# dict

Words: masterpiece
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a work done with extraordinary skill; especially : a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement\n2 : a piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master


Words: mastery
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the authority of a master : DOMINION b : the upper hand in a contest or competition : SUPERIORITY, ASCENDANCY\n2 a : possession or display of great skill or technique b : skill or knowledge that makes one master of a subject : COMMAND


Words: masthead
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the top of a mast\n2 a : the printed matter in a newspaper or periodical that gives the title and pertinent details of ownership, advertising rates, and subscription rates b : the name of a publication (as a newspaper) displayed on the top of the first page


Words: masticate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing : CHEW\n2 : to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading\nintransitive senses : CHEW


Words: mastiff
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a breed of very large massive powerful smooth-coated dogs that are apricot, fawn, or brindle and are often used as guard dogs


Words: mastodon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous extinct mammals (genus Mastodon syn. Mammut) that differ from the related mammoths and existing elephants chiefly in the form of the molar teeth\n2 : one that is unusually large


Words: mastoid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear; also : being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates\n2 : of, relating to, or occurring in the region of the mastoid process\n\n<2> noun\n: a mastoid bone or process


Words: masturbation
Meaning:
noun\n: erotic stimulation especially of one’s own genital organs commonly resulting in orgasm and achieved by manual or other bodily contact exclusive of sexual intercourse, by instrumental manipulation, occasionally by sexual fantasies, or by various combinations of these agencies


Words: mat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support (2) : a piece of material placed at a door for wiping soiled shoe soles b : a decorative piece of material used under a small item (as a dish) especially for support or protection c : a large thick pad or cushion used as a surface for wrestling, tumbling, and gymnastics\n2 : something made up of densely tangled or adhering strands especially of organic matter <algal mat> <a mat of unkempt hair>\n3 : a large slab usually of reinforced concrete used as the supporting base of a building\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide with a mat or matting\n2 a : to form into a tangled mass b : to pack down so as to form a dense mass\nintransitive senses : to become matted\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to make (as a metal, glass, or color) matte\n2 : to provide (a picture) with a mat


Words: match
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a person or thing equal or similar to another b : one able to cope with another c : an exact counterpart\n2 : a pair suitably associated <carpet and curtains are a match>\n3 a : a contest between two or more parties <a golf match> <a soccer match> <a shouting match> b : a contest (as in tennis or volleyball) completed when one player or side wins a specified number of sets or games\n4 a : a marriage union b : a prospective partner in marriage\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to encounter successfully as an antagonist b (1) : to set in competition or opposition (2) : to provide with a worthy competitor c : to set in comparison\n2 : to join or give in marriage\n3 a (1) : to put in a set possessing equal or harmonizing attributes (2) : to cause to correspond : SUIT b (1) : to be the counterpart of; also : to compare favorably with (2) : to harmonize with c : to provide with a counterpart d : to provide funds complementary to\n4 : to fit together or make suitable for fitting together\n5 a : to flip or toss (coins) and compare exposed faces b : to toss coins with\nintransitive senses : to be a counterpart\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a chemically prepared wick or cord formerly used in firing firearms or powder\n2 : a short slender piece of flammable material (as wood) tipped with a combustible mixture that bursts into flame when slightly heated through friction (as by being scratched against a rough surface)


Words: matchlock
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a slow-burning match lowered over a hole in the breech of a musket to ignite the charge\n2 : a musket equipped with a matchlock


Words: matchmaker
Meaning:
noun\n: one that arranges a match; especially : one who tries to bring two unmarried individuals together in an attempt to promote a marriage


Words: mate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: CHECKMATE 2\n\n<2> noun\n: CHECKMATE 1\n\n<3> noun\n1 a (1) : ASSOCIATE, COMPANION (2) chiefly British : an assistant to a more skilled worker : HELPER (3) chiefly British : FRIEND, BUDDY often used as a familiar form of address b archaic : MATCH, PEER\n2 : a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain\n3 : one of a pair: as a : either member of a couple and especially a married couple b : either member of a breeding pair of animals c : either of two matched objects\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : EQUAL, MATCH\n2 : to join or fit together : COUPLE\n3 a : to join together as mates b : to provide a mate for\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become mated <gears that mate well>\n2 : COPULATE


Words: material
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : relating to, derived from, or consisting of matter; especially : PHYSICAL <the material world> (2) : BODILY <material needs> b (1) : of or relating to matter rather than form <material cause> (2) : of or relating to the subject matter of reasoning; especially : EMPIRICAL <material knowledge>\n2 : having real importance or great consequences <facts material to the investigation>\n3 a : being of a physical or worldly nature b : relating to or concerned with physical rather than spiritual or intellectual things <material progress>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : the elements, constituents, or substances of which something is composed or can be made (2) : matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized <sticky material> <explosive materials> b (1) : something (as data) that may be worked into a more finished form <material for a biography> (2) : something used for or made the object of study <material for the next semester> (3) : a performer’s repertoire <a comedian’s material> c : MATTER 3b d : CLOTH e : a person potentially suited to some pursuit <varsity material> <leadership material>\n2 a : apparatus necessary for doing or making something <writing materials> b : MAT*RIEL


Words: materialism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter b : a doctrine that the only or the highest values or objectives lie in material well-being and in the furtherance of material progress c : a doctrine that economic or social change is materially caused compare HISTORICAL MATERIALISM\n2 : a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things


Words: materialize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make material : OBJECTIFY b : to cause to appear in bodily form <materialize the spirits of the dead>\n2 : to cause to be materialistic\nintransitive senses\n1 : to assume bodily form\n2 a : to appear especially suddenly b : to come into existence


Words: maternal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : MOTHERLY\n2 a : related through a mother <his maternal aunt> b : inherited or derived from the female parent <maternal genes>


Words: maternity
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being a mother : MOTHERHOOD b : the qualities of a mother : MOTHERLINESS\n2 : a hospital facility designed for the care of women before and during childbirth and for the care of newborn babies\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : designed for wear during pregnancy <a maternity dress>\n2 : effective for the period close to and including childbirth <maternity leave>


Words: mathematics
Meaning:
noun plural but usually singular in construction\n1 : the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations\n2 : a branch of, operation in, or use of mathematics <the mathematics of physical chemistry>


Words: matinee
Meaning:
noun\n: a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon


Words: matins
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the night office forming with lauds the first of the canonical hours\n2 : MORNING PRAYER


Words: matriarch
Meaning:
noun\n: a female who rules or dominates a family, group, or state; specifically : a mother who is head and ruler of her family and descendants


Words: matriculate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university\nintransitive senses : to become matriculated


Words: matrix
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form\n2 a : a mold from which a relief surface (as a piece of type) is made b : DIE 3a(1) c : an engraved or inscribed die or stamp d : an electroformed impression of a phonograph record used for mass-producing duplicates of the original\n3 a : the natural material (as soil or rock) in which something (as a fossil or crystal) is embedded b : material in which something is enclosed or embedded (as for protection or study)\n4 a : the intercellular substance in which tissue cells (as of connective tissue) are embedded b : the thickened epithelium at the base of a fingernail or toenail from which new nail substance develops\n5 a : a rectangular array of mathematical elements (as the coefficients of simultaneous linear equations) that can be combined to form sums and products with similar arrays having an appropriate number of rows and columns b : something resembling a mathematical matrix especially in rectangular arrangement of elements into rows and columns c : an array of circuit elements (as diodes and transistors) for performing a specific function\n6 : a main clause that contains a subordinate clause


Words: matron
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a married woman usually marked by dignified maturity or social distinction b : a woman who supervises women or children (as in a school or police station) c : the chief officer in a women’s organization\n2 : a female animal kept for breeding


Words: matter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a subject under consideration b : a subject of disagreement or litigation c plural : the events or circumstances of a particular situation d : the subject or substance of a discourse or writing e : something of an indicated kind or having to do with an indicated field or situation <this is a serious matter> <as a matter of policy> <matters of faith> f : something to be proved in law g obsolete : sensible or serious material as distinguished from nonsense or drollery h (1) obsolete : REASON, CAUSE (2) : a source especially of feeling or emotion i : PROBLEM, DIFFICULTY\n2 a : the substance of which a physical object is composed b : material substance that occupies space, has mass, and is composed predominantly of atoms consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons, that constitutes the observable universe, and that is interconvertible with energy c : a material substance of a particular kind or for a particular purpose <vegetable matter> d (1) : material (as feces or urine) discharged from the living body (2) : material discharged by suppuration : PUS\n3 a : the indeterminate subject of reality; especially : the element in the universe that undergoes formation and alteration b : the formless substratum of all things which exists only potentially and upon which form acts to produce realities\n4 : a more or less definite amount or quantity <cooks in a matter of minutes>\n5 : something written or printed\n6 : MAIL\n7 Christian Science : the illusion that the objects perceived by the physical senses have the reality of substance\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to form or discharge pus : SUPPURATE <mattering wound>\n2 : to be of importance : SIGNIFY


Words: matting
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : material for mats\n2 : MATS\n\n<2> noun\n: a dull lusterless surface (as on gilding, metalwork, or satin)


Words: mattress
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a fabric case filled with resilient material (as cotton, hair, feathers, foam rubber, or an arrangement of coiled springs) used either alone as a bed or on a bedstead b : an inflatable airtight sack for use as a mattress\n2 : a device (as of interwoven brush and poles) used to protect a shoreline, bank, or streambed from erosion


Words: mature
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : based on slow careful consideration <a mature judgment>\n2 a (1) : having completed natural growth and development : RIPE (2) : having undergone maturation b : having attained a final or desired state <mature wine> c : having achieved a low but stable growth rate <paper is a mature industry>\n3 a : of or relating to a condition of full development b : characteristic of or suitable to a mature individual <mature outlook>\n4 : due for payment <a mature loan>\n5 : belonging to the middle portion of a cycle of erosion\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to bring to maturity or completion\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become fully developed or ripe\n2 : to become due


Words: maul
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges; also : a tool like a sledgehammer with one wedge-shaped end that is used to split wood\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : BEAT, BRUISE\n2 : MANGLE 1\n3 : to handle roughly


Words: maunder
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 dialect British : GRUMBLE\n2 : to wander slowly and idly\n3 : to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly


Words: mausoleum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large tomb; especially : a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground\n2 : a large gloomy building or room


Words: mauve
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color b : a strong purple\n2 : a dyestuff that produces a mauve color


Words: maverick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf\n2 : an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party\n\n<2> adjective\n: characteristic of, suggestive of, or inclined to be a maverick


Words: maw
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing: a : STOMACH b : CROP\n2 a : the throat, gullet, or jaws especially of a voracious animal b : something suggestive of a gaping maw


Words: maxilla
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : JAW 1a b (1) : an upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused (2) : either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth\n2 : one of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in insects, myriapods, crustaceans, and closely related arthropods


Words: maxim
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct\n2 : a saying of proverbial nature


Words: maximum
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the greatest quantity or value attainable or attained b : the period of highest, greatest, or utmost development\n2 : an upper limit allowed (as by a legal authority) or allowable (as by the circumstances of a particular case)\n3 : the largest of a set of numbers; specifically : the largest value assumed by a real-valued continuous function defined on a closed interval


Words: May
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the 5th month of the Gregorian calendar\n2 often not capitalized : the early vigorous blooming part of human life : PRIME\n3 : the festivities of May Day\n4 not capitalized a : green or flowering branches used for May Day decorations b : a plant that yields may: as (1) : HAWTHORN (2) : a spring-flowering spirea\n\n<2> biographical name\nSir Thomas Erskine 1815*1886 1st Baron Farn.bor.ough English jurist; clerk of House of Commons (1871*86) and author of Treatise on the Law, Privilege, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament, etc.


Words: Maya
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a Mayan language of the ancient Maya peoples recorded in inscriptions b : YUCATEC; especially : the older form of that language known from documents of the Spanish period\n2 : a member of a group of Indian peoples chiefly of Yucat*n, Belize, and Guatemala whose languages are Mayan


Words: mayapple
Meaning:
noun\n: a No. American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) of the barberry family with a poisonous rootstock, one or two large-lobed peltate leaves, and a single large white flower followed by a yellow egg-shaped edible fruit; also : its fruit


Words: mayhem
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : willful and permanent deprivation of a bodily member resulting in the impairment of a person’s fighting ability b : willful and permanent crippling, mutilation, or disfigurement of any part of the body\n2 : needless or willful damage or violence


Words: mayor
Meaning:
noun\n: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough


Words: maze
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 chiefly dialect : STUPEFY, DAZE\n2 : BEWILDER, PERPLEX\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a confusing intricate network of passages b : something intricately or confusingly elaborate or complicated <a maze of regulations>\n2 chiefly dialect : a state of bewilderment


Words: mazurka
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure\n2 : music for the mazurka or in its rhythm usually in moderate 34 or 38 time


Words: mead
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a fermented beverage made of water and honey, malt, and yeast\n\n<2> noun\narchaic : MEADOW


Words: meadow
Meaning:
noun\n: land in or predominantly in grass; especially : a tract of moist low-lying usually level grassland


Words: meadowlark
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several American songbirds (genus Sturnella) that are streaked brown above and in northernmost forms have a yellow breast marked with a black crescent


Words: meager
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having little flesh : THIN\n2 a : lacking desirable qualities (as richness or strength) <leading a meager life> b : deficient in quality or quantity <a meager diet>


Words: meal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act or the time of eating a portion of food to satisfy appetite\n2 : the portion of food eaten at a meal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the usually coarsely ground and unbolted seeds of a cereal grass or pulse; especially : CORNMEAL\n2 : a product resembling seed meal especially in particle size or texture


Words: mean
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to have in the mind as a purpose : INTEND <she means to win> sometimes used interjectionally with I, chiefly in informal speech for emphasis <he throws, mean, hard> or to introduce a phrase restating the point of a preceding phrase <we try to answer what we can, but mean we’re not God Bobbie Ann Mason> b : to design for or destine to a specified purpose or future <I was meant to teach>\n2 : to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate : SIGNIFY <a red sky means rain>\n3 : to have importance to the degree of <health means everything>\n4 : to direct to a particular individual\nintransitive senses : to have an intended purpose <he means well>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : lacking distinction or eminence : HUMBLE\n2 : lacking in mental discrimination : DULL\n3 a : of poor shabby inferior quality or status <mean city streets> b : worthy of little regard : CONTEMPTIBLE often used in negative constructions as a term of praise <no mean feat>\n4 : lacking dignity or honor : BASE\n5 a : PENURIOUS, STINGY b : characterized by petty selfishness or malice c : causing trouble or bother : VEXATIOUS d : EXCELLENT, EFFECTIVE <plays a mean trumpet> <a lean, mean athlete>\n6 : ASHAMED 1b\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : occupying a middle position : intermediate in space, order, time, kind, or degree\n2 : occupying a position about midway between extremes; especially : being the mean of a set of values : AVERAGE <the mean temperature>\n3 : serving as a means : INTERMEDIARY\n\n<4> noun\n1 a (1) : something intervening or intermediate (2) : a middle point between extremes b : a value that lies within a range of values and is computed according to a prescribed law: as (1) : ARITHMETIC MEAN (2) : EXPECTED VALUE c : either of the middle two terms of a proportion\n2 plural but singular or plural in construction : something useful or helpful to a desired end\n3 plural : resources available for disposal; especially : material resources affording a secure life


Words: meander
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a winding path or course; especially : LABYRINTH\n2 : a turn or winding of a stream\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to follow a winding or intricate course\n2 : to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination : RAMBLE


Words: meaning
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the thing one intends to convey especially by language : PURPORT b : the thing that is conveyed especially by language : IMPORT\n2 : something meant or intended : AIM <a mischievous meaning was apparent>\n3 : significant quality; especially : implication of a hidden or special significance <a glance full of meaning>\n4 a : the logical connotation of a word or phrase b : the logical denotation or extension of a word or phrase


Words: measles
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 a : an acute contagious virus disease marked by an eruption of distinct red circular spots b : any of various eruptive diseases (as German measles)\n2 Middle English mesel infested with tapeworms, literally, leprous, from Old French, from Medieval Latin misellus leper, from Latin, wretch, from misellus, diminutive of miser miserable : infestation with or disease caused by larval tapeworms in the muscles and tissues


Words: measly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : infected with measles\n2 a : containing larval tapeworms b : infested with trichinae\n3 : contemptibly small


Words: measure
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an adequate or due portion (2) : a moderate degree; also : MODERATION, TEMPERANCE (3) : a fixed or suitable limit : BOUNDS <rich beyond measure> b : the dimensions, capacity, or amount of something ascertained by measuring c : an estimate of what is to be expected (as of a person or situation) d (1) : a measured quantity (2) : AMOUNT, DEGREE\n2 a : an instrument or utensil for measuring b (1) : a standard or unit of measurement see WEIGHT table (2) : a system of standard units of measure <metric measure>\n3 : the act or process of measuring\n4 a (1) : MELODY, TUNE (2) : DANCE; especially : a slow and stately dance b : rhythmic structure or movement : CADENCE: as (1) : poetic rhythm measured by temporal quantity or accent; specifically : METER (2) : musical time c (1) : a grouping of a specified number of musical beats located between two consecutive vertical lines on a staff (2) : a metrical unit : FOOT\n5 : an exact divisor of a number\n6 : a basis or standard of comparison <wealth is not a measure of happiness>\n7 : a step planned or taken as a means to an end; specifically : a proposed legislative act\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to choose or control with cautious restraint : REGULATE <measure his acts> b : to regulate by a standard : GOVERN\n2 : to allot or apportion in measured amounts <measure out 3 cups>\n3 : to lay off by making measurements\n4 : to ascertain the measurements of\n5 : to estimate or appraise by a criterion <measures his skill against his rival>\n6 archaic : to travel over : TRAVERSE\n7 : to serve as a means of measuring <a thermometer measures temperature>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take or make a measurement\n2 : to have a specified measurement


Words: measurement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of measuring\n2 : a figure, extent, or amount obtained by measuring : DIMENSION\n3 : MEASURE 2b


Words: meat
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : FOOD; especially : solid food as distinguished from drink b : the edible part of something as distinguished from its covering (as a husk or shell)\n2 : animal tissue considered especially as food: a : FLESH 2b b : FLESH 1a; specifically : flesh of domesticated animals\n3 archaic : 1MEAL 1; especially : DINNER\n4 a : the core of something : HEART b : PITH 2b <a novel with meat>\n5 : favorite pursuit or interest


Words: mechanic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to manual work or skill\n2 : MECHANICAL 3a\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a manual worker : ARTISAN\n2 : MACHINIST; especially : one who repairs machines


Words: mechanical
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : of or relating to machinery or tools <mechanical applications of science> <a mechanical genius> <mechanical aptitude> (2) : produced or operated by a machine or tool <mechanical power> <a mechanical refrigerator> <a mechanical saw> b : of or relating to manual operations\n2 : of or relating to artisans or machinists <the mechanical trades>\n3 a : done as if by machine : seemingly uninfluenced by the mind or emotions : AUTOMATIC <her singing was cold and mechanical> b : of or relating to technicalities or petty matters\n4 a : relating to, governed by, or in accordance with the principles of mechanics <mechanical work> <mechanical energy> b : relating to the quantitative relations of force and matter <mechanical pressure of wind on a tower>\n5 : caused by, resulting from, or relating to a process that involves a purely physical as opposed to a chemical change <mechanical erosion of rock>\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : MECHANIC 1\n2 : a piece of finished copy consisting typically of type proofs and artwork positioned and mounted for photomechanical reproduction


Words: mechanics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : a branch of physical science that deals with energy and forces and their effect on bodies\n2 : the practical application of mechanics to the design, construction, or operation of machines or tools\n3 : mechanical or functional details or procedure


Words: mechanism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a piece of machinery b : a process or technique for achieving a result\n2 : mechanical operation or action : WORKING 2\n3 : a doctrine that holds natural processes (as of life) to be mechanically determined and capable of complete explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry\n4 : the fundamental physical or chemical processes involved in or responsible for an action, reaction, or other natural phenomenon (as organic evolution)


Words: mechanistic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : mechanically determined <mechanistic universe>\n2 : of or relating to a mechanism or the doctrine of mechanism\n3 : MECHANICAL


Words: mechanize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make mechanical; especially : to make automatic or routine\n2 a : to equip with machinery especially to replace human or animal labor b : to equip with armed and armored motor vehicles c : to provide with mechanical power\n3 : to produce by or as if by machine


Words: medal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small usually metal object bearing a religious emblem or picture\n2 : a piece of metal often resembling a coin and having a stamped design that is issued to commemorate a person or event or awarded for excellence or achievement


Words: medallion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large medal\n2 : something resembling a large medal; especially : a tablet or panel in a wall or window bearing a figure in relief, a portrait, or an ornament\n3 also medaillon : a small round or oval serving (as of meat)


Words: meddle
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to interest oneself in what is not one’s concern : interfere without right or propriety


Words: medial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : MEAN, AVERAGE\n2 a : being or occurring in the middle b : extending toward the middle\n3 : situated between the extremes of initial and final in a word or morpheme


Words: median
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a medial part (as a vein or nerve)\n2 a : a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number b : a vertical line that divides the histogram of a frequency distribution into two parts of equal area c : a value of a random variable for which all greater values make the distribution function greater than one half and all lesser values make it less than one half\n3 a : a line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side b : a line joining the midpoints of the nonparallel sides of a trapezoid\n4 : MEDIAN STRIP\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : being in the middle or in an intermediate position : MEDIAL\n2 : lying in the plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves\n3 : relating to or constituting a statistical median\n4 : produced without occlusion along the lengthwise middle line of the tongue


Words: mediate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : occupying a middle position\n2 a : acting through an intervening agency b : exhibiting indirect causation, connection, or relation\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to effect by action as an intermediary b : to bring accord out of by action as an intermediary\n2 a : to act as intermediary agent in bringing, effecting, or communicating b : to transmit as intermediate mechanism or agency\nintransitive senses\n1 : to interpose between parties in order to reconcile them\n2 : to reconcile differences


Words: medic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of a genus (Medicago) of leguminous herbs (as alfalfa)\n\n<2> noun\n: one engaged in medical work or study; especially : CORPSMAN


Words: medical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or concerned with physicians or the practice of medicine\n2 : requiring or devoted to medical treatment


Words: medicate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to treat medicinally\n2 : to impregnate with a medicinal substance <medicated soap>


Words: medicine
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a substance or preparation used in treating disease b : something that affects well-being\n2 a : the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease b : the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of disease\n3 : a substance (as a drug or potion) used to treat something other than disease\n4 : an object held in traditional American Indian belief to give control over natural or magical forces; also : magical power or a magical rite


Words: medieval
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages\n2 : extremely outmoded or antiquated\n\n<2> noun\n: a person of the Middle Ages


Words: meditate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to engage in contemplation or reflection\ntransitive senses\n1 : to focus one’s thoughts on : reflect on or ponder over\n2 : to plan or project in the mind : INTEND, PURPOSE


Words: medium
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something in a middle position b : a middle condition or degree : MEAN\n2 : a means of effecting or conveying something: as a (1) : a substance regarded as the means of transmission of a force or effect (2) : a surrounding or enveloping substance (3) : the tenuous material (as gas and dust) in space that exists outside large agglomerations of matter (as stars) <interstellar medium> b plural usually media (1) : a channel or system of communication, information, or entertainment compare MASS MEDIUM (2) : a publication or broadcast that carries advertising (3) : a mode of artistic expression or communication (4) : something (as a magnetic disk) on which information may be stored c : GO-BETWEEN, INTERMEDIARY d plural mediums : an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits e : material or technical means of artistic expression\n3 a : a condition or environment in which something may function or flourish b plural media (1) : a nutrient system for the artificial cultivation of cells or organisms and especially bacteria (2) : a fluid or solid in which organic structures are placed (as for preservation or mounting) c : a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter\n\n<2> adjective\n: intermediate in quantity, quality, position, size, or degree


Words: medley
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : MELEE\n2 : a diverse assortment or mixture; especially : HODGEPODGE\n3 : a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces\n\n<2> adjective\n: MIXED, MOTLEY


Words: medulla
Meaning:
noun\n1 plural medullae a : MARROW 1 b : MEDULLA OBLONGATA\n2 a : the inner or deep part of an animal or plant structure <the adrenal medulla> b : MYELIN SHEATH


Words: meek
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : enduring injury with patience and without resentment : MILD\n2 : deficient in spirit and courage : SUBMISSIVE\n3 : not violent or strong : MODERATE


Words: meerschaum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fine light white clayey mineral that is a hydrous magnesium silicate found chiefly in Asia Minor and is used especially for tobacco pipes\n2 : a tobacco pipe of meerschaum


Words: meet
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to come into the presence of : FIND b : to come together with especially at a particular time or place <I’ll meet you at the station> c : to come into contact or conjunction with : JOIN d : to appear to the perception of\n2 : to encounter as antagonist or foe : OPPOSE\n3 : to enter into conference, argument, or personal dealings with\n4 : to conform to especially with exactitude and precision <a concept to meet all requirements>\n5 : to pay fully : SETTLE\n6 : to cope with <was able to meet every social situation>\n7 : to provide for <enough money to meet our needs>\n8 : to become acquainted with\n9 : ENCOUNTER, EXPERIENCE\n10 : to receive or greet in an official capacity\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to come face-to-face b : to come together for a common purpose : ASSEMBLE c : to come together as contestants, opponents, or enemies\n2 : to form a junction or confluence <the lines meet in a point>\n3 : to occur together\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of assembling for a hunt or for competitive sports\n2 : a competition in which individuals (as athletes) match skills\n\n<3> adjective\n: precisely adapted to a particular situation, need, or circumstance : very proper


Words: meeting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or process of coming together: as a : an assembly for a common purpose (as worship) b : a session of horse or dog racing\n2 : a permanent organizational unit of the Society of Friends\n3 : INTERSECTION, JUNCTION


Words: megalomania
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mania for great or grandiose performance\n2 : a delusional mental disorder that is marked by infantile feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur


Words: megalopolis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a very large city\n2 : a thickly populated region centering in a metropolis or embracing several metropolises


Words: megaphone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a cone-shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to transmit or address through or as if through a megaphone\nintransitive senses : to speak through or as if through a megaphone


Words: melancholia
Meaning:
noun\n: a mental condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions; especially : a manic-depressive psychosis


Words: melancholy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression b : BLACK BILE c : MELANCHOLIA\n2 a : depression of spirits : DEJECTION b : a pensive mood\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : suggestive or expressive of melancholy <sang in a melancholy voice> b : causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit : DISMAL <a melancholy thought>\n2 a : depressed in spirits : DEJECTED, SAD b : PENSIVE


Words: Melanesian
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a language group consisting of the Austronesian languages of Melanesia\n2 : a member of the dominant native group of Melanesia


Words: meld
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to declare or announce (a card or combination of cards) for a score in a card game especially by placing face up on the table\nintransitive senses : to declare a card or combination of cards as a meld\n\n<2> noun\n: a card or combination of cards that is or can be melded in a card game\n\n<3> verb\n: MERGE, BLEND\n\n<4> noun\n: BLEND, MIXTURE


Words: mellifluous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a smooth rich flow <a mellifluous voice>\n2 : filled with something (as honey) that sweetens


Words: mellow
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a of a fruit : tender and sweet because of ripeness b of a wine : well aged and pleasingly mild\n2 a : made gentle by age or experience b : rich and full but free from garishness or stridency c : warmed and relaxed by or as if by liquor d : PLEASANT, AGREEABLE e : LAID-BACK\n3 of soil : having a soft and loamy consistency\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make mellow\nintransitive senses : to become mellow


Words: melodrama
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a work (as a movie or play) characterized by extravagant theatricality and by the predominance of plot and physical action over characterization b : the genre of dramatic literature constituted by such works\n2 : something resembling a melodrama or having a melodramatic quality


Words: melody
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sweet or agreeable succession or arrangement of sounds : TUNEFULNESS\n2 : a rhythmic succession of single tones organized as an aesthetic whole


Words: melon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various gourds (as a muskmelon or watermelon) usually eaten raw as fruits\n2 : something rounded like a melon: as a : the rounded organ in the front of the head of some cetaceans b plural , slang : large breasts\n3 a : a surplus of profits available for distribution to stockholders b : a financial windfall


Words: melt
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat\n2 a : DISSOLVE, DISINTEGRATE <the sugar melted in the coffee> b : to disappear as if by dissolving <her anger melted at his kind words>\n3 obsolete : to become subdued or crushed (as by sorrow)\n4 : to become mild, tender, or gentle\n5 : to lose outline or distinctness : BLEND\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat\n2 : to cause to disappear or disperse\n3 : to make tender or gentle : SOFTEN\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : material in the molten state b : the mass melted at a single operation or the quantity melted during a specified period\n2 a : the action or process of melting or the period during which it occurs <the spring melt> b : the condition of being melted\n3 : a sandwich with melted cheese <a tuna melt>\n\n<3> noun\n: SPLEEN; especially : spleen of slaughtered animals for use as feed or food


Words: member
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a body part or organ: as a : LIMB b : PENIS c : a unit of structure in a plant body\n2 : one of the individuals composing a group\n3 : a person baptized or enrolled in a church\n4 : a constituent part of a whole: as a : a syntactic or rhythmic unit of a sentence : CLAUSE b : one of the propositions of a syllogism c : one of the elements of a set or class d : either of the equated elements in a mathematical equation


Words: membership
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state or status of being a member\n2 : the body of members <an organization with a large membership>\n3 : the relation between an element of a set or class and the set or class compare INCLUSION 3


Words: membrane
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a thin soft pliable sheet or layer especially of animal or plant origin\n2 : a piece of parchment forming part of a roll


Words: memoir
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an official note or report : MEMORANDUM\n2 a : a narrative composed from personal experience b : AUTOBIOGRAPHY usually used in plural c : BIOGRAPHY\n3 a : an account of something noteworthy : REPORT b plural : the record of the proceedings of a learned society


Words: memorabilia
Meaning:
noun plural\n: things that are remarkable and worthy of remembrance; also : things that stir recollection : MEMENTOS


Words: memorandum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an informal record; also : a written reminder\n2 : an informal written note of a transaction or proposed instrument\n3 a : an informal diplomatic communication b : a usually brief communication written for interoffice circulation c : a communication that contains directive, advisory, or informative matter


Words: memory
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learned and retained especially through associative mechanisms b : the store of things learned and retained from an organism’s activity or experience as evidenced by modification of structure or behavior or by recall and recognition\n2 a : commemorative remembrance <erected a statue in memory of the hero> b : the fact or condition of being remembered <days of recent memory>\n3 a : a particular act of recall or recollection b : an image or impression of one that is remembered <fond memories of her youth> c : the time within which past events can be or are remembered <within the memory of living men>\n4 a : a device or a component of a device in which information especially for a computer can be inserted and stored and from which it may be extracted when wanted b : capacity for storing information <four megabytes of memory>\n5 : a capacity for showing effects as the result of past treatment or for returning to a former condition used especially of a material (as metal or plastic)


Words: menace
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a show of intention to inflict harm : THREAT\n2 a : one that represents a threat : DANGER b : a person who causes annoyance\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a show of intention to harm\n2 : to represent or pose a threat to : ENDANGER\nintransitive senses : to act in a threatening manner


Words: menagerie
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition b : a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition\n2 : a varied mixture <a wonderful menagerie of royal hangers-on V. S. Pritchett>


Words: mend
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to free from faults or defects: as a : to improve in manners or morals : REFORM b : to set right : CORRECT c : to put into good shape or working order again : patch up : REPAIR d : to improve or strengthen (as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation used chiefly in the phrase mend fences <spends the weekend mending political fences E. O. Hauser> e : to restore to health : CURE\n2 : to make amends or atonement for <least said, soonest mended>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to improve morally : REFORM\n2 : to become corrected or improved\n3 : to improve in health; also : HEAL\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of mending : REPAIR\n2 : a mended place


Words: mendacious
Meaning:
adjective\n: given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth <mendacious tales of his adventures>


Words: mendicant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : BEGGAR 1\n2 often capitalized : a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property : FRIAR


Words: menial
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a person doing menial work; specifically : a domestic servant or retainer\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to servants : LOWLY\n2 a : appropriate to a servant : HUMBLE, SERVILE <answered in menial tones> b : lacking interest or dignity <a menial task>


Words: meningitis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : inflammation of the meninges and especially of the pia mater and the arachnoid\n2 : a usually bacterial disease in which inflammation of the meninges occurs


Words: menopause
Meaning:
noun\n: the period of natural cessation of menstruation occurring usually between the ages of 45 and 50


Words: menstruation
Meaning:
noun\n: a discharging of blood, secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in nonpregnant breeding-age primate females at approximately monthly intervals and that is considered to represent a readjustment of the uterus to the nonpregnant state following proliferative changes accompanying the preceding ovulation; also : PERIOD 6c


Words: mensuration
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of measuring : MEASUREMENT\n2 : geometry applied to the computation of lengths, areas, or volumes from given dimensions or angles


Words: mental
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the mind; specifically : of or relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality <mental health> b : of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity c : of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity d : occurring or experienced in the mind : INNER <mental anguish> e : relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study : IDEOLOGICAL f : relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter\n2 a (1) : of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder <a mental patient> <mental illness> (2) : mentally disordered : MAD, CRAZY b : intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders <mental hospitals>\n3 : of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to the chin : GENIAL


Words: menthol
Meaning:
noun\n: a crystalline alcohol C10H20O that occurs especially in mint oils and has the odor and cooling properties of peppermint


Words: mention
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of citing or calling attention to someone or something especially in a casual or incidental manner\n2 : formal citation for outstanding achievement\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make mention of : refer to; also : to cite for outstanding achievement


Words: mentor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus’ son Telemachus\n2 a : a trusted counselor or guide b : TUTOR, COACH\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to serve as a mentor for


Words: menu
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a list of the dishes that may be ordered (as in a restaurant) or that are to be served (as at a banquet) b (1) : a comparable list or assortment of offerings <a menu of television programs> (2) : a list shown on the display of a computer from which a user can select the operation the computer is to perform\n2 : the dishes available for or served at a meal; also : the meal itself


Words: mercantile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to merchants or trading\n2 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of mercantilism <mercantile system>


Words: mercenary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one that serves merely for wages; especially : a soldier hired into foreign service\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : serving merely for pay or sordid advantage : VENAL; also : GREEDY\n2 : hired for service in the army of a foreign country


Words: mercerize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to give (as cotton yarn) luster, strength, and receptiveness to dyes by treatment under tension with caustic soda


Words: merchandise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the occupation of a merchant : TRADE\n2 : the commodities or goods that are bought and sold in business : WARES\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses , archaic : to carry on commerce : TRADE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to buy and sell in business\n2 : to promote for or as if for sale <merchandise a movie star>


Words: merchant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a buyer and seller of commodities for profit : TRADER\n2 : the operator of a retail business : STOREKEEPER\n3 : one that is noted for a particular quality or activity : SPECIALIST <a speed merchant on the base paths>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses , archaic : to deal or trade as a merchant\ntransitive senses : to deal or trade in


Words: mercurial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury\n2 : having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury or to the influence of the planet Mercury\n3 : characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood\n4 : of, relating to, containing, or caused by mercury\n\n<2> noun\n: a pharmaceutical or chemical containing mercury


Words: mercury
Meaning:
noun\n1 a capitalized : a Roman god of commerce, eloquence, travel, cunning, and theft who serves as messenger to the other gods compare HERMES b often capitalized , archaic : a bearer of messages or news or a conductor of travelers\n2 Middle English mercurie, from Medieval Latin mercurius, from Latin, the god a : a heavy silver-white poisonous metallic element that is liquid at ordinary temperatures and is used especially in scientific instruments called also quicksilver; see ELEMENT table b : the mercury in a thermometer or barometer\n3 capitalized : the planet nearest the sun see PLANET table


Words: mercy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one’s power; also : lenient or compassionate treatment <begged for mercy> b : imprisonment rather than death imposed as penalty for first-degree murder\n2 a : a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion b : a fortunate circumstance <it was a mercy they found her before she froze>\n3 : compassionate treatment of those in distress <works of mercy among the poor>


Words: mere
Meaning:
<1> noun\nchiefly British : an expanse of standing water : LAKE, POOL\n\n<2> noun\n: BOUNDARY; also : LANDMARK\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : having no admixture : PURE\n2 obsolete : being nothing less than : ABSOLUTE\n3 : being nothing more than <a mere mortal>


Words: meretricious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution <meretricious relationship>\n2 a : tawdrily and falsely attractive <the paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash Carolyn See> b : superficially significant : PRETENTIOUS <scholarly names to provide fig-leaves of respectability for meretricious but stylish books Times Literary Supplement>


Words: merge
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to plunge or engulf in something : IMMERSE\n2 : to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce\n3 : to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become combined into one\n2 : to blend or come together without abrupt change <merging traffic>


Words: merger
Meaning:
noun\n1 law : the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of an obligation into a judgment\n2 a : the act or process of merging b : absorption by a corporation of one or more others; also : any of various methods of combining two or more organizations (as business concerns)


Words: meridian
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the hour of noon : MIDDAY\n2 : a great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and the zenith of a given place\n3 : a high point\n4 a (1) : a great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the poles (2) : the half of such a circle included between the poles b : a representation of such a circle or half circle numbered for longitude on a map or globe see LONGITUDE illustration


