea. |
34295
|
marrowish |
MAR'ROWISH, a. Of the nature of marrow. |
34296
|
marrowless |
MAR'ROWLESS, a. Destitute of marrow. |
34297
|
marrowy |
MAR'ROWY, a. Full of marrow; pithy. |
34298
|
marry |
MAR'RY, v.t. [L. mas, maris, a male; L. vir, a husband, a lord or master.]1. To unite in wedlock or ... |
34299
|
mars |
M`ARS, n. In mythology, the god of war; in modern usage, a planet; and in the old chimistry, a term ... |
34300
|
marsh |
M`ARSH, n. A tract of low land, usually or occasionally covered with water, or very wet and miry, ... |
34301
|
marsh-elder |
M`ARSH-EL'DER, n. The gelder rose, a species of Viburnum. |
34302
|
marsh-mallow |
M`ARSH-MAL'LOW, n. A plant of the genus Althaea. |
34303
|
marsh-marigold |
M`ARSH-MAR'IGOLD, n. A plant of the genus Caltha. |
34304
|
marsh-rocket |
M`ARSH-ROCK'ET, n. A species of water cresses. |
34305
|
marshal |
M`ARSHAL, n. 1. The chief officer of arms, whose duty it is to regulate combats in the lists.2. ... |
34306
|
marshaled |
M`ARSHALED, pp. Arranged in due order. |
34307
|
marshaler |
M`ARSHALER, n. One who disposes in due order. |
34308
|
marshaling |
M`ARSHALING, ppr. Arranging in due order. |
34309
|
marshalsea |
M`ARSHALSEA, n. In England, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's ... |
34310
|
marshalship |
M`ARSHALSHIP, n. The office of a marshal. |
34311
|
marshy |
M`ARSHY, a. [from marsh.] Wet; boggy; fenny.1. Produced in marshes; as a marshy weed. |
34312
|
mart |
M`ART, n. [from market.] A place of sale or traffick. It was formerly applied chiefly to markets ... |
34313
|
martagon |
M`ARTAGON, n. A kind of lily. |
34314
|
martel |
M`ARTEL, v.t. To strike. |
34315
|
marten |
MARTEN. [See Martin.] |
34316
|
martial |
M`ARTIAL, a. [L. martialis; Mars, the god of war.]1. Pertaining to war; suited to war; as martial ... |
34317
|
martialism |
M`ARTIALISM, n. Bravery; martial exercises. [Not in use.] |
34318
|
martialist |
M`ARTIALIST, n. A warrior; a fighter. [Not used.] |
34319
|
martin |
M`ARTIN, n. [L. murus.] A bird of the genus Hirundo, which forms its nest in buildings. It was ... |
34320
|
martinet |
M`ARTINET |
34321
|
martinets |
M`ARTINETS, n. In ships, martinets are small lines fastened to the leech of a sail, to bring it ... |
34322
|
martingal |
M`ARTINGAL, n.1. A strap or thong fastened to the girth under a horse's belly, and at the other ... |
34323
|
martinmas |
M`ARTINMAS, n. [Martin and mass.] The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November. |
34324
|
martlet |
M`ARTLET, n. In military language, a strict disciplinarian; so called from an officer of that ... |
34325
|
martyr |
M`ARTYR, n. [Gr. a witness.] One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel. ... |
34326
|
martyrdom |
M`ARTYRDOM, n. The death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of one's adherence to the ... |
34327
|
martyrize |
M`ARTYRIZE, v.t. To offer as a martyr. [Little used.] |
34328
|
martyrological |
MARTYROLOG'ICAL, a. Registering or registered in a catalogue or martyrs. |
34329
|
martyrologist |
MARTYROL'OGIST, n. A writer of martyrology, or an account of martyrs. |
34330
|
martyrology |
MARTYROL'OGY, n. [Gr. a witness, and discourse.] A history or account of martyrs with their ... |
34331
|
marvel |
M`ARVEL, n. [L. mirabilis, wonderful, from miror; demiror, mora, delay, and perhaps morior; Eng. ... |
34332
|
marveling |
M`ARVELING, ppr. Wondering. |
34333
|
marvelous |
M`ARVELOUS, a.1. Wonderful; strange; exciting wonder or some degree of surprise. This is the ... |
34334
|
marvelously |
M`ARVELOUSLY, adv. Wonderfully; strangely; in a manner to excite wonder or surprise. |
34335
|
marvelousness |
M`ARVELOUSNESS, n. Wonderfulness; strangeness. |
34336
|
mary-bud |
MA'RY-BUD, n. The marigold. |
34337
|
mascle |
M`ASCLE, n. m`asl. In heraldry, a lozenge, as it were perforated. |
34338
|
masculine |
M`ASCULINE, a. [L. masculinus, from masculus, mas.]1. Having the qualities of a man; strong; ... |
34339
|
masculinely |
M`ASCULINELY, adv. Like a man. |
34340
|
masculineness |
M`ASCULINENESS, n. The quality or state of being manly; resemblance of man in qualities; as in ... |
34341
|
mash |
MASH, n. [L. mastico.]1. A mixture or mass of ingredients, beaten or blended together in a ... |
34342
|
mashed |
MASH'ED, pp. Beat into a mass; bruised; crushed; mixed into a mash. |
34343
|
mashing |
MASH'ING, ppr. Beating into a mass; bruising; crushing. |
34344
|
mashing-tub |
MASH'ING-TUB, n. A tub for containing the mash in breweries. |
34345
|
mashy |
MASH'Y, a. Produced by crushing or bruising. |
34346
|
mask |
M`ASK, n.1. A cover for the face; that which conceals the face, especially a cover with apertures ... |
34347
|
mask-house |
M`ASK-HOUSE, n. A place for masquerades. |
34348
|
masked |
M`ASKED, pp. Having the face covered; concealed; disguised.1. a. In botany, personate. |
34349
|
masker |
M`ASKER, n. One that wears a mask; one that plays the fool at a masquerade. |
34350
|
maskery |
M`ASKERY, n. The dress or disguise of a masker. |
34351
|
masking |
M`ASKING, ppr. Covering with a mask; concealing. |
34352
|
maslin |
MASLIN. [See Meslin.] |
34353
|
mason |
MA'SON, n. ma'sn.1. A man whose occupation is to lay bricks and stones, or to construct the walls ... |
34354
|
masonic |
MASON'IC, a. Pertaining to the craft or mysteries of free masons. |
34355
|
masonry |
MA'SONRY, n.1. The art or occupation of a mason.2. The work or performance of a mason; as when we ... |
34356
|
masora |
MAS'ORA, n. [Heb.] A Hebrew work on the bible, by several Rabbins. |
34357
|
masoretic |
MASORET'IC, a. [Heb. to deliver, whence masora, tradition, whence the Masorites, the adherents to ... |
34358
|
masorite |
MAS'ORITE, n. One of the writers of the Masora. |
34359
|
masquerade |
MASQUERA'DE, n.1. A nocturnal assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with ... |
34360
|
masquerader |
MASQUERA'DER, n. A person wearing a mask; one disguised. |
34361
|
masquerading |
MASQUERA'DING, ppr. Assembling in masks for diversion. |
34362
|
mass |
M`ASS, n. [L. massa, a mass; Gr. to beat or pound.]1. A lump; a body of matter concreted, ... |
34363
|
massacer |
MAS'SACER |
34364
|
massacre |
MAS'SACRE, n.1. The murder of an individual, or the slaughter of numbers of human beings, with ... |
34365
|
massacrer |
MAS'SACRER, n. One who massacres. [A very bad word.] |
34366
|
masser |
M`ASSER, n. A priest who celebrates mass. |
34367
|
masseter |
MAS'SETER, n. [Gr. to chew.] A muscle which raises the under jaw. |
34368
|
massicot |
MAS'SICOT |
34369
|
massiness |
M`ASSINESS |
34370
|
massive |
M`ASSIVE |
34371
|
massiveness |
M`ASSIVENESS, n. [See Massy, Massive.] The state of being massy; great weight or weight with ... |
34372
|
massy |
M`ASSY, a. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; bulky and heavy; as a massy shield; a massy rock. The ... |
34373
|
mast |
M`AST, n. A long, round piece of timber, elevated or designed to be raised perpendicularly or ... |
34374
|
masted |
M`ASTED, a. Furnished with a mast or masts. |
34375
|
master |
M`ASTER, n. [L. magister, compounded of the root of magis, major, greater.]1. A man who rules, ... |
34376
|
master-hand |
M`ASTER-HAND, n. The hand of a man eminently skillful. |
34377
|
master-jest |
M`ASTER-JEST, n. Principal jest. |
34378
|
master-key |
M`ASTER-KEY, n. The key that opens many locks, the subordinate keys of which open only one each. |
34379
|
master-lode |
M`ASTER-LODE, n. In mining, the principal vein of ore. |
34380
|
master-piece |
M`ASTER-PIECE, n. A capital performance; any thing done or made with superior or extraordinary ... |
34381
|
master-sinew |
M`ASTER-SINEW, n. A large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone ... |
34382
|
master-string |
M`ASTER-STRING, n. Principal string. |
34383
|
master-stroke |
M`ASTER-STROKE, n. Capital performance. |
34384
|
master-tooth |
M`ASTER-TOOTH, n. A principal tooth. |
34385
|
master-touch |
M`ASTER-TOUCH, n. Principal performance. |
34386
|
master-work |
M`ASTER-WORK, n. Principal performance. |
34387
|
master-wort |
M`ASTER-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Imperatoria. |
34388
|
masterdom |
M`ASTERDOM, n. Dominion, rule. [Not used.] |
34389
|
masterful |
M`ASTERFUL, a. Having the skill of a master; also, imperious; arbitrary. |
34390
|
masterless |
M`ASTERLESS, a. Destitute of a master or owner.1. Ungoverned; unsubdued. |
34391
|
masterly |
M`ASTERLY, a. Formed or executed with superior skill; suitable to a master; most excellent; ... |
34392
|
mastership |
M`ASTERSHIP, n. Dominion; rule; supreme power.1. Superiority; preeminence. Where noble youths for ... |
34393
|
mastery |
M`ASTERY, n. Dominion; power of governing or commanding. If divided by mountains, they will fight ... |
34394
|
mastful |
M`ASTFUL, a. [from mast.] Abounding with mast, or fruit of oak, beech and other forest trees; as ... |
34395
|
mastic |
MAS'TIC |
34396
|
masticate |
MAS'TICATE, v.t. [L. mastico.] To chew; to grind with the teeth and prepare for swallowing and ... |
34397
|
masticated |
MAS'TICATED, pp. Chewed. |
34398
|
masticating |
MAS'TICATING, ppr. Chewing; breaking into small pieces with the teeth. |
34399
|
mastication |
MASTICA'TION, n. The act or operation of chewing solid food, breaking it into small pieces, and ... |
34400
|
masticatory |
MAS'TICATORY, a. Chewing; adapted to perform the office of chewing food.MAS'TICATORY, n. A ... |
34401
|
mastich |
MAS'TICH, n. [L. mastiche.]1. A resin exuding from the mastic-tree, a species of Pistacia, and ... |
34402
|
masticot |
MAS'TICOT, n. Calcined white lead; yellow oxyd of lead. Lead exposed to the air while melting, is ... |
34403
|
mastiff |
M`ASTIFF, n. plu. mastiffs. Mastives is irregular. [Low L. mastivus.] A large species of dog, ... |
34404
|
mastless |
M`ASTLESS, a. Having no mast; as a vessel.1. Bearing no mast; as a mastless oak or beech. |
34405
|
mastlin |
MASTLIN. [See Meslin.] |
34406
|
mastodon |
MAS'TODON, n. [Gr. mamilla, and tooth.] A genus of mammiferous animals resembling the elephant, ... |
34407
|
mastoid |
MAS'TOID, a. [Gr. the nipple or breast, and form.]Resembling the nipple or breast; as the mastoid ... |
34408
|
mastress |
MASTRESS, for mistress, is not used. |
34409
|
masty |
M`ASTY, a. Full of mast; abounding with acorns, &c. |
34410
|
mat |
MAT, n. [L. matta.]1. A texture of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, or other material, to be ... |
34411
|
matachin |
MAT'ACHIN, n. An old dance. |
34412
|
matadore |
MAT'ADORE, n. One of the three principal cards in the game of omber and quadrille, which are ... |
34413
|
match |
MATCH, n.1. Some very combustible substance used for catching fire from a spark, as hemp, flax, ... |
34414
|
matchable |
MATCH'ABLE, a. Equal; suitable; fit to be joined.1. Correspondent. [Little used.] |
34415
|
matched |
MATCH'ED, pp. Equaled; suited; placed in opposition; married. |
34416
|
matching |
MATCH'ING, ppr. Equaling; suiting; setting in opposition; uniting in marriage. |
34417
|
matchless |
MATCH'LESS, a. Having no equal; as matchless impudence; a matchless queen; matchless love or ... |
34418
|
matchlessly |
MATCH'LESSLY, adv. In a manner or degree not to be equaled. |
34419
|
matchlessness |
MATCH'LESSNESS, n. The state or quality of being without an equal. |
34420
|
matchlock |
MATCH'LOCK, n. Formerly, the lock of a musket which was fired by a match. |
34421
|
matchmaker |
MATCH'MAKER, n. One who makes matches for burning.1. One who contrives or effects a union by ... |
34422
|
mate |
MATE, n.1. A companion; an associate; one who customarily associates with another. Young persons ... |
34423
|
mateless |
MA'TELESS, a. Having no mate or companion.Materia Medica, a general name for every substance used ... |
34424
|
material |
MATE'RIAL, a. [L. materia, matter.]1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; as material substance; ... |
34425
|
materialism |
MATE'RIALISM, n. The doctrine of materialists; the opinion of those who maintain that the soul of ... |
34426
|
materialist |
MATE'RIALIST, n. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances, and maintains that the soul ... |
34427
|
materiality |
MATERIAL'ITY, n. Material existence; corporeity; not spirituality.1. Importance; as the ... |
34428
|
materialize |
MATE'RIALIZE, v.t. To reduce to a state of matter; also, to regard as matter. |
34429
|
materially |
MATE'RIALLY, adv. In the state of matter.1. Not formally; substantially. An ill intention may ... |
34430
|
materiate |
MATE'RIATE |
34431
|
materiated |
MATE'RIATED, . [L. materiatus.] Consisting of matter. [Little used.] |
34432
|
materiation |
MATERIA'TION, n. The act of forming matter. [Not used.] |
34433
|
maternal |
MATERN'AL, a. [L. maternus, from mater, mother.] Motherly; pertaining to a mother; becoming a ... |
34434
|
maternity |
MATERN'ITY, n. The character or relation of a mother. |
34435
|
matfelon |
MAT'FELON, n. A plant of the genus Centaurea,knap-weed. |
34436
|
math |
MATH, n. A mowing; as in aftermath. |
34437
|
mathematic |
MATHEMAT'IC |
34438
|
mathematical |
MATHEMAT'ICAL, a. [L. mathematicus.] Pertaining to mathematics; as mathematical knowledge; ... |
34439
|
mathematically |
MATHEMAT'ICALLY, adv. According to the laws or principles of mathematical science.1. With ... |
34440
|
mathematician |
MATHEMATI'CIAN, n. One versed in mathematics. |
34441
|
mathematics |
MATHEMAT'ICS, n. [L. mathematica, from Gr. to learn.] The science of quantity; the science which ... |
34442
|
mathemeg |
MATH'EMEG, n. A fish of the cod kind, inhabiting Hudson's bay. |
34443
|
mathes |
MATH'ES, n. An herb. |
34444
|
mathesis |
MATH'ESIS, n. The doctrine of mathematics. |
34445
|
matin |
MAT'IN, a. [L. matutinus.] Pertaining to the morning; used in the morning; as a matin ... |
34446
|
matins |
MAT'INS, n. Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The vigils are celebrated before ... |
34447
|
matrass |
MAT'RASS, n. [L. mitto.] A cucurbit; a chimical vessel in the shape of an egg, or with a tapering ... |
34448
|
matress |
MAT'RESS, n. A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss or other soft material, and quilted. |
34449
|
matrice |
MA'TRICE |
34450
|
matricidal |
MAT'RICIDAL, a. Pertaining to matricide. |
34451
|
matricide |
MAT'RICIDE, n. [L. matricidium; mater, mother, and coedo, to slay.]1. The killing or murder of a ... |
34452
|
matriculate |
MATRIC'ULATE, v.t. [L. matricula, a roll or register, from matrix.]To enter or admit to membership ... |
34453
|
matriculation |
MATRICULA'TION, n. The act of registering a name and admitting to membership. |
34454
|
matrimonial |
MATRIMO'NIAL, a.1. Pertaining to marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as matrimonial rights or ... |
34455
|
matrimonially |
MATRIMO'NIALLY, adv. According to the manner or laws of marriage. |
34456
|
matrimonious |
MATRIMO'NIOUS, a. Matrimonial. [Little used.] |
34457
|
matrimony |
MAT'RIMONY, n. [L. matrimonium, from mater, mother.] Marriage; wedlock; the union of man and woman ... |
34458
|
matrix |
MA'TRIX, n. [L. matrix, from mater, mother.]1. The womb; the cavity in which the fetus of an ... |
34459
|
matron |
MAT'RON, n. [L. matrona; from mater, mother.]An elderly married woman, or an elderly lady. |
34460
|
matronal |
MAT'RONAL, a. [L. matronalis.] Pertaining to a matron,suitable to an elderly lady or to a married ... |
34461
|
matronize |
MAT'RONIZE, v.t. To render matronlike. |
34462
|
matronlike |
MAT'RONLIKE, a. Having the manners of an elderly woman; grave; sedate; becoming a matron. |
34463
|
matronly |
MAT'RONLY, a. Elderly; advanced in years. |
34464
|
matross |
MATROSS', n. Matrosses are soldiers in a train of artillery, who are next to the gunners and ... |
34465
|
mattamore |
MAT'TAMORE, n. In the east, a subterranean repository for wheat. |
34466
|
matter |
MAT'TER, n. [L. materia; Heb. to measure; L. metior.]1. Substance excreted from living animal ... |
34467
|
matterless |
MAT'TERLESS, a. Void of matter. |
34468
|
mattery |
MAT'TERY, a. Purulent; generating pus; as a mattery cough. |
34469
|
mattock |
MAT'TOCK, n. A tool to grub up weeds or roots; a grubbing hoe. |
34470
|
mattress |
MATTRESS. [See Matress, a more correct orthography.] |
34471
|
maturant |
MAT'URANT, n. [L. maturo, from maturus, mature, ripe.]In pharmacy, a medicine or application to a ... |
34472
|
maturate |
MAT'URATE, v.t. [L. maturo, to hasten, from maturus, ripe.]To ripen; to hasten or promote ... |
34473
|
maturation |
MATURA'TION, n. The process of ripening or coming to maturity; ripeness.1. The process of ... |
34474
|
maturative |
MAT'URATIVE, a. Ripening; conducing to ripeness.1. Conducing to suppuration, or the formation of ... |
34475
|
mature |
MATU'RE, a. [L. maturus; meto.]1. Ripe; perfected by time or natural growth; as a man of mature ... |
34476
|
matured |
MATU'RED, pp. Ripened; advanced to perfection; prepared. |
34477
|
maturely |
MATU'RELY, adv. With ripeness; completely.1. With full deliberation. A prince entering on war, ... |
34478
|
matureness |
MATU'RENESS, n. Ripeness; a state of perfection or completeness; as the maturity of age or of ... |
34479
|
maturing |
MATU'RING, ppr. Ripening; being in or coming to a complete state. |
34480
|
maturity |
MATU'RITY |
34481
|
matutinal |
MAT'UTINAL |
34482
|
matutine |
MAT'UTINE, a. [L. matutinus.] Pertaining to the morning. |
34483
|
matweed |
MAT'WEED, n. A plant of the genus Lygeum. |
34484
|
maudlin |
MAUD'LIN, a. [corrupted from Magdelen, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with ... |
34485
|
mauger |
MAU'GER, adv. In spite of; in opposition to; not withstanding; used only in burlesque. This, ... |
34486
|
maukin |
MAUKIN. [See Malkin.] |
34487
|
maul |
MAUL, n. [L. malleus. See Mall.] A heavy wooden hammer; written also mall.MAUL, v.t. To beat and ... |
34488
|
maunch |
MAUNCH, n. A loose sleeve. [Not used.] |
34489
|
maund |
MAUND, n. A handbasket; a word used in Scotland.MAUND |
34490
|
maunder |
MAUND'ER, v.t. and i. To mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to beg.MAUND'ER, n. A beggar. |
34491
|
maunderer |
MAUND'ERER, n. A grumbler. |
34492
|
maundering |
MAUND'ERING, n. Complaint. |
34493
|
maundy-thursday |
MAUNDY-THURSDAY, n. The Thursday in passion week, or next before Good Friday. |
34494
|
mausolean |
MAUSOLE'AN, a. Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental. |
34495
|
mausoleum |
MAUSOLE'UM, n. A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument. |
34496
|
mauther |
MAU'THER, n. A foolish young girl. [Not used.] |
34497
|
mavis |
MA'VIS, n. A bird, a species of Turdus. |
34498
|
maw |
MAW, n.1. The stomach of brutes; applied to the stomach of human beings in contempt only.2. The ... |
34499
|
mawk |
MAWK, n. A maggot; a slattern. [Not in use.] |
34500
|
mawkingly |
MAWK'INGLY, adv. Slatternly; sluttishly. |
34501
|
mawkish |
MAWK'ISH, a. Apt to cause satiety or lothing. So sweetly mawkish, and so smoothly dull. |
34502
|
mawkishness |
MAWK'ISHNESS, n. Aptness to cause lothing. |
34503
|
mawky |
MAWK'Y, a. Maggoty. [Local.] |
34504
|
mawmet |
MAW'MET, n. [from Mahomet.] A puppet; anciently, an idol. |
34505
|
mawmetry |
MAW'METRY, n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. |
34506
|
mawmish |
MAW'MISH, a. [from maw, or mawmet.] Foolish; silly; idle; nauseous. |
34507
|
mawworm |
MAW'WORM, n. A worm that infests the stomach. |
34508
|
maxillar |
MAX'ILLAR |
34509
|
maxillary |
MAX'ILLARY, a. [L. maxillaris, from maxilla, the jaw-bone; probably from the root of mash.] ... |
34510
|
maxim |
MAX'IM, n. [L. maximum, literally the greatest.]1. An established principle or proposition; a ... |
34511
|
maxim-monger |
MAX'IM-MONGER, n. One who deals much in maxims. |
34512
|
maximum |
MAX'IMUM, n. [L.] In mathematics, the greatest number or quantity attainable in any given case; ... |
34513
|
may |
MAY, n. [L. Maius.]1. The fifth month of the year, beginning with January, but the third, ... |
34514
|
may-apple |
MA'Y-APPLE, n. A plant of the genus Podophyllum. |
34515
|
may-bloom |
MA'Y-BLOOM, n. The hawthorn. |
34516
|
may-bug |
MA'Y-BUG, n. A chaffer. |
34517
|
may-bush |
MA'Y-BUSH, n. A plant of the genus Crataegus. |
34518
|
may-day |
MA'Y-DAY, n. The first day of May. |
34519
|
may-dew |
MA'Y-DEW, n. The dew of May, which is said to whiten linen, and to afford by repeated ... |
34520
|
may-duke |
MA'Y-DUKE, n. A variety of the common cherry. |
34521
|
may-flower |
MA'Y-FLOWER, n. A plant; a flower that appears in May. |
34522
|
may-fly |
MA'Y-FLY, n. An insect or fly that appears in May. |
34523
|
may-game |
MA'Y-GAME, n. Sport or diversion; play, such as is used on the first of May. |
34524
|
may-lady |
MA'Y-LADY, n. The queen or lady of May, in old May-games. |
34525
|
may-lily |
MA'Y-LILY, n. The lily of the valley, of the genus Convallaria. |
34526
|
may-morn |
MA'Y-MORN, n. Freshness; vigor. |
34527
|
may-pole |
MA'Y-POLE, n. A pole to dance round in May; a long pole erected. |
34528
|
may-weed |
MA'Y-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Anthemis. |
34529
|
mayhem |
MAYHEM. [See Maim.] |
34530
|
maying |
MA'YING, n. The gathering of flowers on May-day. |
34531
|
mayor |
MA'YOR, n. [L. miror.] The chief magistrate of a city, who, in London and York, is called lord ... |
34532
|
mayoralty |
MA'YORALTY, n. The office of a mayor. |
34533
|
mayoress |
MA'YORESS, n. The wife of a mayor. |
34534
|
mazagan |
MAZ'AGAN, n. A variety of the common bean, [vicia faba.] |
34535
|
mazard |
MAZ'ARD, n. [probably from the root of marsh.]1. The jaw. [Not used.]2. A kind of cherry.MAZ'ARD, ... |
34536
|
mazarine |
MAZARINE, n. A deep blue color.1. A particular way of dressing fowls.2. A little dish set in a ... |
34537
|
maze |
MAZE, n.1. A winding and turning; perplexed state of things; intricacy; a state that embarrasses. ... |
34538
|
mazedness |
MA'ZEDNESS, n. Confusion; astonishment. |
34539
|
mazer |
MA'ZER, n. A maple cup. |
34540
|
mazological |
MAZOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to mazology. |
34541
|
mazologist |
MAZOL'OGIST, n. One versed in mazology. |
34542
|
mazology |
MAZOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a breast, and discourse.] The doctrine of history of mammiferous animals. |
34543
|
mazy |
MA'ZY, a. Winding; perplexed with turns and windings; intricate; as mazy error. To run the ring ... |
34544
|
me |
ME, pron. pers.; the objective case of I, answering to the oblique cases of ego, in Latin. [L. ... |
34545
|
meacock |
ME'ACOCK, n. An uxorious, effeminate man. [Not used.]ME'ACOCK, a. Lame; timorous; cowardly. ... |
34546
|
mead |
MEAD, n. [L. madeo, to be wet.] A fermented liquor consisting of honey and water, sometimes ... |
34547
|
meadow |
MEADOW, n. med'o. A tract of low land. In America, the word is applied particularly to the low ... |
34548
|
meadow-ore |
MEAD'OW-ORE, n. In mineralogy, conchoidal bog iron ore. |
34549
|
meadow-rue |
MEAD'OW-RUE, n. A plant of the genus Thalictrum. |
34550
|
meadow-saffron |
MEAD'OW-SAFFRON, n. A plant of the genus Colchicum. |
34551
|
meadow-saxifrage |
MEAD'OW-SAXIFRAGE, n. A plant of the genus Peucedanum. |
34552
|
meadow-sweet |
MEAD'OW-SWEET, n. A plant of the genus Spiraea. |
34553
|
meadow-wort |
MEAD'OW-WORT, n. A plant. |
34554
|
meadowy |
MEAD'OWY, a. Containing meadow. |
34555
|
meager |
ME'AGER, a. [L. macer; Gr. small; allied to Eng. meek.]1. Thin; lean; destitute of flesh or having ... |
34556
|
meagerly |
ME'AGERLY, adv. Poorly; thinly. |
34557
|
meagerness |
ME'AGERNESS, n. Leanness; want of flesh.1. Poorness; barrenness; want of fertility or richness.2. ... |
34558
|
meak |
MEAK, n. A hook with a long handle. |
34559
|
meal |
MEAL, n.1. A portion of food taken at one time; a repast. It is customary in the U. States to eat ... |
34560
|
meal-man |
MEA'L-MAN, n. A man that deals in meal. |
34561
|
meal-time |
ME'AL-TIME, n. The usual time of eating meals. |
34562
|
mealiness |
ME'ALINESS, n. The quality of being mealy; softness or smoothness to the touch. |
34563
|
mealy |
ME'ALY, a. Having the qualities of meal; soft; smooth to the feel.1. Like meal; farinaceous; ... |
34564
|
mealy-mouthed |
ME'ALY-MOUTHED, a. Literally,having a soft mouth; hence,unwilling to tell the truth in plain ... |
34565
|
mealy-mouthedness |
MEALY-MOUTH'EDNESS, n. Inclination to express the truth in soft words, or to disguise the plain ... |
34566
|
mean |
MEAN, a. [L. communis, vulgus, minor and minuo.]1. Wanting dignity; low in rank or birth; as a man ... |
34567
|
meander |
MEAN'DER, n. [the name of a winding river in Phrygia.]1. A winding course; a winding or turning in ... |
34568
|
meandering |
MEAN'DERING, ppr. or a. Winding in a course, passage or current. |
34569
|
meandrian |
MEAN'DRIAN, a. Winding; having many turns. |
34570
|
meaning |
ME'ANING, ppr. Having in mind; intending; signifying.ME'ANING, n. That which exists in the mind, ... |
34571
|
meanly |
ME'ANLY, adv. [See Mean.] Moderately; not in a great degree. In the reign of Domitian, poetry was ... |
34572
|
meanness |
ME'ANNESS, n. Want of dignity or rank; low state; as meanness of birth or condition. Poverty is ... |
34573
|
meant |
MEANT, pret. and pp. of mean. |
34574
|
mear |
MEAR. [See Mere.] |
34575
|
mease |
ME'ASE, n. [from the root of measure.] The quantity of 500; as a mease of herrings. [Not used in ... |
34576
|
measle |
MEASLE, n. mee'zl. A leper. [Not in use.] |
34577
|
measled |
MEASLED, a. mee'zled. [See Measles.]Infected or spotted with measles. |
34578
|
measles |
MEASLES, n. mee'zles; with a plural termination.1. A contagious disease of the human body,usually ... |
34579
|
measly |
MEASLY, a. mee'zly. Infected with measles or eruptions. |
34580
|
measurable |
MEASURABLE, a. mezh'urable. [See Measure.]1. That may be measured; susceptible of mensuration or ... |
34581
|
measurableness |
MEASURABLENESS, n. mezh'urableness. The quality of admitting mensuration. |
34582
|
measurably |
MEASURABLY, adv. mezh'urably. Moderately; in a limited degree. |
34583
|
measure |
MEASURE, n. mezh'ur. [L. mensura, from mensus, with a casual n, the participle of metior, to ... |
34584
|
measured |
MEASURED, pp. mezh'ured. Computed or ascertained by a rule; adjusted; proportioned; passed over.1. ... |
34585
|
measureless |
MEASURELESS, a. mezh'urless. Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. |
34586
|
measurement |
MEASUREMENT, n. mezh'urment. The act of measuring; mensuration. |
34587
|
measurer |
MEASURER, n. mezh'urer. One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commodities ... |
34588
|
measuring |
MEASURING, ppr. mezh'uring. Computing or ascertaining length, dimensions, capacity or amount.1. ... |
34589
|
meat |
MEAT, n.1. Food in general; any thing eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. And God said, ... |
34590
|
meat-offering |
ME'AT-OFFERING, n. An offering consisting of meat or food. |
34591
|
meated |
ME'ATED, a. Fed; fattened. [Not used.] |
34592
|
meathe |
MEATHE, n. Liquor or drink. [Not used.] |
34593
|
meaty |
ME'ATY, a. Fleshy, but not fat. [Local.] |
