| mizzen |
the fore-and-aft sail on the third mast of a fully-rigged ship. [2 definitions] |
| mizzenmast |
the third mast from the front on a vessel having at least three masts. |
| mkt. |
abbreviation of "market." |
| ml |
abbreviation of "milliliter," or "milliliters," a unit of capacity equal to one thousandth of a liter or 0.338 fluid ounce. |
| Mlle. |
abbreviation of "Mademoiselle," an unmarried woman, addressed courteously. |
| mm |
abbreviation of "millimeter," or "millimeters," a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter or 0.03937 inch. |
| Mme. |
abbreviation of "Madame," a married woman, addressed formally or courteously. |
| mmm |
(informal) used to indicate pleasure or approval, often at the thought, feel, or taste of something. [2 definitions] |
| Mn |
symbol of the chemical element manganese. |
| MN |
abbreviation of "Minnesota," a Midwestern U.S. state on the Canadian border between Wisconsin and the Dakotas. |
| mnemonic |
pertaining to or designed to aid the memory. [2 definitions] |
| mnemonics |
(used with a sing. verb) a process, system, or technique used to aid and improve the memory. |
| Mnemosyne |
in Greek mythology, the goddess personifying memory, and mother of the Muses. |
| -mo |
used after numerals in describing sizes of books, pamphlets, or the like, according to the number of leaves obtained by folding a single sheet of paper. |
| Mo |
symbol of the chemical element molybdenum. |
| MO |
abbreviation of "Missouri," a Midwestern U.S. state between Kansas and Illinois. |
| M.O. |
abbreviation of "modus operandi" (Latin); method of operating. |
| mo. |
abbreviation of "month." |
| moa |
an extinct, flightless, long-necked bird native to New Zealand. |
| Moab Isolation Center |
a special U.S. internment camp located near Moab, Utah, occupied in 1943 by American citizens of Japanese descent who had been deemed to be "trouble-makers" during their previous internment at ordinary camps created for the holding of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The conditions at the Moab Isolation Center were harsher than at other camps. At its peak, there were about fifty people being held there. |
| moan |
a long, low, mournful outcry expressing pain, grief, or sorrow. [7 definitions] |