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- English Word Minutia Definition A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
- English Word Minutiae Definition of Minutia
- English Word Minx Definition A pert or a wanton girl.
- English Word Minx Definition A she puppy; a pet dog.
- English Word Minx Definition The mink; -- called also minx otter.
- English Word Miny Definition Abounding with mines; like a mine.
- English Word Miocene Definition Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.
- English Word Miocene Definition The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.
- English Word Miohippus Definition An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.
- English Word Miquelet Definition An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
- English Word Mir Definition A Russian village community.
- English Word Mir Definition Same as Emir.
- English Word Mira Definition A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).
- English Word Mirabilaries Definition of Mirabilary
- English Word Mirabilary Definition One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders.
- English Word Mirabilis Definition A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.
- English Word Mirabilite Definition Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.
- English Word Mirable Definition Wonderful; admirable.
- English Word Miracle Definition A wonder or wonderful thing.
- English Word Miracle Definition Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.
- English Word Miracle Definition A miracle play.
- English Word Miracle Definition A story or legend abounding in miracles.
- English Word Miracle Definition To make wonderful.
- English Word Miraculize Definition To cause to seem to be a miracle.
- English Word Miraculous Definition Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.
- English Word Miraculous Definition Supernatural; wonderful.
- English Word Miraculous Definition Wonder-working.
- English Word Mirador Definition Same as Belvedere.
- English Word Mirage Definition An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.
- English Word Mirbane Definition See Nitrobenzene.