Minority (a. & n.) State of being less or small.
Minority (a. & n.) The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
Minos (n.) A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions.
Minotaur (n.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.
Minow (n.) See Minnow.
Minster (n.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church.
Minstrel (n.) In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.
Minstrelsy (n.) The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
Minstrelsy (n.) Musical instruments.
Minstrelsy (n.) A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs.
Mint (n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
Mint (n.) A place where money is coined by public authority.
Mint (n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
Minted (imp. & p. p.) of Mint
Minting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mint
Mint (v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
Mint (v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
Mintage (n.) The coin, or other production, made in a mint.
Mintage (n.) The duty paid to the mint for coining.
Minter (n.) One who mints.
Mintmen (pl. ) of Mintman
Mintman (n.) One skilled in coining, or in coins; a coiner.
Mint-master (n.) The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.
Minuend (n.) The number from which another number is to be subtracted.
Minuet (n.) A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
Minuet (n.) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.
Minum (n.) A small kind of printing type; minion.
Minum (n.) A minim.
Minus (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.
Minuscule (n.) Any very small, minute object.
Minuscule (n.) A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.
Minuscule (a.) Of the size and style of minuscules; written in minuscules.
Minutary (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.
Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)
Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10Á 20').
Minute (n.) A nautical or a geographic mile.
Minute (n.) A coin; a half farthing.
Minute (n.) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
Minute (n.) A point of time; a moment.
Minute (n.) The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate.
Minute (n.) A fixed part of a module. See Module.
Minute (a.) Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.
Minute (p. pr. & vb. n.) To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Minute (a.) Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.
Minute (a.) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
Minute-jack (n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
Minutely (adv.) In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
Minutely (a.) Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.
Minutely (adv.) At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.
Minutemen (pl. ) of Minuteman
Minuteman (n.) A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
Minuteness (n.) The quality of being minute.
Minutiae (pl. ) of Minutia
Minutia (n.) A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Minx (n.) A pert or a wanton girl.
Minx (n.) A she puppy; a pet dog.
Minx (n.) The mink; -- called also minx otter.
Miny (a.) Abounding with mines; like a mine.
Miocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.
Miocene (n.) The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.
Miohippus (n.) An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.
Miquelet (n.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
Mir (n.) A Russian village community.
Mir (n.) Same as Emir.
Mira (n.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).
Mirabilaries (pl. ) of Mirabilary
Mirabilary (n.) One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders.
Mirabilis (n.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.
Mirabilite (n.) Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.
Mirable (a.) Wonderful; admirable.
Miracle (n.) A wonder or wonderful thing.
Miracle (n.) Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.
Miracle (n.) A miracle play.
Miracle (n.) A story or legend abounding in miracles.
Miracle (v. t.) To make wonderful.
Miraculize (v. t.) To cause to seem to be a miracle.
Miraculous (a.) Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.
Miraculous (a.) Supernatural; wonderful.
Miraculous (a.) Wonder-working.
Mirador (n.) Same as Belvedere.
Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.
Mirbane (n.) See Nitrobenzene.
Mire (n.) An ant.
Mire (n.) Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.
Mired (imp. & p. p.) of Mire
Miring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mire
Mire (v. t.) To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
Mire (v. t.) To soil with mud or foul matter.
Mire (v. i.) To stick in mire.
Mirific (a.) Alt. of Mirifical
Mirifical (a.) Working wonders; wonderful.
Mirificent (a.) Wonderful.
Miriness (n.) The quality of being miry.
Mirk (a.) Dark; gloomy; murky.
Mirk (n.) Darkness; gloom; murk.
Mirksome (a.) Dark; gloomy; murky.
Mirky (a.) Dark; gloomy. See Murky.
Mirror (n.) A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
Mirror (n.) That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.