nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Max Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell. Pronunciation: /mæks/ 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there are enough Maxes now. Any more Maxes and the breed will go to the dogs. Example: Kyle: Okay, Max. Search. 2. A diminutive of the male given names Maximilian or Maxwell. Example: Hamtramck is described in the resolution as “one of the most diverse cities in the United States.” The city has a large immigrant presence and all the city council members are of the Muslim faith, city manager Max Garbarino told CNN Thursday. Hamtramck was also the first known city in the US to inaugurate an all-Muslim government, CNN previously reported. Example: Hi, I’m Max Pond. I’m an active mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 3. A diminutive of the female given name Maxine.
Word: Maxim Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (machine guns): After the inventor Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916). 1. A surname
Word: Maxim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (machine guns): After the inventor Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916). 1. The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I. Example: Again we went on, and climbed the false immensity of another ridge, when several rifles and a maxim opened upon us, and very close they were. 2. Any machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design 3. A machine gun Labels: informal, obsolete
Word: May Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess. Pronunciation: /meɪ/ 1. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: All in the merry month of May, / When green leaves they was springing, / This young man on his death-bed lay, / For the love of Barbara Allen. 2. A female given name, usually pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] I will not send Owen's Lily May to the almshouse." "Lily―what?" demanded Mrs. Morley rather sharply, for she was half provoked with what she mentally called Amy's whim of keeping the outcast child when she might send it to the asylum. "Lily May," said Amy, smiling. "Her name is Mary, and we called her first Little Mary, and then Little May. But Owen calls her Lily May." Example: Their parents named them June and May because their birthdays occurred in those months. […] May was like the time of year in which she had been born, changeable, chilly and warm by turns, sullen yet able to know and show loveliness that couldn't last. 3. A surname from Middle English. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname from Middle English. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: May Part of Speech: name Etymology: The surname is converged from several origins: * As an English surname, from Middle English May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew). * As an English, Dutch, German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from the name of the month. * Also as an English surname, occasionally a pet form of Mary or Margaret. * Also as an English surname, from the obsolete noun may (“kinsman”), from Old English maga (“son, relative”). * Also as an English surname, from obsolete Middle English mei (“physician”), a borrowing from Old English mege, from Latin medicus. See Mee. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), a name derived from miadh (“honor”). * As a French surname, shortened from Lemay, Dumay. * Also as a French surname, from a derivative of Latin Marius, similar to Mario. * As a Jewish surname, from the town Mayen in Germany. * As a Chinese surname, from 麥 /麦 (see Mai) and 梅 (méi)) (see Mei). * As an Amerindian (Mexico) surname of Mayan origin, from maay (“cloven hoof”), originally "young deer." 1. A surname.
Word: Mayo Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪəʊ/, /ˈmeɪoʊ/, /ˈmæɪəʉ/, /ˈmæɪɐʉ/ 1. A county of Ireland. 2. A village in County Mayo, Ireland. 3. A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. 4. A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. 5. A village in Yukon, Canada. 6. A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States. 7. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. 8. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. 9. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
Word: Mayo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Middle English personal name Mayheu, equivalent to Matthew. 1. A surname.
Word: Mayo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River. 1. A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Word: Mayo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River. 1. A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
Word: Mayo Part of Speech: name 1. A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
Word: Mayonnaise Part of Speech: noun 1. In full Mayonnaise sauce or sauce Mayonnaise: alternative letter-case form of mayonnaise. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The reader who may have a prejudice against the unboiled eggs which enter into the composition of the Mayonnaise, will find that the most fastidious taste would not detect their being raw, if the sauce be well made; […] Abroad, boiled asparagus is very frequently served cold, and eaten with oil and vinegar, or a sauce Mayonnaise. Example: A cold roast fowl, Mayonnaise sauce No. 468, 4 or 5 young lettuces, 4 hard-boiled eggs, a few water-cresses, endive. Mode.—Cut the fowl into neat joints, lay them in a deep dish, piling them high in the centre, sauce the fowl with Mayonnaise made by recipe No. 468, and garnish the dish with young lettuces cut in halves, water-cresses, endive, and hard-boiled eggs: […]
Word: Me Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /miː/, /mi/ 1. Abbreviation of methyl. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Me Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /miː/, /mi/ 1. Windows Me (Millennium Edition).