Words: meringue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a dessert topping baked from a mixture of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar\n2 : a shell made of meringue and filled with fruit or ice cream


Words: merino
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a breed of fine-wooled white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality\n2 : a soft wool or wool and cotton clothing fabric resembling cashmere\n3 : a fine wool and cotton yarn used for hosiery and knitwear


Words: merit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : reward or punishment due b : the qualities or actions that constitute the basis of one’s deserts c : a praiseworthy quality : VIRTUE d : character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem; also : ACHIEVEMENT\n2 : spiritual credit held to be earned by performance of righteous acts and to ensure future benefits\n3 a plural : the intrinsic nature of a legal case apart from considerations of circumstance, jurisdiction, or procedure b : individual significance or justification\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to be worthy of or entitled or liable to : EARN\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to be entitled to reward or honor\n2 : DESERVE


Words: merriment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : lighthearted gaiety or fun-making : HILARITY\n2 : a lively celebration or party : FESTIVITY


Words: merry
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : giving pleasure : DELIGHTFUL\n2 : full of gaiety or high spirits : MIRTHFUL\n3 : marked by festivity or gaiety\n4 : QUICK, BRISK <a merry pace>


Words: mesa
Meaning:
noun\n: an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau; also : a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one side : BENCH


Words: mesh
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one of the openings between the threads or cords of a net; also : one of the similar spaces in a network often used to designate screen size as the number of openings per linear inch\n2 a : the fabric of a net b : a woven, knit, or knotted material of open texture with evenly spaced holes c : an arrangement of interlocking metal links used especially for jewelry\n3 a : a weblike pattern or construction b : WEB, SNARE usually used in plural\n4 : working contact (as of the teeth of gears) <in mesh>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to catch in the openings of a net b : ENMESH, ENTANGLE\n2 : to cause to resemble network\n3 a : to cause (as gears) to engage b : to coordinate closely : INTERLOCK\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become entangled in or as if in meshes\n2 : to be in or come into mesh used especially of gears\n3 : to fit or work together properly


Words: mesquite
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several spiny leguminous trees or shrubs (genus Prosopis and especially P. glandulosa) chiefly of the southwestern U.S. that often form extensive thickets and have sweet pods eaten by livestock; also : the wood of the mesquite used especially in grilling food


Words: mess
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a quantity of food: a archaic : food set on a table at one time b : a prepared dish of soft food; also : a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together c : enough food of a specified kind for a dish or a meal <picked a mess of peas for dinner>\n2 a : a group of persons who regularly take their meals together; also : a meal so taken b : a place where meals are regularly served to a group : MESS HALL\n3 a : a disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant state or condition <your room is in a mess> b : one that is disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant usually because of blundering, laxity, or misconduct <the movieg is a mess, as sloppy in concept as it is in execution Judith Crist> <made a mess of his life>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide with meals at a mess\n2 a : to make dirty or untidy : DISARRANGE <warned not to mess up your room> b : to mix up : BUNGLE <really messed up my life>\n3 : to interfere with <magnetic storms that mess up communications Time>\n4 : to rough up : MANHANDLE <mess him up good so he won’t double-cross us again>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take meals with a mess\n2 : to make a mess\n3 a : PUTTER, TRIFLE <small boys and girls who like to mess around with paints> b : to handle or play with something especially carelessly <don’t mess with my camera> often used with around c : to take an active interest in something or someone <messing around with new video techniques>; also : INTERFERE, MEDDLE <messing in other people’s affairs> <you’d better not mess with me>\n4 : to become confused or make an error usually used with up <got another chance and didn’t want to mess up again>


Words: message
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals\n2 : a messenger’s errand or function\n3 : an underlying theme or idea\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to send as a message or by messenger\n2 : to send a message to\nintransitive senses : to communicate by message


Words: messenger
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who bears a message or does an errand: as a archaic : FORERUNNER, HERALD b : a dispatch bearer in government or military service c : an employee who carries messages\n2 : a light line used in hauling a heavier line (as between ships)\n3 : a substance (as a hormone) that mediates a biological effect\n4 : MESSENGER RNA


Words: mestizo
Meaning:
noun\n: a person of mixed blood; specifically : a person of mixed European and American Indian ancestry


Words: metabolism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the sum of the processes in the buildup and destruction of protoplasm; specifically : the chemical changes in living cells by which energy is provided for vital processes and activities and new material is assimilated b : the sum of the processes by which a particular substance is handled in the living body c : the sum of the metabolic activities taking place in a particular environment <the metabolism of a lake>\n2 : METAMORPHOSIS 2 usually used in combination <holometabolism>


Words: metal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat, form cations by loss of electrons, and yield basic oxides and hydroxides; especially : one that is a chemical element as distinguished from an alloy\n2 a : METTLE 1a b : the material or substance out of which a person or thing is made\n3 : glass in its molten state\n4 a : printing type metal b : matter set in metal type\n5 : ROAD METAL\n6 : HEAVY METAL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover or furnish with metal\n\n<3> abbreviation\nmetallurgical, metallurgy


Words: metamorphosis
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means b : a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances\n2 : a marked and more or less abrupt developmental change in the form or structure of an animal (as a butterfly or a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching


Words: metaphor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language compare SIMILE\n2 : an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : SYMBOL 2


Words: metaphysics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n1 a (1) : a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology (2) : ONTOLOGY 2 b : abstract philosophical studies : a study of what is outside objective experience\n2 : METAPHYSIC 2


Words: metastasis
Meaning:
noun\n: change of position, state, or form: as a : transfer of a disease-producing agency from the site of disease to another part of the body b : a secondary metastatic growth of a malignant tumor


Words: mete
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 archaic : MEASURE\n2 : to give out by measure : DOLE usually used with out <mete out punishment>\n\n<2> noun\n: BOUNDARY <metes and bounds>


Words: meteor
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an atmospheric phenomenon (as lightning or a snowfall)\n2 a : any of the small particles of matter in the solar system that are directly observable only by their incandescence from frictional heating on entry into the atmosphere b : the streak of light produced by the passage of a meteor


Words: meteoric
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or derived from the earth’s atmosphere <meteoric water>\n2 a : of or relating to a meteor b : resembling a meteor in speed or in sudden and temporary brilliance <a meteoric rise to fame>


Words: meteoroid
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a meteor particle itself without relation to the phenomena it produces when entering the earth’s atmosphere\n2 : a meteor in orbit around the sun


Words: meteorology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and weather forecasting\n2 : the atmospheric phenomena and weather of a region


Words: meter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse: (1) : rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern <iambic meter> (2) : rhythm characterized by regular recurrence of a systematic arrangement of basic patterns in larger figures <ballad meter> b : a measure or unit of metrical verse usually used in combination <pentameter> compare FOOT 4 c : a fixed metrical pattern : verse form\n2 : the basic recurrent rhythmical pattern of note values, accents, and beats per measure in music\n\n<2> noun\n: one that measures; especially : an official measurer of commodities\n\n<3> noun\n: the base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1299,792,458 second or to about 39.37 inches see METRIC SYSTEM table\n\n<4> noun\n1 : an instrument for measuring and sometimes recording the time or amount of something <a parking meter> <a gas meter>\n2 : POSTAGE METER; also : a postal marking printed by a postage meter\n\n<5> transitive verb\n1 : to measure by means of a meter\n2 : to supply in a measured or regulated amount\n3 : to print postal indicia on by means of a postage meter


Words: methane
Meaning:
noun\n: a colorless odorless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon CH4 that is a product of decomposition of organic matter and of the carbonization of coal, is used as a fuel and as a starting material in chemical synthesis, and is the simplest of the alkanes


Words: method
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a procedure or process for attaining an object: as a (1) : a systematic procedure, technique, or mode of inquiry employed by or proper to a particular discipline or art (2) : a systematic plan followed in presenting material for instruction b (1) : a way, technique, or process of or for doing something (2) : a body of skills or techniques\n2 : a discipline that deals with the principles and techniques of scientific inquiry\n3 a : orderly arrangement, development, or classification : PLAN b : the habitual practice of orderliness and regularity\n4 capitalized : a dramatic technique by which an actor seeks to gain complete identification with the inner personality of the character being portrayed


Words: methodology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a particular procedure or set of procedures\n2 : the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field


Words: metric
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural : a part of prosody that deals with metrical structure\n2 : a standard of measurement <no metric exists that can be applied directly to happiness Scientific Monthly>\n3 : a mathematical function that associates with each pair of elements of a set a real nonnegative number with the general properties of distance such that the number is zero only if the two elements are identical, the number is the same regardless of the order in which the two elements are taken, and the number associated with one pair of elements plus that associated with one member of the pair and a third element is equal to or greater than the number associated with the other member of the pair and the third element\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or using the metric system <a metric study>


Words: metropolis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region\n2 : the city or state of origin of a colony (as of ancient Greece)\n3 a : a city regarded as a center of a specified activity <a great business metropolis> b : a large important city <the world’s great metropolises P. E. James>


Words: mettle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : vigor and strength of spirit or temperament <suspected to have more tongue in his head than mettle in his bosom Sir Walter Scott> b : staying quality : STAMINA <trucks had proved their mettle in army transport Pioneer Pacemaker>\n2 : quality of temperament or disposition <gentlemen of brave mettle Shakespeare>


Words: mew
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: GULL; especially : the common European gull (Larus canus)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to utter a mew or similar sound <gulls mewed over the bay>\ntransitive senses : to utter by mewing : MEOW\n\n<3> noun\n: MEOW\n\n<4> noun\n1 : an enclosure for trained hawks usually used in plural\n2 : a place for hiding or retirement\n3 plural but singular or plural in construction , chiefly British a (1) : stables usually with living quarters built around a court (2) : living quarters adapted from such stables b : back street : ALLEY\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to shut up : CONFINE often used with up


Words: Mexican
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a native or inhabitant of Mexico b : a person of Mexican descent c Southwest : a person of mixed Spanish and Indian descent\n2 : NAHUATL


Words: mezzanine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a low-ceilinged story between two main stories of a building; especially : an intermediate story that projects in the form of a balcony\n2 a : the lowest balcony in a theater b : the first few rows of such a balcony


Words: miasma
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease; also : a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere <a miasma of tobacco smoke>\n2 : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt <freed from the miasma of poverty Sir Arthur Bryant>; also : an atmosphere that obscures : FOG <retreated into an asexual mental miasma Times Literary Supplement>


Words: mica
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves


Words: microcosm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a little world; especially : the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe\n2 : a community or other unity that is an epitome of a larger unity


Words: microfilm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a film bearing a photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to reproduce on microfilm\nintransitive senses : to make microfilms


Words: micrometer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an instrument used with a telescope or microscope for measuring minute distances\n2 : a caliper for making precise measurements that has a spindle moved by a finely threaded screw\n\n<2> noun\n: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter called also micron; see METRIC SYSTEM table


Words: microphone
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument whereby sound waves are caused to generate or modulate an electric current usually for the purpose of transmitting or recording sound (as speech or music)


Words: microscope
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an optical instrument consisting of a lens or combination of lenses for making enlarged images of minute objects; especially : COMPOUND MICROSCOPE\n2 : an instrument using radiations other than light or using vibrations for making enlarged images of minute objects <acoustic microscope>


Words: microscopic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling a microscope especially in perception\n2 a : invisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope b : very small or fine or precise\n3 : of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy


Words: mid
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being the part in the middle or midst <in mid ocean> often used in combination <mid-August>\n2 : occupying a middle position <the mid finger>\n3 of a vowel : articulated with the arch of the tongue midway between its highest and its lowest elevation\n\n<2> preposition\n: AMID\n\n<3> abbreviation\nmiddle


Words: midden
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DUNGHILL\n2 a : a refuse heap; especially : KITCHEN MIDDEN b : a small pile (as of seeds, bones, or leaves) gathered by a rodent (as a pack rat)


Words: middleman
Meaning:
noun\n: an intermediary or agent between two parties; especially : a dealer or agent intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer


Words: middleweight
Meaning:
noun\n: one of average weight; specifically : a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 160 pounds for professionals and 165 pounds for amateurs compare LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT, WELTERWEIGHT


Words: middling
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various commodities of intermediate size, quality, or position\n2 plural but singular or plural in construction : a granular product of grain milling; especially : a wheat milling by-product used in animal feeds\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of middle, medium, or moderate size, degree, or quality\n2 : MEDIOCRE, SECOND-RATE


Words: midget
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a very small person; specifically : a person of unusually small size who is physically well-proportioned\n2 : something (as an animal) much smaller than usual\n3 : a front-engine, single-seat, open-wheel racing car smaller and of less engine displacement than standard cars of the type


Words: midland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the interior or central region of a country\n2 capitalized a : the dialect of English spoken in the midland counties of England b : the dialect of English spoken in an area of the east central U.S. often divided into north Midland extending westward from an area including southern New Jersey; northern Delaware and Maryland; central and southern Pennsylvania; and central Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and south Midland extending westward and southwestward from an area including the Appalachian regions of Virginia, No. Carolina, So. Carolina, and Georgia; Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia; and southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois


Words: midnight
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the middle of the night; specifically : 12 o’clock at night\n2 : deep or extended darkness or gloom


Words: midriff
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DIAPHRAGM 1\n2 : the mid-region of the human torso\n3 a : a section of a woman’s garment that covers the midriff b : a woman’s garment that exposes the midriff


Words: midst
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the interior or central part or point : MIDDLE <in the midst of the forest>\n2 : a position of proximity to the members of a group <a traitor in our midst>\n3 : the condition of being surrounded or beset <in the midst of his troubles>\n4 : a period of time about the middle of a continuing act or condition <in the midst of a meal>


Words: midstream
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the middle of a stream\n2 : an intermediate stage in an act or process <the tone changes in midstream>


Words: midway
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: in the middle of the way or distance : HALFWAY\n\n<2> noun\n: an avenue at a fair, carnival, or amusement park for concessions and amusements


Words: midwife
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who assists women in childbirth\n2 : one that helps to produce or bring forth something\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to assist in producing, bringing forth, or bringing about


Words: midyear
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an examination at the middle of an academic year b plural : the set of examinations at the middle of an academic year; also : the period of such examinations\n2 a : the middle or middle portion of a calendar year b : the middle of an academic year


Words: mien
Meaning:
noun\n1 : air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : DEMEANOR <of aristocratic mien>\n2 : APPEARANCE, ASPECT


Words: miff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fit of ill humor\n2 : a trivial quarrel\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to put into an ill humor : OFFEND


Words: mighty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : possessing might : POWERFUL\n2 : accomplished or characterized by might <a mighty thrust>\n3 : great or imposing in size or extent : EXTRAORDINARY\n\n<2> adverb\n: EXTREMELY, VERY <a mighty handy gadget>


Words: mignonette
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Reseda of the family Resedaceae, the mignonette family) of herbs; especially : a garden annual (R. odorata) bearing racemes of fragrant whitish flowers


Words: migraine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a condition marked by recurrent severe headache often with nausea and vomiting\n2 : an episode or attack of migraine


Words: migrant
Meaning:
noun\n: one that migrates: as a : a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops b : an animal that shifts from one habitat to another


Words: migrate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to move from one country, place, or locality to another\n2 : to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding\n3 : to change position in an organism or substance <filarial worms migrate within the human body>


Words: mil
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : THOUSAND <found a salinity of 38.4 per mil>\n2 : a monetary unit formerly used in Cyprus equal to 11000 pound\n3 : a unit of length equal to 11000 inch used especially in measuring thickness (as of plastic films)\n4 : a unit of angular measurement equal to 16400 of 360 degrees and used especially in artillery\n\n<2> noun\nslang : a million dollars\n\n<3> abbreviation\nmilitary, million


Words: mild
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : gentle in nature or behavior <has a mild disposition>\n2 a (1) : moderate in action or effect <a mild cigar> (2) : not sharp or bitter <mild cheese> <mild ale> b : not being or involving what is extreme <an analysis under mild conditions> <a mild slope>\n3 : not severe : TEMPERATE <a mild climate> <mild symptoms of disease>


Words: mildew
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a superficial usually whitish growth produced especially on organic matter or living plants by fungi (as of the families Erysiphaceae and Peronosporaceae) b : a fungus producing mildew\n2 : a discoloration caused by fungi\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to affect with or as if with mildew\nintransitive senses : to become affected with mildew


Words: mile
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various units of distance: as a : a unit equal to 5280 feet see WEIGHT table b : NAUTICAL MILE\n2 : a race of a mile\n3 : a relatively great distance or interval used chiefly adverbially in plural <was miles too small>


Words: mileage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile\n2 : aggregate length or distance in miles: as a : the total miles traveled especially in a given period of time b : the amount of service that something will yield especially as expressed in terms of miles of travel c : the average number of miles a car will travel on a gallon of gasoline that is used as a measure of fuel economy <gets good mileage>\n3 a : USEFULNESS <got a lot of mileage left in her> b : benefit derived from something <got good political mileage from the debates>


Words: milepost
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a post indicating the distance in miles from or to a given point; also : a post placed a mile from a similar post\n2 : MILESTONE 2


Words: militant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : engaged in warfare or combat : FIGHTING\n2 : aggressively active (as in a cause) : COMBATIVE <militant conservationists> <a militant attitude>


Words: militarism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : predominance of the military class or its ideals b : exaltation of military virtues and ideals\n2 : a policy of aggressive military preparedness


Words: militarize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to equip with military forces and defenses\n2 : to give a military character to\n3 : to adapt for military use


Words: military
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to soldiers, arms, or war b : of or relating to armed forces; especially : of or relating to ground or sometimes ground and air forces as opposed to naval forces\n2 a : performed or made by armed forces b : supported by armed force\n3 : of or relating to the army\n\n<2> noun\n1 : military persons; especially : army officers\n2 : ARMED FORCES


Words: militate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to have weight or effect <his boyish appearance militated against his getting an early promotion>


Words: militia
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency b : a body of citizens organized for military service\n2 : the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service


Words: milk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a fluid secreted by the mammary glands of females for the nourishment of their young; especially : cow’s milk used as a food by humans b : LACTATION <cows in milk>\n2 : a liquid resembling milk in appearance: as a : the latex of a plant b : the juice of a coconut c : the contents of an unripe kernel of grain\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to draw milk from the breasts or udder of (2) obsolete : SUCKLE 2 b : to draw (milk) from the breast or udder c : SUCKLE 1 used of lower mammals\n2 : to draw something from as if by milking: as a : to induce (a snake) to eject venom b : to draw or coerce profit or advantage from illicitly or to an extreme degree : EXPLOIT\nintransitive senses : to draw or yield milk\n\n<3> adjective\n: giving milk; specifically : bred or suitable primarily for milk production <milk cows>


Words: milkweed
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various plants that secrete latex; especially : any of a genus (Asclepias of the family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) of erect chiefly perennial herbs with milky juice and umbellate flowers


Words: mill
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour\n2 a : a machine or apparatus (as a quern) for grinding grain b : a machine for crushing or comminuting\n3 : a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action\n4 : a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing\n5 a : a machine formerly used for stamping coins b : a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding\n6 : MILLING MACHINE, MILLING CUTTER\n7 a : a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine b : one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers <a diploma mill> <a rumor mill>\n8 : a difficult and often educational experience used in the phrase through the mill\n9 slang : the engine of an automobile or boat\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to subject to an operation or process in a mill: as a : to grind into flour, meal, or powder b : to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter c : to mix and condition (as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls\n2 : to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin)\n3 : to cut grooves in the metal surface of (as a knob)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hit out with the fists\n2 : to move in a circle or in an eddying mass; also : WANDER\n3 : to undergo milling\n\n<3> noun\n: a money of account equal to 110 cent


Words: millennium
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the thousand years mentioned in Revelation 20 during which holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth b : a period of great happiness or human perfection\n2 a : a period of 1000 years b : a 1000th anniversary or its celebration


Words: millet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various small-seeded annual cereal and forage grasses: a : a grass (Panicum miliaceum) cultivated for its grain which is used for food b : any of several grasses related to common millet\n2 : the seed of a millet


Words: million
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : a very large number <millions of cars on the road>\n3 : the mass of common people <someone who writes for the millions Bergen Evans>


Words: millrace
Meaning:
noun\n: a canal in which water flows to and from a mill wheel; also : the current that drives the wheel


Words: millstone
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of two circular stones used for grinding (as grain)\n2 a : something that grinds or crushes b : a heavy burden


Words: millwright
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one whose occupation is planning and building mills or setting up their machinery\n2 : one who maintains and cares for mechanical equipment (as of a mill or factory)


Words: mime
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner\n2 a : an actor in a mime b : one that practices mime\n3 : MIMIC 2\n4 : PANTOMIME 3a,b\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words\ntransitive senses\n1 : MIMIC\n2 : to act out in the manner of a mime


Words: mimetic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : IMITATIVE\n2 : relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting mimicry <mimetic coloring of a butterfly>


Words: mimic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : MIME 2\n2 : one that mimics\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : IMITATIVE b : IMITATION, MOCK <a mimic battle>\n2 : of or relating to mime or mimicry\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to imitate closely : APE\n2 : to ridicule by imitation\n3 : SIMULATE\n4 : to resemble by biological mimicry


Words: mimosa
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Mimosa) of leguminous trees, shrubs, and herbs of tropical and warm regions with usually bipinnate often prickly leaves and globular heads of small white or pink flowers\n2 : SILK TREE\n3 : a mixed drink consisting of champagne and orange juice


Words: minaret
Meaning:
noun\n: a tall slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried by the muezzin


Words: mince
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cut or chop into very small pieces b : to subdivide minutely; especially : to damage by cutting up\n2 : to utter or pronounce with affectation\n3 a archaic : MINIMIZE b : to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorum\nintransitive senses : to walk with short steps in a prim affected manner\n\n<2> noun\n1 : small chopped bits (as of food); specifically : MINCEMEAT\n2 British : HAMBURGER 1a


Words: mincemeat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : minced meat\n2 : a finely chopped mixture (as of raisins, apples, and spices) sometimes with meat that is often used as pie filling\n3 : a state of destruction or annihilation used in the phrase make mincemeat of


Words: mind
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : RECOLLECTION, MEMORY <keep that in mind> <time out of mind>\n2 a : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons b : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism c : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism\n3 : INTENTION, DESIRE <I changed my mind>\n4 : the normal or healthy condition of the mental faculties\n5 : OPINION, VIEW\n6 : DISPOSITION, MOOD\n7 a : a person or group embodying mental qualities <the public mind> b : intellectual ability\n8 capitalized , Christian Science : GOD 1b\n9 : a conscious substratum or factor in the universe\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : REMIND\n2 chiefly dialect : REMEMBER\n3 : to attend to closely\n4 a (1) : to become aware of : NOTICE (2) : to regard with attention : consider important often used in the imperative with following you for emphasis <I’m not against inspiration, mind you; simply refuse to sit and stare at a blank page waiting for it Dennis Whitcomb> b chiefly dialect : INTEND, PURPOSE\n5 a : to give heed to attentively in order to obey b : to follow the orders or instructions of\n6 a : to be concerned about b : DISLIKE <I don’t mind going>\n7 a : to be careful : SEE <mind you finish it> b : to be cautious about <mind the broken rung>\n8 : to give protective care to : TEND\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be attentive or wary\n2 : to become concerned : CARE\n3 : to pay obedient heed or attention


Words: mine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: MY used before a word beginning with a vowel or h <this treasure in mine arms Shakespeare> or sometimes as a modifier of a preceding noun archaic except in an elevated style\n\n<2> pronoun ,singular or plural in construction\n: that which belongs to me used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective my\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are taken b : an ore deposit\n2 : a subterranean passage under an enemy position\n3 : an encased explosive that is placed in the ground or in water and set to explode when disturbed\n4 : a rich source of supply\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to dig under to gain access or cause the collapse of (an enemy position) b : UNDERMINE\n2 a : to get (as ore) from the earth b : to extract from a source <information mined from the files>\n3 : to burrow beneath the surface of <larva that mines leaves>\n4 : to place military mines in, on, or under <mine a harbor>\n5 a : to dig into for ore or metal b : to process for obtaining a natural constituent <mine the air for nitrogen> c : to seek valuable material in\nintransitive senses : to dig a mine


Words: mineral
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ORE\n2 : an inorganic substance (as in the ash of calcined tissue)\n3 obsolete : MINE\n4 : something neither animal nor vegetable\n5 a : a solid homogeneous crystalline chemical element or compound that results from the inorganic processes of nature; broadly : any of various naturally occurring homogeneous substances (as stone, coal, salt, sulfur, sand, petroleum, water, or natural gas) obtained usually from the ground b : a synthetic substance having the chemical composition and crystalline form and properties of a naturally occurring mineral\n6 plural , British : MINERAL WATER\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to minerals; also : INORGANIC\n2 : impregnated with mineral substances


Words: mineralogy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a science dealing with minerals, their crystallography, properties, classification, and the ways of distinguishing them\n2 : the minerological characteristics of an area, a rock, or a rock formation


Words: mingle
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : INTERMIX\n2 archaic : to prepare by mixing : CONCOCT\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become mingled\n2 a : to come into contact : ASSOCIATE b : to move about (as in a group) <mingled with the guests>


Words: miniature
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a copy on a much reduced scale b : something small of its kind\n2 : a painting in an illuminated book or manuscript\n3 : the art of painting miniatures\n4 : a very small portrait or other painting (as on ivory or metal)\n\n<2> adjective\n: being or represented on a small scale


Words: minimal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : relating to or being a minimum: as a : the least possible <a victory won with minimal loss of life> b : barely adequate <a minimal standard of living> c : very small or slight <a minimal interest in art>\n2 often capitalized : of, relating to, or being minimal art or minimalism


Words: minimize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to reduce or keep to a minimum\n2 : to underestimate intentionally : PLAY DOWN, SOFT-PEDAL <minimizing losses in our own forces while maximizing those of the enemy>


Words: minimum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible\n2 : the least of a set of numbers; specifically : the smallest value assumed by a continuous function defined on a closed interval\n3 a : the lowest degree or amount of variation (as of temperature) reached or recorded b : the lowest speed allowed on a highway


Words: minion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a servile dependent, follower, or underling\n2 : one highly favored : IDOL\n3 : a subordinate or petty official


Words: minister
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : AGENT\n2 a : one officiating or assisting the officiant in church worship b : a clergyman especially of a Protestant communion\n3 a : the superior of one of several religious orders called also minister-general b : the assistant to the rector or the bursar of a Jesuit house\n4 : a high officer of state entrusted with the management of a division of governmental activities\n5 a : a diplomatic representative (as an ambassador) accredited to the court or seat of government of a foreign state b : a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to function as a minister of religion\n2 : to give aid or service <minister to the sick>


Words: ministrant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\narchaic : performing service in attendance on someone\n\n<2> noun\n: one that ministers


Words: ministry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MINISTRATION\n2 : the office, duties, or functions of a minister\n3 : the body of ministers of religion : CLERGY\n4 : a person or thing through which something is accomplished : AGENCY, INSTRUMENTALITY\n5 : the period of service or office of a minister or ministry\n6 often capitalized a : the body of ministers governing a nation or state from which a smaller cabinet is sometimes selected b : the group of ministers constituting a cabinet\n7 a : a government department presided over by a minister b : the building in which the business of a ministry is transacted


Words: mink
Meaning:
noun\n1 : soft fur or pelt of the mink varying in color from white to dark brown\n2 : either of two slender-bodied semiaquatic carnivorous mammals (Mustela vison of No. America and M. lutreola of Eurasia) that resemble the related weasels and have partially webbed feet, a rather short bushy tail, and a soft thick coat


Words: minnow
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small cyprinid, killifish, or topminnow b : any of various small fish that are less than a designated size and are not game fish\n2 : a live or artificial minnow used as bait


Words: minor
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : inferior in importance, size, or degree : comparatively unimportant\n2 : not having reached majority\n3 a : having half steps between the second and third, the fifth and sixth, and sometimes the seventh and eighth degrees <minor scale> b : based on a minor scale <minor key> c : less by a semitone than the corresponding major interval <minor third> d : having a minor third above the root <minor triad>\n4 : not serious or involving risk to life <minor illness>\n5 : of or relating to an academic subject requiring fewer courses than a major\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person who has not attained majority\n2 : a minor musical interval, scale, key, or mode\n3 a : a minor academic subject b : a student taking a specified minor\n4 : a determinant or matrix obtained from a given determinant or matrix by eliminating the row and column in which a given element lies\n5 plural : minor league baseball used with the\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to take courses in a minor subject


Words: minority
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the period before attainment of majority b : the state of being a legal minor\n2 : the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole; specifically : a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control\n3 a : a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment b : a member of a minority group <an effort to hire more minorities>


Words: minstrel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of a class of medieval musical entertainers; especially : a singer of verses to the accompaniment of a harp\n2 a : MUSICIAN b : POET\n3 a : any of a troupe of performers typically giving a program of black American melodies, jokes, and impersonations and usually wearing blackface b : a performance by a troupe of minstrels


Words: mint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a family (Labiatae, the mint family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit; especially : any of a genus (Mentha) of mints that have white, purple, or pink verticillate flowers with a nearly regular corolla and four equal stamens and that include some used in flavoring and cookery\n2 : a confection flavored with mint\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made\n2 : a place where something is manufactured\n3 : a vast sum or amount\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to make (as coins) out of metal : COIN\n2 : CREATE, PRODUCE\n\n<4> adjective\n: unmarred as if fresh from a mint <in mint condition>


Words: minuet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a slow graceful dance in 34 time characterized by forward balancing, bowing, and toe pointing\n2 : music for or in the rhythm of a minuet


Words: minus
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 : diminished by : LESS <seven minus four is three>\n2 : deprived of : WITHOUT <minus his hat>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a negative quantity\n2 : DEFICIENCY, DEFECT\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : algebraically negative <a minus quantity>\n2 : having negative qualities\n3 : relating to or being a particular one of the two mating types that are required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plants (as a fungus)\n4 : falling low in a specified range <B minus>


Words: minuscule
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one of several ancient and medieval writing styles developed from cursive and having simplified and small forms b : a letter in this style\n2 : a lowercase letter\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : written in or in the size or style of minuscules\n2 : very small


Words: minute
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a 60th part of an hour of time or of a degree : 60 seconds\n2 : the distance one can traverse in a minute\n3 : a short space of time : MOMENT\n4 a : a brief note (as of summary or recommendation) b : MEMORANDUM, DRAFT c plural : the official record of the proceedings of a meeting\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make notes or a brief summary of\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : very small : INFINITESIMAL\n2 : of small importance : TRIFLING\n3 : marked by close attention to details


Words: minuteman
Meaning:
noun\n: a member of a group of armed men pledged to take the field at a minute’s notice during and immediately before the American Revolution


Words: miracle
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs\n2 : an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment\n3 Christian Science : a divinely natural phenomenon experienced humanly as the fulfillment of spiritual law


Words: mirage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted, and that is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density\n2 : something illusory and unattainable like a mirage


Words: mire
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)\n2 : heavy often deep mud or slush\n3 : a troublesome or intractable situation <found themselves in a mire of debt>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire b : to hamper or hold back as if by mire : ENTANGLE\n2 : to cover or soil with mire\nintransitive senses : to stick or sink in mire


Words: mirror
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a polished or smooth surface (as of glass) that forms images by reflection\n2 a : something that gives a true representation b : an exemplary model\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to reflect in or as if in a mirror


Words: misbegotten
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : unlawfully conceived : ILLEGITIMATE <a misbegotten child>\n2 a : having a disreputable or improper origin : ill-conceived <antiquated and misbegotten tax laws R. M. Blough> b : CONTEMPTIBLE, DEFORMED <a misbegotten scoundrel>


Words: miscarry
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 obsolete : to come to harm\n2 : to suffer miscarriage of a fetus\n3 : to fail to achieve the intended purpose : go wrong or amiss <the plan miscarried>


Words: miscegenation
Meaning:
noun\n: a mixture of races; especially : marriage or cohabitation between a white person and a member of another race


Words: miscellaneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : consisting of diverse things or members : HETEROGENEOUS\n2 a : having various traits b : dealing with or interested in diverse subjects <as a writer was too miscellaneous George Santayana>


Words: miscellany
Meaning:
noun\n1 a plural : separate writings collected in one volume b : a collection of writings on various subjects\n2 : a mixture of various things


Words: mischief
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent\n2 : a cause or source of harm, evil, or irritation; especially : a person who causes mischief\n3 a : action that annoys or irritates b : the quality or state of being mischievous : MISCHIEVOUSNESS <had mischief in his eyes>


Words: mischievous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : HARMFUL, INJURIOUS <mischievous gossip>\n2 a : able or tending to cause annoyance, trouble, or minor injury b : irresponsibly playful <mischievous behavior>


Words: miscible
Meaning:
adjective\n: capable of being mixed; specifically : capable of mixing in any ratio without separation of two phases <miscible liquids>


Words: misconduct
Meaning:
noun\n1 : mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities\n2 : intentional wrongdoing; specifically : deliberate violation of a law or standard especially by a government official : MALFEASANCE\n3 a : improper behavior b : ADULTERY


Words: miscount
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to make a wrong count\ntransitive senses : to count wrongly : MISCALCULATE


Words: miscreant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : UNBELIEVING, HERETICAL\n2 : DEPRAVED, VILLAINOUS\n\n<2> noun\n1 : INFIDEL, HERETIC\n2 : one who behaves criminally or viciously


Words: miscue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a faulty stroke in billiards in which the cue slips\n2 : MISTAKE, SLIP\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to make a miscue


Words: misdirect
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give a wrong direction to\n2 : to direct wrongly <misdirected their energies>


Words: miserable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame) <miserable refugees>\n2 a : wretchedly inadequate or meager <a miserable hovel> b : causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness <a miserable situation>\n3 : being likely to discredit or shame <his miserable neglect of his wife> <it was miserable of you to make fun of him>


Words: misery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction\n2 : a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort\n3 : a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress


Words: misfeasance
Meaning:
noun\n: TRESPASS; specifically : the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner


Words: misfire
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to have the explosive or propulsive charge fail to ignite at the proper time <the engine misfired>\n2 : to fail to fire <the gun misfired>\n3 : to miss an intended effect or objective\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a failure (as of a cartridge or firearm) to fire\n2 : something that misfires


Words: misfit
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that fits badly\n2 : one who is poorly adapted to a situation or environment <social misfits>


Words: misfortune
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result : bad luck <by misfortune he fell into bad company> <had the misfortune to break his leg> b : an unhappy situation <always ready to help people in misfortune>\n2 : a distressing or unfortunate incident or event <misfortunes never come singly>


Words: misjudge
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to be mistaken in judgment\ntransitive senses\n1 : to estimate wrongly\n2 : to have an unjust opinion of


Words: mislead
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit\nintransitive senses : to lead astray


Words: misnomer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument\n2 a : a use of a wrong name b : a wrong name or designation


Words: misplace
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to put in a wrong or inappropriate place <misplace a comma> b : MISLAY <misplaced the keys>\n2 : to set on a wrong object or eventuality <his trust had been misplaced>


Words: misprision
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : neglect or wrong performance of official duty b : concealment of treason or felony by one who is not a participant in the treason or felony c : seditious conduct against the government or the courts\n2 : MISUNDERSTANDING, MISINTERPRETATION\n\n<2> noun\n: CONTEMPT, SCORN


Words: misread
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to read incorrectly\n2 : to misinterpret in or as if in reading <totally misread the lesson of history Christopher Hollis>


Words: misrepresent
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give a false or misleading representation of usually with an intent to deceive or be unfair <misrepresented the facts>\n2 : to serve badly or improperly as a representative of


Words: misrule
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to rule incompetently : MISGOVERN\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action of misruling : the condition of being misruled\n2 : DISORDER, ANARCHY


Words: miss
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to fail to hit, reach, or contact\n2 : to discover or feel the absence of\n3 : to fail to obtain\n4 : ESCAPE, AVOID <just missed hitting the other car>\n5 : to leave out : OMIT\n6 : to fail to comprehend, sense, or experience <missed the point of the speech>\n7 : to fail to perform or attend <had to miss school for a week>\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : to fail to get, reach, or do something\n2 : to fail to hit something\n3 a : to be unsuccessful b : MISFIRE <the engine missed>\n\n<2> noun\n1 chiefly dialect : disadvantage or regret resulting from loss <we know the miss of you, and even hunger to see you Samuel Richardson>\n2 a : a failure to hit b : a failure to attain a desired result\n3 : MISFIRE\n\n<3> noun\n1 capitalized a used as a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl b used before the name of a place or of a line of activity or before some epithet to form a title for a usually young unmarried female who is representative of the thing indicated <Miss America>\n2 : young lady used without a name as a conventional term of address to a young woman\n3 : a young unmarried woman or girl


Words: missile
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object\n2 : adapted for throwing or hurling missiles\n\n<2> noun\n: an object (as a weapon) thrown or projected usually so as to strike something at a distance <stones, artillery shells, bullets, and rockets are missiles>: as a : GUIDED MISSILE b : BALLISTIC MISSILE


