Nouns

mintage

noun

coins collectively

minuit

noun

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

minutia

noun

a small or minor detail

miocene

noun

from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazi...

miosis

noun

reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in re...

miotic

noun

a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the...

mirthfulness

noun

great merriment

misalliance

noun

an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)

misanthropy

noun

a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people

misapplication

noun

the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted...

miscegenation

noun

reproduction by parents of different races (especially by wh...

miscellanea

noun

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

mischievousness

noun

reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or ann...

miscount

noun

an inaccurate count

miscue

noun

a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or wr...

misdeal

noun

an incorrect deal

miserableness

noun

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

misfeasance

noun

doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner

misgiving

noun

uneasiness about the fitness of an action

mishnah

noun

the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral int...

misocainea

noun

hatred of new ideas

misogamy

noun

hatred of marriage

misology

noun

hatred of reasoning

misoneism

noun

hatred of change or innovation

mispickel

noun

a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic

misplay

noun

(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out wh...

mispronunciation

noun

incorrect pronunciation

misquotation

noun

an incorrect quotation

misrule

noun

government that is inefficient or dishonest

missioner

noun

someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charita...

mississippian

noun

from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land...

misspelling

noun

a spelling that is incorrect

misstatement

noun

a statement that contains a mistake

miterwort

noun

any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mite...

mithan

noun

ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated bre...

mitford

noun

United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American...

mithraism

noun

ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first...

mitrewort

noun

any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mite...

mitsvah

noun

(Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law

mizzle

noun

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

mizen

noun

third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more mas...

mnemonist

noun

an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform u...

mnemonics

noun

a method or system for improving the memory

mobcap

noun

large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoo...

mobocracy

noun

a political system in which a mob is the source of control;...

moccasin

noun

soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans

mocambique

noun

a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozamb...

mockernut

noun

smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets be...

modillion

noun

(architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a c...

modiolus

noun

the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea