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# English words: M

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · **M** · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1043 words under M; 401–500 on this page.

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- [mellow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mellow/) — Mellow means soft, warm and rich, for light, colour or sound.
- [mellowed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mellowed/) — Became softer, calmer and kinder with age or time: «Grandad has mellowed.».
- [melodious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/melodious/) — Melodious means having a pleasant tune, sweet and pleasing to hear.
- [melody](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/melody/) — A melody is a tune: a series of musical notes, one after another, that sounds pleasing and is easy to remember. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [melon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/melon/) — A melon is a big round or oval fruit with a hard skin and a sweet, juicy inside full of seeds. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [melt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/melt/) — To melt is to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice melts into water. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [meltdown](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meltdown/) — A serious accident in a nuclear power station when the core gets so hot that it melts.
- [melting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/melting/) — Melting means changing from a solid into a liquid because it gets warm, like ice turning into water.
- [meltwater](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meltwater/) — Meltwater is water that comes from melting snow or ice, especially from glaciers and ice sheets.
- [mem](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mem/) — The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, written מ. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [member](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/member/) — A member is a person who belongs to a group, like a club, a team or a family. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [membership](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/membership/) — Membership is being a member of a club, group or organisation.
- [membrane](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/membrane/) — A very thin layer, like a skin, that covers or lines a part of a living thing or a cell.
- [membranous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/membranous/) — Made of a membrane, or like a membrane: thin, soft and skin-like, often so thin you can almost see through it.
- [meme](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meme/) — A funny picture, video or phrase that people copy, change and share quickly on the internet.
- [memoir](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memoir/) — A book or story someone writes about their own life and memories.
- [memorable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memorable/) — Worth remembering, or easy to remember, because it is special, unusual, very good or very bad.
- [memorandum](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memorandum/) — A memorandum is a short written message sent inside an office, school or company, telling people about something.
- [memorial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memorial/) — A memorial is a statue, stone, building or event that helps people remember a person who died or something that happened. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [memorisation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memorisation/) — The act of learning something so you can remember it exactly, such as a poem, times tables or spellings.
- [memorise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memorise/) — To memorise something is to learn it so well that you can remember it exactly without looking.
- [memory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/memory/) — Memory is the ability of your brain to keep and remember things. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [men](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/men/) — Plural of «man»: adult male people.
- [menace](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menace/) — A menace is a threat of harm or danger.
- [menacing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menacing/) — Seeming likely to cause harm; threatening: «a menacing look».
- [menagerie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menagerie/) — A collection of wild or unusual animals kept to be shown to people, especially in the past (an early kind of zoo).
- [mend](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mend/) — To repair something that is broken, torn or not working. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [mendicant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mendicant/) — A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money.
- [menial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menial/) — Of work that is dull, low and needs no special skill, such as cleaning and scrubbing; a servant who does such work.
- [meningitis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meningitis/) — Meningitis is a serious illness in which the thin layers around the brain and spinal cord become swollen, usually because of an infection.
- [menopause](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menopause/) — The time in a woman's life, usually in middle age, when her monthly periods stop for good and she can no longer have babies.
- [menorah](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menorah/) — A candle holder with branches, used in the Jewish religion.
- [menstruation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menstruation/) — The natural monthly bleeding from the womb (uterus) through the vagina that happens to girls and women, usually from puberty until about…
- [mental](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mental/) — Mental means to do with the mind, like thinking, remembering and feelings.
- [mentality](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mentality/) — The usual way a person or group thinks and feels about things; their attitude: «a winning mentality».
- [mentally](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mentally/) — Mentally means in your mind or thoughts, not on paper or with your body: «work it out mentally».
- [menthol](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menthol/) — Menthol is a substance from mint oil that gives a cool, fresh feeling and smell.
- [mention](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mention/) — To say or write something about someone or something briefly, without giving lots of details. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [mentor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mentor/) — An experienced and trusted person who helps and advises a younger or less experienced person over time.
- [menu](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/menu/) — A menu is a list of the food and drinks you can choose in a café or restaurant.
- [meow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meow/) — A meow is the soft crying sound a cat makes.
- [mercenary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mercenary/) — A soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them, not for their own country. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merchandise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merchandise/) — Goods that are bought and sold, especially in shops. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merchant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merchant/) — A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, a trader. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merciful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merciful/) — Showing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [mercifully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mercifully/) — Luckily; in a way that you are thankful for, because something bad was avoided or ended: «Mercifully, nobody was hurt».
- [merciless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merciless/) — Having no pity; cruel and not willing to spare anyone.
- [mercilessly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mercilessly/) — Without pity; cruelly, with no kindness.
- [mercury](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mercury/) — Mercury is a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it was used in old thermometers. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [mercy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mercy/) — Mercy is kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or hurt. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [mere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mere/) — Mere means only, just, no more than: a mere child, a mere five minutes. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merely/) — Merely means only or just, showing that something is small or not important. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merge/) — To merge is to join together to become one.