34594
|
meawl |
MEAWL. [See Mewl.] |
34595
|
meazling |
ME'AZLING, ppr. Falling in small drops; properly mizzling, or rather mistling, from mist. |
34596
|
mechanic |
MECHAN'IC |
34597
|
mechanical |
MECHAN'ICAL, a. [L. mechanicus; Gr. a machine.]1. Pertaining to machines, or to the art of ... |
34598
|
mechanically |
MECHAN'ICALLY, adv. According to the laws of mechanism, or good workmanship.1. By physical force ... |
34599
|
mechanicalness |
MECHAN'ICALNESS, n. The state of being mechanical, or governed by mechanism. |
34600
|
mechanician |
MECHANI'CIAN, n. One skilled in mechanics. |
34601
|
mechanics |
MECHAN'ICS, n. That science which treats of the doctrines of motion. It investigates the forces by ... |
34602
|
mechanism |
MECH'ANISM, n. The construction of a machine, engine or instrument, intended to apply power to a ... |
34603
|
mechanist |
MECH'ANIST, n. The maker of machines, or one skilled in mechanics. |
34604
|
mechlin |
MECH'LIN, n. A species of lace, made at Mechlin. |
34605
|
mechoacan |
MECHO'ACAN, n. White jalap, the root of an American species of Convolvulus, from Mechoacan, in ... |
34606
|
meconiate |
MECO'NIATE, n. A salt consisting of meconic acid and a base. |
34607
|
meconic |
MECON'IC, a. Meconic acid is an acid contained in opium. |
34608
|
meconite |
MEC'ONITE, n. A small sandstone; ammite. |
34609
|
meconium |
MECO'NIUM, n. [Gr. poppy.]1. The juice of the white poppy, which has the virtues of opium.2. The ... |
34610
|
medal |
MED'AL, n. [L. metallum, metal.] An ancient coin, or a piece of metal in the form of a coin, ... |
34611
|
medallic |
MEDAL'LIC, a. Pertaining to a medal or to medals. |
34612
|
medallion |
MEDAL'LION, n. A large antique stamp or medal.1. The representation of a medallion. |
34613
|
medallist |
MED'ALLIST, n. A person that is skilled or curious in medals. |
34614
|
meddle |
MED'DLE, v.i.1. To have to do; to take part; to interpose and act in the concerns of others, or in ... |
34615
|
meddler |
MED'DLER, n. One that meddles; one that interferes or busies himself with things in which he has ... |
34616
|
meddlesome |
MED'DLESOME, a. Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously ... |
34617
|
meddlesomeness |
MED'DLESOMENESS, n. Officious interposition in the affairs of others. |
34618
|
meddling |
MED'DLING, ppr. Having to do; touching; handling; officiously interposing in other men's ... |
34619
|
medial |
ME'DIAL, a. [L. medius, middle.] Mean; noting a mean or average.Medial alligation, is a method of ... |
34620
|
mediant |
ME'DIANT, n. In music, an appellation given to the third above the key-note, because it divides the ... |
34621
|
mediate |
ME'DIATE, a. [L. medius, middle.] Middle; being between the two extremes. Anxious we hover in a ... |
34622
|
mediately |
ME'DIATELY, adv. By means or by a secondary cause,acting between the first cause and the effect. ... |
34623
|
mediation |
MEDIA'TION, n. [L. medius, middle.]1. Interposition; intervention; agency between parties at ... |
34624
|
mediator |
MEDIA'TOR, n. One that interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling ... |
34625
|
mediatorial |
MEDIATO'RIAL, a. Belonging to a mediator; as mediatorial office or character. [Mediatory is not ... |
34626
|
mediatorship |
MEDIA'TORSHIP, n. The office of a mediator. |
34627
|
mediatress |
MEDIA'TRESS |
34628
|
mediatrix |
MEDIA'TRIX, n. A female mediator. |
34629
|
medic |
MED'IC, n. A plant of the genus Medicago. The sea-medic is of the same genus; the medic vetch is ... |
34630
|
medicable |
MED'ICABLE, a. [See Medical.] That may be cured or healed. |
34631
|
medical |
MED'ICAL, a. [L. medicus, from medcor, to heal; Gr. cure.]1. Pertaining to the art of healing ... |
34632
|
medically |
MED'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of medicine; according to the rules of the healing art, or for the ... |
34633
|
medicament |
MED'ICAMENT, n. [L.medicamentum.] Any thing used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a ... |
34634
|
medicamental |
MEDICAMENT'AL, a. Relating to healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments. |
34635
|
medicamentally |
MEDICAMENT'ALLY, adv. After the manner of healing applications. |
34636
|
medicaster |
MED'ICASTER, n. A quack. |
34637
|
medicate |
MED'ICATE, v.t. [L. medico.] To tincture or impregnate with healing substances, or with any thing ... |
34638
|
medicated |
MED'ICATED, pp. Prepared or furnished with any thing medicinal. |
34639
|
medicating |
MED'ICATING, ppr. Impregnating with medical substances; preparing with any thing medicinal. |
34640
|
medication |
MEDICA'TION, n. The act or process of impregnating with medicinal substances; the infusion of ... |
34641
|
medicinable |
MEDIC'INABLE, a. Having the properties of medicine; medicinal. [The latter is the word now used.] |
34642
|
medicinal |
MEDIC'INAL, . [L. medicinalis.] Having the property of healing or of mitigating disease; adapted ... |
34643
|
medicinally |
MEDIC'INALLY, adv. In the manner of medicine; with medicinal qualities.1. With a view to healing; ... |
34644
|
medicine |
MED'ICINE, n. [L. medicina, from medeor, to cure; vulgarly and improperly pronounced med'sn.]1. ... |
34645
|
mediety |
MEDI'ETY, n. [L.medietas; from L.medius, middle.]The middle state or part; half; moiety. [Little ... |
34646
|
medin |
ME'DIN, n. A small coin. |
34647
|
mediocral |
MEDIO'CRAL, a. [L. mediocris.] Being of a middle quality; indifferent; ordinary; as mediocral ... |
34648
|
mediocrist |
ME'DIOCRIST, n. A person of middling abilities. [Not used.] |
34649
|
mediocrity |
MEDIOC'RITY, n. [L.mediocritas, from mediocris, middling; medius,middle.]1. A middle state or ... |
34650
|
meditate |
MED'ITATE, v.i. [L. meditor.]1. To dwell on any thing in thought; to contemplate; to study; to ... |
34651
|
meditated |
MED'ITATED, pp. Planned; contrived. |
34652
|
meditating |
MED'ITATING, ppr. Revolving in the mind; contemplating; contriving. |
34653
|
meditation |
MEDITA'TION, n. [L.meditatio.] Close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject ... |
34654
|
meditative |
MED'ITATIVE, a. Addicted to meditation.1. Expressing meditation or design. |
34655
|
mediterrane |
MEDITERRA'NE |
34656
|
mediterranean |
MEDITERRA'NEAN |
34657
|
mediterraneous |
MEDITERRA'NEOUS, a. [L.medius, middle, and terra, land.]1. Inclosed or nearly inclosed with land; ... |
34658
|
medium |
ME'DIUM, n. plu.mediums; media not being generally, though sometimes used. [L.] In philosophy, the ... |
34659
|
medlar |
MED'LAR, n. [L. mespilus.] A tree and a genus of trees, called Mespilus; also, the fruit of the ... |
34660
|
medle |
MED'LE, v.t. To mix; not used,but hence, |
34661
|
medley |
MED'LEY, n. A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients; used often or commonly with ... |
34662
|
medullar |
MEDUL'LAR |
34663
|
medullary |
MED'ULLARY, a. [L. medullaris, from medulla, marrow.]Pertaining to marrow; consisting of marrow; ... |
34664
|
medullin |
MEDUL'LIN, n. [L. medulla.] The pith of the sunflower, which has neither taste nor smell. It is ... |
34665
|
meed |
MEED, n.1. Reward; recompense; that which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit. ... |
34666
|
meek |
MEEK, a. [L. mucus; Eng. mucilage; Heb. to melt.]1. Mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily ... |
34667
|
meeken |
MEE'KEN, v.t. mee'kn. To make meek; to soften; to render mild. |
34668
|
meekly |
MEE'KLY, adv. Mildly; gently; submissively; humbly; not proudly or roughly. And this mis-seeming ... |
34669
|
meekness |
MEE'KNESS, n. Softness of temper; mildness; gentleness; forbearance under injuries and ... |
34670
|
meer |
MEER, a. Simple; unmixed; usually written mere.MEER, n. A lake; a boundary. [See Mere.] |
34671
|
meer-schaum |
MEER-SCHAUM, n. A hydrate of magnesia combined with silex. It occurs in beds in Natolia,and when ... |
34672
|
meered |
MEE'RED, a. Relating to a boundary. [See Mere.] |
34673
|
meet |
MEET, a. [L. convenio.] Fit; suitable; proper; qualified; convenient; adapted, as to a use or ... |
34674
|
meeter |
MEE'TER, n. One that meets another; one that accosts another. |
34675
|
meeting |
MEE'TING, ppr. Coming together; encountering; joining; assembling.MEE'TING, n. A coming together; ... |
34676
|
meeting-house |
MEE'TING-HOUSE, a. A place of worship; a church. |
34677
|
meetly |
MEE'TLY, adv. [from meet.] Fitly; suitably; properly. |
34678
|
meetness |
MEE'TNESS, n. [from meet.] Fitness; suitableness; propriety. |
34679
|
megacosm |
MEG'ACOSM, n. [Gr. great, and world.] The great world. |
34680
|
megalonyx |
MEGALON'YX, n. [Gr. great, and a nail.] An animal now extinct, whose bones have been found in ... |
34681
|
megalopolis |
MEGALOP'OLIS, n. [Gr. great, and city.] A chief city; a metropolis. [Not in use.] |
34682
|
megatherium |
MEGATHE'RIUM |
34683
|
megathery |
MEGATH'ERY , n. [Gr. great, and a wild beast.] A quadruped now extinct, but whose remains have ... |
34684
|
megrim |
ME'GRIM, n. [ L. hemicrania, half the head.] Properly, a pain in the side of the head; hence, a ... |
34685
|
meine |
MEINE, v.t. To mingle.MEINE |
34686
|
meionite |
MEIONITE, n. [Gr. less; from its low pyramids.]pyramidical feldspar, of a grayish white color. It ... |
34687
|
meiosis |
MEIO'SIS, n. [Gr.] Diminution; a rhetorical figure, a species of hyperbole, representing a thing ... |
34688
|
melampode |
MEL'AMPODE, n. [Gr. blackfoot.] The black hellebore. |
34689
|
melanage |
MELANAGE, n. melanj'. A mixture. [Not English.] |
34690
|
melanagogue |
MELANAGOGUE, n. melan'agog. [Gr. black, and to drive.]A medicine supposed to expel black bile or ... |
34691
|
melancholic |
MEL'ANCHOLIC, a. [See Melancholy.]1. Depressed in spirits; affected with gloom; dejected; ... |
34692
|
melancholily |
MEL'ANCHOLILY, adv. With melancholy. |
34693
|
melancholiness |
MEL'ANCHOLINESS, n. State of being melancholy; disposition to indulge gloominess of mind. |
34694
|
melancholious |
MELANCHO'LIOUS, a. Gloomy. [Not in use.] |
34695
|
melancholist |
MEL'ANCHOLIST, n. One affected with melancholy. |
34696
|
melancholize |
MEL'ANCHOLIZE, v.i. To become gloomy in mind.MEL'ANCHOLIZE, v.t. To make melancholy.[This verb is ... |
34697
|
melancholy |
MEL'ANCHOLY, n. [Gr. black, and bile; L. melancholia.]1. A gloomy state of mind, often a gloomy ... |
34698
|
melanite |
MEL'ANITE, n. [Gr. black.] A mineral, a variety of garnet, of a velvet black or grayish black, ... |
34699
|
melanitic |
MELANIT'IC, a. Pertaining to melanite. |
34700
|
melanteri |
MEL'ANTERI, n. [Gr. black.] Salt or iron, or iron in a saline state, mixed with inflammable ... |
34701
|
melanure |
MEL'ANURE |
34702
|
melanurus |
MELANU'RUS, n. A small fish of the Mediterranean. |
34703
|
melasses |
MEL`ASSES, n. sing. [Gr. black, or honey.] The sirup which drains from Muscovado sugar when ... |
34704
|
melilot |
MEL'ILOT, n. A plant of the genus Trifolium. |
34705
|
meliorate |
ME'LIORATE, v.t. [L.melior,better.] To make better; to improve; as, to meliorate fruit by ... |
34706
|
meliorated |
ME'LIORATED, pp. Made better; improved. |
34707
|
meliorating |
ME'LIORATING, ppr. Improving; advancing in good qualities. The pure and benign light of revelation ... |
34708
|
melioration |
MELIORA'TION, n. The act or operation of making better; improvement. |
34709
|
meliority |
MELIOR'ITY, n. The state of being better. [Not in use.] |
34710
|
mell |
MELL, v.i. To mix; to meddle. [Not in use.]MELL, n. [L.mel.] Honey. [Not English.] |
34711
|
mellate |
MEL'LATE, n. [L. mel, honey.] A combination of the mellitic acid with a base. |
34712
|
melliferous |
MELLIF'EROUS, a. [L. mel, honey, and fero, to produce.] Producing honey. |
34713
|
mellification |
MELLIFICA'TION, n. [L. mellifico.] The making or production of honey. |
34714
|
mellifluence |
MELLIF'LUENCE, n. [L. mel, honey, and fluo, to flow.]A flow of sweetness, or a sweet smooth flow. |
34715
|
mellifluent |
MELLIF'LUENT |
34716
|
mellifluous |
MELLIF'LUOUS, a. Flowing with honey; smooth; sweetly flowing; as a mellifluous voice. |
34717
|
mellit |
MEL'LIT, n. In farriery, a dry scab on the heel of a horse's fore foot,cured by a mixture of honey ... |
34718
|
mellite |
MEL'LITE, n. [L.mel.] Honey stone; a mineral of a honey color,found only in very minute regular ... |
34719
|
mellitic |
MELLIT'IC, a. Pertaining to honey stone. |
34720
|
mellow |
MEL'LOW, a. [L. mollis, malus.]1. Soft with ripeness; easily yielding to pressure; as a mellow ... |
34721
|
mellowness |
MEL'LOWNESS, n. Softness; the quality of yielding easily to pressure; ripeness, as of fruit.1. ... |
34722
|
mellowy |
MEL'LOWY, a. Soft, unctuous. |
34723
|
melocotone |
MELOCOTO'NE, n. [L. malum cotoneum, quince-apple. Cotomeum is probably our cotton, and the fruit ... |
34724
|
melodious |
MELO'DIOUS, a. [See Melody.] Containing melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet ... |
34725
|
melodiously |
MELO'DIOUSLY, adv. In a melodious manner; musically. |
34726
|
melodiousness |
MELO'DIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; ... |
34727
|
melodize |
MEL'ODIZE, v.t. To make melodious. |
34728
|
melodrame |
MEL'ODRAME, n. [Gr. a song, and drama.] A dramatic performance in which songs are intermixed. |
34729
|
melody |
MEL'ODY, n. [Gr. a limb, or a song, an ode; L. melos.]An agreeable succession of sounds; a ... |
34730
|
melon |
MEL'ON, n. [L. melo; Gr. an apple; L. mollis.] The name of certain plants and their fruit, as the ... |
34731
|
melon-thistle |
MEL'ON-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Cactus. |
34732
|
melrose |
MEL'ROSE, n. [mel and rose.] Honey of roses. |
34733
|
melt |
MELT, v.t. [Eng.smelt,smalt. We have in these words decisive evidence that s, in smelten, &c. is a ... |
34734
|
melted |
MELT'ED, pp. Dissolved; made liquid; softened; discouraged. |
34735
|
melter |
MELT'ER, n. One that melts any thing. |
34736
|
melting |
MELT'ING, ppr. Dissolving; liquefying; softening; discouraging.1. a. Tending to soften; ... |
34737
|
meltingly |
MELT'INGLY, adv. In a manner to melt of soften.1. Like something melting. |
34738
|
meltingness |
MELT'INGNESS, n. The power of melting or softening. |
34739
|
melwel |
MEL'WEL, n. A fish. |
34740
|
member |
MEM'BER, n. [L. membrum.]1. A limb of animal bodies, as a leg, an arm, an ear, a finger, that is, ... |
34741
|
membered |
MEM'BERED, a. Having limbs. |
34742
|
membership |
MEM'BERSHIP, n. The state of being a member.1. Community; society. |
34743
|
membranaceous |
MEMBRANA'CEOUS, a. Belonging to a membrane; consisting of membranes; as a membraneous covering. ... |
34744
|
membrane |
MEM'BRANE, n. [L. membrana.] In anatomy, a thin, white, flexible skin, formed by fibers interwoven ... |
34745
|
membraneous |
MEMBRA'NEOUS |
34746
|
membraniform |
MEMBRA'NIFORM, a. Having the form of a membrane or of parchment. |
34747
|
membranous |
MEM'BRANOUS |
34748
|
memento |
MEMENT'O, n. [L. memini. See Memory.] A hint, suggestion; notice or memorial to awaken memory; ... |
34749
|
memoir |
MEM'OIR, n. A species of history written by a person who had some share in the transactions ... |
34750
|
memorable |
MEM'ORABLE, a. [L.memorabilis. See Memory.]Worthy to be remembered; illustrious; celebrated; ... |
34751
|
memorably |
MEM'ORABLY, adv. In a manner worthy to be remembered. |
34752
|
memorandum |
MEMORAND'UM, n. plu. memorandums or memoranda. [L.]A note to help the memory. I entered a ... |
34753
|
memorative |
MEM'ORATIVE, a. Adapted or tending to preserve the memory of any thing. |
34754
|
memorial |
MEMO'RIAL, a. [L.memorialis. See Memory.]1. Preservative of memory. There high in air memorial of ... |
34755
|
memorialist |
MEMO'RIALIST, n. One who writes a memorial.1. One who presents a memorial to a legislative or any ... |
34756
|
memorialize |
MEMO'RIALIZE, v.t. To present a memorial to; to petition by memorial. |
34757
|
memorist |
MEM'ORIST, n. One who causes to be remembered. [Not used.] |
34758
|
memorize |
MEM'ORIZE, v.t. To record; to commit to memory by writing. They neglect to memorize their conquest ... |
34759
|
memory |
MEM'ORY, n. [L. memoria; Gr. to remember, from mind, or the same root. See Mind.]1. The faculty ... |
34760
|
memphian |
MEMPH'IAN, a. [from Memphis, the ancient metropolis of Egypt, said to be altered from Menuf, Memf. ... |
34761
|
men |
MEN, plu. of man. Two or more males, individuals of the human race.1. Males of bravery. We will ... |
34762
|
menace |
MEN'ACE, v.t. [L. minor.]1. To threaten; to express or show a disposition or determination to ... |
34763
|
menaced |
MEN'ACED, pp. Threatened. |
34764
|
menacer |
MEN'ACER, n. One that threatens. |
34765
|
menachanite |
MEN'ACHANITE, n. An oxyd of titanium, or mineral of a grayish or iron black color, occurring in ... |
34766
|
menachanitic |
MENACHANIT'IC, a. Pertaining to menachanite. |
34767
|
menacing |
MEN'ACING, ppr. Threatening; declaring a disposition or determination to inflict evil.1. a. ... |
34768
|
menage |
MEN'AGE, n. A collection of brute animals. |
34769
|
menagery |
MEN'AGERY, n. A yard or place in which wild animals are kept, or a collection of wild animals. |
34770
|
menagogue |
MENAGOGUE, n. men'agog. [Gr. menstrua, and to drive.]A medicine that promotes the menstrual flux. |
34771
|
menail |
ME'NAIL, n. A domestic servant. |
34772
|
mend |
MEND, v.t. [L. emendo, menda, a fault, spot or blemish.]1. To repair, as a breach; to supply a ... |
34773
|
mendable |
MEND'ABLE, a. Capable of being mended. |
34774
|
mendacious |
MENDA'CIOUS, a. [L. mendax.] Lying; false. [Little used.] |
34775
|
mendacity |
MENDAC'ITY, n. [L.mendax, false, lying.] Falsehood.[The proper signification of this word would be ... |
34776
|
mended |
MEND'ED, pp. Repaired; made better; improved. |
34777
|
mender |
MEND'ER, n. One who mends or repairs. |
34778
|
mendicancy |
MEND'ICANCY, a. [L. medicans.] Beggary; a state of begging. |
34779
|
mendicant |
MEND'ICANT, a. [L. mendicans, from mendico, to beg; allied to L.mando, to command, demand.]1. ... |
34780
|
mendicate |
MEND'ICATE, v.t. To beg, or practice begging. [Not used.] |
34781
|
mendicity |
MENDIC'ITY,n. [L.mendicitas.] The state of begging; the life of a beggar. |
34782
|
mendment |
MENDMENT, for amendment. [Not in use.] |
34783
|
mends |
MENDS, for amends, not used. |
34784
|
menhaden |
MENHA'DEN, n. A species of fish. |
34785
|
menial |
ME'NIAL, a.1. Pertaining to servants or domestic servants; low; mean. The women attendants perform ... |
34786
|
menilite |
MEN'ILITE, n. A mineral substance found at Menil Montant near Paris, of the nature of silex, of a ... |
34787
|
meniscus |
MENIS'CUS, n. plu. meniscuses. [Gr. a little moon.]A lens convex on one side, and concave on the ... |
34788
|
menispermate |
MENISPERM'ATE, n. A compound of menispermic acid and a salifiable base. |
34789
|
menispermic |
MENISPERM'IC, a. The menispermic acid is obtained from the seeds of the menispermum cocculus. |
34790
|
meniver |
MEN'IVER, n. A small white animal in Russia, or its fur which is very fine. |
34791
|
menology |
MENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. month, and discourse.]1. A register of months.2. In the Greek church, ... |
34792
|
menow |
MEN'OW, n. A small fresh water fish, the minnow. |
34793
|
menpleaser |
MEN'PLEASER, n. One who is solicitous to please men, rather than to please God, by obedience to ... |
34794
|
mensal |
MEN'SAL, a. [L. mensalis, from mensa, a table.]Belonging to the table; transacted at table. [Little ... |
34795
|
menstrual |
MEN'STRUAL, a. [L. menstrualis, from mensis, month.]1. Monthly; happening once a month; as the ... |
34796
|
menstruant |
MEN'STRUANT, a. Subject to monthly flowings. |
34797
|
menstruous |
MEN'STRUOUS, a. [L. menstruus, from mensis, a month.]1. Having the monthly flow or discharge; as a ... |
34798
|
menstruum |
MEN'STRUUM, n. plu. menstruums. [from L. mensis, month. The use of this word is supposed to have ... |
34799
|
mensurability |
MENSURABIL'ITY, n. [from mensurable.] Capacity of being measured. |
34800
|
mensurable |
MEN'SURABLE, a. [L. mensura, measure. The n is probably casual, and the word is the same as ... |
34801
|
mensural |
MEN'SURAL, a. Pertaining to measure. |
34802
|
mensurate |
MEN'SURATE, v.t. [L.mensura,measure.]To measure. [Little used.] |
34803
|
mensuration |
MENSURA'TION, n. The act, process or art of measuring, or taking the dimensions of any thing.1. ... |
34804
|
mental |
MEN'TAL, a. Pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as mental faculties; mental operations; mental ... |
34805
|
mentally |
MEN'TALLY, adv. Intellectually; in the mind; in thought or meditation; in idea. |
34806
|
mention |
MEN'TION, n. [L. mentio, from Gr. to put in mind; L. moneo and mind.] A hint; a suggestion; a ... |
34807
|
mentioned |
MEN'TIONED, pp. Named; stated. |
34808
|
mentioning |
MEN'TIONING, ppr. Naming; uttering. |
34809
|
mentorial |
MENTO'RIAL, a. [from Mentor,the friend and adviser of Ulysses.]Containing advice or admonition. |
34810
|
meny |
ME'NY, n. [See Menial.] A retinue or family of servants; domestics. |
34811
|
mephitic |
MEPHIT'IC, a. [L. mephitis, an ill smell.] Offensive to the smell; foul; poisonous; noxious; ... |
34812
|
mephitis |
MEPH'ITIS |
34813
|
mephitism |
MEPH'ITISM, n. Foul, offensive or noxious exhalations from dissolving substances, filth or other ... |
34814
|
mercantante |
MERCANTAN'TE, n. A foreign trader. [Not in use.] |
34815
|
mercantile |
MER'CANTILE, a. [L. mercans, mercor, to buy.]1. Trading; commercial; carrying on commerce; as ... |
34816
|
mercat |
MER'CAT, n. [L. mercatus.] Market; trade. [Not in use.] |
34817
|
mercenarily |
MER'CENARILY, adv. In a mercenary manner. |
34818
|
mercenariness |
MER'CENARINESS, n. [from mercenary.]Venality; regard to hire or reward. |
34819
|
mercenary |
MER'CENARY, a. [L. mercenarius, from merces, reward, wages, mercor, to guy.]1. Venal; that may be ... |
34820
|
mercer |
MER'CER, n. [L. merx, wares, commodities.]One who deals in silks. |
34821
|
mercership |
MER'CERSHIP, n. The business of a mercer. |
34822
|
mercery |
MER'CERY, n. The commodities or goods in which a mercer deals; trade of mercers. |
34823
|
merchand |
MER'CHAND, v.i. To trade. [Not used.] |
34824
|
merchandise |
MER'CHANDISE, n.1. The objects of commerce; wares, goods, commodities, whatever is usually bought ... |
34825
|
merchandry |
MER'CHANDRY, n. Trade; commerce. [Not in use.] |
34826
|
merchant |
MER'CHANT, n. [L.mercor,to buy.]1. A man who trafficks or carries on trade with foreign ... |
34827
|
merchantable |
MER'CHANTABLE, a. Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market or such as will bring the ... |
34828
|
merchantlike |
MER'CHANTLIKE, a. Like a merchant. |
34829
|
merchantman |
MER'CHANTMAN, n. A ship or vessel employed in the transportation of goods, as distinguished from a ... |
34830
|
merciable |
MER'CIABLE, a. Merciful. [Not in use.] |
34831
|
merciful |
MER'CIFUL, a. [from mercy.] Having or exercising mercy; compassionate; tender; disposed to pity ... |
34832
|
mercifully |
MER'CIFULLY, adv. With compassion or pity; tenderly; mildly. |
34833
|
mercifulness |
MER'CIFULNESS, n. Tenderness towards offenders; willingness to forbear punishment; readiness to ... |
34834
|
mercify |
MER'CIFY, v.t. To pity. [Not in use.] |
34835
|
merciless |
MER'CILESS, a. Destitute of mercy; unfeeling; pitiless; hard-hearted; cruel; as a merciless ... |
34836
|
mercilessly |
MER'CILESSLY, adv. In a manner void of mercy or pity; cruelly. |
34837
|
mercilessness |
MER'CILESSNESS, n. Want of mercy or pity. |
34838
|
mercurial |
MERCU'RIAL, a. [L. mercurialis.]1. Formed under the influence of Mercury; active; sprightly; full ... |
34839
|
mercurialist |
MERCU'RIALIST, n. One under the influence of Mercury, or one resembling Mercury in variety of ... |
34840
|
mercuriate |
MERCU'RIATE, n. A combination of the oxyd of mercury with another substance.Mercuric acid, a ... |
34841
|
mercurification |
MERCURIFICA'TION, n. In metallurgic chimistry,the process or operation of obtaining the mercury ... |
34842
|
mercurify |
MERCU'RIFY, v.t. To obtain mercury from metallic minerals, which it is said may be done by a large ... |
34843
|
mercury |
MER'CURY, n. [L. Mercurius. In mythology, Mercury is the god of eloquence and of commerce, called ... |
34844
|
mercy |
MER'CY, n. [L. misericordia.]1. That benevolence, mildness or tenderness of heart which disposes a ... |
34845
|
mercy-seat |
MER'CY-SEAT, n. The propitiatory; the covering of the ark of the covenant among the Jews. This ... |
34846
|
merd |
MERD, n. [L. merda.] Ordure; dung. |
34847
|
mere |
MERE, a. [L. merus.] This or that only; distinct from any thing else. From mere success nothing ... |
34848
|
merely |
ME'RELY, adv. Purely; only; solely; thus and no other way; for this and no other purpose. Price ... |
34849
|
meretricious |
MERETRI'CIOUS, a. [L. meretricius, from meretrix, a prostitute.]1. Pertaining to prostitutes; such ... |
34850
|
meretriciously |
MERETRI'CIOUSLY ,adv. In the manner of prostitutes; with deceitful enticements. |
34851
|
meretriciousness |
MERETRI'CIOUSNESS, n. The arts of a prostitute; deceitful enticements. |
34852
|
merganser |
MERGAN'SER, n. [L. mergo, to dive.] A water fowl of the genus Mergus; called also goosander. |
34853
|
merge |
MERGE, v.t. [L. mergo.] To immerse; to cause to be swallowed up. The plaintiff became the ... |
34854
|
merger |
MERG'ER, n. [L. mergo, to merge.] In law, a merging or drowning of a less estate in a greater; as ... |
34855
|
meridian |
MERID'IAN, n. [L. meridies.]1. In astronomy and geography, a great circle supposed to be drawn or ... |
34856
|
meridional |
MERID'IONAL, a. Pertaining to the meridian.1. Southern.2. Southerly; having a southern ... |
34857
|
meridionality |
MERIDIONAL'ITY, n. The state of being in the meridian.1. Position in the south; aspect towards ... |
34858
|
meridionally |
MERID'IONALLY, adv. In the direction of the meridian. |
34859
|
merit |
MER'IT, n. [L. meritum, from mereo, to earn or deserve.]1. Desert; goodness or excellence which ... |
34860
|
merit-monger |
MER'IT-MONGER, n. One who advocates the doctrine of human merit,as entitled to reward, or depends ... |
34861
|
meritable |
MER'ITABLE, a. Deserving of reward. [Not in use.] |
34862
|
merited |
MER'ITED, pp. Earned; deserved. |
34863
|
meriting |
MER'ITING, ppr. Earning; deserving. |
34864
|
meritorious |
MERITO'RIOUS, a. Deserving of reward or of notice, regard, fame or happiness, or of that which ... |
34865
|
meritoriously |
MERITO'RIOUSLY, adv. In such a manner as to deserve reward. |
34866
|
meritoriousness |
MERITO'RIOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of deserving a reward or suitable return. |
34867
|
meritory |
MER'ITORY, a. Deserving of reward. [Not used.] |
34868
|
merle |
MERLE, n. [L.merula.] A blackbird. |
34869
|
merlin |
MER'LIN, n. A species of hawk of the genus Falco. |
34870
|
merlon |
MER'LON, n. In fortification, that part of a parapet which lies between two embrasures. |
34871
|
mermaid |
