| mendicancy |
the act of soliciting money by begging. [2 definitions] |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. [4 definitions] |
| Menelaus |
in Greek mythology, king of Sparta during the Trojan War, brother to Agamemnon, and husband to Helen of Troy. |
| menfolk |
men in general or men of a specific family or community. |
| menhaden |
an inedible fish related to the herring, found in the western Atlantic Ocean and used for bait and for making oil and fertilizer. |
| menhir |
a large upright monolith standing alone or erected as part of an aligned grouping of such stones, found esp. in parts of England and France and usu. prehistoric in origin. |
| menial |
of, relating to, or suitable to a servant. [3 definitions] |
| meninges |
the three membranes covering the brain or spinal cord in vertebrates. |
| meningitis |
an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, usu. because of an infection. |
| meningococcal |
of or relating to the meningococcus bacterium, which is the causative agent of meningitis. |
| meningococcus |
the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, which is the causative agent of meningitis. |
| meninx |
one of the three membranes covering the brain or spinal cord in vertebrates. |
| meniscus |
anything in the shape of a crescent. [3 definitions] |
| Mennonite |
any member of an evangelical Protestant Christian sect founded in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century, characterized by simple living and by opposition to military service and to holding public office. [2 definitions] |
| meno |
less (used with tempo directions in music). |
| menopausal |
of or pertaining to the natural cessation of menstruation that usually occurs in middle age. |
| menopause |
the period during which a female ceases to menstruate, usu. occurring in middle age. |
| menorah |
a candelabrum or candlestick with seven or nine branches, used in Jewish worship. |
| 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] |