Words: mission
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : the act or an instance of sending\n2 a : a ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate its faith or carry on humanitarian work b : assignment to or work in a field of missionary enterprise c (1) : a mission establishment (2) : a local church or parish dependent on a larger religious organization for direction or financial support d plural : organized missionary work e : a course of sermons and services given to convert the unchurched or quicken Christian faith\n3 : a body of persons sent to perform a service or carry on an activity: as a : a group sent to a foreign country to conduct diplomatic or political negotiations b : a permanent embassy or legation c : a team of specialists or cultural leaders sent to a foreign country\n4 a : a specific task with which a person or a group is charged b (1) : a definite military, naval, or aerospace task <a bombing mission> <a space mission> (2) : a flight operation of an aircraft or spacecraft in the performance of a mission <a mission to Mars>\n5 : CALLING, VOCATION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to send on or entrust with a mission\n2 : to carry on a religious mission among or in\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a style used in the early Spanish missions of the southwestern U.S. <mission architecture>\n2 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of plain heavy usually oak furniture originating in the U.S. in the early part of the 20th century


Words: missionary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : relating to, engaged in, or devoted to missions\n2 : characteristic of a missionary\n\n<2> noun\n: a person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission


Words: mist
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : water in the form of particles floating or falling in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth and approaching the form of rain\n2 : something that obscures understanding <mists of antiquity>\n3 : a film before the eyes\n4 a : a cloud of small particles or objects suggestive of a mist b : a suspension of a finely divided liquid in a gas c : a fine spray\n5 : a drink of liquor served over cracked ice\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be or become misty\n2 : to become moist or blurred\ntransitive senses : to cover or spray with or convert to mist


Words: mistake
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to blunder in the choice of <mistook her way in the dark>\n2 a : to misunderstand the meaning or intention of : MISINTERPRET <don’t mistake me, mean exactly what said> b : to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of\n3 : to identify wrongly : confuse with another <I mistook him for his brother>\nintransitive senses : to be wrong <you mistook when you thought laughed at you Thomas Hardy>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a misunderstanding of the meaning or implication of something\n2 : a wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention


Words: mister
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized : MR. used sometimes in writing instead of Mr.\n2 : SIR used without a name as a generalized term of direct address of a man who is a stranger <hey, mister, do you want to buy a paper>\n3 : a man not entitled to a title of rank or an honorific or professional title <though he was only a mister, he was a greater scholar in his field than any PhD>\n4 : HUSBAND\n\n<2> noun\n: a device for spraying a mist


Words: mistletoe
Meaning:
noun\n: a European semiparasitic green shrub (Viscum album of the family Loranthaceae, the mistletoe family) with thick leaves, small yellowish flowers, and waxy-white glutinous berries; broadly : any of various plants of the mistletoe family (as of an American genus Phoradendron) resembling the true mistletoe


Words: mistress
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woman who has power, authority, or ownership: as a : the female head of a household b : a woman who employs or supervises servants c : a woman who is in charge of a school or other establishment d : a woman of the Scottish nobility having a status comparable to that of a master\n2 a chiefly British : a female teacher or tutor b : a woman who has achieved mastery in some field\n3 : something personified as female that rules, directs, or dominates <when Rome was mistress of the world>\n4 a : a woman other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship b archaic : SWEETHEART\n5 a used archaically as a title prefixed to the name of a married or unmarried woman b chiefly Southern Midland : MRS. 1a


Words: mistrial
Meaning:
noun\n: a trial that has no legal effect by reason of some error or serious prejudicial misconduct in the proceedings


Words: mistrust
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a lack of confidence : DISTRUST\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to have no trust or confidence in : SUSPECT <mistrusted his neighbors>\n2 : to doubt the truth, validity, or effectiveness of <mistrusted his own judgment>\n3 : SURMISE <your mind mistrusted there was something wrong Robert Frost>\nintransitive senses : to be suspicious


Words: misty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : obscured by mist b : consisting of or marked by mist\n2 a : INDISTINCT <a misty recollection of the event> b : VAGUE, CONFUSED <avoided the large, vague, misty issues Reuben Abel>\n3 : TEARFUL


Words: misuse
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to use incorrectly : MISAPPLY <misused his talents>\n2 : ABUSE, MISTREAT <misused his servants>\n\n<2> noun\n: incorrect or improper use : MISAPPLICATION


Words: mite
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a small coin or sum of money\n2 a : a very little : BIT b : a very small object or creature


Words: miter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a liturgical headdress worn by bishops and abbots\n2 a : a surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a joint is made by cutting two pieces at an angle and fitting them together b : MITER JOINT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to confer a miter on\n2 a : to match or fit together in a miter joint b : to bevel the ends of for making a miter joint


Words: mitigate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cause to become less harsh or hostile : MOLLIFY <aggressiveness may be mitigated or channeled Ashley Montagu>\n2 a : to make less severe or painful : ALLEVIATE b : EXTENUATE


Words: mitt
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a woman’s glove that leaves the fingers uncovered b : MITTEN 1 c : a baseball catcher’s or first baseman’s glove made in the style of a mitten\n2 slang : HAND


Words: mitten
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a covering for the hand and wrist having a separate section for the thumb only\n2 : MITT 1a


Words: mix
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to combine or blend into one mass (2) : to combine with another b : to bring into close association <mix business with pleasure>\n2 a : to form by mixing components <mix a drink at the bar> b : to produce (a sound recording) by electronically combining or adjusting sounds from more than one source\n3 : CONFUSE often used with up <mixes things up in his eagerness to speak out Irving Howe>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become mixed b : to be capable of mixing\n2 : to enter into relations : ASSOCIATE\n3 : CROSSBREED\n4 : to become involved : PARTICIPATE <decided not to mix in politics>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or process of mixing\n2 : a product of mixing: as a : a commercially prepared mixture of food ingredients <a cake mix> b : a combination of different kinds <the right mix of jobs, people and amenities London Times>\n3 : MIXER 2b


Words: mixture
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act, the process, or an instance of mixing b (1) : the state of being mixed (2) : the relative proportions of constituents; especially : the proportion of fuel to air produced in a carburetor\n2 : a product of mixing : COMBINATION: as a : a portion of matter consisting of two or more components in varying proportions that retain their own properties b : a fabric woven of variously colored threads c : a combination of several different kinds


Words: mizzen
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast\n2 : MIZZENMAST\n\n<2> adjective\n: of or relating to the mizzenmast


Words: mnemonic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : assisting or intended to assist memory; also : of or relating to mnemonics\n2 : of or relating to memory\n\n<2> noun\n: a mnemonic device or code


Words: moan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : LAMENTATION, COMPLAINT\n2 : a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to bewail audibly : LAMENT\n2 : to utter with moans\nintransitive senses\n1 : LAMENT, COMPLAIN\n2 a : to make a moan : GROAN b : to emit a sound resembling a moan <the wind moaned in the trees>


Words: moat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (as a castle) that is usually filled with water\n2 : a channel resembling a moat (as about a seamount or for confinement of animals in a zoo)


Words: mob
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a large or disorderly crowd; especially : one bent on riotous or destructive action\n2 : the lower classes of a community : MASSES, RABBLE\n3 chiefly Australian : a flock, drove, or herd of animals\n4 : a criminal set : GANG; especially often capitalized : MAFIA 1\n5 chiefly British : a group of people : CROWD\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to crowd about and attack or annoy <mobbed by autograph hunters> <a crow mobbed by songbirds>\n2 : to crowd into or around <customers mob the stores on sale days>


Words: mobile
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : capable of moving or being moved : MOVABLE <a mobile missile launcher>\n2 a : changeable in appearance, mood, or purpose <mobile face> b : ADAPTABLE, VERSATILE\n3 : MIGRATORY\n4 a : characterized by the mixing of social groups b : having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the hierarchical social levels of a society <socially mobile workers>\n5 : marked by the use of vehicles for transportation <mobile warfare>\n6 : of or relating to a mobile\n\n<2> noun\n: a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents; also : a similar structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air


Words: mobilize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put into movement or circulation <mobilize financial assets> b : to release (something stored in the organism) for bodily use\n2 a : to assemble and make ready for war duty b : to marshal (as resources) for action <mobilize support for a proposal>\nintransitive senses : to undergo mobilization


Words: moccasin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot b : a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin\n2 a : WATER MOCCASIN b : a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin


Words: mock
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to treat with contempt or ridicule : DERIDE\n2 : to disappoint the hopes of\n3 : DEFY, CHALLENGE\n4 a : to imitate (as a mannerism) closely : MIMIC b : to mimic in sport or derision\nintransitive senses : JEER, SCOFF\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of ridicule or derision : JEER\n2 : one that is an object of derision or scorn\n3 : MOCKERY\n4 a : an act of imitation b : something made as an imitation\n\n<3> adjective\n: of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation : SIMULATED, FEIGNED <the mock solemnity of the parody>\n\n<4> adverb\n: in an insincere or counterfeit manner usually used in combination <mock-serious>


Words: mockingbird
Meaning:
noun\n: a common grayish bird (Mimus polyglottos) especially of the southern U.S. that is remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds


Words: mode
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals b : a rhythmical scheme (as in 13th and 14th century music)\n2 : 2MOOD 2\n3 Late Latin modus, from Latin a : 2MOOD 1 b : the modal form of the assertion or denial of a logical proposition\n4 a : a particular form or variety of something b : a form or manner of expression : STYLE\n5 : a possible, customary, or preferred way of doing something <explained in the usual solemn mode>\n6 a : a manifestation, form, or arrangement of being; specifically : a particular form or manifestation of an underlying substance b : a particular functioning arrangement or condition : STATUS <a spacecraft in reentry mode> <a computer operating in parallel mode>\n7 a : the most frequent value of a set of data b : a value of a random variable for which a function of probabilities defined on it achieves a relative maximum\n8 : any of various stationary vibration patterns of which an elastic body or oscillatory system is capable <the vibration mode of an airplane propeller blade> <the vibrational modes of a molecule>\n\n<2> noun\n: a prevailing fashion or style (as of dress or behavior)


Words: model
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : a set of plans for a building\n2 dialect British : COPY, IMAGE\n3 : structural design <a home on the model of an old farmhouse>\n4 : a usually miniature representation of something; also : a pattern of something to be made\n5 : an example for imitation or emulation\n6 : a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist; especially : one who poses for an artist\n7 : ARCHETYPE\n8 : an organism whose appearance a mimic imitates\n9 : one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise : MANNEQUIN\n10 a : a type or design of clothing b : a type or design of product (as a car)\n11 : a description or analogy used to help visualize something (as an atom) that cannot be directly observed\n12 : a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs\n13 : VERSION\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to plan or form after a pattern : SHAPE\n2 archaic : to make into an organization (as an army, government, or parish)\n3 a : to shape or fashion in a plastic material b : to produce a representation or simulation of <using a computer to model a problem>\n4 : to construct or fashion in imitation of a particular model <modeled its constitution on that of the U.S.>\n5 : to display by wearing, using, or posing with <modeled gowns>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to design or imitate forms : make a pattern <enjoys modeling in clay>\n2 : to work or act as a fashion model\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : serving as or capable of serving as a pattern <a model student>\n2 : being a usually miniature representation of something <a model airplane>


Words: moderate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : avoiding extremes of behavior or expression : observing reasonable limits <a moderate drinker> b : CALM, TEMPERATE\n2 a : tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension b : having average or less than average quality : MEDIOCRE\n3 : professing or characterized by political or social beliefs that are not extreme\n4 : limited in scope or effect\n5 : not expensive : reasonable or low in price\n6 of a color : of medium lightness and medium chroma\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to lessen the intensity or extremeness of <the sun moderated the chill>\n2 : to preside over or act as chairman of\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act as a moderator\n2 : to become less violent, severe, or intense\n\n<3> noun\n: one who holds moderate views or who belongs to a group favoring a moderate course or program


Words: moderator
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who arbitrates : MEDIATOR\n2 : one who presides over an assembly, meeting, or discussion: as a : the presiding officer of a Presbyterian governing body b : the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting c : the chairman of a discussion group\n3 : a substance (as graphite) used for slowing down neutrons in a nuclear reactor


Words: modern
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past : CONTEMPORARY b : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time\n2 : involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas : UP-TO-DATE\n3 capitalized : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the present or most recent period of development of a language\n4 : of or relating to modernism : MODERNIST\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a person of modern times or views b : an adherent of modernism : MODERNIST\n2 : a style of printing type distinguished by regularity of shape, precise curves, straight hairline serifs, and heavy downstrokes


Words: modernism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a practice, usage, or expression peculiar to modern times\n2 often capitalized : a tendency in theology to accommodate traditional religious teaching to contemporary thought and especially to devalue supernatural elements\n3 : modern artistic or literary philosophy and practice; especially : a self-conscious break with the past and a search for new forms of expression


Words: modernize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make modern (as in taste, style, or usage)\nintransitive senses : to adopt modern ways


Words: modest
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : placing a moderate estimate on one’s abilities or worth b : neither bold nor self-assertive : tending toward diffidence\n2 : arising from or characteristic of a modest nature\n3 : observing the proprieties of dress and behavior : DECENT\n4 a : limited in size, amount, or scope b : UNPRETENTIOUS <a modest cottage>


Words: modify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make less extreme : MODERATE\n2 a : to limit or restrict the meaning of especially in a grammatical construction b : to change (a vowel) by umlaut\n3 a : to make minor changes in b : to make basic or fundamental changes in often to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end <the wing of a bird is an arm modified for flying>\nintransitive senses : to undergo change


Words: modular
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or based on a module or a modulus\n2 : constructed with standardized units or dimensions for flexibility and variety in use


Words: modulate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to tune to a key or pitch\n2 : to adjust to or keep in proper measure or proportion : TEMPER\n3 : to vary the amplitude, frequency, or phase of (a carrier wave or a light wave) for the transmission of intelligence (as by radio); also : to vary the velocity of electrons in an electron beam\nintransitive senses\n1 : to play or sing with modulation\n2 : to pass from one musical key into another by means of intermediary chords or notes that have some relation to both keys\n3 : to pass gradually from one state to another


Words: module
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a standard or unit of measurement\n2 : the size of some one part taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of an architectural composition are regulated\n3 a : any in a series of standardized units for use together: as (1) : a unit of furniture or architecture (2) : an educational unit which covers a single subject or topic b : a usually packaged functional assembly of electronic components for use with other such assemblies\n4 : an independently-operable unit that is a part of the total structure of a space vehicle\n5 a : a subset of an additive group that is also a group under addition b : a mathematical set that is a commutative group under addition and that is closed under multiplication which is distributive from the left or right or both by elements of a ring and for which a(bx) (ab)x or (xb)a x(ba) or both where a and b are elements of the ring and x belongs to the set


Words: mogul
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 or moghul capitalized : an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin; especially : GREAT MOGUL\n2 : a great personage : MAGNATE\n\n<2> noun\n: a bump in a ski run


Words: mohair
Meaning:
noun\n: a fabric or yarn made wholly or in part of the long silky hair of the Angora goat; also : this hair


Words: moiety
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one of two equal parts : HALF b : one of two approximately equal parts\n2 : one of the portions into which something is divided : COMPONENT, PART\n3 : one of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions


Words: moil
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses , chiefly dialect : to make wet or dirty\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work hard : DRUDGE\n2 : to be in continuous agitation : CHURN, SWIRL\n\n<2> noun\n1 : hard work : DRUDGERY\n2 : CONFUSION, TURMOIL


Words: molar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a tooth with a rounded or flattened surface adapted for grinding; specifically : one of the cheek teeth in mammals behind the incisors and canines see TOOTH illustration\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : pulverizing by friction : GRINDING\n2 : of, relating to, or located near the molar teeth\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a mole of a substance <the molar volume of a gas>\n2 : containing one mole of solute in one liter of solution


Words: molasses
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the thick dark to light brown syrup that is separated from raw sugar in sugar manufacture\n2 : a syrup made from boiling down sweet vegetable or fruit juice <citrus molasses>


Words: mold
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : crumbling soft friable earth suited to plant growth : SOIL; especially : soil rich in humus compare LEAF MOLD\n2 dialect British a : the surface of the earth : GROUND b : the earth of the burying ground\n3 archaic : earth that is the substance of the human body <be merciful great Duke to men of mold Shakespeare>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : distinctive nature or character : TYPE\n2 : the frame on or around which an object is constructed\n3 a : a cavity in which a substance is shaped: as (1) : a matrix for casting metal (2) : a form in which food is given a decorative shape b : a molded object\n4 : MOLDING\n5 a obsolete : an example to be followed b : PROTOTYPE c : a fixed pattern : DESIGN\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to knead (dough) into a desired consistency or shape\n2 : to give shape to <the wind molds the waves>\n3 : to form in a mold <mold candles>\n4 : to determine or influence the quality or nature of <mold public opinion>\n5 : to fit the contours of\n6 : to ornament with molding or carving <molded picture frames>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a superficial often woolly growth produced especially on damp or decaying organic matter or on living organisms\n2 : a fungus (as of the order Mucorales) that produces mold\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n: to become moldy


Words: moldboard
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a curved iron plate attached above a plowshare to lift and turn the soil\n2 : the flat or curved blade (as of a bulldozer) that pushes material to one side as the machine advances


Words: molding
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the art or occupation of a molder b : an object produced by molding\n2 a : a decorative recessed or relieved surface b : a decorative plane or curved strip used for ornamentation or finishing


Words: mole
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a pigmented spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; especially : NEVUS\n\n<2> noun\n1 : any of numerous burrowing insectivores (especially family Talpidae) with tiny eyes, concealed ears, and soft fur\n2 : one who works in the dark\n3 : a machine for tunneling\n4 : a spy (as a double agent) who establishes a cover long before beginning espionage\n\n<3> noun\n: an abnormal mass in the uterus especially when containing fetal tissues\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a massive work formed of masonry and large stones or earth laid in the sea as a pier or breakwater\n2 : the harbor formed by a mole\n\n<5> noun\n: the base unit of amount of pure substance in the International System of Units that contains the same number of elementary entities as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams of the isotope carbon 12\n\n<6> noun\n: a spicy sauce made with chilies and usually chocolate and served with meat


Words: molecule
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties of the substance and is composed of one or more atoms\n2 : a tiny bit : PARTICLE


Words: moleskin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the skin of the mole used as fur\n2 a : a heavy durable cotton fabric with a short thick velvety nap on one side b : a garment made of moleskin usually used in plural


Words: molest
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to annoy, disturb, or persecute especially with hostile intent or injurious effect\n2 : to make annoying sexual advances to; especially : to force physical and usually sexual contact on


Words: mollify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to soothe in temper or disposition : APPEASE <mollified the staff with a raise>\n2 : to reduce the rigidity of : SOFTEN\n3 : to reduce in intensity : ASSUAGE, TEMPER\nintransitive senses , archaic : SOFTEN, RELENT


Words: mollusk
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (as snails, clams, or squids) with a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a calcareous shell; broadly : SHELLFISH


Words: mollycoddle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a pampered or effeminate man or boy\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to surround with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention


Words: molt
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically\ntransitive senses : to cast off (an outer covering) periodically; specifically : to throw off (the old cuticle) used of arthropods\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or process of molting; specifically : ECDYSIS


Words: molten
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : made by melting and casting\n2 : fused or liquefied by heat : MELTED <molten lava>\n3 : having warmth or brilliance : GLOWING <the molten sunlight of warm skies T. B. Costain>


Words: molybdenum
Meaning:
noun\n: a metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in many properties, is used especially in strengthening and hardening steel, and is a trace element in plant and animal metabolism see ELEMENT table


Words: moment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a minute portion or point of time : INSTANT b : a comparatively brief period of time\n2 a : present time <at the moment she is working on a novel> b : a time of excellence or conspicuousness <he has his moments>\n3 : importance in influence or effect <a matter of great moment>\n4 obsolete : a cause or motive of action\n5 : a stage in historical or logical development\n6 a : tendency or measure of tendency to produce motion especially about a point or axis b : the product of quantity (as a force) and the distance to a particular axis or point\n7 a : the mean of the nth powers of the deviations of the observed values in a set of statistical data from a fixed value b : the expected value of a power of the deviation of a random variable from a fixed value


Words: momentary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : continuing only a moment : FLEETING b : having a very brief life\n2 : operative or recurring at every moment


Words: momentum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a property of a moving body that the body has by virtue of its mass and motion and that is equal to the product of the body’s mass and velocity; broadly : a property of a moving body that determines the length of time required to bring it to rest when under the action of a constant force or moment\n2 : strength or force gained by motion or through the development of events : IMPETUS <the campaign gained momentum>


Words: monarch
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire: as a : a sovereign ruler b : a constitutional king or queen\n2 : one that holds preeminent position or power\n3 : MONARCH BUTTERFLY


Words: monarchy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person\n2 : a nation or state having a monarchical government\n3 : a government having an hereditary chief of state with life tenure and powers varying from nominal to absolute


Words: monastic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns\n2 : resembling (as in seclusion or ascetic simplicity) life in a monastery


Words: monetary
Meaning:
adjective\n: of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy


Words: money
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment: as a : officially coined or stamped metal currency b : MONEY OF ACCOUNT c : PAPER MONEY\n2 a : wealth reckoned in terms of money b : an amount of money c plural : sums of money : FUNDS\n3 : a form or denomination of coin or paper money\n4 a : the first, second, and third place winners (as in a horse or dog race) usually used in the phrases in the money or out of the money b : prize money <his horse took third money>\n5 a : persons or interests possessing or controlling great wealth b : a position of wealth <born into money>\n\n<2> adjective\n: involving or reliable in a crucial situation <a money player> <a money pitch>


Words: monger
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : BROKER, DEALER usually used in combination <alemonger>\n2 : a person who attempts to stir up or spread something that is usually petty or discreditable usually used in combination <warmonger>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: PEDDLE


Words: Mongolian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting Mongolia, the Mongolian People’s Republic, the Mongols, or Mongolian\n2 : MONGOLOID 2\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the language of the Mongol people b : a family of Altaic languages that includes the languages of the Mongols and the Kalmucks\n2 a : MONGOL 1 b : a person of Mongoloid racial stock c : a native or inhabitant of Mongolia


Words: mongrel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds or strains; especially : one of unknown ancestry\n2 : a cross between types of persons or things


Words: monism
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a view that there is only one kind of ultimate substance b : the view that reality is one unitary organic whole with no independent parts\n2 : MONOGENESIS\n3 : a viewpoint or theory that reduces all phenomena to one principle


Words: monitor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a student appointed to assist a teacher b : one that warns or instructs c : one that monitors or is used in monitoring: as (1) : a cathode-ray tube used for display (as of television pictures or computer information) (2) : a device for observing a biological condition or function <a heart monitor>\n2 : any of various large tropical Old World lizards (genus Varanus of the family Varanidae) closely related to the iguanas\n3 Monitor, first ship of the type a : a heavily armored warship formerly used in coastal operations having a very low freeboard and one or more revolving gun turrets b : a small modern warship with shallow draft for coastal bombardment\n4 : a raised central portion of a roof having low windows or louvers for providing light and air\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose


Words: monitory
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: giving admonition : WARNING\n\n<2> noun\n: a letter containing an admonition or warning


Words: monk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery; also : FRIAR\n\n<2> noun\n: MONKEY


Words: monkey
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers; especially : any of the smaller longer-tailed primates as contrasted with the apes\n2 a : a person resembling a monkey b : a ludicrous figure : DUPE\n3 : any of various machines, implements, or vessels; especially : the falling weight of a pile driver\n4 : a desperate desire for or addiction to drugs often used in the phrase monkey on one’s back; broadly : a persistent or annoying encumbrance or problem\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : MIMIC, MOCK\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act in a grotesque or mischievous manner\n2 a : FOOL, TRIFLE often used with around b : TAMPER usually used with with


Words: monkshood
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Aconitum) of usually bluish flowered poisonous herbs of the buttercup family; especially : a poisonous Eurasian herb (A. napellus) often cultivated for its showy terminal racemes of white or purplish flowers compare WOLFSBANE


Words: monody
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ode sung by one voice (as in a Greek tragedy)\n2 : an elegy or dirge performed by one person\n3 a : a monophonic vocal piece b : the monophonic style of 17th century opera


Words: monogamy
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the practice of marrying only once during a lifetime\n2 : the state or custom of being married to one person at a time\n3 : the condition or practice of having a single mate during a period of time <monogamy is common among birds>


Words: monogram
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to mark with a monogram


Words: monograph
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a learned treatise on a small area of learning; also : a written account of a single thing\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to write a monograph on


Words: monolith
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column\n2 : a massive structure\n3 : an organized whole that acts as a single unified powerful or influential force


Words: monologue
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : SOLILOQUY 2 b : a dramatic sketch performed by one actor c : the routine of a stand-up comic\n2 : a literary composition written in the form of a soliloquy\n3 : a long speech monopolizing conversation


Words: monomania
Meaning:
noun\n1 : mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought\n2 : excessive concentration on a single object or idea


Words: monophonic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a single unaccompanied melodic line\n2 : of or relating to sound transmission, recording, or reproduction involving a single transmission path


Words: monopoly
Meaning:
noun\n1 : exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action\n2 : exclusive possession or control\n3 : a commodity controlled by one party\n4 : one that has a monopoly


Words: monorail
Meaning:
noun\n: a single rail serving as a track for a wheeled vehicle; also : a vehicle traveling on such a track


Words: monotone
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a succession of syllables, words, or sentences in one unvaried key or pitch\n2 : a single unvaried musical tone\n3 : a tedious sameness or reiteration\n4 : a person unable to produce or to distinguish between musical intervals\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : MONOTONIC 2\n2 : having a uniform color


Words: monotonous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity\n2 : tediously uniform or unvarying


Words: monseigneur
Meaning:
noun\n: a French dignitary (as a prince or prelate) used as a title preceding a title of office or rank


Words: monsieur
Meaning:
noun\n: a Frenchman of high rank or station used as a title equivalent to Mister and prefixed to the name of a Frenchman


Words: monsignor
Meaning:
noun\n: a Roman Catholic prelate having a dignity or titular distinction (as of domestic prelate or protonotary apostolic) usually conferred by the pope used as a title prefixed to the surname or to the given name and surname


Words: monsoon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia\n2 : the season of the southwest monsoon in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall\n3 : rainfall that is associated with the monsoon


Words: monster
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure b : one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character\n2 : a threatening force\n3 a : an animal of strange or terrifying shape b : one unusually large for its kind\n4 : something monstrous; especially : a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty\n5 : one that is highly successful\n\n<2> adjective\n: enormous or impressive in size, extent, or numbers


Words: montage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the production of a rapid succession of images in a motion picture to illustrate an association of ideas\n2 a : a literary, musical, or artistic composite of juxtaposed more or less heterogeneous elements b : a composite picture made by combining several separate pictures\n3 : a heterogeneous mixture : JUMBLE <a montage of emotions>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to combine into or depict in a montage


Words: month
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon’s revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or 112 of a year\n2 plural : an indefinite usually extended period of time <he has been gone for months>\n3 : one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy <she was in her eighth month>


Words: monument
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : a burial vault : SEPULCHRE\n2 : a written legal document or record : TREATISE\n3 a (1) : a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great (2) : a distinguished person b : a memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event\n4 archaic : an identifying mark : EVIDENCE; also : PORTENT, SIGN\n5 obsolete : a carved statue : EFFIGY\n6 : a boundary or position marker (as a stone)\n7 : NATIONAL MONUMENT\n8 : a written tribute


Words: monumental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to a monument\n2 : serving as or resembling a monument : MASSIVE; also : highly significant : OUTSTANDING\n3 : very great


Words: mood
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion : FEELING; also : the expression of mood especially in art or literature\n2 archaic : a fit of anger : RAGE\n3 a : a prevailing attitude : DISPOSITION b : a receptive state of mind predisposing to action c : a distinctive atmosphere or context : AURA\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the form of a syllogism as determined by the quantity and quality of its constituent propositions\n2 : distinction of form or a particular set of inflectional forms of a verb to express whether the action or state it denotes is conceived as fact or in some other manner (as command, possibility, or wish)\n3 : MODE 1b


Words: moody
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : subject to depression : GLOOMY\n2 : subject to moods : TEMPERAMENTAL\n3 : expressive of a mood


Words: moon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a often capitalized : the earth’s natural satellite that shines by the sun’s reflected light, revolves about the earth from west to east in about 29 12 days with reference to the sun or about 27 13 days with reference to the stars, and has a diameter of 2160 miles (3475 kilometers), a mean distance from the earth of about 238,900 miles (384,400 kilometers), and a mass about one eightieth that of the earth usually used with the b : one complete moon cycle consisting of four phases c : SATELLITE 2; specifically : a natural satellite of a planet\n2 : an indefinite usually extended period of time <a labor of many moons>\n3 : MOONLIGHT\n4 : something that resembles a moon: as a : a highly translucent spot on old porcelain b : LUNULE c slang : naked buttocks\n5 : something impossible or inaccessible <reach for the moon>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to spend in idle reverie : DREAM used with away\n2 slang : to expose one’s naked buttocks to\nintransitive senses : to spend time in idle reverie : behave abstractedly


Words: moonlight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the light of the moon\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to hold a second job in addition to a regular one


Words: moonshine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MOONLIGHT\n2 : empty talk : NONSENSE\n3 : intoxicating liquor; especially : illegally distilled corn whiskey


Words: moonstruck
Meaning:
adjective\n: affected by or as if by the moon: as a : mentally unbalanced b : romantically sentimental c : lost in fantasy or reverie


Words: moor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly British : an expanse of open rolling infertile land\n2 : a boggy area; especially : one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make fast with or as if with cables, lines, or anchors\nintransitive senses\n1 : to secure a boat by mooring : ANCHOR\n2 : to be made fast


Words: mooring
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act of making fast a boat or aircraft with lines or anchors\n2 a : a place where or an object to which something (as a craft) can be moored b : a device (as a line or chain) by which an object is secured in place\n3 : an established practice or stabilizing influence : ANCHORAGE 2 usually used in plural


Words: moose
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a ruminant mammal (Alces alces) with humped shoulders, long legs, and broadly palmated antlers that is the largest existing member of the deer family and inhabits forested areas of Canada, the northern U.S., Europe, and Asia\n2 capitalized Loyal Order of Moose : a member of a major benevolent and fraternal order


Words: moot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a deliberative assembly primarily for the administration of justice; especially : one held by the freemen of an Anglo-Saxon community\n2 obsolete : ARGUMENT, DISCUSSION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to discuss from a legal standpoint : ARGUE\n2 a : to bring up for discussion : BROACH b : DEBATE\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : open to question : DEBATABLE b : subjected to discussion : DISPUTED\n2 : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic


Words: mop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used especially for cleaning floors\n2 : something that resembles a mop; especially : a thick mass of hair\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to use a mop on: as a : to clean or clear away by mopping <mop the floors> often used with up <mop up the spillage> b : to wipe as if with a mop <mopped his brow with a handkerchief>\nintransitive senses : to clean a surface (as a floor) with a mop


Words: mope
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 archaic : to act in a dazed or stupid manner\n2 : to give oneself up to brooding : become listless or dejected\n3 : to move slowly or aimlessly : DAWDLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that mopes\n2 plural : BLUES 1


Words: moral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ETHICAL <moral judgments> b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <a moral poem> c : conforming to a standard of right behavior d : sanctioned by or operative on one’s conscience or ethical judgment <a moral obligation> e : capable of right and wrong action <a moral agent>\n2 : probable though not proved : VIRTUAL <a moral certainty>\n3 : having the effects of such on the mind, confidence, or will <a moral victory> <moral support>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the moral significance or practical lesson (as of a story) b : a passage pointing out usually in conclusion the lesson to be drawn from a story\n2 plural a : moral practices or teachings : modes of conduct b : ETHICS\n3 : MORALE


Words: morale
Meaning:
noun\n1 : moral principles, teachings, or conduct\n2 a : the mental and emotional condition (as of enthusiasm, confidence, or loyalty) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand b : a sense of common purpose with respect to a group : ESPRIT DE CORPS\n3 : the level of individual psychological well-being based on such factors as a sense of purpose and confidence in the future


Words: moralist
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who leads a moral life\n2 : a philosopher or writer concerned with moral principles and problems\n3 : one concerned with regulating the morals of others


Words: morality
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a moral discourse, statement, or lesson b : a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson\n2 a : a doctrine or system of moral conduct b plural : particular moral principles or rules of conduct\n3 : conformity to ideals of right human conduct\n4 : moral conduct : VIRTUE


Words: moralize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to explain or interpret morally\n2 a : to give a moral quality or direction to b : to improve the morals of\nintransitive senses : to make moral reflections


Words: moratorium
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt b : a waiting period set by an authority\n2 : a suspension of activity


Words: morbid
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease <morbid anatomy> b : affected with or induced by disease <a morbid condition> c : productive of disease <morbid substances>\n2 : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings\n3 : GRISLY, GRUESOME <morbid details> <morbid curiosity>


Words: mordant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : INCISIVE <a mordant wit>\n2 : acting as a mordant\n3 : BURNING, PUNGENT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound\n2 : a corroding substance used in etching\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to treat with a mordant


Words: more
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : GREATER <something more than she expected>\n2 : ADDITIONAL, FURTHER <more guests arrived>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : in addition <a couple of times more> b : MOREOVER\n2 : to a greater or higher degree often used with an adjective or adverb to form the comparative <more evenly matched>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a greater quantity, number, or amount <liked the idea better the more thought about it>\n2 : something additional : an additional amount\n3 obsolete : persons of higher rank\n\n<4> pronoun ,singular or plural in construction\n: additional persons or things or a greater amount <more were found as the search continued> <more was spilled>


Words: mores
Meaning:
noun plural\n1 : the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group\n2 : moral attitudes\n3 : HABITS, MANNERS


Words: morgue
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed by relatives or are released for burial\n2 : a collection of reference works and files of reference material in a newspaper or news periodical office


Words: moribund
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : being in the state of dying : approaching death\n2 : being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence


Words: Mormon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the ancient redactor and compiler of the Book of Mormon presented as divine revelation by Joseph Smith\n2 : LATTER-DAY SAINT; especially : a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


Words: morning
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : DAWN b : the time from sunrise to noon c : the time from midnight to noon\n2 : a period of first development : BEGINNING


Words: moron
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mentally retarded person who has a potential mental age of between 8 and 12 years and is capable of doing routine work under supervision\n2 : a very stupid person


Words: morpheme
Meaning:
noun\n: a distinctive collocation of phonemes (as the free form pin or the bound form -s of pins) having no smaller meaningful parts


Words: morphine
Meaning:
noun\n: a bitter crystalline addictive narcotic base C17H19NO3 that is the principal alkaloid of opium and is used in the form of a soluble salt (as a hydrochloride or a sulfate) as an analgesic and sedative


Words: morphology
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants b : the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts\n2 a : a study and description of word formation (as inflection, derivation, and compounding) in language b : the system of word-forming elements and processes in a language\n3 a : a study of structure or form b : STRUCTURE, FORM\n4 : the external structure of rocks in relation to the development of erosional forms or topographic features


Words: morsel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small piece of food : BITE\n2 : a small quantity : FRAGMENT\n3 a : a tasty dish b : something delectable and pleasing\n4 : a negligible person\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to divide into or distribute in small pieces


Words: mortal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : causing or having caused death : FATAL <a mortal injury>\n2 a : subject to death <mortal man> b : POSSIBLE, CONCEIVABLE <have done every mortal thing> c : DEADLY 3 <waited three mortal hours>\n3 : marked by unrelenting hostility <a mortal enemy>\n4 : marked by great intensity or severity <mortal fear>\n5 : HUMAN <mortal limits>\n6 : of, relating to, or connected with death <mortal agony>\n\n<2> adverb\nchiefly dialect : MORTALLY\n\n<3> noun\n: a human being


Words: mortar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a strong vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle\n2 Middle French mortier a : a muzzle-loading cannon having a tube short in relation to its caliber that is used to throw projectiles at high angles b : any of several similar firing devices\n\n<2> noun\n: a plastic building material (as a mixture of cement, lime, or gypsum plaster with sand and water) that hardens and is used in masonry or plastering\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to plaster or make fast with mortar


Words: mortarboard
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : HAWK 2 b : a board or platform about three feet (one meter) square for holding mortar\n2 : an academic cap consisting of a closely fitting headpiece with a broad flat projecting square top


Words: mortgage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a conveyance of or lien against property that is defeated upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms\n2 a : the instrument evidencing the mortgage b : the state of the property so mortgaged c : the interest of the mortgagee in such property\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to grant or convey by a mortgage\n2 : to subject to a claim or obligation : PLEDGE


Words: mortify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of\n2 : to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort\n3 : to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : SHAME\nintransitive senses\n1 : to practice mortification\n2 : to become necrotic or gangrenous


Words: mortise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a hole, groove, or slot into or through which some other part of an arrangement of parts fits or passes; especially : a cavity cut into a piece of material (as timber) to receive a tenon see DOVETAIL illustration\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to join or fasten securely; specifically : to join or fasten by a tenon and mortise\n2 : to cut or make a mortise in


Words: mortuary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the burial of the dead\n2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of death\n\n<2> noun\n: a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial; especially : FUNERAL HOME


