3-letter words starting with m
- mom — mother1 .
- mon — an Austroasiatic language used chiefly in Burma in the vicinity of Moulmein.
- moo — MUD Object Oriented
- mop — a wry face; grimace.
- mor — Humus formed under acid conditions.
- mos — Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- mot — a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mou — memorandum of understanding
- mow — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
- mox — a type of fuel used in nuclear reactors, made from reprocessed plutonium mixed with natural or depleted uranium.
- moy — an imaginary coin
- moz — a hoodoo; hex
- mp1 — MPEG-1 audio layer 1
- mp3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
- mp4 — MPEG-4 Part 14: software created by the Motion Picture Experts Group for transmitting data streams to a receiving device in real time
- mpc — 1. (operating system) Memory Protection Check. 2. (computer) Multimedia Personal Computer. 3. Multiprocess Communications.
- mpg — Miles per gallon (a measurement of a vehicle’s rate of fuel consumption).
- mph — Miles per hour.
- mpi — Message Passing Interface
- mpl — 1. (language) An early possible name for PL/I. 2. MasPar data-parallel version of C. See also ampl. 3. Motorola Programming Language. A low-level PL/I-like language, similar to PL/M, but for the Motorola 6800. 4. MicroProgramming Language. Simple language for microprogramming. Statements on the same line represent register transfers caused by one microinstruction, and are executed in parallel.
- mpp — Member of the Provincial Parliament (of Ontario)
- mps — Member of the Pharmaceutical Society
- mpv — An extension of the VRTX real-time operating system to support multi-processing.
- mpx — Multiplexor Channel
- mr. — mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position: Mr. Lawson; Mr. President.
- mra — magnetic resonance
- mrc — Metals Reserve Company
- mre — meal ready to eat: a US military precooked ration pack
- mri — scanning procedure
- mrm — mechanically recovered meat: a reconstituted meat product created from offal and other meat waste, often used in hamburgers, sausages, pies, etc
- mrp — Material Requirements Planning
- mrs — a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman: Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Susan Jones.
- ms. — manuscript.
- msa — Master of Science in Agriculture
- msb — Most Significant Bit
- msc — degree: Master of Science
- msd — Ministry of Social Development
- msf — Manufacturing, Science, Finance (a trade union)
- msg — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- msi — medium-scale integration
- msl — mean sea level
- msm — Micronetics Standard MUMPS
- msn — The Microsoft Network
- msp — An MSP is someone who has been elected as a member of the Scottish Parliament. MSP is an abbreviation for 'Member of the Scottish Parliament'.
- msr — An MSR is a device that converts information on the magnetic stripe of a credit card into data that can be understood by retail software.
- mss — maximum segment size
- mst — Mountain Standard Time
- msw — Master of Social Work
- msx — Microsoft Extended
- mta — 1. (messaging) Message Transfer Agent. 2. (messaging) Message Transfer Architecture. (AT&T). 3. Multiple Terminal Access. 4. Maintenance Task Analysis.