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ID	Word	Definition
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 no