Commonly used words in written English - letter M with 532 words, sorted alphabetically
The list of words starting with the letter M that occur frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
| Word | Frequency | Definition |
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186 | (noun) the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
40 | (noun) informal terms for a mother | |
11 | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | |
117 | (verb) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery; (noun) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks | |
34 | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | |
5 | (noun) Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820) | |
9 | (adjective) very large in scale or scope or capability; (noun) a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language | |
21 | (adjective) very angry | |
6 | (noun) a woman who runs a house of prostitution | |
21 | (noun) title used for a married Frenchwoman | |
991 | (verb) past and past participle of make; (adjective) (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order | |
16 | (noun) 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836) | |
9 | (noun) unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm | |
8 | (noun) a light patterned cotton cloth | |
11 | (noun) the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum | |
56 | (noun) a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it | |
26 | (noun) any art that invokes supernatural powers | |
8 | (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | |
20 | (noun) a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) | |
8 | (noun) a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | |
10 | (noun) (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | |
38 | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by magnetism | |
18 | (adjective) characterized by grandeur | |
32 | (noun) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) | |
15 | (noun) a female domestic | |
10 | (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin); (adjective) serving to set in motion | |
48 | (verb) send via the postal service; (noun) the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service | |
184 | (noun) any very large body of (salt) water | |
12 | (noun) a state in New England | |
9 | (noun) the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula | |
57 | (adverb) for the most part | |
9 | (noun) the prevailing current of thought | |
114 | (verb) state or assert | |
55 | (adjective) continued in your keeping or use or memory | |
50 | (noun) means of maintenance of a family or group | |
7 | (noun) tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times | |
39 | (noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion | |
227 | (verb) have as one's principal field of study; (adjective) of greater importance or stature or rank | |
96 | (noun) the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part | |
844 | (verb) engage in | |
32 | (noun) a person who makes things | |
275 | (noun) (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something | |
6 | (noun) an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever | |
5 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; (noun) a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago | |
8 | (noun) a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 | |
89 | (adjective) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; (noun) an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | |
5 | (noun) feeling a need to see others suffer | |
11 | (adjective) dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) | |
28 | (noun) a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years | |
6 | (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | |
9 | (noun) a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped | |
11 | (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | |
824 | (verb) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; (noun) an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) | |
95 | (verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | |
189 | (noun) the act of managing something | |
91 | (noun) someone who controls resources and expenditures | |
10 | (adjective) of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management | |
14 | (noun) largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river | |
15 | (verb) assign under a mandate; (noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | |
8 | (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves; (adjective) required by rule | |
8 | (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal; (noun) a military training exercise | |
6 | (noun) a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals | |
6 | (noun) a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters | |
6 | (noun) the state of being a man; manly qualities | |
40 | (verb) record in a ship's manifest; (noun) a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane | |
25 | (noun) a clear appearance | |
6 | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | |
6 | (verb) make multiple copies of; (adjective) many and varied; having many features or forms | |
7 | (noun) a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp | |
13 | (verb) influence or control shrewdly or deviously | |
14 | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | |
30 | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | |
8 | (noun) United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859) | |
153 | (noun) how something is done or how it happens | |
20 | (noun) social deportment | |
8 | (noun) the mansion of a lord or wealthy person | |
8 | (noun) the force of workers available | |
10 | (noun) a large and imposing house | |
8 | (verb) spread over a surface, like a mantle; (noun) the cloak as a symbol of authority | |
35 | (adjective) of or relating to the hands; (noun) a small handbook | |
35 | (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | |
16 | (adjective) produced in a large-scale industrial operation | |
38 | (noun) a business engaged in manufacturing some product | |
43 | (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | |
8 | (verb) spread manure, as for fertilization; (noun) any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material | |
38 | (noun) the form of a literary work submitted for publication | |
984 | (determiner) a large number of; (adjective) a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number | |
10 | (noun) Chinese communist leader (1893-1976) | |
82 | (verb) make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; (noun) a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) | |
6 | (noun) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring | |
12 | (noun) (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome | |
10 | (verb) make imperfect | |
16 | (verb) paint or stain like marble; (noun) a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material | |
164 | (verb) march in a procession; (noun) the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | |
8 | (noun) the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | |
7 | (noun) female equine animal | |
36 | (noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | |
25 | (adjective) producing at a rate that barely covers production costs | |
25 | (noun) valuable timber tree of Panama | |
31 | (adjective) of or relating to the sea; (noun) a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land | |
5 | (noun) members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea | |
12 | (adjective) of or relating to the state of marriage | |
11 | (adjective) bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | |
86 | (verb) designate as if by a mark; (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | |
77 | (adjective) having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination | |
9 | (adverb) in a clearly noticeable manner | |
16 | (noun) some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something | |
251 | (verb) engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | |
41 | (noun) the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service | |
6 | (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | |
14 | (noun) a pattern of marks | |
38 | (noun) English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) | |
9 | (noun) nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count | |
114 | (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | |
86 | (adjective) joined in matrimony; (noun) a person who is married | |
8 | (noun) the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | |
34 | (verb) take in marriage | |
9 | (noun) a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color | |
14 | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | |
13 | (verb) place in proper rank; (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | |
21 | (noun) United States actor (1914-1998) | |
9 | (noun) Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC) | |
50 | (noun) any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas | |
11 | (verb) kill as a martyr; (noun) one who suffers for the sake of principle | |
7 | (verb) express astonishment or surprise about something | |
6 | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | |
20 | (noun) United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979) | |
7 | (noun) the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism | |
10 | (adjective) following the ideas of Marx and Engels; (noun) an advocate of Marxism | |
88 | (noun) the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics | |
17 | (noun) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies | |
9 | (adjective) of grammatical gender; (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | |
21 | (verb) put a mask on or cover with a mask; (noun) a covering to disguise or conceal the face | |
16 | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | |
6 | (noun) structure built of stone or brick by a mason | |
129 | (verb) join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; (noun) the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field | |
33 | (noun) a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies | |
11 | (verb) kill a large number of people indiscriminately | |
6 | (verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; (noun) kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation | |
34 | (noun) the common people generally | |
25 | (adjective) imposing in size or bulk or solidity | |
8 | (noun) a vertical spar for supporting sails | |
110 | (verb) be or become completely proficient or skilled in; (noun) directs the work of others | |
6 | (noun) the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman | |
27 | (noun) United States poet (1869-1950) | |
9 | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | |
11 | (noun) a thick flat pad used as a floor covering | |
40 | (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; (noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | |
11 | (adjective) going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities | |
12 | (adjective) being two identical | |
11 | (noun) the officer below the master on a commercial ship | |
328 | (adjective) derived from or composed of matter; (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | |
5 | (noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | |
7 | (adverb) with respect to material aspects | |
15 | (adjective) characteristic of a mother | |
9 | (noun) a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | |
27 | (adjective) of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics | |
5 | (noun) a person skilled in mathematics | |
26 | (noun) a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | |
5 | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | |
42 | (noun) (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules | |
10 | (adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy; (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | |
357 | (noun) a vaguely specified concern | |
19 | (noun) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel | |
25 | (verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; (adjective) characteristic of maturity | |
17 | (noun) state of being mature; full development | |
23 | (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | |
9 | (noun) a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits | |
8 | (verb) make as big or large as possible | |
79 | (noun) the largest possible quantity | |
7 | (noun) a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss | |
1,771 | (verb) expressing possibility; (noun) the month following April and preceding June | |
7 | (noun) an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas | |
58 | (adverb) by chance | |
24 | (noun) the head of a city government | |
6 | (noun) one million periods per second | |
6 | (noun) United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989) | |
9 | (noun) United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934) | |
10 | (noun) a licensed medical practitioner | |
1,101 | (pronoun) used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition | |
5 | (noun) made of fermented honey and water | |
13 | (noun) a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | |
42 | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time | |
282 | (verb) mean or intend to express or convey; (adjective) excellent | |
157 | (noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | |
17 | (adjective) having a meaning or purpose | |
6 | (adjective) having no meaning or direction or purpose | |
352 | (noun) thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end | |
14 | (adverb) during the intervening time; (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another | |
30 | (adverb) at the same time but in another place | |
209 | (verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; (noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | |
63 | (adjective) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables | |
80 | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | |
26 | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | |
42 | (noun) the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food | |
48 | (adjective) using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices | |
17 | (noun) the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference | |
83 | (noun) the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction | |
31 | (noun) a master's degree in education | |
9 | (noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | |
8 | (adjective) dividing an animal into right and left halves | |
16 | (adjective) relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle; (noun) the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items | |
7 | (verb) occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; (adjective) acting through or dependent on an intervening agency | |
10 | (adjective) acting or brought about through an intervening agency | |
9 | (noun) a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party | |
7 | (noun) a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | |
129 | (adjective) relating to the study or practice of medicine | |
18 | (noun) the act of treating with medicines or remedies | |
67 | (noun) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques | |
25 | (adjective) relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | |
6 | (verb) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | |
14 | (noun) continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature | |
17 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea; (noun) the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia | |
141 | (adjective) (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside; (noun) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information | |
