monocity
A city (especially in the former Soviet Union) in which most of the working population work in the same industry, typically for the same organisation.

monodomain
A region of a uniaxial mesophase having a single director, or that of a biaxial mesophase having two directors.

monodomains
plural of monodomain

monodrama
A play in the form of a monologue

monodramas
plural of monodrama

monodrame
Archaic form of monodrama.

monotown
A town or city whose economy is dominated by a single industry or company.

monotowns
plural of monotown

morbi
plural of morbus

moreland
Archaic form of moorland.

morelands
plural of moreland

morland
Obsolete form of moorland.

morlands
plural of morland

mormaerdom
A region ruled by a mormaer.

mormaerdoms
plural of mormaerdom

mormaordom
Alternative form of mormaerdom.

mormaordoms
plural of mormaordom

morocco
A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

moroccos
plural of morocco

mortuaries
plural of mortuary

mortuary
Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.

mosk
Archaic form of mosque.

mosks
plural of mosk

mosque
A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

mosques
plural of mosque

mosqueyard
Rare form of mosque yard.

mosqueyards
plural of mosqueyard

motherland
The country of one's ancestors.
The country of one's birth.
Country of origin.
Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

motherlands
plural of motherland

motopia
A city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground.

motopias
plural of motopia

motu
A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.

motus
plural of motu

moundfield
An area of land covered in mounds, often produced by animals.

moundfields
plural of moundfield

mousehole
A hole through which a mouse enters a room.
Any small hole or opening.
The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.

mouseholes
plural of mousehole

moygashel
A type of linen originally made in the town of Moygashel, Ireland.

moza
A village or revenue estate.

mozas
plural of moza

mrnation
Clipping of micronation.

mrnations
plural of mrnation

muddaland
Pronunciation spelling of motherland.

muhafazah
An administrative division in many Arab countries; a governorate or province.

muhafazahs
plural of muhafazah

muhafazat
plural of muhafazah

mukhiya
A village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal.

mukhiyas
plural of mukhiya

mukim
A level of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Singapore.

mukims
plural of mukim

municipalities
plural of municipality

municipality
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
The governing body of such a district.
In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

municipio
A municipality in various Latin American countries.

municipios
plural of municipio

munzil
Alternative form of manzil (“Arab house or inn”).

munzils
plural of munzil

muscat
A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine.
The muscatel wine made from these grapes.
The vine bearing this fruit.

muscats
plural of muscat

musea
plural of museum

museum
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

museumed
simple past and past participle of museum

museums
plural of museum

mutasarif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutasarifs
plural of mutasarif

mutasarrif
The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly (historical) in the Ottoman Empire.

mutasarrifate
Synonym of sanjak: the territory of a mutasarrif.

mutasarrifates
plural of mutasarrifate

mutasarrifs
plural of mutasarrif

mutassarif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutassarifs
plural of mutassarif

mutassarrif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutassarrifs
plural of mutassarrif

mutasserif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutasserifs
plural of mutasserif

mutesarif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutesarifs
plural of mutesarif

mutesarrif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutesarrifs
plural of mutesarrif

mutessarif
Alternative spelling of mutasarrif.

mutessarifs
plural of mutessarif

mutsarrif
Alternative spelling of mutasarrif.

mutsarrifs
plural of mutsarrif

mutussarif
Alternative form of mutasarrif.

mutussarifs
plural of mutussarif

nahiya
Alternative form of nahiyah.

nahiyah
A local administrative division consisting of a number of small towns or villages in some Muslim countries, including (historical) parts of Europe under the Ottoman Empire.

nahiyahs
plural of nahiyah

nahiyas
plural of nahiya

nahiye
Alternative form of nahiyah.

nahiyes
plural of nahiye

nanofactories
plural of nanofactory

nanofactory
A molecular assembler that uses nanomachines

nanto
A horse.

nantos
plural of nanto

napa
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

napas
plural of napa

nappa
Alternative form of napa (Chinese cabbage or napa leather)

naruto
A type of kamaboko.

nation
A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymic, proscribed) a country.
An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
A great number; a great deal.
In North America, an Indigenous people with federal and/or state recognition as such and (often also) their federally recognized territory.

nationalities
plural of nationality

nationality
Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
Nationalism or patriotism.
Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.

nations
plural of nation

naukograd
A town or city with exceptional research and development, usually under formal arrangement by the government.

nazuki
A sweet cinnamon bread with raisins from the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region.

neathouse
A building for the shelter of neat cattle.

neathouses
plural of neathouse

nematoblast
A spermatocyte

nematoblasts
plural of nematoblast

neocolonies
plural of neocolony

neocolony
Alternative form of neo-colony.

neoterminal
The newly-constructed end of an anastomosis

neoterminals
plural of neoterminal

nettlebed
An area of land occupied by growing nettles.

nettlebeds
plural of nettlebed

neuroectoderm
The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue

neves
plural of neve

nidopallia
plural of nidopallium

nidopallium
A region of the avian brain, used mostly for some types of executive functions but also for other higher cognitive tasks.

nidopalliums
plural of nidopallium

nin
Affectionate name for a grandmother.

nins
plural of nin

niton
Former name of radon.

nizamate
A region ruled over by a nizam.

nizamates
plural of nizamate

nizz
A nickname for the city of Tottenham, derived from the area's N17 postcode.
home, one’s living premises, the place where one pursues private businesses

nome
A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
A territorial division of ancient Egypt.