MER'MAID, n. [L.mare, the sea, and maid.] A marine animal, said to resemble a woman in the upper ... |
34872
|
merops |
ME'ROPS, n. A genus of birds called bee-eaters. |
34873
|
merrily |
MER'RILY, adv. [from merry.] With mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. [See Mirth and ... |
34874
|
merrimake |
MER'RIMAKE, n. [merry and make.] A meeting for mirth; a festival; mirth.MER'RIMAKE, v.i. To be ... |
34875
|
merriment |
MER'RIMENT, n. Mirth; gayety with laughter or noise; noisy sports; hilarity; frolick. |
34876
|
merriness |
MER'RINESS, n. Mirth; gayety with laughter. |
34877
|
merry |
MER'RY, a.1. Gay and noisy; jovial; exhilarated to laughter. Man is the merriest species of the ... |
34878
|
merry-andrew |
MERRY-AN'DREW, n. A buffoon; a zany; one whose business is to make sport for others. |
34879
|
merry-making |
MER'RY-MAKING, a. Producing mirth. Mirth, music,merry-making melody Speed the light hours no more ... |
34880
|
merry-meeting |
MER'RY-MEETING, n. A festival; a meeting for mirth. |
34881
|
merry-thought |
MER'RY-THOUGHT, n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast, which boys and girls break by pulling each ... |
34882
|
mersion |
MER'SION, n. [L. mersio, from mergo, to dive or sink.]The act of sinking or plunging under water. ... |
34883
|
mesaraic |
MESARA'IC, a. [Gr. middle, and intestines.] The same as mesenteric; pertaining to the mesentery. |
34884
|
meseems |
MESEE'MS, verb impersonal. [me and seems.] It seems to me. It is used also in the past tense, ... |
34885
|
mesenteric |
MESENTER'IC, a. [See Mesentery.] Pertaining to the mesentery; as mesenteric glands or arteries. |
34886
|
mesentery |
MES'ENTERY, n. [Gr. middle, and intestine.] A fatty membrane placed in the middle of the ... |
34887
|
mesh |
MESH, n.1. The opening or space between the threads of a net.2. The grains or wash of a ... |
34888
|
meshy |
MESH'Y, a. Formed like net-work; reticulated. |
34889
|
meslin |
MES'LIN, n. [L. miscellaneus, from misceo, to mix.]A mixture of different sorts of grain; in ... |
34890
|
mesne |
MESNE, a. meen. In law, middle; intervening; as a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a ... |
34891
|
mesocolon |
MES'OCOLON, n. [Gr. middle, and colon.]In anatomy, that part of the mesentery, which, having ... |
34892
|
mesoleucys |
MESOLEU'CYS, n. [Gr. middle, and white.]A precious stone with a streak of white in the middle. |
34893
|
mesolite |
MES'OLITE, n. A mineral of the zeolite family. |
34894
|
mesologarithm |
MESOLOG'ARITHM, n. [Gr. middle, and logarithm.]A logarithm of the co-sines and co-tangents.The ... |
34895
|
mesomelas |
MESOM'ELAS, n. [Gr. middle, and black.] A precious stone with a black vein parting every color in ... |
34896
|
mesotype |
MES'OTYPE, n. [Gr. middle, and form, type.] Prismatic zeolite; a mineral divided into three ... |
34897
|
mesprise |
MESPRISE, n. Contempt; a French word. [Not in use.] |
34898
|
mess |
MESS, n. [L. mensa.]1. A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time; as a ... |
34899
|
message |
MES'SAGE, n. [L. missus, mitto, to send.]1. Any notice, word or communication, written or verbal, ... |
34900
|
messager |
MES'SAGER |
34901
|
messenger |
MES'SENGER, n.1. One who bears a message or an errand; the bearer of a verbal or written ... |
34902
|
messiah |
MESSI'AH, a. [Heb. anointed.] Christ, the anointed; the Savior of the world. I know that when ... |
34903
|
messiahship |
MESSI'AHSHIP, n. The character, state or office of the Savior. Josephus--whose prejudices were ... |
34904
|
messieurs |
MES'SIEURS, n. [plu. of monsieur, my lord.] Sirs; gentlemen. |
34905
|
messuage |
MESS'UAGE, n. In law, a dwelling house and adjoining land, appropriated to the use of the ... |
34906
|
mestee |
MESTEE', n. A person of a mixed breed. |
34907
|
met |
MET, pret. and pp. of meet. |
34908
|
metabasis |
METAB'ASIS, n. [Gr. from beyond, and to go.] In rhetoric, transition; a passing from one thing to ... |
34909
|
metabola |
METAB'OLA, n. [Gr. beyond, and a casting.] In medicine, a change of air, time or disease. [Little ... |
34910
|
metacarpal |
METACARP'AL, a. [from metacarpus.] Belonging to the metacarpus. |
34911
|
metacarpus |
METACARP'US, n. [Gr. beyond, and the wrist.] In anatomy, the part of the hand between the wrist ... |
34912
|
metachronism |
METACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. beyond, and time.] An error in chronology, by placing an event after its ... |
34913
|
metage |
ME'TAGE, n. [from mete.] Measurement of coal; price of measuring. |
34914
|
metagrammatism |
METAGRAM'MATISM, n. [Gr. beyond, and a letter.]Anagrammatism, or metagrammatism, is a transposition ... |
34915
|
metal |
METAL, n. met'l. [L. metallum.] A simple, fixed, shining, opake body or substance, insoluble in ... |
34916
|
metalepsis |
METALEP'SIS, n. [Gr. participation; beyond, and to take.]In rhetoric, the continuation of a trope ... |
34917
|
metaleptic |
METALEP'TIC, a. Pertaining to a metalepsis or participation; translative.1. Transverse; as the ... |
34918
|
metaleptically |
METALEP'TICALLY, adv. By transposition. |
34919
|
metallic |
METAL'LIC, a. [L. metallicus.] Pertaining to a metal or metals; consisting of metal; partaking of ... |
34920
|
metalliferous |
METALLIF'EROUS, a. [L. metallum, metal, and fero, to produce.]Producing metals. |
34921
|
metalliform |
METAL'LIFORM, a. Having the form of metals; like metal. |
34922
|
metalline |
MET'ALLINE, a. Pertaining to a metal; consisting of metal.1. Impregnated with metal; as metalline ... |
34923
|
metallist |
MET'ALLIST, n. A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals. |
34924
|
metallization |
METALLIZA'TION, n. The act or process of forming into a metal; the operation which gives to a ... |
34925
|
metallize |
MET'ALLIZE, v.t. To form into metal; to give to a substance its proper metallic properties. |
34926
|
metallography |
METALLOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. metal, and description.] An account of metals, or a treatise on metallic ... |
34927
|
metalloid |
MET'ALLOID, n. A name sometimes applied to the metallic bases of the alkalies and earths. |
34928
|
metalloidal |
METALLOID'AL, a. Having the form or appearance of a metal. |
34929
|
metallurgic |
MET'ALLURGIC, a. [See Metallurgy.] Pertaining to metallurgy, or the art of working metals. |
34930
|
metallurgist |
MET'ALLURGIST, n. One whose occupation is to work metals, or to purify, refine and prepare metals ... |
34931
|
metallurgy |
MET'ALLURGY, n. [Gr. metal, and work.] The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process ... |
34932
|
metalman |
MET'ALMAN, n. A worker in metals; a coppersmith or tinman. |
34933
|
metamorphic |
METAMORPH'IC |
34934
|
metamorphose |
METAMORPH'OSE, v.t. [Gr. over, beyond, and form.] To change into a different form; to transform; ... |
34935
|
metamorphoser |
METAMORPH'OSER, n. One that transforms or changes the shape. |
34936
|
metamorphosic |
METAMORPH'OSIC, a. [See Metamorphose.]Changing the form; transforming. |
34937
|
metamorphosing |
METAMORPH'OSING, ppr. Changing the shape. |
34938
|
metamorphosis |
METAMORPH'OSIS, n. Change of form or shape; transformation; particularly, a change in the form of ... |
34939
|
metamorphostical |
METAMORPHOS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to or effected by metamorphosis. |
34940
|
metaphor |
MET'APHOR, n. [Gr. to transfer, over, to carry.] A short similitude; a similitude reduced to a ... |
34941
|
metaphoric |
METAPHOR'IC |
34942
|
metaphorical |
METAPHOR'ICAL, a. Pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; as a metaphorical ... |
34943
|
metaphorically |
METAPHOR'ICALLY, adv. In a metaphorical manner; not literally. |
34944
|
metaphorist |
MET'APHORIST, n. One that makes metaphors. |
34945
|
metaphrase |
MET'APHRASE, n. [Gr. over, according to or with, and phrase.]A verbal translation; a version or ... |
34946
|
metaphrast |
MET'APHRAST, n. A person who translates from one language into another, word for word. |
34947
|
metaphrastic |
METAPHRAS'TIC, a. Close or literal in translation. |
34948
|
metaphysic |
METAPHYS'IC |
34949
|
metaphysical |
METAPHYS'ICAL, a. s as z. [See Metaphysics.]1. Pertaining or relating to metaphysics.2. According ... |
34950
|
metaphysically |
METAPHYS'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of metaphysical science. |
34951
|
metaphysician |
METAPHYSI'CIAN, n. s as z. One who is versed in the science of metaphysics. |
34952
|
metaphysics |
METAPHYS'ICS, n. s as z. [Gr. after, and physics. It is said that this name was given to the ... |
34953
|
metaplasm |
MET'APLASM, n. [Gr. transformation; over, and to form.]In grammar, a transmutation or change made ... |
34954
|
metastasis |
METAS'TASIS, n. [Gr. mutation; over, and to place.] A translation or removal of a disease form one ... |
34955
|
metatarsal |
METATAR'SAL, a. [from metatarsus.] Belonging to the metatarsus. |
34956
|
metatarsus |
METATAR'SUS, n. [Gr. beyond, and tarsus.] The middle of the foot, or part between the ankle and the ... |
34957
|
metathesis |
METATH'ESIS, n. [Gr. over, and to set.]1. Transposition; a figure by which the letters or ... |
34958
|
mete |
METE, v.t. [L. metior; Heb. to measure.] To measure; to ascertain quantity, dimensions or capacity ... |
34959
|
metempsychose |
METEMP'SYCHOSE, v.t. To translate from one body to another, as the soul. |
34960
|
metempsychosis |
METEMPSYCHO'SIS, n. [Gr. beyond, and animation, life; to animate.]Transmigration; the passing of ... |
34961
|
metemptosis |
METEMP'TOSIS, n. [Gr. after, and to fall.] In chronology,the solar equation necessary to prevent ... |
34962
|
meteor |
ME'TEOR, n. [Gr. sublime, lofty.]1. In a general sense, a body that flies or floats in the air, ... |
34963
|
meteoric |
METEOR'IC, a Pertaining to meteors; consisting of meteors.1. Proceeding from a meteor; as meteoric ... |
34964
|
meteorize |
ME'TEORIZE, v.i. To ascend in vapors. [Not used.] |
34965
|
meteorolite |
MET'EOROLITE |
34966
|
meteorologic |
METEOROLOG'IC |
34967
|
meteorological |
METEOROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena. A meteorological table or ... |
34968
|
meteorologist |
METEOROL'OGIST |
34969
|
meteorology |
METEOROL'OGY, n. [Gr. lofty, and discourse.] The science which treats of the atmosphere and its ... |
34970
|
meteoromancy |
METEOROM'ANCY |
34971
|
meteoroscopy |
METEOROS'COPY, n. [Gr. lofty, and to view.] That part of astronomy which treats of sublime ... |
34972
|
meteorous |
METE'OROUS, a. Having the nature of a meteor. |
34973
|
meter |
ME'TER, n. [from mete.] One who measures; used in compounds, as in coal-meter, land-meter.ME'TER, ... |
34974
|
meterolite |
MET'EROLITE, n. A meteoric stone; a stone or solid compound of earthy and metallic matter which ... |
34975
|
meterologist |
METEROL'OGIST, n. A person skilled in meteors; one who studies the phenomena of meteors, or keeps ... |
34976
|
meteromancy |
METEROM'ANCY, n. [Gr. a meteor, and divination.] A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by ... |
34977
|
metewand |
ME'TEWAND, n. [mete and wand.] A staff or rod of a certain length, used as a measure. |
34978
|
meteyard |
ME'TEYARD, n. A yard, staff or rod, used as a measure. [We now use yard.] |
34979
|
metheglin |
METHEG'LIN, n. A liquor made of honey and water boiled and fermented, often enriched with spices. |
34980
|
methinks |
METHINKS, v. impers. pp. methought. [me and think.] It seems to me; it appears to me; I think. Me ... |
34981
|
method |
METH'OD, n. [L. methodus; Gr. with, and way.]1. A suitable and convenient arrangement of things, ... |
34982
|
methodic |
METHOD'IC |
34983
|
methodical |
METHOD'ICAL, a. Arranged in convenient order; disposed in a just and natural manner, or in a ... |
34984
|
methodically |
METHOD'ICALLY, adv. In a methodical manner; according to natural or convenient order. |
34985
|
methodism |
METH'ODISM, n. The doctrines and worship of the sect of christians called Methodists. |
34986
|
methodist |
METH'ODIST, n. One that observes method.1. One of a sect of christians, founded by Morgan, or ... |
34987
|
methodistic |
METHODIS'TIC, a. Resembling the Methodists; partaking of the strictness of Methodists. |
34988
|
methodize |
METH'ODIZE, v.t. To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner. ... |
34989
|
methought |
METHOUGHT, pret. of methinks. It seemed to me; I thought. |
34990
|
metic |
ME'TIC, n. [Gr. house.] In ancient Greece, a sojourner; a resident stranger in a Grecian city or ... |
34991
|
meticulous |
METIC'ULOUS, a. [L. Feticulosus.] Timid. [ Not used.] |
34992
|
metonymic |
METONYM'IC |
34993
|
metonymical |
METONYM'ICAL, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy, by putting one word for another. |
34994
|
metonymically |
METONYM'ICALLY, adv. By putting one word for another. |
34995
|
metonymy |
MET'ONYMY, n. [Gr. over, beyond, and name.] In rhetoric, a trope in which one word is put for ... |
34996
|
metope |
METOPE, n. met'opy. [Gr. with, near or by, and an aperture or hollow.] In architecture, the space ... |
34997
|
metoposcopist |
METOPOS'COPIST, n. [infra.] One versed in physiognomy. |
34998
|
metoposcopy |
METOPOS'COPY, n. [Gr. the forehead, and to view.] The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering ... |
34999
|
metre |
METRE. [See Meter.] |
35000
|
metrical |
MET'RICAL, a. [L. metricus.]1. Pertaining to measure, or due arrangement or combination of long ... |
35001
|
metrology |
METROL'OGY, n. [Gr. measure, and discourse.]1. A discourse on measures or mensuration; the ... |
35002
|
metropolis |
METROP'OLIS, n. [L. from Gr. mother, and city. It has no plural.]Literally, the mother-city, that ... |
35003
|
metropolitan |
METROPOL'ITAN, a. Belonging to a metropolis, or to the mother church; residing in the chief ... |
35004
|
metropolite |
METROP'OLITE, a. A metropolitan. [Not used.] |
35005
|
metropolitic |
METROPOL'ITIC |
35006
|
metropolitical |
METROPOLIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a metropolis; chief or principal of cities; archiepiscopal. |
35007
|
mettle |
METTLE, n. met'l. [usually supposed to be corrupted from metal. L. animus, animosus.] Spirit; ... |
35008
|
mettled |
MET'TLED, a. High spirited; ardent; full of fire. |
35009
|
mettlesome |
MET'TLESOME, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; brisk; fiery; as a mettlesome ... |
35010
|
mettlesomeness |
MET'TLESOMENESS, n. The state of being high spirited. |
35011
|
mew |
MEW, n. A seafowl of the genus Larus; a gull.MEW, n. A cage for birds; an inclosure; a place of ... |
35012
|
mewing |
MEW'ING, ppr. Casting the feathers or skin; crying. |
35013
|
mewl |
MEWL, v.i. [L. mugio, to low.] To cry or squall, as a child. |
35014
|
mewler |
MEWL'ER, n. One that squalls or mewls. |
35015
|
mezereon |
MEZE'REON, n. A plant of the genus Daphne; the spurge olive. |
35016
|
mezzo |
MEZZO, in music, denotes middle, mean. |
35017
|
mezzorelievo |
MEZZORELIE'VO, n. Middle relief. |
35018
|
mezzotinto |
MEZZOTINT'O, n. [L. tinctus, painted.] A particular manner of engraving or representation of ... |
35019
|
miasm |
MI'ASM |
35020
|
miasma |
MIAS'MA, n. [Gr. to pollute.] Infecting substances floating in the air; the effluvia or fine ... |
35021
|
miasmatic |
MIASMAT'IC, a. Pertaining to miasma; partaking of the qualities of noxious effluvia. |
35022
|
mica |
MI'CA, n. [L. mica, a grain or particle; mico, to shine.] A mineral of a foliated structure, ... |
35023
|
micaceous |
MICA'CEOUS, a. Pertaining to mica; resembling mica or partaking of its properties. |
35024
|
micarel |
MIC'AREL, n. A species of argillaceous earth; a mineral of a brownish or blackish red color, ... |
35025
|
mice |
MICE, plu. of mouse. |
35026
|
michaelite |
MI'CHAELITE, n. A subvariety of siliceous sinter, found in the isle of St. Michael. |
35027
|
michaelmas |
MICH'AELMAS, n. The feast of St. Michael, a festival of the Romish church, celebrated Sept.29; ... |
35028
|
miche |
MICHE, v.i.1. To lie hid; to skulk; to retire or shrink from view.2. To pilfer. |
35029
|
micher |
MICH'ER, n. One who skulks, or creeps out of sight; a thief. |
35030
|
michery |
MICH'ERY, n. Theft, cheating. |
35031
|
miching |
MICH'ING, ppr. Retiring; skulking; creeping from sight; mean; cowardly. [Vulgar.] |
35032
|
mickle |
MICK'LE, a. Much; great. [Obsolete,but retained in the Scottish language.] |
35033
|
mico |
MI'CO, n. A beautiful species of monkey. |
35034
|
microcosm |
MIC'ROCOSM, n. [Gr. small, and world.] Literally, the little world; but used for man, supposed to ... |
35035
|
microcosmical |
MICROCOS'MICAL, a. Pertaining to the microcosm. |
35036
|
microcoustic |
MICROCOUS'TIC, n. [Gr. small, and to hear.] An instrument to augment small sounds, and assist in ... |
35037
|
micrography |
MICROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. small, and to describe.] The description of objects too small to be ... |
35038
|
micrometer |
MICROM'ETER, n. [Gr. small, and measure.] An instrument for measuring small objects or spaces, by ... |
35039
|
microphone |
MIC'ROPHONE, n. [Gr. small, and sound.] An instrument to augment small sounds; a microcoustic. |
35040
|
microscope |
MIC'ROSCOPE, n. [Gr. small, and to view.] An optical instrument consisting of lenses or ... |
35041
|
microscopic |
MICROSCOP'IC |
35042
|
microscopical |
MICROSCOP'ICAL, a. Made by the aid of a microscope; as microscopic observation.1. Assisted by a ... |
35043
|
microscopically |
MICROSCOP'ICALLY, adv. By the microscope; with minute inspection. |
35044
|
micturition |
MICTURI'TION, n. [L. micturio.] The act of making water, or passing the urine. |
35045
|
mid |
MID, a. [L. medius.]1. Middle; at equal distance from extremes; as the mid hour of night.2. ... |
35046
|
mid-course |
MID-COURSE, n. The middle of the course or way. |
35047
|
mid-day |
MID'-DAY, a. Being at noon; meridional; as the mid-day sun.MID'-DAY, n. The middle of the day; ... |
35048
|
mida |
MI'DA, n. [Gr.] A worm, or the beanfly. |
35049
|
middest |
MID'DEST, a. superl. of mid. Among the middest crowd. [Not used.] |
35050
|
middle |
MIDDLE, a. mid'l. [L. medius.]1. Equally distant from the extremes; as the middle point of a line ... |
35051
|
middle-aged |
MID'DLE-AGED, a. Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man. A middle-aged man is so ... |
35052
|
middle-earth |
MID'DLE-EARTH, n. The world. |
35053
|
middlemost |
MID'DLEMOST, a. Being in the middle, or nearest the middle of a number of things that are near the ... |
35054
|
middling |
MID'DLING, a. Of middle rank, state, size or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; ... |
35055
|
midge |
MIDGE, n. A gnat or flea. [Not used.] |
35056
|
midland |
MID'LAND, a. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or sea shore; as midland towns ... |
35057
|
midleg |
MID'LEG, n. Middle of the leg. |
35058
|
midmost |
MID'MOST, a. Middle; as the midmost battles. |
35059
|
midnight |
MID'NIGHT, n. The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.MID'NIGHT, a. Being in the middle ... |
35060
|
midriff |
MID'RIFF, n. In anatomy, the diaphragm; the muscle which divides the trunk into two cavities, the ... |
35061
|
midsea |
MID'SEA, n. The Mediterranean sea. |
35062
|
midship |
MID'SHIP, a. Being or belonging to the middle of a ship; as a midship beam. |
35063
|
midshipman |
MID'SHIPMAN, n. In ships of war, a kind of naval cadet, whose business is to second the orders of ... |
35064
|
midships |
MID'SHIPS, adv. In the middle of a ship; properly amidships. |
35065
|
midst |
MIDST, n. [contracted from middest, the superlative of mid.]The middle. There is nothing said or ... |
35066
|
midstream |
MID'STREAM, n. The middle of the stream. |
35067
|
midsummer |
MID'SUMMER, n. The middle of summer; the summer solstice, about the 21st of June. |
35068
|
midward |
MID'WARD, adv. Midst. [Not in use.] |
35069
|
midway |
MID'WAY, n. The middle of the way or distance. Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.MID'WAY, a. ... |
35070
|
midwife |
MID'WIFE, n. [supposed by Junius and Skinner to be meedwife, a woman that has a reward. This is ... |
35071
|
midwifery |
MID'WIFERY, n. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.1. Assistance at ... |
35072
|
miemite |
MI'EMITE, n. Granular miemite is a sub-variety of magnesian limestone, first found at Miemo, in ... |
35073
|
mien |
MIEN, n. Look; air; manner; external appearance; carriage; as a lofty mien; a majestic mien. |
35074
|
miff |
MIFF, n. A slight degree of resentment. [Colloquial.] |
35075
|
miffed |
MIF'FED, a. Slightly offended. |
35076
|
might |
MIGHT, n. pret. of may. Had power or liberty. He might go, or might have gone.1. It sometimes ... |
35077
|
mightily |
MI'GHTILY, adv. [from mighty.] With great power, force of strength; vigorously; as, to strive ... |
35078
|
mightiness |
MI'GHTINESS, n. Power; greatness; highth of dignity. How soon this mightiness meets misery!1. A ... |
35079
|
mighty |
MI'GHTY, a. Having great bodily strength or physical power; very strong or vigorous; as a mighty ... |
35080
|
migniard |
MIGNIARD, a. Soft; dainty; delicate; pretty. |
35081
|
mignonette |
MIGNONETTE |
35082
|
migonet |
MIG'ONET, n. An annual flower or plant of the genus Reseda, having the scent of raspberries. |
35083
|
migrate |
MI'GRATE, v.i. [L. migro.] To pass or remove from one country or from one state to another, with a ... |
35084
|
migrating |
MI'GRATING, ppr. Removing from one state to another for a permanent residence. The people of the ... |
35085
|
migration |
MIGRA'TION, n. [L. migratio.] The act of removing from one kingdom or state to another, for the ... |
35086
|
migratory |
MI'GRATORY, a. Removing or accustomed to remove from one state or country to another for permanent ... |
35087
|
milch |
MILCH, a. Giving milk; as a milch cow. It is now applied only to beasts. |
35088
|
mild |
MILD, a. [The primary sense is soft or smooth, L. mollis, Eng. mellow.]1. Soft; gently and ... |
35089
|
mild-spirited |
MILD-SPIR'ITED, a. Having a mild temper. |
35090
|
mildew |
MIL'DEW, n. [L. melligo, from mel, honey.]1. Honey dew; a thick, clammy, sweet juice, found on the ... |
35091
|
mildewed |
MIL'DEWED, pp. Tainted or injured by mildew. |
35092
|
mildewing |
MIL'DEWING, ppr. Tainting with mildew. |
35093
|
mildly |
MILDLY, adv. Softly; gently; tenderly; not roughly or violently; moderately; as, to speak mildly; ... |
35094
|
mildness |
MILDNESS, n. Softness; gentleness; as the mildness of words or speech; mildness of voice.1. ... |
35095
|
mile |
MILE, n. [L. mille passus, a thousand paces; passus being dropped in common usage.] A measure of ... |
35096
|
mileage |
MI'LEAGE, n. Fees paid for travel by the mile. |
35097
|
milestone |
MI'LESTONE, n. A stone set to mark the distance or space of a mile. |
35098
|
milfoil |
MIL'FOIL, n. [L. millefolium, a thousand leaves.]A plant of the genus Achillea; yarrow. |
35099
|
miliary |
MIL'IARY, a. [L.milium, millet.]1. Resembling millet seeds; as a miliary eruption; miliary glands. ... |
35100
|
milice |
MILICE,for militia, is not in use. |
35101
|
miliolite |
MIL'IOLITE, n. Fossil remains of the Miliola, a genus of univalve shells. |
35102
|
militancy |
MIL'ITANCY, n. Warfare. [Little used.] |
35103
|
militant |
MIL'ITANT, a. [L. militans, milito, to fight.]1. Fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.2. The ... |
35104
|
militarily |
MIL'ITARILY, adv. In a soldierly manner. |
35105
|
military |
MIL'ITARY, a. [L. militaris, from miles, a soldier; milito, to fight.]1. Pertaining to soldiers or ... |
35106
|
militate |
MIL'ITATE, v.i. [L. milito.] To militate against, is to oppose; to be or to act in ... |
35107
|
militia |
MILI'TIA, n. [L. from miles, a soldier; Gr. war, to fight, combat, contention. The primary sense ... |
35108
|
milk |
MILK, n.1. A white fluid or liquor, secreted by certain glands in female animals, and drawn from ... |
35109
|
milk-trefoil |
MILK-TRE'FOIL, n. A plant, the cytisus. |
35110
|
milken |
MILK'EN, a. Consisting of milk. [Not used.] |
35111
|
milker |
MILK'ER, n. One that milks. |
35112
|
milkiness |
MILK'INESS, n. Qualities like those of milk; softness. |
35113
|
milkmaid |
MILK'MAID, n. A woman that milks or is employed in the dairy. |
35114
|
milkman |
MILK'MAN, N. A man that sells milk or carries milk to market. |
35115
|
milkpail |
MILK'PAIL, n. A pail which receives the milk drawn from cows. |
35116
|
milkpan |
MILK'PAN, n. A pan in which milk is set. |
35117
|
milkporridge |
MILK'PORRIDGE |
35118
|
milkpottage |
MILK'POTTAGE, n. A species of food composed of milk or milk and water, boiled with meal or flour. |
35119
|
milkscore |
MILK'SCORE, n. An account of milk sold or purchased in small quantities, scored or marked. |
35120
|
milksop |
MILK'SOP, n. A soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man. |
35121
|
milktooth |
MILK'TOOTH, n. The fore tooth of a foal, which is cast within two or three years. |
35122
|
milkwhite |
MILK'WHITE, a. White as milk. |
35123
|
milkwoman |
MILK'WOMAN, n. A woman that sells milk. |
35124
|
milky |
MILK'Y, a. Made of milk.1. Resembling milk; as milky sap or juice.2. Yielding milk; as milky ... |
35125
|
milky-way |
MILK'Y-WAY, n. The galaxy; a broad luminous path or circle in the heavens, supposed to be the ... |
35126
|
mill |
MILL, n. [L. mille, a thousand.] A money of account of the United States, value the tenth of a ... |
35127
|
millcog |
MILL'COG, n. The cog of a mill wheel. |
35128
|
milldam |
MILL'DAM, n. A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to an altitude ... |
35129
|
millenarian |
MILLENA'RIAN, a. Consisting of a thousand years; pertaining to the millenium.MILLENA'RIAN, n. A ... |
35130
|
millenary |
MIL'LENARY, a. Consisting of a thousand. |
35131
|
millenial |
MILLEN'IAL, a. Pertaining to the millenium, or to a thousand years; as millenial period; millenial ... |
35132
|
millenist |
MIL'LENIST, n. One who holds to the millenium. [Not used.] |
35133
|
millenium |
MILLEN'IUM, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and annus, year.]A thousand years; a word used to denote the ... |
35134
|
milleped |
MIL'LEPED, n. [L.mille, a thousand, and pes, foot.] The wood-louse, an insect having many feet, a ... |
35135
|
millepore |
MIL'LEPORE, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and porus, a pore.]A genus of lithophytes or polypiers of ... |
35136
|
milleporite |
MIL'LEPORITE, n. Fossil millepores. |
35137
|
miller |
MIL'LER, n. [from mill.] One whose occupation is to attend a grist-mill.1. An insect whose wings ... |
35138
|
millers-thumb |
MIL'LER'S-THUMB, n. A small fish found in small streams. |
35139
|
millesimal |
MILLES'IMAL, a. [L. millesimus, from mille, a thousand.]Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; ... |
35140
|
millet |
MIL'LET, n. [L. milium.] A plant of the genus Milium, of several species, one of which is ... |
35141
|
millhorse |
MILL'HORSE, n. A horse that turns a mill. |
35142
|
milliary |
MIL'LIARY, a. [L. milliarium, a milestone.]Pertaining to a mile; denoting a mile; as a milliary ... |
35143
|
milligram |
