4-letter words starting with m
- meer — Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet — greatest lower bound
- meff — (Liverpool, pejorative) An objectionable, an unkempt person or a tramp.
- mega — Extremely.
- mego — Alternative spelling of MEGO.
- megs — Plural form of meg.
- meid — (South Africa, offensive) A young black woman. (from 20th c.).
- meir — Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mela — a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- meld — a blend.
- mele — Alternative form of mell.
- melk — a town in N Austria, on the River Danube: noted for its baroque Benedictine abbey. Pop: 5222 (2001)
- mell — to beat with a mallet; hammer.
- melo — a city in NE Uruguay.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- meme — a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition and replication in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes. a cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the Internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way.
- memo — memorandum.
- mems — microelectromechanical system
- mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- meng — Alternative form of ming.
- meno — less.
- mens — a range of sizes in even and odd numbers for garments made for men.
- ment — (obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of meng.
- menu — a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare: Ask the waiter for a menu.
- meou — Alternative form of meow.
- meow — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- meph — (informal) mephedrone.
- mer. — meridian
- merc — a mercenary soldier.
- merd — (obsolete) ordure; dung.
- mere — mother1 .
- meri — a Māori war club
- merk — mark2 (def 3).
- merl — the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merm — A permanent for a man.
- mers — Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mery — Obsolete form of merry.
- mes- — meso-
- mesa — a city in SW California.
- mesc — mescaline.
- mese — (obsolete) A dinner; meal.
- mesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- mest — of or involving an obsessive interest in one's own satisfaction: the me decade.
- meta — (in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- mete — to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
- meth — methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- mett — An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
- metz — the E part of the former kingdom of the Franks, comprising parts of what is now NE France, W Germany, and Belgium. Capital: Metz.
- meum — Spignel, Meum athamanticum.