Palabras que empiezan por M — 1282 entradas

Las 1282 palabras del diccionario que empiezan por la letra M, en orden alfabético, cada una con su primera definición. Los acentos no alteran la ordenación —una inicial acentuada se coloca bajo su letra base—, pero la Ñ sí es una letra propia y tiene su propia sección.

• melody1 acepciónA sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
• Melody2 acepcionesA female given name from English.
• melon11 acepcionesSome of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various…
• melt14 acepcionesTo change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
• meltdown8 acepcionesAn act or process of melting.
• melted2 acepcionesBeing in a liquid state as a result of melting.
• melting5 acepcionesWhich is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
• melvin2 acepcionesA wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
• Melvin11 acepcionesA surname from Old French.
• member11 acepcionesOne who belongs to a group.
• membership4 acepcionesThe state of being a member of a group or organization.
• memento1 acepciónA keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
• memo4 acepcionesA short note; a memorandum.
• memoirs1 acepciónAn autobiography.
• memorable2 acepcionesWorthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
• memorial9 acepcionesSomething, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
• memorize1 acepciónTo fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
• memory8 acepcionesThe ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
• Memphis12 acepcionesA city of ancient Egypt.
• men2 acepciones(The) people, humanity, man(kind).
• Men3 acepcionesA god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
• menace6 acepcionesA perceived threat or danger.
• mend34 acepcionesTo physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
• mendoza1 acepciónSynonym of ugly stick (“a musical instrument”).
• Mendoza3 acepcionesA province in western Argentina.
• Meng4 acepcionesA surname. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
• menopause3 acepcionesThe period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a…
• mental15 acepcionesOf or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. Occurring or…
• mentality2 acepcionesA mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
• mentally1 acepciónIn a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
• mention4 acepcionesA speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
• mentioning1 acepciónThe act of briefly referring to someone or something in speech or writing, usually without giving much detail.
• mentor2 acepcionesA wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
• Mentor13 acepcionesOdysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
• menu6 acepcionesThe details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
• Menu1 acepciónA surname from French.
• meow6 acepcionesUsed to indicate the cry of a cat.
• meowing1 acepciónThe act of uttering a meow.
• Mercedes9 acepcionesA female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.
• mercenary4 acepcionesOne motivated by gain, especially monetary.
• mercer1 acepciónA merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
• Mercer13 acepcionesA surname.
• merchandise9 acepcionesGoods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
• merchant6 acepcionesA person who traffics in commodities for profit.
• Merchant1 acepciónA surname.
• merci2 acepcionesThank you.
• merciful1 acepciónShowing mercy.
• merciless1 acepciónShowing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
• mercury12 acepcionesSenses relating to the metal. A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
• Mercury7 acepcionesThe first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
• mercy9 acepcionesRelenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
• Mercy2 acepcionesA female given name from English.
• mere12 acepcionesJust, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
• Mere3 acepcionesA village and civil parish in northern Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7381).
• Meredith10 acepcionesA male given name from Welsh.
• merely2 acepcionesWithout any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
• merge5 acepcionesTo combine into a whole.
• merger5 acepcionesOne that merges.
• merit9 acepcionesA claim to commendation or a reward.
• merits2 acepcionesIntrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages.
• merle4 acepcionesA Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
• Merle3 acepcionesA surname from French of French origin.
• merlin2 acepcionesA small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Merlin3 acepcionesA wizard in the Arthurian legend.
• mermaid3 acepcionesA mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.
• Merrick4 acepcionesA surname from Welsh.
• merrily1 acepciónIn a cheerful or merry way.
• merry6 acepcionesJolly and full of high spirits; happy.
• Merry4 acepcionesA surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.
• Meryl1 acepciónA female given name from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Muriel.
• mesa2 acepcionesA flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
• Mesa6 acepcionesA place in the United States: A city in Maricopa County, Arizona.
• mess21 acepcionesA thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
• Mess1 acepciónA surname from German.
• message8 acepcionesA communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
• messages1 acepciónShopping, groceries, errands.
• messenger13 acepcionesOne who brings messages.
• Messenger2 acepcionesA surname originating as an occupation for a messenger.
• messiah3 acepcionesThe one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
• Messiah3 acepcionesThe promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people.
• Messing2 acepcionesA village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
• messy4 acepcionesIn a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
• met1 acepciónTo dream; to occur (to one) in a dream.
• Met7 acepcionesThe London Underground Metropolitan line.
• MET1 acepciónThe gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology.
• metabolism3 acepcionesThe chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
• Metabolism1 acepciónA post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.
• metal16 acepcionesChemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that…
• metallic5 acepcionesOf, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
• metals1 acepciónThe rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network.
• metaphor5 acepcionesThe use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between…
• meteor6 acepcionesAn atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors…
• meteorite1 acepciónA metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
• meter8 acepcionesA device that measures things.
• meth5 acepcionesMethamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
• methane2 acepcionesThe simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
• method8 acepcionesA process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
• meticulous2 acepcionesCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
• metre4 acepcionesThe basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a…
• metro4 acepcionesA rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
• Metro1 acepciónA city in Lampung, Indonesia.
• metropolis4 acepcionesThe mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.