MIL'LIGRAM, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and Gr. a gram.]In the system of French weights and ... |
35144
|
milliliter |
MIL'LILITER, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and liter.]A French measure of capacity containing the ... |
35145
|
millimeter |
MILLIM'ETER, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and metrum, a measure.]A French lineal measure containing ... |
35146
|
milliner |
MIL'LINER, n. [Johnson supposes this word to be Milaner, form Milan, in Italy.] A woman who makes ... |
35147
|
millinery |
MIL'LINERY, n. The articles made or sold by milliners, as head-dresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ... |
35148
|
million |
MILLION, n. mil'yun. [L. mille, a thousand.]1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand ... |
35149
|
millionary |
MILL'IONARY, a. Pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as the millionary chronology of ... |
35150
|
millioned |
MILL'IONED, a. Multiplied by millions. [Not used.] |
35151
|
millionth |
MILL'IONTH, a. The ten hundred thousandth. |
35152
|
millpond |
MILL'POND, n. A pond or reservoir of water raised for driving a mill wheel. |
35153
|
millrace |
MILL'RACE, n. The current of water that drives a mill wheel, or the canal in which it is conveyed. |
35154
|
millrea |
MILLRE'A |
35155
|
millree |
MILLREE', n. A coin of Portugal of the value of $1.24 cents. |
35156
|
millstone |
MILL'STONE, n. A stone used for grinding grain. |
35157
|
milt |
MILT, n.1. In anatomy, the spleen, a viscus situated in the left hypochondrium under the ... |
35158
|
milter |
MILT'ER, n. A male fish. |
35159
|
miltwort |
MILT'WORT, n. A plant of the genus Asplenium. |
35160
|
mime |
MIME, n. A buffoon. [See Mimic.]1. A kind of dramatic farce.MIME, v.i. To mimic, or play the ... |
35161
|
mimer |
MI'MER, n. A mimic. [See Mimic.] |
35162
|
mimesis |
MIME'SIS, n. [Gr.] In rhetoric, imitation of the voice or gestures of another. |
35163
|
mimetic |
MIMET'IC, a. [Gr.] Apt to imitate; given to aping or mimicry. |
35164
|
mimic |
MIM'IC |
35165
|
mimical |
MIM'ICAL, a. [L. mimus, mimicus; Gr. to imitate.]1. Imitative; inclined to imitate or to ape; ... |
35166
|
mimick |
MIM'ICK, v.t. To imitate or ape for sport; to attempt to excite laughter or derision by acting or ... |
35167
|
mimicry |
MIM'ICRY, n. Ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule. |
35168
|
mimographer |
MIMOG'RAPHER, n. [Gr.] A writer of farces. |
35169
|
mina |
MI'NA, n. [L. mina.] A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old Testament was valued ... |
35170
|
minacious |
MINA'CIOUS, a. [L. minax, from minor, to threaten.]Threatening; menacing. |
35171
|
minacity |
MINAC'ITY, n. [L. minax.] Disposition to threaten. [Little used.] |
35172
|
minaret |
MIN'ARET, n. A small spire or steeple, or spire-like ornament in Saracen architecture. |
35173
|
minatory |
MIN'ATORY, a. Threatening; menacing. |
35174
|
mince |
MINCE, v.t. mins. [L. minuo, to diminish; L. minor, smaller; minuo, to diminish; Gr. small, ... |
35175
|
mince-pie |
MINCE-PIE |
35176
|
minced |
MIN'CED, pp. Cut or chopped into very small pieces. |
35177
|
minced-pie |
MINCED-PIE, n. A pie made with minced meat and other ingredients, baked in paste. |
35178
|
mincing |
MIN'CING, ppr. Cutting into small pieces; speaking or walking affectedly. |
35179
|
mincingly |
MIN'CINGLY, adv. In small parts; not fully. |
35180
|
mind |
MIND, n. [L. reminiscor; L. mens; Gr. memory, mention, to remember, mind, ardor of mind, vehemence; ... |
35181
|
mind-stricken |
MIND-STRICKEN, a. Moved; affected in mind. [Not used.] |
35182
|
minded |
MINDED, a. Disposed; inclined. If men were minded to live virtuously. Joseph was minded to put her ... |
35183
|
mindedness |
MINDEDNESS, n. Disposition; inclination towards any thing; as heavenly mindedness. |
35184
|
mindfilling |
MINDFILLING, a. Filling the mind. |
35185
|
mindful |
MINDFUL, a. Attentive; regarding with care; bearing in mind; heedful; observant. I promise to be ... |
35186
|
mindfully |
MINDFULLY, adv. Attentively; heedfully. |
35187
|
mindfulness |
MINDFULNESS, n. Attention; regard; heedfulness. |
35188
|
minding |
MINDING, ppr. Regarding; heeding.MINDING, n. Regard. |
35189
|
mindless |
MINDLESS, a. Inattentive; heedless; forgetful; negligent; careless. Cursed Athens, mindless of thy ... |
35190
|
mine |
MINE, a. called sometimes a pronominal adj. [L. meus.]My; belonging to me. It was formerly used ... |
35191
|
mine-digger |
MI'NE-DIGGER, n. One that digs mines. |
35192
|
miner |
MI'NER, n. One that digs for metals and other fossils.1. One who digs canals or passages under ... |
35193
|
mineral |
MIN'ERAL, n. [Low L. minera, a matrix or vein of metals, whence mineralia; all from mine.]A body ... |
35194
|
mineralist |
MIN'ERALIST, n. One versed or employed in minerals. |
35195
|
mineralization |
MINERALIZA'TION, n. [See Mineralize.]1. The process of forming an ore by combination with another ... |
35196
|
mineralize |
MIN'ERALIZE, v.t. [from mineral] In mineralogy, to combine with a metal in forming an ore or ... |
35197
|
mineralized |
MIN'ERALIZED, pp. Deprived of its usual properties by being combined with another substance or ... |
35198
|
mineralizer |
MIN'ERALIZER, n. A substance which mineralizes another or combines with it in an ore, and thus ... |
35199
|
mineralogical |
MINERALOG'ICAL, a. [See Mineralogy.] Pertaining to the science of minerals; as a mineralogical ... |
35200
|
mineralogically |
MINERALOG'ICALLY, adv. In mineralogy. |
35201
|
mineralogist |
MINERAL'OGIST, n. One who is versed in the science of minerals, or one who treats or discourses of ... |
35202
|
mineralogy |
MINERAL'OGY, n. [mineral and Gr. discourse.] The science which treats of the properties of mineral ... |
35203
|
mingle |
MIN'GLE, v.t.1. To mix; to blend; to unite in one body; as, to mingle liquors of different ... |
35204
|
mingled |
MIN'GLED, pp. Mixed; united promiscuously. |
35205
|
mingledly |
MIN'GLEDLY, adv. Confusedly. |
35206
|
mingler |
MIN'GLER, n. One that mingles. |
35207
|
mingling |
MIN'GLING, ppr. Mixing; uniting without order. |
35208
|
miniard |
MIN'IARD, a. Soft; dainty. [Little used.] |
35209
|
miniardize |
MIN'IARDIZE, v.t. To render soft, delicate or dainty. |
35210
|
miniate |
MIN'IATE, v.t. [L. minium, vermillion.] To paint or tinge with vermillion. |
35211
|
miniature |
MIN'IATURE, n.1. A painting in water colors on vellum, ivory or paper, with points or dots; ... |
35212
|
minikin |
MIN'IKIN, a. Small; diminutive; used in slight contempt.MIN'IKIN, n. A small sort of pins.1. A ... |
35213
|
minim |
MIN'IM, n.1. A little man or being; a dwarf.2. One of a certain reformed order of Franciscans or ... |
35214
|
minimum |
MIN'IMUM, n. [L.] The least quantity assignable in a given case. |
35215
|
minimus |
MIN'IMUS, n. [L.] A being of the smallest size. |
35216
|
mining |
MI'NING, ppr. Digging into the earth, as for fossils and minerals; sapping.1. a. Designating the ... |
35217
|
minion |
MIN'ION, a. [infra.] Fine; trim; dainty. [Not used.] |
35218
|
minioning |
MIN'IONING, n. Kind treatment. |
35219
|
minionlike |
MIN'IONLIKE |
35220
|
minionly |
MIN'IONLY, adv. Finely; daintily. |
35221
|
minionship |
MIN'IONSHIP, n. State of being a minion. |
35222
|
minious |
MIN'IOUS, n. [from L. minium.] Of the color of red lead or vermillion. |
35223
|
minish |
MIN'ISH, v.t. [L. minuo, to lessen.]To lessen; to diminish. [See Diminish.] |
35224
|
minister |
MIN'ISTER, n. [L.]1. Properly, a chief servant; hence, an agent appointed to transact or manage ... |
35225
|
ministered |
MIN'ISTERED, pp. Served; afforded; supplied. |
35226
|
ministerial |
MINISTE'RIAL, a. Attending for service; attendant; acting at command. Enlight'ning spirits and ... |
35227
|
ministerially |
MINISTE'RIALLY, adv. In a ministerial manner or character. |
35228
|
ministering |
MIN'ISTERING, ppr. Attending and serving as a subordinate agent; serving under superior authority. ... |
35229
|
ministery |
MINISTERY. [See Ministry.] |
35230
|
ministral |
MIN'ISTRAL, a. Pertaining to a minister. [Little used.] |
35231
|
ministrant |
MIN'ISTRANT, a. Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command. ... |
35232
|
ministration |
MINISTRA'TION, n. [L. ministratio.] The act of performing service as a subordinate agent; agency; ... |
35233
|
ministress |
MIN'ISTRESS, n. A female that ministers. |
35234
|
ministry |
MIN'ISTRY, n. [L. ministerium.] The office, duties or functions of a subordinate agent of any ... |
35235
|
ministryship |
MINISTRYSHIP, for ministry,is little used and hardly proper. |
35236
|
minium |
MIN'IUM, n. [L.] The red oxyd of lead, produced by calcination. Lead exposed to air while melting ... |
35237
|
mink |
MINK, n. An American quadruped of the genus Mustela, an amphibious animal that burrows in the ... |
35238
|
minnoc |
MINNOC, used by Shakespeare, is supposed by Johnson to be the same as minx. |
35239
|
minnow |
MIN'NOW |
35240
|
minor |
MI'NOR, a. [L. minuo, to diminish. See Mince.]1. Less; smaller; sometimes applied to the bulk or ... |
35241
|
minorate |
MI'NORATE, v.t. To diminish. [Not used.] |
35242
|
minoration |
MINORA'TION, n. A lessening; diminution. |
35243
|
minorite |
MI'NORITE, n. A Franciscan friar. |
35244
|
minority |
MINOR'ITY, n. [L. minor.]1. The state of being under age. [See Minor.]2. The smaller number; as ... |
35245
|
minotaur |
MIN'OTAUR, n. [L.. minotaurus; from man, which must have been in early ages a Latin word, and ... |
35246
|
minow |
MIN'OW, n. A very small fish, a species of Cyprinus. |
35247
|
minster |
MIN'STER, n. A monastery; an ecclesiastical convent or fraternity; but it is said originally to ... |
35248
|
minstrel |
MIN'STREL, n. A singer and musical performer on instruments. Minstrels were formerly poets as ... |
35249
|
minstrelsy |
MIN'STRELSY, n. The arts and occupations of minstrels; instrumental music.1. A number of ... |
35250
|
mint |
MINT, n. [L. moneta.]1. The place where money is coined by public authority. In Great Britain, ... |
35251
|
mintage |
MINT'AGE, n. That which is coined or stamped.1. The duty paid for coining. |
35252
|
minter |
MINT'ER, n. A coiner; also, an inventor. |
35253
|
mintman |
MINT'MAN, n. A coiner; one skilled in coining or in coins. |
35254
|
mintmaster |
MINT'M`ASTER, n. The master or superintendent of a mint.1. One who invents or fabricates. |
35255
|
minuend |
MIN'UEND, n. [L. minuendus, minuo, to lessen.]In arithmetic, the number form which another number ... |
35256
|
minuet |
MIN'UET,n.1. A slow graceful dance, consisting of a coupee, a high step and a balance.2. A tune ... |
35257
|
minum |
MIN'UM, n.1. A small kind of printing types; now written minion.2. A note of slow time containing ... |
35258
|
minute |
MINU'TE, a. [L. minutus.]1. Very small,little or slender; of very small bulk or size; small in ... |
35259
|
minute-book |
MIN'UTE-BOOK, n. A book of short hints. |
35260
|
minute-glass |
MIN'UTE-GLASS, n. A glass, the sand of which measures a minute. |
35261
|
minute-guns |
MIN'UTE-GUNS, n. Guns discharged every minute. |
35262
|
minute-hand |
MIN'UTE-HAND, n. The hand that points to the minutes on a clock or watch. |
35263
|
minute-watch |
MIN'UTE-WATCH, n. A watch that distinguishes minutes of time, or on which minutes are marked. |
35264
|
minutely |
MINU'TELY, adv. [from minute.] To a small point of time, space or matter; exactly; nicely; as, to ... |
35265
|
minuteness |
MINU'TENESS, n. Extreme smallness, fineness or slenderness; as the minuteness of the particles of ... |
35266
|
minutiae |
MINU'TIAE, n. [L.] The smaller particulars. |
35267
|
minx |
MINX, n. A pert, wanton girl.1. A she-puppy. |
35268
|
miny |
MI'NY, a. [from mine.] Abounding with mines.1. Subterraneous. |
35269
|
mirable |
MI'RABLE, a. Wonderful. [Not in use.] |
35270
|
miracle |
MIR'ACLE, n. [L. miraculum, from miror, to wonder.]1. Literally, a wonder or wonderful thing; but ... |
35271
|
miracle-monger |
MIR'ACLE-MONGER, n. An impostor who pretends to work miracles. |
35272
|
miraculous |
MIRAC'ULOUS, a. Performed supernaturally, or by a power beyond the ordinary agency of natural ... |
35273
|
miraculously |
MIRAC'ULOUSLY, adv. By miracle; supernaturally.AEneas, wounded as he was, could not have engaged ... |
35274
|
miraculousness |
MIRAC'ULOUSNESS, n. The state of being effected by miracle or by supernatural agency. |
35275
|
mirador |
MIRADOR, n. [L. miror.] A balcony or gallery commanding an extensive view. |
35276
|
mire |
MIRE, n. Deep mud; earth so wet and soft as to yield to the feet and to wheels.MIRE, v.t. To ... |
35277
|
mire-crow |
MIRE-CROW, n. The sea-crow or pewit gull, of the genus Larus. |
35278
|
miriness |
MI'RINESS, n. [from miry.] The state of consisting of deep mud. |
35279
|
mirk |
MIRK, a. Dark. [See Murky.] |
35280
|
mirksome |
MIRK'SOME, a. Dark; obscure. [See Murky.] |
35281
|
mirksomeness |
MIRK'SOMENESS, n. Obscurity. [See Murky.] |
35282
|
mirror |
MIR'ROR, n. [L. miror, to admire.]1. A looking glass; any glass or polished substance that forms ... |
35283
|
mirror-stone |
MIR'ROR-STONE, n. A bright stone. |
35284
|
mirth |
MIRTH, n. merth. Social merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; ... |
35285
|
mirthful |
MIRTH'FUL, a. Merry; jovial; festive. The feast was served, the bowl was crown'd, To the king's ... |
35286
|
mirthless |
MIRTH'LESS, a. Without mirth or hilarity. |
35287
|
miry |
MI'RY, a. [from mire.] Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; as a miry road; a miry lane.1. ... |
35288
|
mis |
MIS, a prefix, denotes error, or erroneous, wrong, from the verb miss, to err, to go wrong. |
35289
|
misacceptation |
MISACCEPTA'TION, n. The act of taking or understanding in a wrong sense. |
35290
|
misadventure |
MISADVEN'TURE, n. Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; an unlucky accident.1. In law, homicide by ... |
35291
|
misadventured |
MISADVEN'TURED, a. Unfortunate. |
35292
|
misadvised |
MISADVI'SED, a. [See Advise.] Ill advised; ill directed. |
35293
|
misaffect |
MISAFFECT', v.t. To dislike. |
35294
|
misaffected |
MISAFFECT'ED, a. Ill disposed. |
35295
|
misaffirm |
MISAFFIRM', v.t. To affirm incorrectly. |
35296
|
misaimed |
MISA'IMED, a. Not rightly aimed or directed. |
35297
|
misalledge |
MISALLEDGE, v.t. misallej'. To state erroneously. |
35298
|
misallegation |
MISALLEGA'TION, n. Erroneous statement. |
35299
|
misalliance |
MISALLI'ANCE, n. Improper association. |
35300
|
misallied |
MISALLI'ED, a. Ill allied or associated. |
35301
|
misanthrope |
MIS'ANTHROPE |
35302
|
misanthropic |
MISANTHROP'IC |
35303
|
misanthropical |
MISANTHROP'ICAL, a. Hating or having a dislike to mankind. |
35304
|
misanthropist |
MISAN'THROPIST, n. [Gr. to hate, and man.] A hater of mankind. |
35305
|
misanthropy |
MISAN'THROPY, n. Hatred or dislike to mankind; opposed to philanthropy. |
35306
|
misapplication |
MISAPPLICA'TION, n. A wrong application; an application to a wrong person or purpose. |
35307
|
misapplied |
MISAPPLI'ED, pp. Applied to a wrong person or purpose. |
35308
|
misapply |
MISAPPLY', v.t. To apply to a wrong person or purpose; as to misapply a name or title; to misapply ... |
35309
|
misapplying |
MISAPPLY'ING, ppr. Applying to a wrong person or purpose. |
35310
|
misapprehend |
MISAPPREHEND', v.t. To misunderstand; to take in a wrong sense. |
35311
|
misapprehended |
MISAPPREHEND'ED, pp. Not rightly understood. |
35312
|
misapprehending |
MISAPPREHEND'ING, ppr. Misunderstanding. |
35313
|
misapprehension |
MISAPPREHEN'SION, n. A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning or of a fact. |
35314
|
misascribe |
MISASCRI'BE, v.t. To ascribe falsely or erroneously. |
35315
|
misassign |
MISASSIGN, v.t. [See Assign.] To assign erroneously. |
35316
|
misattend |
MISATTEND', v.t. To disregard. |
35317
|
misbecome |
MISBECOME, v.t. misbecum'. [See Become.]Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit. Thy father will ... |
35318
|
misbecoming |
MISBECOM'ING, ppr. or a. Unseemly; unsuitable; improper; indecorous. |
35319
|
misbecomingness |
MISBECOM'INGNESS, n. Unbecomingness; unsuitableness. |
35320
|
misbegot |
MISBEGOT' |
35321
|
misbegotten |
MISBEGOT'TEN, ppr. or a. Unlawfully or irregularly begotten. |
35322
|
misbehave |
MISBEHA'VE, v.i. To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly. |
35323
|
misbehaved |
MISBEHA'VED, a. Guilty of ill behavior; ill bred; rude. |
35324
|
misbehavior |
MISBEHA'VIOR, n. misbeha'vyor. Ill conduct; improper, rude or uncivil behavior. |
35325
|
misbelief |
MISBELIE'F, n. Erroneous belief; false religion. |
35326
|
misbelieve |
MISBELIE'VE, v.t. To believe erroneously. |
35327
|
misbeliever |
MISBELIE'VER, n. One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion. |
35328
|
misbelieving |
MISBELIE'VING, a. Believing erroneously; irreligious. |
35329
|
misbeseem |
MISBESEE'M, v.t. To suit ill. |
35330
|
misbestow |
MISBESTOW, v.t. To bestow improperly. |
35331
|
misborn |
MIS'BORN, a. Born to evil. |
35332
|
miscalculate |
MISCAL'CULATE, v.t. To calculate erroneously. |
35333
|
miscalculated |
MISCAL'CULATED, pp. Erroneously calculated. |
35334
|
miscalculating |
MISCAL'CULATING, ppr. Committing errors in calculation. |
35335
|
miscalculation |
MISCALCULA'TION, n. Erroneous calculation. |
35336
|
miscall |
MISCALL', v.t. To call by a wrong name; to name improperly. |
35337
|
miscalled |
MISCALL'ED, pp. Misnamed. |
35338
|
miscalling |
MISCALL'ING, ppr. Misnaming. |
35339
|
miscarriage |
MISCAR'RIAGE, n. Unfortunate event of an undertaking; failure. When a counselor, to save himself, ... |
35340
|
miscarry |
MISCAR'RY, v.i. To fail of the intended effect; not to succeed; to be unsuccessful; to suffer ... |
35341
|
miscarrying |
MISCAR'RYING, ppr. Failing of the intended effect; suffering abortion. Hos.9. |
35342
|
miscast |
MISC`AST, v.t. To cast or reckon erroneously.MISC`AST, pp. Erroneously cast or reckoned.MISC`AST, ... |
35343
|
miscasting |
MISC`ASTING, ppr. Casting or reckoning erroneously. |
35344
|
miscellanarian |
MISCELLANA'RIAN, a. [See Miscellany.] Belonging to miscellanies; of miscellanies. Miscellanarian ... |
35345
|
miscellane |
MIS'CELLANE, n. [L. miscellaneus.] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; now called meslin. |
35346
|
miscellaneous |
MISCELLA'NEOUS, a. [L. miscellaneus, from misceo, to mix.] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several ... |
35347
|
miscellaneousness |
MISCELLA'NEOUSNESS, n. The state of being mixed; composition of various kinds. |
35348
|
miscellany |
MIS'CELLANY, n. [L.miscellanea, from misceo, to mix.]1. A mass or mixture of various kinds; ... |
35349
|
miscenter |
MISCEN'TER, v.t. To place amiss. [Not in use.] |
35350
|
mischance |
MISCH`ANCE, n. Ill luck; ill fortune; misfortune; mishap; misadventure. It is a man's unhappiness, ... |
35351
|
mischaracterize |
MISCHAR'ACTERIZE, v.t. [See Character.] To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong ... |
35352
|
mischarge |
MISCH`ARGE, v.t. To mistake in charging, as an account.MISCH`ARGE, n. A mistake in charging, as ... |
35353
|
mischief |
MIS'CHIEF, n.1. Harm; hurt; injury; damage; evil, whether intended or not. A new law is made to ... |
35354
|
mischief-maker |
MIS'CHIEF-MAKER, n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity. |
35355
|
mischief-making |
MIS'CHIEF-MAKING, a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. |
35356
|
mischievous |
MIS'CHIEVOUS, a. Harmful; hurtful; injurious; making mischief; of persons; as a mischievous man or ... |
35357
|
mischievously |
MIS'CHIEVOUSLY, adv. With injury, hurt, loss or damage. We say, the law operates mischievously.1. ... |
35358
|
mischievousness |
MIS'CHIEVOUSNESS, n. Hurtfulness; noxiousness.1. Disposition to do harm, or to vex or annoy; as ... |
35359
|
mischna |
MISCH'NA, n. A part of the Jewish Talmud. [See Mishna.] |
35360
|
mischoose |
MISCHOOSE, v.t. mischooz'. To choose wrong; to make a wrong choice. |
35361
|
mischosen |
MISCHO'SEN, pp. Chosen by mistake. |
35362
|
miscible |
MIS'CIBLE, a. [L. misceo, to mix.]That may be mixed. Oil and water are not miscible. |
35363
|
miscitation |
MISCITA'TION, n. A wrong citation; erroneous quotation. |
35364
|
miscite |
MISCI'TE, v.t. To cite erroneously or falsely. |
35365
|
misclaim |
MISCLA'IM, n. A mistaken claim or demand. |
35366
|
miscomputation |
MISCOMPUTA'TION, n. Erroneous computation; false reckoning. |
35367
|
miscompute |
MISCOMPU'TE, v.t. To compute or reckon erroneously. |
35368
|
misconceit |
MISCONCE'IT |
35369
|
misconceive |
MISCONCE'IVE, v.t. or i. To receive a false notion or opinion of any thing; to misjudge; to have ... |
35370
|
misconceived |
MISCONCE'IVED, pp. Wrongly understood; mistaken. |
35371
|
misconceiving |
MISCONCE'IVING, ppr. Mistaking; misunderstanding. |
35372
|
misconception |
MISCONCEP'TION, n. Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong notion or understanding of a thing. ... |
35373
|
misconduct |
MISCON'DUCT, n. Wrong conduct; ill behavior; ill management. |
35374
|
misconducted |
MISCONDUCT'ED, pp. Ill managed; badly conducted. |
35375
|
misconducting |
MISCONDUCT'ING, ppr. Mismanaging; misbehaving. |
35376
|
misconjecture |
MISCONJEC'TURE, n. A wrong conjecture or guess.MISCONJEC'TURE, v.t. or i. To guess wrong. |
35377
|
misconstruction |
MISCONSTRUC'TION, n. Wrong interpretation of words or things; a mistaking of the true meaning; as ... |
35378
|
misconstrue |
MISCON'STRUE, v.t. To interpret erroneously either words or things. It is important not to ... |
35379
|
misconstrued |
MISCON'STRUED, pp. Erroneously interpreted. |
35380
|
misconstruer |
MISCON'STRUER, n. One who makes a wrong interpretation. |
35381
|
misconstruing |
MISCON'STRUING, ppr. Interpreting wrongly. |
35382
|
miscorrect |
MISCORRECT', v.t. To correct erroneously; to mistake in attempting to correct another. He passed ... |
35383
|
miscorrected |
MISCORRECT'ED, pp. Mistaken in the attempt to correct. |
35384
|
miscounsel |
MISCOUN'SEL, v.t. To advise wrong. |
35385
|
miscount |
MISCOUNT', v.t. To count erroneously; to mistake in counting.MISCOUNT', v.i. To make a wrong ... |
35386
|
miscreance |
MIS'CREANCE |
35387
|
miscreancy |
MIS'CREANCY, n. [See Miscreant.] Unbelief; false faith; adherence to a false religion. |
35388
|
miscreant |
MIS'CREANT, n. [L. credens, credo.]1. An infidel, or one who embraces a false faith.2. A vile ... |
35389
|
miscreate |
MISCREA'TE |
35390
|
miscreated |
MISCREA'TED, a. Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. |
35391
|
misdate |
MISDA'TE, n. A wrong date.MISDA'TE, v.i. To date erroneously. |
35392
|
misdeed |
MISDEE'D, n. An evil deed; a wicked action. Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. |
35393
|
misdeem |
MISDEE'M, v.t. To judge erroneously; to misjudge; to mistake in judging. |
35394
|
misdemean |
MISDEME'AN, v.t. To behave ill. |
35395
|
misdemeanor |
MISDEME'ANOR, n. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault; mismanagement.1. In law, an offense of a less ... |
35396
|
misdesert |
MISDESERT', n. Ill desert. |
35397
|
misdevotion |
MISDEVO'TION, n. False devotion; mistaken piety. [Little used.] |
35398
|
misdiet |
MISDI'ET, n. Improper diet or food. [Not used.] |
35399
|
misdirect |
MISDIRECT', v.t. To give a wrong direction to; as to misdirect a passenger.1. To direct to a ... |
35400
|
misdirected |
MISDIRECT'ED, pp. Directed wrong, or to a wrong person or place. |
35401
|
misdirecting |
MISDIRECT'ING, ppr. Directing wrong, or to a wrong person or place. |
35402
|
misdisposition |
MISDISPOSI'TION, n. Disposition to evil. [Not in use.] |
35403
|
misdistinguish |
MISDISTIN'GUISH, v.t. To make wrong distinctions. |
35404
|
misdo |
MISDO, v.t. [See Do.] To do wrong; to do amiss; to commit a crime or fault. |
35405
|
misdoer |
MISDOER, n. One who does wrong; one who commits a fault or crime. |
35406
|
misdoing |
MISDOING, ppr. Doing wrong; committing a fault or crime.MISDOING, n. A wrong done; a fault or ... |
35407
|
misdoubt |
MISDOUBT, v.t. misdout'. [See Doubt.] To suspect of deceit or danger. [An ill formed word and ... |
35408
|
misdoubtful |
MISDOUBT'FUL, a. Misgiving. [Not used.] |
35409
|
mise |
MISE, n. meze. [L. mitto.]1. In law, an issue to be tried at the grand assize.2. Expense; ... |
35410
|
misemploy |
MISEMPLOY', v.t. To employ to no purpose, or to a bad purpose; as, to misemploy time, power, ... |
35411
|
misemployed |
MISEMPLOY'ED, pp. Used to no purpose, or to a bad one. |
35412
|
misemploying |
MISEMPLOY'ING, ppr. Using to no purpose, or to a bad one. |
35413
|
misemployment |
MISEMPLOY'MENT, n. Ill employment; application to no purpose, or to a bad purpose. |
35414
|
misentry |
MISEN'TRY, n. An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account. |
35415
|
miser |
MI'SER, n. s as z. [L. miser, miserable.] A miserable person; one wretched or afflicted.1. A ... |
35416
|
miserabale |
MIS'ERABALE, a. s as z. [L. miser, miserabilis.]1. Very unhappy from grief, pain, calamity, ... |
35417
|
miserableness |
MIS'ERABLENESS, n. State of misery; poorness. |
35418
|
miserably |
MIS'ERABLY, adv. Unhappily; calamitously. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death.1. Very poorly ... |
35419
|
miserly |
MI'SERLY, a. [See Miser.] Very covetous; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious. |
35420
|
misery |
MIS'ERY, n. s as z. [L. miseria.]1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind. A man suffers ... |
35421
|
misestimate |
MISES'TIMATE, v.t. To estimate erroneously. |
35422
|
misfall |
MISFALL', v.t. To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. |
35423
|
misfare |
MISFA'RE, n. Ill fare; misfortune. |
35424
|
misfashion |
MISFASH'ION, v.t. To form wrong. |
35425
|
misfeasance |
MISFE'ASANCE, n. misfe'zance. In law, a trespass; a wrong done. |
35426
|
misform |
MISFORM', v.t. To make of an ill form; to put in an ill shape. |
35427
|
misfortune |
MISFOR'TUNE, n. Ill fortune; ill luck; calamity; an evil or cross accident; as loss of property at ... |
35428
|
misfortuned |
MISFOR'TUNED, a. Unfortunate. |
35429
|
misgive |
MISGIVE, v.t. misgiv'. [See Give.] To fill with doubt; to deprive of confidence; to fail; usually ... |
35430
|
misgiving |
MISGIV'ING, ppr. Filling with doubt or distrust; failing.MISGIV'ING, n. A failing of confidence; ... |
35431
|
misgotten |
MISGOT'TEN, a. Unjustly obtained. |
35432
|
misgovern |
MISGOV'ERN, v.t. To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully. Solyman charged him bitterly that he ... |
35433
|
misgovernance |
MISGOV'ERNANCE, n. Ill government; disorder; irregularity. |
35434
|
misgoverned |
MISGOV'ERNED, pp. Ill governed; badly administered.1. Rude; unrestrained; as rude, misgoverned ... |
35435
|
misgovernment |
MISGOV'ERNMENT, n. Ill administration of public affairs.1. Ill management in private affairs.2. ... |
35436
|
misgraff |
MISGR`AFF, v.t. To graft amiss. |
35437
|
misground |
MISGROUND', v.t. To found erroneously. |
35438
|
misguidance |
