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

military press
noun a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

military quarters
noun living quarters for personnel on a military post

military rank
military rating noun rank in a military organization

military recruit
noun a recently enlisted soldier

military reserve
reserve noun armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

military science
noun the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare

military service
armed service noun a force that is a branch of the armed forces

military training
noun training soldiers in military procedures

military uniform
noun prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers

military unit
military force noun a unit that is part of some military service; `he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men`

military vehicle
noun vehicle used by the armed forces

military-industrial complex
noun a country`s military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment; `we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex`--Dwight David Eisenhower

militia
reserves noun civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

militiaman
noun a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies

milk
noun produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

milk bar
noun snack bar that sells milk drinks and light refreshments (such as ice cream)

milk can
noun large can for transporting milk

milk chocolate
noun chocolate made from chocolate liquor with sugar and cocoa butter and powdered milk solids and vanilla and (usually) lecithin; the most common form of chocolate for eating; used in chocolate candy and baking and coatings

milk float
noun a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses

milk leg
white leg noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth

milk of magnesia
noun purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid

milk punch
noun a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices

milk sickness
noun caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles

milk snake
house snake noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes

milk thistle
Our Lady`s mild thistle noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

milk vetch
milk-vetch noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus

milk wagon
milkwagon noun wagon for delivering milk

milk-sick
adjective affected with or related to milk sickness

milk-white
adjective of a white the color of fresh milk

milkcap
Lactarius delicioso noun edible mushroom

milking machine
noun machine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanically

milking shorthorn
noun breed evolved from shorthorn beef cattle

milking stool
noun low three-legged stool with a half round seat; used to sit on while milking a cow

milkless
adjective having no milk; `milkless breasts`

milkman
noun someone who delivers milk

milkshake
milk shake noun frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

milkweed
silkweed noun any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

milkweed
noun annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

milkwort
noun any of various plants of the genus Polygala

milky
milklike adjective resembling milk in color or cloudiness; not clear; `milky glass`

Milky Way
Milky Way Galaxy noun the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky

mill
grinder 1 milling machinery noun machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

Mill
noun Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham`s utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)

mill agent
noun the responsible official at a mill that is under absentee ownership

mill-girl
noun a girl who works in a mill

mill-hand
factory worker noun a workman in a mill or factory

Millais
Sir John Everett Millais noun Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)

Millay
Edna Millay noun United States poet (1892-1950)

millboard
noun stout pasteboard used to bind books

milldam
noun dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill

milled
polished adjective (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; `polished rice`

millenarian
chiliastic adjective relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness

millenarianism
millenarism noun belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations

millenary
adjective relating to or consisting of 1000

millennial
millennian adjective relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years

millennium
millenary noun a span of 1000 years

miller
milling machine noun machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it

Miller
Henry Valentine Miller noun United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)

miller`s-thumb
noun small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America

millerite
noun a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel

millet
noun small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica

milliammeter
noun a sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes

milliampere
mA noun one thousandth of an ampere

milliard
noun a billion; `in England they call one thousand million a milliard`

millibar
noun a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar; `atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars`

millicurie
noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie

millidegree
noun a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree

milliequivalent
meq noun one-thousandth of an equivalent

millifarad
noun a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad

milligram
mg noun one thousandth (1/1,000) gram

millihenry
noun a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry

Millikan
Robert Andrews Millikan noun United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953)

milliliter
millilitre noun a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

millime
noun 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia

millimeter
millimetre noun a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

milline
noun an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication

millinery
woman`s hat noun hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner

millinery
noun shop selling women`s hats

milling
noun corrugated edge of a coin

million
adjective (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

million
jillion noun a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); `there were millions of flies`

millionaire
noun a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars

millionairess
noun a woman millionaire

millionfold
a million times adverb by a factor of a million; `it increased a millionfold`

millionth
adjective the ordinal number of one million in counting order

millipede
millepede noun any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs

milliradian
noun a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian

millisecond
msec noun one thousandth (10^-3) of a second

millivolt
mV noun a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt

millivoltmeter
noun sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltage in millivolts

milliwatt
noun a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt

millpond
noun a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel

millrace
millrun noun a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel

Mills
Robert Mills noun United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)

millstone
noun one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain

millwheel
mill wheel noun water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill

millwork
noun woodwork that has been machined at a mill

millwright
noun a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery

Milne
A. A. Milne noun English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)

milo
milo maize noun small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains