English Vocabulary with Meanings — me … morris
Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 20 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- me
- the speaker, as the object of a verb — 'she saw me'
- mead
- made of fermented honey and water
- meade
- United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)
- meadow
- a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- meager
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meal
- coarsely ground foodstuff
- mean
- an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- meaning
- the idea that is intended
- means
- how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
- measles
- an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash
- measure
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- meat
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- meaty
- being on topic and prompting thought
- mecca
- a place that attracts many visitors
- med
- a master's degree in education
- medal
- an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
- medial
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
- median
- the value below which 50% of the cases fall
- mediate
- act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- medic
- a medical practitioner in the armed forces
- medical
- a thorough physical examination
- medici
- aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
- medina
- the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
- medium
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- medley
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- medusa
- in Greek myth, a Gorgon with snakes for hair; the umbrella-shaped form of a jellyfish
- meek
- evidencing little spirit or courage
- meet
- a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- meeting
- the act of joining together as one
- meg
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- mei
- Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits
- melee
- a noisy riotous fight
- melissa
- a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
- melodic
- containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
- melody
- the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
- melon
- any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
- melt
- the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- melting
- the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- meme
- a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
- memo
- a written proposal or reminder
- memoir
- an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
- memory
- an electronic memory device
- memphis
- an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
- men
- the force of workers available
- menace
- a threat or the act of threatening
- mend
- the act of putting something in working order again
- mental
- affected by a disorder of the mind
- mention
- an official recognition of merit
- mentor
- a wise and trusted guide and advisor
- menu
- an agenda of things to do
- meow
- the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- mercury
- temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
- mercy
- leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
- mere
- a small pond of standing water
- merely
- and nothing more
- merge
- join or combine
- merit
- the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- merle
- common black European thrush
- merlin
- small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail
- mermaid
- half woman and half fish
- merry
- quick and energetic
- merton
- United States sociologist (1910-2003)
- mesa
- a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix
- mesh
- the act of interlocking or meshing
- mess
- a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
- message
- a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- messiah
- an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742
- messy
- dirty and disorderly
- metal
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
- meteor
- (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
- meter
- any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
- methane
- a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
- method
- an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed
- methyl
- the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane
- metre
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- metric
- a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
- metrics
- the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
- metro
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- mew
- the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
- mexican
- a native or inhabitant of Mexico
- mexico
- a republic in southern North America
- mfa
- a master's degree in fine arts
- mhz
- one million periods per second
- miami
- a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay
- micah
- an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem
- michael
- (Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
- mickey
- a short, friendly form of the name Michael
- micro
- extremely small in scale or scope or capability
- middle
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- midget
- a person who is markedly small
- midi
- a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers
- midland
- the interior part of a country
- midst
- the location of something surrounded by other things
- midterm
- an examination administered in the middle of an academic term
- midway
- naval battle of World War II (June 1942)
- midwest
- the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
- midwife
- a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
- might
- physical strength
- mighty
- having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- migrant
- traveler who moves from one region or country to another
- migrate
- move from one country or region to another and settle there
- mike
- device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
- mil
- an angular unit used in artillery
- milan
- the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy
- milano
- the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy
- mild
- mild and pleasant
- mildly
- to a moderate degree
- mile
- a footrace extending one mile
- mileage
- distance measured in miles
- militia
- civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
- milk
- produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
- milky
- resembling milk in color not clear
- mill
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- miller
- any of various moths that have powdery wings
- million
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
- mills
- United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
- milne
- English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
- milo
- small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
- milton
- English poet
- mime
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- min
- any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
- mina
- tropical Asian starlings
- mince
- food chopped into small bits
- mind
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
- minded
- (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
- mindset
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- mine
- explosive device that explodes on contact
- mined
- extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth
- miner
- laborer who works in a mine
- mineral
- solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
- ming
- the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- mingle
- to bring or combine together or with something else
- mini
- a very short skirt
- minimal
- the least possible
- mining
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
- minivan
- a small box-shaped passenger van
- mink
- slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet
- minor
- a young person of either sex
- minors
- a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
- minsk
- the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- mint
- a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
- minus
- an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
- minute
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- minutes
- a written account of what transpired at a meeting
- miracle
- a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent
- mirage
- something illusory and unattainable
- mirror
- polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- misery
- a feeling of intense unhappiness
- mishap
- an instance of misfortune
- mislead
- give false or misleading information to
- miss
- a form of address for an unmarried woman
- missed
- not caught with the senses or the mind
- missile
- a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives
- missing
- nonexistent
- mission
- the organized work of a religious missionary
- missy
- a young woman
- mist
- a thin fog with condensation near the ground
- mistake
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- mister
- a form of address for a man
- misty
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- misuse
- improper or excessive use
- misused
- used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose
- mit
- an engineering university in Cambridge
- mite
- any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
- mitt
- the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
- mix
- the act of mixing together
- mixed
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- mixer
- a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods
- mixing
- the act of mixing together
- mixture
- the act of mixing together
- mls
- a master's degree in library science
- moan
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- moat
- ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- mob
- a disorderly crowd of people
- mobile
- sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
- mock
- the act of mocking or ridiculing
- mockery
- humorous or satirical mimicry
- mod
- a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s
- modal
- an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
- mode
- how something is done or how it happens
- model
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- modeled
- resembling sculpture
- modem
- (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
- modern
- a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- modest
- limited in size or scope
- modesty
- formality and propriety of manner
- modify
- cause to change
- mods
- a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s
- modular
- constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use
- module
- a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
- mogul
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- mohawk
- haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp
- moist
- slightly wet
- mojave
- the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave
- mol
- the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams
- mold
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- molded
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- molding
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- moldova
- a landlocked republic in eastern Europe
- mole
- small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
- molly
- popular aquarium fish
- molten
- reduced to liquid form by heating
- mom
- an informal, affectionate word for mother
- moment
- having important effects or influence
- momma
- an informal, affectionate word for mother
- mommy
- an affectionate word children use for mother
- mon
- the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
- mona
- an island to the northwest of Wales
- monarch
- large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings
- monday
- the second day of the week
- monet
- French impressionist painter (1840-1926)
- money
- wealth reckoned in terms of money
- moniker
- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
- monitor
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia
- monk
- a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- monkey
- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- mono
- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream
- monroe
- a town in north central Louisiana
- mons
- a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
- monster
- a large frightening imaginary creature
- montage
- a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- montana
- a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
- monte
- a gambling card game of Spanish origin
- month
- a time unit of approximately 30 days
- monthly
- a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
- moo
- the sound made by a cow or bull
- mood
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- moody
- United States evangelist (1837-1899)
- moon
- any natural satellite of a planet
- moor
- open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
- moore
- British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986)
- moose
- large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male
- moot
- a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- mop
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle
- moral
- the significance of a story or event
- morale
- the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
- morally
- with respect to moral principles
- morals
- motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
- moray
- family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters
- more
- English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded
- morgan
- an American breed of small compact saddle horses
- morley
- United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
- mormon
- a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- mormons
- church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
- morn
- the time period between dawn and noon
- morning
- a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
- morocco
- a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population
- moron
- a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
- morph
- change shape as via computer animation
- morris
- United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)