Words: mosaic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns; also : the process of making it\n2 : a picture or design made in mosaic\n3 : something resembling a mosaic <a mosaic of visions and daydreams and memories Lawrence Shainberg>\n4 : an organism or one of its parts composed of cells of more than one genotype : CHIMERA 3\n5 : any of numerous virus diseases of plants characterized by diffuse light and dark green or yellow and green mottling of the foliage compare TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS\n6 : a composite map made of photographs taken by an aircraft or spacecraft\n7 : the part of a television camera tube consisting of many minute photoelectric particles that convert light to an electric charge\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, produced by, or resembling a mosaic\n2 : exhibiting mosaicism\n3 : DETERMINATE 5\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to decorate with mosaics\n2 : to form into a mosaic


Words: mosey
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to hurry away\n2 : to move in a leisurely or aimless manner : SAUNTER <moseyed around the general store, testing the cheese straight off the round Eric Sevareid>


Words: mosquito
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a family (Culicidae) of dipteran flies with females that have a set of slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals and to suck their blood and that are in some cases vectors of serious diseases


Words: moss
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : BOG, SWAMP; especially : a peat bog\n2 a : any of a class (Musci) of bryophytic plants having a small leafy often tufted stem bearing sex organs at its tip; also : a clump or sward of these plants b : any of various plants resembling moss in appearance or habit of growth\n3 : a mossy covering\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover or overgrow with moss


Words: mossback
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large sluggish fish (as a largemouth bass)\n2 : an extremely old-fashioned or reactionary person : FOGY


Words: most
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : greatest in quantity, extent, or degree <the most ability>\n2 : the majority of <most people>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : to the greatest or highest degree often used with an adjective or adverb to form the superlative <the most challenging job he ever had>\n2 : to a very great degree <was most persuasive>\n\n<3> noun\n: the greatest amount <it’s the most can do>\n\n<4> pronoun ,singular or plural in construction\n: the greatest number or part <most become discouraged and quit>\n\n<5> adverb\n: ALMOST <we’ll be crossing the river most any time now Hamilton Basso>


Words: motel
Meaning:
noun\n: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area


Words: moth
Meaning:
noun\n1 : CLOTHES MOTH\n2 : any of various usually nocturnal lepidopteran insects with antennae that are often feathery, with a stouter body, duller coloring, and proportionately smaller wings than the butterflies, and with larvae that are plant-eating caterpillars


Words: mothball
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a ball made formerly of camphor but now often of naphthalene and used to keep moths from clothing\n2 plural : a condition of protective storage <put the ships in mothballs after the war>; also : a state of having been rejected for further use or dismissed from further consideration <put that idea in mothballs>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to deactivate (as a ship) and prevent deterioration chiefly by dehumidification\n2 : to withdraw from use or service and keep in reserve


Words: mother
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a female parent b (1) : a woman in authority; specifically : the superior of a religious community of women (2) : an old or elderly woman\n2 : SOURCE, ORIGIN <necessity is the mother of invention>\n3 : maternal tenderness or affection\n4 short for motherfucker sometimes vulgar : one that is particularly impressive or contemptible\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or being a mother b : bearing the relation of a mother\n2 : derived from or as if from one’s mother\n3 : acting as or providing parental stock used without reference to sex\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to give birth to b : to give rise to : PRODUCE\n2 : to care for or protect like a mother\n\n<4> noun\n: MOTHER OF VINEGAR


Words: motherland
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a country regarded as a place of origin (as of an idea or a movement)\n2 : MOTHER COUNTRY 2


Words: motif
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts); especially : a dominant idea or central theme\n2 : a single or repeated design or color


Words: motile
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: exhibiting or capable of movement\n\n<2> noun\n: a person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action


Words: motion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an act, process, or instance of changing place : MOVEMENT b : an active or functioning state or condition <set the divorce proceedings in motion>\n2 : an impulse or inclination of the mind or will\n3 a : a proposal for action; especially : a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly b : an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction\n4 obsolete a : a puppet show b : PUPPET\n5 : MECHANISM\n6 a : an act or instance of moving the body or its parts : GESTURE b plural : ACTIVITIES, MOVEMENTS\n7 : melodic change of pitch\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to signal by a movement or gesture <the pitcher motioned to the catcher>\ntransitive senses : to direct by a motion <motioned me to the seat>


Words: motive
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act\n2 : a recurrent phrase or figure that is developed through the course of a musical composition\n3 : MOTIF\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : moving or tending to move to action\n2 : of or relating to motion or the causing of motion <motive energy>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: MOTIVATE


Words: motley
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : variegated in color <a motley coat>\n2 : composed of diverse often incongruous elements <a motley crowd>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a woolen fabric of mixed colors made in England between the 14th and 17th centuries\n2 : a garment made of motley; especially : the characteristic dress of the professional fool\n3 : JESTER, FOOL\n4 : a mixture especially of incongruous elements


Words: motor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that imparts motion; specifically : PRIME MOVER\n2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a : a small compact engine b : INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE; especially : a gasoline engine c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy\n3 : MOTOR VEHICLE; especially : AUTOMOBILE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : causing or imparting motion b : of, relating to, or being a motoneuron or a nerve containing motoneurons <motor fiber> c : of, relating to, concerned with, or involving muscular movement <motor areas of the brain>\n2 a : equipped with or driven by a motor b : of, relating to, or involving an automobile c : designed for motor vehicles or motorists\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to travel by automobile : DRIVE\n2 : to move or proceed at a vigorous steady pace <motored down the field for a touchdown>\ntransitive senses : to transport by automobile


Words: mottle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a colored spot\n2 a : a surface having colored spots or blotches b : the arrangement of such spots or blotches on a surface\n3 : MOSAIC 5\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained


Words: motto
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use\n2 : a short expression of a guiding principle


Words: mound
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 archaic : to enclose or fortify with a fence or a ridge of earth\n2 : to form into a mound\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : HEDGE, FENCE\n2 a (1) : an artificial bank or hill of earth or stones; especially : one constructed over a burial or ceremonial site (2) : the slightly elevated ground on which a baseball pitcher stands b : a rounded hill or natural formation\n3 a : HEAP, PILE <mounds of work> b : a small rounded mass <a mound of mashed potatoes>


Words: mount
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a high hill : MOUNTAIN used especially before an identifying name <Mount Everest>\n2 archaic : EARTHWORK 1\n3 : MOUND 2a(1)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : RISE, ASCEND\n2 : to increase in amount or extent <expenses began to mount>\n3 : to get up on something above the level of the ground; especially : to seat oneself (as on a horse) for riding\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to go up : CLIMB b (1) : to seat or place oneself on (2) : COVER 6a\n2 a : to lift up : RAISE b (1) : to put or have (as artillery) in position (2) : to have as equipment c (1) : to organize and equip (an attacking force) <mount an army> (2) : to launch and carry out (as an assault or a campaign)\n3 : to set on something that elevates\n4 a : to cause to get on a means of conveyance b : to furnish with animals for riding\n5 : to post or set up for defense or observation <mounted some guards>\n6 a : to attach to a support b : to arrange or assemble for use or display\n7 a : to prepare (as a specimen) for examination or display b : to prepare and supply with materials needed for performance or execution <mount an opera>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an act or instance of mounting; specifically : an opportunity to ride a horse in a race\n2 : FRAME, SUPPORT: as a : the material (as cardboard) on which a picture is mounted b : a jewelry setting c (1) : an undercarriage or part on which a device (as a motor or an artillery piece) rests in service (2) : an attachment for an accessory d : a hinge, card, or acetate envelope for mounting a stamp e : a glass slide with its accessories on which objects are placed for examination with a microscope\n3 : a means of conveyance; especially : SADDLE HORSE


Words: mountain
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill b : an elongated ridge\n2 a : a great mass b : a vast number or quantity


Words: mountaineer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a native or inhabitant of a mountainous region\n2 : a person who climbs mountains for sport


Words: mountebank
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person who sells quack medicines from a platform\n2 : a boastful unscrupulous pretender : CHARLATAN\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , obsolete : to beguile or transform by trickery <I’ll mountebank their loves Shakespeare>\nintransitive senses : to play the mountebank


Words: mourn
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to feel or express grief or sorrow\n2 : to show the customary signs of grief for a death; especially : to wear mourning\n3 : to murmur mournfully used especially of doves\ntransitive senses\n1 : to feel or express grief or sorrow for\n2 : to utter mournfully


Words: mournful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : expressing sorrow : SORROWFUL\n2 : full of sorrow : SAD\n3 : causing sorrow or melancholy : GLOOMY


Words: mourning
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of sorrowing\n2 a : an outward sign (as black clothes or an armband) of grief for a person’s death b : a period of time during which signs of grief are shown


Words: mouse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous small rodents (as of the genus Mus) with pointed snout, rather small ears, elongated body, and slender tail\n2 : a timid person\n3 : a dark-colored swelling caused by a blow; specifically : BLACK EYE\n4 : a small mobile manual device that controls movement of the cursor and selection of functions on a computer display\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to hunt for mice\n2 : to search or move stealthily or slowly\ntransitive senses\n1 obsolete a : BITE, GNAW b : to toy with roughly\n2 : to search for carefully usually used with out


Words: mousse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a light spongy food usually containing cream or gelatin\n2 : a molded chilled dessert made with sweetened and flavored whipped cream or egg whites and gelatin <chocolate mousse>\n3 : a foamy preparation used in styling hair\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to style (hair) with mousse


Words: mousy
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or resembling a mouse: as a : QUIET, STEALTHY b : TIMID, RETIRING c : grayish brown


Words: mouth
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth b : GRIMACE <made a mouth> c : an individual requiring food <had too many mouths to feed>\n2 a : VOICE, SPEECH <finally gave mouth to her feelings> b : MOUTHPIECE 3a c (1) : a tendency to excessive talk (2) : saucy or disrespectful language : IMPUDENCE\n3 : something that resembles a mouth especially in affording entrance or exit: as a : the place where a stream enters a larger body of water b : the surface opening of an underground cavity c : the opening of a container d : an opening in the side of an organ flue pipe\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : SPEAK, PRONOUNCE b : to utter bombastically : DECLAIM c : to repeat without comprehension or sincerity <always mouthing platitudes> d : to form soundlessly with the lips <the librarian mouthed the word \n2 : to take into the mouth; especially : EAT\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to talk pompously : RANT often used with off b : to talk insolently or impudently usually used with off\n2 : to move the mouth especially so as to make faces


Words: mouthpart
Meaning:
noun\n: a structure or appendage near the mouth (as of an insect) especially when adapted for use in gathering or eating food


Words: mouthpiece
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something placed at or forming a mouth\n2 : a part (as of an instrument) that goes in the mouth or to which the mouth is applied\n3 a : one that expresses or interprets another’s views : SPOKESMAN b slang : a criminal lawyer


Words: mouthwash
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually antiseptic liquid preparation for cleaning the mouth and teeth or freshening the breath


Words: move
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to go or pass to another place or in a certain direction with a continuous motion <moved into the shade> (2) : to proceed toward a certain state or condition <moving up the executive ladder> <moved into second place in the tournament> (3) : to become transferred during play <checkers move along diagonally adjacent squares> (4) : to keep pace <moving with the times> b : to start away from some point or place : DEPART c : to change one’s residence or location\n2 : to carry on one’s life or activities in a specified environment <moves in the best circles>\n3 : to change position or posture : STIR <told him to be quiet and not to move>\n4 : to take action : ACT\n5 a : to begin operating or functioning or working in a usual way b : to show marked activity <after a brief lull things really began to move> c : to move a piece (as in chess or checkers) during one’s turn\n6 : to make a formal request, application, or appeal\n7 : to change hands by being sold or rented <goods that were moving slowly>\n8 of the bowels : EVACUATE\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to change the place or position of (2) : to dislodge or displace from a fixed position : BUDGE b : to transfer (as a piece in chess) from one position to another\n2 a (1) : to cause to go or pass from one place to another with a continuous motion <moved the flag slowly up and down> (2) : to cause to advance b : to cause to operate or function : ACTUATE <this button moves the whole machine> c : to put into activity or rouse up from inactivity\n3 : to cause to change position or posture\n4 : to prompt or rouse to the doing of something : PERSUADE <the report moved the faculty to take action>\n5 a : to stir the emotions, feelings, or passions of <was deeply moved by such kindness> b : to affect in such a way as to lead to an indicated show of emotion <the story moved her to tears>\n6 a obsolete : BEG b : to make a formal application to\n7 : to propose formally in a deliberative assembly <moved adjournment>\n8 : to cause (the bowels) to void\n9 : to cau


Words: movement
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the act or process of moving; especially : change of place or position or posture (2) : a particular instance or manner of moving b (1) : a tactical or strategic shifting of a military unit : MANEUVER (2) : the advance of a military unit c : ACTION, ACTIVITY usually used in plural\n2 a : TENDENCY, TREND <detected a movement toward fairer pricing> b : a series of organized activities working toward an objective; also : an organized effort to promote or attain an end <the civil rights movement>\n3 : the moving parts of a mechanism that transmit a definite motion\n4 a : MOTION 7 b : the rhythmic character or quality of a musical composition c : a distinct structural unit or division having its own key, rhythmic structure, and themes and forming part of an extended musical composition d : particular rhythmic flow of language : CADENCE\n5 a : the quality (as in a painting or sculpture) of representing or suggesting motion b : the vibrant quality in literature that comes from elements that constantly hold a reader’s interest (as a quickly moving action-filled plot)\n6 a : an act of voiding the bowels b : matter expelled from the bowels at one passage


Words: mover
Meaning:
noun\n: one that moves or sets something in motion; especially : one whose business or occupation is the moving of household goods from one residence to another


Words: movie
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MOTION PICTURE\n2 plural : a showing of a motion picture\n3 plural : the motion-picture medium or industry


Words: mow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a piled-up stack (as of hay or fodder); also : a pile of hay or grain in a barn\n2 : the part of a barn where hay or straw is stored\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine b : to cut the standing herbage (as grass) of\n2 a (1) : to kill or destroy in great numbers or mercilessly <machine guns mowed down the enemy> (2) : to cause to fall : KNOCK DOWN b : to overcome swiftly and decisively : ROUT <mowed down the opposing team>\nintransitive senses : to cut down standing herbage (as grass)\n\n<3> noun\n: GRIMACE\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to make grimaces


Words: much
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree <there is much truth in what you say> <taken too much time>\n2 obsolete : many in number\n3 : more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough <eighty bedrooms, a bit much for a family of seven Peter Dragadze>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a (1) : to a great degree or extent : CONSIDERABLY <much happier> (2) : VERY b (1) : FREQUENTLY, OFTEN (2) : by or for a long time <didn’t get to work much before noon> c : by far <was much the brightest student>\n2 : NEARLY, APPROXIMATELY <looks much the way his father did>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a great quantity, amount, extent, or degree <gave away much>\n2 : something considerable or impressive <was not much to look at>


Words: mucilage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a gelatinous substance of various plants (as legumes or seaweeds) that contains protein and polysaccharides and is similar to plant gums\n2 : an aqueous usually viscid solution (as of a gum) used especially as an adhesive


Words: muck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : soft moist farmyard manure\n2 : slimy dirt or filth\n3 : defamatory remarks or writings\n4 a (1) : dark highly organic soil (2) : MIRE, MUD b : something resembling muck : GUNK\n5 : material removed in the process of excavating or mining\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to clean up; especially : to clear of manure or filth usually used with out b : to clear of muck\n2 : to dress (as soil) with muck\n3 : to dirty with or as if with muck : SOIL\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move or load muck (as in a mine)\n2 : to engage in aimless activity usually used with about or around


Words: mucus
Meaning:
noun\n: a viscid slippery secretion that is usually rich in mucins and is produced by mucous membranes which it moistens and protects


Words: mud
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water; especially : soft wet earth\n2 : abusive and malicious remarks or charges <political campaigners slinging mud at each other>\n3 : ANATHEMA 1b usually used in the phrase one’s name is mud\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make muddy or turbid\n2 : to treat or plaster with mud


Words: muddle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make turbid or muddy\n2 : to befog or stupefy especially with liquor\n3 : to mix confusedly\n4 : to make a mess of : BUNGLE\nintransitive senses : to think or act in a confused aimless way\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a state of especially mental confusion\n2 : a confused mess


Words: mudguard
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : FENDER d b : SPLASH GUARD\n2 : a strip of material applied to a shoe upper just above the sole for protection against dampness or as an ornament


Words: muff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a warm tubular covering for the hands\n2 : a cluster of feathers on the side of the face of some domestic fowls\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to handle awkwardly : BUNGLE\n2 : to fail to hold (a ball) when attempting a catch\nintransitive senses\n1 : to act or do something stupidly or clumsily\n2 : to muff a ball compare FUMBLE\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a bungling performance\n2 : a failure to hold a ball in attempting a catch


Words: muffle
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to wrap up so as to conceal or protect : ENVELOP\n2 obsolete : BLINDFOLD\n3 a : to wrap or pad with something to dull the sound <muffle the oarlocks> b : to deaden the sound of\n4 : KEEP DOWN, SUPPRESS


Words: muffler
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a scarf worn around the neck b : something that hides or disguises\n2 : a device to deaden noise; especially : one forming part of the exhaust system of an automotive vehicle


Words: mufti
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a professional jurist who interprets Muslim law\n\n<2> noun\n: ordinary dress as distinguished from that denoting an occupation or station <a priest in mufti>; especially : civilian clothes when worn by a person in the armed forces


Words: mug
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a cylindrical drinking cup\n2 a : the face or mouth of a person b : GRIMACE c : MUG SHOT\n3 a chiefly British (1) : FOOL, BLOCKHEAD (2) : a person easily deceived b : PUNK, THUG\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to pose or make faces especially to attract attention or for a camera\ntransitive senses : PHOTOGRAPH\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to assault usually with intent to rob


Words: mukluk
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sealskin or reindeer-skin boot worn by Eskimos\n2 : a boot often of duck with a soft leather sole and worn over several pairs of socks


Words: mulatto
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person\n2 : a person of mixed white and black ancestry


Words: mulberry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Morus of the family Moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes; also : the fruit\n2 : a dark purple or purplish black


Words: mulch
Meaning:
noun\n: a protective covering (as of sawdust, compost, or paper) spread or left on the ground to reduce evaporation, maintain even soil temperature, prevent erosion, control weeds, enrich the soil, or keep fruit (as strawberries) clean


Words: mulct
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: FINE, PENALTY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to punish by a fine\n2 a : to defraud especially of money : SWINDLE b : to obtain by fraud, duress, or theft


Words: mule
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare b : a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not c : a usually sterile hybrid\n2 : a very stubborn person\n3 : a machine for simultaneously drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops\n4 slang : a person who smuggles or delivers illicit drugs\n\n<2> noun\n: a shoe or slipper without quarter or heel strap compare SCUFF


Words: mull
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to grind or mix thoroughly : PULVERIZE\n2 : to consider at length : PONDER often used with over\nintransitive senses : MEDITATE, PONDER\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to heat, sweeten, and flavor (as wine or cider) with spices\n\n<3> noun\n: a soft fine sheer fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon\n\n<4> noun\n1 : friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath\n2 : a finely powdered solid especially in a suspension


Words: mullein
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Verbascum) of usually woolly-leaved Eurasian herbs of the snapdragon family including some that are naturalized in No. America


Words: mullet
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a family (Mugilidae) of valuable chiefly marine food fishes with an elongate rather stout body


Words: mulligan
Meaning:
noun\n: a free shot sometimes given a golfer in informal play when the previous shot was poorly played


Words: mullion
Meaning:
noun\n: a slender vertical member that forms a division between units of a window, door, or screen or is used decoratively


Words: multi-
Meaning:
combining form\n1 a : many : multiple : much <multivalent> b : more than two <multilateral> c : more than one <multiparous>\n2 : many times over <multimillionaire>\nmultiage multiagency multiarmed multiatom multiauthor multiaxial multiband multibank multibarrel multibarreled multibillion multibillionaire multibladed multibranched multibuilding multicampus multicar multicarbon multicausal multicell multicelled multicellular multicellularity multicenter multichain multichambered multichannel multicharacter multicity multiclient multicoated multicolor multicolored multicolumn multicomponent multiconductor multicopy multicounty multicourse multicurie multicurrency multidialectal multidimensional multidimensionality multidirectional multidisciplinary multidiscipline multidivisional multidomain multidrug multielectrode multielement multiemployer multiengine multiethnic multifaceted multifamily multifilament multiflash multifocal multifrequency multifunction multifunctional multigenerational multigenic multigrade multigrain multigrid multigroup multihandicapped multiheaded multihospital multihued multi*industry multi*institutional multilane multilevel multileveled multiline\nmultilobed multimanned multimegaton multimegawatt multimember multimetallic multimillennial multimillion multimillionaire multimode multimolecular multination multinuclear multinucleate multinucleated multiorgasmic multipage multipaned multiparameter multipart multiparticle multiparty multipath multiphase multiphasic multiphoton multipicture multipiece multipion multipiston multiplant multiplayer multipole multipower multiproblem multiproduct multipurpose multirange multiregional multireligious multiroom multiscreen multiservice multisided multisite multisize multiskilled multisource multispecies multispeed multisport multistemmed multistep multistoried multistory multistranded multisyllabic multisystem multitalented multiterminal multitiered multiton multitone multitowered multitrack multitrillion multiunion multiunit multiuse multivitamin multivolume


Words: multiple
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : consisting of, including, or involving more than one <multiple births>\n2 : MANY, MANIFOLD <multiple achievements>\n3 : shared by many <multiple ownership>\n4 : having numerous aspects or functions : VARIOUS\n5 : being a group of terminals which make a circuit available at a number of points\n6 : formed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several flowers <a multiple fruit>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the product of a quantity by an integer <35 is a multiple of 7> b : something in units of more than one or two\n2 : PARALLEL 4b\n3 chiefly British : CHAIN STORE


Words: multiplication
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of multiplying : the state of being multiplied\n2 a : a mathematical operation that at its simplest is an abbreviated process of adding an integer to itself a specified number of times and that is extended to other numbers in accordance with laws that are valid for integers b : any of various mathematical operations that are analogous in some way to multiplication of the real numbers but are defined for other or larger sets of elements (as complex numbers, vectors, matrices, or functions)


Words: multiplicity
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the quality or state of being multiple or various b : the number of components in a system (as a multiplet or a group of energy levels)\n2 : a great number\n3 : the number of times a root of an equation or zero of a function occurs when there is more than one root or zero <the multiplicity of x 2 for the equation (x - 2)3 0 is 3>


Words: multiply
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to increase in number especially greatly or in multiples : AUGMENT\n2 a : to find the product of by multiplication <multiply 7 and 8> b : to use as a multiplicand in multiplication with another number <multiply 7 by 8>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become greater in number : SPREAD b : BREED, PROPAGATE\n2 : to perform multiplication\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a multiple manner : in several ways <multiply handicapped children>


Words: multitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being many\n2 : a great number : HOST\n3 : a great number of people\n4 : POPULACE, PUBLIC


Words: mum
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: SILENT <keep mum>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to perform in a pantomime\n2 : to go about merrymaking in disguise during festivals\n\n<3> noun\n: a strong ale or beer


Words: mumble
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to utter words in a low confused indistinct manner : MUTTER\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter with a low inarticulate voice\n2 : to chew or bite with or as if with toothless gums


Words: mummer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a performer in a pantomime; broadly : ACTOR\n2 : one who goes merrymaking in disguise during festivals


Words: mummy
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians b : a body unusually well preserved\n2 : one resembling a mummy


Words: mumps
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: an acute contagious virus disease caused by a paramyxovirus (genus Rubulavirus) and marked by fever and by swelling especially of the parotid gland


Words: munch
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to eat with a chewing action <many a mouthful is munched in private Washington Irving>; also : to snack on <drank coffee and munched homemade cookies Lady Bird Johnson>\nintransitive senses : to eat or chew something; also : SNACK usually used with on


Words: mundane
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the world\n2 : characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary : COMMONPLACE <the mundane concerns of day-to-day life>


Words: municipal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation)\n2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality b : having local self-government\n3 : restricted to one locality\n\n<2> noun\n: a security issued by a state or local government or by an authority set up by such a government usually used in plural


Words: municipality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a primarily urban political unit having corporate status and usually powers of self-government\n2 : the governing body of a municipality


Words: munificent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : very liberal in giving or bestowing : LAVISH\n2 : characterized by great liberality or generosity


Words: mural
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling a wall\n2 : applied to and made integral with a wall or ceiling surface\n\n<2> noun\n: a mural work of art (as a painting)


Words: murder
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought\n2 a : something very difficult or dangerous <the traffic was murder> b : something outrageous or blameworthy <getting away with murder>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice\n2 : to slaughter wantonly : SLAY\n3 a : to put an end to b : TEASE, TORMENT c : MUTILATE, MANGLE <murders French> d : to defeat badly\nintransitive senses : to commit murder


Words: murmur
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : GRUMBLING\n2 a : a low indistinct but often continuous sound b : a soft or gentle utterance\n3 : an atypical sound of the heart indicating a functional or structural abnormality\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a murmur <the breeze murmured in the pines>\n2 : COMPLAIN, GRUMBLE\ntransitive senses : to say in a murmur


Words: muscle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion b : an organ that is essentially a mass of muscle tissue attached at either end to a fixed point and that by contracting moves or checks the movement of a body part\n2 a : muscular strength : BRAWN b : effective strength : POWER <political muscle>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to move or force by or as if by muscular effort <muscled him out of office>\nintransitive senses : to make one’s way by brute strength or by force


Words: muse
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become absorbed in thought; especially : to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively\n2 archaic : WONDER, MARVEL\ntransitive senses : to think or say reflectively\n\n<2> noun\n: a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction\n\n<3> noun\n1 capitalized : any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences\n2 : a source of inspiration; especially : a guiding genius\n3 : POET


Words: musette
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bellows-blown bagpipe popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries\n2 : a small knapsack; also : a similar bag with one shoulder strap called also musette bag


Words: museum
Meaning:
noun\n: an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value; also : a place where objects are exhibited


Words: mush
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a thick porridge made with cornmeal boiled in water or milk\n2 : something soft and spongy or shapeless\n3 a : weak sentimentality : DRIVEL b : mawkish amorousness\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses , chiefly dialect : to reduce to a crumbly mass\nintransitive senses , of an airplane : to fly in a partly or nearly stalled condition\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to travel especially over snow with a sled drawn by dogs often used as a command to a dog team\n\n<4> noun\n: a trip especially across snow with a dog team


Words: mushroom
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus; especially : one that is edible b : FUNGUS\n2 : UPSTART\n3 : something resembling a mushroom\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to collect wild mushrooms\n2 a : to well up and spread out laterally from a central source b : to become enlarged or extended : GROW\n3 : to spring up suddenly or multiply rapidly


Words: mushy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having the consistency of mush : SOFT b : lacking in definition or precision\n2 : excessively tender or emotional; especially : mawkishly amorous


Words: music
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b : vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony\n2 a : an agreeable sound : EUPHONY <her voice was music to my ears> b : musical quality <the music of verse>\n3 : a musical accompaniment <a play set to music>\n4 : the score of a musical composition set down on paper\n5 : a distinctive type or category of music <there is a music for everybody Eric Salzman>


Words: musicology
Meaning:
noun\n: the study of music as a branch of knowledge or field of research as distinct from composition or performance


Words: musk
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a substance with a penetrating persistent odor obtained from a sac beneath the abdominal skin of the male musk deer and used as a perfume fixative; also : a similar substance from another animal or a synthetic substitute b : the odor of musk; also : an odor resembling musk especially in heaviness or persistence\n2 : any of various plants with musky odors; especially : MUSK PLANT


Words: muskellunge
Meaning:
noun\n: a large No. American pike (Esox masquinongy) that has dark markings, may weigh over 60 pounds (27 kilograms), and is a valuable sport fish


Words: musket
Meaning:
noun\n: a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm; broadly : a shoulder gun carried by infantry


Words: musketry
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MUSKETS\n2 : MUSKETEERS\n3 a : musket fire b : the art or science of using small arms especially in battle


Words: muskmelon
Meaning:
noun\n: a usually sweet musky-odored edible melon that is the fruit of a trailing or climbing Asian herbaceous vine (Cucumis melo): as a : any of various melons of small or moderate size with netted skin that include most of the muskmelons cultivated in No. America b : CANTALOUPE 1 c : WINTER MELON


Words: muskrat
Meaning:
noun\n: an aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethica) of the U.S. and Canada with a long scaly laterally compressed tail, webbed hind feet, and dark glossy brown fur; also : its fur or pelt


Words: muss
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete a : a game in which players scramble for small objects thrown to the ground b : SCRAMBLE\n2 slang : a confused conflict : ROW\n3 : a state of disorder : MESS\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make untidy : DISARRANGE


Words: mussel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a marine bivalve mollusk (especially genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated shell\n2 : a freshwater bivalve mollusk (as of Unio, Anodonta, or related genera) that is especially abundant in rivers of the central U.S. and has a shell with a lustrous nacreous lining


Words: must
Meaning:
<1> verb\nverbal auxiliary\n1 a : be commanded or requested to <you must stop> b : be urged to : ought by all means to <you must read that book>\n2 : be compelled by physical necessity to <man must eat to live> : be required by immediate or future need or purpose to <we must hurry to catch the bus>\n3 a : be obliged to : be compelled by social considerations to <I must say you’re looking well> b : be required by law, custom, or moral conscience to <we must obey the rules> c : be determined to <if you must go at least wait for me> d : be unreasonably or perversely compelled to <why must you be so stubborn>\n4 : be logically inferred or supposed to <it must be time>\n5 : be compelled by fate or by natural law to <what must be will be>\n6 : was or were presumably certain to : was or were bound to <if he really was there must have seen him>\n7 dialect : MAY, SHALL used chiefly in questions\nintransitive senses , archaic : to be obliged to go <I must to Coventry Shakespeare>\nrequency multifunction multifunctional multigenerational multigenic multigrade multigrain multigrid multigroup multihandicapped multiheaded multihospital multihued multi*industry multi*institutional multilane multilevel multileveled multiline\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an imperative need or duty : REQUIREMENT\n2 : an indispensable item : ESSENTIAL <exercise is a must>\n\n<3> noun\n: the expressed juice of fruit and especially grapes before and during fermentation; also : the pulp and skins of the crushed grapes\n\n<4> noun\n1 : MUSK\n2 : MOLD, MUSTINESS


Words: mustache
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the hair growing on the human upper lip; especially : such hair grown and often trimmed in a particular style\n2 : hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal


Words: mustang
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the small hardy naturalized horse of the western plains directly descended from horses brought in by the Spaniards; also : BRONC\n2 slang : a commissioned officer (as in the U.S. Navy) who has risen from the ranks


Words: mustard
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a pungent yellow powder of the seeds of any of several common mustards (Brassica hirta, B. nigra, or B. juncea) used as a condiment or in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic, an emetic, or a counterirritant b slang : ZEST\n2 : any of several herbs (genus Brassica of the family Cruciferae, the mustard family) with lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and linear beaked pods\n3 : a dark to moderate yellow


Words: muster
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a representative specimen : SAMPLE\n2 a : an act of assembling; specifically : formal military inspection b : critical examination c : an assembled group : COLLECTION d : INVENTORY\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to gather : CONVENE b : to enroll formally usually used with in or into <was mustered into the army> c : to call the roll of\n2 a : to bring together : COLLECT b : to call forth : ROUSE\n3 : to amount to : COMPRISE\nintransitive senses : to come together : CONGREGATE


Words: musty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : impaired by damp or mildew : MOLDY b : tasting of mold c : smelling of damp and decay : FUSTY\n2 a : TRITE, STALE b (1) : ANTIQUATED (2) : SUPERANNUATED


Words: mutable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : prone to change : INCONSTANT\n2 a : capable of change or of being changed b : capable of or liable to mutation


Words: mutation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a significant and basic alteration : CHANGE\n2 : UMLAUT\n3 a : a relatively permanent change in hereditary material involving either a physical change in chromosome relations or a biochemical change in the codons that make up genes; also : the process of producing a mutation b : an individual strain or trait resulting from mutation


Words: mute
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : unable to speak : DUMB\n2 : characterized by absence of speech: as a : felt or experienced but not expressed <touched her hand in mute sympathy> b : refusing to plead directly or stand trial <the prisoner stands mute>\n3 : remaining silent, undiscovered, or unrecognized\n4 a : contributing nothing to the pronunciation of a word <the b in plumb is mute> b : contributing to the pronunciation of a word but not representing the nucleus of a syllable <the e in mate is mute>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : STOP 9\n2 : a person who cannot or does not speak\n3 : a device attached to a musical instrument to reduce, soften, or muffle its tone\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to muffle, reduce, or eliminate the sound of\n2 : to tone down : SOFTEN, SUBDUE <mute a color>\n\n<4> intransitive verb\nof a bird : to evacuate the cloaca


Words: mutilate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect <the child mutilated the book with his scissors>\n2 : to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or essential part of : CRIPPLE


Words: mutiny
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : TUMULT, STRIFE\n2 : forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; especially : concerted revolt (as of a naval crew) against discipline or a superior officer


Words: mutter
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed\n2 : to murmur complainingly or angrily : GRUMBLE\ntransitive senses : to utter especially in a low or imperfectly articulated manner


Words: mutual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : directed by each toward the other or the others <mutual affection> b : having the same feelings one for the other <they had long been mutual enemies> c : shared in common <enjoying their mutual hobby> d : JOINT\n2 : characterized by intimacy\n3 : of or relating to a plan whereby the members of an organization share in the profits and expenses; specifically : of, relating to, or taking the form of an insurance method in which the policyholders constitute the members of the insuring company


Words: muumuu
Meaning:
noun\n: a loose often long dress having bright colors and patterns and adapted from the dresses originally distributed by missionaries to the native women of Hawaii


Words: muzzle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the projecting jaws and nose of an animal : SNOUT\n2 a : a fastening or covering for the mouth of an animal used to prevent eating or biting b : something (as censorship) that restrains normal expression\n3 : the open end of an implement; especially : the discharging end of a weapon\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to fit with a muzzle\n2 : to restrain from expression : GAG


Words: my
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to me or myself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action <my car> <my promise> <my injuries>\n2 used interjectionally to express surprise and sometimes reduplicated <my oh my> used also interjectionally with names of various parts of the body to express doubt or disapproval <my foot>\n\n<2> abbreviation\nmillion years


Words: myopia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects\n2 : a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something


Words: myriad
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ten thousand\n2 : a great number <a myriad of ideas>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : INNUMERABLE <those myriad problems>\n2 : having innumerable aspects or elements <the myriad activity of the new land Meridel Le Sueur>


Words: myrmidon
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a member of a legendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War\n2 : a loyal follower; especially : a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously


Words: myrrh
Meaning:
noun\n: a yellowish brown to reddish brown aromatic gum resin with a bitter slightly pungent taste obtained from a tree (especially Commiphora abyssinica of the family Burseraceae) of eastern Africa and Arabia; also : a mixture of myrrh and labdanum


Words: myrtle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a common evergreen bushy shrub (Myrtus communis) of southern Europe with oval to lance-shaped shiny leaves, fragrant white or rosy flowers, and black berries b : any of a family (Myrtaceae, the myrtle family) of chiefly tropical shrubs or trees to which the common myrtle belongs\n2 a : 1PERIWINKLE 1a b : CALIFORNIA LAUREL


Words: myself
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 : that identical one that is used reflexively <I’m going to get myself a new suit*, for emphasis \n2 : my normal, healthy, or sane condition <didn’t feel myself yesterday>


Words: mystery
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand b (1) : any of the 15 events (as the Nativity, the Crucifixion, or the Assumption) serving as a subject for meditation during the saying of the rosary (2) capitalized : a Christian sacrament; specifically : EUCHARIST c (1) : a secret religious rite believed (as in Eleusinian and Mithraic cults) to impart enduring bliss to the initiate (2) : a cult devoted to such rites\n2 a : something not understood or beyond understanding : ENIGMA b obsolete : a private secret c : the secret or specialized practices or ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people <the mysteries of the tailor’s craft> d : a piece of fiction dealing usually with the solution of a mysterious crime\n3 : profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality or character <the mystery of her smile>\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : TRADE, CRAFT\n2 archaic : a body of persons engaged in a particular trade, business, or profession : GUILD\n3 : MYSTERY PLAY


Words: mystic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : MYSTICAL 1a\n2 : of or relating to mysteries or esoteric rites : OCCULT\n3 : of or relating to mysticism or mystics\n4 a : MYSTERIOUS b : OBSCURE, ENIGMATIC c : inducing a feeling of awe or wonder d : having magical properties\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a follower of a mystical way of life\n2 : an advocate of a theory of mysticism


Words: mystical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence <the mystical food of the sacrament> b : involving or having the nature of an individual’s direct subjective communion with God or ultimate reality <the mystical experience of the Inner Light>\n2 : MYSTERIOUS, UNINTELLIGIBLE\n3 : MYSTIC 2, 3


Words: mysticism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics\n2 : the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (as intuition or insight)\n3 a : vague speculation : a belief without sound basis b : a theory postulating the possibility of direct and intuitive acquisition of ineffable knowledge or power


Words: mystify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to perplex the mind of : BEWILDER\n2 : to make mysterious or obscure <mystify an interpretation of a prophecy>


Words: mystique
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an air or attitude of mystery and reverence developing around something or someone\n2 : the special esoteric skill essential in a calling or activity


