| milkweed |
one of several plants that secrete a milky substance. |
| milkwort |
any of various plants or shrubs that bear bright, variously colored flowers, once thought to enhance the production of milk in nursing mothers. |
| milky |
of, made with, or resembling milk. [2 definitions] |
| Milky Way |
the galaxy that contains the earth, the sun, and the solar system, and that is visible in the night sky as a long ribbon of cloudlike clusters of stars from one horizon to the other. |
| mill1 |
a place where raw grains are crushed and ground to produce flour. [9 definitions] |
| mill2 |
a rarely-used monetary unit of the United States equaling one thousandth of a dollar. |
| millage |
the tax rate based on one tenth of a U.S. cent per dollar. |
| milldam |
a dam constructed to create a pond or head of water that can be released to turn a mill. |
| millefleurs |
having a varicolored floral pattern covering a fabric. |
| millennial |
of or pertaining to a millennium. [2 definitions] |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. [3 definitions] |
| millepede |
variant of millipede. |
| millepore |
any of several marine corals found in tropical waters. |
| miller |
a person who owns, operates, or works in a mill, esp. a mill for grinding grain into flour. [3 definitions] |
| miller's-thumb |
any of several freshwater fishes found in Europe and North America; sculpin. |
| millet |
any of various tall, seed-producing grasses grown for hay or for seed. [2 definitions] |
| milli- |
one thousandth. |
| milliampere |
a unit of electrical current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. |
| millibar |
a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar or one thousand dynes per square centimeter. |
| millieme |
the smallest monetary unit of Sudan and Egypt. (Cf. pound.) |
| milligram |
a unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a gram or 0.0154 grain. (abbr.: mg) |