Word: Me Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /miː/, /mi/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context. Labels: alt-of
Word: Med Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɛd/ 1. Clipping of Mediterranean. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, with-definite-article Example: We're going to the Med for four weeks this summer. Example: They used to go wild for villas by the Med and ski chalets in the Alps; now they are forking out for views of the Channel and hilly walks in Shropshire.
Word: Med Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛd/ 1. Abbreviation of medical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of medicine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Media Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Old Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) i.e. central kingdom, cognate with Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪə/ 1. A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes. Labels: historical 2. A possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated. Labels: historical 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: Median Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Media Middle English -n English -n English Median From Media + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪən/ 1. Relating to Media or Medes. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lucullus seeing certaine Median men at armes, which were in the front of Tigranes Army, heavily and unweildily armed, as in an iron prison, apprehended thereby an opinion, that he might easily defeat them[…]. 2. Of laws, rules etc.: unchanging, invariable. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: ‘This proceeding,’ interposed the president, ‘is by no means in accordance with the terms of the mulct or sentence, which is in its nature Median, and not to be altered or recalled.’ Example: And if you venture to object to these Median laws, – as I am now doing, – you elicit a chorus of disapproval, and acquire some evil name.
Word: Median Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Media Middle English -n English -n English Median From Media + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪən/ 1. A Mede.
Word: Median Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Media Middle English -n English -n English Median From Media + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdɪən/ 1. The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar.
Word: Mehr Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Persian مهر (mehr). Doublet of Mithras and mitre. 1. The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar. Example: Under the full moon of the month of Mehr, with the torches hissing, the African and the Frank circled an ambit of packed earth.
Word: Mel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Meliton, Melville, Melvin, or Melvyn. 2. A diminutive of the female given names Amelia, Carmel, Melania, Melanie, Melantha, Melanthe, Melika, Melike, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melita, Melitta, or Melody.
Word: Mel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A surname.
Word: Mel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia.
Word: Mel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A variety of the Mel-Khaonh language, a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.
Word: Mel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Venetan Mel. Pronunciation: /mɛl/ 1. A frazione and former comune of Belluno, Veneto, Italy.
Word: Melissa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”). Pronunciation: /məˈlɪsə/ 1. Bee-nymph in Greek mythology. Labels: Greek 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, popular in the latter half of the 20th century. Example: And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night Example: Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
Word: Melody Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century. 1. A female given name from English. Example: Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses. 2. A surname.
Word: Mensa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin mensa (“table”). The organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnsə/ 1. Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
Word: Mensa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mons Mensae (mensa (“table”)), from Montagne de la Table. Originally named Montagne de la Table after Table Mountain in South Africa in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. By 1763 this had been Latinised as Mons Mensae. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union shortened this to Mensa. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnsə/ 1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
Word: Mercurio Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mercurio. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Mercury Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/, /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/, /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/ 1. The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿. Example: Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein. 2. The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes. Labels: Roman 3. Ellipsis of Mercury Drug. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Mercury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/, /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/, /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/ 1. Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.) Labels: obsolete 2. A carrier of tidings. Labels: archaic 3. A carrier of tidings. Labels: archaic Example: Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles. 4. A carrier of tidings. Labels: archaic Example: His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France. 5. A carrier of tidings. Labels: archaic Example: No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries.
Word: Mercy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes. 1. A female given name from English. Example: Mr Pecksniff was a moral man — a grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speech — and he had had her christened Mercy. Mercy! oh, what a charming name for such a pure–souled Being as the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Her sister’s name was Charity. There was a good thing! Mercy and Charity!
Word: Mercy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Mercy. 1. A surname from French.
Word: Meri Part of Speech: name 1. A language of Cameroon.
Word: Meri Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Merida.
Word: Meridian Part of Speech: name 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Merle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Merle. 1. A surname from French of French origin. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: Merle Haggard is a name out of a morality play. And that's the kind of songs he sings.
Word: Merle Part of Speech: name Etymology: English 19th-century bird name from merle (“blackbird”), possibly also a variant of Muriel, Merrill, etc. 1. A female given name from English. Example: Her name was Merle, and to her name she always said she owed the fact that Gilbert Vanborough ever looked at her. Example: "I wish I had a name like Merle Oberon or Miriam Hopkins," Mary Agnes said dreamily as she scanned the display of Coming Attractions.