Words: myth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b : PARABLE, ALLEGORY\n2 a : a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone; especially : one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society <seduced by the American myth of individualism Orde Coombs> b : an unfounded or false notion\n3 : a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence\n4 : the whole body of myths


Words: mythology
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an allegorical narrative\n2 : a body of myths: as a : the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people b : MYTHOS 2 <cold war mythology>\n3 : a branch of knowledge that deals with myth\n4 : a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something <defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling Robert Bly>


Words: n
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 14th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic n\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter n\n3 a : one designated n especially as the 14th in order or class b : an indefinite number; especially : a constant integer or a variable taking on integral values\n4 : something shaped like the letter N\n5 : the haploid or gametic number of chromosomes\n6 : EN 2\n\n<2> abbreviation\nname, nano-, navy, net, neuter, usually ital neutron, noon, normal, north, northern, note, noun, number


Words: nabob
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India\n2 : a person of great wealth or prominence


Words: nadir
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer\n2 : the lowest point


Words: nag
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: HORSE; especially : one that is old or in poor condition\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to find fault incessantly : COMPLAIN\n2 : to be a persistent source of annoyance or distraction\ntransitive senses\n1 : to irritate by constant scolding or urging\n2 : BADGER, WORRY\n\n<3> noun\n: one who nags habitually


Words: naiad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of the nymphs in classical mythology living in and giving life to lakes, rivers, springs, and fountains\n2 : any of the aquatic young of a mayfly, dragonfly, damselfly, or stone fly compare NYMPH 3\n3 : any of a genus (Najas of the family Najadaceae) of submerged aquatic plants


Words: nail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a horny sheath protecting the upper end of each finger and toe of humans and most other primates b : a structure (as a claw) that terminates a digit and corresponds to a nail\n2 : a slender usually pointed and headed fastener designed to be pounded in\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to fasten with or as if with a nail\n2 : to fix in steady attention <nailed his eye on the crack>\n3 a : CATCH, TRAP b : to detect and expose usually so as to discredit\n4 a : STRIKE, HIT b : to put out (a runner) in baseball\n5 : to perform or complete perfectly or impressively <nailed a jump shot>


Words: naive
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by unaffected simplicity : ARTLESS, INGENUOUS\n2 a : deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment; especially : CREDULOUS b : not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation <made the test with naive rats>; also : not having previously used a particular drug (as marijuana)\n3 : SELF-TAUGHT, PRIMITIVE


Words: naked
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not covered by clothing : NUDE\n2 : devoid of customary or natural covering : BARE: as a : not enclosed in a sheath or scabbard b : not provided with a shade c of a plant or one of its parts : lacking pubescence or enveloping or subtending parts d : lacking foliage or vegetation e of an animal or one of its parts : lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell)\n3 a : scantily supplied or furnished b : lacking embellishment : UNADORNED\n4 : UNARMED, DEFENSELESS\n5 : lacking confirmation or support\n6 : devoid of concealment or disguise\n7 : unaided by any optical device or instrument <visible to the naked eye>\n8 : not backed by the writer’s ownership of the commodity contract or security


Words: name
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a word or phrase that constitutes the distinctive designation of a person or thing b : a word or symbol used in logic to designate an entity\n2 : a descriptive often disparaging epithet <called him names>\n3 a : REPUTATION <gave the town a bad name> b : an illustrious record : FAME <made a name for himself in golf> c : a person or thing with a reputation\n4 : FAMILY, CLAN\n5 : appearance as opposed to reality <a friend in name only>\n6 : one referred to by a name <praise his holy name>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give a name to : CALL\n2 a : to mention or identify by name b : to accuse by name\n3 : to nominate for office : APPOINT\n4 : to decide on : CHOOSE <name the day for the wedding>\n5 : to mention explicitly : SPECIFY <unwilling to name a price>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or bearing a name <name tags>\n2 : appearing in the name of a literary or theatrical production\n3 a : having an established reputation b : featuring celebrities


Words: nameless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : OBSCURE, UNDISTINGUISHED\n2 : not known by name : ANONYMOUS\n3 : having no legal right to a name : ILLEGITIMATE\n4 : not having been given a name : UNNAMED\n5 : not marked with a name <a nameless grave>\n6 a : incapable of precise description : INDEFINABLE b : too repulsive or distressing to describe


Words: namesake
Meaning:
noun\n: one that has the same name as another; especially : one who is named after another or for whom another is named


Words: nankeen
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a durable brownish yellow cotton fabric originally loomed by hand in China\n2 plural : trousers made of nankeen


Words: nap
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to sleep briefly especially during the day : DOZE\n2 : to be off guard\n\n<2> noun\n: a short sleep especially during the day : SNOOZE\n\n<3> noun\n: a hairy or downy surface (as on a fabric)\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to raise a nap on (fabric or leather)\n\n<5> noun\nBritish : a pick or recommendation as a good bet to win a contest (as a horse race); also : one named in a nap\n\n<6> transitive verb\nBritish : to pick or single out in a nap


Words: napalm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a thickener consisting of a mixture of aluminum soaps used in jelling gasoline (as for incendiary bombs)\n2 : fuel jelled with napalm\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to assault with napalm


Words: naphtha
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various volatile often flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and diluents\n2 : PETROLEUM


Words: naphthalene
Meaning:
noun\n: a crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon C10H8 usually obtained by distillation of coal tar and used especially in organic synthesis


Words: napkin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of material (as cloth or paper) used at table to wipe the lips or fingers and protect the clothes\n2 : a small cloth or towel: as a dialect British : HANDKERCHIEF b chiefly Scottish : KERCHIEF c chiefly British : DIAPER 3\n3 : SANITARY NAPKIN


Words: napoleon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a former French 20-franc gold coin\n2 : an oblong pastry with a filling of cream, custard, or jelly\n3 capitalized : one like Napoleon (as in ambition)


Words: narcissus
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who pines away for love of his own reflection and is then turned into the narcissus flower\n2 plural narcissi or narcissuses or narcissus New Latin, genus name, from Latin, narcissus, from Greek narkissos : DAFFODIL; especially : one whose flowers have a short corona and are usually borne separately


Words: narcosis
Meaning:
noun\n: a state of stupor, unconsciousness, or arrested activity produced by the influence of narcotics or other chemicals


Words: narcotic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a drug (as opium) that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions b : a drug (as marijuana or LSD) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive narcotics whether physiologically addictive and narcotic or not\n2 : something that soothes, relieves, or lulls\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : having the properties of or yielding a narcotic b : inducing mental lethargy : SOPORIFEROUS\n2 : of, induced by, or concerned with narcotics\n3 : of, involving, or intended for narcotic addicts


Words: narcotize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to treat with or subject to a narcotic b : to put into a state of narcosis\n2 : to soothe to unconsciousness or unawareness\nintransitive senses : to act as a narcotizing agent


Words: narrate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to tell (as a story) in detail; also : to provide spoken commentary for (as a movie or television show)


Words: narrative
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that is narrated : STORY\n2 : the art or practice of narration\n3 : the representation in art of an event or story; also : an example of such a representation


Words: narrow
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of slender width b : of less than standard width c of a textile : woven in widths less than 18 inches (46 centimeters)\n2 : limited in size or scope\n3 a : illiberal in views or disposition : PREJUDICED b chiefly dialect : STINGY, NIGGARDLY\n4 a : barely sufficient : CLOSE b : barely successful\n5 : minutely precise : METICULOUS\n6 of a ration : relatively rich in protein as compared with carbohydrate and fat\n7 : TENSE 3\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to decrease the breadth or extent of : CONTRACT often used with down\n2 : to decrease the scope or sphere of : LIMIT often used with down\nintransitive senses : to lessen in width or extent : CONTRACT often used with down\n\n<3> noun\n: a narrow part or passage; specifically : a strait connecting two bodies of water usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.


Words: narwhal
Meaning:
noun\n: an arctic cetacean (Monodon monoceros) about 20 feet (6 meters) long with the male having a long twisted ivory tusk


Words: nasal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the nosepiece of a helmet\n2 : a nasal part\n3 : a nasal consonant\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the nose\n2 a : uttered with the soft palate lowered and with passage of air through the nose (as with , , , , or ) b : characterized by resonance produced through the nose\n3 of a musical tone : SHARP, PENETRATING


Words: nasturtium
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Tropaeolum of the family Tropaeolaceae, the nasturtium family) of herbs of Central and So. America with showy spurred flowers and pungent seeds; especially : either of two widely cultivated ornamentals (T. majus and T. minus)


Words: nasty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : disgustingly filthy b : physically repugnant\n2 : INDECENT, OBSCENE\n3 : MEAN, TAWDRY\n4 a : extremely hazardous or harmful <had a nasty climb to reach the summit> b : causing severe pain or suffering <a nasty wound> c : sharply unpleasant : DISAGREEABLE <nasty weather>\n5 a : difficult to understand or deal with : VEXATIOUS <a nasty problem> b : psychologically unsettling : TRYING <a nasty fear that she was lost>\n6 : lacking in courtesy or sportsmanship <a nasty trick>


Words: natal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : NATIVE\n2 : of, relating to, or present at birth; especially : associated with one’s birth <a natal star>


Words: natatorial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to swimming\n2 : adapted to or characterized by swimming <a natatorial leg of an aquatic insect>


Words: nation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : NATIONALITY 5a (2) : a politically organized nationality (3) : a non-Jewish nationality <why do the nations conspire Psalms 2:1 (Revised Standard Version)> b : a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government c : a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status\n2 archaic : GROUP, AGGREGATION\n3 : a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians)


Words: national
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to a nation\n2 : NATIONALIST\n3 : comprising or characteristic of a nationality\n4 : belonging to or maintained by the federal government\n5 : of, relating to, or being a coalition government formed by most or all major political parties usually in a crisis\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that owes allegiance to or is under the protection of a nation without regard to the more formal status of citizen or subject\n2 : a competition that is national in scope usually used in plural


Words: nationalism
Meaning:
noun\n: loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups


Words: nationalist
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an advocate of or believer in nationalism\n2 capitalized : a member of a political party or group advocating national independence or strong national government\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or advocating nationalism\n2 capitalized : of, relating to, or being a political group advocating or associated with nationalism


Words: nationality
Meaning:
noun\n1 : national character\n2 : NATIONALISM\n3 a : national status; specifically : a legal relationship involving allegiance on the part of an individual and usually protection on the part of the state b : membership in a particular nation\n4 : political independence or existence as a separate nation\n5 a : a people having a common origin, tradition, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state b : an ethnic group constituting one element of a larger unit (as a nation)


Words: nationalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give a national character to\n2 : to invest control or ownership of in the national government


Words: native
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : INBORN, INNATE <native talents>\n2 : belonging to a particular place by birth <native to Wisconsin>\n3 archaic : closely related\n4 : belonging to or associated with one by birth\n5 : NATURAL, NORMAL\n6 a : grown, produced, or originating in a particular place or in the vicinity : LOCAL b : living or growing naturally in a particular region : INDIGENOUS\n7 : SIMPLE, UNAFFECTED\n8 a : constituting the original substance or source b : found in nature especially in an unadulterated form <mining native silver>\n9 chiefly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified English plant or animal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one born or reared in a particular place\n2 a : an original or indigenous inhabitant b : something indigenous to a particular locality\n3 : a local resident; especially : a person who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident


Words: natural
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : based on an inherent sense of right and wrong <natural justice>\n2 a : being in accordance with or determined by nature b : having or constituting a classification based on features existing in nature\n3 a (1) : begotten as distinguished from adopted; also : LEGITIMATE (2) : being a relation by actual consanguinity as distinguished from adoption <natural parents> b : ILLEGITIMATE <a natural child>\n4 : having an essential relation with someone or something : following from the nature of the one in question <his guilt is a natural deduction from the evidence>\n5 : implanted or being as if implanted by nature : seemingly inborn <a natural talent for art>\n6 : of or relating to nature as an object of study and research\n7 : having a specified character by nature <a natural athlete>\n8 a : occurring in conformity with the ordinary course of nature : not marvelous or supernatural <natural causes> b : formulated by human reason alone rather than revelation <natural religion> <natural rights> c : having a normal or usual character <events followed their natural course>\n9 : possessing or exhibiting the higher qualities (as kindliness and affection) of human nature <a noble brother ever most kind and natural Shakespeare>\n10 a : growing without human care; also : not cultivated <natural prairie unbroken by the plow> b : existing in or produced by nature : not artificial <natural turf> <natural curiosities> c : relating to or being natural food\n11 a : being in a state of nature without spiritual enlightenment : UNREGENERATE <natural man> b : living in or as if in a state of nature untouched by the influences of civilization and society\n12 a : having a physical or real existence as contrasted with one that is spiritual, intellectual, or fictitious <a corporation is a legal but not a natural person> b : of, relating to, or operating in the physical as opposed to the spiritual world <natural laws describe phenomena of the physical universe>\n13 a : closely resembling an original : true to nature b : marked by easy si


Words: naturalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : action, inclination, or thought based only on natural desires and instincts\n2 : a theory denying that an event or object has a supernatural significance; specifically : the doctrine that scientific laws are adequate to account for all phenomena\n3 : realism in art or literature; specifically : a theory in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization or the avoidance of the ugly


Words: naturalist
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that advocates or practices naturalism\n2 : a student of natural history; especially : a field biologist


Words: naturalize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to introduce into common use or into the vernacular\n2 : to bring into conformity with nature\n3 : to confer the rights of a national on; especially : to admit to citizenship\n4 : to cause (as a plant) to become established as if native\nintransitive senses : to become established as if native


Words: naturally
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : by nature : by natural character or ability <naturally timid>\n2 : according to the usual course of things : as might be expected <we naturally dislike being hurt>\n3 a : without artificial aid <hair that curls naturally> b : without affectation <speak naturally>\n4 : with truth to nature : REALISTICALLY


Words: nature
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing : ESSENCE b : DISPOSITION, TEMPERAMENT\n2 a : a creative and controlling force in the universe b : an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual\n3 : a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics <documents of a confidential nature> <acts of a ceremonial nature>\n4 : the physical constitution or drives of an organism; especially : an excretory organ or function used in phrases like the call of nature\n5 : a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)\n6 : the external world in its entirety\n7 a : humankind’s original or natural condition b : a simplified mode of life resembling this condition\n8 : the genetically controlled qualities of an organism\n9 : natural scenery


Words: naught
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n: NOTHING <efforts came to naught>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : NOTHINGNESS, NONEXISTENCE\n2 : the arithmetical symbol 0 : ZERO, CIPHER


Words: naughty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a archaic : vicious in moral character : WICKED b : guilty of disobedience or misbehavior\n2 : lacking in taste or propriety


Words: nauseate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become affected with nausea\n2 : to feel disgust\ntransitive senses : to affect with nausea or disgust


Words: nautilus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Nautilus) of cephalopod mollusks of the So. Pacific and Indian Oceans with a spiral chambered shell that is pearly on the inside called also chambered nautilus\n2 : PAPER NAUTILUS


Words: naval
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : of or relating to ships or shipping\n2 a : of or relating to a navy b : consisting of or involving warships


Words: nave
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the hub of a wheel\n\n<2> noun\n: the main part of the interior of a church; especially : the long narrow central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles flanking it to form a clerestory


Words: navel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a depression in the middle of the abdomen that marks the point of former attachment of the umbilical cord or yolk stalk\n2 : the central point : MIDDLE


Words: navigate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to travel by water : SAIL\n2 : to steer a course through a medium; specifically : to operate an airplane\n3 : GET AROUND, MOVE\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to sail over, on, or through b : to make one’s way over or through : TRAVERSE\n2 a : to steer or manage (a boat) in sailing b : to operate or control the course of (as an airplane)


Words: navy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a group of ships : FLEET\n2 : a nation’s ships of war and of logistic support\n3 often capitalized : the complete naval establishment of a nation including yards, stations, ships, and personnel\n4 : a dark grayish purplish blue


Words: nay
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: NO\n\n<2> noun\n1 : DENIAL, REFUSAL\n2 a : a negative reply or vote b : one who votes no\n\n<3> conjunction\n: not merely this but also : not only so but <the letter made him happy, nay, ecstatic>


Words: Nazi
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler\n2 often not capitalized : one who resembles a German Nazi


Words: Neanderthal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 also Neandertal : being, relating to, or resembling Neanderthal man\n2 : suggesting a caveman in appearance, mentality, or behavior


Words: near
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : at, within, or to a short distance or time\n2 : ALMOST, NEARLY <near dead>\n3 : in a close or intimate manner : CLOSELY <near related>\n4 archaic : in a frugal manner\n\n<2> preposition\n: close to\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : not far distant in time, place, or degree <in the near future> b : almost happening : narrowly missed or avoided <a near win in the primary> <a near midair collision> c : nearly not happening <a near escape>\n2 : closely related or intimately associated\n3 a : being the closer of two <the near side> b : being the left-hand one of a pair <the near wheel of a cart>\n4 : DIRECT, SHORT <the nearest road>\n5 : STINGY, CLOSEFISTED\n6 a : closely resembling the standard or typical <a near desert> b : approximating the genuine <near silk>\n\n<4> verb\n: APPROACH


Words: neat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the common domestic bovine (Bos taurus)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : free from dirt and disorder : habitually clean and orderly\n2 a : free from admixture or dilution : STRAIGHT <neat brandy> <neat cement> b : free from irregularity : SMOOTH <neat silk>\n3 : marked by tasteful simplicity <a neat outfit>\n4 a : PRECISE, SYSTEMATIC b : marked by skill or ingenuity : ADROIT\n5 : NET <neat profit>\n6 : FINE, ADMIRABLE\n\n<3> adverb\n: without admixture or dilution : STRAIGHT


Words: neb
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the beak of a bird or tortoise : BILL b chiefly dialect : a person’s mouth c : NOSE 1, SNOUT\n2 : NIB, TIP


Words: nebula
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space\n2 : GALAXY; especially : a galaxy other than the Milky Way galaxy not used technically


Words: necessary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of an inevitable nature : INESCAPABLE b (1) : logically unavoidable (2) : that cannot be denied without contradiction c : determined or produced by the previous condition of things d : COMPULSORY\n2 : absolutely needed : REQUIRED\n\n<2> noun\n: an indispensable item : ESSENTIAL


Words: necessity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being necessary\n2 a : pressure of circumstance b : physical or moral compulsion c : impossibility of a contrary order or condition\n3 : the quality or state of being in need; especially : POVERTY\n4 a : something that is necessary : REQUIREMENT b : an urgent need or desire


Words: neck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the part of an animal that connects the head with the body (2) : the siphon of a bivalve mollusk (as a clam) b : the part of a garment that covers or is next to the neck\n2 : a relatively narrow part suggestive of a neck: as a (1) : the constricted end of a bottle (2) : the slender proximal end of a fruit b : CERVIX 2 c : the part of a stringed musical instrument extending from the body and supporting the fingerboard and strings d : a narrow stretch of land e : STRAIT 1b f : the part of a tooth between the crown and the root see TOOTH illustration g : a column of solidified magma of a volcanic pipe or laccolith\n3 : a narrow margin <won by a neck>\n4 : REGION, PART <my neck of the woods>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to kiss and caress amorously\n2 : to reduce in diameter\nintransitive senses\n1 : to engage in amorous kissing and caressing\n2 : to become constricted : NARROW


Words: necktie
Meaning:
noun\n: a narrow length of material worn about the neck and tied in front; especially : FOUR-IN-HAND


Words: necromancy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events\n2 : MAGIC, SORCERY


Words: nectar
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the drink of the Greek and Roman gods b : something delicious to drink c : a beverage of fruit juice and pulp <apricot nectar>\n2 : a sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey


Words: nectarine
Meaning:
noun\n: a peach with a smooth-skinned fruit that is a frequent somatic mutation of the normal peach; also : its fruit


Words: need
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : necessary duty : OBLIGATION\n2 a : a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful b : a physiological or psychological requirement for the well-being of an organism\n3 : a condition requiring supply or relief\n4 : lack of the means of subsistence : POVERTY\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to be needful or necessary\n2 : to be in want\ntransitive senses : to be in need of : REQUIRE\nverbal auxiliary : be under necessity or obligation to <you need not answer>


Words: needful
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being in need\n2 : NECESSARY, REQUISITE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something needed or requisite\n2 : MONEY


Words: needle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small slender usually steel instrument that has an eye for thread or surgical sutures at one end and that is used for sewing b : any of various devices for carrying thread and making stitches (as in crocheting or knitting) c (1) : a slender hollow instrument for introducing material into or removing material from the body parenterally (2) : any of various slender hollow devices used to introduce matter (as air) into or remove it from an object (as a ball)\n2 a : a slender bar of magnetized steel that when allowed to turn freely (as in a compass) indicates the direction of a magnetic field (as of the earth) b : a slender usually sharp-pointed indicator on a dial\n3 a : a slender pointed object resembling a needle: as (1) : a pointed crystal (2) : a sharp rock (3) : OBELISK b : a needle-shaped leaf (as of a conifer) c : a slender rod (as of jewel or steel) with a rounded tip used in a phonograph to transmit vibrations from a record : STYLUS d : a slender pointed rod controlling a fine inlet or outlet (as in a valve)\n4 : a teasing or gibing remark\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle\n2 a : TEASE, TORMENT b : to incite to action by repeated gibes <needled the boy into a fight>\nintransitive senses : SEW, EMBROIDER


Words: needlepoint
Meaning:
noun\n1 : lace worked with a needle over a paper pattern\n2 : embroidery done on canvas usually in simple even stitches across counted threads


Words: needlework
Meaning:
noun\n1 : work done with a needle; especially : work (as embroidery) other than plain sewing\n2 : the occupation of one who does needlework


Words: negation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the action or logical operation of negating or making negative b : a negative statement, judgment, or doctrine; especially : a logical proposition formed by asserting the falsity of a given proposition\n2 a : something that is the absence of something actual : NONENTITY b : something considered the opposite of something regarded as positive


Words: negative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal <received a negative answer>; also : marked by absence, withholding, or removal of something positive <the negative motivation of shame Garrett Hardin> b (1) : denying a predicate of a subject or a part of a subject <\n2 a : lacking positive qualities; especially : DISAGREEABLE b : marked by features of hostility, withdrawal, or pessimism that hinder or oppose constructive treatment or development <a negative outlook> <negative criticism>\n3 a (1) : less than zero and opposite in sign to a positive number that when added to the given number yields zero <-2 is a negative number> (2) : having more outgo than income : constituting a loss <negative cash flow> <negative worth> b : extending or generated in a direction opposite to an arbitrarily chosen regular direction or position <negative angle>\n4 a : being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the electron is the elementary unit b : having more electrons than protons <a negative ion> c (1) : having lower electric potential and constituting the part toward which the current flows from the external circuit <the negative pole> (2) : being the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube\n5 a : not affirming the presence of the organism or condition in question <a negative TB test> b : directed or moving away from a source of stimulation <negative tropism> c : less than the pressure of the atmosphere <negative pressure>\n6 : having the light and dark parts in approximately inverse order to those of the original photographic subject\n7 of a lens : diverging light rays and forming a virtual inverted image\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : a reply that indicates the withholding of assent : REFUSAL (2) archaic : a right of veto (3) obsolete : an adverse vote : VETO b : a proposition which denies or contradicts another; especially : the one of a pair of propositions in which negation is expressed\n2 a : something that is the opposite or negation of something else b : DRAWBACK, LIABILITY\n3 a : an expression (as the wo


Words: negativism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an attitude of mind marked by skepticism especially about nearly everything affirmed by others\n2 : a tendency to refuse to do, to do the opposite of, or to do something at variance with what is asked


Words: neglect
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to give little attention or respect to : DISREGARD\n2 : to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of neglecting something\n2 : the condition of being neglected


Words: negligee
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woman’s long flowing usually sheer dressing gown\n2 : carelessly informal or incomplete attire


Words: negligent
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by or given to neglect especially habitually or culpably : not taking prudent care\n2 : marked by a carelessly easy manner


Words: negligible
Meaning:
adjective\n: so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : TRIFLING


Words: negotiate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to confer with another so as to arrive at the settlement of some matter\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to deal with (some matter or affair that requires ability for its successful handling) : MANAGE b : to arrange for or bring about through conference, discussion, and compromise <negotiate a treaty>\n2 a : to transfer (as a bill of exchange) to another by delivery or endorsement b : to convert into cash or the equivalent value <negotiate a check>\n3 a : to successfully travel along or over <negotiate a turn> b : COMPLETE, ACCOMPLISH <negotiate the trip in two hours>


Words: Negro
Meaning:
noun\n1 sometimes offensive : a member of the black race distinguished from members of other races by usually inherited physical and physiological characteristics without regard to language or culture; especially : a member of a people belonging to the African branch of the black race\n2 sometimes offensive : a person of Negro descent


Words: negus
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: KING used as a title of the sovereign of Ethiopia\n\n<2> noun\n: a beverage of wine, hot water, sugar, lemon juice, and spices


Words: neighbor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one living or located near another\n2 : FELLOWMAN\n\n<2> adjective\n: being immediately adjoining or relatively near\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to adjoin immediately or lie relatively near to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to live or be located as a neighbor\n2 : to associate in a neighborly way


Words: neighborhood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : neighborly relationship\n2 : the quality or state of being neighbors : PROXIMITY\n3 a : a place or region near : VICINITY b : an approximate amount, extent, or degree <cost in the neighborhood of 10>\n4 a : the people living near one another b : a section lived in by neighbors and usually having distinguishing characteristics\n5 : the set of all points belonging to a given set whose distances from a given point are less than a given positive number; broadly : a set that contains a neighborhood


Words: neither
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 : not either <neither black nor white>\n2 : also not <neither did I>\n\n<2> pronoun\n: not the one or the other of two or more\n\n<3> adjective\n: not either <neither hand>\n\n<4> adverb\n1 chiefly dialect : EITHER <are not to be understood neither Earl of Chesterfield>\n2 : similarly not : also not <just as the serf was not permitted to leave the land, so neither was his offspring G. G. Coulton>


Words: nelson
Meaning:
noun\n: a wrestling hold marked by the application of leverage against an opponent’s arm, neck, and head compare FULL NELSON, HALF NELSON


Words: nemesis
Meaning:
noun\n1 capitalized : the Greek goddess of retributive justice\n2 plural nemeses a : one that inflicts retribution or vengeance b : a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent\n3 plural -eses a : an act or effect of retribution b : BANE 2


Words: neoclassic
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the classical especially in literature, music, art, or architecture


Words: neodymium
Meaning:
noun\n: a yellow metallic element of the rare-earth group that is used in magnets and lasers see ELEMENT table


Words: neon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a colorless odorless mostly inert gaseous element that is found in minute amounts in air and is used in electric lamps see ELEMENT table\n2 a : a discharge lamp in which the gas contains a large proportion of neon b : a sign composed of such lamps c : the illumination provided by such lamps or signs\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or using neon\n2 : extremely bright : FLUORESCENT <neon yellow>


Words: neonatal
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, or affecting the newborn and especially the human infant during the first month after birth <neonatal mortality>


Words: neoteny
Meaning:
noun\n1 : retention of some larval or immature characters in adulthood\n2 : attainment of sexual maturity during the larval stage


Words: nepenthe
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow\n2 : something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering


Words: nephew
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a son of one’s brother or sister or of one’s brother-in-law or sister-in-law b : an illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic\n2 obsolete : a lineal descendant; especially : GRANDSON


Words: nephritis
Meaning:
noun\n: acute or chronic inflammation of the kidney caused by infection, degenerative process, or vascular disease


Words: Neptune
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the Roman god of the sea compare POSEIDON b : OCEAN\n2 : the planet 8th in order from the sun see PLANET table


Words: neptunium
Meaning:
noun\n: a radioactive metallic element that is chemically similar to uranium and is obtained in nuclear reactors as a by-product in the production of plutonium see ELEMENT table


Words: nerve
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : SINEW, TENDON <strain every nerve>\n2 : any of the filamentous bands of nervous tissue that connect parts of the nervous system with the other organs, conduct nervous impulses, and are made up of axons and dendrites together with protective and supportive structures\n3 a : power of endurance or control : FORTITUDE, STRENGTH b : ASSURANCE, BOLDNESS; also : presumptuous audacity : GALL\n4 a : a sore or sensitive point b plural : nervous disorganization or collapse : NERVOUSNESS\n5 : VEIN 3\n6 : the sensitive pulp of a tooth\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to give strength or courage to : supply with physical or moral force


Words: nervous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : SINEWY, STRONG\n2 : marked by strength of thought, feeling, or style : SPIRITED <a vibrant tight-packed nervous style of writing>\n3 : of, relating to, or composed of neurons\n4 a : of or relating to the nerves; also : originating in or affected by the nerves <nervous energy> b : easily excited or irritated : JUMPY c : TIMID, APPREHENSIVE <a nervous smile>\n5 a : tending to produce nervousness or agitation : UNEASY <a nervous situation> b : appearing or acting unsteady, erratic, or irregular used of inanimate things


Words: nervy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : SINEWY, STRONG\n2 a : showing calm courage : BOLD b : marked by effrontery or presumption : BRASH\n3 : EXCITABLE, NERVOUS


Words: nest
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a bed or receptacle prepared by an animal and especially a bird for its eggs and young b : a place or specially modified structure serving as an abode of animals and especially of their immature stages <an ants’ nest> c : a receptacle resembling a bird’s nest\n2 a : a place of rest, retreat, or lodging : HOME <grown children who have left the nest> b : DEN, HANGOUT\n3 : the occupants or frequenters of a nest\n4 a : a group of similar things <a nest of giant mountains Helen MacInnes> b : HOTBED 2 <a nest of rebellion>\n5 : a group of objects made to fit close together or one within another\n6 : an emplaced group of weapons\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to build or occupy a nest : settle in or as if in a nest\n2 : to fit compactly together or within one another : EMBED\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form a nest for\n2 : to pack compactly together\n3 : to form a hierarchy, series, or sequence of with each member, element, or set contained in or containing the next


Words: nestle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : NEST 1\n2 : to settle snugly or comfortably\n3 : to lie in an inconspicuous or sheltered manner\ntransitive senses\n1 : to settle, shelter, or house in or as if in a nest <the children were nestled all snug in their beds Clement Moore>\n2 : to press closely and affectionately <nestles a kitten in her arms>


Words: net
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an open-meshed fabric twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals b : something made of net: as (1) : a device for catching fish, birds, or insects (2) : a fabric barricade which divides a court in half (as in tennis or volleyball) and over which a ball or shuttlecock must be hit to be in play (3) : the fabric that encloses the sides and back of the goal in various games (as soccer or hockey)\n2 : an entrapping device or situation <caught in the net of suspicious circumstances>\n3 : something resembling a net in reticulation (as of lines, fibers, or figures)\n4 a : a group of communications stations operating under unified control b : NETWORK 4\n5 : INTERNET\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover or enclose with or as if with a net\n2 : to catch in or as if in a net\n3 : to cover with or as if with a network\n4 a : to hit (a ball) into the net for the loss of a point in a racket game b : to hit (a ball or puck) into the goal for a score (as in hockey or soccer)\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : free from all charges or deductions: as a : remaining after the deduction of all charges, outlay, or loss <net earnings> <net worth> compare GROSS b : excluding all tare <net weight>\n2 : excluding all nonessential considerations : BASIC, FINAL <the net result> <net effect>\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : to receive by way of profit : CLEAR b : to produce by way of profit : YIELD\n2 : to get possession of : GAIN\n\n<5> noun\n1 : a net amount, profit, weight, or price\n2 : the score of a golfer in a handicap match after deducting his handicap from his gross\n3 : ESSENCE, GIST


Words: nether
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : situated down or below : LOWER <the nether side>\n2 : situated or believed to be situated beneath the earth’s surface <the nether regions>


Words: netherworld
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the world of the dead\n2 : UNDERWORLD 4 <the netherworld of deceit and espionage R. M. Nixon>


Words: netting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : NETWORK 1\n2 : the act or process of making a net or network\n3 : the act, process, or right of fishing with a net


Words: nettle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs\n2 : any of various prickly or stinging plants other than the true nettles (genus Urtica)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to strike or sting with or as if with nettles\n2 : to arouse to sharp but transitory annoyance or anger


Words: network
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fabric or structure of cords or wires that cross at regular intervals and are knotted or secured at the crossings\n2 : a system of lines or channels resembling a network\n3 a : an interconnected or interrelated chain, group, or system <a network of hotels> b : a system of computers, terminals, and databases connected by communications lines\n4 a : a group of radio or television stations linked by wire or radio relay b : a radio or television company that produces programs for broadcast over such a network\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover with or as if with a network <a continent so networked with navigable rivers and canals Lamp>\n2 chiefly British : to distribute for broadcast on a television network; also : BROADCAST 3\n3 : to join (as computers) in a network\nintransitive senses : to engage in networking


Words: neural
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system\n2 : situated in the region of or on the same side of the body as the brain and spinal cord : DORSAL


Words: neuralgia
Meaning:
noun\n: acute paroxysmal pain radiating along the course of one or more nerves usually without demonstrable changes in the nerve structure


Words: neurasthenia
Meaning:
noun\n: an emotional and psychic disorder that is characterized especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptoms


Words: neuritis
Meaning:
noun\n: an inflammatory or degenerative lesion of a nerve marked especially by pain, sensory disturbances, and impaired or lost reflexes


Words: neurology
Meaning:
noun\n: the scientific study of the nervous system especially in respect to its structure, functions, and abnormalities


Words: neuron
Meaning:
noun\n: a grayish or reddish granular cell with specialized processes that is the fundamental functional unit of nervous tissue


Words: neurosis
Meaning:
noun\n: a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)


Words: neurotic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of, relating to, constituting, or affected with neurosis\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one affected with a neurosis\n2 : an emotionally unstable individual


Words: neuter
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine b : neither active nor passive : INTRANSITIVE\n2 : taking no side : NEUTRAL\n3 : lacking or having imperfectly developed or nonfunctional generative organs <the worker bee is neuter>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the neuter gender b : the neuter gender\n2 : one that is neutral\n3 a : WORKER 2 b : a spayed or castrated animal\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: CASTRATE, ALTER


Words: neutral
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that is neutral\n2 : a neutral color\n3 : a position of disengagement (as of gears)\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : not engaged on either side; specifically : not aligned with a political or ideological grouping <a neutral nation>\n2 : of or relating to a neutral state or power <neutral territory>\n3 a : not decided or pronounced as to characteristics : INDIFFERENT b (1) : ACHROMATIC (2) : nearly achromatic c (1) : NEUTER 3 (2) : lacking stamens or pistils d : neither acid nor basic e : not electrically charged\n4 : produced with the tongue in the position it has when at rest <the neutral vowels of above>


Words: neutralism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : NEUTRALITY\n2 : a policy or the advocacy of neutrality especially in international affairs


Words: neutrality
Meaning:
noun\n: the quality or state of being neutral; especially : refusal to take part in a war between other powers


Words: neutralize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make chemically neutral\n2 a : to counteract the activity or effect of : make ineffective <propaganda that is difficult to neutralize> b : KILL, DESTROY\n3 : to make electrically inert by combining equal positive and negative quantities\n4 : to invest (as a territory or a nation) with conventional or obligatory neutrality conferring inviolability during a war\n5 : to make neutral by blending with the complementary color\n6 : to give (as a pair of phonemes) a nondistinctive form or pronunciation < and are neutralized when pronounced as flaps>\nintransitive senses : to undergo neutralization


Words: neutrino
Meaning:
noun\n: an uncharged elementary particle that is believed to be massless or to have a very small mass, that has any of three forms, and that interacts only rarely with other particles


Words: neutron
Meaning:
noun\n: an uncharged elementary particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton and is present in all known atomic nuclei except the hydrogen nucleus


Words: never
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : not ever : at no time <I never met her>\n2 : not in any degree : not under any condition <never the wiser for his experience>


Words: new
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having existed or having been made but a short time : RECENT, MODERN\n2 a (1) : having been seen, used, or known for a short time : NOVEL <rice was a new crop for the area> (2) : UNFAMILIAR <visit new places> b : being other than the former or old\n3 : having been in a relationship or condition but a short time <new to the job>\n4 a : beginning as the resumption or repetition of a previous act or thing <a new day> <the new edition> b : made or become fresh <awoke a new person>\n5 : different from one of the same category that has existed previously <new realism>\n6 : of dissimilar origin and usually of superior quality <introducing new blood>\n7 capitalized : MODERN 3; especially : having been in use after medieval times\n\n<2> adverb\n: NEWLY, RECENTLY usually used in combination


Words: newel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind\n2 : a post at the foot of a straight stairway or one at a landing


Words: newfangled
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : attracted to novelty\n2 : of the newest style or kind <had many newfangled gadgets in the kitchen>


Words: news
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n1 a : a report of recent events b : previously unknown information <I’ve got news for you>\n2 a : material reported in a newspaper or news periodical or on a newscast b : matter that is newsworthy\n3 : NEWSCAST


Words: newsletter
Meaning:
noun\n: a small publication (as a leaflet or newspaper) containing news of interest chiefly to a special group


Words: newspaper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising\n2 : an organization that publishes a newspaper\n3 : the paper of a newspaper : NEWSPRINT\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to do newspaper work


Words: next
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)\n2 : any other considered hypothetically <knew it as well as the next man>\n\n<2> preposition\n: nearest or adjacent to\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding <next we drove home> <the next closest school>\n2 : on the first occasion to come <when next we meet>


Words: nexus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : CONNECTION, LINK; also : a causal link\n2 : a connected group or series\n3 : CENTER, FOCUS


Words: nib
Meaning:
noun\n1 : BILL, BEAK\n2 a : the sharpened point of a quill pen b : PEN POINT; also : each of the two divisions of a pen point\n3 : a small pointed or projecting part


Words: nibble
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bite gently b : to eat or chew in small bits\n2 : to take away bit by bit <waves nibbling the shore>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take gentle, small, or cautious bites; also : SNACK\n2 : to deal with something as if by nibbling\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of nibbling\n2 : a very small quantity or portion (as of food); also : SNACK\n3 : a tentative expression of interest


Words: nice
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete a : WANTON, DISSOLUTE b : COY, RETICENT\n2 a : showing fastidious or finicky tastes : PARTICULAR <too nice a palate to enjoy junk food> b : exacting in requirements or standards : PUNCTILIOUS <a nice code of honor>\n3 : possessing, marked by, or demanding great or excessive precision and delicacy <nice measurements>\n4 obsolete : TRIVIAL\n5 a : PLEASING, AGREEABLE <a nice time> <a nice person> b : well-executed <nice shot> c : APPROPRIATE, FITTING <not a nice word for a formal occasion>\n6 a : socially acceptable : WELL-BRED <from a nice family> b : VIRTUOUS, RESPECTABLE <was taught that nice girls don’t do that>\n7 : POLITE, KIND <that’s nice of you to say>


Words: nicety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being nice\n2 : an elegant, delicate, or civilized feature <enjoy the niceties of life>\n3 : a fine point or distinction : SUBTLETY <the niceties of table manners>\n4 : careful attention to details : delicate exactness : PRECISION\n5 : delicacy of taste or feeling : FASTIDIOUSNESS


Words: niche
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a recess in a wall especially for a statue b : something that resembles a niche\n2 a : a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted b : a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species c : the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption d : a specialized market\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to place in or as if in a niche


Words: nick
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a small notch or groove b : a small cut or wound c : a break in one strand of two-stranded DNA caused by a missing phosphodiester bond\n2 : a final critical moment <in the nick of time>\n3 slang British : PRISON; also : POLICE STATION\n4 British : CONDITION <in good nick>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to jot down : RECORD\n2 a : to make a nick in : NOTCH, CHIP b : to cut into or wound slightly <a bullet nicked his leg>\n3 : to cut short <cold weather, which nicked steel and automobile output Time>\n4 : to catch at the right point or time\n5 : CHEAT, OVERCHARGE\n6 a slang British : ARREST b slang British : STEAL\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make petty attacks : SNIPE\n2 : to complement one another genetically and produce superior offspring


Words: nickel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a silver-white hard malleable ductile metallic element capable of a high polish and resistant to corrosion that is used chiefly in alloys and as a catalyst see ELEMENT table\n2 a (1) : the U.S. 5-cent piece regularly containing 25 percent nickel and 75 percent copper (2) : the Canadian 5-cent piece b : five cents\n3 : a pass defense in football that employs five defensive backs


Words: nickname
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually descriptive name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to a person, place, or thing\n2 : a familiar form of a proper name (as of a person or a city)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : MISNAME, MISCALL\n2 : to give a nickname to


Words: nicotine
Meaning:
noun\n: a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide


Words: nicotinic
Meaning:
adjective\n: relating to, resembling, producing, or mediating the effects produced by nicotine on nerve fibers at autonomic ganglia and at the neuromuscular junctions of voluntary muscle which increases activity in small doses and inhibits it in larger doses <nicotinic receptors> compare MUSCARINIC


Words: niece
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a daughter of one’s brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law\n2 : an illegitimate daughter of an ecclesiastic


Words: nifty
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: very good : very attractive : FINE <nifty clothes>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that is nifty; especially : a clever or neatly turned phrase or joke


Words: niggard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a meanly covetous and stingy person : MISER\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses , obsolete : to act niggardly\ntransitive senses , obsolete : to treat in a niggardly manner


Words: niggling
Meaning:
adjective\n: PETTY; also : bothersome or persistent especially in a petty or tiresome way <niggling injuries>


Words: nigh
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : near in place, time, or relationship often used with on, onto, or unto\n2 : NEARLY, ALMOST\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : CLOSE, NEAR\n2 chiefly dialect : DIRECT, SHORT\n3 : being on the left side <the nigh horse>\n\n<3> preposition\n: NEAR\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to draw or come near to : APPROACH\nintransitive senses : to draw near


Words: night
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the time from dusk to dawn when no sunlight is visible\n2 a : an evening or night taken as an occasion or point of time <the opening night> b : an evening set aside for a particular purpose\n3 a : the quality or state of being dark b : a condition or period felt to resemble the darkness of night: as (1) : a period of dreary inactivity or affliction (2) : absence of moral values c : the beginning of darkness : NIGHTFALL\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or associated with the night <night air>\n2 : intended for use at night <a night lamp>\n3 a : existing, occurring, or functioning at night <night baseball> <a night nurse> b : active or functioning best at night <night people>


Words: nightcap
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cloth cap worn with nightclothes\n2 : a usually alcoholic drink taken at the end of the day\n3 : the final race or contest of a day’s sports; especially : the second game of a baseball doubleheader


Words: nightclub
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a place of entertainment open at night usually serving food and liquor, having a floor show, and providing music and space for dancing\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to patronize nightclubs


Words: nighthawk
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a genus (Chordeiles) of American nightjars related to the whippoorwill b : a common European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)\n2 : a person who habitually is active late at night


Words: nightingale
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several Old World thrushes (genus Erithacus and especially E. megarhynchos) noted for the sweet usually nocturnal song of the male; also : any of various other birds that sing at night


Words: nightly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : happening, done, or used by night or every night\n2 : of or relating to the night or every night\n\n<2> adverb\n: every night; also : at or by night


Words: nightmare
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep\n2 : a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper\n3 : something (as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror


Words: nightshade
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Solanum of the family Solanaceae, the nightshade family) of herbs, shrubs, and trees having alternate leaves, cymose flowers, and fruits that are berries and including some poisonous weeds, various ornamentals, and important crop plants (as the potato and eggplant)\n2 : BELLADONNA 1


Words: nimble
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : quick and light in motion : AGILE <nimble fingers>\n2 a : marked by quick, alert, clever conception, comprehension, or resourcefulness <a nimble mind> b : RESPONSIVE, SENSITIVE <a nimble listener>


Words: nimbus
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a luminous vapor, cloud, or atmosphere about a god or goddess when on earth b : a cloud or atmosphere (as of romance) about a person or thing\n2 : an indication (as a circle) of radiant light or glory about the head of a drawn or sculptured divinity, saint, or sovereign\n3 a : a rain cloud b : THUNDERHEAD; also : CUMULUS 2


Words: Nimrod
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a descendant of Ham represented in Genesis as a mighty hunter and a king of Shinar\n2 not capitalized : HUNTER


Words: nine
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the ninth in a set or series <wears a nine>\n3 : something having nine units or members: as a capitalized : the nine Muses b : a baseball team c : the first or last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course


Words: ninety
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 90 to 99; specifically : the years 90 to 99 in a lifetime or century


Words: niobium
Meaning:
noun\n: a lustrous light gray ductile metallic element that resembles tantalum chemically and is used in alloys see ELEMENT table


Words: nip
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : PINCH, BITE <the dog nipped his ankle> b : to pinch in (as a garment) <a dress nipped at the waist>\n2 a : to sever by or as if by pinching sharply b : to destroy the growth, progress, or fulfillment of <nipped in the bud>\n3 : to injure or make numb with cold : CHILL\n4 : SNATCH, STEAL\n5 : to defeat by a small margin\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move briskly, nimbly, or quickly\n2 chiefly British : to make a quick trip\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that nips: as a archaic : a sharp biting comment b : a sharp stinging cold <a nip in the air> c : a biting or pungent flavor : TANG <cheese with a nip>\n2 : the act of nipping : PINCH, BITE\n3 : the region of a squeezing or crushing device (as a calender) where the rolls or jaws are closest together\n4 : a small portion\n\n<3> noun\n: a small quantity of liquor : SIP; also : a very small bottle of liquor\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to take liquor in nips : TIPPLE


Words: nipper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping usually used in plural\n2 a chiefly British : a boy employed as a helper (as of a carter or hawker) b : CHILD; especially : a small boy


Words: nipple
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the protuberance of a mammary gland upon which in the female the lactiferous ducts open and from which milk is drawn\n2 a : an artificial teat through which a bottle-fed infant nurses b : a device with an orifice through which the discharge of a liquid can be regulated\n3 a : a protuberance resembling or suggesting the nipple of a breast b : a small projection through which oil or grease is injected into machinery\n4 : a pipe coupling consisting of a short piece of threaded tubing


Words: nippy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by a tendency to nip <a nippy dog>\n2 : brisk, quick, or nimble in movement : SNAPPY\n3 : PUNGENT, SHARP\n4 : CHILLY, CHILLING <a nippy day>


Words: nirvana
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness\n2 a : a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality; also : BLISS, HEAVEN b : a goal hoped for but apparently unattainable : DREAM


Words: nisei
Meaning:
noun\n: a son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who is born and educated in America and especially in the U.S.


Words: nit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the egg of a louse or other parasitic insect; also : the insect itself when young\n\n<2> noun\nchiefly British : NITWIT


Words: nitrate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a salt or ester of nitric acid\n2 : sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate used as a fertilizer


Words: nitrogen
Meaning:
noun\n: a colorless tasteless odorless element that as a diatomic gas is relatively inert and constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume and that occurs as a constituent of all living tissues see ELEMENT table


Words: nitroglycerin
Meaning:
noun\n: a heavy oily explosive poisonous liquid C3H5N3O9 used chiefly in making dynamites and in medicine as a vasodilator


Words: nix
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: NOTHING\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: VETO, REJECT <the court nixed the merger>\n\n<3> adverb\n: NO used to express disagreement or the withholding of permission; often used with on <they said nix on our plan>\n\n<4> noun\n: a water sprite of Germanic folklore


Words: no
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a chiefly Scottish : NOT b used as a function word to express the negative of an alternative choice or possibility <shall we go out to dinner or no>\n2 : in no respect or degree used in comparisons\n3 : not so used to express negation, dissent, denial, or refusal <no, I’m not going>\n4 used with a following adjective to imply a meaning expressed by the opposite positive statement <in no uncertain terms>\n5 used as a function word to emphasize a following negative or to introduce a more emphatic, explicit, or comprehensive statement\n6 used as an interjection to express surprise, doubt, or incredulity\n7 used in combination with a verb to form a compound adjective <no-bake pie>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : not any <no parking> <no disputing the decision> b : hardly any : very little <finished in no time>\n2 : not a : quite other than a <he’s no expert>\n3 used in combination with a noun to form a compound adjective <a no-nonsense realist>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an act or instance of refusing or denying by the use of the word no : DENIAL\n2 a : a negative vote or decision b plural : persons voting in the negative\n\n<4> abbreviation\nnorth, northern, Latin numero, abl. of numerus number


Words: Nobel
Meaning:
biographical name\nAlfred Bernhard 1833*1896 Swedish manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist; invented dynamite and over 100 other patented items; bequeathed fund of 9,200,000 for establishment of Nobel prizes, first awarded 1901


Words: nobility
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank\n2 : the body of persons forming the noble class in a country or state : ARISTOCRACY


Words: noble
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : possessing outstanding qualities : ILLUSTRIOUS b : FAMOUS, NOTABLE <noble deeds>\n2 : of high birth or exalted rank : ARISTOCRATIC\n3 a : possessing very high or excellent qualities or properties <noble wine> b : very good or excellent\n4 : grand or impressive especially in appearance <noble edifice>\n5 : possessing, characterized by, or arising from superiority of mind or character or of ideals or morals : LOFTY <a noble ambition>\n6 : chemically inert or inactive especially toward oxygen <a noble metal such as platinum> compare BASE 6a\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person of noble rank or birth\n2 : an old English gold coin equivalent to 6s 8d


Words: nocturnal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or occurring in the night <a nocturnal journey>\n2 : active at night <a nocturnal predator>


Words: nocturne
Meaning:
noun\n: a work of art dealing with evening or night; especially : a dreamy pensive composition for the piano compare AUBADE 3


Words: nod
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a quick downward motion of the head whether deliberately (as in expressing assent, salutation, or command) or involuntarily (as from drowsiness)\n2 : to incline or sway from the vertical as though ready to fall\n3 : to bend or sway the upper part gently downward or forward : bob gently\n4 : to make a slip or error in a moment of abstraction\ntransitive senses\n1 : to incline (as the head) downward or forward\n2 : to bring, invite, or send by a nod <nodded them into the room>\n3 : to signify by a nod <nodded their approval>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of nodding <gave a nod of greeting>\n2 : an indication especially of approval or recognition <received the party’s nod as candidate for governor>


Words: noddy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a stupid person\n2 : any of several stout-bodied terns (especially genus Anous) of warm seas


Words: node
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a pathological swelling or enlargement (as of a rheumatic joint) b : a discrete mass of one kind of tissue enclosed in tissue of a different kind\n2 : an entangling complication (as in a drama) : PREDICAMENT\n3 : either of the two points where the orbit of a planet or comet intersects the ecliptic; also : either of the points at which the orbit of an earth satellite crosses the plane of the equator\n4 a : a point, line, or surface of a vibrating body or system that is free or relatively free from vibratory motion b : a point at which a wave has an amplitude of zero\n5 a : a point at which subsidiary parts originate or center b : a point on a stem at which a leaf or leaves are inserted c : a point at which a curve intersects itself in such a manner that the branches have different tangents d : VERTEX 1b


Words: nodule
Meaning:
noun\n: a small mass of rounded or irregular shape: as a : a small rounded lump of a mineral or mineral aggregate b : a swelling on a leguminous root that contains symbiotic bacteria c : a small abnormal knobby bodily protuberance (as a tumorous growth or a calcification near an arthritic joint)


Words: noise
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : loud, confused, or senseless shouting or outcry\n2 a : SOUND; especially : one that lacks agreeable musical quality or is noticeably unpleasant b : any sound that is undesired or interferes with one’s hearing of something c : an unwanted signal or a disturbance (as static or a variation of voltage) in an electronic device or instrument (as radio or television); broadly : a disturbance interfering with the operation of a usually mechanical device or system d : electromagnetic radiation (as light or radio waves) that is composed of several frequencies and that involves random changes in frequency or amplitude e : irrelevant or meaningless data or output occurring along with desired information\n3 : common talk : RUMOR; especially : SLANDER\n4 : something that attracts attention <the play will make little noise in the world Brendan Gill>\n5 : something spoken or uttered\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to talk much or loudly\n2 : to make a noise\ntransitive senses : to spread by rumor or report usually used with about or abroad <the scandal was quickly noised about>


Words: noisemaker
Meaning:
noun\n: one that makes noise; especially : a device (as a horn or rattle) used to make noise at parties


Words: noisome
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : NOXIOUS, HARMFUL\n2 a : offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell b : highly obnoxious or objectionable


Words: noisy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : making noise\n2 : full of or characterized by noise or clamor\n3 : noticeably showy, gaudy, or bright : CONSPICUOUS


Words: nomad
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory\n2 : an individual who roams about aimlessly


Words: nomenclature
Meaning:
noun\n1 : NAME, DESIGNATION\n2 : the act or process or an instance of naming\n3 a : a system or set of terms or symbols especially in a particular science, discipline, or art b : an international system of standardized New Latin names used in biology for kinds and groups of kinds of animals and plants


Words: nominal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction\n2 a : of, relating to, or constituting a name b : bearing the name of a person\n3 a : existing or being something in name or form only <nominal head of his party> b : of, being, or relating to a designated or theoretical size that may vary from the actual : APPROXIMATE c : TRIFLING, INSIGNIFICANT\n4 of a rate of interest a : equal to the annual rate of simple interest that would obtain if interest were not compounded when in fact it is compounded and paid for periods of less than a year b : equal to the percentage by which a repaid loan exceeds the principal borrowed with no adjustment made for inflation\n5 : being according to plan : SATISFACTORY <everything was nominal during the spacecraft launch>\n\n<2> noun\n: a word or word group functioning as a noun


Words: nominate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : DESIGNATE, NAME\n2 a : to appoint or propose for appointment to an office or place b : to propose as a candidate for election to office c : to propose for an honor <nominate her for player of the year>\n3 : to enter (a horse) in a race


Words: nominative
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marking typically the subject of a verb especially in languages that have relatively full inflection <nominative case> b : of or relating to the nominative case <a nominative ending>\n2 : nominated or appointed by nomination\n3 : bearing a person’s name


Words: non-
Meaning:
prefix\n1 : not : other than : reverse of : absence of\n2 : of little or no consequence : unimportant : worthless <nonissues> <nonsystem>\n3 : lacking the usual especially positive characteristics of the thing specified <noncelebration> <nonart>\nnonabrasive nonabsorbable nonabsorbent nonabsorptive nonabstract nonacademic nonacceptance nonaccountable nonaccredited nonaccrual nonachievement nonacid nonacidic nonacquisitive nonacting nonaction nonactivated nonactor nonadaptive nonaddict nonaddictive nonadhesive nonadiabatic nonadjacent nonadmirer nonadmission nonaesthetic nonaffiliated nonaffluent non*African nonaggression nonaggressive nonagricultural nonalcoholic nonallergenic nonallergic nonalphabetic nonaluminum nonambiguous non*American nonanalytic nonanatomic nonanimal nonanswer nonantagonistic nonanthropological nonanthropologist nonantibiotic nonantigenic nonappearance nonaquatic nonaqueous nonarable nonarbitrariness nonarbitrary nonarchitect nonarchitecture nonargument nonaristocratic nonaromatic nonart nonartist nonartistic nonascetic nonaspirin nonassertive nonassociated nonastronomical nonathlete nonathletic nonatomic nonattached nonattachment nonattendance nonattender nonauditory nonauthor nonauthoritarian nonautomated nonautomatic nonauto\nmotive nonautonomous nonavailability nonbacterial nonbarbiturate nonbasic nonbearing nonbehavioral nonbeing nonbelief nonbeliever nonbelligerency nonbelligerent nonbetting nonbibliographic nonbinary nonbinding nonbiodegradable nonbiographical nonbiological nonbiologically nonbiologist nonbiting nonblack nonbody nonbonded nonbotanist nonbrand nonbreakable nonbreathing nonbreeder nonbreeding nonbroadcast nonbuilding nonburnable nonbuying noncabinet noncaking noncallable noncampus noncancelable noncancerous noncannibalistic noncapital noncapitalist noncarcinogen noncarcinogenic noncardiac noncareer noncarrier noncash noncasual non*Catholic noncausal noncelebration noncelebrity noncellular noncellulosic non*Celtic noncentral noncertificated noncertified noncharacter nonchari


Words: nonce
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the one, particular, or present occasion, purpose, or use <for the nonce>\n2 : the time being\n\n<2> adjective\n: occurring, used, or made only once or for a special occasion <a nonce word>


Words: noncombatant
Meaning:
noun\n: one that does not engage in combat: as a : a member (as a chaplain) of the armed forces whose duties do not include fighting b : CIVILIAN


Words: noncommittal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling\n2 : having no clear or distinctive character


Words: nonconformist
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a person who does not conform to an established church; especially : one who does not conform to the Church of England\n2 : a person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action


Words: noncooperation
Meaning:
noun\n: failure or refusal to cooperate; specifically : refusal through civil disobedience of a people to cooperate with the government of a country


Words: nondescript
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described\n2 : lacking distinctive or interesting qualities : DULL, DRAB


Words: none
Meaning:
<1> pronoun \n1 : not any\n2 : not one : NOBODY\n3 : not any such thing or person\n4 : no part : NOTHING\n\n<2> adjective\narchaic : not any : NO\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : by no means : not at all <none too soon to begin>\n2 : in no way : to no extent <none the worse for wear>\n\n<4> noun\n: the fifth of the canonical hours


Words: nonentity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination\n2 : NONEXISTENCE\n3 : a person of little consequence or significance


Words: nones
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the ninth day before the ides according to ancient Roman reckoning\n2 often capitalized : 4NONE


Words: nonmetal
Meaning:
noun\n: a chemical element (as boron, carbon, or nitrogen) that lacks the characteristics of a metal


Words: nonpareil
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having no equal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an individual of unequaled excellence : PARAGON\n2 a : a small flat disk of chocolate covered with white sugar pellets b : sugar in small pellets of various colors


Words: nonpartisan
Meaning:
adjective\n: not partisan; especially : free from party affiliation, bias, or designation <nonpartisan ballot> <a nonpartisan board>


Words: nonplus
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a state of bafflement or perplexity : QUANDARY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do : PERPLEX


Words: nonprofit
Meaning:
adjective\n: not conducted or maintained for the purpose of making a profit <a nonprofit organization>


Words: nonresistance
Meaning:
noun\n: the principles or practice of passive submission to constituted authority even when unjust or oppressive; also : the principle or practice of not resisting violence by force


Words: nonrestrictive
Meaning:
adjective\n: not restrictive; specifically : not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase


Words: nonsense
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas b (1) : language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense (2) : an instance of absurd action\n2 a : things of no importance or value : TRIFLES b : affected or impudent conduct <took no nonsense from subordinates>\n3 : genetic information consisting of one or more codons that do not code for any amino acid and usually cause termination of the molecular chain in protein synthesis compare ANTISENSE, MISSENSE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : consisting of an arbitrary grouping of speech sounds or symbols < is a nonsense word> <a nonsense syllable>\n2 : consisting of one or more codons that are genetic nonsense


Words: nonsupport
Meaning:
noun\n: failure to support; specifically : failure (as of a parent) to honor a statutory or contractual obligation to provide maintenance


Words: nonunion
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not belonging to or connected with a trade union <nonunion carpenters>\n2 : not recognizing or favoring trade unions or their members\n3 : not produced or worked on by members of a trade union <nonunion lettuce>


Words: noodle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a stupid person : SIMPLETON\n2 : HEAD, NOGGIN\n\n<2> noun\n: a food paste made with egg and shaped typically in ribbon form\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n: to improvise on an instrument in an informal or desultory manner


Words: nook
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : a right-angled corner\n2 a : an interior angle formed by two meeting walls : RECESS b : a secluded or sheltered place or part <searched every nook and cranny>


Words: noon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : MIDDAY; specifically : 12 o’clock at midday\n2 archaic : MIDNIGHT used chiefly in the phrase noon of night\n3 : the highest point


Words: noose
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a loop with a running knot that binds closer the more it is drawn\n2 : something that snares like a noose\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to secure by a noose\n2 : to make a noose in or of


Words: nor
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 used as a function word to introduce the second or last member or the second and each following member of a series of items each of which is negated <neither here nor there> <not done by you nor me nor anyone>\n2 used as a function word to introduce and negate a following clause or phrase\n3 chiefly British : NEITHER\n\n<2> conjunction\ndialect : THAN


Words: Nordic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the Germanic peoples of northern Europe and especially of Scandinavia\n2 : of or relating to a group or physical type of the Caucasian race characterized by tall stature, long head, light skin and hair, and blue eyes\n3 a : of or relating to competitive ski events involving cross-country racing, ski jumping, or biathlon compare ALPINE b : of, relating to, or being cross-country skiing\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a native of northern Europe\n2 : a person of Nordic physical type\n3 : a member of the peoples of Scandinavia


Words: norm
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an authoritative standard : MODEL\n2 : a principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior\n3 : AVERAGE: as a : a set standard of development or achievement usually derived from the average or median achievement of a large group b : a pattern or trait taken to be typical in the behavior of a social group c : a widespread practice, procedure, or custom : RULE <standing ovations became the norm>\n4 a : a real-valued nonnegative function defined on a vector space and satisfying the conditions that the function is zero if and only if the vector is zero, the function of the product of a scalar and a vector is equal to the product of the absolute value of the scalar and the function of the vector, and the function of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the functions of the two vectors; specifically : the square root of the sum of the squares of the absolute values of the elements of a matrix or of the components of a vector b : the greatest distance between two successive points of a set of points that partition an interval into smaller intervals\n\n<2> abbreviation\nnormal


Words: normal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : PERPENDICULAR; especially : perpendicular to a tangent at a point of tangency\n2 a : according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle b : conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern\n3 : occurring naturally <normal immunity>\n4 a : of, relating to, or characterized by average intelligence or development b : free from mental disorder : SANE\n5 a of a solution : having a concentration of one gram equivalent of solute per liter b : containing neither basic hydroxyl nor acid hydrogen <normal silver phosphate> c : not associated <normal molecules> d : having a straight-chain structure <normal pentane> <normal butyl alcohol>\n6 of a subgroup : having the property that every coset produced by operating on the left by a given element is equal to the coset produced by operating on the right by the same element\n7 : relating to, involving, or being a normal curve or normal distribution <normal approximation to the binomial distribution>\n8 of a matrix : having the property of commutativity under multiplication by the transpose of the matrix each of whose elements is a conjugate complex number with respect to the corresponding element of the given matrix\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a normal line b : the portion of a normal line to a plane curve between the curve and the x-axis\n2 : one that is normal\n3 : a form or state regarded as the norm : STANDARD


Words: normalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make conform to or reduce to a norm or standard\n2 : to make normal (as by a transformation of variables)\n3 : to bring or restore (as relations between countries) to a normal condition


Words: Norse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : NORWEGIAN 2 b : any of the western Scandinavian dialects or languages c : the Scandinavian group of Germanic languages\n2 plural a : SCANDINAVIANS b : NORWEGIANS\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to ancient Scandinavia or the language of its inhabitants\n2 : NORWEGIAN


Words: North
Meaning:
<1> biographical name\nChristopher < see John WILSON\n\n<2> biographical name\nDouglass Cecil 1920***American econ.; awarded (with R.W. Fogel) 1993 Nobel prize for economics for work in economic history\n\n<3> biographical name\nFrederick 1732*1792 Lord North English statesman; prime minister (1770*82); pursued ruinous policy leading to loss of American colonies\n\n<4> biographical name\nSir Thomas 1535*1603 English translator; translated Plutarch’s Lives from the French, chief source of Shakespeare’s knowledge of ancient history


Words: northeast
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: to, toward, or in the northeast\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : coming from the northeast <a northeast wind>\n2 : situated toward or at the northeast <the northeast corner>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the general direction between north and east b : the point midway between the north and east compass points\n2 capitalized : regions or countries lying to the northeast of a specified or implied point of orientation


Words: northern
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 capitalized a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated North b : of, relating to, or constituting the northern dialect\n2 a : lying toward the north b : coming from the north <a northern storm>\n\n<2> noun\n1 capitalized : the dialect of English spoken in the part of the U.S. north of a line running northwest through central New Jersey, below the northern tier of counties in Pennsylvania, through northern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, across central Iowa, and through the northwest corner of So. Dakota\n2 : 3PIKE 1a


Words: northwest
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: to, toward, or in the northwest\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : coming from the northwest <a northwest wind>\n2 : situated toward or at the northwest <the northwest corner>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the general direction between north and west b : the point midway between the north and west compass points\n2 capitalized : regions or countries lying to the northwest of a specified or implied point of orientation


Words: Norwegian
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a native or inhabitant of Norway b : a person of Norwegian descent\n2 : the Germanic language of the Norwegian people


Words: nose
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the part of the face that bears the nostrils and covers the anterior part of the nasal cavity; broadly : this part together with the nasal cavity b : the anterior part of the head at the top or end of the muzzle : SNOUT, PROBOSCIS\n2 a : the sense of smell : OLFACTION b : AROMA, BOUQUET\n3 : the vertebrate olfactory organ\n4 a : the forward end or projection of something b : the projecting or working end of a tool\n5 : the stem of a boat or its protective metal covering\n6 a : the nose as a symbol of prying or meddling curiosity or interference b : a knack for discovery or understanding <a keen nose for absurdity>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to detect by or as if by smell : SCENT\n2 a : to push or move with the nose b : to move (as a vehicle) ahead slowly or cautiously <nosed my car into the parking space>\n3 : to touch or rub with the nose : NUZZLE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use the nose in examining, smelling, or showing affection\n2 : to search impertinently : PRY\n3 : to move ahead slowly or cautiously <the boat nosed around the bend>


Words: nosepiece
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a piece of armor for protecting the nose\n2 : the end piece of a microscope body to which an objective is attached\n3 : the bridge of a pair of eyeglasses


Words: nostalgia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being homesick : HOMESICKNESS\n2 : a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia


Words: nostril
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of the external nares; broadly : either of the nares with the adjoining passage on the same side of the septum\n2 : either fleshy lateral wall of the nose


Words: nostrum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness\n2 : a usually questionable remedy or scheme : PANACEA


Words: not
Meaning:
adverb\n1 used as a function word to make negative a group of words or a word\n2 used as a function word to stand for the negative of a preceding group of words <is sometimes hard to see and sometimes not>


Words: notable
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : worthy of note : REMARKABLE b : DISTINGUISHED, PROMINENT\n2 archaic : efficient or capable in performance of housewifely duties\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person of note : NOTABILITY\n2 plural , often capitalized : a group of persons summoned especially in monarchical France to act as a deliberative body


Words: notarial
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public\n2 : done or executed by a notary public


Words: notation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ANNOTATION, NOTE\n2 a : the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters b : a system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities


Words: notch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a V-shaped indentation b : a slit made to serve as a record c : a rounded indentation cut into the pages of a book on the edge opposite the spine\n2 : a deep close pass : GAP\n3 : DEGREE, STEP\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cut or make a notch in\n2 a : to mark or record by a notch b : SCORE, ACHIEVE sometimes used with up


Words: note
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to notice or observe with care b : to record or preserve in writing\n2 a : to make special mention of : REMARK b : INDICATE, SHOW\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) obsolete : MELODY, SONG (2) : TONE 2a (3) : CALL, SOUND; especially : the musical call of a bird b : a written symbol used to indicate duration and pitch of a tone by its shape and position on the staff\n2 a : a characteristic feature (as of odor or flavor) b : something (as an emotion or disposition) like a note in tone or resonance <a note of sadness> <end on a high note>\n3 a (1) : MEMORANDUM (2) : a condensed or informal record b (1) : a brief comment or explanation (2) : a printed comment or reference set apart from the text c (1) : a written promise to pay a debt (2) : a piece of paper money d (1) : a short informal letter (2) : a formal diplomatic communication e : a scholarly or technical essay shorter than an article and restricted in scope f : a sheet of notepaper\n4 a : DISTINCTION, REPUTATION <a figure of international note> b : OBSERVATION, NOTICE <took full note of the proceedings> c : KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION


Words: notebook
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a book for notes or memoranda\n2 : a small portable microcomputer about the size of an ordinary loose-leaf binder


Words: nothing
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 : not any thing : no thing <leaves nothing to the imagination>\n2 : no part\n3 : one of no interest, value, or consequence <they mean nothing to me>\n\n<2> adverb\n: not at all : in no degree\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : something that does not exist b : the absence of all magnitude or quantity; also : ZERO 1a c : NOTHINGNESS 3b\n2 : someone or something of no or slight value or size\n\n<4> adjective\n: of no account : WORTHLESS


Words: nothingness
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being nothing: as a : NONEXISTENCE b : utter insignificance c : DEATH\n2 : something insignificant or valueless\n3 a : VOID, EMPTINESS b : a metaphysical entity opposed to and devoid of being and regarded by some existentialists as the ground of anxiety


Words: notice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : warning or intimation of something : ANNOUNCEMENT (2) : notification by one of the parties to an agreement or relation of intention of terminating it at a specified time (3) : the condition of being warned or notified usually used in the phrase on notice b : INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE\n2 a : ATTENTION, HEED b : polite or favorable attention : CIVILITY\n3 : a written or printed announcement\n4 : a short critical account or examination\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to give notice of\n2 a : to comment upon b : REVIEW\n3 a : to treat with attention or civility b : to take notice of : MARK\n4 : to give a formal notice to


Words: notify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to point out\n2 : to give notice of or report the occurrence of <he notified his intention to sue>\n3 : to give formal notice to <notify a family of the death of a relation>


Words: notion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : an individual’s conception or impression of something known, experienced, or imagined (2) : an inclusive general concept (3) : a theory or belief held by a person or group b : a personal inclination : WHIM\n2 obsolete : MIND, INTELLECT\n3 plural : small useful items : SUNDRIES


Words: notional
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : THEORETICAL, SPECULATIVE\n2 : existing in the mind only : IMAGINARY\n3 : given to foolish or fanciful moods or ideas\n4 a : of, relating to, or being a notion or idea : CONCEPTUAL b (1) : presenting an idea of a thing, action, or quality <has is notional in he has luck, relational in he has gone> (2) : of or representing what exists or occurs in the world of things as distinguished from syntactic categories


Words: notwithstanding
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n: DESPITE <notwithstanding their lack of experience, they were an immediate success> often used after its object <the motion passed, our objection notwithstanding>\n\n<2> adverb\n: NEVERTHELESS, HOWEVER\n\n<3> conjunction\n: ALTHOUGH


Words: noun
Meaning:
noun\n: any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners to serve as the subject of a verb, can be interpreted as singular or plural, can be replaced with a pronoun, and refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept


Words: nourish
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : NURTURE, REAR\n2 : to promote the growth of <no occasions to exercise the feelings nor nourish passion L. O. Coxe>\n3 a : to furnish or sustain with nutriment : FEED b : MAINTAIN, SUPPORT <their profits nourish other criminal activities Beverly Smith>


Words: nourishment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : FOOD, NUTRIMENT b : SUSTENANCE 3 <books for intellectual nourishment>\n2 : the act of nourishing : the state of being nourished


Words: nova
Meaning:
noun\n: a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years


Words: novel
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : new and not resembling something formerly known or used\n2 : original or striking especially in conception or style <a novel scheme to collect money>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events\n2 : the literary genre consisting of novels


Words: novelty
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something new or unusual\n2 : the quality or state of being novel : NEWNESS\n3 : a small manufactured article intended mainly for personal or household adornment usually used in plural


Words: now
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a : at the present time or moment b : in the time immediately before the present <thought of them just now> c : in the time immediately to follow : FORTHWITH <come in now>\n2 used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to express command, request, or admonition <now hear this> <now you be sure to write>\n3 used with the sense of present time weakened or lost to introduce an important point or indicate a transition (as of ideas)\n4 : SOMETIMES <now one and now another>\n5 : under the present circumstances\n6 : at the time referred to <now the trouble began>\n\n<2> conjunction\n: in view of the fact that : SINCE often followed by that <now that we are here>\n\n<3> noun\n: the present time or moment <been ill up to now>\n\n<4> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the present time : EXISTING <the now president>\n2 a : excitingly new <now clothes> b : constantly aware of what is new <now people> <the now generation>


Words: nowhere
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : not in or at any place\n2 : to no place\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a nonexistent place\n2 : an unknown, distant, or obscure place or state <rose to fame out of nowhere>


Words: noxious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : physically harmful or destructive to living beings <noxious wastes that poison our streams> b : constituting a harmful influence on mind or behavior : morally corrupting <noxious doctrines>\n2 : DISTASTEFUL, OBNOXIOUS


Words: nozzle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a projecting vent of something b : a short tube with a taper or constriction used (as on a hose) to speed up or direct a flow of fluid c : a part in a rocket engine that accelerates the exhaust gases from the combustion chamber to a high velocity\n2 slang : NOSE


Words: nth
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : numbered with an unspecified or indefinitely large ordinal number <for the nth time>\n2 : EXTREME, UTMOST <to the nth degree>


Words: nuance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a subtle distinction or variation\n2 : a subtle quality : NICETY\n3 : sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings (as of meaning, feeling, or value)


Words: nubbin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something (as an ear of Indian corn) that is small for its kind, stunted, undeveloped, or imperfect\n2 : a small usually projecting part or bit\n3 : NUB 3


Words: nuclear
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting a nucleus\n2 a : of or relating to the atomic nucleus <nuclear reaction> <nuclear physics> b : used in or produced by a nuclear reaction (as fission) <nuclear fuel> <nuclear waste> <nuclear energy> c (1) : being a weapon whose destructive power derives from an uncontrolled nuclear reaction (2) : of, produced by, or involving nuclear weapons <the nuclear age> <nuclear war> (3) : armed with nuclear weapons <nuclear powers> d : of, relating to, or powered by nuclear energy <a nuclear submarine> <the nuclear debate> <a nuclear plant>


Words: nucleus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the small brighter and denser portion of a galaxy or of the head of a comet\n2 : a central point, group, or mass about which gathering, concentration, or accretion takes place: as a : a cellular organelle of eukaryotes that is essential to cell functions (as reproduction and protein synthesis), is composed of nuclear sap and a nucleoprotein-rich network from which chromosomes and nucleoli arise, and is enclosed in a definite membrane see CELL illustration b : a mass of gray matter or group of nerve cells in the central nervous system c : a characteristic and stable complex of atoms or groups in a molecule; especially : RING <the naphthalene nucleus> d : the positively charged central portion of an atom that comprises nearly all of the atomic mass and that consists of protons and neutrons except in hydrogen which consists of one proton only\n3 : the peak of sonority in the utterance of a syllable