• Metropolis6 acepcionesA city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.
• metropolitan5 acepcionesA bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
• Metropolitan2 acepcionesThe Metropolitan Line of London Underground, which has its ancestry in the Metropolitan Railway.
• Mexican11 acepcionesA person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
• Mexico13 acepcionesA country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America. Official name: United…
• Meyer9 acepcionesA male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir.
• Meyers1 acepciónA surname.
• mi2 acepcionesA syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
• mia2 acepcionesAn ancient bluffing game played with dice.
• Mia2 acepcionesA female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
• MIA1 acepciónAbsent for a long time.
• Miami9 acepcionesAlternative form of Mayaimi. An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
• mic1 acepciónA microfarad.
• Mic1 acepciónA river in Romania.
• Micah5 acepcionesA book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
• mice1 acepciónTo be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
• Michael4 acepcionesA male given name from Hebrew.
• Michaels1 acepciónA surname.
• Michel1 acepciónA male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.
• Michelangelo1 acepciónA 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).
• Michele2 acepcionesA unisex given name A female given name from French [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Michelle, anglicized form of French Michèle, a…
• Michelle1 acepciónA female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
• Michigan8 acepcionesA state of the United States.
• Michiko1 acepciónA female given name from Japanese.
• mick3 acepcionesAn Irishman.
• Mick2 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given name Michael.
• mickey9 acepcionesThe smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
• Mickey6 acepcionesA diminutive of the male given name Michael.
• Micky3 acepcionesAlternative spelling of Mickey. A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
• microphone3 acepcionesA device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted…
• microscope3 acepcionesAn optical instrument used for observing small objects.
• microscopic5 acepcionesOf, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
• microwave3 acepcionesAn electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
• mid10 acepcionesOccupying a middle position; middle.
• midday1 acepciónNoon; twelve o'clock during the day.
• middle13 acepcionesA centre, midpoint.
• Middle1 acepciónA sheading of the Isle of Man.
• middle-aged3 acepcionesOf or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.
• middle-class2 acepcionesOccupying a position between the working class and the upper class.
• middleman4 acepcionesAn intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
• Middleton44 acepcionesAny of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including: A number of places in England,…
• midget3 acepcionesA very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.
• midnight4 acepcionesThe middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
• midst2 acepcionesA place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.
• midtown1 acepciónThe part of a city between uptown and downtown.
• midway6 acepcionesThe middle; the midst.
• Midway119 acepcionesAn atoll in the North Pacific the site of a major World War II battle.
• Midwest2 acepcionesThe area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,…
• midwife4 acepcionesA person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
• might10 acepcionesPower, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
• mighty7 acepcionesVery strong; possessing might.
• migraine2 acepcionesA severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual…
• migration5 acepcionesAn instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
• Miguel2 acepcionesA male given name from Portuguese and Spanish.
• Mika2 acepcionesA unisex given name. A female given name from Japanese.
• mike4 acepcionesA microphone.
• Mike4 acepcionesA radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
• Mikey1 acepciónA diminutive of the male given name Michael.
• Mikhail1 acepciónA transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl).
• Miki4 acepcionesA unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Michael, variant of Mickey.
• mil3 acepcionesAn angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also…
• Mila4 acepcionesA female given name from the Slavic languages.
• milady2 acepcionesTo address as “milady”.
• Milan26 acepcionesA city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy.
• mild9 acepcionesGentle and not easily angered
• mildly2 acepcionesIn a mild manner.
• Mildred1 acepciónA female given name from Old English.
• mile9 acepcionesThe international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into…
• Mile2 acepcionesA transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Миле (Mile)
• mileage7 acepcionesThe total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
• miles2 acepcionesA great distance in space or time.
• Miles11 acepcionesA male given name from an uncertain origin.
• Miley2 acepcionesA female given name.
• militant5 acepcionesFighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
• military5 acepcionesCharacteristic of members of the armed forces.
• militia2 acepcionesAn army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which…
• milk14 acepcionesA white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called…
• Milk1 acepciónA surname.
• milking2 acepcionesThe act by which any animal is milked.
• milkman2 acepcionesA man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
• milkshake7 acepcionesA thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
• milky7 acepcionesResembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
• mill42 acepcionesA grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
• Mill4 acepcionesA surname.
• millennia1 acepcióna single period of 1000 years, a millennium
• millennium5 acepcionesA period of time consisting of one thousand years.
• Millennium2 acepcionesThe Kingdom of Christ on Earth, predicted by Christians to come about someday.
• miller6 acepcionesA person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.
• Miller16 acepcionesAn English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.
• millie2 acepcionesA harshly-spoken working-class woman, often unemployed.
• Millie2 acepcionesA diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia, or Camilla, also used as a formal given name.
• million2 acepcionesThe cardinal number 1 000 000: 10⁶; a thousand thousand (1,000²).
• million-dollar2 acepcionesvery expensive.
• millionaire1 acepciónSomebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
• Mills11 acepcionesAn English and Scottish occupational surname.
• Milly1 acepciónA diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, or Camilla, also used as a formal given name.
• milo1 acepciónsorghum
• Milo13 acepcionesA male given name from the Germanic languages.