259 | (verb) come together; (noun) a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held | |
176 | (noun) a formally arranged gathering | |
12 | (adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; (noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness | |
8 | (noun) a resort town in east central Florida | |
12 | (noun) the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes | |
11 | (verb) reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating | |
7 | (adjective) changed from a solid to a liquid state | |
12 | (noun) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; (adjective) becoming liquid | |
395 | (noun) one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization) | |
37 | (noun) the body of members of an organization or group | |
50 | (noun) a thin pliable sheet of material | |
6 | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | |
19 | (noun) an account of the author's personal experiences | |
8 | (adjective) worth remembering | |
12 | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | |
21 | (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | |
124 | (noun) something that is remembered | |
610 | (noun) the force of workers available | |
8 | (verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; (noun) something that is a source of danger | |
94 | (adjective) involving the mind or an intellectual process | |
12 | (adverb) in your mind | |
180 | (verb) make reference to; (noun) a remark that calls attention to something or someone | |
8 | (verb) serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; (noun) a wise and trusted guide and advisor | |
25 | (noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant | |
12 | (noun) commodities offered for sale | |
49 | (noun) a businessperson engaged in retail trade | |
19 | (noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | |
27 | (noun) something for which to be thankful | |
70 | (noun) a small pond of standing water | |
111 | (adverb) and nothing more | |
6 | (verb) join or combine | |
6 | (adjective) formed or united into a whole | |
12 | (noun) an occurrence that involves the production of a union | |
6 | (adjective) of or happening at noon; (noun) an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator | |
40 | (noun) any admirable quality or attribute | |
9 | (adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment | |
8 | (verb) work together in harmony; (noun) the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles | |
12 | (verb) eat in a mess hall; (noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness | |
98 | (verb) send a message to; (noun) a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled | |
17 | (noun) a person who carries a message | |
7 | (noun) any expected deliverer | |
12 | (adjective) of or relating to metabolism | |
17 | (noun) the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life | |
90 | (verb) cover with metal | |
11 | (adjective) containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; (noun) a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal | |
19 | (noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | |
10 | (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics | |
8 | (noun) the philosophical study of being and knowing | |
27 | (verb) measure with a meter; (noun) the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | |
369 | (noun) a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) | |
9 | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley; (noun) a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church | |
7 | (adjective) relating to the methodology of some discipline | |
17 | (noun) the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline | |
7 | (noun) the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane | |
12 | (noun) the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | |
7 | (adjective) based on the meter as a standard of measurement | |
6 | (noun) a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts | |
19 | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; (noun) in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity | |
31 | (adjective) of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Mexico | |
62 | (noun) a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810 | |
37 | (noun) a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | |
22 | (noun) the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization | |
7 | (noun) a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan | |
50 | (noun) (Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews | |
28 | (noun) a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region | |
10 | (adjective) extremely small in scale or scope or capability | |
5 | (noun) any organism of microscopic size | |
11 | (noun) magnifier of the image of small objects | |
8 | (adjective) of or relating to or used in microscopy | |
5 | (noun) research with the use of microscopes | |
6 | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven; (noun) a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data | |
48 | (adjective) used in combination to denote the middle | |
167 | (verb) put in the middle; (adjective) of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages | |
15 | (noun) 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night | |
24 | (noun) the location of something surrounded by other things | |
550 | (noun) physical strength | |
22 | (adverb) (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; (adjective) having or showing great strength or force or intensity | |
12 | (adjective) habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; (noun) traveler who moves from one region or country to another | |
10 | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there | |
29 | (noun) the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | |
14 | (noun) device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | |
10 | (noun) the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages | |
25 | (adjective) moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme | |
166 | (noun) a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters | |
5 | (noun) the environmental condition | |
7 | (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; (noun) a militant reformer | |
167 | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; (noun) the military forces of a nation | |
12 | (noun) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | |
59 | (verb) take milk from female mammals; (noun) a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings | |
33 | (verb) move about in a confused manner; (noun) machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | |
7 | (noun) a span of 1000 years | |
32 | (noun) someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) | |
153 | (adjective) (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units; (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros | |
22 | (noun) United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855) | |
16 | (noun) English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674) | |
5 | (noun) largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries | |
28 | (noun) any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province | |
342 | (verb) be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | |
15 | (adjective) (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified | |
60 | (pronoun) belonging to me; my; used as a pronominal to me; my; used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; (verb) get from the earth by excavation | |
14 | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | |
42 | (adjective) relating to minerals; (noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | |
10 | (verb) get involved or mixed-up with | |
9 | (adjective) being on a very small scale; (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | |
17 | (adjective) the least possible | |
17 | (verb) make small or insignificant | |
63 | (noun) the smallest possible quantity | |