MISGUI'DANCE, n. Wrong direction; guidance into error. |
35439
|
misguide |
MISGUI'DE, v.t. To lead or guide into error; to direct ill; as, to misguide the understanding or ... |
35440
|
misguided |
MISGUI'DED, pp. Let astray by evil counsel or wrong direction; as a misguided prince. |
35441
|
misguiding |
MISGUI'DING, ppr. Giving wrong direction to; leading into error. |
35442
|
misgum |
MIS'GUM |
35443
|
misgurn |
MIS'GURN, n. An anguilliform fish about the size of a common eel. |
35444
|
mishap |
MISHAP', n. Ill chance; evil accident; ill luck; misfortune. Secure from worldly chances and ... |
35445
|
mishappen |
MISHAP'PEN, v.i. To happen ill. |
35446
|
mishear |
MISHE'AR, v.t. To mistake in hearing. |
35447
|
mishna |
MISH'NA, n. A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture. |
35448
|
mishnic |
MISH'NIC, a. Pertaining or relating to the Mishna. |
35449
|
misimprove |
MISIMPROVE, v.t. misimproov'. To improve to a bad purpose; to abuse; as, to misimprove time, ... |
35450
|
misimproved |
MISIMPROVED, pp. Used to a bad purpose. |
35451
|
misimprovement |
MISIMPROVEMENT, n. misimproov'ment. Ill use or employment; improvement to a bad purpose. |
35452
|
misinfer |
MISINFER', v.t. To draw a wrong inference. |
35453
|
misinform |
MISINFORM', v.t. To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts. |
35454
|
misinformation |
MISINFORMA'TION, n. Wrong informations; false account or intelligence received. |
35455
|
misinformed |
MISINFORM'ED, pp. Wrongly informed. |
35456
|
misinformer |
MISINFORM'ER, n. One that gives wrong information. |
35457
|
misinforming |
MISINFORM'ING, ppr. Communicating erroneous information to. |
35458
|
misinstruct |
MISINSTRUCT', v.t. To instruct amiss. |
35459
|
misinstruction |
MISINSTRUC'TION, n. Wrong instruction. |
35460
|
misintelligence |
MISINTEL'LIGENCE, n. Wrong information; disagreement. |
35461
|
misinterpret |
MISINTER'PRET, v.t. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense. |
35462
|
misinterpretation |
MISINTERPRETA'TION, n. The act of interpreting erroneously. |
35463
|
misinterpreted |
MISINTER'PRETED, a. Erroneously understood or explained. |
35464
|
misinterpreter |
MISINTER'PRETER, n. One who interprets erroneously. |
35465
|
misinterpreting |
MISINTER'PRETING, ppr. Erroneously interpreting. |
35466
|
misjoin |
MISJOIN', v.t. To join unfitly or improperly. |
35467
|
misjoined |
MISJOIN'ED, pp. Improperly united. |
35468
|
misjoining |
MISJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining unfitly or improperly. |
35469
|
misjudge |
MISJUDGE, v.t. misjudg'. To mistake in judging of; to judge erroneously.MISJUDGE, v.i. misjudg'. ... |
35470
|
misjudged |
MISJUDG'ED, pp. Judged erroneously. |
35471
|
misjudging |
MISJUDG'ING, ppr. Judging erroneously of; forming a wrong opinion or inference. |
35472
|
misjudgment |
MISJUDG'MENT, n. A wrong or unjust determination. |
35473
|
miskin |
MIS'KIN, n. A little bagpipe. |
35474
|
miskindle |
MISKIN'DLE, v.t. To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose. |
35475
|
mislaid |
MISLA'ID, pp. Laid in a wrong place, or place not recollected; lost. |
35476
|
mislay |
MISLA'Y, v.t. To lay in a wrong place. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature.1. To lay in a ... |
35477
|
mislayer |
MISLA'YER, n. One that lays in a wrong place; one that loses. |
35478
|
mislaying |
MISLA'YING, ppr. Laying in a wrong place, or place not remembered; losing. |
35479
|
misle |
MISLE, v.i. mis'l. [from mist, and properly mistle.]To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist. |
35480
|
mislead |
MISLE'AD, v.t. pret. and pp. misled. [See Lead.]To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; ... |
35481
|
misleader |
MISLE'ADER, n. One who leads into error. |
35482
|
misleading |
MISLE'ADING, ppr. Leading into error; causing to err; deceiving. |
35483
|
misled |
MISLED', pp. of mislead. Let into error; led a wrong way. --To give due light To the misled and ... |
35484
|
misletoe |
MISLETOE, n. mis'lto. A plant or shrub that grows on trees. It is of the genus Viscum. The berry ... |
35485
|
mislike |
MISLI'KE, v.t. To dislike; to disapprove; to have aversion to; as, to mislike a man or an ... |
35486
|
misliked |
MISLI'KED, pp. Disliked; disapproved. |
35487
|
misliker |
MISLI'KER, n. One that dislikes. |
35488
|
misliking |
MISLI'KING, ppr. Disliking; disapproving. |
35489
|
mislin |
MISLIN, [See Meslin.] |
35490
|
mislive |
MISLIVE, v.i.. misliv'. To live amiss. [Not used.] |
35491
|
misluck |
MISLUCK', n. Ill luck; misfortune. |
35492
|
misly |
MIS'LY, a. [See Misle and Mist.] Raining in very small drops. |
35493
|
mismanage |
MISMAN'AGE, v.t. To manage ill; to administer improperly; as, to mismanage public ... |
35494
|
mismanaged |
MISMAN'AGED, pp. Ill managed or conducted. |
35495
|
mismanager |
MISMAN'AGER, n. One that manages ill. |
35496
|
mismanaging |
MISMAN'AGING, ppr. Managing ill. |
35497
|
mismanagment |
MISMAN'AGMENT, n. Ill or improper management; ill conduct; as the mismanagement of public or ... |
35498
|
mismark |
MISM`ARK, v.t. To mark with the wrong token; to mark erroneously. |
35499
|
mismarked |
MISM`ARKED, pp. Wrongly marked. |
35500
|
mismarking |
MISM`ARKING, ppr. Marking erroneously. |
35501
|
mismatch |
MISMATCH', v.t. To match unsuitably. |
35502
|
mismatched |
MISMATCH'ED, pp. Unsuitably matched; ill joined. |
35503
|
mismatching |
MISMATCH'ING, ppr. Matching in an unsuitable manner. |
35504
|
misname |
MISNA'ME, v.t. To call by the wrong name. |
35505
|
misnamed |
MISNA'MED, pp. Called by a wrong name. |
35506
|
misnaming |
MISNA'MING, ppr. Calling by a wrong name. |
35507
|
misnomer |
MISNO'MER,n. In law, the mistaking of the true name of a person; a misnaming. [Misnosmer, as ... |
35508
|
misobedience |
MISOBE'DIENCE, n. Erroneous obedience or disobedience. [Not used.] |
35509
|
misobserve |
MISOBSERVE, v.t. misobzerv'. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. |
35510
|
misogamist |
MISOG'AMIST, n. [Gr. to hate, and marriage.] A hater of marriage. |
35511
|
misogynist |
MISOG'YNIST, n. [Gr. to hate, and woman.] A woman hater. [Unusual.] |
35512
|
misogyny |
MISOG'YNY, n. [supra.] Hatred of the female sex. |
35513
|
misopinion |
MISOPIN'ION, n. Erroneous opinion. |
35514
|
misorder |
MISOR'DER, v.t. To order ill; to manage erroneously.1. To manage ill; to conduct badly.MISOR'DER, ... |
35515
|
misorderly |
MISOR'DERLY, a. Irregular; disorderly. |
35516
|
mispell |
MISPELL, MISPEND, &c. [See Miss-spell, Miss-spend.] |
35517
|
mispend |
MISPELL, MISPEND, &c. [See Miss-spell, Miss-spend.] |
35518
|
mispersuade |
MISPERSUA'DE, v.t. To persuade amiss, or to lead to a wrong notion. |
35519
|
mispersuasion |
MISPERSUA'SION, n. A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. |
35520
|
mispikel |
MISPIK'EL, n. Arsenical pyrite; an ore of arsenic, containing this metal in combination with iron, ... |
35521
|
misplace |
MISPLA'CE, v.t. To put in a wrong place; as, the book is misplaced.1. To place on an improper ... |
35522
|
misplaced |
MISPLA'CED, pp. Put in a wrong place, or on an improper object. |
35523
|
misplacing |
MISPLA'CING, ppr. Putting in a wrong place, or on a wrong object. |
35524
|
misplead |
MISPLE'AD, v.i. To err in pleading. |
35525
|
mispleading |
MISPLE'ADING, ppr. Making a mistake in pleading.MISPLE'ADING, n. A mistake in pleading. |
35526
|
mispoint |
MISPOINT', v.t. To point improperly; to err in punctuation. |
35527
|
misprint |
MISPRINT', v.t. To mistake in printing; to print wrong.MISPRINT', n. A mistake in printing; a ... |
35528
|
misprinted |
MISPRINT'ED, pp. Erroneously printed. |
35529
|
misprinting |
MISPRINT'ING, ppr. Printing wrong. |
35530
|
misprise |
MISPRI'SE |
35531
|
misprision |
MISPRISION, n. misprizh'un. [supra.] Neglect; contempt.1. In law, any high offense under the ... |
35532
|
misprize |
MISPRI'ZE, v.t.1. To mistake.2. To slight or undervalue. O for those vanish'd hours, so much ... |
35533
|
misproceeding |
MISPROCEE'DING, n. Wrong or irregular proceeding. |
35534
|
misprofess |
MISPROFESS', v.t. To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed. |
35535
|
mispronounce |
MISPRONOUNCE, v.t. mispronouns'. To pronounce erroneously; as, to mispronounce a word, a name, ... |
35536
|
mispronunciation |
MISPRONUNCIA'TION, n. A wrong or improper pronunciation. |
35537
|
misproportion |
MISPROPO'RTION, v.t. To err in proportioning one thing to another; to join without due proportion. |
35538
|
misproud |
MISPROUD', v. Vitiously proud. [Not used.] |
35539
|
misquotation |
MISQUOTA'TION, n. An erroneous quotation; the act of quoting wrong. |
35540
|
misquote |
MISQUO'TE, v.t. To quote erroneously; to cite incorrectly. |
35541
|
misquoted |
MISQUO'TED, pp. Incorrectly quoted or cited. |
35542
|
misquoting |
MISQUO'TING, ppr. Quoting or citing erroneously. |
35543
|
misrate |
MISRA'TE, v.t. To rate erroneously; to estimate falsely. |
35544
|
misrecital |
MISRECI'TAL, n. An inaccurate recital. |
35545
|
misrecite |
MISRECI'TE, v.t. To recite erroneously. |
35546
|
misrecited |
MISRECI'TED, pp. Recited incorrectly. |
35547
|
misreciting |
MISRECI'TING, ppr. Reciting erroneously. |
35548
|
misreckon |
MISRECK'ON, v.t. To reckon or compute wrong. |
35549
|
misreckoned |
MISRECK'ONED, pp. Reckoned or computed erroneously. |
35550
|
misreckoning |
MISRECK'ONING, ppr. Reckoning wrong; and as a noun, an erroneous computation. |
35551
|
misrelate |
MISRELA'TE, v.t. To relate falsely or inaccurately. |
35552
|
misrelated |
MISRELA'TED, pp. Erroneously related or told. |
35553
|
misrelating |
MISRELA'TING, ppr. Relating or telling erroneously. |
35554
|
misrelation |
MISRELA'TION, n. Erroneous relation or narration. |
35555
|
misremember |
MISREMEM'BER, v.t. To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. |
35556
|
misremembered |
MISREMEM'BERED, pp. Inaccurately recollected. |
35557
|
misremembering |
MISREMEM'BERING, ppr. Remembering inaccurately. |
35558
|
misreport |
MISREPORT, v.t. To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.MISREPORT, n. An erroneous ... |
35559
|
misreported |
MISREPORTED, pp. Incorrectly reported. |
35560
|
misreporting |
MISREPORTING, ppr. Reporting incorrectly. |
35561
|
misrepresent |
MISREPRESENT', v.t. To represent falsely or incorrectly; to give a false or erroneous ... |
35562
|
misrepresentation |
MISREPRESENTA'TION, n. The act of giving a false or erroneous representation.1. A false or ... |
35563
|
misrepresented |
MISREPRESENT'ED, pp. Falsely or erroneously represented. |
35564
|
misrepresenter |
MISREPRESENT'ER, n. One who gives a false or erroneous account. |
35565
|
misrepresenting |
MISREPRESENT'ING, ppr. Giving a false or erroneous representation.[Note. This word is so ... |
35566
|
misrepute |
MISREPU'TE, v.t. To have in wrong estimation. |
35567
|
misreputed |
MISREPU'TED, pp. or a. Erroneously reputed. |
35568
|
misrule |
MISRU'LE, n. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule--1. ... |
35569
|
misruly |
MISRU'LY, a. Unruly; ungovernable; turbulent. |
35570
|
miss |
MISS, n.1. The title of a young woman or girl; as little masters and misses.2. A kept mistress; a ... |
35571
|
missal |
MIS'SAL, n. The Romish mass-book. |
35572
|
missay |
MISSA'Y, v.t. To say wrong; to slander. [Little used.]MISSA'Y, v.i. To speak ill. |
35573
|
missaying |
MISSA'YING, n. Wrong expression. |
35574
|
misseem |
MISSEE'M, v.i. To make a false appearance.1. To misbecome. |
35575
|
missel |
MIS'SEL |
35576
|
missel-bird |
MIS'SEL-BIRD, n. A species of thrush. |
35577
|
misseldine |
MIS'SELDINE, n. The mistletoe. [Not used.] |
35578
|
missemblance |
MISSEM'BLANCE, n. False resemblance. |
35579
|
misserve |
MISSERVE, v.t. misserv'. To serve unfaithfully. |
35580
|
misshape |
MISSHA'PE, v.t. [See Shape.] To shape ill; to give an ill form to; to deform. And horribly ... |
35581
|
misshaped |
MISSHA'PED |
35582
|
misshapen |
MISSHA'PEN, pp. Ill formed; deformed; ugly. |
35583
|
missile |
MIS'SILE, a. [L. missilis, from missus, sent; mitto, to send.]Thrown or sent, or that may be ... |
35584
|
missing |
MISS'ING, ppr. [from miss.] Failing to hit, to reach or to find; discovering to be wanting.1. a. ... |
35585
|
mission |
MIS'SION, n. [L. missio, from mitto, to send.]1. A sending or being sent, usually the latter; a ... |
35586
|
missionary |
MIS'SIONARY, n. One sent to propagate religion. Christian missionaries are called missionaries of ... |
35587
|
missioner |
MISSIONER, for missionary, is not used. |
35588
|
missive |
MIS'SIVE, a. Such as is sent; as a letter missive.1. Thrown or sent, or such as may be sent; as a ... |
35589
|
misspeak |
MISSPE'AK, v.i. [See Speak.] To err or mistake in speaking.MISSPE'AK, v.t. To utter wrong. |
35590
|
misspell |
MISSPELL'. v.t. To spell wrong; to write or utter with wrong letters. |
35591
|
misspelled |
MISSPELL'ED |
35592
|
misspelling |
MISSPELL'ING, ppr. Spelling wrong.MISSPELL'ING, n. A wrong spelling; false orthography. |
35593
|
misspelt |
MISSPELT', pp. Spelled wrong, or with wrong letters. |
35594
|
misspend |
MISSPEND', v.t. To spend amiss; to waste or consume to no purpose, or to a bad one; as, to ... |
35595
|
misspender |
MISSPEND'ER, n. One that consumes prodigally or improperly. |
35596
|
misspending |
MISSPEND'ING, pp. Spending to no purpose, or to a bad one. |
35597
|
misspense |
MISSPENSE, n. misspens'. A spending improperly; a wasting. |
35598
|
misspent |
MISSPENT', ppr. Ill spent; expended or consumed to no purpose, or to a bad one; as misspent time ... |
35599
|
misspoke |
MISSPO'KE |
35600
|
misspoken |
MISSPO'KEN, pp. Uttered or spoken amiss. |
35601
|
misstate |
MISSTA'TE, v.t. To state wrong; to make an erroneous representation of facts; as, to misstate a ... |
35602
|
misstated |
MISSTA'TED, pp. Stated erroneously. |
35603
|
misstatement |
MISSTA'TEMENT, n. A wrong statement; an erroneous representation, verbal or written; as a ... |
35604
|
misstating |
MISSTA'TING, ppr. Stating falsely or erroneously. |
35605
|
missy |
MIS'SY, n. The sulphate of iron, having lost the water of its crystallization, is called sori; ... |
35606
|
mist |
MIST, n. [L. mixtus, mistus, from misceo, to mix.]1. Water falling in very numerous, but fine and ... |
35607
|
mist-encumbered |
MIST-ENCUM'BERED, a. Loaded with mist. |
35608
|
mistakable |
MISTA'KABLE, a. That may be misconceived or mistaken. |
35609
|
mistake |
MISTA'KE, v.t. To take wrong; to conceive or understand erroneously; to misunderstand or ... |
35610
|
mistaken |
MISTA'KEN. In the use of this participle, there is a peculiarity which ought to be carefully ... |
35611
|
mistaker |
MISTA'KER, n. One that mistakes or misunderstands. |
35612
|
mistaking |
MISTA'KING, ppr. Making a mistake; erring from the truth; misconceiving.MISTA'KING, n. An error; ... |
35613
|
mistakingly |
MISTA'KINGLY, adv. Erroneously; falsely. |
35614
|
mistaught |
MISTAUGHT', pp. Wrongly taught; as a mistaught youth. |
35615
|
misteach |
MISTE'ACH, v.t. [See Teach.] To teach wrong; to instruct erroneously. |
35616
|
misteaching |
MISTE'ACHING, ppr. Instructing erroneously. |
35617
|
mistell |
MISTELL', v.t. [See Tell.] To tell erroneously. |
35618
|
mistemper |
MISTEM'PER, v.t. To temper ill; to disorder. |
35619
|
mistempered |
MISTEM'PERED, pp. Tempered ill. |
35620
|
mister |
MIS'TER, n. The common title of address to gentlemen, and to men of all classes. In writing, it ... |
35621
|
misterm |
MISTERM', v.t. To term or denominate erroneously. |
35622
|
mistermed |
MISTERM'ED, pp. Wrongly denominated. |
35623
|
misterming |
MISTERM'ING, ppr. Denominating erroneously. |
35624
|
mistful |
MIST'FUL, a. Clouded with mist. |
35625
|
misthink |
MISTHINK', v.i. [See Think.] To think wrong. [Little used.] |
35626
|
misthought |
MISTHOUGHT', pp. of misthink. Thought wrong of. Adam, misthought of her to thee so dear. |
35627
|
mistime |
MISTI'ME, v.t. To time wrong; not to adapt to the time.MISTI'ME, v.i. To neglect the proper time. |
35628
|
mistimed |
MISTI'MED, pp. Ill timed; done at a wrong time. |
35629
|
mistiming |
MISTI'MING, ppr. Ill timing; doing unseasonably. |
35630
|
mistiness |
MIST'INESS, n. [See Mist.] A state of being misty; a state of thick rain in very small drops. |
35631
|
mistion |
MIS'TION, n. [L. mistus, mixtus. See Mix.]1. A state of being mixed.2. Mixture; a mingling. |
35632
|
mistitle |
MISTI'TLE, v.t. To call by a wrong title or name. |
35633
|
mistitled |
MISTI'TLED, pp. Wrongly named. |
35634
|
mistle |
MISTLE, v.i. mis'l. [from mist.] To fall in very fine drops, as rain. [See Missle.] |
35635
|
mistletoe |
MISTLETOE |
35636
|
mistlike |
MIST'LIKE, a. Resembling mist. |
35637
|
mistold |
MISTOLD, pp. Erroneously told. [See Tell.] |
35638
|
mistook |
MISTOOK', pret. of mistake. |
35639
|
mistrain |
MISTRA'IN, v.t. To train or educate amiss. |
35640
|
mistranslate |
MISTRANSLA'TE, v.t. To translate erroneously. |
35641
|
mistranslated |
MISTRANSLA'TED, pp. Erroneously rendered into another language. |
35642
|
mistranslating |
MISTRANSLA'TING, ppr. Translating incorrectly. |
35643
|
mistranslation |
MISTRANSLA'TION, n. An erroneous translation or version. |
35644
|
mistress |
MIS'TRESS, n. [L. magistra.]1. A woman who governs; correlative to servant, slave, or subject. My ... |
35645
|
mistress-ship |
MIS'TRESS-SHIP, n. Female rule or dominion. |
35646
|
mistrust |
MISTRUST', n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion.MISTRUST', v.t. To suspect; to doubt; to ... |
35647
|
mistrusted |
MISTRUST'ED, pp. Suspected. |
35648
|
mistrustful |
MISTRUST'FUL, a. Suspicious; doubting; wanting confidence in. |
35649
|
mistrustfully |
MISTRUST'FULLY, adv. With suspicion or doubt. |
35650
|
mistrustfulness |
MISTRUST'FULNESS, n. Suspicion; doubt. |
35651
|
mistrusting |
MISTRUST'ING, ppr. Suspecting; having no confidence in. |
35652
|
mistrustingly |
MISTRUST'INGLY, adv. With distrust or suspicion. |
35653
|
mistrustless |
MISTRUST'LESS, a. Unsuspecting; unsuspicious. |
35654
|
mistune |
MISTU'NE, v.t. To tune wrong or erroneously; to put out of tune. |
35655
|
misturn |
MISTURN', v.t. To pervert. [Not used.] |
35656
|
mistutor |
MISTU'TOR, v.t. To instruct amiss. |
35657
|
misty |
MIST'Y, a. [from mist.] Overspread with mist; filled with very minute drops of rain; as misty ... |
35658
|
misunderstand |
MISUNDERSTAND', v.t. To misconceive; to mistake; to take in a wrong sense. |
35659
|
misunderstanding |
MISUNDERSTAND'ING, ppr. Mistaking the meaning.MISUNDERSTAND'ING, n. Misconception; mistake of the ... |
35660
|
misunderstood |
MISUNDERSTOOD', pp. Misconceived; mistaken; understood erroneously. |
35661
|
misusage |
MISUSAGE, n. misyu'zage. Ill usage; abuse. |
35662
|
misuse |
MISUSE, v.t. misyu'ze. |
35663
|
misused |
MISUSED, pp. misyu'zed. Improperly used or applied; misapplied; misemployed; abused. |
35664
|
misusing |
MISUSING, ppr. misyu'zing. Using improperly; abusing; misapplying. |
35665
|
misvouch |
MISVOUCH', v.t. To vouch falsely. |
35666
|
miswear |
MISWEAR, v.t. To swear ill. |
35667
|
miswed |
MISWED', v.t. To wed improperly. |
35668
|
miswedded |
MISWED'DED, pp. Ill matched. |
35669
|
misween |
MISWEE'N, v.i. To misjudge; to distrust. |
35670
|
miswend |
MISWEND', v.i. To go wrong. |
35671
|
miswrite |
MISWRI'TE, v.t. [See Write.] To write incorrectly. |
35672
|
miswrought |
MISWROUGHT, a. misraut'. Badly wrought. |
35673
|
misy |
MISY. [See Missy.] |
35674
|
miszealous |
MISZEALOUS, a. miszel'ous. Actuated by false zeal. |
35675
|
mite |
MITE, n. [Heb. small.]1. A very small insect of the genus Acarus.2. In Scripture, a small piece ... |
35676
|
mitella |
MITEL'LA, n. A plant. |
35677
|
miter |
MI'TER, n.1. A sacerdotal ornament worn on the head by bishops and certain abbots, on solemn ... |
35678
|
mitered |
MI'TERED, ppr. or a. Wearing a miter.1. Honored with the privilege of wearing a miter.2. Cut or ... |
35679
|
mithic |
MITHIC. [See Mythic.] |
35680
|
mithridate |
MITH'RIDATE, n. In pharmacy, an antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, ... |
35681
|
mithridatic |
MITHRIDAT'IC, a. Pertaining to mithridate, or its inventor, Mithridates. |
35682
|
mitigable |
MIT'IGABLE, a. That may be mitigated. |
35683
|
mitigant |
MIT'IGANT, a. [L. mitigans, mitigo, from mitis, mild.]1. Softening; lenient; lenitive.2. ... |
35684
|
mitigate |
MIT'IGATE, v.t. [L.. mitigo, from mitis, soft, mild.]1. To alleviate, as suffering; to assuage; to ... |
35685
|
mitigated |
MIT'IGATED, pp. Softened; alleviated; moderated; diminished. |
35686
|
mitigating |
MIT'IGATING, ppr. Softening; alleviating; tempering; moderating; abating. |
35687
|
mitigation |
MITIGA'TION, n. [L. mitigatio.] Alleviation; abatement or diminution of any thing painful, harsh, ... |
35688
|
mitigative |
MIT'IGATIVE, a. Lenitive; tending to alleviate. |
35689
|
mitigator |
MIT'IGATOR, n. He or that which mitigates. |
35690
|
mitten |
MIT'TEN, n.1. A cover for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or other injury. It differs from ... |
35691
|
mittent |
MIT'TENT, a. [L. mittens, from mitto, to send.]Sending forth; emitting. [Not used.] |
35692
|
mittimus |
MIT'TIMUS, n. [L. we send.] In law, a precept or command in writing, under the hand or hand and ... |
35693
|
mitu |
MITU, n. A fowl of the turkey kind, found in Brazil. |
35694
|
mity |
MI'TY, a. [from mite.] Having or abounding with mites. |
35695
|
mix |
MIX, v.t. pret. and pp. mixed or mixt. [L. misceo, mixtum; Heb. to mix.]1. To unite or blend ... |
35696
|
mixed |
MIX'ED, pp. United in a promiscuous mass or compound; blended; joined; mingled; associated.1. a. ... |
35697
|
mixen |
MIX'EN, n. A dunghill; a laystall. |
35698
|
mixer |
MIX'ER, n. One who mixes or mingles. |
35699
|
mixing |
MIX'ING, ppr. Uniting or blending in a mass or compound; joining in company; associating. |
35700
|
mixtilineal |
MIXTILIN'EAL |
35701
|
mixtilinear |
MIXTILIN'EAR, a. [L. mixtus, mixed, and linea, line.]Containing a mixture of lines, right, curved, ... |
35702
|
mixtion |
MIX'TION, n. [L. mixtus.] Mixture; promiscuous assemblage. |
35703
|
mixtly |
MIXT'LY, adv. With mixture. |
35704
|
mixture |
MIX'TURE, n. [L. mixtura.] The act of mixing, or state of being mixed. Compounds are made by the ... |
35705
|
mizmaze |
MIZ'MAZE, n. A cant word for a maze or labyrinth. |
35706
|
mizzen |
MIZZEN, n. miz'n. In sea-language, the aftermost of the fixed sails of a ship, extended sometimes ... |
35707
|
mizzen-mast |
MIZ'ZEN-MAST, n. The mast which supports the after-sails, and stands nearest to the stern. |
35708
|
mizzle |
MIZ'ZLE, v.i. To mistle. [See Mistle.] |
35709
|
mizzy |
MIZ'ZY, n. A bog or quagmire. |
35710
|
mnemonic |
MNEMONIC, a. nemon'ic. [infra.] Assisting the memory. |
35711
|
mnemonics |
MNEMON'ICS, n. [from Gr. to remember.] The art of memory; the precepts and rules intended to teach ... |
35712
|
mo |
MO, a. More. |
35713
|
moan |
MOAN, v.t. To lament; to deplore; to bewail with an audible voice. Ye floods, ye woods,ye echoes, ... |
35714
|
moaned |
MOANED, pp. Lamented; deplored. |
35715
|
moanful |
MOANFUL, a. Sorrowful; expressing sorrow. |
35716
|
moanfully |
MOANFULLY, adv. With lamentation. |
35717
|
moaning |
MOANING, ppr. Lamenting; bewailing. |
35718
|
moat |
MOAT, n. In fortification, a ditch or deep trench round the rampart of a castle or other fortified ... |
35719
|
mob |
MOB, n. [from L. mobilis, movable, variable.]1. A crowd or promiscuous multitude of people, rude, ... |
35720
|
mobbish |
MOB'BISH, a. Like a mob; tumultuous; mean; vulgar. |
35721
|
mobcap |
MOB'CAP, n. A plain cap or head-dress for females. |
35722
|
mobile |
MO'BILE, a. Movable. [Not used.] MO'BILE, n. [L. mobilis.] The mob; the populace.Primum mobile, ... |
35723
|
mobility |
MOBIL'ITY, n. [L. mobilitas, from moveo, to move.]1. Susceptibility of motion; capacity of being ... |
35724
|
moble |
MOB'LE, v.t. To wrap the head in a hood. |
35725
|
moccason |
MOC'CASON, n. A shoe or cover for the feet, made of deer-skin or other soft leather, without a ... |
35726
|
mocha-stone |
MO'CHA-STONE, n. Dendritic agate; a mineral in the interior of which appear brown, reddish brown, ... |
35727
|
mock |
MOCK, v.t. 1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to ... |
35728
|
mock-lead |
MOCK'-LEAD |
35729
|
mockable |
MOCK'ABLE, a. Exposed to derision. [Little used.] |
35730
|
mockage |
MOCK'AGE, n. Mockery. [Not used.] |
35731
|
mocked |
MOCK'ED, pp. Imitated or mimicked in derision; laughed at; ridiculed; defeated; illuded. |
35732
|
mocker |
MOCK'ER, n. One that mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider. |
35733
|
mockery |
MOCK'ERY, n. The act of deriding and exposing to contempt, by mimicking the words or actions of ... |
35734
|
mockeson |
MOCK'ESON, n. The name of a serpent. |
35735
|
mocking |
MOCK'ING, ppr. Imitating in contempt; mimicking; ridiculing by mimicry; treating with sneers and ... |
35736
|
mocking-bird |
MOCK'ING-BIRD, n. The mocking thrush of America; a bird of the genus Turdus. |
35737
|
mocking-stock |
MOCK'ING-STOCK, n. A butt of sport. |
35738
|
mockingly |
MOCK'INGLY, adv. By way of derision; in contempt. |
35739
|
mockle |
MOCKLE. [See Mickle.] |
35740
|
mockore |
MOCK'ORE, n. A sulphuret of zink, the same as blend, which see. |
35741
|
modal |
MO'DAL, a. [See Mode.] Consisting in mode only; relating to form; having the form without the ... |
35742
|
modality |
MODAL'ITY, n. The quality of being modal, or being in form only. |
35743
|
mode |
MODE, n. [L. modus, metior. The primary sense of mode is measure hence form. Measure is from ... |
35744
|
model |
MODEL, n. mod'l. [L. modulus, from modus.]1. A pattern of something to be made; any thing of a ... |
35745
|
modeled |
MOD'ELED, pp. Formed according to a model; planned; shaped; formed. |
35746
|
modeler |
MOD'ELER, n. A planner; a contriver. |
35747
|
modeling |
MOD'ELING, ppr. Forming according to a model; planning; forming; shaping. |
35748
|
moderate |
MOD'ERATE, a. [L. moderatus, from moderor, to limit, from modus, a limit.]1. Literally, limited; ... |
35749
|
moderated |
MOD'ERATED, pp. Reduced in violence, rigor or intensity; allayed; lessened; tempered; qualified. |
35750
|
moderately |
MOD'ERATELY, adv. Temperately; mildly; without violence.1. In a middle degree;; not excessively; ... |
35751
|
moderateness |
MOD'ERATENESS, n. State of being moderate; temperateness; a middle state between extremes; as the ... |
35752
|
moderating |
MOD'ERATING, ppr. Reducing in violence or excess; allaying; tempering; becoming more mild. |
35753
|
moderation |
MODERA'TION, n. [L. moderatio.] The state of being moderate, or of keeping a due mean between ... |
35754
|
moderator |
MODERA'TOR, n. He or that which moderates or restrains. Contemplation is an excellent moderator ... |
35755
|
moderatorship |
MODERA'TORSHIP, n. The office of a moderator. |
35756
|
modern |
MOD'ERN, a. [L. modo, and ern, which we find in other Latin words that have reference to time, as ... |
35757
|
modernism |
MOD'ERNISM, n. Modern practice; something recently formed, particularly in writing. |
35758
|
modernist |
