| mint jelly |
a jelly with mint flavoring, usu. served with lamb. |
| mint julep |
a tall, frosted alcoholic beverage made with bourbon or brandy, sugar, ice, and mint. |
| minuend |
in arithmetic, a number from which another number is subtracted. (Cf. subtrahend.) |
| minuet |
a slow, graceful dance in three-quarter time, popular in Europe and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [2 definitions] |
| minus |
made less by the subtraction of. [7 definitions] |
| minuscule |
so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. [4 definitions] |
| minus sign |
a mathematical sign (-) indicating subtraction or a negative quantity. |
| minute1 |
a unit of time equal to sixty seconds or one sixtieth of an hour. (abbr.: min.) [6 definitions] |
| minute2 |
extremely small in size, amount, or degree; tiny. [2 definitions] |
| minute hand |
the longer hand on a watch or a clock, which moves around the entire face once an hour and indicates minutes. |
| minutely |
occurring on a small or minute scale, or in fine detail. |
| minuteman |
an American militiaman of the Revolutionary War period who was ready to fight on a moment's notice. |
| minute steak |
a small, thin piece of steak, often cubed, that cooks quickly. |
| minutia |
(usu. pl.) a small or unimportant detail; triviality. |
| minx |
a flirtatious or impudent young woman. |
| Miocene |
of, relating to, or designating the geological epoch between the Oligocene and Pliocene of the Tertiary Period, from approximately 26 million to 5 million years ago, when mammals began to acquire modern characteristics. [2 definitions] |
| miosis |
severe contraction of the pupil of the eye. (Cf. mydriasis.) |
| Mira |
a red variable star in the constellation Cetus, having a widely fluctuating magnitude between 2.0 and 10.0. |
| mirabelle |
a small, sweet, deep-yellow fruit that resembles a plum. [3 definitions] |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| miracle |
an event that cannot be explained by the known laws of nature and is therefore attributed to a supernatural or divine power. [2 definitions] |