30 | (noun) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth | |
24 | (adjective) used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee; (noun) a very short skirt | |
147 | (verb) attend to the wants and needs of others; (noun) a person appointed to a high office in the government | |
6 | (adjective) of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office | |
60 | (noun) religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian) | |
7 | (noun) largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities | |
15 | (noun) a midwestern state | |
55 | (verb) have as one's secondary field of study; (adjective) of lesser importance or stature or rank | |
46 | (noun) a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part | |
7 | (verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing; (noun) any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers | |
8 | (adjective) on the negative side or lower end of a scale | |
60 | (adjective) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | |
109 | (noun) a written account of what transpired at a meeting | |
24 | (noun) any amazing or wonderful occurrence | |
6 | (adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | |
36 | (verb) reflect as if in a mirror; (noun) polished surface that forms images by reflecting light | |
11 | (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | |
8 | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | |
14 | (adjective) very unhappy; full of misery | |
18 | (noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | |
13 | (noun) unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | |
9 | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | |
89 | (verb) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; (noun) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | |
18 | (adjective) not caught with the senses or the mind | |
14 | (noun) a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control | |
27 | (adjective) not able to be found | |
78 | (noun) an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work | |
37 | (adjective) relating to or connected to a religious mission; (noun) someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | |
22 | (noun) a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico | |
20 | (noun) a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union | |
10 | (verb) become covered with mist; (noun) a thin fog with condensation near the ground | |
48 | (verb) identify incorrectly; (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | |
15 | (adjective) arising from error | |
16 | (noun) an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man | |
8 | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | |
17 | (noun) an engineering university in Cambridge | |
13 | (noun) English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) | |
25 | (verb) combine (electronic signals); (noun) a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients | |
54 | (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | |
15 | (noun) the act of mixing together | |
49 | (noun) (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) | |
39 | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | |
60 | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | |
6 | (noun) a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals | |
11 | (noun) an indefinitely short time | |
6 | (verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; (noun) an utterance expressing pain or disapproval | |
11 | (noun) a disorderly crowd of people | |
21 | (adjective) moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); (noun) sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents | |
19 | (noun) the quality of moving freely | |
7 | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" | |
8 | (verb) make ready for action or use | |
8 | (verb) treat with contempt; (adjective) constituting a copy or imitation of something | |
5 | (noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | |
92 | (noun) a particular functioning condition or arrangement | |
291 | (verb) plan or create according to a model or models; (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | |
13 | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | |
6 | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | |
8 | (noun) (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line | |
36 | (verb) preside over; (adjective) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme | |
8 | (adverb) with moderation; in a moderate manner | |
6 | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | |
183 | (adjective) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; (noun) a contemporary person | |
7 | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | |
7 | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | |
19 | (adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself | |
34 | (noun) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy | |
35 | (adjective) changed in form or character | |
22 | (verb) make less severe or harsh or extreme | |
7 | (noun) (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase | |
16 | (noun) detachable compartment of a spacecraft | |
5 | (noun) an integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers | |
9 | (adjective) slightly wet | |
19 | (noun) wetness caused by water | |
7 | (noun) the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | |
7 | (adjective) of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth; (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | |
10 | (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity; (noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | |
9 | (noun) spicy sauce often containing chocolate | |
31 | (adjective) relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules | |
47 | (noun) (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound | |
16 | (noun) informal terms for a mother | |
215 | (noun) a particular point in time | |
15 | (noun) an impelling force or strength | |
7 | (noun) a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand | |
15 | (noun) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed | |
14 | (noun) an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | |
16 | (noun) the residence of a religious community | |
5 | (noun) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work; (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | |
18 | (noun) the second day of the week; the first working day | |
24 | (adjective) relating to or involving money | |
248 | (noun) the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender | |
29 | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; (noun) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor | |
24 | (noun) the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it) | |
24 | (noun) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | |
15 | (noun) any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) | |
9 | (noun) a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject | |
21 | (noun) (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | |
8 | (noun) United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962) | |
11 | (noun) used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr' | |
13 | (noun) an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts | |
5 | (adjective) abnormally large | |
7 | (noun) a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border | |
7 | (noun) a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time | |
9 | (noun) Canadian novelist (1874-1942) | |
255 | (noun) a time unit of approximately 30 days | |
30 | (adverb) occurring once a month; (adjective) of or occurring or payable every month | |
10 | (noun) a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world | |
24 | (noun) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property | |
31 | (noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | |
45 | (verb) be idle in a listless or dreamy way; (noun) any object resembling a moon | |