MOD'ERNIST, n. One who admires the moderns. |
35759
|
modernize |
MOD'ERNIZE, v.t. To render modern; to adapt ancient compositions to modern persons or things, or ... |
35760
|
modernized |
MOD'ERNIZED, pp. Rendered conformable to modern usage. |
35761
|
modernizer |
MOD'ERNIZER, n. He that renders modern. |
35762
|
modernizing |
MOD'ERNIZING, ppr. Rendering modern. |
35763
|
modernly |
MOD'ERNLY, adv. In modern times. [Not in use.] |
35764
|
modernness |
MOD'ERNNESS, n. The quality of being modern; recentness; novelty. |
35765
|
moderns |
MOD'ERNS, n. Those who have lived in times recently past, or are now living; opposed to the ... |
35766
|
modest |
MOD'EST, a. [L. modestus, from modus, a limit.]1. Properly, restrained by a sense of propriety; ... |
35767
|
modestly |
MOD'ESTLY, adv. Not boldly; not arrogantly or presumptuously; with due respect. He modestly ... |
35768
|
modesty |
MOD'ESTY, n. [L. modestia.] That lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own ... |
35769
|
modesty-piece |
MOD'ESTY-PIECE, n. A narrow lace worn by females over the bosom. |
35770
|
modicum |
MOD'ICUM, n. [L.] A little; a small quantity. |
35771
|
modifiable |
MOD'IFIABLE, a. [from modify.] That may be modified or diversified by various forms and ... |
35772
|
modification |
MODIFICA'TION, n. [from modify.] The act of modifying, or giving to any thing new forms, or ... |
35773
|
modifier |
MOD'IFIER, n. He or that which modifies. |
35774
|
modify |
MOD'IFY, v.t. [L. modificor; modus, limit, manner, and facio, to make.]1. To change the form or ... |
35775
|
modifying |
MOD'IFYING, ppr. Changing the external qualities; giving a new form to; moderating. |
35776
|
modillion |
MODILLION, n. modil'yun. [L. modiolus, from modus.]In architecture, an ornament in the cornice of ... |
35777
|
modish |
MO'DISH, a. [from mode.] According to the mode or customary manner; fashionable; as a modish ... |
35778
|
modishly |
MO'DISHLY, adv. Fashionably; in the customary mode. |
35779
|
modishness |
MO'DISHNESS, n. The state of being fashionable.1. Affectation of the fashion. |
35780
|
modulate |
MOD'ULATE, v.t. [L. modulor, from modus, limit, measure.]1. To form sound to a certain key, or to ... |
35781
|
modulated |
MOD'ULATED, pp. Formed to a certain key; varied; inflected. |
35782
|
modulating |
MOD'ULATING, ppr. Forming to a certain proportion; varying; inflecting. |
35783
|
modulation |
MODULA'TION, n. [L. modulatio.]1. The act of forming any thing to a certain proportion; as the ... |
35784
|
modulator |
MOD'ULATOR, n. He or that which modulates. The tongue is a principal modulator of the human ... |
35785
|
module |
MOD'ULE, n. [L. modulus.] A model or representation.1. In architecture, a certain measure or size ... |
35786
|
modus |
MO'DUS, n. [L.] A compensation for tithes; an equivalent in money or other certain thing, given to ... |
35787
|
modwall |
MOD'WALL, n. A bird. |
35788
|
moe |
MOE, a. More. [Not used.] |
35789
|
mogul |
MOGUL', n. The name of a prince or emperor of the nation in Asia called Moguls or Monguls. |
35790
|
mohair |
MO'HAIR, n. The hair of a kind of goat in Turkey, of which are made camlets, which are sometimes ... |
35791
|
mohair-shell |
MO'HAIR-SHELL, n. In conchology, a peculiar species of Voluta, of a closely and finely reticulated ... |
35792
|
mohammedan |
MOHAM'MEDAN. This word and the name of the Arabian prophet, so called, are written in many ... |
35793
|
mohammedanism |
MOHAM'MEDANISM, n. The religion or doctrines and precepts of Mohammed, contained in a book called ... |
35794
|
mohammedanize |
MOHAM'MEDANIZE, v.t. To render conformable to the modes or principles of the Mohammedans. |
35795
|
mohawk |
MO'HAWK |
35796
|
mohock |
MO'HOCK, n. The appellation given to certain ruffians who infested the streets of London; so ... |
35797
|
moidore |
MOI'DORE, n. A gold coin of Portugal, valued at $6, or f1.7s sterling. |
35798
|
moiety |
MOI'ETY, n. [L. medietas.] The half; one of two equal parts; as a moiety of an estate, of goods or ... |
35799
|
moil |
MOIL, v.t. To daub; to make dirty. [Little used.]1. To weary. [See the next word.]MOIL, v.i. ... |
35800
|
moist |
MOIST, a. [L. madeo.]1. Moderately wet; damp; as a moist atmosphere or air. Exhalation dusk and ... |
35801
|
moisten |
MOISTEN, v.t. mois'n. To make damp; to wet in a small degree. A pipe a little moistened on the ... |
35802
|
moistened |
MOISTENED, pp. mois'nd. Made wet in a small degree. |
35803
|
moistener |
MOISTENER, n. mois'ner. He or that which moistens. |
35804
|
moistening |
MOISTENING, ppr. mois'ning. Wetting moderately. |
35805
|
moistful |
MOIST'FUL, a. Full of moisture. |
35806
|
moistness |
MOIST'NESS, n. Dampness; a small degree of wetness. |
35807
|
moisture |
MOIST'URE, n. A moderate degree of wetness. Set such plants as require much moisture, on sandy, ... |
35808
|
moisty |
MOIST'Y, a. Drizzling. [Not in use.] |
35809
|
mokes |
MOKES, of a net, the meshes. [Not in use.] |
35810
|
moky |
MO'KY, a. Muggy; dark; murky. |
35811
|
molar |
MO'LAR, a. [L. molaris.] Having power to grind; grinding; as the molar teeth. |
35812
|
molasses |
MOLASSES, an incorrect orthography of melasses. |
35813
|
mold |
MOLD, n. [L. mollis.]1. Fine soft earth, or earth easily pulverized, such as constitutes soil; as ... |
35814
|
mold-warp |
MOLD-WARP, n. A mole; a small animal of the genus Talpa, that moves under ground and turns up the ... |
35815
|
moldable |
MOLDABLE, a. That may be molded or formed. |
35816
|
molded |
MOLDED, pp. Formed into a particular shape; kneaded.1. Covered with mold. |
35817
|
molder |
MOLDER, n. He who molds or forms into shape.MOLDER, v.i.1. To turn to dust by natural decay; to ... |
35818
|
moldering |
MOLDERING, ppr. Turning to dust; crumbling; wasting away. |
35819
|
moldiness |
MOLDINESS, n. [from moldy.] The state of being moldy. |
35820
|
molding |
MOLDING, ppr. [from mold.] Forming into shape; kneading.MOLDING, n. Any thing cast in a mold, or ... |
35821
|
moldy |
MOLDY, a. [from mold.] Overgrown with mold. |
35822
|
mole |
MOLE, n.1. A spot, mark or small permanent protuberance on the human body, from which usually ... |
35823
|
mole-bat |
MO'LE-BAT, n. A fish. |
35824
|
mole-cast |
MO'LE-C`AST, n. A little elevation of earth made by a mole. |
35825
|
mole-catcher |
MO'LE-CATCHER, n. One whose employment is to catch moles. |
35826
|
mole-cricket |
MO'LE-CRICKET, n. An insect of the genus Gryllus. |
35827
|
mole-eyed |
MO'LE-EYED, a. Having very small eyes; blind. |
35828
|
mole-hill |
MO'LE-HILL, n. A little hillock or elevation of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; ... |
35829
|
mole-track |
MO'LE-TRACK, n. The course of a mole under ground. |
35830
|
mole-warp |
MO'LE-WARP, n. A mole. [See Mole and mold-warp.] |
35831
|
molecule |
MO'LECULE, n. A very minute particle of matter. Molecules are elementary, constituent, or ... |
35832
|
molest |
MOLEST', v.t. [L. molestus, troublesome, molo. See Mill.]To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy. ... |
35833
|
molestation |
MOLESTA'TION, n. Disturbance; annoyance; uneasiness given. [It usually expresses less than ... |
35834
|
molested |
MOLEST'ED, pp. Disturbed; troubled; annoyed. |
35835
|
molester |
MOLEST'ER, n. One that disturbs. |
35836
|
molestful |
MOLEST'FUL, a. Troublesome. |
35837
|
molesting |
MOLEST'ING, ppr. Disturbing; troubling. |
35838
|
molien |
MO'LIEN, n. A flowering tree of China. |
35839
|
moliminous |
MOLIM'INOUS, a. [from L. molimen.] Very important. [Not used.] |
35840
|
molinist |
MO'LINIST, n. A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit, in respect to grace; an ... |
35841
|
mollient |
MOL'LIENT, a. [L. molliens, mollio. See Mellow.]Softening; assuaging; lessening. [See Emollient, ... |
35842
|
mollifiable |
MOL'LIFIABLE, a. [from mollify.] That may be softened. |
35843
|
mollification |
MOLLIFICA'TION, n. The act of mollifying or softening.1. Mitigation; an appeasing. |
35844
|
mollified |
MOL'LIFIED, pp. Softened; appeased. |
35845
|
mollifier |
MOL'LIFIER, n. That which softens, appeases or mitigates.1. He that softens, mitigates or ... |
35846
|
mollify |
MOL'LIFY, v.t. [L. mollio.] To soften; to make soft or tender. Is.1.1. To assuage, as pain or ... |
35847
|
mollusca |
MOLLUS'CA, n. [from L. mollis, soft.] In zoology, a division or class of animals whose bodies are ... |
35848
|
molluscan |
MOLLUS'CAN |
35849
|
molluscous |
MOLLUS'COUS, a. Pertaining to the mollusca, or partaking of their properties. [Molluscous is used, ... |
35850
|
molossus |
MOLOS'SUS, n. [Gr.] In Greek and Latin verse, a foot of three long syllables. |
35851
|
molt |
MOLT, v.i. To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, &c.; as an animal. Fowls molt by ... |
35852
|
molten |
MOLTEN, pp. of melt. Melted.1. a. Made of melted metal; as a molten image. |
35853
|
molting |
MOLTING, ppr. Casting or shedding a natural covering, as hair, feathers, skin or horns.MOLTING, n. ... |
35854
|
moly |
MO'LY, n. [L. from Gr.] Wild garlic, a plant having a bulbous root. |
35855
|
molybden |
MOLYB'DEN |
35856
|
molybdena |
MOLYB'DENA, n. [Gr. a mass of lead.] An ore of molybdenum, a scarce mineral of a peculiar form, ... |
35857
|
molybdenous |
MOLYB'DENOUS, a. Pertaining to molybden, or obtained from it. The molybdenous acid is the ... |
35858
|
molybdenum |
MOLYB'DENUM, n. A metal which has not been reduced into masses of any magnitude, but has been ... |
35859
|
mome |
MOME, n. A dull, silent person; a stupid fellow; a stock; a post. |
35860
|
moment |
MO'MENT, n. [L. momentum. This word is contracted from motamentum, or some other word,the radical ... |
35861
|
momental |
MOMENT'AL, a. Important. [Not in use.] |
35862
|
momentally |
MOMENT'ALLY, adv. For a moment. |
35863
|
momentaneous |
MOMENTANEOUS, MOMENTANY, not used. [See Momentary.] |
35864
|
momentany |
MOMENTANEOUS, MOMENTANY, not used. [See Momentary.] |
35865
|
momentarily |
MO'MENTARILY, adv. Every moment. |
35866
|
momentary |
MO'MENTARY, a. Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as a ... |
35867
|
momently |
MO'MENTLY, adv. For a moment.1. In a moment; every moment. We momently expect the arrival of the ... |
35868
|
momentous |
MOMENT'OUS, a. Important; weighty; of consequence. Let no false step be made in the momentous ... |
35869
|
momentum |
MOMENT'UM, n. [L.] In mechanics, impetus; the quantity of motion in a moving body. This is always ... |
35870
|
mommery |
MOM'MERY |
35871
|
momot |
MO'MOT, n. The name of a genus of birds in S. America, whose beak and tongue resemble the ... |
35872
|
monachal |
MON'ACHAL, a. [L. monachus; Gr. a monk.] Pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic. |
35873
|
monachism |
MON'ACHISM, n. The state of monks; a monastic life. |
35874
|
monad |
MON'AD, n. [Gr. unity, from sole.]1. An ultimate atom, or simple unextended point.2. An ... |
35875
|
monadelph |
MON'ADELPH, n. [Gr. sole, and brother.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are united in one body by ... |
35876
|
monadelphian |
MONADELPH'IAN, a. Having the stamens united in one body by the filaments. |
35877
|
monadic |
MONAD'IC |
35878
|
monadical |
MONAD'ICAL, a. Having the nature or character of a monad. |
35879
|
monander |
MONAN'DER, n. [Gr. one, and a male.]In botany, a plant having one stamen only. |
35880
|
monandrian |
MONAN'DRIAN, a. Having one stamen only. |
35881
|
monarch |
MON'ARCH, n. [Gr. sole, and a chief.]1. The prince or ruler of a nation, who exercises all the ... |
35882
|
monarchal |
MONARCH'AL, a. Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial. Satan, whom ... |
35883
|
monarchess |
MON'ARCHESS, n. A female monarch; an empress. |
35884
|
monarchic |
MONARCH'IC |
35885
|
monarchical |
MONARCH'ICAL, a. Vested in a single ruler; as monarchical government or power.1. Pertaining to ... |
35886
|
monarchist |
MON'ARCHIST, n. An advocate of monarchy. |
35887
|
monarchize |
MON'ARCHIZE, v.i. 1. To play the king; to act the monarch.2. To convert to a monarchy.MON'ARCHIZE, ... |
35888
|
monarchy |
MON'ARCHY, n. [Gr. See Monarch.]1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in ... |
35889
|
monastery |
MON'ASTERY,n. [Low L. monasterium; Gr. from sole, separate.]A house of religious retirement, or of ... |
35890
|
monastic |
MONAS'TIC |
35891
|
monastical |
MONAS'TICAL, a. [Low L. monasticus; Gr. sole, separate.]Pertaining to monasteries, monks and nuns; ... |
35892
|
monastically |
MONAS'TICALLY, adv. Reclusely; in a retired manner; in the manner of monks. |
35893
|
monasticism |
MONAS'TICISM, n. Monastic life. |
35894
|
monday |
MONDAY, n. The second day of the week. |
35895
|
monde |
MONDE, n. The world; also, a glove, an ensign of authority. |
35896
|
monecian |
MONE'CIAN, n. [Gr. sole and house.] In botany, one of that class of plants, whose male and female ... |
35897
|
money |
MONEY, n. plu. moneys. 1. Coin; stamped metal; any piece of metal, usually gold, silver or copper, ... |
35898
|
money-bag |
MONEY-BAG, n. A bag or purse for holding money. |
35899
|
money-box |
MONEY-BOX, n. A box or till to hold money. |
35900
|
money-broker |
MONEY-BROKER, n. A broker who deals in money. |
35901
|
money-changer |
MONEY-CHANGER, n. A broker who deals in money or exchanges. |
35902
|
money-lender |
MONEY-LENDER, n. One who lends money. |
35903
|
money-matter |
MONEY-MATTER, n. An account consisting of charges of money; an account between debtor and creditor. |
35904
|
money-scrivener |
MONEY-SCRIVENER, n. A person who raises money for others. |
35905
|
money-spinner |
MONEY-SPINNER, n. A small spider. |
35906
|
money-wort |
MONEY-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Lysimachia. |
35907
|
moneyage |
MONEYAGE, n. Anciently, in England, a general land tax levied by the two first Norman kings, a ... |
35908
|
moneyed |
MONEYED, a. Rich in money; having money; able to command money; used often in opposition to such as ... |
35909
|
moneyer |
MONEYER, n. A banker; one who deals in money.1. A coiner of money. [Little used in either sense.] |
35910
|
moneyless |
MONEYLESS, a. Destitute of money; pennyless. |
35911
|
moneys-worth |
MONEY'S-WORTH, n. Something that will bring money.1. Full value; the worth of a thing in money. |
35912
|
monger |
MONGER, n. A trader; a dealer; now used only or chiefly in composition; as a fish-monger, ... |
35913
|
mongrel |
MONGREL, a. [See Mingle.] Of a mixed breed; of different kinds.MONGREL, n. An animal of a mixed ... |
35914
|
moniliform |
MONIL'IFORM, a. [L. monile, a necklace, and form.]Like a necklace. |
35915
|
moniment |
MON'IMENT, n. [L. monimemtum, from moneo, to admonish.]1. An inscription; something to preserve ... |
35916
|
monish |
MON'ISH, v.t. To admonish; to warn. [Not used.] [See Admonish.] |
35917
|
monisher |
MON'ISHER, n. An admonisher, which see. |
35918
|
monishment |
MON'ISHMENT, n. Admonition. |
35919
|
monition |
MONI'TION, n. [L. monitio.]1. Warning; instruction given by way of caution; as the monitions of a ... |
35920
|
monitive |
MON'ITIVE, a. Admonitory; conveying admonition. |
35921
|
monitor |
MON'ITOR, n. [L.] One who warns of faults or informs of duty; one who gives advice and instruction ... |
35922
|
monitorial |
MONITORIAL, a. 1. Relating to a monitor.2. Performed by monitors or a monitor; as monitorial ... |
35923
|
monitory |
MON'ITORY, a. Giving admonition; warning; instructing by way of caution. Losses, miscarriages and ... |
35924
|
monitress |
MON'ITRESS, n. A female monitor. |
35925
|
monk |
MONK, n. [L. monachus.] A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and ... |
35926
|
monkery |
MONKERY, n. The life of monks; the monastic life. |
35927
|
monkey |
MONKEY, n. The popular name of the ape and baboon. But in zoology, monkey is more properly the ... |
35928
|
monkhood |
MONKHOOD, n. The character of a monk. |
35929
|
monkish |
MONKISH, a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as monkish manners; monkish dress; ... |
35930
|
monoceros |
MONOC'EROS, n. [Gr. sole and horn.] The unicorn. |
35931
|
monochord |
MON'OCHORD, n. [Gr. sole, only, and chord.] A musical instrument of one string. As its name ... |
35932
|
monochromatic |
MONOCHROMAT'IC, a. [Gr. sole, and color.] Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of ... |
35933
|
monocotyle |
MON'OCOTYLE |
35934
|
monocotyledon |
MONOCOTYL'EDON, n. [Gr. sole, and a hollow.] In botany, a plant with only one cotyledon or ... |
35935
|
monocotyledonous |
MONOCOTYLED'ONOUS, a. Having only one seed-lobe or seminal leaf. |
35936
|
monocular |
MONOC'ULAR |
35937
|
monocule |
MON'OCULE, n. [supra.] An insect with one eye. |
35938
|
monoculous |
MONOC'ULOUS, a. [Gr. sole, and L. oculus, eye.]Having one eye only. |
35939
|
monodactylous |
MONODACTYLOUS, a. [Gr.] Having one toe only, as an animal. |
35940
|
monodist |
MONODIST, n. One who writes a monody. |
35941
|
monodon |
MON'ODON, n. [Gr. having one tooth or shoot.] The unicorn fish, or sea-unicorn, which has a ... |
35942
|
monody |
MON'ODY, n. [Gr. sole, and song.] A song or poem sung by one person only. |
35943
|
monogam |
MON'OGAM, n. [Gr. sole, and marriage.] In botany, a plant that has a simple flower, though the ... |
35944
|
monogamian |
MONOGAM'IAN, a. Pertaining to the order of plants that have a simple flower. |
35945
|
monogamist |
MONOG'AMIST, n. [supra.] One who disallows second marriages. |
35946
|
monogamous |
MONOG'AMOUS, a. Having one wife only and not permitted to marry a second. |
35947
|
monogamy |
MONOG'AMY, n. [supra.] The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a ... |
35948
|
monogram |
MON'OGRAM, n. [Gr. sole and letter.] A character or cypher composed of one, two or more letters ... |
35949
|
monogrammal |
MON'OGRAMMAL, a. Sketching in the manner of a monogram. |
35950
|
monograph |
MON'OGRAPH, n. [Gr. sole, and to describe.] An account or description of a single thing or class ... |
35951
|
monographic |
MONOGRAPH'IC |
35952
|
monographical |
MONOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Drawn in lines without colors.1. Pertaining to a monograph. |
35953
|
monography |
MONOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. sole, and to describe.] A description drawn in lines without colors. |
35954
|
monogyn |
MON'OGYN, n. [Gr. sole, and a female.] In botany, a plant having only one style or stigma. |
35955
|
monogynian |
MONOGYN'IAN, a. Pertaining to the order monogynia; having only one style or stigma. |
35956
|
monologue |
MONOLOGUE, n. mon'olog. [Gr. sole, and speech.]1. A soliloquy; a speech uttered by a person ... |
35957
|
monomachy |
MONOM'ACHY, n. [Gr. sole, and combat.] A duel; a single combat. |
35958
|
monome |
MON'OME, n. [Gr. sole, and name.] In algebra, a quantity that has one name only. |
35959
|
monomial |
MONO'MIAL, n. In algebra, a quantity expressed by one name or letter. |
35960
|
monopathy |
MONOP'ATHY, n. [Gr. sole, and suffering.] Solitary suffering or sensibility. |
35961
|
monopetalous |
MONOPET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. only, and flower-leaf.] In botany, having only one petal, or a one-petaled ... |
35962
|
monophthong |
MON'OPHTHONG, n. [Gr. sole, and sound.] A simple vowel-sound. |
35963
|
monophthongal |
MONOPHTHON'GAL, a. Consisting of a simple vowel-sound. |
35964
|
monophyllous |
MONOPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. sole, and leaf.] Having one leaf only. |
35965
|
monophysite |
MONOPH'YSITE, n. [Gr. only, and nature.] One who maintains that Jesus Christ had but one nature, ... |
35966
|
monopolist |
MONOP'OLIST |
35967
|
monopolize |
MONOP'OLIZE, v.t. [Gr. sole, and to sell.]1. To purchase or obtain possession of the whole of any ... |
35968
|
monopolizer |
MONOP'OLIZER, n. One that monopolizes; a person who engrosses a commodity by purchasing the whole ... |
35969
|
monopoly |
MONOP'OLY, n. [L.monopolium.] The sole power of vending any species of goods, obtained either by ... |
35970
|
monoptote |
MONOP'TOTE, n. [Gr. only, and case.] A noun having only one oblique case. |
35971
|
monospermous |
MONOSPERM'OUS, a. [Gr. only, and seed.] Having one seed only. |
35972
|
monostich |
MON'OSTICH, n. [Gr. only, and verse.] A composition consisting of one verse only. |
35973
|
monostrophic |
MONOSTROPH'IC, a. [Gr. having one strophe.] Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; ... |
35974
|
monosyllabic |
MONOSYLLAB'IC, a. [See Monosyllable.]1. Consisting of one syllable; as a monosyllabic word.2. ... |
35975
|
monosyllable |
MONOSYL'LABLE, n. [Gr. only, and a syllable.] A word of one syllable. |
35976
|
monosyllabled |
MONOSYL'LABLED, a. Formed into one syllable. |
35977
|
monotheism |
MON'OTHEISM, n. [Gr. only, and God.] The doctrine or belief of the existence of one God only. |
35978
|
monothelite |
MONOTH'ELITE, n. [Gr. one, and will.] One who holds that Christ had but one will. |
35979
|
monotone |
MON'OTONE, n. [See Monotony.] In rhetoric, a sameness of sound, or the utterance of successive ... |
35980
|
monotonic |
MONOTON'IC, a. Monotonous. [Little used.] |
35981
|
monotonous |
MONOT'ONOUS, a. Continued in the same tone without inflection or cadence; unvaried in tone. |
35982
|
monotonously |
MONOT'ONOUSLY, adv. With one uniform tone; without inflection of voice. |
35983
|
monotony |
MONOT'ONY, n. [Gr. sole, and sound.]1. Uniformity of tone or sound; want of inflections of voice ... |
35984
|
monsieur |
MONSIEUR, n. Sir; Mr. |
35985
|
monsoon |
MONSOON',n. A periodical wind, blowing six months from the same quarter or point of the compass, ... |
35986
|
monster |
MON'STER, n. [L. monstrum, from monstro,to show. So we say in English, a sight. See Muster.]1. ... |
35987
|
monster-taming |
MON'STER-TAMING, a. Taming monsters. |
35988
|
monstrosity |
MONSTROS'ITY, n. The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature. We often read ... |
35989
|
monstrous |
MON'STROUS, a. [L. monstrosus.] Unnatural in form; out of the common course of nature; as a ... |
35990
|
monstrously |
MON'STROUSLY, adv. In a manner out of the common order of nature; hence, shockingly; terribly; ... |
35991
|
monstrousness |
MON'STROUSNESS, n. The state of being monstrous.1. Enormity; irregular nature or behavior. |
35992
|
montanic |
MONTAN'IC, a. [L. montanus, from mons, mountain.] Pertaining to mountains; consisting in ... |
35993
|
montanism |
MON'TANISM, n. The tenets of Montanus. |
35994
|
montanist |
MON'TANIST, n. A follower of the heresiarch Montanus, a Phrygian by birth, who pretended he was ... |
35995
|
montanistic |
MONTANIST'IC, a. Pertaining to the heresy of Montanus. |
35996
|
montanize |
MON'TANIZE, v.i. To follow the opinions of Montanus. |
35997
|
montant |
MONT'ANT, n. A term in fencing. |
35998
|
montero |
MONTE'RO, n. A horseman's cap. |
35999
|
monteth |
MONTETH', n. A vessel in which glasses are washed; so called from the name of the inventor. |
36000
|
month |
MONTH, n. [L. mensis; Gr. a month, from the moon.] A space or period of time constituting a ... |
36001
|
monthly |
MONTHLY, a. Continued a month or performed in a month; as the monthly revolution of the moon.1. ... |
36002
|
months-mind |
MONTH'S-MIND, n. Earnest desire; strong inclination. |
36003
|
montmartrite |
MONTM`ARTRITE, n. A mineral of a yellowish color, occurring massive, and found at Montmartre, near ... |
36004
|
montoir |
MONTOIR, n. In horsemanship, a stone used for aiding to mount a horse. |
36005
|
monument |
MON'UMENT, n. [L. monumentum, from moneo, to admonish or remind.]1. Any thing by which the memory ... |
36006
|
monumental |
MONUMENT'AL, a. Pertaining to a monument; as a monumental inscription.1. Serving as a monument; ... |
36007
|
monumentally |
MONUMENT'ALLY, adv. By way of memorial. |
36008
|
mood |
MOOD, n. [L. modus. See Mode.]1. The form of an argument; the regular determination of ... |
36009
|
moodily |
MOOD'ILY, adv. [from moody.] Sadly. |
36010
|
moodiness |
MOOD'INESS, n. Anger; peevishness. |
36011
|
moody |
MOOD'Y, a. Angry; peevish; fretful; out of humor. Every peevish moody malcontent.1. Mental; ... |
36012
|
moon |
MOON, n. 1. The heavenly orb which revolves round the earth; a secondary planet or satellite of ... |
36013
|
moon-trefoil |
MOON-TRE'FOIL, n. A plant of the genus Medicago. |
36014
|
mooned |
MOON'ED, a. Taken for the moon. |
36015
|
moonet |
MOON'ET, n. A little moon. |
36016
|
moonish |
MOON'ISH, a. Like the moon; variable. |
36017
|
moonless |
MOON'LESS, a. Not favored with moonlight. |
36018
|
moonlight |
MOON'LIGHT, n. The light afforded by the moon.MOON'LIGHT, a. Illuminated by the moon; as ... |
36019
|
moonling |
MOON'LING, n. A simpleton. |
36020
|
moonloved |
MOON'LOVED, a. Loved when the moon shines. |
36021
|
moonshine |
MOON'SHINE, n. The light of the moon.1. In burlesque, a month.A matter of moonshine, a matter of ... |
36022
|
moonshiny |
MOON'SHINY, a. Illuminated by the moon; as a fair moonshine night. I went to see them in a ... |
36023
|
moonstone |
MOON'STONE, n. A variety of adularia, of a white color, or a yellowish or greenish white, somewhat ... |
36024
|
moonstruck |
MOON'STRUCK, a. Affected by the influence of the moon; lunatic; as moonstruck madness. |
36025
|
moony |
MOON'Y, a. Lunated; having a crescent for a standard; in resemblance of the moon; as the moony ... |
36026
|
moor |
MOOR, n.1. A tract of land overrun with heath.2. A marsh; a fen; a tract of wet low ground, or ... |
36027
|
moorcock |
MOOR'COCK |
36028
|
moored |
MOOR'ED, pp. Made fast in a station by cables or chains. |
36029
|
moorfowl |
MOOR'FOWL |
36030
|
moorhen |
MOOR'HEN, n. A fowl of the genus Tetrao, found in moors; red-game; gor-cock. |
36031
|
mooring |
MOOR'ING, ppr. Confining to a station by cables or chains.MOOR'ING, n. In seamen's language, ... |
36032
|
moorish |
MOOR'ISH, a. Marshy; fenny; watery. Along the moorish fens.1. Pertaining to the Moors in Africa. |
36033
|
moorland |
MOOR'LAND, n. A marsh or tract of low water ground.1. Land rising into moderate hills, foul, cold ... |
36034
|
moorstone |
MOOR'STONE, n. A species of granite. |
36035
|
moory |
MOOR'Y, a. Marshy; fenny; boggy; watery. As when thick mists arise from moory vales. |
36036
|
moose |
MOOSE, n. moos. [a native Indian name.]An animal of the genus Cervus, and the largest of the deer ... |
36037
|
moot |
MOOT, v.t. [L. contra.] To debate; to discuss; to argue for and against. The word is applied ... |
36038
|
moot-case |
MOOT'-CASE |
36039
|
moot-hall |
MOOT-HALL |
36040
|
mooted |
MOOT'ED, pp. Debated; disputed; controverted. |
36041
|
mooter |
MOOT'ER, n. A disputer of a mooted case. |
36042
|
mooting |
MOOT'ING, ppr. Disputing; debating for exercise.MOOT'ING, n. The exercise of disputing. |
36043
|
mop |
MOP, n. [L. mappa.] A piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums or coarse yarn fastened to a ... |
36044
|
mope |
MOPE, v.i. [I have not found this word, unless in the D. moppen, to pout.]To be very stupid; to be ... |
36045
|
mope-eyed |
MO'PE-EYED, a. Short-sighted; purblind. |
36046
|
moped |
MO'PED, pp. Made stupid. A young, low spirited, moped creature. |
36047
|