Word: Merry Part of Speech: name 1. A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person. 2. A female given name from merry. 3. A diminutive of the female given name Mercy. Example: 'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter. 'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.' Example: It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry. Lots of folks, when they first meet her, they think she's called Mary - Maria, as you would say it, Signor Lumaca - but no, her name is really Merry, M-E-double-R-Y, because, I always tell them, she is. 4. A diminutive of the male given name Meredith.
Word: Messiah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English Messiah Derived from Middle English Messyas. Pronunciation: /məˈsaɪ.ə/ 1. The promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people. Labels: Judaism 2. A saviour or liberator of a group of people. 3. Jesus Christ.
Word: Met Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of metropolitan. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt/ 1. The London Underground Metropolitan line. Labels: London 2. The Metropolitan Railway. Labels: London, historical 3. The Metropolitan Police Service of London (MPS). Labels: London Example: The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the investigation. […] The Met said it had informed its own Directorate of Professional Standards and a "mandatory referral will be made to the IOPC in relation to the initial contact from the woman's friend". 4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Labels: US Example: Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy. 5. The current or historical Metropolitan Opera House or its opera company. Labels: New-York
Word: Met Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of metropolitan. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt/ 1. A Metropolitan line train. Labels: London, informal 2. A player for the New York Mets.
Word: Meta Part of Speech: name Etymology: The technology conglomerate is named for its connotative evocation of the idea of the metaverse, the research tool after metascience. 1. Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc. (until late 2021): an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that is the parent organization of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other subsidiaries. 2. Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool. Labels: historical
Word: Meta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Meta Schreifer, the sister of a railroad official, from German Meta. 1. A city in Osage County, Missouri.
Word: Metro Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Indonesian Metro. 1. A city in Lampung, Indonesia.
Word: Mg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of Maung. Borrowed from Burmese မောင် (maung). 1. Abbreviation of Maung A title for males (analogous to Mr in standard English). Labels: Myanmar, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Mg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 2024, at least in part on the mistaken notion that mage is descended from magister, the same as Mr and Ms. Pronunciation: /meɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Abbreviation of mage A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Mia Part of Speech: name Etymology: A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːə/ 1. A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish. Example: - - - I know he thinks my name is awkward to say. He rarely calls me Mia." Christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, she couldn't pronounce Maria when she was a toddler and called herself Mia. Example: With the holiday break just around the corner, 21-year-old Mia Tretta was in her dorm with a friend studying for their final exams.
Word: Mia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːə/ 1. A surname from Bengali.
Word: Mich Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Michigan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Mich Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Michelle.
Word: Mien Part of Speech: name 1. A group of related languages spoken by the Yao people.
Word: Mike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Michael. Pronunciation: /maɪk/, [mɐɪʔk] 1. A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
Word: Mike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Michael. Pronunciation: /maɪk/, [mɐɪʔk] 1. An Irishman, especially a labourer. Labels: slang Example: […] very hard work, a holy day — & the boys went on to […] & took the Mikes, so I cd get no helper but Marty — had to set up Punch & Judy show — & when I proposed to decorate tree heard it was still in the woods! However John Rourke appeared & dug up a small silver, to be planted again […] Example: Gott strafe the roll-call, hurrah for the 'Mikes,' / Hurrah for the rebel boys that organised the strikes, / For everywhere the roll was called their names they didn't know.
