| mild |
When something is mild, it is not very strong or very bad. [2 definitions] |
| mile |
A mile is a certain distance. It is equal to 5,280 feet. We often use the word mile or miles when we talk about long distances like the distance between one city and another. Most people can walk the distance of one mile if they walk for around twenty minutes. A short way to write mile or miles is mi. |
| milk |
Milk is a liquid that female cows make. Goats and other animals make milk too. These animals make milk to feed their babies. This milk is also used by humans for drinking and in making foods. |
| mill1 |
A mill is a place where people make flour from the seeds of certain plants that farmers grow. Wheat, corn, and rice are some of these kinds of plants. Their seeds are called grain. Farmers bring their grain to the mill, and the mill crushes the grain to make flour. [2 definitions] |
| million |
Million is the word for the number 1,000,000. |
| mind |
Your mind is the part of you that thinks, feels, imagines, understands, and remembers. [2 definitions] |
| mine1 |
If a book is mine, it means that the book belongs to me. |
| mine2 |
A mine is a very large, deep hole that people make in the earth so that they can dig out things like gold, silver, coal, diamonds, and other important or valuable things. Some mines are open pits, but some mines are under the ground. [2 definitions] |
| miner |
A miner is a person whose job is to work in a mine. Miners dig out things like coal or diamonds or metals such as iron, copper, and gold from down in the earth. |
| mineral |
A mineral is a hard substance that comes from the earth. It does not contain any substances from plants or animals. Some minerals are iron, gold, and salt. Diamonds are also minerals. |
| Minnesota |
Minnesota is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Minnesota is MN. |
| minus |
Minus is a word we use when we are subtracting one number from another number--like when we subtract one from three and get two. Another way to say this is "three minus one equals two." The word minus tells us that a certain number is going to become less when the second number is taken away from it. |
| minute1 |
A minute is a short period of time. A short commercial on TV often lasts for one minute. A long TV show lasts for sixty minutes. A short way to write minute is min. [2 definitions] |
| mirror |
A mirror is a smooth, shiny surface that shows an image of whatever is in front of it. A mirror is usually made of glass and has a coat of shiny metal on the back. |
| miss1 |
When you miss something, you try to hit, catch, or touch it in some way, but you can't do it. Let's say you want to hit a ball, but you miss it. It means that you try to hit it, but you only hit the air. [2 definitions] |
| miss2 |
Miss is what we sometimes call a woman or a girl when we are being polite. We usually use it for women and girls who are not married, and we often say it or write it before a last name. |
| missing |
When something is missing, it is not where it usually is, or it is not where it is supposed to be. If your chair has two missing legs, you can't sit on your chair! You will fall down. If your money is missing, it is not a good thing. Maybe you lost it or somebody took it! |
| mission |
A mission is a kind of goal. It is something that another person sends you out to do, or something out in the world that you strongly want to do. A mission is usually an important thing. Sometimes it is dangerous or difficult. |
| Mississippi |
Mississippi is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Mississippi is MS. [2 definitions] |
| Mississippi River |
The Mississippi River is one of the great rivers of the world. It used to be called the longest river in America, but now scientists say that the Missouri River is the longest. The Mississippi River starts in the state of Minnesota and flows south to the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Missouri |
Missouri is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Missouri is MO. |