moping |
MO'PING, ppr. Affected with dullness; spiritless; gloomy. |
36048
|
mopish |
MO'PISH, a. Dull; spiritless; stupid; dejected. |
36049
|
mopishness |
MO'PISHNESS, n. Dejection; dullness; stupidity. |
36050
|
moppet |
MOP'PET |
36051
|
mopsey |
MOP'SEY, n. [from mop; L. mappa.] A rag-baby; a puppet made of cloth; a fondling name of a little ... |
36052
|
mopus |
MO'PUS, n. A mope; a drone. |
36053
|
moral |
MOR'AL, a. [L. moralis, from mos, moris, manner.]1. Relating to the practice, manners or conduct ... |
36054
|
moraler |
MOR'ALER, n. A moralizer. [Not in use.] |
36055
|
moralist |
MOR'ALIST, n.1. One who teaches the duties of life, or a writer of essays intended to correct vice ... |
36056
|
morality |
MORAL'ITY, n. The doctrine or system of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social ... |
36057
|
moralization |
MORALIZA'TION, n. Moral reflections, or the act of making moral reflections.1. Explanation in a ... |
36058
|
moralize |
MOR'ALIZE, v.t.1. To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense. This fable is ... |
36059
|
moralized |
MOR'ALIZED, pp. Applied to a moral purpose, or explained in a moral sense.1. Rendered moral or ... |
36060
|
moralizer |
MOR'ALIZER, n. One who moralizes. |
36061
|
moralizing |
MOR'ALIZING, ppr. Applying to a moral purpose, or explaining in a moral sense.1. Making moral ... |
36062
|
morally |
MOR'ALLY, adv. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality. By good, morally ... |
36063
|
morals |
MOR'ALS, n. plu. The practice of the duties of life; as a man of correct morals.1. Conduct; ... |
36064
|
morancy |
COMMORANCE,MORANCY, n. A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; abode; habitation.Commorancy ... |
36065
|
morass |
MORASS', n. A marsh; a fen; a tract of low moist ground. |
36066
|
morassy |
MORASS'Y, a. Marshy; fenny. |
36067
|
moravian |
MORA'VIAN, a. Pertaining to Moravia.MORA'VIAN, n. One of a religious sect, called the United ... |
36068
|
morbid |
MOR'BID, a. [L. morbidus, form morbus, a disease, from the root of morior, to die.] Diseased; ... |
36069
|
morbidness |
MOR'BIDNESS, n. A state of being diseased, sickly or unsound. |
36070
|
morbific |
MORBIF'IC |
36071
|
morbifical |
MORBIF'ICAL, a. [L. morbus, disease, and facio, to make.Causing disease; generating a sickly state; ... |
36072
|
morbillous |
MORBIL'LOUS, a. [L. morbilli, measles, a medical term from morbus.]Pertaining to the measles; ... |
36073
|
morbose |
MORBO'SE, a. [L. morbosus.] Proceeding from disease; unsound; unhealthy; as a morbose tumor or ... |
36074
|
morbosity |
MORBOS'ITY, n. A diseased state. |
36075
|
mordacious |
MORDA'CIOUS, a. [L. mordax, infra.] Biting; given to biting. |
36076
|
mordaciously |
MORDA'CIOUSLY, adv. In a biting manner; sarcastically. |
36077
|
mordacity |
MORDAC'ITY, n. [L. mordacitas, from mordeo, to bite.]The quality of biting. |
36078
|
mordant |
MOR'DANT, n. A substance which has a chimical affinity for coloring matter and serves to fix ... |
36079
|
mordicancy |
MOR'DICANCY, n. A biting quality; corrosiveness. |
36080
|
mordicant |
MOR'DICANT, a. [L. mordeo, to bite.] Biting; acrid; as the mordicant quality of a body. |
36081
|
mordication |
MORDICA'TION, n. [from L. mordeo, to bite.] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. Another ... |
36082
|
more |
MORE, a. [L. magis; mare for mager; but this is conjecture.]1. Greater in quality, degree or ... |
36083
|
moreen |
MOREE'N, n. A stuff used for curtains, &c. |
36084
|
morel |
MOREL', n. Garden nightshade, a plant of the genus Solanum.1. A kind of cherry. |
36085
|
moreland |
MORELAND. [See Moorland.] |
36086
|
moreness |
MO'RENESS, n. Greatness. |
36087
|
moreover |
MOREO'VER, adv. [more and over.] Beyond what has been said; further; besides; also; likewise. ... |
36088
|
moresk |
MORESK' |
36089
|
moresque |
MORESQUE, a. Done after the manner of the Moors. |
36090
|
morglay |
MOR'GLAY, n. [L. mors, death.] A deadly weapon. |
36091
|
morgray |
MOR'GRAY, n. A Mediterranean fish of a pale reddish gray color, spotted with brown and white. It ... |
36092
|
morice |
MORICE. [See Morisco.] |
36093
|
morigeration |
MORIGERA'TION, n. [See Morigerous.] Obsequiousness; obedience. |
36094
|
morigerous |
MORIG'EROUS, a. [L. morigerus; mos, moris,manner, and gero, to carry.] Obedient; obsequious. ... |
36095
|
moril |
MOR'IL, n. A mushroom of the size of a walnut, abounding with little holes. |
36096
|
morilliform |
MORIL'LIFORM, a. Having the form of the moril, a mushroom. |
36097
|
morillon |
MOR'ILLON, n. A fowl of the genus Anas. |
36098
|
morinel |
MOR'INEL, n. A bird, called also dotteril. |
36099
|
moringa |
MORIN'GA, n. A plant. |
36100
|
morion |
MOR'ION, n. Armor for the head; a helmet or casque to defend the head. |
36101
|
morisco |
MORIS'CO |
36102
|
morisk |
MO'RISK, n. [from Moor.] A dance, or a dancer of the morris or moorish dance. [See Morris.] |
36103
|
morkin |
MOR'KIN, n. [L. mortuus, dead, and kin, kind.]Among hunters, a beast that has died by sickness or ... |
36104
|
morland |
MOR'LAND |
36105
|
morling |
MOR'LING |
36106
|
mormo |
MOR'MO,n. A bugbear; false terror. |
36107
|
morn |
MORN, n. The first part of the day; the morning; a word used chiefly in poetry. And blooming peach ... |
36108
|
morning |
MORN'ING, n.1. The first part of the day, beginning at twelve o'clock at night and extending to ... |
36109
|
morning-gown |
MORNING-GOWN, n. A gown worn in the morning before one is formally dressed. |
36110
|
morning-star |
MORNING-STAR, n. The planet Venus, when it precedes the sun in rising, and shines in the morning. |
36111
|
morocco |
MOROC'CO, n. A fine kind of leather; leather dressed in a particular manner; said to be borrowed ... |
36112
|
morose |
MORO'SE, a. [L. morosus. Morose then is from the root of L. moror, to delay, stop, hinder, whence ... |
36113
|
morosely |
MORO'SELY, adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity. |
36114
|
moroseness |
MORO'SENESS, n. Sourness of temper; sullenness. Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or ... |
36115
|
morosity |
MOROS'ITY, n. Moroseness. [Not used.] |
36116
|
moroxylic |
MOROX'YLIC, a. Moroxylic acid is obtained from a saline exsudation from the morrus alba or white ... |
36117
|
morphew |
MOR'PHEW, n. A scurf on the face.MOR'PHEW, v.t. To cover with scurf. |
36118
|
morphia |
MOR'PHIA, n. A vegetable alkali extracted from opium,of which it constitutes the narcotic ... |
36119
|
morrice |
MOR'RICE |
36120
|
morris |
MOR'RIS |
36121
|
morris-dance |
MOR'RIS-DANCE, n. A moorish dance; a dance in imitation of the Moors, as sarabands, chacons, &c. ... |
36122
|
morris-dancer |
MOR'RIS-DANCER, n. One who dances a morris-dance. |
36123
|
morris-pike |
MOR'RIS-PIKE, n. A moorish pike. |
36124
|
morrow |
MOR'ROW, n.1. The day next after the present. Till this stormy night is gone, And th' eternal ... |
36125
|
morse |
MORSE, n. mors. In zoology, the sea-horse, or walrus, an animal of the genus Trichechus, which ... |
36126
|
morsel |
MOR'SEL, n. [from L. morsus, a bite, form mordeo.]1. A bite; a mouthful; a small piece of food. ... |
36127
|
morsure |
MOR'SURE, n. The act of biting. |
36128
|
mort |
MORT, n. A tune sounded at the death of game.1. A salmon in his third year. |
36129
|
mortal |
MOR'TAL, a. [L. mortalis, from mors, death, or morior, to die, that is, to fall.]1. Subject to ... |
36130
|
mortality |
MORTAL'ITY, n. [L. mortalitas.] Subjection to death or the necessity of dying. When I saw her die, ... |
36131
|
mortalize |
MOR'TALIZE, v.t. To make mortal. |
36132
|
mortally |
MOR'TALLY, adv. Irrecoverably; in a manner that must cause death; as mortally wounded.1. ... |
36133
|
mortar |
MOR'TAR, n. [L. mortarium.]1. A vessel of wood or metal in form of an inverted bell, in which ... |
36134
|
morter |
MOR'TER, n. A lamp or light. |
36135
|
mortgage |
MORTGAGE, n. mor'gage.1. Literally, a dead pledge; the grant of an estate in fee as security for ... |
36136
|
mortgaged |
MORTGAGED, pp. mor'gaged. Conveyed in fee as security for the payment of money. |
36137
|
mortgagee |
MORTGAGEE, n. morgagee'. The person to whom an estate is mortgaged. |
36138
|
mortgager |
MORTGAGER, n. mor'gager. [from mortgage. Mortgagor is an orthography that should have no ... |
36139
|
mortiferous |
MORTIF'EROUS, a. [L. mortifer; mors, death, and fero, to bring.]Bringing or producing death; ... |
36140
|
mortification |
MORTIFICA'TION, n. [See Mortify.]1. In medicine and surgery, the death and consequent ... |
36141
|
mortified |
MOR'TIFIED, pp. Affected by sphacelus or gangrene.1. Humbled; subdued; abased. |
36142
|
mortifiedness |
MOR'TIFIEDNESS, n. Humiliation; subjection of the passions. |
36143
|
mortifier |
MOR'TIFIER, n. He or that which mortifies. |
36144
|
mortify |
MOR'TIFY, v.t. [L. mors, death, and facio, to make.]1. To destroy the organic texture and vital ... |
36145
|
mortifying |
MOR'TIFYING, ppr. Changing from soundness to gangrene or sphacelus.1. Subduing; humbling; ... |
36146
|
mortise |
MORTISE, n. mor'tis. A cut or hollow place made in timber by the augur and chisel, to receive the ... |
36147
|
mortised |
MOR'TISED, pp. Having a mortise; joined by a mortise and tenon. |
36148
|
mortising |
MOR'TISING, ppr. Making a mortise; uniting by a mortise and tenon. |
36149
|
mortling |
MORT'LING, n. Wool plucked from a dead sheep. |
36150
|
mortmain |
MORT'MAIN, n. In law, possession of lands or tenements in dead hands, or hands that cannot ... |
36151
|
mortpay |
MORT'PAY, n. Dead pay; payment not made. [Not used.] |
36152
|
mortress |
MOR'TRESS, n. [from mortar.] A dish of meat of various kinds beaten together. [Not used.] |
36153
|
mortuary |
MOR'TUARY, n.1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by and due to the ... |
36154
|
mosaic |
MOSA'IC, a. s as z. [L. musivum.]1. Mosaic work is an assemblage of little pieces of glass, ... |
36155
|
moschatel |
MOS'CHATEL, n. [L. muscus, musk.] A plant of the genus Adoxa, hollow root or inglorious. There is ... |
36156
|
mosk |
MOSK, n. A Mohammedan temple or place of religious worship. Mosks are square building, generally ... |
36157
|
moss |
MOSS, n. [L. muscus.] The mosses are one of the seven families or classes into which all ... |
36158
|
moss-grown |
MOSS-GROWN, a. Overgrown with moss; as moss-grown towers. |
36159
|
mossed |
MOSS'ED, pp. Overgrown with moss. |
36160
|
mossiness |
MOSS'INESS, n. [from mossy.] The state of being overgrown with moss. |
36161
|
mossy |
MOSS'Y, a. Overgrown with moss; abounding with moss. Old trees are more mossy than young.1. Shaded ... |
36162
|
most |
MOST, a. superl. of more.1. Consisting of the greatest number. That scheme of life is to be ... |
36163
|
mosthwat |
MOSTHWAT, adv. For the most part. |
36164
|
mostic |
MOS'TIC, n. A painter's staff or stick on which he rests his hand in painting. |
36165
|
mostly |
MOSTLY, adv. For the greatest part. The exports of the U. States consist mostly of cotton, rice, ... |
36166
|
mot |
MOT. [See Motto.] |
36167
|
motacil |
MO'TACIL, n. [L. motacilla.] A bird of the genus Motacilla or wagtail. |
36168
|
mote |
MOTE, in folkmote, &c. signifies a meeting.MOTE, n. A small particle; any thing proverbially ... |
36169
|
motet |
MO'TET, n. A musical composition; an air or hymn. |
36170
|
moth |
MOTH, n.1. An animal of the genus Phalaena, which breeds in yard and garments, and often does ... |
36171
|
motheat |
MOTH'EAT, v.t. [moth and eat.] To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. |
36172
|
motheaten |
MOTH'EATEN, a. Eaten by moths. Job.13. |
36173
|
mothen |
MOTH'EN, a. Full of moths. [Not in use.] |
36174
|
mother |
MOTHER, n. [L. mater, mother; matrix, the womb; materia, matter, stuff, materials of which any ... |
36175
|
mother-in-law |
MOTHER-IN-LAW, n. The mother of a husband or wife. |
36176
|
mother-water |
MOTHER-WATER, n. A fluid remaining after the evaporation of salt water, and containing ... |
36177
|
mother-wit |
MOTHER-WIT, n. Native wit; common sense. |
36178
|
mother-wort |
MOTHER-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Leonurus. |
36179
|
motherhood |
MOTHERHOOD, n. The state of being a mother. |
36180
|
motherless |
MOTHERLESS, a. Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as motherless children. |
36181
|
motherly |
MOTHERLY, a. Pertaining to a mother; as motherly power or authority.1. Becoming a mother; tender; ... |
36182
|
mothery |
MOTHERY, a. Concreted; resembling or partaking of the nature of mother; as the mothery substance ... |
36183
|
mothmullen |
MOTH'MULLEN, n. A plant. |
36184
|
mothwort |
MOTH'WORT, n. A plant. |
36185
|
mothy |
MOTH'Y, a. [from moth.] Full of moths; as an old mothy saddle. |
36186
|
motion |
MO'TION, n. [L. motio. See Move.] The act or process of changing place; change of local position; ... |
36187
|
motioner |
MO'TIONER, n. A mover. [Not used.] |
36188
|
motionless |
MO'TIONLESS, a. Wanting motion; being at rest. I grow a statue, fixed and motionless. |
36189
|
motive |
MO'TIVE, a. [See the Noun.] Causing motion; having power to move or tending to move; as a motive ... |
36190
|
motivity |
MOTIV'ITY, n. The power of producing motion. |
36191
|
motley |
MOT'LEY, a. [Eng.mote.]1. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; as a ... |
36192
|
motor |
MO'TOR, n. [L. from moveo, to move.] A mover. The metals are called motors of electricity. |
36193
|
motory |
MO'TORY, a. Giving motion; as motory muscles. |
36194
|
motto |
MOT'TO, n. Primarily, a word; but more commonly, a sentence or phrase prefixed to an essay or ... |
36195
|
mould |
MOULD, an incorrect orthography. [See Mold, and its derivatives.] |
36196
|
moult |
MOULT. [See Molt.] |
36197
|
mounch |
MOUNCH |
36198
|
mound |
MOUND, n. [L. mons. See Mount.] Something raised as a defense or fortification,usually a bank of ... |
36199
|
mounded |
MOUND'ED, pp. Surrounded or defended by mounds. The lakes high mounded. |
36200
|
mounding |
MOUND'ING, ppr. Defending by a mound. |
36201
|
mount |
MOUNT, n. [L. mons, literally a heap or an elevation.]1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, ... |
36202
|
mountain |
MOUNT'AIN, n. [L. adjective, montanus.] A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common ... |
36203
|
mountain-blue |
MOUNT'AIN-BLUE, n. Malachite; carbonate of copper. |
36204
|
mountain-green |
MOUNT'AIN-GREEN, n. A carbonate of copper. |
36205
|
mountain-parsley |
MOUNT'AIN-PARSLEY, n. A plant of the genus Athamanta. |
36206
|
mountain-rose |
MOUNT'AIN-ROSE, n. A plant. |
36207
|
mountain-soap |
MOUNT'AIN-SOAP, n. A mineral of a pale brownish black color. |
36208
|
mountaineer |
MOUNTAINE'ER |
36209
|
mountainer |
MOUNT'AINER, a. An inhabitant of a mountain.1. A rustic; a freebooter; a savage. |
36210
|
mountainet |
MOUNT'AINET, n. A small mountain; a hillock. [Not used.] |
36211
|
mountainous |
MOUNT'AINOUS, a. Full of mountains; as the mountainous country of the Swiss.1. Large as a ... |
36212
|
mountainousness |
MOUNT'AINOUSNESS, n. The state of being full of mountains. |
36213
|
mountant |
MOUNT'ANT, a. Rising on high. |
36214
|
mountebank |
MOUNT'EBANK, n.1. One who mounts a bench or state in the market or other public place, boasts of ... |
36215
|
mountebankery |
MOUNT'EBANKERY, n. Quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. |
36216
|
mounted |
MOUNT'ED, pp. Raised; seated on horseback; placed on a carriage; covered or embellished; furnished ... |
36217
|
mountenaunce |
MOUNT'ENAUNCE, n. Amount in space. [Not used.] |
36218
|
mounter |
MOUNT'ER, n. One that mounts or ascends. |
36219
|
mounting |
MOUNT'ING, ppr. Rising; soaring; placing on horseback; ascending an eminence; embellishing. |
36220
|
mountingly |
MOUNT'INGLY, adv. By rising or ascending. |
36221
|
mounty |
MOUNT'Y, n. The rise of a hawk. |
36222
|
mourn |
MOURN, v.i. [L. maereo.]1. To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful. Mourning may ... |
36223
|
mourne |
MOURNE, n. morn. The round end of a staff; the part of a lance to which the steel is fixed, or the ... |
36224
|
mourner |
MOURNER,n. One that mourns or is grieved at any loss or misfortune.1. One that follows a funeral ... |
36225
|
mournful |
MOURNFUL, a. Intended to express sorrow, or exhibiting the appearance of grief, as a mournful ... |
36226
|
mournfully |
MOURNFULLY, adv. In a manner expressive of sorrow; with sorrow. Mal.3. |
36227
|
mournfulness |
MOURNFULNESS, n. Sorrow; grief; state of mourning.1. Appearance or expression of grief. |
36228
|
mourning |
MOURNING, ppr. Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.MOURNING, n. The ... |
36229
|
mourning-dove |
MOURNING-DOVE, n. A species of dove found in the U. States, the Columba Caroliniensis. |
36230
|
mourningly |
MOURNINGLY, adv. With the appearance of sorrow. |
36231
|
mouse |
MOUSE, n. plu.mice. [L. mus; The L. mus forms muris in the genitive, and the root is not ... |
36232
|
mouse-ear |
MOUSE-EAR, n. mouse'-ear. A plant of the genus Hieracium; also, a plant of the genus Myosotis, ... |
36233
|
mouse-hole |
MOUSE-HOLE, n. mous'hole. A hole where mice enter or pass; a very small hole or entrance. He can ... |
36234
|
mouse-hunt |
MOUSE-HUNT, n. mous'hunt. A hunting for mice.1. A mouser; one that hunts mice. |
36235
|
mouse-tail |
MOUSE-TAIL, n. mous'-tail. A plant of the genus Myosurus. |
36236
|
mouse-trap |
MOUSE-TRAP, n. mous'trap. A trap for catching mice. |
36237
|
mouser |
MOUSER, n. mouz'er. One that catches mice. The cat is a good mouser. |
36238
|
mouth |
MOUTH, n. 1. The aperture in the head of an animal, between the lips, by which he utters his ... |
36239
|
mouthed |
MOUTH'ED,pp. Uttered with a full, swelling, affected voice.1. Taken into the mouth; chewed.2. a. ... |
36240
|
mouthfriend |
MOUTH'FRIEND, n. One who professes friendship without entertaining it; a pretended friend. |
36241
|
mouthful |
MOUTH'FUL, n. As much as the mouth contains at once.1. A quantity proverbially small; a small ... |
36242
|
mouthhonor |
MOUTH'HONOR, n. Civility expressed without sincerity. |
36243
|
mouthing |
MOUTH'ING, ppr. Uttering with an affected swelling voice. |
36244
|
mouthless |
MOUTH'LESS, a. Destitute of a mouth. |
36245
|
mouthmade |
MOUTH'MADE, a. Expressed without sincerity; hypocritical. |
36246
|
mouthpiece |
MOUTH'PIECE, n. The piece of a musical wind instrument to which the mouth is applied. |
36247
|
movable |
MOVABLE, a. [from move.] That may be moved; that can or may be lifted, carried, drawn, turned or ... |
36248
|
movableness |
MOVABLENESS, n. The state or quality of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion. |
36249
|
movables |
MOVABLES, plu. Goods, wares, commodities,furniture; any species of property not fixed, and thus ... |
36250
|
movably |
MOVABLY, adv. So that it may be moved. |
36251
|
move |
MOVE, v.t. moov. [L. moveo.]1. To impel; to carry, convey or draw from one place to another; to ... |
36252
|
moved |
MOVED, pp. Stirred; excited. |
36253
|
moveless |
MOVELESS, a. That cannot be moved; fixed. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. |
36254
|
movement |
MOVEMENT, n. Motion; a passing, progression, shaking, turning or flowing; any change of position ... |
36255
|
movent |
MO'VENT, a. [L. movens.] Moving; not quiescent. [Little used.]MO'VENT, n. That which moves any ... |
36256
|
mover |
MOVER, n. The person or thing that gives motion or impels to action.1. He or that which moves.2. ... |
36257
|
moving |
MOVING, ppr. Causing to move or act; impelling; instigating; persuading; influencing.1. a. ... |
36258
|
movingly |
MOVINGLY, adv. In a manner to excite the passions or affect sensibility; pathetically. His air, ... |
36259
|
movingness |
MOVINGNESS, n. The power of affecting, as the passions. |
36260
|
mow |
MOW, n. A heap, mass or pile of hay deposited in a barn.[We never give this name to hay piled in ... |
36261
|
mowburn |
MOW'BURN, v.i. To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green. |
36262
|
mowe |
MOWE, v.i. To be able; must; may. |
36263
|
mowed |
MOWED |
36264
|
mower |
MOWER, n. One who mows; a man dexterous in the use of the scythe. |
36265
|
mowing |
MOW'ING, ppr. Putting into a mow. |
36266
|
mown |
MOWN, pp. Cut with a scythe.1. Cleared of grass with a scythe, as land. |
36267
|
moxa |
MOX'A, n. The down of the mugwort of China; a soft lanuginous substance prepared in Japan from the ... |
36268
|
moyle |
MOYLE, n. A mule. [See Mule.] |
36269
|
much |
MUCH, a.1. Great in quantity or amount. Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and gather but ... |
36270
|
muchwhat |
MUCHWHAT, adv. Nearly; almost. [Not elegant.] |
36271
|
mucic |
MU'CIC, a. [from mucus.] The mucic acid is the same as the saccholactic. It is obtained from ... |
36272
|
mucid |
MU'CID, a. [L. mucidus, from muceo.] Musty; moldy; slimy. |
36273
|
mucidness |
MU'CIDNESS, n. Mustiness; sliminess. |
36274
|
mucilage |
MU'CILAGE, n. [L. mucus, the slimy discharges from the nose; Heb. to dissolve, to putrefy.]1. In ... |
36275
|
mucilaginous |
MUCILAG'INOUS, a. Pertaining to or secreting mucilage; as the mucilaginous glands.1. Slimy; ropy; ... |
36276
|
mucilaginousness |
MUCILAG'INOUSNESS, n. Sliminess; the state of being mucilaginous. |
36277
|
mucite |
MU'CITE, n. A combination of a substance with mucous acid. |
36278
|
muck |
MUCK, n. [L. mucus.]1. Dung in a moist state, or a mass of dung and putrefied vegetable matter. ... |
36279
|
muckender |
MUCK'ENDER, n. A pocket handkerchief. [Not used.] |
36280
|
mucker |
MUCK'ER, v.t. [from muck.] To scrape together money by mean labor or shifts. [Not used in ... |
36281
|
muckerer |
MUCK'ERER, n. A miser; a niggard. [Not used.] |
36282
|
muckheap |
MUCK'HEAP |
36283
|
muckhill |
MUCK'HILL, n. A dunghill. |
36284
|
muckiness |
MUCK'INESS, n. Filthiness; nastiness. |
36285
|
muckle |
MUCK'LE, a. Much. |
36286
|
mucksweat |
MUCK'SWEAT, n. Profuse sweat. |
36287
|
muckworm |
MUCK'WORM, n. A worm that lives in muck.1. A miser; one who scrapes together money by mean labor ... |
36288
|
mucky |
MUCK'Y, a. Filthy; nasty. |
36289
|
mucoso-saccharine |
MUCOSO-SAC'CHARINE, a. Partaking of the qualities of mucilage and sugar. |
36290
|
mucous |
MU'COUS, a. [See Mucus.] Pertaining to mucus or resembling it; slimy, ropy and lubricous; as a ... |
36291
|
mucousness |
MU'COUSNESS, n. The state of being mucous; sliminess. |
36292
|
mucronate |
MU'CRONATE |
36293
|
mucronated |
MU'CRONATED, a. [L. mucronatus, from mucro, a point.]Narrowed to a point; terminating in a point. |
36294
|
muculent |
MU'CULENT, a. [L. muculentus.] Slimy; moist and moderately viscous. |
36295
|
mucus |
MU'CUS, n. [L. See Mucilage and Muck.]1. A viscid fluid secreted by the mucous membrane, which it ... |
36296
|
mud |
MUD, n. [L. madeo.] Moist and soft earth of any kind, such as is found in marshes and swamps, at ... |
36297
|
muddily |
MUD'DILY, adv. [from muddyl] Turbidly; with foul mixture. Lucilius--writ loosely and muddily. |
36298
|
muddiness |
MUD'DINESS, n. Turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt or sediment; as the muddiness of a stream. |
36299
|
muddle |
MUD'DLE, v.t. [from mud.] To make foul, turbid or muddy, as water. He did ill to muddle the ... |
36300
|
muddled |
MUD'DLED, pp. Made turbid; half drunk; stupefied. |
36301
|
muddling |
MUD'DLING, ppr. Making foul with dirt or dregs; making half drunk; stupefying. |
36302
|
muddy |
MUD'DY, a. [from mud.] Foul with dirt or fine earthy particles; turbid, as water or other fluids; ... |
36303
|
muddy-headed |
MUDDY-HEADED, a. Having a dull understanding. |
36304
|
mudwort |
MUD'WORT, n. A species of Limosella, the least water plaintain. |
36305
|
mue |
MUE. [See Mew.] |
36306
|
muff |
MUFF, n. A warm cover for the hands, usually made of fur or dressed skins. |
36307
|
muffin |
MUF'FIN, n. A delicate or light cake. |
36308
|
muffle |
MUF'FLE, v.t.1. To cover from the weather by cloth, fur or any garment; to cover close, ... |
36309
|
muffled |
MUF'FLED, pp. Covered closely, especially about the face; involved; blindfolded. |
36310
|
muffler |
MUF'FLER, n. A cover for the face; a part of female dress. |
36311
|
muffling |
MUF'FLING, ppr. Covering closely, especially about the face; wrapping close; involving; ... |
36312
|
mufflon |
MUF'FLON, n. The wild sheep or musmon. |
36313
|
mufti |
MUF'TI, n. The high priest or chief of the ecclesiastical order among the Mohammedans. |
36314
|
mug |
MUG, n. [I know not whence derived.] A kind of cup from which liquors are drank. In American, the ... |
36315
|
muggard |
MUG'GARD, a. [See Muggy.] Sullen;; displeased. [Not in use.] |
36316
|
muggish |
MUG'GISH |
36317
|
muggnet |
MUG'GNET, n. A species of wild fresh water duck. |
36318
|
muggy |
MUG'GY, a.1. Moist; damp;; moldy; as muggy straw.2. Moist; damp; close; warm and unelastic; as ... |
36319
|
mughouse |
MUG'HOUSE, n. [form mug.] An alehouse. |
36320
|
mugient |
MU'GIENT, a. [L. mugio, to bellow.] Lowing; bellowing. [Not used.] |
36321
|
mugil |
MU'GIL, n. [L.] The mullet, a genus of fishes of the order of abdominals. |
36322
|
mugweed |
MUG'WEED, n. A plant of the genus Valantia. |
36323
|
mugwort |
MUG'WORT, n. A plant of the genus Artemisia. |
36324
|
mulatto |
MULAT'TO, n. [L. mulus, a mule.] A person that is the offspring of a negress by a white man, or of ... |
36325
|
mulberry |
MUL'BERRY, n. The berry or fruit of a true of the genus Morus. |
36326
|
mulberry-tree |
MUL'BERRY-TREE, n. The tree which produces the mulberry. |
36327
|
mulch |
MULCH, n. [Heb. to dissolve.] Half rotten straw. |
36328
|
mulct |
MULCT, n. [L. mulcta or multa.] A fine imposed on a person guilty of some offense or misdemeanor, ... |
36329
|
mulctuary |
MULCT'UARY, a. Imposing a pecuniary penalty. |
36330
|
mule |
MULE, n. [L. mulus.]1. A quadruped of a mongrel breed,usually generated between an ass and a mare, ... |
36331
|
mule-wort |
MU'LE-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Hemionitis. |
36332
|
muleteer |
MULETEE'R, n. A mule-driver. |
36333
|
muliebrity |
MULIEB'RITY, n. [from L. muliebris, from mulier, a woman.]Womanhood; the state of being a woman; a ... |
36334
|
mulier |
MU'LIER, n. [L.] In law, lawful issue born in wedlock though begotten before. |
36335
|
mulish |
MU'LISH, a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. |
36336
|
mull |
MULL, v.t. [L. mollio, to soften.]1. To soften; or to heat, sweeten and enrich with spices; as, to ... |
36337
|
mullen |
MUL'LEN, n. [L. mollis, soft.] A plant of the genus Verbascum. |
36338
|
muller |
MUL'LER, n. [L. molaris, from mola, a mill-stone.]1. A stone held in the hand with which colors ... |
36339
|
mullet |
MUL'LET, n. [L. mullus.] A fish of the genus Mugil. The lips are membranaceous; the inferior one ... |
36340
|
mulligrubs |
MUL'LIGRUBS, n. A twisting of the intestines; sullenness. [A low word.] |
36341
|
mullion |
MUL'LION,n. A division in a window frame; a bar.MUL'LION, v.t. To shape into divisions. |
36342
|
mullock |
MUL'LOCK, n. Rubbish. |
36343
|
mulse |
MULSE, n. [L. mulsus.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey. |
36344
|
multangular |