Word: Mike Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened from Michael. Pronunciation: /maɪk/, [mɐɪʔk] 1. A diminutive of the male given name Michael. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin was not impressed with the executive orders, calling them a “troubling example” of executive overreach that “could harm us for generations.” 2. A diminutive of the female given name Michaela. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Miles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French given name Milo, of problematic origin, possibly from an unknown Germanic element, or a short form of Slavic names beginning with mil- "grace, favor". The English form is associated by folk etymology with Latin mīles (“soldier”). As a surname, it is also derived from a Middle English Miles form of Michael. Pronunciation: /maɪlz/ 1. A male given name from an uncertain origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, / Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain. Example: Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo. Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know? 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mill Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher. Example: I have endeavoured to acquire a knowledge of the Hare system, and I have read Mill upon the subject, and it seems to me that the present proposal is opposed to that system. 3. A village in North Brabant, Netherlands. 4. An unincorporated community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
Word: Millennium Part of Speech: name 1. The Kingdom of Christ on Earth, predicted by Christians to come about someday. 2. A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday. Example: Near-synonym: utopia
Word: Mills Part of Speech: name Etymology: From mills, in reference to mill owners and mill workers. Pronunciation: /mɪlz/ 1. An English and Scottish occupational surname. 2. A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of an Mhuilinn (“of the mill”). 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. 4. A locale in the United States: 5. A locale in the United States: 6. A locale in the United States: 7. A locale in the United States: 8. A locale in the United States: 9. A locale in the United States: 10. A locale in the United States: 11. A locale in the United States:
Word: Mina Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmiːnə/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Mina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːnə/ 1. A female given name.
Word: Mina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِنَى (minā). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːnə/ 1. a valley near Mecca
Word: Mini Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mini 1. A surname from Italian
Word: Mini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trademark MINI used as the car name originating from the Austin Mini and Morris Mini-Minor from BMC, from mini for being small. 1. A model of mini-compact car, originally built by BMC in the United Kingdom, and later by BMW.
Word: Minnan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Min Nan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Minotaur Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Minotaure, Mynataur, mynatour, Mynotaur, Mynotawre, from Old English Minotaurus, from Latin Mīnōtaurus, from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/, /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/ 1. A monster, half man and half bull, who dwelled in the labyrinth in Crete and who was killed by Theseus. Labels: Greek
Word: Minus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unexplained. 1. A surname.
Word: Mir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian мир (mir, “peace”). Pronunciation: /mɪə/, /mɪɹ/ 1. A Soviet, later Russian space station. 2. A male given name.
Word: Mir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Persian مِیر (mīr, “commander; prince”). Pronunciation: /mɪə/, /mɪɹ/ 1. A surname from Persian.
Word: Miss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mistress. Pronunciation: /mɪs/, /ˈmɪz/ 1. A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status. Example: Mrs. Gardiner would be happy to see Miss March and Miss Josephine at a little dance on New-Year's-Eve. 2. A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status. Example: These are the two young ladies that I wanted you to meet, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson. 3. A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status. Example: The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe. 4. A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status. Labels: dated, regional Example: Excuse me Ma'am, will Miss Julia and Miss Emily be staying for tea? Example: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. 5. A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status. Labels: dated Example: Good morning, Miss. May I help you? 6. A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress. Example: Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again. 7. Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest. Example: Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire! Example: And I can now announce that this year's Miss Personality is ... Doris Miggins! 8. Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman. Labels: derogatory, often, sarcastic Example: Don't ask me, ask Miss know-it-all over there.
Word: Misses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪz/, /ˈmɪsəz/ 1. plural of Miss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Misses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪz/, /ˈmɪsəz/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of Mrs; alternative spelling of Missus. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Perhaps we are disposed to smile at seeing so much made of titles; but after what we have learned of Lord Timothy Dexter and the high-sounding names appropriated by many of our own compatriots, who have no more claim to them than we plain Misters and Misseses, we may feel to them something as our late friend Mr. Appleton felt to the real green turtle soup set before him, when he said that it was almost as good as mock.
Word: Mission Part of Speech: name 1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada. 2. A neighborhood of San Francisco.
Word: Missus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Eye dialect of Mrs. 1. Mrs, a form of address for a married woman. Labels: informal Example: She [Mary] next went into service on a farm at Welcombe; there was the Boss, the Missus, two young children and Mary, the only servant.
Word: Mistress Part of Speech: noun 1. Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs. Labels: archaic Example: The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way. Example: Mistress Cordelia Carfax shivered and gathered her silk shawl about her shoulders. […] Any shows of affection Mistress Carfax did display were usually reserved for her pedigree pug. 2. Used as the title of a female dominant.
Word: Mitten Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the mitten-like shape. 1. The Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Labels: informal 2. A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.