Words: nude
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : lacking something essential especially to legal validity <a nude contract>\n2 a : devoid of a natural or conventional covering; especially : not covered by clothing or a drape b (1) : of the color of a white person’s flesh (2) : giving the appearance of nudity <a nude dress> c : featuring nudes <a nude movie> d : frequented by naked people <a nude beach>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a representation of a nude human figure b : a nude person\n2 : the condition of being nude <in the nude>


Words: nudge
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to touch or push gently; especially : to seek the attention of by a push of the elbow\n2 : to prod lightly : urge into action\n3 : APPROACH <its circulation is nudging the four million mark Bennett Cerf>\nintransitive senses : to give a nudge


Words: nudism
Meaning:
noun\n: the practice of going nude especially in sexually mixed groups and during periods of time spent at specially secluded places


Words: nugatory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of little or no consequence : TRIFLING, INCONSEQUENTIAL\n2 : having no force : INOPERATIVE


Words: nugget
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a solid lump; especially : a native lump of precious metal\n2 : TIDBIT 2 <nuggets of wisdom>\n3 : a small usually rounded piece of food <chicken nuggets>


Words: null
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having no legal or binding force : INVALID\n2 : amounting to nothing : NIL\n3 : having no value : INSIGNIFICANT\n4 a : having no elements <null set> b : having zero as a limit <null sequence> c of a matrix : having all elements equal to zero\n5 a : indicating usually by a zero reading on a scale when a given quantity (as current or voltage) is zero or when two quantities are equal used of an instrument b : being or relating to a method of measurement in which an unknown quantity (as of electric current) is compared with a known quantity of the same kind and found equal by a null detector\n6 : of, being, or relating to zero\n7 : ZERO 1c\n\n<2> noun\n1 : ZERO 3a(1)\n2 a : a condition of a radio receiver when minimum or zero signal is received b : a minimum or zero value of an electric current or of a radio signal\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to make null


Words: nullify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make null; especially : to make legally null and void\n2 : to make of no value or consequence


Words: numb
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : devoid of sensation especially as a result of cold or anesthesia\n2 : devoid of emotion : INDIFFERENT


Words: number
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a sum of units : TOTAL (2) : COMPLEMENT 1b (3) : an indefinite usually large total <a number of members were absent> <the number of elderly is rising> (4) plural : a numerous group : MANY (5) : a numerical preponderance b (1) : the characteristic of an individual by which it is treated as a unit or of a collection by which it is treated in terms of units (2) : an ascertainable total <bugs beyond number> c (1) : a unit belonging to an abstract mathematical system and subject to specified laws of succession, addition, and multiplication; especially : NATURAL NUMBER (2) : an element (as <) of any of many mathematical systems obtained by extension of or analogy with the natural number system (3) plural : ARITHMETIC\n2 : a distinction of word form to denote reference to one or more than one; also : a form or group of forms so distinguished\n3 plural a (1) : metrical structure : METER (2) : metrical lines : VERSES b archaic : musical sounds : NOTES\n4 a : a word, symbol, letter, or combination of symbols representing a number b : a numeral or combination of numerals or other symbols used to identify or designate <dialed the wrong number> c (1) : a member of a sequence or collection designated by especially consecutive numbers (as an issue of a periodical) (2) : a position in a numbered sequence d : a group of one kind <not of their number>\n5 : one singled out from a group : INDIVIDUAL: as a : GIRL, WOMAN <met an attractive number at the dance> b (1) : a musical, theatrical, or literary selection or production (2) : ROUTINE, ACT c : an item of merchandise and especially clothing\n6 : insight into a person’s ability or character <had my number>\n7 plural but singular or plural in construction a : a form of lottery in which an individual wagers on the appearance of a certain combination of digits (as in regularly published numbers) called also numbers game b : 2POLICY 2a\n8 plural a : figures representing amounts of money usually in dollars spent, earned, or involved b (1) : STATISTICS 2; especially : individ


Words: numeral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or expressing numbers\n2 : consisting of numbers or numerals\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a conventional symbol that represents a number\n2 plural : numbers that designate by year a school or college class and that are awarded for distinction in an extracurricular activity


Words: numerate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: ENUMERATE\n\n<2> adjective\n: marked by the capacity for quantitative thought and expression


Words: numerator
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of a fraction that is above the line and signifies the number of parts of the denominator taken\n2 : one that numbers


Words: numerical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to numbers <the numerical superiority of the enemy>\n2 : expressed in or involving numbers or a number system <numerical standing in a class> <a numerical code>


Words: numerous
Meaning:
adjective\n: consisting of great numbers of units or individuals <born into a numerous family>; also : MANY <received numerous complaints>


Words: numismatics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (as medals)


Words: nun
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a woman belonging to a religious order; especially : one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience\n\n<2> noun\n: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see ALPHABET table


Words: nuptial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony\n2 : characteristic of or occurring in the breeding season <nuptial flight>\n\n<2> noun\n: MARRIAGE, WEDDING usually used in plural


Words: nurse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a woman who suckles an infant not her own : WET NURSE b : a woman who takes care of a young child : DRY NURSE\n2 : one that looks after, fosters, or advises\n3 : a person who is skilled or trained in caring for the sick or infirm especially under the supervision of a physician\n4 a : a member of an insect society that belongs to the worker caste and cares for the young b : a female mammal used to suckle the young of another\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to nourish at the breast : SUCKLE b : to take nourishment from the breast of\n2 : REAR, EDUCATE\n3 a : to promote the development or progress of b : to manage with care or economy <nursed the business through hard times> c : to take charge of and watch over\n4 a : to care for and wait on (as a sick person) b : to attempt to cure by care and treatment\n5 : to hold in one’s memory or consideration <nurse a grievance>\n6 a : to use, handle, or operate carefully so as to conserve energy or avoid injury or pain <nurse a sprained ankle> b : to use sparingly c : to consume slowly or over a long period <nurse a cup of coffee>\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to feed an offspring from the breast b : to feed at the breast : SUCK\n2 : to act or serve as a nurse


Words: nursery
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : attentive care : FOSTERAGE\n2 a : a child’s bedroom b : a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents’ absence c : DAY NURSERY\n3 a : something that fosters, develops, or promotes b : a place in which persons are trained or educated\n4 : an area where plants are grown for transplanting, for use as stocks for budding and grafting, or for sale\n5 : a place where young animals grow or are cared for


Words: nurture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : TRAINING, UPBRINGING\n2 : something that nourishes : FOOD\n3 : the sum of the influences modifying the expression of the genetic potentialities of an organism\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to supply with nourishment\n2 : EDUCATE\n3 : to further the development of : FOSTER


Words: nut
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel (2) : the kernel of a nut b : a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a woody pericarp\n2 a : a hard problem or undertaking b : CORE, HEART\n3 : a perforated block usually of metal that has an internal screw thread and is used on a bolt or screw for tightening or holding something\n4 : the ridge in a stringed instrument (as a violin) over which the strings pass on the upper end of the fingerboard\n5 : a small lump (as of butter)\n6 a : a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person b : ENTHUSIAST <a movie nut>\n7 plural : NONSENSE often used interjectionally\n8 slang : a person’s head\n9 usually vulgar : TESTIS\n10 : the amount of money that must be earned in order to break even\n11 : EN 1\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to gather or seek nuts


Words: nuthatch
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various small tree-climbing chiefly insectivorous birds (family Sittidae and especially genus Sitta) that have a compact body, a narrow bill, a short tail, and sometimes a black cap


Words: nutmeg
Meaning:
noun\n: an aromatic seed that is used as a spice and is produced by an evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans of the family Myristicaceae, the nutmeg family) native to the Moluccas; also : a tree yielding nutmeg


Words: nutria
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the durable usually light brown fur of a nutria\n2 : a large So. American semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) with webbed hind feet that has been introduced into parts of Europe, Asia, and No. America


Words: nutrition
Meaning:
noun\n: the act or process of nourishing or being nourished; specifically : the sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and utilizes food substances


Words: nuts
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : ENTHUSIASTIC, KEEN <everyone seems nuts about it Lois Long>\n2 : INSANE, CRAZY <said that it was a novel and all the people who said otherwise were nuts Flannery O’Connor>


Words: nutshell
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is enclosed\n2 : something of small size, amount, or scope


Words: nutty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having or producing nuts\n2 : having a flavor like that of nuts\n3 : ECCENTRIC, SILLY; also : mentally unbalanced


Words: nuzzle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work with or as if with the nose; especially : to root, rub, or snuff something\n2 : to lie close or snug : NESTLE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to root, rub, or touch with or as if with the nose : NUDGE\n2 : to rub or push gently (as one’s face) against something <nuzzled her face into the pillow>


Words: nylon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of numerous strong tough elastic synthetic polyamide materials that are fashioned into fibers, filaments, bristles, or sheets and used especially in textiles and plastics\n2 plural : stockings made of nylon


Words: nymph
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters\n2 : GIRL\n3 : any of various immature insects; especially : a larva of an insect (as a grasshopper, true bug, or mayfly) with incomplete metamorphosis that differs from the imago especially in size and in its incompletely developed wings and genitalia compare NAIAD 2


Words: o
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the 15th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic o\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter o\n3 : one designated o especially as the 15th in order or class\n4 : something shaped like the letter O; especially : ZERO


Words: o’clock
Meaning:
adverb\n1 : according to the clock <the time is three o’clock>\n2 used for indicating position or direction as if on a clock dial that is oriented vertically or horizontally <an airplane approaching at six o’clock>


Words: oak
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of a genus (Quercus) of trees or shrubs of the beech family that produce acorns; also : any of various plants related to or resembling the oaks b : the tough hard durable wood of an oak tree\n2 : the leaves of an oak used as decoration


Words: oakum
Meaning:
noun\n: loosely twisted hemp or jute fiber impregnated with tar or a tar derivative and used in caulking seams and packing joints


Words: oar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a long pole with a broad blade at one end used for propelling or steering a boat\n2 : OARSMAN\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to propel with or as if with oars : ROW\nintransitive senses : to progress by or as if by using oars


Words: oasis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fertile or green area in an arid region (as a desert)\n2 : something that provides refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast


Words: oat
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of several grasses (genus Avena); especially : a widely cultivated cereal grass (A. sativa) b : a crop or plot of the oat; also : oat seed usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.\n2 archaic : a reed instrument made of an oat straw


Words: oath
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says (2) : a solemn attestation of the truth or inviolability of one’s words b : something (as a promise) corroborated by an oath\n2 : an irreverent or careless use of a sacred name; broadly : SWEARWORD


Words: obbligato
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: not to be omitted : OBLIGATORY used as a direction in music; compare AD LIBITUM\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an elaborate especially melodic part accompanying a solo or principal melody and usually played by a single instrument <a song with violin obbligato>\n2 : ACCOMPANIMENT 2b; especially : an attendant background sound


Words: obdurate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing b : hardened in feelings\n2 : resistant to persuasion or softening influences


Words: obeisance
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : BOW\n2 : DEFERENCE, HOMAGE


Words: obelisk
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid\n2 a : OBELUS b : DAGGER 2b


Words: obey
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to follow the commands or guidance of\n2 : to conform to or comply with <obey an order> <falling objects obey the laws of physics>\nintransitive senses : to behave obediently


Words: object
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something material that may be perceived by the senses <I see an object in the distance> b : something that when viewed stirs a particular emotion (as pity) <look to the tragic loading of this bed the object poisons sight; let it be hid Shakespeare>\n2 : something mental or physical toward which thought, feeling, or action is directed <an object for study> <the object of my affection> <delicately carved art objects>\n3 a : the goal or end of an effort or activity : PURPOSE, OBJECTIVE <their object is to investigate the matter thoroughly> b : a cause for attention or concern <money is no object>\n4 : a thing that forms an element of or constitutes the subject matter of an investigation or science\n5 a : a noun or noun equivalent (as a pronoun, gerund, or clause) denoting the goal or result of the action of a verb b : a noun or noun equivalent in a prepositional phrase\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to put forth in opposition or as an objection <objected that the statement was misleading>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to oppose something firmly and usually with words or arguments\n2 : to feel distaste for something


Words: objectify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to treat as an object or cause to have objective reality\n2 : to give expression to (as an abstract notion, feeling, or ideal) in a form that can be experienced by others <it is the essence of the fairy tale to objectify differing facets of the child’s emotional experience John Updike>


Words: objective
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : relating to or existing as an object of thought without consideration of independent existence used chiefly in medieval philosophy b : of, relating to, or being an object, phenomenon, or condition in the realm of sensible experience independent of individual thought and perceptible by all observers : having reality independent of the mind <objective reality> <our reveries are significantly and repeatedly shaped by our transactions with the objective world Marvin Reznikoff> compare SUBJECTIVE 3a c of a symptom of disease : perceptible to persons other than the affected individual compare SUBJECTIVE 4c d : involving or deriving from sense perception or experience with actual objects, conditions, or phenomena <objective awareness> <objective data>\n2 : relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the case of words that follow prepositions or transitive verbs\n3 a : expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations <objective art> <an objective history of the war> <an objective judgment> b of a test : limited to choices of fixed alternatives and reducing subjective factors to a minimum\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a lens or system of lenses that forms an image of an object\n2 a : something toward which effort is directed : an aim, goal, or end of action b : a strategic position to be attained or a purpose to be achieved by a military operation


Words: oblate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: flattened or depressed at the poles <an oblate spheroid>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a layman living in a monastery under a modified rule and without vows\n2 : a member of one of several Roman Catholic communities of men or women


Words: oblation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of making a religious offering; specifically capitalized : the act of offering the eucharistic elements to God\n2 : something offered in worship or devotion : a holy gift offered usually at an altar or shrine


Words: obligate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to bind legally or morally : CONSTRAIN\n2 : to commit (as funds) to meet an obligation\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : restricted to one particularly characteristic mode of life <an obligate parasite>\n2 : biologically essential for survival <obligate mutualism>


Words: obligation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action of obligating oneself to a course of action (as by a promise or vow)\n2 a : something (as a formal contract, a promise, or the demands of conscience or custom) that obligates one to a course of action b : a debt security (as a mortgage or corporate bond) c : a commitment (as by a government) to pay a particular sum of money; also : an amount owed under such an obligation <unable to meet its obligations, the company went into bankruptcy>\n3 a : a condition or feeling of being obligated b : a debt of gratitude\n4 : something one is bound to do : DUTY, RESPONSIBILITY


Words: oblige
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance <obliged to find a job>\n2 a : to put in one’s debt by a favor or service <we are much obliged for your help> b : to do a favor for <always ready to oblige a friend>\nintransitive senses : to do something as or as if a favor


Words: oblique
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : neither perpendicular nor parallel : INCLINED b : having the axis not perpendicular to the base <an oblique cone> c : having no right angle <an oblique triangle>\n2 a : not straightforward : INDIRECT; also : OBSCURE b : DEVIOUS, UNDERHANDED\n3 : situated obliquely and having one end not inserted on bone <oblique muscles>\n4 : taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward <an oblique photograph>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something (as a line) that is oblique\n2 : any of several oblique muscles; especially : any of the thin flat muscles forming the middle and outer layers of the lateral walls of the abdomen\n\n<3> adverb\n: at a 45 degree angle <to the right oblique, march>


Words: obliterate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away\n2 a : to remove utterly from recognition or memory b : to remove from existence : destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of c : to cause to disappear (as a bodily part or a scar) or collapse (as a duct conveying body fluid) : REMOVE 4 <a blood vessel obliterated by inflammation>\n3 : CANCEL 4


Words: oblivion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten; especially : the condition of being oblivious\n2 : the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown


Words: oblivious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention\n2 : lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness usually used with of or to


Words: oblong
Meaning:
adjective\n: deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by elongation in one dimension <an oblong piece of paper> <an oblong melon>


Words: obloquy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language\n2 : the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute


Words: obnoxious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : exposed to something unpleasant or harmful used with to\n2 archaic : deserving of censure\n3 : odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive


Words: oboe
Meaning:
noun\n: a double-reed woodwind instrument having a conical tube, a brilliant penetrating tone, and a usual range from flat below middle upward for over 2 12 octaves


Words: obscene
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : disgusting to the senses : REPULSIVE\n2 a : abhorrent to morality or virtue; specifically : designed to incite to lust or depravity b : containing or being language regarded as taboo in polite usage <obscene lyrics> c : repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles <an obscene misuse of power> d : so excessive as to be offensive <obscene wealth> <obscene waste>


Words: obscurantism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public\n2 a : a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness b : an act or instance of obscurantism


Words: obscure
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : DARK, DIM b : shrouded in or hidden by darkness c : not clearly seen or easily distinguished : FAINT\n2 : not readily understood or clearly expressed; also : MYSTERIOUS\n3 : relatively unknown: as a : REMOTE, SECLUDED b : not prominent or famous <an obscure poet>\n4 : constituting the unstressed vowel or having unstressed as its value\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make dark, dim, or indistinct\n2 : to conceal or hide by or as if by covering\n3 : to reduce (a vowel) to the value \n\n<3> noun\n: OBSCURITY


Words: observance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a customary practice, rite, or ceremony <Sabbath observances> b : a rule governing members of a religious order\n2 : an act or instance of following a custom, rule, or law <observance of the speed limits>\n3 : an act or instance of watching


Words: observant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : paying strict attention : WATCHFUL <an observant spectator> b : KEEN, PERCEPTIVE\n2 : careful in observing (as rites, laws, or customs) : MINDFUL <pious and religiously observant families Sidney Hook> <always observant of the amenities>\n\n<2> noun\nobsolete : an assiduous or obsequious servant or attendant


Words: observation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an act or instance of observing a custom, rule, or law : OBSERVANCE\n2 a : an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often involving measurement with instruments <weather observations> b : a record or description so obtained\n3 : a judgment on or inference from what one has observed; broadly : REMARK, STATEMENT\n4 obsolete : attentive care : HEED\n5 : the condition of one that is observed <under observation at the hospital>


Words: observatory
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a building or place given over to or equipped for observation of natural phenomena (as in astronomy); also : an institution whose primary purpose is making such observations\n2 : a situation or structure commanding a wide view


Words: observe
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to conform one’s action or practice to (as a law, rite, or condition) : comply with\n2 : to inspect or take note of as an augury, omen, or presage\n3 : to celebrate or solemnize (as a ceremony or festival) in a customary or accepted way\n4 a : to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment b : to make a scientific observation on or of\n5 : to come to realize or know especially through consideration of noted facts\n6 : to utter as a remark\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to take notice b : to make observations : WATCH\n2 : REMARK, COMMENT


Words: obsess
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of <was obsessed with the idea>\nintransitive senses : to engage in obsessive thinking : become obsessed with an idea


Words: obsession
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly : compelling motivation <an obsession with profits>\n2 : something that causes an obsession


Words: obsolete
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : no longer in use or no longer useful b : of a kind or style no longer current : OLD-FASHIONED\n2 of a plant or animal part : indistinct or imperfect as compared with a corresponding part in related organisms : VESTIGIAL\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make obsolete


Words: obstetrics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a branch of medical science that deals with birth and with its antecedents and sequels


Words: obstinate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion\n2 : not easily subdued, remedied, or removed <obstinate fever>


Words: obstreperous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : CLAMOROUS <obstreperous merriment>\n2 : stubbornly resistant to control : UNRULY


Words: obstruct
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to block or close up by an obstacle\n2 : to hinder from passage, action, or operation : IMPEDE\n3 : to cut off from sight <a wall obstructs the view>


Words: obstruction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act of obstructing b : the state of being obstructed; especially : a condition of being clogged or blocked\n2 : something that obstructs


Words: obtain
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : SUCCEED\n2 : to be generally recognized or established : PREVAIL


Words: obtrude
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to thrust out : EXTRUDE\n2 : to force or impose (as oneself or one’s ideas) without warrant or request\nintransitive senses : to become unduly prominent or interfering : INTRUDE


Words: obtuse
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : not pointed or acute : BLUNT b (1) of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees (2) : having an obtuse angle <an obtuse triangle> see TRIANGLE illustration c of a leaf : rounded at the free end\n2 a : lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : INSENSITIVE, STUPID b : difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression


Words: obverse
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : facing the observer or opponent\n2 : having the base narrower than the top <an obverse leaf>\n3 : constituting the obverse of something : OPPOSITE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering; broadly : a front or principal surface\n2 : a counterpart having the opposite orientation or force <their rise was merely the obverse of the Empire’s fall A. J. Toynbee>; also : OPPOSITE 1 <joy and its obverse, sorrow>\n3 : a proposition inferred immediately from another by denying the opposite of what the given proposition affirms <the obverse of


Words: ocarina
Meaning:
noun\n: a simple wind instrument typically having an oval body with finger holes and a projecting mouthpiece


Words: occasion
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a favorable opportunity or circumstance <did not have occasion to talk with them>\n2 a : a state of affairs that provides a ground or reason <the occasion of the discord was their mutual intolerance> b : an occurrence or condition that brings something about; especially : the immediate inciting circumstance as distinguished from the fundamental cause <his insulting remark was the occasion of a bitter quarrel>\n3 a : HAPPENING, INCIDENT b : a time at which something happens : INSTANCE\n4 a : a need arising from a particular circumstance b archaic : a personal want or need usually used in plural\n5 plural : AFFAIRS, BUSINESS\n6 : a special event or ceremony : CELEBRATION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: BRING ABOUT, CAUSE


Words: occasional
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a particular occasion <a budget able to meet occasional demands as well as regular ones> b : created for a particular occasion <occasional verse>\n2 : acting as the occasion or contributing cause of something\n3 : encountered, occurring, appearing, or taken at irregular or infrequent intervals <occasional visitors> <an occasional vacation>\n4 : acting in a specified capacity from time to time <an occasional lecturer>\n5 : designed or constructed to be used as the occasion demands <occasional furniture>


Words: occidental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or situated in the Occident : WESTERN\n2 : of or relating to Occidentals


Words: occlude
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to close up or block off : OBSTRUCT <a thrombus occluding a coronary artery>; also : CONCEAL\n2 : SORB\nintransitive senses\n1 : to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together <his teeth do not occlude properly>\n2 : to become occluded


Words: occult
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to shut off from view or exposure : COVER, ECLIPSE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : not revealed : SECRET\n2 : not easily apprehended or understood : ABSTRUSE, MYSTERIOUS\n3 : hidden from view : CONCEALED\n4 : of or relating to the occult\n5 : not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone <occult carcinoma>; also : not present in macroscopic amounts <occult blood in a stool>\n\n<3> noun\n: matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them used with the


Words: occupancy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the fact or condition of holding, possessing, or residing in or on something <occupancy of the estate>\n2 : the act or fact of taking or having possession (as of unowned land) to acquire ownership\n3 : the fact or condition of being occupied <occupancy by more than 400 persons is unlawful>\n4 : the use to which a property is put <industrial occupancy>\n5 : a building or part of a building intended to be occupied (as by a tenant) <multiple occupancy buildings>


Words: occupant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who occupies a particular place; especially : RESIDENT\n2 : one who acquires title by occupancy


Words: occupation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an activity in which one engages <in the first three grades learning to read is perhaps the major occupation of the pupil J. B. Conant> b : the principal business of one’s life : VOCATION\n2 a : the possession, use, or settlement of land : OCCUPANCY b : the holding of an office or position\n3 a : the act or process of taking possession of a place or area : SEIZURE b : the holding and control of an area by a foreign military force c : the military force occupying a country or the policies carried out by it


Words: occupy
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to engage the attention or energies of\n2 a : to take up (a place or extent in space) <this chair is occupied> <the fireplace will occupy this corner of the room> b : to take or fill (an extent in time) <the hobby occupies all of my free time>\n3 a : to take or hold possession or control of <enemy troops occupied the ridge> b : to fill or perform the functions of (an office or position)\n4 : to reside in as an owner or tenant


Words: occur
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to be found or met with : APPEAR\n2 : to come into existence : HAPPEN\n3 : to come to mind


Words: occurrence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that occurs <a startling occurrence>\n2 : the action or instance of occurring <the repeated occurrence of petty theft in the locker room>


Words: ocean
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the globe b : any of the large bodies of water (as the Atlantic Ocean) into which the great ocean is divided\n2 : a very large or unlimited space or quantity


Words: ocelot
Meaning:
noun\n: a medium-sized American wildcat (Felis pardalis) that ranges from Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny yellow or grayish coat dotted and striped with black


Words: ocher
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment\n2 : the color of ocher; especially : the color of yellow ocher


Words: octave
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an 8-day period of observances beginning with a festival day\n2 a : a stanza of eight lines : OTTAVA RIMA b : the first eight lines of an Italian sonnet\n3 a : a musical interval embracing eight diatonic degrees b : a tone or note at this interval c : the harmonic combination of two tones an octave apart d : the whole series of notes, tones, or digitals comprised within this interval and forming the unit of the modern scale e : an organ stop giving tones an octave above those corresponding to the digitals\n4 : the interval between two frequencies (as in an electromagnetic spectrum) having a ratio of 2 to 1\n5 : a group of eight


Words: octavo
Meaning:
noun\n: the size of a piece of paper cut eight from a sheet; also : a book, a page, or paper of this size


Words: octet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a group or set of eight: as a : OCTAVE 2b b : the performers of an octet\n2 : a musical composition for eight instruments or voices


Words: octopus
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Octopus) of cephalopod mollusks that have eight muscular arms equipped with two rows of suckers; broadly : any octopod excepting the paper nautilus\n2 : something that resembles an octopus especially in having many centrally directed branches


Words: ocular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : done or perceived by the eye <ocular inspection> b : based on what has been seen <ocular testimony>\n2 a : of or relating to the eye <ocular muscles> b : resembling an eye in form or function\n\n<2> noun\n: EYEPIECE


Words: odd
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being without a corresponding mate <an odd shoe> b (1) : left over after others are paired or grouped (2) : separated from a set or series\n2 a : somewhat more than the indicated approximate quantity, extent, or degree usually used in combination <300-odd pages> b (1) : left over as a remainder <had a few odd dollars for entertainment after paying his bills> (2) : constituting a small amount <had some odd change in her pocket>\n3 a : being any of the integers (as -3, -1, 1, and 3) that are not exactly divisible by two b : marked by an odd number of units c : being a function such that f*(-x) -f*(x) where the sign is reversed but the absolute value remains the same if the sign of the independent variable is reversed\n4 a : not regular, expected, or planned <worked at odd jobs> b : encountered or experienced from time to time : OCCASIONAL\n5 : having an out-of-the-way location : REMOTE\n6 : differing markedly from the usual or ordinary or accepted : PECULIAR


Words: odds
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 a archaic : INEQUALITIES b obsolete : degree of unlikeness\n2 a : an amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another <won the election by considerable odds> b (1) : a difference favoring one of two opposed things <overwhelming odds> (2) : a difference in terms of advantage or disadvantage <what’s the odds, if thinking so makes them happy Flora Thompson> c (1) : the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : CHANCES <the odds are against it> (2) : the ratio of the probability of one event to that of an alternative event\n3 : DISAGREEMENT, VARIANCE usually used with at <faculty and administration often are at odds on everything W. E. Brock b1930>\n4 a : special favor : PARTIALITY b : an allowance granted by one making a bet to one accepting the bet and designed to equalize the chances favoring one of the bettors c : the ratio between the amount to be paid off for a winning bet and the amount of the bet


Words: ode
Meaning:
noun\n: a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms


Words: odium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance\n2 : hatred and condemnation accompanied by loathing or contempt : DETESTATION\n3 : disrepute or infamy attached to something : OPPROBRIUM


Words: odor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a quality of something that stimulates the olfactory organ : SCENT b : a sensation resulting from adequate stimulation of the olfactory organ : SMELL\n2 a : a characteristic or predominant quality : FLAVOR <the odor of sanctity> b : REPUTE, ESTIMATION <in bad odor>\n3 archaic : something that emits a sweet or pleasing scent : PERFUME


Words: odyssey
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune\n2 : an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest


Words: of
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning <north of the lake>\n2 a used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation <a man of noble birth> b used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason <died of flu> c : BY <plays of Shakespeare> d : on the part of <very kind of you>\n3 used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents <throne of gold> <cup of water>\n4 a used as a function word to indicate the whole that includes the part denoted by the preceding word <most of the army> b used as a function word to indicate a whole or quantity from which a part is removed or expended <gave of his time>\n5 a : relating to : ABOUT <stories of her travels> b : in respect to <slow of speech>\n6 a used as a function word to indicate belonging or a possessive relationship <king of England> b used as a function word to indicate relationship between a result determined by a function or operation and a basic entity (as an independent variable) <a function of x> <the product of two numbers>\n7 used as a function word to indicate something from which a person or thing is delivered <eased of her pain> or with respect to which someone or something is made destitute <robbed of all their belongings>\n8 a used as a function word to indicate a particular example belonging to the class denoted by the preceding noun <the city of Rome> b used as a function word to indicate apposition <that fool of a husband>\n9 a used as a function word to indicate the object of an action denoted or implied by the preceding noun <love of nature> b used as a function word to indicate the application of a verb <cheats him of a dollar> or of an adjective <fond of candy>\n10 used as a function word to indicate a characteristic or distinctive quality or possession <a woman of courage>\n11 a used as a function word to indicate the position in time of an action or occurrence <died of a Monday> b : BEFORE <quarter of ten>\n12 archaic : ON <a plague of all cowards Shakespeare>\n\n<2


Words: off
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 a (1) : from a place or position <march off>; specifically : away from land <ship stood off to sea> (2) : at a distance in space or time <stood 10 paces off> <a long way off> b : from a course : ASIDE <turned off into a bypath>; specifically : away from the wind c : into an unconscious state <dozed off>\n2 a : so as to be separated from support <rolled to the edge of the table and off> or close contact <blew the lid off> <the handle came off> b : so as to be divided <surface marked off into squares>\n3 a : to a state of discontinuance or suspension <shut off an engine> b used as an intensifier <drink off a glass> <finish it off>\n4 : in absence from or suspension of regular work or service <take time off for lunch>\n5 : OFFSTAGE\n\n<2> preposition\n1 a used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union <take it off the table> <a path off the main walk> <a shop just off the main street> b : to seaward of <two miles off shore>\n2 used as a function word to indicate the object of an action <borrowed a dollar off him> <dined off oysters>\n3 a used as a function word to indicate the suspension of an occupation or activity <off duty> <off liquor> b : below the usual standard or level of <off his game>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : more removed or distant <the off side of the building> b : SEAWARD c : RIGHT\n2 a : started on the way <off on a spree> b : not taking place or staying in effect : CANCELED <the deal was off> c : not operating d : not placed so as to permit operation\n3 a : not corresponding to fact : INCORRECT <off in his reckoning> b : POOR, SUBNORMAL c : not entirely sane : ECCENTRIC d : REMOTE, SLIGHT <an off chance>\n4 a : spent off duty <reading on his off days> b : SLACK <off season>\n5 a : OFF-COLOR b : INFERIOR <off grade of oil>; also : affected with putrefaction c : DOWN <stocks were off>\n6 : CIRCUMSTANCED <worse off>\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses : to go away : DEPART used chiefly as an imperative <off, or I’ll shoot>\ntransitive senses , slang


Words: offal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the waste or by-product of a process: as a : trimmings of a hide b : the by-products of milling used especially for stock feeds c : the viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal removed in dressing\n2 : RUBBISH


Words: offend
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to transgress the moral or divine law : SIN <if it be a sin to covet honor, am the most offending soul alive Shakespeare> b : to violate a law or rule : do wrong <offend against the law>\n2 a : to cause difficulty, discomfort, or injury <took off his shoe and removed the offending pebble> b : to cause dislike, anger, or vexation <thoughtless words that offend needlessly>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : VIOLATE, TRANSGRESS b : to cause pain to : HURT\n2 obsolete : to cause to sin or fall\n3 : to cause to feel vexation or resentment usually by violation of what is proper or fitting <was offended by their language>


Words: offense
Meaning:
noun\n1 a obsolete : an act of stumbling b archaic : a cause or occasion of sin : STUMBLING BLOCK\n2 : something that outrages the moral or physical senses\n3 a : the act of attacking : ASSAULT b : the means or method of attacking or of attempting to score c : the offensive team or members of a team playing offensive positions d : scoring ability\n4 a : the act of displeasing or affronting b : the state of being insulted or morally outraged <takes offense at the slightest criticism>\n5 a : a breach of a moral or social code : SIN, MISDEED b : an infraction of law; especially : MISDEMEANOR


Words: offensive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : making attack : AGGRESSIVE b : of, relating to, or designed for attack <offensive weapons> c : of or relating to an attempt to score in a game or contest; also : of or relating to a team in possession of the ball or puck\n2 : giving painful or unpleasant sensations : NAUSEOUS, OBNOXIOUS <offensive odor of garbage>\n3 : causing displeasure or resentment\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of an attacking party\n2 : ATTACK


Words: offer
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to present as an act of worship or devotion : SACRIFICE b : to utter (as a prayer) in devotion\n2 a : to present for acceptance or rejection : TENDER <was offered a job> b : to present in order to satisfy a requirement <candidates for degrees may offer French as one of their foreign languages>\n3 a : PROPOSE, SUGGEST <offer a solution to a problem> b : to declare one’s readiness or willingness <offered to help me>\n4 a : to try or begin to exert : PUT UP <offered stubborn resistance> b : THREATEN <offered to strike him with his cane>\n5 : to make available : AFFORD; especially : to place (merchandise) on sale\n6 : to present in performance or exhibition\n7 : to propose as payment : BID\nintransitive senses\n1 : to present something as an act of worship or devotion : SACRIFICE\n2 archaic : to make an attempt\n3 : to present itself\n4 : to make a proposal (as of marriage)\nbrother*. UMBRAGE may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another’s motives <took umbrage at the offer of advice*. PIQUE applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity \n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a presenting of something for acceptance <considering job offers from several firms> <an offer of marriage> b : an undertaking to do an act or give something on condition that the party to whom the proposal is made do some specified act or make a return promise\n2 obsolete : OFFERING\n3 : a price named by one proposing to buy : BID\n4 a : ATTEMPT, TRY b : an action or movement indicating a purpose or intention


Words: offertory
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized a : the eucharistic offering of bread and wine to God before they are consecrated at Communion b : a verse from a Psalm said or sung at the beginning of the offertory\n2 a : the period of collection and presentation of the offerings of the congregation at public worship b : a musical composition played or sung during an offertory


Words: offhand
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: without premeditation or preparation : EXTEMPORE <couldn’t give the figures offhand>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : CASUAL, INFORMAL <a relaxed, offhand manner>\n2 : done or made offhand <offhand excuses>


Words: office
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose : a position of authority to exercise a public function and to receive whatever emoluments may belong to it b : a position of responsibility or some degree of executive authority\n2 Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin officium, from Latin : a prescribed form or service of worship; specifically capitalized : DIVINE OFFICE\n3 : a religious or social ceremonial observance : RITE\n4 a : something that one ought to do or must do : an assigned or assumed duty, task, or role b : the proper or customary action of something : FUNCTION c : something done for another : SERVICE\n5 : a place where a particular kind of business is transacted or a service is supplied: as a : a place in which the functions of a public officer are performed b : the directing headquarters of an enterprise or organization c : the place in which a professional person conducts business\n6 plural , chiefly British : the apartments, attached buildings, or outhouses in which the activities attached to the service of a house are carried on\n7 a : a major administrative unit in some governments <British Foreign Office> b : a subdivision of some government departments <Patent Office>


Words: officer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : AGENT b : one charged with police duties\n2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command <the officers of the bank>\n3 a : one who holds a position of authority or command in the armed forces; specifically : COMMISSIONED OFFICER b : the master or any of the mates of a merchant or passenger ship\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with officers\n2 : to command or direct as an officer


Words: official
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who holds or is invested with an office : OFFICER <government officials>\n2 : one who administers the rules of a game or sport especially as a referee or umpire\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to an office, position, or trust <official duties>\n2 : holding an office\n3 a : AUTHORITATIVE, AUTHORIZED <official statement> b : prescribed or recognized as authorized <an official language> c : described by the U.S. Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary\n4 : befitting or characteristic of a person in office <extended an official greeting>


Words: officialism
Meaning:
noun\n: lack of flexibility and initiative combined with excessive adherence to regulations in the behavior of usually government officials


Words: officiate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to carry out (an official duty or function)\n2 : to serve as a leader or celebrant of (a ceremony)\n3 : to administer the rules of (a game or sport) especially as a referee or umpire\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform a ceremony, function, or duty <officiate at a wedding>\n2 : to act in an official capacity : act as an official (as at a sports contest)


Words: officious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic a : KIND, OBLIGING b : DUTIFUL\n2 : volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed : MEDDLESOME\n3 : INFORMAL, UNOFFICIAL


Words: offing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the part of the deep sea seen from the shore\n2 : the near or foreseeable future <in the offing>


Words: offset
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : OUTSET, START b : CESSATION\n2 a (1) : a short prostrate lateral shoot arising from the base of a plant (2) : a small bulb arising from the base of another bulb b : a lateral or collateral branch (as of a family or race) : OFFSHOOT c : a spur from a range of hills\n3 a : a horizontal ledge on the face of a wall formed by a diminution of its thickness above b : DISPLACEMENT c : an abrupt change in the dimension or profile of an object or the part set off by such change\n4 : something that sets off to advantage or embellishes something else : FOIL\n5 : an abrupt bend in an object by which one part is turned aside out of line\n6 : something that serves to counterbalance or to compensate for something else; especially : either of two balancing ledger items\n7 a : unintentional transfer of ink (as from a freshly printed sheet) b : a printing process in which an inked impression from a plate is first made on a rubber-blanketed cylinder and then transferred to the paper being printed\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place over against something : BALANCE <credits offset debits> b : to serve as a counterbalance for : COMPENSATE <his speed offset his opponent’s greater weight>\n2 : to form an offset in <offset a wall>\nintransitive senses : to become marked by offset