MULTAN'GULAR, a. [L. multus, many, and angulus, angle; Basque, mola, a multitude; multsa, ... |
36345
|
multangularly |
MULTAN'GULARLY, adv. With many angles or corners. |
36346
|
multicapsuler |
MULTICAP'SULER, a. [L. multus, many, and capsula, a chest.]In botany, having many capsules. |
36347
|
multicavous |
MULTICA'VOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and cavus, hollow.]Having many holes or cavities. |
36348
|
multifarious |
MULTIFA'RIOUS, a. [L. multifarius.] Having great multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; ... |
36349
|
multifariously |
MULTIFA'RIOUSLY, adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with great variety of modes and ... |
36350
|
multifariousness |
MULTIFA'RIOUSNESS, n. Multiplied diversity. |
36351
|
multifid |
MUL'TIFID, a. [L. multifidus, multus, many, and findo, to divide.] Having many divisions; ... |
36352
|
multiflorous |
MULTIF'LOROUS, a. [L. multus, many, and flos,flower.]Many-flowered; having many flowers. |
36353
|
multiform |
MUL'TIFORM, a. [L. multiformis; multus, many, and forma, form.]Having many forms, shapes or ... |
36354
|
multiformity |
MULTIFORM'ITY, n. Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing. |
36355
|
multigenerous |
MULTIGEN'EROUS, a. [L. multigenus; multus, many, and genus, kind.]Having many kinds. |
36356
|
multijugous |
MULTIJU'GOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and jugum, a yoke, a pair.]Consisting of many pairs. |
36357
|
multilateral |
MULTILAT'ERAL, a. [L. multus, many, and latus, side.]many sides. A multilateral figure must also ... |
36358
|
multilineal |
MULTILIN'EAL, a. Having many lines. |
36359
|
multilocular |
MULTILOC'ULAR, a. [L. multus, many, and loculus, a cell.]Having many cells; as a multilocular ... |
36360
|
multiloquous |
MULTIL'OQUOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and loquor, to speak.]Speaking much; very talkative; ... |
36361
|
multinomial |
MULTINO'MIAL |
36362
|
multinominal |
MULTINOM'INAL, a. [L. multus, many, and nomen, name.]Having many names or terms. |
36363
|
multiparous |
MULTIP'AROUS, a. [L. multus,many, and pario, to bear.]Producing many at a birth. A serpent is a ... |
36364
|
multipartite |
MULTIP'ARTITE, a. [L. multus, many, and partitus, divided.]Divided into many parts; having several ... |
36365
|
multiped |
MUL'TIPED, n. [L. multus,many, and pes, foot.]An insect that has many feet.MUL'TIPED, a. Having ... |
36366
|
multiple |
MUL'TIPLE, a. [L. multiplex; multus, many, and plico, to fold.]Containing many times.MUL'TIPLE, n. ... |
36367
|
multiplex |
MUL'TIPLEX, a. [L.] Many-fold; having petals lying over each other in folds. |
36368
|
multipliable |
MUL'TIPLIABLE, a. That may be multiplied. |
36369
|
multipliableness |
MUL'TIPLIABLENESS, n. Capacity of being multiplied. |
36370
|
multiplicable |
MUL'TIPLICABLE, a. That may be multiplied. |
36371
|
multiplicand |
MULTIPLICAND', n. [L. multiplicandus. See Multiply.]In arithmetic, the number to be multiplied by ... |
36372
|
multiplicate |
MUL'TIPLICATE, a. [L. multiplicatus.]1. Consisting of many, or more than one.2. A multiplicate ... |
36373
|
multiplication |
MULTIPLICA'TION, n. [L. multiplicatio.]1. The act of multiplying or of increasing number; as the ... |
36374
|
multiplicative |
MUL'TIPLICATIVE, a. Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply or increase numbers. |
36375
|
multiplicator |
MULTIPLICA'TOR, n. The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier. |
36376
|
multiplicity |
MULTIPLIC'ITY, n. [L. multiplex.]1. A state of being many; as a multiplicity of thoughts or ... |
36377
|
multiplied |
MUL'TIPLIED, pp. Increased in numbers.1. Numerous; often repeated; as multiplied aggressions. |
36378
|
multiplier |
MUL'TIPLIER, n. One who multiplies, or increases number.1. The number in arithmetic by which ... |
36379
|
multiply |
MUL'TIPLY, v.t. [L. multiplico; multus, many, and plico, to fold or double.]1. To increase in ... |
36380
|
multiplying |
MUL'TIPLYING, ppr. Increasing in number.1. Growing or becoming numerous. |
36381
|
multipotent |
MULTIP'OTENT, a. [L. multipotens; multus, many, much, and potens, powerful.] Having manifold ... |
36382
|
multipresence |
MULTIPRES'ENCE, n. [L. multus, many, and proesentia, presence.]The power or act of being present in ... |
36383
|
multisiliquous |
MULTISIL'IQUOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and siliqua, a pod.]Having many pods or seed-vessels. |
36384
|
multisonous |
MULTIS'ONOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and sonus, sound.]Having many sounds, or sounding much. |
36385
|
multisyllable |
MULTISYL'LABLE, n. A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [The latter is mostly used.] |
36386
|
multitude |
MUL'TITUDE, n. [L. multitudo, form multus, many.]1. The state of being many; a great number.2. A ... |
36387
|
multitudinous |
MULTITU'DINOUS, a. Consisting of a multitude or great number.1. Having the appearance of a ... |
36388
|
multivagant |
MULTIV'AGANT |
36389
|
multivagous |
MULTIV'AGOUS, a. [L. multivagus.] Wandering much. [Not used.] |
36390
|
multivalve |
MUL'TIVALVE, n. [L. multus,many, and valvoe, valves, folding doors.] An animal which has a shell ... |
36391
|
multivalvular |
MULTIVALV'ULAR, a. Having many valves. |
36392
|
multiversant |
MULTIV'ERSANT, a. [L. multus, many, and verto, to form.]Protean; turning into many shapes; assuming ... |
36393
|
multivious |
MULTIV'IOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and via, way.]Having many ways or roads. [Little used.] |
36394
|
multocular |
MULTOC'ULAR, a. [L. multus,many, and oculus, eye.]Having many eyes, or more eyes than two. |
36395
|
multure |
MUL'TURE, n. [L. molitura, a grinding. See Mill.]1. In Scots law, the toll or emolument given to ... |
36396
|
mum |
MUM, a. [See Mumble, Mumm, and Mummery.]1. Silent; not speaking. The citizens are mum; say not a ... |
36397
|
mumble |
MUM'BLE, v.i.1. To mutter; to speak with the lips or other organs partly closed, so as to render ... |
36398
|
mumbled |
MUM'BLED, pp. Uttered with a low inarticulate voice; chewed softly or with a low muttering sound. |
36399
|
mumbler |
MUM'BLER, n. One that speaks with a low inarticulate voice. |
36400
|
mumbling |
MUM'BLING, ppr. Uttering with a low inarticulate voice; chewing softly or with a grumbling sound. |
36401
|
mumblingly |
MUM'BLINGLY, adv. With a low inarticulate utterance. [Mumble and mutter are not always synonymous; ... |
36402
|
mumm |
MUMM, v.t. [Gr. Momus, the deity of sport and ridicule, a buffoon.]To mask; to sport or make ... |
36403
|
mummer |
MUM'MER, n. One who masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; originally, one who made sport ... |
36404
|
mummery |
MUM'MERY, n. An entertainment or frolick in masks; a farcical entertainment in which masked ... |
36405
|
mummify |
MUM'MIFY, v.t. [infra.] To make into a mummy. |
36406
|
mummy |
MUM'MY, n.1. A dead human body embalmed and dried after the Egyptian manner; a name perhaps given ... |
36407
|
mummy-chog |
MUM'MY-CHOG, n. A small fish of the carp kind. |
36408
|
mump |
MUMP, v.t.1. To nibble; to bite quick; to chew with continued motion; as a mumping squirrel.2. To ... |
36409
|
mumper |
MUMP'ER, n. A beggar. |
36410
|
mumping |
MUMP'ING, n. Begging tricks; foolish tricks; mockery. |
36411
|
mumpish |
MUMP'ISH, a. Dull; heavy; sullen; sour. |
36412
|
mumps |
MUMPS, n. [See Mum, Mumble, Mumm.]1. Sullenness; silent displeasure. [Little used.]2. A ... |
36413
|
munch |
MUNCH, v.t.chew by great mouthfuls. [Vulgar.]MUNCH, v.i. To chew eagerly by great mouthfuls. ... |
36414
|
muncher |
MUNCH'ER, n. One that munches. |
36415
|
mund |
MUND, Sax. mund, protection, patronage, peace, is found in old laws; as mundbrece, that is, a ... |
36416
|
mundane |
MUN'DANE, a. [L.mundanus, from mundus, the world.]Belonging to the world; as mundane sphere; ... |
36417
|
mundantiy |
MUNDAN'TIY, n. Worldliness. [Not used.] |
36418
|
mundation |
MUNDA'TION, n. [L. mundus,clean.]The act of cleansing. [Not used.] |
36419
|
mundatory |
MUN'DATORY, a. [L. mundo, to cleanse.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Little used.] |
36420
|
mundic |
MUN'DIC, n. A kind of marcasite; a mineral substance, so called from its shining appearance. |
36421
|
mundification |
MUNDIFICA'TION, n. [L. mundus,clean, and facio, to make.]The act or operation of cleansing any body ... |
36422
|
mundificative |
MUNDIF'ICATIVE, a. Cleansing; having the power to cleanse.MUNDIF'ICATIVE, n. A medicine that has ... |
36423
|
mundify |
MUN'DIFY, v.t. [L. mundus,clean, and facio, to make.]To cleanse. [Little used.] |
36424
|
munerary |
MU'NERARY, a. [L. munus, a gift.] Having the nature of a gift. [Little used.] |
36425
|
munerate |
MUNERATE, MUNERATION. [Not used. See Remunerate.] |
36426
|
muneration |
MUNERATE, MUNERATION. [Not used. See Remunerate.] |
36427
|
mungrel |
MUN'GREL, n. [See Mongrel.] An animal generated between different kinds, as a dog.MUN'GREL, a. ... |
36428
|
municipal |
MUNIC'IPAL, a. [L.municipalis, from municeps, a person who enjoys the rights of a free citizen; ... |
36429
|
municipality |
MUNICIPAL'ITY, n. In France, a certain district or division of the country; also, its inhabitants. |
36430
|
munificence |
MUNIF'ICENCE, n. [L. munificentia; munus, a gift or favor, and facio, to make.]1. A giving or ... |
36431
|
munificent |
MUNIF'ICENT, a. Liberal in giving or bestowing; generous; as a munificent benefactor or patron. |
36432
|
munificently |
MUNIF'ICENTLY, adv. Liberally; generously. |
36433
|
muniment |
MU'NIMENT, n. [L. munimentum, from munio, to fortify.]1. A fortification of any kind; a strong ... |
36434
|
munite |
MU'NITE,v.t. To fortify. [Not in use.] |
36435
|
munition |
MUNI'TION, n. [L. munitio, from munio, to fortify.]1. Fortification.2. Ammunition; whatever ... |
36436
|
munity |
MU'NITY, n. Freedom; security. [Not used.] [See Immunity.] |
36437
|
munnion |
MUNNION, n. mun'yon. [See Munition.] An upright piece of timber which separates the several ... |
36438
|
muns |
MUNS, n. The mouth. [Vulgar.] |
36439
|
murage |
MU'RAGE, n. [L. murus, a wall.] Money paid for keeping walls in repair. Termes de la ley. |
36440
|
mural |
MU'RAL, a. [L. muralis, from murus, a wall.]1. Pertaining to a wall. --Soon repaired her mural ... |
36441
|
murder |
MUR'DER, n. [L. mors.]1. The act of unlawfully killing a human being with premeditated malice, by ... |
36442
|
murdered |
MUR'DERED, pp. Slain with malice prepense. |
36443
|
murderer |
MUR'DERER, n. A person who in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with ... |
36444
|
murderess |
MUR'DERESS, n. A female who commits murder. |
36445
|
murdering |
MUR'DERING, ppr. Killing a human being with malice premeditated. |
36446
|
murderous |
MUR'DEROUS, a. Guilty of murder; as the murderous king.1. Consisting in murder; done with murder; ... |
36447
|
murderously |
MUR'DEROUSLY, adv. In a murderous or cruel manner. |
36448
|
mure |
MURE, n. [L. murus.] A wall. [Not used.]MURE, v.t. To inclose in walls; to wall.[But immure is ... |
36449
|
muriacite |
MU'RIACITE, n. [See Muriate.] A stone composed of salt,sand and gypsum. |
36450
|
muriate |
MU'RIATE, n. [L. muria, muries, salt water, brine; amarus, bitter; Heb. to be bitter.] A salt ... |
36451
|
muriated |
MU'RIATED, a. Combined with muriatic acid.1. Put in brine. |
36452
|
muriatic |
MURIAT'IC, a. Having the nature of brine or salt water; pertaining to sea salt. The muriatic acid ... |
36453
|
muriatiferous |
MURIATIF'EROUS, a. Producing muriatic substances or salt. |
36454
|
muricalcite |
MURICAL'CITE, n. Rhomb-spar. |
36455
|
muricated |
MU'RICATED, a. [L. muricatus, from murex,the point of a rock.]1. Formed with sharp points; full of ... |
36456
|
muricite |
MU'RICITE, n. Fossil remains of the murex, a genus of shells. |
36457
|
murine |
MU'RINE, a. [L. murinus, from mus, muris, a mouse.]Pertaining to a mouse or to mice. |
36458
|
murk |
MURK, n. Darkness. [Little used.] |
36459
|
murky |
MURK'Y, a. Dark; obscure; gloomy. A murky storm deep lowering o'er our heads. |
36460
|
murmur |
MUR'MUR, n. [L. See the Verb.] A low sound continued or continually repeated, as that of a stream ... |
36461
|
murmurer |
MUR'MURER, n. One who murmurs; one who complains sullenly; a grumbler. |
36462
|
murmuring |
MUR'MURING, ppr. Uttering complaints in a low voice or sullen manner; grumbling; complaining. |
36463
|
murmuringly |
MUR'MURINGLY, adv. With a low sound; with complaints. |
36464
|
murmurous |
MUR'MUROUS, a. Exciting murmur or complaint. |
36465
|
murr |
MURR, n. A catarrh. [Not in use.] |
36466
|
murrain |
MURRAIN, n. mur'rin. [L. morior, to die.]An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Ex.9. |
36467
|
murre |
MUR'RE, n. A kind of bird. |
36468
|
murrey |
MUR'REY, a. [from the root of Moor, an African.]Of a dark red color. |
36469
|
murrhine |
MUR'RHINE, a. [L. murrhinus.] An epithet given to a delicate kind of ware or porcelain brought ... |
36470
|
murrion |
MUR'RION, n. [L. murus, a wall. See Mural.]A helmut; a casque; armor for the head; written also ... |
36471
|
musard |
MUS`ARD, n. A dreamer; one who is apt to be absent in mind. |
36472
|
muscadel |
MUS'CADEL |
36473
|
muscadine |
MUS'CADINE |
36474
|
muscat |
MUSCAT' |
36475
|
muscatel |
MUS'CATEL , a.1. An appellation given to a kind of rich wine, and to the grapes which produce it. ... |
36476
|
muscle |
MUS'CLE, n. [L. musculus, a muscle,and a little mouse.]1. In anatomy,the muscles are the organs of ... |
36477
|
muscosity |
MUSCOS'ITY, n. Mossiness. |
36478
|
muscovado |
MUSCOVA'DO, n. Unrefined sugar; the raw material from which loaf and lump sugar are procured by ... |
36479
|
muscovy-duck |
MUS'COVY-DUCK, n. The musk-duck, Anas moschata. |
36480
|
muscovy-glass |
MUS'COVY-GLASS, n. Mica, which see. |
36481
|
muscular |
MUS'CULAR, a. [from muscle.] Pertaining to a muscle; as a muscular fiber.1. Performed by a ... |
36482
|
muscularity |
MUSCULAR'ITY, n. The state of being muscular. |
36483
|
musculite |
MUS'CULITE, n. A petrified muscle or shell. |
36484
|
musculous |
MUS'CULOUS, a. [L. musculosus.] Full of muscles.1. Strong; brawny.2. Pertaining to a muscle or ... |
36485
|
muse |
MUSE, n. s as z. [L. musa.]1. Properly, song; but in usage, the deity or power of poetry. Hence ... |
36486
|
museful |
MU'SEFUL, a. Thinking deeply or closely; silently thoughtful. Full of museful mopings. |
36487
|
museless |
MU'SELESS, a. Disregarding the power of poetry. |
36488
|
muser |
MU'SER, n. One who thinks closely in silence, or one apt to be absent in mind. |
36489
|
muset |
MU'SET, n. The place through which the hare goes to relief; a hunting term. |
36490
|
museum |
MUSE'UM, n. [Gr. a place for the muses or for study.]A house or apartment appropriated as a ... |
36491
|
mush |
MUSH, n. The meal of maiz boiled in water. |
36492
|
mushroom |
MUSH'ROOM, n.1. The common name of numerous cryptogamian plants of the natural order of Fungi. ... |
36493
|
mushroom-stone |
MUSH'ROOM-STONE, n. A fossil or stone that produces mushrooms; the Lyncurius. |
36494
|
music |
MU'SIC, n. s as z. [L. musica.]1. Melody or harmony; any succession of sounds so modulated as to ... |
36495
|
music-book |
MU'SIC-BOOK, n. A book containing tunes or songs for the voice or for instruments. |
36496
|
music-master |
MU'SIC-M`ASTER, n. One who teaches music. |
36497
|
musical |
MU'SICAL, a. Belonging to music; as musical proportion; a musical instrument.1. Producing music or ... |
36498
|
musically |
MU'SICALLY, adv. In a melodious or harmonious manner; with sweet sounds. |
36499
|
musicalness |
MU'SICALNESS, n. The quality of being melodious or harmonious. |
36500
|
musician |
MUSI'CIAN, n. A person skilled in the science of music, or one that sings or performs on ... |
36501
|
musimon |
MUS'IMON, n. An animal esteemed a species of sheep, described by the ancients as common in ... |
36502
|
musing |
MU'SING, ppr. Meditating in silence.MU'SING, n. Meditation; contemplation. |
36503
|
musk |
MUSK, n. [L. muscus; Gr.musk, and moss.] A strong scented substance obtained from a cyst or bag ... |
36504
|
musk-seed |
MUSK'-SEED, n. A plant of the genus Hibiscus. |
36505
|
musket |
MUSK'ET, n. [L. musca, a fly.]1. A species of fire-arms used in war, and fired by means of a ... |
36506
|
musketeer |
MUSKETEE'R, n. A soldier armed with a musket. |
36507
|
musketoe |
MUSKE'TOE, n. [L. musca, a fly.] A small insect of the genus Culex, that is bred in water; a ... |
36508
|
musketoon |
MUSKETOON', n. A short thick musket, carrying five ounces of iron, or seven and a half of lead; ... |
36509
|
muskiness |
MUSK'INESS, n. [from musk.] The scent of musk. |
36510
|
muskmelon |
MUSK'MELON, n. [musk and melon.] A delicious species of melon; named probably from its fragrance. |
36511
|
muskrat |
MUSK'RAT |
36512
|
musky |
MUSK'Y, a. Having the odor of musk; fragrant. |
36513
|
muslin |
MUS'LIN, n. s as z. A sort of fine cotton cloth, which bears a downy knot on its surface.MUS'LIN, ... |
36514
|
muslinet |
MUSLINET', n. A sort of coarse cotton cloth. |
36515
|
musmon |
MUS'MON |
36516
|
musquash |
MUS'QUASH, n. An American animal of the murine genus, the Muz zibethicus. It has a compressed, ... |
36517
|
musrole |
MUS'ROLE, n. The nose band of a horse's bridle. |
36518
|
muss |
MUSS, n. A scramble. [Not used.] |
36519
|
mussel |
MUSSEL. [See Muscle.] |
36520
|
mussite |
MUS'SITE, n. [from the valley of Mussa, in Piedmont.]A variety of pyroxene of a greenish white ... |
36521
|
mussulman |
MUS'SULMAN, n. A Mohammedan or follower of Mohammed. The word, it is said, signifies in the ... |
36522
|
mussulmanish |
MUS'SULMANISH, a. Mohammedan. |
36523
|
must |
MUST, v.i. 1. To be obliged; to be necessitated. It expresses both physical and moral necessity. ... |
36524
|
mustac |
MUS'TAC, n. A small tufted monkey. |
36525
|
mustaches |
MUSTA'CHES, n. [Gr. the upper lip, and the hair growing on it.] Long hair on the upper lip. |
36526
|
mustard |
MUS'TARD, n. A plant of the genus Sinapis,and its seed, which has a pungent taste and is a ... |
36527
|
mustee |
MUSTEE' |
36528
|
musteline |
MUS'TELINE, a. [L. mustelinus, from mustela, a weasel.]Pertaining to the weasel or animals of the ... |
36529
|
muster |
MUS'TER, v.t. [L. monstro, to show.] Properly, to collect troops for review, parade and exercise; ... |
36530
|
muster-book |
MUS'TER-BOOK, n. A book in which forces are registered. |
36531
|
muster-master |
MUS'TER-M`ASTER, n. One who takes an account of troops, and of their arms and other military ... |
36532
|
muster-roll |
MUS'TER-ROLL, n. A roll or register of the troops in each company, troop or regiment. |
36533
|
mustily |
MUS'TILY, adv. [from musty.] Moldily; sourly. |
36534
|
mustiness |
MUS'TINESS, n. The quality of being musty or sour; moldiness; damp foulness. |
36535
|
musty |
MUS'TY, a. [from must.] Moldy; sour; foul and fetid; as a musty cask; musty corn or straw; musty ... |
36536
|
mutability |
MUTABIL'ITY, n. [L. mutabilitas, from mutabilis, muto, to change.]1. Changeableness; ... |
36537
|
mutable |
MU'TABLE, a. [L. mutabilis, from muto, to change.]1. Subject to change; changeable; that may be ... |
36538
|
mutableness |
MU'TABLENESS, n. Changeableness; mutability; instability. |
36539
|
mutation |
MUTA'TION, n. [L. mutatio.] The act or process of changing.1. Change; alteration, either in form ... |
36540
|
mute |
MUTE, a. [L. mutus.]1. Silent; not speaking; not uttering words, or not having the power of ... |
36541
|
mutely |
MU'TELY, adv. Silently; without uttering words or sounds. |
36542
|
muteness |
MU'TENESS, n. Silence; forbearance of speaking. |
36543
|
mutilate |
MU'TILATE, v.t. [L. mutilo, probably from the root of meto, to cut off.]1. To cut off a limb or ... |
36544
|
mutilated |
MU'TILATED, pp. Deprived of a limb or of an essential part.MU'TILATED |
36545
|
mutilating |
MU'TILATING, ppr. Retrenching a limb or an essential part. |
36546
|
mutilation |
MUTILA'TION, n. [L. mutilatio.] The act of mutilating; deprivation of a limb or of an essential ... |
36547
|
mutilator |
MU'TILATOR,n. One who mutilates. |
36548
|
mutilous |
MU'TILOUS, a. Mutilated; defective; imperfect.Mutine, a mutineer, and mutine, to mutiny, are not ... |
36549
|
mutineer |
MUTINE'ER, n. [See Mutiny.] One guilty of mutiny; a person in military or naval service, who rises ... |
36550
|
muting |
MU'TING, n. The dung of fowls. |
36551
|
mutinous |
MU'TINOUS, a. Turbulent; disposed to resist the authority of laws and regulations in an army or ... |
36552
|
mutinously |
MU'TINOUSLY, adv. In a manner or with intent to oppose lawful authority or due subordination in ... |
36553
|
mutinousness |
MU'TINOUSNESS, n. The state of being mutinous; opposition to lawful authority among military men. |
36554
|
mutiny |
MU'TINY, n. [L. muto, to change.] An insurrection of soldiers or seamen against the authority of ... |
36555
|
mutter |
MUT'TER, v.i. [L. mutio, muttio, and musso,mussito; allied perhaps to muse, which see.]1. To utter ... |
36556
|
muttered |
MUT'TERED, pp. Uttered in a low murmuring voice. |
36557
|
mutterer |
MUT'TERER, n. A grumbler; one that mutters. |
36558
|
muttering |
MUT'TERING, ppr. Uttering with a low murmuring voice; grumbling; murmuring. |
36559
|
mutteringly |
MUT'TERINGLY, adv. With a low voice; without distinct articulation. |
36560
|
mutton |
MUTTON, n.1. The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food.2. A sheep. [But this sense is now ... |
36561
|
muttonfist |
MUT'TONFIST, n. A large red brawny hand. |
36562
|
mutual |
MU'TUAL, a. [L. mutuus, from muto, to change.]Reciprocal; interchanged , each acting in return or ... |
36563
|
mutuality |
MUTUAL'ITY, n. Reciprocation; interchange. |
36564
|
mutually |
MU'TUALLY, adv. Reciprocally, in the manner of giving and receiving. The tongue and the pen ... |
36565
|
mutuation |
MUTUA'TION, n. [L.mutuatio.] The act of borrowing. [Little used.] |
36566
|
mutule |
MU'TULE, n. In architecture, a square modillion under the cornice. In French, it is rendered a ... |
36567
|
muzzle |
MUZ'ZLE, n.1. The mouth of a thing; the extreme or end for entrance or discharge; applied chiefly ... |
36568
|
muzzle-ring |
MUZZLE-RING, n. The metalline ring or circle that surrounds the mouth of a cannon or other piece. |
36569
|
my |
MY, pronoun. adj. [contracted from migen, mine. Me was originally mig, and the adjective migen. So ... |
36570
|
mynheer |
MYNHEE'R, n. A Dutchman. |
36571
|
myographical |
MYOGRAPH'ICAL, a. [See Myography.] Pertaining to a description of the muscles. |
36572
|
myographist |
MYOG'RAPHIST, n. One who describes the muscles of animals. |
36573
|
myography |
MYOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a muscle, and to describe.] A description of the muscles of the body. |
36574
|
myological |
MYOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Myology.] Pertaining to the description and doctrine of the muscles. |
36575
|
myology |
MYOL'OGY, n. [Gr. muscle, and discourse.]A description of the muscles, or the doctrine of the ... |
36576
|
myope |
MY'OPE, n. [Gr. to shut, and the eye.] A short-sighted person. |
36577
|
myopy |
MY'OPY, n. Short-sightedness. |
36578
|
myriad |
MYR'IAD, n. [Gr. extreme, innumerable.]1. The number of ten thousand.2. An immense number, ... |
36579
|
myriameter |
MYRIAM'ETER, n. [Gr. ten thousand, and measure.]In the new system of French measures, the length of ... |
36580
|
myriarch |
MYR'IARCH, n. [Gr. ten thousand, and chief.]A captain or commander of ten thousand men. |
36581
|
myriare |
MYR'IARE, [Gr. are; L. area.] A French linear measure of ten thousand areas, or 100,000 square ... |
36582
|
myricin |
MYR'ICIN, n. The substance which remains after bees-wax, or the wax of the myrica cordifolia, has ... |
36583
|
myrioliter |
MYRIOL'ITER, n. [Gr. a pound.] A French measure of capacity containing ten thousand liters, or ... |
36584
|
myrmidon |
MYR'MIDON, n. [Gr. a multitude of ants.] Primarily, the Myrmidons are said to have been a people ... |
36585
|
myrobalan |
MYROB'ALAN, n. [L. myrobolanum; Gr. unguent, and a nut.]A dried fruit of the plum kind brought from ... |
36586
|
myropolist |
MYROP'OLIST, n. [Gr. unguent, and to sell.]One that sells unguents. [Little used.] |
36587
|
myrrh |
MYRRH, n. mer. [L. myrrha.] A gum-resin that comes in the form of drops or globules of various ... |
36588
|
myrrhine |
MYR'RHINE, a. [L. myrrhinus.] Made of the myrrhine stone. [See Murrine.] |
36589
|
myrtiform |
MYR'TIFORM, a. [L. myrtus, myrtle, and form.]Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries. |
36590
|
myrtle |
MYR'TLE, n. [L. myrtus.] A plant of the genus Myrtus, of several species. The common myrtle rises ... |
36591
|
myrus |
MY'RUS, n. A species of sea-serpent, of the anguilliform kind. |
36592
|
myself |
MYSELF', pron. A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically ... |
36593
|
mystagogue |
MYSTAGOGUE, n. mys'tagog. [Gr. one initiated in mysteries, and a leader.]1. One who interprets ... |
36594
|
mysterial |
MYSTE'RIAL, a. Containing a mystery or enigma. |
36595
|
mysteriarch |
MYSTE'RIARCH, n. [Gr. mystery, and chief.]One presiding over mysteries. |
36596
|
mysterious |
MYSTE'RIOUS, a. [See Mystery.] Obscure; hid from the understanding; not clearly understood. The ... |
36597
|
mysteriously |
MYSTE'RIOUSLY, adv. Obscurely; enigmatically.1. In a manner wonderfully obscure and ... |
36598
|
mysteriousness |
MYSTE'RIOUSNESS, n. Obscurity; the quality of being hid from the understanding, and calculated to ... |
36599
|
mystery |
MYS'TERY, n. [L. mysterium; Gr. a secret. This word in Greek is rendered also murium latibulum; ... |
36600
|
mystic |
MYS'TIC |
36601
|
mystical |
MYS'TICAL, a. [L.mysticus.] Obscure; hid; secret.1. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human ... |
36602
|
mystically |
MYS'TICALLY, adv. In a manner or by an act implying a secret meaning. |
36603
|
mysticalness |
MYS'TICALNESS, n. The quality of being mystical, or of involving some secret meaning. |
36604
|
mysticism |
MYS'TICISM, n. Obscurity of doctrine.1. The doctrine of the Mystics, who profess a pure, sublime ... |
36605
|
mystics |
MYS'TICS, n. A religious sect who profess to have direct intercourse with the Spirit of God. |
36606
|
mythic |
MYTH'IC, a. [from Gr. a fable.] Fabulous. |
36607
|
mythological |
MYTHOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Mythology.] Relating to mythology; fabulous. |
36608
|
mythologically |
MYTHOLOG'ICALLY, adv. In a way suited to the system of fables. |
36609
|
mythologist |
MYTHOL'OGIST, n. One versed in mythology; one who writes on mythology, or explains the fables of ... |
36610
|
mythologize |
MYTHOL'OGIZE, v.i. To relate or explain the fabulous history of the heathen. |
36611
|
mythology |
MYTHOL'OGY,n. [Gr. a fable, and discourse.] A system of fables or fabulous opinions and doctrines ... |
36612
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mytilite |
MYT'ILITE, n. [Gr. a kind of shell.]In geology, a petrified muscle or shell of the genus Mytilus. |