Word: Mme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Mme. 1. Abbreviation of Madame. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: With them were the two royal children, Mmes Tantes (the elderly daughters of Louis XV), Mme Elisabeth, the Comic de Provence and his wife. Example: In The Bernadinis’ Terrace, gracefully translated by Joanna Kilmartin, Mme Laure Bernardini and her companion, Mme Thérèse, are very old: ‘immobilised, like ships that have run aground, they exist minimally.’
Word: Mob Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the common noun sense, capitalized and used as a proper name. 1. The Mafia: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one). Example: The campfires provide enough plain old regular visible light to show this sorry affair for what it is: a bunch of demented Boy Scouts, a jamboree without merit badges or hygiene. With the IR supered on top of the visible, she can also see vague, spectral red faces out in the shadows where her unassisted eyes would only see darkness. These new Knight Visions cost her a big wad of her Mob drug-running money. Just the kind of thing Mom had in mind when she insisted Y.T. get a part-time job. 2. The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses': the general population, or rabble, viewed as one mob of unruly, disorganized people predisposed to violence and malevolence. Example: tempted to ascribe Poe's narrators' mentions of the Mob to misanthropy in the author himself
Word: Mobile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of (Mobile Bay, from the name of) the Mobile tribe, perhaps from the name of a Native town somewhere in what is now central Alabama, various spelled Mabila or Maubila. Pronunciation: /moʊˈbiːl/, /ˈmoʊbiːl/, /məʊˈbiːl/ 1. A city, the county seat of Mobile County, in southwestern Alabama. Example: Oh, Mama / Is this really the end? / To be stuck here inside of Mobile / With the Memphis blues again
Word: Mobius strip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Möbius strip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Model Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
Word: Mohel Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Mohéli (“one of the major islands of the Comoros”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: Mole Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”). Pronunciation: /məʊl/ 1. A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames. 2. A river in Devon, England, tributary to the Taw. 3. A surname.
Word: Molly Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.li/, /ˈmɑ.li/ 1. A diminutive of Mary or, less often, Margaret. Example: "My name's Molly. It is an old-fashioned name, and I was christened Mary. But Papa likes Molly." "That's right. Keep to the good old fashions, dear." "Well, I must say I think Mary is prettier than Molly, and quite as old a name, too," said Mrs Hamley. "I think it was," said Molly, lowering her voice, and dropping her eyes, "because mamma was Mary, and I was called Molly when she lived." Example: But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say. 2. A female given name from Hebrew.
Word: Molly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.li/, /ˈmɑ.li/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of molly: the crystalline or powdered form of MDMA. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, slang, uncountable 2. A Molly Maguire. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: Mom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Proprialisation of mom. Pronunciation: /mɒm/, /mɑm/ 1. One’s mother. Labels: informal Example: I wish Mom and Dad didn't argue so much.
Word: Mom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Khmer មុំ (mum, “corner, angle”). Pronunciation: /mɒm/, /mɑm/ 1. A surname from Khmer.
Word: Mom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Thai หม่อม (mɔ̀m) Pronunciation: /mɒm/, /mɑm/ 1. prefix of a female commoner who marries a royal prince.
Word: Moment Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unexplained English surname. 1. A surname.
Word: Mommy Part of Speech: name 1. One's mother Labels: Canada, US Example: I wish Mommy and Daddy didn't argue so much.
Word: Mon Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Monday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Mon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Burmese မွန် (mwan). 1. A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.
Word: Mon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Burmese မွန် (mwan). 1. The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.
Word: Mon Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Monica. Example: Phoebe: Oh, hey, Mon, do you still have your like... old blouses and dresses from high school? Monica: Yeah, I think I have some around here somewhere. Why?
Word: Mon Part of Speech: name 1. A district of Nagaland, India.
Word: Mona Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa. The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ̯nə/, /ˈmɵ̞ʊ̯nə/, /ˈmoʊ̯nə/, /ˈmɔʊ̯nə/ 1. A female given name from Irish. 2. A female given name from Arabic. 3. The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago. 4. A city in Utah. 5. A surname.
