Word origins

• meekenTo make or become meek or submissive.
• meekheadThe state or quality of being meek; meekness.
• meinieA household, or family.
• melancholiousmelancholy
• mellowySoft; unctuous; loamy.
• MemphiteOf, from or pertaining to Memphis, Egypt.
• MemphiticOf or relating to Memphis or the Memphites.
• Mendip HillsA geographic area consisting of a mountain range of limestone hills in Somerset, England.
• mennishLike or characteristic of men.
• mensefulDecorous; mannerly; respectful and worth of respect.
• mensurablemeasurable
• -mentAttached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.
• mer-sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures.
• merchandrytrade; commerce
• mercifulnessThe state of being merciful; mercy.
• merestakeA pollard or tree standing as a mark or boundary for the division of parts or parcels in a grove, thicket, or woods.
• merestoneA stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone.
• mereswineA porpoise or dolphin.
• meritoriouslyIn a meritorious manner.
• merletteIn French heraldry, a depiction of a mythological bird without beak or feet.
• merlingThe fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
• mermaidenA mermaid; a maiden of the sea; a siren.
• merrinessThe property of being merry.
• merseAlluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.
• meseemsIt seems to me.
• meselSynonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
• mesenMyself.
• mesylThe univalent radical CH₃SO₂– of methanesulfonic acid.
• metallineA substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-coloured metal, used in the bearings of machines to reduce friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.
• methinkethmethinks
• micherOne who goes sneaking about for dishonest or improper purposes; one who skulks, or keeps out of sight; a pander or go-between.
• micklenessGreatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
• middle earthThe Earth.
• middle fingerThe finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
• midgenThe fat surrounding the entrails of an animal; suet.
• midge netA net worn around the head and face to keep off insects.
• midmornSynonym of midmorning.
• midplacethe centre of a location or the midpoint between two locations
• midwardIn or toward the middle.
• midwomanA midwife.
• mightfulMighty, powerful.
• mightlessLacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.
• mightlyMighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
• might makes rightWhat is right or wrong is determined by power and strength; power justifies itself.
• mightsomeTo be powerful.
• MilanerSynonym of Milanese (“an inhabitant or native of Milan”).
• milch cowA cow kept for milking; a dairy cow.
• milk cowSynonym of dairy cow.
• milkishResembling the colour or consistency of milk; milky
• milk-whiteHaving a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.
• Milky WayThe Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy in which Earth is located.
• millwheelA water wheel used to power a watermill.
• milseTo be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.
• minchenA nun.
• mindlyOf or relating to the mind; mental
• ministressA woman who ministers.
• minnockThe minnow (genus Leuciscus or Phoxinus)
• mirkenTo grow dark.
• mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
• mis-Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.
• misaccountto account badly, wrongfully, or in error
• misadviseTo give bad advice
• misanswerto answer badly, wrongly, or incorrectly
• misarrayeddisorganised; disarrayed; jumbled up; confused
• misaskto ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly
• misaskedasked amiss, for the wrong purpose, or incorrectly
• misbearTo carry or bear improperly; (reflexive) to carry (oneself) wrongly i.e. misbehave.
• misbearingbearing amiss, especially as pertaining to one's conduct; misconduct
• misbeliefan erroneous belief
• misbelieveTo believe incorrectly; hold to a false belief.
• misbelieverSomeone who holds a bad or wrong belief; a heretic, an unbeliever.
• misbelievingThe refusal to believe something; disbelief, or an instance of this.
• misbidTo injure; mistreat.
• miscallTo call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.
• mischieveTo destroy.
• mischooseTo choose incorrectly or badly; to make a wrong choice.
• miscolourTo give a wrong colour to.
• miscomfortDiscomfort
• misconceitmisconception
• misconceiveTo misunderstand.
• miscounselTo counsel or advise wrongly.
• miscounselingWrong, bad, or incorrect counselling
• miscounsellingWrong, bad, or incorrect counselling
• miscountTo count incorrectly.
• miscreanceThe quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith.
• misdeedyGiven to misdeeds; naughty or criminal.
• misdeemTo misjudge, to deem wrongly.
• misdoTo do evil; to commit misdeeds.
• miseaseSuffering, distress.
• miseasedSuffering, in pain; having discomfort or misery; troubled.
• miserationcommiseration; compassion.
• misericordRelaxation of monastic rules.
• misericordeAn act of clemency; pity, mercy.
• misfallTo befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.
• misfeedTo feed incorrectly, as for example with the wrong foodstuff.
• misforgiveTo misgive.
• misgetTo get wrongly or unlawfully; to procure by unlawful means.
• misgiveOf the mind, heart, etc.: to give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.
• misgoTo go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
• misgreetTo greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult