| mensch |
human being (German, Yiddish); a kind, reliable, compassionate person. |
| menses |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the periodic discharge of blood, mucus, and cells built up in the mammalian uterus in preparation to receive an embryo and discarded when fertilization of the egg has not taken place. |
| Menshevik |
a member of the Russian Social Democratic party that opposed the more radical Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. [2 definitions] |
| men's room |
a public lavatory or restroom for men and boys. |
| menstrual |
of or relating to menstruation or the discharge that occurs during menstruation. |
| menstruate |
to periodically discharge blood, mucus, and dead cells from the uterus, as by a female of child-bearing age. |
| menstruation |
the usu. periodic process of discharging blood, mucus, and dead cells from the mammalian uterus when the egg is not fertilized. [2 definitions] |
| mensurable |
subject to measurement; measurable. |
| mensural |
of or relating to measure. [2 definitions] |
| mensuration |
the act, process, or method of measuring. [2 definitions] |
| -ment |
action; process. [3 definitions] |
| mental |
of or pertaining to the operation of the mind. [4 definitions] |
| mental age |
an individual's mental ability, measured in terms of the chronological age at which an average person would attain that level of intelligence. |
| mental health |
the condition, or degree of health, of one's mind and emotions. [3 definitions] |
| mental hospital |
an institution where people with mental illnesses are cared for, given therapy and medical treatment, and sometimes permanently housed, more commonly referred to now as "psychiatric hospital." |
| mental illness |
a class of illness that primarily afflicts the mind, thought processes, and emotions rather than the physical body. [3 definitions] |
| mentality |
mental power and ability. [2 definitions] |
| mentally |
in the mind or using the mind. [2 definitions] |
| mental math |
mathematical calculations done by thinking alone. |
| mental retardation |
the lack of one or more mental functions since birth, resulting in below-normal intelligence and inability to function adequately, caused by brain damage, disease, or congenital factors; mental deficiency. |
| mentation |
the workings of the mind; mental activity. |