microwaveable |
combined form of microwave. |
microwave oven |
an oven that cooks or heats food or beverages quickly using high-frequency electromagnetic radiation. |
micturate |
to give off urine from the body; urinate. |
mid1 |
in the middle of (a time period or place). |
mid2 |
amid or among. |
mid- |
middle. |
midair |
any location between very high and low in the air but well off the ground. |
Midas |
in Greek mythology, the king to whom Dionysus gave the power of turning everything he touched into gold. [2 definitions] |
midbrain |
the middle of three brain parts in a vertebrate embryo and the part of the adult brain into which this develops; mesencephalon. |
midday |
the middle part of the day or the time anywhere near or around it. [2 definitions] |
midden |
a refuse heap; dunghill. [2 definitions] |
middle |
in between and equally distant from two or more things, places, or points. [5 definitions] |
middle age |
the period of human life between youth and old age, approximately the years between forty and sixty-five. |
middle-aged |
of a person, being of an age between youth and old age. |
Middle Ages |
the period of European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, from 500 A.D. to about 1500 A.D. |
Middle America |
the North American middle class, esp. as typified by the conservative or moderate political and social values of the Midwest. [2 definitions] |
middlebrow |
(informal) a person who is considered to have very conventional or middle-class tastes or interests, and to be anti-intellectual. [2 definitions] |
middle C |
in music, the note on the first ledger line below the treble staff or above the bass staff. [2 definitions] |
middle class |
the social class between the very rich or the aristocracy and lower-class laborers, that includes business people, professionals, farmers, skilled workers, and the like; bourgeoisie. |
middle-class |
of or pertaining to the middle class of a society. |
middle ear |
the central part of the ear, consisting of the eardrum or tympanic membrane and a cavity containing three small bones. |