| Michigan |
Michigan is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Michigan is MI. |
| microphone |
A microphone is something that people speak into when they want to make their voice louder for other people to hear. People also use a microphone when they want to make a recording of their voice or other sounds. |
| microscope |
A microscope is something that makes things look much bigger than they really are. A microscope can make very tiny things look large enough for you to see them. |
| microwave |
A microwave is a special oven that can heat foods or liquids very, very fast. Microwave is a short way of saying microwave oven. |
| middle |
When something is in the middle, it is between two things, or it is at one spot and everything else is around it. |
| Middle East |
The Middle East is an area of the world that includes parts of Africa and Asia. Countries of the Middle East are near the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, or Persian Gulf. The Middle East contains many deserts, but there are also farm lands, mountains, and other types of land. Some countries in the Middle East are Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. |
| middle finger |
Your middle finger is one of the five fingers on your hand. It is the longest finger on your hand, and there are two other fingers on each side of it. |
| midnight |
Midnight is twelve o'clock at night. Most children are sleeping at midnight. |
| might1 |
Might is used when you want to say that something is possible. When you might have pizza for dinner, it's possible that you will have pizza, but it's not sure yet. |
| 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. |