6 | (verb) work a second job, usually after hours; (noun) the light of the Moon | |
9 | (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock; (noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss | |
22 | (noun) United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969) | |
123 | (adjective) concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; (noun) the significance of a story or event | |
9 | (noun) a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose | |
26 | (noun) concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct | |
9 | (adverb) with respect to moral principles | |
11 | (noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | |
2,080 | (adverb) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; (noun) English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state | |
77 | (adverb) in addition | |
20 | (noun) United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881) | |
151 | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | |
7 | (noun) a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. | |
6 | (adjective) relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language | |
8 | (noun) the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants | |
18 | (noun) United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) | |
6 | (noun) United States rock singer (1943-1971) | |
14 | (noun) the next day | |
15 | (adjective) subject to death | |
24 | (noun) the quality or state of being mortal | |
8 | (verb) plaster with mortar; (noun) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range | |
22 | (verb) put up as security or collateral; (noun) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | |
7 | (noun) United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941) | |
9 | (noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass; (adjective) of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him | |
29 | (noun) a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation | |
22 | (noun) (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai | |
7 | (noun) (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret | |
7 | (noun) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | |
9 | (noun) tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants | |
1,157 | (adverb) used to form the superlative | |
43 | (adverb) in large part; mainly or chiefly | |
6 | (noun) typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | |
283 | (verb) care for like a mother; (noun) a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) | |
34 | (noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | |
107 | (noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location | |
13 | (adjective) provided with a motive or given incentive for action | |
25 | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | |
21 | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; (adjective) causing or able to cause motion | |
64 | (noun) machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion | |
12 | (verb) form in clay, wax, etc; (noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | |
11 | (verb) form into a rounded elevation; (noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | |
32 | (verb) attach to a support; (noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | |
119 | (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | |
24 | (adjective) assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support | |
9 | (noun) framework used for support or display | |
8 | (noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | |
34 | (verb) manipulate the mouse of a computer; (noun) any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails | |
91 | (verb) articulate silently; form words with the lips only; (noun) the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge | |
159 | (verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; (noun) the act of deciding to do something | |
105 | (adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | |
243 | (noun) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | |
33 | (noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | |
81 | (adjective) in motion | |
53 | (noun) a form of address for a man | |
21 | (noun) a form of address for a married woman | |
29 | (noun) a form of address for a woman | |
11 | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element | |
808 | (adverb) to a great degree or extent; (noun) a great amount or extent | |
7 | (adjective) of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus | |
19 | (verb) plaster with mud; (noun) water soaked soil; soft wet earth | |
8 | (noun) leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975) | |
10 | (noun) hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile | |
6 | (adjective) involving or operating in several nations or nationalities | |
63 | (adjective) having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; (noun) the product of a quantity by an integer | |
8 | (noun) a multiplicative increase | |
5 | (noun) the property of being multiple | |
10 | (adjective) greatly increased as by multiplication | |
15 | (adverb) in several ways; in a multiple manner; (verb) combine by multiplication | |
18 | (noun) a large gathering of people | |
9 | (noun) the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany | |
27 | (adjective) relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality | |
11 | (noun) an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government | |
42 | (verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; (noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | |
11 | (adjective) killed unlawfully | |
9 | (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | |
15 | (verb) speak softly or indistinctly | |
9 | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | |
16 | (noun) British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957) | |
87 | (verb) make one's way by force; (noun) one of the contractile organs of the body | |
15 | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of muscle | |
8 | (noun) the source of an artist's inspiration | |
66 | (noun) a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value | |
7 | (verb) pick or gather mushrooms; (noun) common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) | |
138 | (noun) an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
37 | (adjective) characterized by or capable of producing music; (noun) a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing | |
17 | (noun) someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) | |
25 | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Islamism; (noun) a believer in or follower of Islam | |
891 | (verb) be obliged to; should (expressing necessity); (noun) a necessary or essential thing | |
7 | (verb) gather or bring together; (noun) a gathering of military personnel for duty | |
7 | (adjective) tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; (noun) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | |
13 | (noun) (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism | |
8 | (noun) a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech | |
41 | (adjective) common to or shared by two or more parties | |
11 | (adverb) in a mutual or shared manner | |
1,455 | (pronoun) a form of the possessive case of I used as an attributive adjective | |
7 | (adjective) of or relating to the myocardium | |
121 | (pronoun) used reflexively in place of me as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb | |
18 | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | |
35 | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | |
8 | (adjective) relating to or resembling mysticism; (noun) someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension | |
9 | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | |
33 | (noun) a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people | |
8 | (noun) myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person |