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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Mbundu
Ovimbundu noun an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola

McAlester
noun a town in southeastern Oklahoma

McAllen
noun a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande

McArdle`s disease
noun an inherited disease in which abnormal amounts of glycogen accumulate in skeletal muscle; results in weakness and cramping

McBurney`s point
noun a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis

McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy noun United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)

McCarthy
Mary Therese McCarthy noun United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)

McCarthyism
noun unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)

McCauley
Mary McCauley noun heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband`s gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1932)

McCormick
Cyrus Hall McCormick noun United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884)

McCullers
Carson McCullers noun United States novelist (1917-1967)

McGraw
John McGraw noun United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934)

McGuffey
William Holmes McGuffey noun United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)

McGuffey Eclectic Readers
noun readers that combined lessons in reading with moralistic messages

McGuffin
MacGuffin noun (film) a plot element that catches the viewers` attention or drives the plot; `the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock`s films`

McIntosh
noun early-ripening apple popular in the northeastern United States; primarily eaten raw but suitable for applesauce

McKim
Charles Follen McKim noun United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909)

McKinley
William McKinley noun 25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)

McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan noun Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)

McMaster
John Bach McMaster noun United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932)

mea culpa
noun an acknowledgment of your error or guilt

mead
noun made of fermented honey and water

Mead
noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

Mead`s milkweed
Asclepias meadii noun milkweed of central North America; a threatened species

Meade
George Gordon Meade noun United States general in charge of the Union troops at the battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)

meadow buttercup
tall buttercup noun perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America

meadow clary
Salvia pratensis noun tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands

meadow cranesbill
Geranium pratense noun tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America

meadow foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis noun stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America

meadow goldenrod
Canadian goldenrod noun large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed

meadow jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius noun widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada

meadow mushroom
field mushroom noun common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce

meadow pipit
Anthus pratensis noun a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia

meadow rue
noun any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers

meadow salsify
goatsbeard noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States

meadow saxifrage
fair-maids-of-France noun rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe

meadow spikemoss
basket spikemoss noun spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America

meadow spittlebug
Philaenus spumarius noun North American insect that severely damages grasses

meadow vole
meadow mouse noun widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada

meadowgrass
meadow grass noun any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture

meadowlark
noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast

meager
meagre adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent; `meager resources`; `meager fare`

meagerly
sparingly adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner; `these voices are meagerly represented at the conference`; `the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources`

meagerness
meagreness noun the quality of being meager; `an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes`-George Eliot

meal
repast noun the food served and eaten at one time

meal ticket
luncheon voucher noun coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal

mealie
noun an ear of corn

mealtime
noun the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten

mealworm
noun the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae

mealy
adjective containing meal or made of meal

mealy sage
Salvia farinacea noun Texas sage having intensely blue flowers

mealybug
mealy bug noun scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

mealymouthed
mealy-mouthed adjective hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; `a mealymouthed politician`

mean
adjective excellent; `famous for a mean backhand`

mean
miserly adjective (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; `a mean person`; `he left a miserly tip`

mean deviation
mean deviation from the mean noun the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution

mean distance
noun the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary

mean sun
noun a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds

mean time
mean solar time noun (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)

mean(a)
adjective approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; `the average income in New England is below that of the nation`; `of average height for his age`; `the mean annual rainfall`

meander
noun a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

meandering(a)
rambling adjective of a path e.g.; `meandering streams`; `rambling forest paths`; `the river followed its wandering course`; `a winding country road`

meanderingly
adverb in a meandering manner; `the river ran meanderingly through the valley`

meanie
meany noun a person of mean disposition

meaning
substance noun the idea that is intended; `What is the meaning of this proverb?`

meaning(a)
pregnant adjective rich in significance or implication; `a meaning look`; `pregnant with meaning`

meaningful
adjective having a meaning or purpose; `a meaningful explanation`; `a meaningful discussion`; `a meaningful pause`

meaningfully
adverb in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful; `He glanced at her meaningfully`

meaningfulness
noun the quality of having great value or significance

meaningless
nonmeaningful adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose; `a meaningless endeavor`; `a meaningless life`; `a verbose but meaningless explanation`

meaninglessness
noun the quality of having no value or significance; `he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him`

meanly
adverb in a miserly manner; `they lived meanly and without ostentation`

meanly
basely adverb in a despicable, ignoble manner; `this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society`

meanness
niggardliness noun extreme stinginess

means
agency noun how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; `a means of control`; `an example is the best agency of instruction`; `the true way to success`

means test
noun an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid

meanspiritedly
adverb in a meanspirited manner

meanwhile
meantime adverb during the intervening time; `meanwhile I will not think about the problem`; `meantime he was attentive to his other interests`; `in the meantime the police were notified`

Meany
noun United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)

measles
rubeola noun an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

measly
miserable adjective contemptibly small in amount; `a measly tip`; `the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief`; `a paltry wage`; `almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans`

measurable
mensurable adjective capable of being measured; `measurable depths`

measurably
adverb to a measurable degree; `the difference is measurably large`

measure
quantity noun how much there is of something that you can quantify

measure
valuate verb place a value on; judge the worth of something; `I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional`

measured
metrical adjective the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

measuredly
adverb in a deliberate unhurried manner; `she was working deliberately`

measurement
measuring noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; `the measurements were carefully done`; `his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate`

measurer
noun a person who makes measurements

measuring cup
noun graduated cup used for measuring ingredients

measuring instrument
measuring system noun instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

measuring stick
measure noun measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

measuring unit
measuring block noun a unit of measurement

measuring worm
inchworm noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae

meat
noun the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; `black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell`

meat and potatoes
noun the fundamental part; `successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration`

meat counter
noun counter where meats are displayed for sale

meat grinder
noun any action resulting in injury or destruction; `the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation`; `allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder`

meat hook
noun a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung

meat house
noun a small house (on a farm) where meat is stored