MPage 2
- English Word -mere Definition A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere.
- English Word -meter Definition A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.
- English Word -metry Definition A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.
- English Word -mi Definition of Centesimo
- English Word -mo Definition A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc.
- English Word -morphous Definition A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.
- English Word M Definition As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.
- English Word M Definition A quadrat, the face or top of which is a perfect square; also, the size of such a square in any given size of type, used as the unit of measurement for that type: 500 m's of pica would be a piece of matter whose length and breadth in pica m's multiplied together produce that number.
- English Word M Definition A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy.
- English Word M/tin Definition A French mastiff.
- English Word Ma Definition A child's word for mother.
- English Word Ma Definition In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
- English Word Ma Definition But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).
- English Word Ma'am Definition Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.
- English Word Maa Definition The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
- English Word Maad Definition Made.
- English Word Maalin Definition The sparrow hawk.
- English Word Maalin Definition The kestrel.
- English Word Maara shell Definition A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.
- English Word Maasha Definition An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.