Words starting with M — 1,282 entries

The 1,282 dictionary words that begin with the letter M, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• Mum1 senseOne’s mother.
• Mumbai1 senseA megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
• Mumbles1 senseA coastal suburb, community, and headland (Mumbles Head) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref ST6188).
• mumbling1 senseAn act in which someone mumbles something
• mummy9 sensesAn embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native…
• Mummy1 senseOne's mother.
• munch7 sensesTo chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
• Munch2 sensesA surname.
• mundane10 sensesWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
• Munich1 senseThe capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.
• municipal3 sensesOf or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
• Murat2 sensesa river in the Armenian Highland, a tributary of the Euphrates
• murder13 sensesAn act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
• Murder1 senseA surname.
• murdered1 senseThat has been murdered.
• murderer1 senseA person who commits murder.
• murdering2 sensesThe act of committing murder.
• murderous4 sensesOf, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
• Murdoch3 sensesA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• Murdock1 senseA surname.
• Muriel1 senseA female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly British usage.
• murmur7 sensesAny low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
• murmuring2 sensesA sound that murmurs.
• Murph2 sensesDiminutive of Murphy. A surname. A diminutive of the surname Murphy.
• murphy1 senseAn Irish or white potato.
• Murphy10 sensesA common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha
• Murray15 sensesA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• muscle7 sensesA contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
• muscular5 sensesOf, relating to, or connected with muscles.
• muse8 sensesOf a person: a source of inspiration.
• Muse5 sensesOne of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
• museum3 sensesA building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific,…
• mush17 sensesA somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
• Mush2 sensesA historically Armenian city in the Turuberan province of Greater Armenia, now in eastern Turkey.
• MUSH1 senseA form of multi-user dungeon, often used for online social intercourse and role-playing games.
• mushroom12 sensesAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
• mushy3 sensesResembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.
• music9 sensesA series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.
• Music1 senseA surname.
• musical6 sensesOf, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
• musician1 senseA composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or…
• Muslim5 sensesAn adherent of Islam.
• Mussolini2 sensesA surname from Italian.
• must9 sensesTo do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure…
• Mustafa1 senseA male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
• mustang4 sensesA small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
• Mustang3 sensesAn American sports car, manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1964 till present, a cultural icon and the longest-produced Ford nameplate.
• mustard9 sensesA plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and…
• Mustard1 senseA surname.
• muster15 sensesA gathering. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
• mutant6 sensesThat which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
• mutation6 sensesAny alteration or change.
• mute18 sensesNot having the power of speech; dumb.
• mutilated1 senseHaving undergone mutilation
• mutiny3 sensesAn organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
• mutt6 sensesA mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
• muttering2 sensesSomething that is muttered.
• mutton7 sensesThe meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
• Mutton1 senseA surname.
• mutual8 sensesHaving the same relationship, each to each other.
• mutually2 sensesIn the same way, each to the other; reciprocally.
• muy1 senseVery.
• muzzle11 sensesThe protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.
• mwah2 sensesThe sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.
• my5 sensesFirst-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English. Belonging to me.
• my-1 senseRelating to muscle
• Myers3 sensesA surname.
• Myra1 senseA female given name originating as a coinage.
• myrtle4 sensesAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
• Myrtle1 senseA female given name from English.
• myself6 sensesMe, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
• mysteries1 sensea number of secret societies or cults
• mysterious4 sensesOf unknown origin.
• mysteriously1 senseIn a mysterious manner.
• mystery10 sensesSomething secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
• mystic3 sensesOf, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
• Mystic6 sensesA number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
• mystical3 sensesRelating to mystics or mysticism.
• myth6 sensesA traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul…
• mythical3 sensesExisting in myth.
• mythology5 sensesThe collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
• Myung1 senseA surname.