| mild |
gentle or calm. [3 definitions] |
| mildew |
a fungus that grows on plants and materials made from living things. Mildews often look like powder. |
| mile |
a unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1.609 kilometers. (abbreviated: mi.) [2 definitions] |
| mileage |
distance in miles. [2 definitions] |
| milestone |
a stone or mark that shows the distance in miles to a specific place. [2 definitions] |
| military |
having to do with planning, preparing for, or fighting in war. [3 definitions] |
| militia |
a group of trained citizens who are not soldiers but can serve as members of the military in an emergency. |
| milk |
a white liquid produced by female mammals as food for their young. [5 definitions] |
| Milky Way |
the galaxy that contains the earth, the sun, and the solar system. It can be seen in the night sky as a long, cloudy group of stars. |
| mill1 |
a place where raw grains are crushed and ground to make flour. [5 definitions] |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. |
| miller |
a person who owns or works in a mill. |
| milli- |
a prefix that means "one thousandth." |
| milligram |
a unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a gram. (abbreviated: mg) |
| millimeter |
a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter or 0.03937 inch. (abbreviated: mm) |
| million |
the word for the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1,000,000. [5 definitions] |
| millionaire |
a person whose money and property amount to at least a million dollars. |
| millipede |
a small animal that has a narrow body like a worm, with a hard outer layer. The body of the millipede is divided into many segments, and most segments have two pairs of legs. The millipede is a kind of arthropod. |
| 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. [2 definitions] |
| mimeograph |
a machine that makes copies of written material using an ink printing process. |
| mimic |
to copy or imitate. [3 definitions] |