Words: offshoot
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a collateral or derived branch, descendant, or member : OUTGROWTH b : a lateral branch (as of a mountain range)\n2 : a branch of a main stem especially of a plant


Words: offshore
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : from the shore : SEAWARD; also : at a distance from the shore\n2 : outside the country : ABROAD\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : coming or moving away from the shore toward the water <an offshore breeze>\n2 a : situated off the shore but within waters under a country’s control <offshore fisheries> b : distant from the shore compare INSHORE\n3 : situated or operating in a foreign country <offshore mutual funds> <offshore banking>\n\n<3> preposition\n: off the shore of


Words: offspring
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the progeny of an animal or plant : YOUNG b : CHILD\n2 a : PRODUCT, RESULT <scholarly manuscripts*the labored offsprings of PhDs Donna Martin> b : OFFSHOOT 1a


Words: offstage
Meaning:
adverb or adjective\n1 : on a part of the stage not visible to the audience\n2 : in private life <known offstage as a kindly person>\n3 : behind the scenes : out of the public view <much of the important work of the conference was done offstage>


Words: ogle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to glance with amorous invitation or challenge\ntransitive senses\n1 : to eye amorously or provocatively\n2 : to look at especially with greedy or interested attention\n\n<2> noun\n: an amorous or coquettish glance


Words: ogre
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings : MONSTER\n2 : a dreaded person or object


Words: ohm
Meaning:
noun\n: the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electric resistance equal to the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampere


Words: oil
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of numerous unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or can be liquefied easily on warming, are soluble in ether but not in water, and leave a greasy stain on paper or cloth b (1) : PETROLEUM (2) : the petroleum industry\n2 : a substance (as a cosmetic preparation) of oily consistency <bath oil>\n3 a : an oil color used by an artist b : a painting done in oil colors\n4 : unctuous or flattering speech\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to smear, rub over, furnish, or lubricate with oil\nintransitive senses : to take on fuel oil


Words: oilskin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an oiled waterproof cloth used for coverings and garments\n2 : an oilskin raincoat\n3 plural : an oilskin suit of coat and trousers


Words: okra
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a tall annual (Abelmoschus esculentus) of the mallow family that is cultivated for its mucilaginous green pods used especially in soups or stews; also : the pods of this plant\n2 : 1GUMBO 1


Words: oleaginous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling or having the properties of oil : OILY; also : containing or producing oil\n2 : marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality


Words: oleander
Meaning:
noun\n: a poisonous evergreen shrub (Nerium oleander) of the dogbane family with fragrant white to red flowers


Words: oligarchy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : government by the few\n2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control\n3 : an organization under oligarchic control


Words: olio
Meaning:
noun\n1 : OLLA PODRIDA 1\n2 a : a miscellaneous mixture : HODGEPODGE b : a miscellaneous collection (as of literary or musical selections)


Words: olive
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a Mediterranean evergreen tree (Olea europaea of the family Oleaceae, the olive family) cultivated for its drupaceous fruit that is an important food and source of oil; also : the fruit b : any of various shrubs and trees resembling the olive\n2 : any of several colors resembling that of the unripe fruit of the olive tree that are yellowish green\n3 : an oval eminence on each ventrolateral aspect of the medulla oblongata\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of the color olive or olive green\n2 : approaching olive in color or complexion


Words: ominous
Meaning:
adjective\n: being or exhibiting an omen : PORTENTOUS; especially : foreboding or foreshowing evil : INAUSPICIOUS


Words: omit
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to leave out or leave unmentioned\n2 : to fail to perform or make use of : FORBEAR\n3 obsolete : DISREGARD\n4 obsolete : GIVE UP


Words: omnibus
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually automotive public vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers : BUS\n2 : a book containing reprints of a number of works\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or providing for many things at once\n2 : containing or including many items


Words: omnipotent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 often capitalized : ALMIGHTY 1\n2 : having virtually unlimited authority or influence\n3 obsolete : ARRANT\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one who is omnipotent\n2 capitalized : GOD 1


Words: omniscient
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight\n2 : possessed of universal or complete knowledge


Words: omnivorous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : feeding on both animal and vegetable substances\n2 : avidly taking in everything as if devouring or consuming


Words: on
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 a used as a function word to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of <the book is lying on the table> b used as a function word to indicate position in or in contact with an outer surface <the fly landed on the ceiling> <I have a cut on my finger> <paint on the wall> c used as a function word to indicate position in close proximity with <a village on the sea> <stay on your opponent> d used as a function word to indicate direction or location with respect to something <on the south> <the garden is on the side of the house>\n2 a used as a function word to indicate a source of attachment or support <on a string> <stand on one foot> <hang it on a nail> b used as a function word to indicate a source of dependence <you can rely on me> <feeds on insects> <lives on a pension> c used as a function word to indicate means of conveyance <on the bus> or presence within the confines or in possession of <had a knife on him>\n3 used as a function word to indicate a time frame during which something takes place <a parade on Sunday> or an instant, action, or occurrence when something begins or is done <on cue> <on arriving home, found your letter> <news on the hour> <cash on delivery>\n4 archaic : OF\n5 a used as a function word to indicate manner of doing something; often used with the <on the sly> <keep everything on the up-and-up> b used as a function word to indicate means or agency <cut myself on a knife> <talk on the telephone> c used as a function word to indicate a medium of expression; used originally to refer to physical position <best show on television>\n6 a (1) used as a function word to indicate active involvement in a condition or status <on fire> <on the increase> <on the lookout> (2) : regularly using or showing the effects of using <on drugs> b used as a function word to indicate involvement with the activity, work, or function of <on tour> <on the jury> <on duty> c used as a function word to indicate position or status in proper relationship with a standard or objective


Words: once
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : one time and no more\n2 : at any one time : under any circumstances : EVER\n3 : at some indefinite time in the past : FORMERLY\n4 : by one degree of relationship\n\n<2> noun\n: one single time : one time at least\n\n<3> adjective\n: that once was : FORMER\n\n<4> conjunction\n: at the moment when : AS SOON AS


Words: oncoming
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : coming nearer in time or space <the oncoming year> <an oncoming car> b : FUTURE <looked forward to his oncoming visit>\n2 : EMERGENT, RISING <the oncoming generation>


Words: one
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being a single unit or thing <one day at a time>\n2 a : being one in particular <early one morning> b : being preeminently what is indicated <one fine person>\n3 a : being the same in kind or quality <both of one species> b (1) : constituting a unified entity of two or more components <the combined elements form one substance> (2) : being in agreement or union <am one with you on this>\n4 a : SOME 1 <will see you again one day> b : being a certain individual specified by name <one John Doe made a speech>\n5 : ONLY 2 <the one person she wanted to marry>\n\n<2> noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the number denoting unity\n3 a : the first in a set or series often used with an attributive noun <day one> b : an article of clothing of a size designated one <wears a one>\n4 : a single person or thing <has the one but needs the other>\n5 : a one-dollar bill\n\n<3> pronoun\n1 : a certain indefinitely indicated person or thing <saw one of his friends>\n2 a : an individual of a vaguely indicated group : anyone at all <one never knows> b used as a third person substitute for a first person pronoun <I’d like to read more but one doesn’t have the time>\n3 : a single instance of a specified action <felt like belting him one John Casey>


Words: onerous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : TROUBLESOME <an onerous task>\n2 : having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages <onerous contract>


Words: oneself
Meaning:
pronoun\n1 : a person’s self : one’s own self used reflexively as object of a preposition or verb or for emphasis in various constructions\n2 : one’s normal, healthy, or sane condition or self


Words: onetime
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : FORMER, SOMETIME <a onetime actor>\n2 : occurring only once : ONE-SHOT\n\n<2> adverb\n: FORMERLY


Words: ongoing
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being actually in process b : CONTINUING\n2 : continuously moving forward : GROWING


Words: onion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a widely cultivated Asian herb (Allium cepa) of the lily family with pungent edible bulbs; also : its bulb\n2 : any of various plants of the same genus as the onion


Words: only
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : unquestionably the best : PEERLESS\n2 : alone in its class or kind : SOLE <an only child>\n\n<2> adverb\n1 a : as a single fact or instance and nothing more or different : MERELY <has only lost one election George Orwell> b : SOLELY, EXCLUSIVELY <known only to him>\n2 : at the very least <it was only too true>\n3 a : in the final outcome <will only make you sick> b : with nevertheless the final result <won the battles, only to lose the war>\n4 a : as recently as <only last week> b : in the immediate past <only just talked to her>\n\n<3> conjunction\n1 a : with the restriction that : BUT <you may go, only come back early> b : and yet : HOWEVER <they look very nice, only we can’t use them>\n2 : were it not that : EXCEPT <I’d introduce you to her, only you’d win her Jack London>


Words: onset
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ATTACK, ASSAULT <withstand the onset of the army>\n2 : BEGINNING, COMMENCEMENT <the onset of winter>


Words: onshore
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : coming or moving from the water toward or onto the shore <an onshore wind>\n2 a : situated on or near the shore as distinguished from being in deep or open water b : situated on land\n3 : DOMESTIC 2 <onshore markets>


Words: onslaught
Meaning:
noun\n: an especially fierce attack; also : something resembling such an attack <an onslaught of technological changes>


Words: onto
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n1 : to a position on\n2 : in or into a state of awareness about <put me onto your methods>\n3 used as a function word to indicate a set each element of which is the image of at least one element of another set <a function mapping the set onto the set T>\n\n<2> adjective\n: mapping elements in such a way that every element in one set is the image of at least one element in another set <a function that is one-to-one and onto>


Words: onus
Meaning:
noun\n1 Latin a : BURDEN b : a disagreeable necessity : OBLIGATION c : BLAME d : STIGMA\n2 New Latin onus (probandi), literally, burden of proving : BURDEN OF PROOF


Words: onward
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n: toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time : FORWARD\n\n<2> adjective\n: directed or moving onward : FORWARD


Words: ooze
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water\n2 : a piece of soft wet plastic ground\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pass or flow slowly through or as if through small openings or interstices\n2 : to move slowly or imperceptibly <the crowd began to ooze forward Bruce Marshall>\n3 a : to exude moisture b : to exude something often in a faintly repellent manner <ooze with sympathy>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to emit slowly\n2 : EXUDE 2 <ooze confidence>\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a decoction of vegetable material used for tanning leather\n2 : the act of oozing\n3 : something that oozes


Words: opal
Meaning:
noun\n: a mineral that is a hydrated amorphous silica softer and less dense than quartz and typically with definite and often marked iridescent play of colors


Words: opaque
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : exhibiting opacity : blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light\n2 a : hard to understand or explain <opaque prose> b : OBTUSE, THICKHEADED


Words: open
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having no enclosing or confining barrier : accessible on all or nearly all sides <cattle grazing on an open range>\n2 a (1) : being in a position or adjustment to permit passage : not shut or locked <an open door> (2) : having a barrier (as a door) so adjusted as to allow passage <the house was open> b : having the lips parted <stood there with his mouth wide open> c : not buttoned or zipped <an open shirt>\n3 a : completely free from concealment : exposed to general view or knowledge <their hostilities eventually erupted with open war> b : exposed or vulnerable to attack or question : SUBJECT <open to doubt>\n4 a : not covered with a top, roof, or lid <an open car> <her eyes were open> b : having no protective covering <open wiring> <an open wound>\n5 : not restricted to a particular group or category of participants <open to the public> <open housing>: as a : enterable by both amateur and professional contestants <an open tournament> b : enterable by a registered voter regardless of political affiliation <an open primary>\n6 : fit to be traveled over : presenting no obstacle to passage or view <the open road> <open country>\n7 : having the parts or surfaces laid out in an expanded position : spread out : UNFOLDED <an open book>\n8 a (1) : LOW 13 (2) : formed with the tongue in a lower position <Italian has an open and a close e> b (1) : having clarity and resonance unimpaired by undue tension or constriction of the throat <an open vocal tone> (2) of a tone : produced by an open string or on a wind instrument by the lip without the use of slides, valves, or keys\n9 a : available to follow or make use of <the only course open to us> b : not taken up with duties or engagements <keep an hour open on Friday> c : not finally decided : subject to further consideration <the salary is open> <an open question> d : available for a qualified applicant : VACANT <the job is still open> e : remaining available for use or filling until canceled <an open order for more items> f : available for future purchase <these i


Words: opening
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an act or instance of making or becoming open b : an act or instance of beginning : COMMENCEMENT; especially : a formal and usually public event by which something new is put officially into operation\n2 : something that is open: as a (1) : BREACH, APERTURE (2) : an open width : SPAN b : an area without trees or with scattered usually mature trees that occurs as a break in a forest c : two pages that face one another in a book\n3 : something that constitutes a beginning: as a : a planned series of moves made at the beginning of a game of chess or checkers compare ENDGAME, MIDDLE GAME b : a first performance\n4 a : OCCASION, CHANCE b : an opportunity for employment


Words: openwork
Meaning:
noun\n: work constructed so as to show openings through its substance : work that is perforated or pierced <wrought-iron openwork>


Words: operable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : fit, possible, or desirable to use : PRACTICABLE\n2 : likely to result in a favorable outcome upon surgical treatment <an operable cancer>


Words: operate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform a function : exert power or influence <factors operating against our success>\n2 : to produce an appropriate effect <the drug operated quickly>\n3 a : to perform an operation or a series of operations b : to perform surgery c : to carry on a military or naval action or mission\n4 : to follow a course of conduct that is often irregular <crooked gamblers operating in the club>\ntransitive senses\n1 : BRING ABOUT, EFFECT\n2 a : to cause to function : WORK b : to put or keep in operation\n3 : to perform an operation on; especially : to perform surgery on


Words: operation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : performance of a practical work or of something involving the practical application of principles or processes\n2 a : an exertion of power or influence <the operation of a drug> b : the quality or state of being functional or operative <the plant is now in operation> c : a method or manner of functioning <a machine of very simple operation>\n3 : EFFICACY, POTENCY archaic except in legal usage\n4 : a procedure carried out on a living body usually with instruments especially for the repair of damage or the restoration of health\n5 : any of various mathematical or logical processes (as addition) of deriving one entity from others according to a rule\n6 a : a usually military action, mission, or maneuver including its planning and execution b plural : the office on the flight line of an airfield where pilots file clearance for flights and where flying from the field is controlled c plural : the agency of an organization charged with carrying on the principal planning and operating functions of a headquarters and its subordinate units\n7 : a business transaction especially when speculative\n8 : a single step performed by a computer in the execution of a program


Words: operative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : producing an appropriate effect : EFFICACIOUS\n2 : exerting force or influence : OPERATING\n3 a : having to do with physical operations (as of machines) b : WORKING <an operative craftsman>\n4 : based on or consisting of an operation <operative dentistry>\n\n<2> noun\n: OPERATOR: as a : ARTISAN, MECHANIC b : a secret agent c : PRIVATE DETECTIVE


Words: ophthalmic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or situated near the eye\n2 : supplying or draining the eye or structures in the region of the eye <ophthalmic artery>


Words: opiate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a preparation or derivative of opium; broadly : a narcotic or opioid peptide\n2 : something that induces rest or inaction or quiets uneasiness\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : containing or mixed with opium b : of, relating to, binding, or being an opiate <opiate receptors>\n2 a : inducing sleep : NARCOTIC b : causing dullness or inaction


Words: opinion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM\n2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view\n3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based


Words: opium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a bitter brownish addictive narcotic drug that consists of the dried juice of the opium poppy\n2 : something having an effect like that of opium


Words: opossum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Didelphidae) of American marsupials that usually have a pointed snout and prehensile tail; especially : a common omnivorous largely nocturnal and arboreal mammal (Didelphis virginiana) of No. America having grayish to blackish fur with white on the cheeks\n2 : any of several Australian phalangers


Words: opponent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that takes an opposite position (as in a debate, contest, or conflict)\n2 : a muscle that opposes or counteracts and limits the action of another\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : ANTAGONISTIC, OPPOSING\n2 : situated in front


Words: opportune
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence <an opportune moment>\n2 : occurring at an appropriate time <an opportune offer of assistance>


Words: opportunism
Meaning:
noun\n: the art, policy, or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances often with little regard for principles or consequences


Words: opportunity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a favorable juncture of circumstances <the halt provided an opportunity for rest and refreshment>\n2 : a good chance for advancement or progress


Words: oppose
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to place opposite or against something\n2 : to place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast\n3 : to offer resistance to


Words: opposite
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : set over against something that is at the other end or side of an intervening line or space <opposite interior angles> <opposite ends of a diameter> b : situated in pairs on an axis with each member being separated from the other by half the circumference of the axis <opposite leaves> compare ALTERNATE\n2 a : occupying an opposing and often antagonistic position <opposite sides of the question> b : diametrically different (as in nature or character) <opposite meanings>\n3 : contrary to one another or to a thing specified : REVERSE <gave them opposite directions>\n4 : being the other of a pair that are corresponding or complementary in position, function, or nature <members of the opposite sex>\n5 : of, relating to, or being the side of a baseball field that is near the first base line for a right-handed batter and near the third base line for a left-handed batter\n\n<2> noun\n1 : something that is opposed to some other often specified thing\n2 : ANTONYM\n3 : ADDITIVE INVERSE; especially : the additive inverse of a real number\n\n<3> adverb\n: on or to an opposite side\n\n<4> preposition\n1 : across from and usually facing or on the same level with <sat opposite each other>\n2 : in a role complementary to <played opposite the leading man in the comedy>


Words: oppress
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a archaic : SUPPRESS b : to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority\n2 : to burden spiritually or mentally : weigh heavily upon


Words: oppression
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power b : something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power\n2 : a sense of being weighed down in body or mind : DEPRESSION


Words: opprobrious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : expressive of opprobrium : SCURRILOUS <opprobrious language>\n2 : deserving of opprobrium : INFAMOUS


Words: opprobrium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : something that brings disgrace\n2 a : public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious b : CONTEMPT, REPROACH


Words: opt
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to make a choice; especially : to decide in favor of something <opted for a tax increase Tom Wicker>\n\n<2> abbreviation\noptical, optician, optics, option, optional


Words: optic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to vision or the eye\n\n<2> noun\n1 : EYE\n2 a : any of the elements (as lenses, mirrors, or light guides) of an optical instrument or system usually used in plural b : an optical instrument


Words: optical
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to the science of optics\n2 a : of or relating to vision : VISUAL b : VISIBLE 1 <optical wavelength> c : of, relating to, or being objects that emit light in the visible range of frequencies <an optical galaxy> d : using the properties of light to aid vision <an optical instrument>\n3 a : of, relating to, or utilizing light especially instead of other forms of energy <optical microscopy> b : involving the use of light-sensitive devices to acquire information for a computer <optical character recognition>\n4 : of or relating to optical art


Words: optician
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments\n2 : a person who reads prescriptions for visual correction, orders lenses, and dispenses eyeglasses and contact lenses compare OPHTHALMOLOGIST, OPTOMETRIST


Words: optics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: a science that deals with the genesis and propagation of light, the changes that it undergoes and produces, and other phenomena closely associated with it


Words: optimism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a doctrine that this world is the best possible world\n2 : an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome


Words: optimum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end; especially : the most favorable condition for the growth and reproduction of an organism\n2 : greatest degree attained or attainable under implied or specified conditions


Words: option
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of choosing\n2 a : the power or right to choose : freedom of choice b : a privilege of demanding fulfillment of a contract on any day within a specified time c : a contract conveying a right to buy or sell designated securities, commodities, or property interest at a specified price during a stipulated period; also : the right conveyed by an option d : a right of an insured person to choose the form in which payments due on a policy shall be made or applied\n3 : something that may be chosen: as a : an alternative course of action <didn’t have many options open> b : an item that is offered in addition to or in place of standard equipment\n4 : an offensive football play in which a back may choose whether to pass or run with the ball called also option play\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to grant or take an option on


Words: optometry
Meaning:
noun\n: the art or profession of examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction and prescribing correctional lenses or exercises


Words: opulent
Meaning:
adjective\n: exhibiting or characterized by opulence: as a : having a large estate or property : WEALTHY <hoping to marry an opulent widow> b : amply or plentifully provided or fashioned often to the point of ostentation <living in opulent comfort>


Words: opus
Meaning:
noun\n: WORK; especially : a musical composition or set of compositions usually numbered in the order of its issue


Words: or
Meaning:
<1> conjunction\n1 used as a function word to indicate an alternative <coffee or tea> <sink or swim*, the equivalent or substitutive character of two words or phrases \n2 archaic : EITHER\n3 archaic : WHETHER\n4 used in logic as a sentential connective that forms a complex sentence which is true when at least one of its constituent sentences is true; compare DISJUNCTION\n\n<2> preposition\narchaic : BEFORE


Words: oracle
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak b : a shrine in which a deity reveals hidden knowledge or the divine purpose through such a person c : an answer or decision given by an oracle\n2 a : a person giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions b : an authoritative or wise expression or answer


Words: oral
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : uttered by the mouth or in words : SPOKEN b : using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf\n2 a : of, given through, or involving the mouth b : being on or relating to the same surface as the mouth\n3 a : of, relating to, or characterized by the first stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting b : of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness\n\n<2> noun\n: an oral examination usually used in plural


Words: orange
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a globose berry with a yellowish to reddish orange rind and a sweet edible pulp b : any of various rather small evergreen trees (genus Citrus) with ovate unifoliolate leaves, hard yellow wood, fragrant white flowers, and fruits that are oranges\n2 : any of several trees or fruits resembling the orange\n3 : any of a group of colors that lie midway between red and yellow in hue\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the orange\n2 : of the color orange


Words: orangutan
Meaning:
noun\n: a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about two thirds as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish brown hair, and very long arms


Words: orator
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who delivers an oration\n2 : one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker


Words: oratorio
Meaning:
noun\n: a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery


Words: oratory
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a place of prayer; especially : a private or institutional chapel\n2 capitalized : an Oratorian congregation, house, or church\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the art of speaking in public eloquently or effectively\n2 a : public speaking that employs oratory b : public speaking that is characterized by the use of stock phrases and that appeals chiefly to the emotions


Words: orb
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of the concentric spheres in old astronomy surrounding the earth and carrying the celestial bodies in their revolutions\n2 archaic : something circular : CIRCLE, ORBIT\n3 : a spherical body; especially : a spherical celestial object\n4 : EYE\n5 : a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justice\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form into a disk or circle\n2 archaic : ENCIRCLE, SURROUND, ENCLOSE\nintransitive senses , archaic : to move in an orbit


Words: orbit
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the bony socket of the eye\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a path described by one body in its revolution about another (as by the earth about the sun or by an electron about an atomic nucleus); also : one complete revolution of a body describing such a path b : a circular path\n2 : a range or sphere of activity or influence\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to revolve in an orbit around : CIRCLE\n2 : to send up and make revolve in an orbit <orbit a satellite>\nintransitive senses : to travel in circles


Words: orchestra
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the circular space used by the chorus in front of the proscenium in an ancient Greek theater b : a corresponding semicircular space in a Roman theater used for seating important persons\n2 a : the space in front of the stage in a modern theater that is used by an orchestra b : the forward section of seats on the main floor of a theater c : the main floor of a theater\n3 : a group of musicians including especially string players organized to perform ensemble music compare BAND


Words: orchestrate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to compose or arrange (music) for an orchestra b : to provide with orchestration <orchestrate a ballet>\n2 : to arrange or combine so as to achieve a desired or maximum effect <orchestrated preparations for the banquet>


Words: orchid
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a large family (Orchidaceae, the orchid family) of perennial epiphytic or terrestrial monocotyledonous plants that usually have showy 3-petaled flowers with the middle petal enlarged into a lip and differing from the others in shape and color\n2 : a light purple


Words: ordain
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority\n2 a : to establish or order by appointment, decree, or law : ENACT b : DESTINE, FOREORDAIN\nintransitive senses : to issue an order


Words: ordeal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control <ordeal by fire>\n2 : a severe trial or experience


Words: order
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put in order : ARRANGE\n2 a : to give an order to : COMMAND b : DESTINE, ORDAIN c : to command to go or come to a specified place d : to give an order for <order a meal>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bring about order : REGULATE\n2 a : to issue orders : COMMAND b : to give or place an order\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a group of people united in a formal way: as (1) : a fraternal society <the Masonic Order> (2) : a community under a religious rule; especially : one requiring members to take solemn vows b : a badge or medal of such a society; also : a military decoration\n2 a : any of the several grades of the Christian ministry b plural : the office of a person in the Christian ministry c plural : ORDINATION\n3 a : a rank, class, or special group in a community or society b : a class of persons or things grouped according to quality, value, or natural characteristics: as (1) : a category of taxonomic classification ranking above the family and below the class (2) : the broadest category in soil classification\n4 a (1) : RANK, LEVEL <a statesman of the first order> (2) : CATEGORY, CLASS <in emergencies of this order R. B. Westerfield> b (1) : the arrangement or sequence of objects or of events in time <listed the items in order of importance> (2) : a sequential arrangement of mathematical elements c : DEGREE 12a, b d (1) : the number of times differentiation is applied successively <derivatives of higher order> (2) of a differential equation : the order of the derivative of highest order e : the number of columns or rows or columns and rows in a magic square, determinant, or matrix <the order of a matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns is 2 by 3> f : the number of elements in a finite mathematical group\n5 a (1) : a sociopolitical system <was opposed to changes in the established order> (2) : a particular sphere or aspect of a sociopolitical system <the present economic order> b : a regular or harmonious arrangement <the order of nature>\n6 a : a prescribed form of a religious service : RITE b : the customar


Words: orderly
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : arranged or disposed in some order or pattern : REGULAR <orderly rows of houses> (2) : not marked by disorder : TIDY <keeps an orderly desk> b : governed by law : REGULATED <an orderly universe> c : METHODICAL <an orderly mind>\n2 : well behaved : PEACEFUL <an orderly crowd>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a soldier assigned to perform various services (as carrying messages) for a superior officer\n2 : a hospital attendant who does routine or heavy work (as cleaning, carrying supplies, or moving patients)


Words: ordinal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 capitalized Middle English, from Medieval Latin ordinale, from Late Latin, neuter of ordinalis : a book of rites for the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops\n2 Late Latin ordinalis, from ordinalis, adjective : ORDINAL NUMBER\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of a specified order or rank in a series\n2 : of or relating to a taxonomic order


Words: ordinance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an authoritative decree or direction : ORDER b : a law set forth by a governmental authority; specifically : a municipal regulation\n2 : something ordained or decreed by fate or a deity\n3 : a prescribed usage, practice, or ceremony


Words: ordinary
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a prelate exercising original jurisdiction over a specified territory or group (2) : a clergyman appointed formerly in England to attend condemned criminals b : a judge of probate in some states of the U.S.\n2 often capitalized : the parts of the Mass that do not vary from day to day\n3 : the regular or customary condition or course of things usually used in the phrase out of the ordinary\n4 a British : a meal served to all comers at a fixed price b chiefly British : a tavern or eating house serving regular meals\n5 : a common heraldic charge (as the bend) of simple form\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events : ROUTINE, USUAL\n2 : having or constituting immediate or original jurisdiction; also : belonging to such jurisdiction\n3 a : of common quality, rank, or ability b : deficient in quality : POOR, INFERIOR


Words: ordnance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment b : a service of the army charged with the procuring, distributing, and safekeeping of ordnance\n2 : CANNON, ARTILLERY


Words: ore
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a mineral containing a valuable constituent (as metal) for which it is mined and worked\n2 : a source from which valuable matter is extracted\n\n<2> noun\n"


Words: organ
Meaning:
noun\n1 a archaic : any of various musical instruments; especially : WIND INSTRUMENT b (1) : a wind instrument consisting of sets of pipes made to sound by compressed air and controlled by keyboards and producing a variety of musical effects called also pipe organ (2) : REED ORGAN (3) : an instrument in which the sound and resources of the pipe organ are approximated by means of electronic devices (4) : any of various similar cruder instruments\n2 a : a differentiated structure (as a heart, kidney, leaf, or stem) consisting of cells and tissues and performing some specific function in an organism b : bodily parts performing a function or cooperating in an activity <the eyes and related structures that make up the visual organs>\n3 : a subordinate group or organization that performs specialized functions <the various organs of government>\n4 : PERIODICAL


Words: organic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 archaic : INSTRUMENTAL\n2 a : of, relating to, or arising in a bodily organ b : affecting the structure of the organism\n3 a (1) : of, relating to, or derived from living organisms (2) : of, relating to, yielding, or involving the use of food produced with the use of feed or fertilizer of plant or animal origin without employment of chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides <organic farming> <organic produce> b (1) : of, relating to, or containing carbon compounds (2) : relating to, being, or dealt with by a branch of chemistry concerned with the carbon compounds of living beings and most other carbon compounds\n4 a : forming an integral element of a whole : FUNDAMENTAL <incidental music rather than organic parts of the action Francis Fergusson> b : having systematic coordination of parts : ORGANIZED <an organic whole> c : having the characteristics of an organism : developing in the manner of a living plant or animal <society is organic>\n5 : of, relating to, or constituting the law by which a government or organization exists\n\n<2> noun\n: an organic substance: as a : a fertilizer of plant or animal origin b : a pesticide whose active component is an organic compound or a mixture of organic compounds


Words: organism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a complex structure of interdependent and subordinate elements whose relations and properties are largely determined by their function in the whole\n2 : an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being


Words: organization
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the act or process of organizing or of being organized b : the condition or manner of being organized\n2 a : ASSOCIATION, SOCIETY <charitable organizations> b : an administrative and functional structure (as a business or a political party); also : the personnel of such a structure\n\n<2> adjective\n: characterized by complete conformity to the standards and requirements of an organization <an organization man>


Words: organize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to develop an organic structure\n2 : to form into a coherent unity or functioning whole : INTEGRATE <trying to organize her thoughts>\n3 a : to set up an administrative structure for b : to persuade to associate in an organization; especially : UNIONIZE\n4 : to arrange by systematic planning and united effort\nintransitive senses\n1 : to undergo physical or organic organization\n2 : to arrange elements into a whole of interdependent parts\n3 : to form an organization; specifically : to form or persuade workers to join a union


Words: orgasm
Meaning:
noun\n: intense or paroxysmal excitement; especially : an explosive discharge of neuromuscular tensions at the height of sexual arousal that is usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen in the male and by vaginal contractions in the female


Words: orgiastic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or marked by orgies\n2 : characterized by unrestrained emotion : FRENZIED


Words: orgy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing\n2 a : drunken revelry b : a sexual encounter involving many people; also : an excessive sexual indulgence\n3 : something that resembles an orgy in lack of control or moderation <an orgy of destruction>


Words: orient
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : EAST 1b\n2 capitalized : EAST 2\n3 a : a pearl of great luster b : the luster of a pearl\n\n<2> adjective\n1 archaic : ORIENTAL 1\n2 a : LUSTROUS, SPARKLING <orient gems> b archaic : RADIANT, GLOWING\n3 archaic : rising in the sky\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to face or point toward the east; specifically : to build (a church or temple) with the longitudinal axis pointing eastward and the chief altar at the eastern end b : to set or arrange in any determinate position especially in relation to the points of the compass c : to ascertain the bearings of\n2 a : to set right by adjusting to facts or principles b : to acquaint with the existing situation or environment\n3 : to direct (as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group\n4 : to cause the axes of the molecules of to assume the same direction


Words: oriental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 often capitalized : of, relating to, or situated in the Orient\n2 a : of superior grade, luster, or value b : being corundum or sapphire but simulating another gem in color\n3 often capitalized : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of Orientals\n4 capitalized : of, relating to, or constituting the biogeographic region that includes Asia south and southeast of the Himalayas and the Malay Archipelago west of Wallace’s line


Words: origin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ANCESTRY, PARENTAGE\n2 a : rise, beginning, or derivation from a source b : the point at which something begins or rises or from which it derives <the origin of the custom is forgotten>; also : something that creates, causes, or gives rise to another <this spring is the origin of the brook>\n3 : the more fixed, central, or larger attachment of a muscle\n4 : the intersection of coordinate axes


Words: original
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : the source or cause from which something arises; specifically : ORIGINATOR\n2 a : that from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made b : a work composed firsthand\n3 a : a person of fresh initiative or inventive capacity b : a unique or eccentric person\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or constituting an origin or beginning : INITIAL <the original part of the house>\n2 a : not secondary, derivative, or imitative b : being the first instance or source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is or can be made\n3 : independent and creative in thought or action : INVENTIVE


Words: originate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to give rise to : INITIATE\nintransitive senses : to take or have origin : BEGIN


Words: oriole
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various usually brightly colored Old World passerine birds (family Oriolidae and especially genus Oriolus)\n2 : any of various New World passerine birds (family Icteridae and especially genus Icterus) of which the males are usually black and yellow or black and orange


Words: ornament
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic : a useful accessory\n2 a : something that lends grace or beauty b : a manner or quality that adorns\n3 : one whose virtues or graces add luster to a place or society\n4 : the act of adorning or being adorned\n5 : an embellishing note not belonging to the essential harmony or melody called also embellishment, fioritura\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide with ornament : EMBELLISH


Words: ornate
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by elaborate rhetoric or florid style\n2 : elaborately or excessively decorated


Words: orotund
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : SONOROUS\n2 : POMPOUS, BOMBASTIC


Words: orphan
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents\n2 : a young animal that has lost its mother\n3 : one deprived of some protection or advantage <orphans of the storm>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cause to become an orphan


Words: orthodontics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular in construction\n: a branch of dentistry dealing with irregularities of the teeth and their correction (as by means of braces)


Words: orthodox
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : conforming to established doctrine especially in religion b : CONVENTIONAL\n2 capitalized : of, relating to, or constituting any of various conservative religious or political groups: as a : EASTERN ORTHODOX b : of or relating to Orthodox Judaism\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that is orthodox\n2 capitalized : a member of an Eastern Orthodox church


Words: orthoepy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the customary pronunciation of a language\n2 : the study of the pronunciation of a language


Words: orthography
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage b : the representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols\n2 : a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling


Words: orthopedics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n: a branch of medicine concerned with the correction or prevention of skeletal deformities


Words: ortolan
Meaning:
noun\n: an Old World bunting (Emberiza hortulana) having a greenish gray head and breast, streaky brown back and wings, and a yellow throat


Words: oscillate
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to swing backward and forward like a pendulum b : to move or travel back and forth between two points\n2 : to vary between opposing beliefs, feelings, or theories\n3 : to vary above and below a mean value


Words: oscilloscope
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument in which the variations in a fluctuating electrical quantity appear temporarily as a visible wave form on the fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube


Words: osier
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various willows (especially Salix viminalis) whose pliable twigs are used for furniture and basketry\n2 : a willow rod used in basketry\n3 : any of several American dogwoods


Words: osmium
Meaning:
noun\n: a hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group with a high melting point that is the heaviest metal known and is used especially as a catalyst and in hard alloys see ELEMENT table


Words: osmosis
Meaning:
noun\n1 : movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane\n2 : a process of absorption or diffusion suggestive of the flow of osmotic action; especially : a usually effortless often unconscious assimilation <learned a number of languages by osmosis Roger Kimball>


Words: osprey
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a large fish-eating hawk (Pandion haliaetus) that is a dark brown color above and mostly pure white below\n2 : a feather trimming used for millinery


Words: ossify
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to change into bone\n2 : to become hardened or conventional and opposed to change\ntransitive senses\n1 : to change (as cartilage) into bone\n2 : to make rigidly conventional and opposed to change


Words: ostensible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : intended for display : open to view\n2 : being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real <the ostensible purpose for the trip>


Words: osteopathy
Meaning:
noun\n: a system of medical practice based on a theory that diseases are due chiefly to loss of structural integrity which can be restored by manipulation of the parts supplemented by therapeutic measures (as use of medicine or surgery)


Words: ostrich
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a swift-footed 2-toed flightless ratite bird (Struthio camelus) of Africa that is the largest of existing birds and often weighs 300 pounds (140 kilograms) b : RHEA c : leather made from ostrich skin\n2 from the belief that the ostrich when pursued hides its head in the sand and believes itself to be unseen : one who attempts to avoid danger or difficulty by refusing to face it


Words: other
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included <held on with one hand and waved with the other one> b : being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied <taller than the other boys> c : SECOND <every other day>\n2 : not the same : DIFFERENT <any other color would have been better> <something other than it seems to be>\n3 : ADDITIONAL <sold in the U.S. and 14 other countries>\n4 a : recently past <the other evening> b : FORMER <in other times>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one that remains of two or more b : a thing opposite to or excluded by something else <went from one side to the other>\n2 : a different or additional one <the others came later>\n\n<3> pronoun ,sometimes plural in construction\n1 obsolete a : one of two that remains b : each preceding one\n2 : a different or additional one <something or other>\n\n<4> adverb\n: OTHERWISE used with than <was unable to see them other than by going to their home>