- [merged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merged/) — Merged is the past form of «merge»: joined together into one.
- [merging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merging/) — Merging is the -ing form of «merge»: joining together into one.
- [meridian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meridian/) — A meridian is an imaginary line on the globe or a map that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole; lines of longitude are meridians.
- [merino](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merino/) — A breed of sheep with very fine, soft wool, first from Spain and now raised in large numbers in Australia and New Zealand.
- [merit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merit/) — Merit is the quality of being good and deserving praise or a reward. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [meritorious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meritorious/) — Deserving praise or reward because it is very good or brave.
- [merlin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merlin/) — A small, fast falcon (a bird of prey) found in Europe, Asia and North America, which hunts small birds.
- [mermaid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mermaid/) — A mermaid is an imaginary sea creature with the head and body of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- [merrily](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merrily/) — In a happy, cheerful, jolly way. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merriment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merriment/) — Happy fun, laughter and enjoyment, especially when people are together celebrating.
- [merry](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merry/) — Merry means happy, cheerful and full of fun. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [merrymaking](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/merrymaking/) — Lively fun with feasting, dancing and games, especially at a party or a festival.
- [mesa](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mesa/) — A hill or mountain with steep sides and a large, flat top, found in dry places like the south-west USA and parts of Australia.
- [mesh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mesh/) — A material made of threads or wires woven together with small holes between them, like a net.
- [mesozoic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mesozoic/) — The Mesozoic is a long stretch of Earth's history, from about 252 million to 66 million years ago, often called the Age of Dinosaurs.
- [mesquite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mesquite/) — A spiny shrub or small tree of the pea family that grows in deserts and dry lands of the south-western USA and Mexico, with long seed pods.
- [mess](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mess/) — A mess is a place or things that are untidy or dirty, like a messy bedroom. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [message](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/message/) — A piece of information that someone sends or leaves for another person, in words, writing or on a phone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [messaging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/messaging/) — the way a politician or company shapes what they say to make people think a certain way; spin or propaganda.
- [messenger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/messenger/) — A person who carries a message, letter or parcel from one person or place to another. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [messiah](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/messiah/) — In Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [messy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/messy/) — Untidy or dirty: «a messy room».
- [mestizo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mestizo/) — Mestizo is a Spanish word for a person with both Spanish (European) and Native American ancestors, used especially in Latin America.
- [metabolise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metabolise/) — To metabolise food is for the body to break it down and use it for energy and growth.
- [metal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metal/) — Metal is a hard, shiny material like iron, steel, gold, silver, copper or aluminium.
- [metallic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metallic/) — Metallic means made of metal or having the properties of metal.
- [metamorphic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metamorphic/) — Metamorphic rock is rock that has been changed by great heat and pressure deep underground, without melting.
- [metamorphism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metamorphism/) — The change of rocks by great heat and pressure deep in the Earth, without melting them, so they become new kinds of rock (metamorphic…
- [metamorphosis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metamorphosis/) — Metamorphosis is a big change in body shape that some animals go through as they grow, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly or a…
- [metaphor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metaphor/) — A metaphor is a way of describing something by saying it IS something else, to show what it is like, without using «like» or «as»: «The… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [metaphorical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metaphorical/) — Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally. — Jewish tradition
- [metaphorically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metaphorically/) — In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally. — Jewish tradition
- [metaphysical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metaphysical/) — Having to do with the deepest ideas about what is real, beyond what we can see and touch. — Jewish tradition
- [metaphysics](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metaphysics/) — The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why. — Jewish tradition
- [mete](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mete/) — To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment.
- [meteor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meteor/) — A streak of light in the night sky made when a small piece of rock or dust from space burns up in the air; a shooting star.
- [meteoric](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meteoric/) — Very fast and sudden, especially a rise to fame or success: «a meteoric rise».
- [meteorite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meteorite/) — A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal from space that has fallen through the air and landed on the Earth's surface.
- [meteoroid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meteoroid/) — A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid.
- [meteorological](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meteorological/) — To do with the weather and the science of studying it (meteorology).
- [meteorology](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meteorology/) — The science of the weather and the atmosphere: studying air, temperature, wind, clouds and rain to understand and predict the weather.
- [meter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/meter/) — A meter is a unit for measuring length.
- [methane](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/methane/) — Methane is a gas with no colour or smell that burns easily; it is the main part of natural gas used for cooking and heating.
- [methinks](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/methinks/) — It seems to me; I think.
- [method](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/method/) — A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [methodism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/methodism/) — Methodism is a Christian Protestant church movement started by John and Charles Wesley in England, known for warm preaching, hymn singing…
- [methodist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/methodist/) — A member of the Methodist Church, a Christian group started in England.