| militate |
to serve as an influence for or against something. |
| militia |
a military body of trained civilians, usu. active only in emergencies. |
| militiaman |
a member of a militia. |
| milk |
a white liquid produced by female mammals as food for their offspring. [7 definitions] |
| milk-and-water |
lacking conviction; weak or insipid. |
| milker |
a person or machine that extracts milk from an animal. [2 definitions] |
| milkfed |
of an animal, fed on milk or milk products in order to obtain tender meat. |
| milkfish |
a large, whitish, edible fish found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. |
| milk glass |
white, opaque, or translucent glass. |
| milk leg |
a painful swelling in a woman's leg occurring after childbirth, caused by clotting or inflammation of the veins. |
| milkmaid |
a girl or woman who milks cows or works on a dairy farm. |
| milkman |
a man who sells milk or delivers it to people's homes. |
| milk of magnesia |
a milky mixture of magnesium hydroxide and water, used primarily as a laxative or antacid. |
| milk run |
a routine or riskless trip or undertaking. |
| milk shake |
a frothy cold drink made of milk, flavoring, and usu. ice cream blended together. |
| milkshed |
the dairy farm areas that supply a city with milk. |
| milk snake |
a nonpoisonous king snake found in northeastern North America. |
| milksop |
a boy or man who is timid or lacks courage; weakling. |
| milk sugar |
the sugar that is found in milk; lactose. |
| milk tooth |
any of the temporary first teeth, found in young mammals, that are eventually replaced by permanent teeth. |
| milkweed |
one of several plants that secrete a milky substance. |