Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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mavik

noun

an ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patie...

mawlamyine

noun

a port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban

maxillaria

noun

any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultiv...

maximation

noun

the act of raising to the highest possible point or conditio...

maximian

noun

Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocl...

maximisation

noun

the act of raising to the highest possible point or conditio...

maxostoma

noun

a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae

maxzide

noun

trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlo...

mayaca

noun

small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or vio...

mayacaceae

noun

a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales

mayeng

noun

Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yiel...

mayetiola

noun

a genus of Cecidomyidae

mayfish

noun

black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlanti...

mayhaw

noun

hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic,...

mayidism

noun

a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or b...

mazama

noun

brockets

mazzini

noun

Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for...

mbabane

noun

capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland

mbd

noun

a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and...

mbeya

noun

a city in southwestern Tanzania

mbit

noun

a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,...

mbundu

noun

an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angol...

mcalester

noun

a town in southeastern Oklahoma

mcg

noun

one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram

mcguffin

noun

(film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or...

mcia

noun

an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides re...

mcintosh

noun

early-ripening apple popular in the northeastern United Stat...

md.

noun

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

mdi

noun

a Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; o...

mdiv

noun

a master's degree in religion

me.

noun

a state in New England

meadowgrass

noun

any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abunda...

meagreness

noun

the quality of being meager

mealberry

noun

evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eu...

mealybug

noun

scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy sec...

mearstone

noun

an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stone...

measurability

noun

the quality of being measurable

mebaral

noun

a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) u...

mebendazole

noun

an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and round...

mebibit

noun

a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,...

mebibyte

noun

a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048...

mechanisation

noun

the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanc...

mechanization

noun

the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanc...

mecholyl

noun

parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulate...

meclofenamate

noun

a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used...

meclomen

noun

a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used...

meconopsis

noun

herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often...

mecoptera

noun

an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membrano...

mecopteran

noun

any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera

medfly

noun

small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other frui...