English words starting with M

The guidance provided by a mentor, especially an experienced person in a company or educational institution.

A list of the food and drinks that you can order in a restaurant or café.

(of a computer program or system) operated by making selections from a list of options (a menu) rather than by typing commands.

The characteristic crying sound made by a cat.

Relating to trade or commerce; commercial.

an economic theory and practice that dominated europe from the 16th to the 18th century, advocating that a nation's wealth and power are best served by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals.

Working or done only for money or personal gain

goods that are bought and sold; commercial products.

A person or company that buys and sells goods, especially a company that sells goods to retailers.

the activity of selling goods, especially by advertising them or by making them available in attractive ways in stores

a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade.

a ship used for carrying cargo, especially in former times.

Showing or exercising mercy; being kind and forgiving, especially to someone you have the power to punish.

used to express that you are relieved that something good has happened or that something bad has been avoided.

Showing no kindness or pity; cruel.

in a way that shows no kindness or pity; cruelly.

Changing mood or behavior suddenly and unexpectedly.

relating to or containing mercury, especially with a valence of two.

A heavy, silver-white metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature.

kindness or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.

Used to emphasize how small or insignificant something is.

used to emphasize how small or unimportant something is; only

A type of lively, syncopated music and dance that originated in the Dominican Republic.

Attracting attention in a vulgar or flashy way; superficially attractive but having no real value.

A type of large diving duck with a long, thin, serrated bill for catching fish.

to combine or join together, or to cause things to do this

To combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

the act of joining two or more organizations or businesses into one.

connected with or involving a merger, especially of companies

the activity of buying and selling different companies, or combining them, as part of a business strategy.

to combine or cause two or more things to combine to form a single thing

An imaginary great circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South geographic poles.

Relating to or situated in the south, especially of Europe.

A light, sweet food made by baking a mixture of egg whites and sugar until crisp.

A breed of sheep with long, fine wool.

A region of plant tissue, found chiefly at the tips of roots and shoots and in the cambium, consisting of actively dividing cells forming new tissue.

the quality of being good and deserving praise or reward

Based on or determined by a person's qualities, achievements, or performance, rather than on factors such as wealth or social status.

Deserved or earned, especially through effort or quality.

A social system in which people's success or status is based on their talent, intelligence, and effort, rather than wealth or social class.

relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy, a system in which people are selected and promoted based on their abilities and achievements rather than on factors such as wealth or social class.

Deserving reward or praise.

A type of red wine made from dark blue grapes

An imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.

a mythical sea creature with the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish.

Relating to the Frankish dynasty ruling Gaul and parts of Germany from about 500 to 751 AD.

In a cheerful and lively way.

the state or quality of being cheerful and lively; fun and enjoyment.

Happy and cheerful in a lively, festive way.

A large, circular machine at a fairground that has model animals or vehicles for children to ride on as it turns.

A person who is enjoying themselves with others in a lively, festive way, especially at a party or celebration.

The act of celebrating and having fun in a lively, cheerful way.

a broad, flat-topped hill with steep sides, found especially in the southwestern united states.

A type of alcoholic spirit distilled from the fermented sap of certain agave plants, especially the maguey.

a hallucinogenic drug obtained from the peyote cactus.

A mixture of young, tender salad leaves and herbs.

Relating to or denoting embryonic connective tissue capable of developing into various structures such as bone, cartilage, and muscle.

A material made of a network of wire or thread

The act or process of fitting together or interlocking.

Relating to or characterized by a moderate amount of moisture.

Relating to or producing a state of fascination or trance, as if hypnotized.

A strong or hypnotic power held over someone, as if by hypnosis.

to hold the attention of someone entirely so that they cannot think of anything else.

Having one's attention completely held by something or someone, as if in a trance.

So fascinating or attractive that one's attention is held completely.

Relating to the region and cultures of Central America and Mexico before the arrival of Europeans.

A person with a compact, muscular body type, characterized by a predominance of muscle and bone tissue, as contrasted with ectomorph and endomorph.

An elementary particle that is intermediate in mass between an electron and a proton, and which transmits the strong force that binds atomic nuclei together.

(of a microorganism) growing best at moderate temperatures, typically between 20°C and 45°C.

Of or relating to the ancient region of Mesopotamia, its people, or their culture.

Relating to an intermediate scale of size, larger than microscopic but smaller than macroscopic.

a type of cancer, often caused by exposure to asbestos, that affects the mesothelium, the thin layer of tissue covering most internal organs.

Relating to or denoting the second era of the Phanerozoic eon, between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic eras, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and characterized by the dominance of reptiles, especially dinosaurs.

A spiny tree or shrub of the pea family, native to arid regions of southwestern US and Mexico, which yields useful timber, tanbark, and gum.

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

a situation that is full of problems and confusion because of mistakes or bad organization

A spoken or written piece of information that you send to another person or leave for them.

The process or activity of sending and receiving electronic messages, especially short ones, via a computer network or mobile phone system.

emotionally or psychologically disturbed or damaged.

A person who carries a message or delivers goods.

a promised leader or savior of a particular group of people

relating to or characteristic of a messiah, especially the Messiah in Christian, Jewish, or Islamic belief

Belief in the coming of a messiah, or a savior who will bring about a new era of peace and justice.

most untidy, dirty, or disorganized

in a dirty or untidy way

The state or quality of being dirty or untidy.

Untidy and dirty.

a woman or girl of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially in latin america, typically of indigenous and european descent.

a person of mixed european and indigenous american ancestry, especially in latin america.

A statistical technique for combining the findings from numerous independent studies on the same subject to produce a single, more precise conclusion.

Relating to or involving the statistical combination and analysis of data from multiple independent studies.

Relating to or involving the chemical processes that occur within a living organism to maintain life.

In a way that relates to metabolism, the chemical processes in a living organism that produce energy and basic materials.

The chemical processes in living things that change food, etc. into energy and materials for growth.

a substance produced or used during the process of metabolism.

To process a substance in the body through chemical reactions to produce energy or new materials.

Relating to the five bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.

Awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

Relating to or involving awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

Data that provides information about other data, such as the title, author, or file size of a digital document.

Fiction that self-consciously draws attention to its own status as an artificial construct, often by commenting on its own narrative techniques or by blurring the line between fiction and reality.

Referring to or constituting fiction that consciously draws attention to its own fictional status, often by commenting on its own narrative techniques.

A solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g., iron, gold, copper, steel).

(of a star, galaxy, or other astronomical object) containing a low proportion of chemical elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.

Containing a high proportion of metal or metallic elements.

A language or set of terms used for the description or analysis of another language.

of or relating to metalepsis, a rhetorical figure involving the substitution of one word for another which it suggests, or the metonymical substitution of one figurative sense for another.

A fan of heavy metal music, typically characterized by a distinctive style of dress (such as long hair, black clothing, and band t-shirts) and a devotion to the genre.

Relating to or involving the study or analysis of language itself, its structure, or its use.

Consisting of or resembling metal

The proportion of chemical elements in an astronomical object that are heavier than hydrogen and helium.

Relating to the scientific study and technology of metals, especially their extraction, purification, and use.

A scientist or engineer who studies the properties of metals and how they are extracted and processed.

The scientific study of the extraction, refining, alloying, and fabrication of metals and of their structure and properties.

A person who makes or repairs things in metal, especially by hand.

Articles or objects made of metal, especially for domestic or decorative use.

The activity or skill of making things from metal.

A person who makes or repairs things in metal, especially by hand.

The activity or skill of making things from metal.

An artificial material engineered to have properties not found in naturally occurring materials, often due to its precise microscopic structure.