Word: Monarch Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Locations in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Locations in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Locations in Canada: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mongol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (mongqol). The sense of person with Down syndrome stems from the observation that individuals with this condition frequently exhibit a prominent epicanthic fold, a feature commonly observed among individuals of East Asian ancestry. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/, /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/ 1. A member of the Mongolic ethnic group native to Mongolia. 2. A person with Down syndrome. Labels: dated, derogatory, offensive Example: The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls. 3. A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States. 4. A Turk, particularly in political or Internet discourse by certain neighbors (such as in Greece or the Caucasus) and within Turkey by opponents to suggest a lack of civilization or, in some contexts, to mock the genetic and historical ties between the Turkic and Mongolic peoples. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: —You are malaka! [a wanker] —Malaka goat anan! [is your goat mother!] —Malaka OLOLOLO! —[Answers in Turkish] Malaka goat anandır! [Malaka is your goat mother!] —Mongol! —[Answers in Turkish] Hassiktir ben Türküm! [Fuck you, I am Turkish!]
Word: Mongol Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (mongqol). The sense of person with Down syndrome stems from the observation that individuals with this condition frequently exhibit a prominent epicanthic fold, a feature commonly observed among individuals of East Asian ancestry. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/, /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/ 1. Synonym of Mongolian. Example: THE following fables are selected from a number which a Mongol teacher dictated in his attempts to familiarise a foreigner with the language of Mongolia. It will be seen at a glance that most of them are not native to the country, but come from a laud abounding with sights and scenes unknown to Mongolia. One or two of them, though, have a very Mongol look about them, and doubtless a good many of them have adopted more or less of a Mongol dress. Example: While the social system could thus be improved, [G. Stanley] Hall knew that heredity was more important. He argued that a pound of heredity was “worth a hundredweight of education.” It was necessary to pay attention to better breeding: “The nation that breeds best, be it Mongol, Slav, Teuton or Saxon, will rule the world in the future.”
Word: Mongol Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/, /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/ 1. A Keram language spoken in Papua New Guinea (also known by its native name Mwakai).
Word: Monitor Part of Speech: name 1. Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor". 2. A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide". 3. The USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship of its type.
Word: Monopoly Part of Speech: name Etymology: See monopoly. 1. A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy. Example: I was playing Monopoly with my friends at 12:00am last night. Example: In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.
Word: Mons Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Word: Mons Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortened form 1. A diminutive of the female given name Monica. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery.
Word: Monster Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Example: And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.
Word: Monument Part of Speech: name 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: Monument Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.
Word: Moon Part of Speech: name Etymology: [Alt: Bright face of the Moon] From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni. Pronunciation: /muːn/, /mun/ 1. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾. Example: I kind of have two Moons up there. I look at the Moon just like everybody else who's never been there. But every once in a while I do think of the second Moon, the one that I recall from up close and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe that I was actually up there. 2. A personification of the moon. Example: Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence. Example: Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month. 3. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Word: Moon Part of Speech: name Etymology: * A variant of Mohan, from Irish. * A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce. * An Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname. * A variant of Mun, from Korean. * A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 /万 (Wàn), and 滿 /满 (Mǎn). * Possibly from Cantonese 滿 /满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”). 1. A surname. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Moor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro. Pronunciation: /mɔː/, /mʊə/, /mʊɹ/, /mɔɹ/ 1. A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania. Labels: historical 2. A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries. Labels: historical Example: [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities? 3. A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa. Labels: archaic 4. A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa. Labels: dated 5. A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
Word: Moor Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɔː/, /mʊə/, /mʊɹ/, /mɔɹ/ 1. A surname. 2. A surname.
Word: Moose Part of Speech: name Etymology: * Americanized form of German Moos. * Translation and shortening of a Native American name with a word meaning “moose”, such as Dakota ta. 1. An English surname.
Word: Moose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Muslim with moose. 1. A Muslim. Labels: derogatory, slang, slur
Word: Moral Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Moral. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Moral Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unknown 1. A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
Word: More Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages). Pronunciation: /mɔːˈreɪ/ 1. The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
Word: More Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore. * As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”). * As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɹ/, /ˈmɔː/, /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/, /ˈmoə/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Moreno Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Moreno. Pronunciation: /məˈɹeɪnoʊ/ 1. A characteristical surname from Spanish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A city and partido in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A department in Santiago del Estero province, Argentina. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A city in Pernambuco state, Brazil. Labels: countable, uncountable