Nouns

middlebrow

noun

someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow

middy

noun

blouse with a sailor collar

midinette

noun

a Parisian salesgirl

midiron

noun

long iron with a nearly vertical face

midrib

noun

the vein in the center of a leaf

mihrab

noun

(Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer ru...

milepost

noun

stone post at side of a road to show distances

milhaud

noun

French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality...

milfoil

noun

ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of waste...

miliaria

noun

obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity

milium

noun

a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous...

milkweed

noun

annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed...

milkwort

noun

any of various plants of the genus Polygala

millais

noun

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)

millboard

noun

stout pasteboard used to bind books

milldam

noun

dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill

millepede

noun

any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a...

millerite

noun

a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor sourc...

milliampere

noun

one thousandth of an ampere

milliammeter

noun

a sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes

millibar

noun

a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a...

millifarad

noun

a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad

millihenry

noun

a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry

millikan

noun

United States physicist who isolated the electron and measur...

millime

noun

1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia

millimicron

noun

a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter

milline

noun

an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one mill...

millirem

noun

a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth...

millivolt

noun

a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt

millrace

noun

a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel

millrun

noun

a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel

millwork

noun

woodwork that has been machined at a mill

millwright

noun

a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery

milometer

noun

a meter that shows mileage traversed

miltiades

noun

Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-...

mimamsa

noun

(from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation'...

mimesis

noun

any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another di...

minah

noun

tropical Asian starlings

minelayer

noun

ship equipped for laying marine mines

mineralogist

noun

a scientist trained in mineralogy

mineralogy

noun

the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure...

minesweeper

noun

ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or re...

mineworker

noun

laborer who works in a mine

minicomputer

noun

a digital computer of medium size

minimus

noun

the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe

minium

noun

a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints...

miniver

noun

trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light gr...

minnewit

noun

Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native American...

minstrelsy

noun

a troupe of minstrels

minuend

noun

the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted