| Milky Way |
the galaxy that contains the earth, the sun, and the solar system, and that is visible in the night sky as a long ribbon of cloudlike clusters of stars from one horizon to the other. |
| mill1 |
a place where raw grains are crushed and ground to produce flour. [9 definitions] |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. [3 definitions] |
| miller |
a person who owns, operates, or works in a mill, esp. a mill for grinding grain into flour. [3 definitions] |
| milli- |
one thousandth. |
| milligram |
a unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a gram or 0.0154 grain. (abbr.: mg) |
| millimeter |
a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter or 0.03937 inch. (abbr.: mm) |
| million |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1,000,000. [5 definitions] |
| millionaire |
one whose wealth amounts to at least a million dollars, pounds, francs, or the like. |
| millipede |
a land-dwelling arthropod that has a hard-shelled, wormlike body in many segments that each have two pairs of legs. |
| mime |
the art or practice of telling a story or acting out a dramatic or comical scene by means of hand and body movements rather than speaking; pantomime. [6 definitions] |
| mimeograph |
a machine that produces copies of handwritten or typed material by means of a stencil mounted on a rotating inked drum. [3 definitions] |
| mimic |
to copy or imitate, often playfully or as part of a learning process. [8 definitions] |
| min.1 |
abbreviation of "minute" or "minutes." |
| minaret |
a tall, thin tower on a mosque with a balcony from which Muslims are called to prayer. |
| mince |
to cut into very small, fine pieces. [7 definitions] |
| mincemeat |
a mixture of chopped apples, raisins, currants, orange peel, and the like, that is combined with suet and sometimes meat, and used as a filling for pies. [2 definitions] |
| mind |
the reasoning faculty, which thinks, judges, understands, and directs. [13 definitions] |
| mind one's p's and q's |
to be careful in one's behavior, esp. not to give offense. |
| mine1 |
the possessive form of I; that which belongs to me. |
| mine2 |
a deep hole or system of holes made in the earth, from which mineral substances such as gold, coal, or precious stones are extracted. [9 definitions] |