6-letter words starting with m
- medius — the middle finger.
- medlar — a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- medley — a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
- medoid — (mathematics) A mathematically representative object in a set of objects; it has the smallest average dissimilarity to all other objects in the set.
- medusa — a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- medway — a river in SE England, flowing through Kent and the Medway towns (Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham) to the Thames estuary. Length: 110 km (70 miles)
- meeces — (jargon) /mees'*z/ (TMRC) Occasional furry visitors who are not urchins; that is, mice. This may no longer be in live use. According to ESR it derives from the refrain of the early-1960s cartoon character Mr. Jinx: "I hate meeces to *pieces*!"
- meeken — To make or become meek or submissive.
- meeker — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- meekly — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- meemie — a hysterical person
- meerut — a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- meeted — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of meet.
- meeter — to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
- meetly — suitably; fittingly; properly; in a seemly manner.
- meetup — a meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking website: a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip.
- megara — a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- megass — bagasse.
- megger — A megohmmeter.
- meghan — a female given name.
- megilp — a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
- megohm — a unit of resistance, equal to one million ohms. Symbol: MΩ; Abbreviation: meg.
- megrim — megrims, low spirits; the blues.
- mehari — A type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport.
- mehndi — the art or practice of painting elaborate patterns on the skin with henna.
- meidan — Alternative spelling of maidan An urban open space.
- meikle — Alternative form of mickle.
- meinie — Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- meishi — A Japanese business card.
- mejico — Mexico.
- meknes — a city in N Morocco: former capital of Morocco.
- mekong — a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2600 miles (4200 km) long.
- melaka — Malacca (defs 1, 2).
- melan- — melano-
- melded — a blend.
- melder — the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
- melees — Plural form of melee.
- melena — the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- melete — one of the original three Muses, the Muse of meditation. Compare Aoede, mneme (def 2).
- melian — a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: statue, Venus de Milo, found here 1820. 51 sq. mi. (132 sq. km).
- melick — A grass either mountain melick (Melica nutans) or wood melick (Melica uniflora).
- melies — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, French film director.
- meline — Having the qualities of or relating to a badger.
- melled — to beat with a mallet; hammer.
- meller — melodrama (def 1).
- mellon — Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.
- mellor — Schlaer-Mellor
- mellow — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melody — musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
- meloid — a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.