Word origins

• moonishLike or resembling the moon.
• moonlyOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
• -moreUsed to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.
• morfoundTo affect (an animal or person) with catarrh or coldlike illness.
• morning giftA gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.
• morsureThe act of biting.
• -mostFurthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones.
• motherfulBefitting a mother; motherly.
• mother-in-lawThe mother of one's spouse.
• mother languageSynonym of mother tongue.
• mother's milkBreast milk; milk produced by a human or animal mother for her offspring to nurse.
• mother tongueThe language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language.
• mouldwarpA mole, Talpa europaea.
• mountureThe angle at which a gun is raised for firing.
• mouse-earA type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia (mouse-ear hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum), commonly found on dry grasslands.
• mousefallA mousetrap.
• mousehawkAny of several hawks (e.g. the rough-legged hawk, northern harrier, etc.).
• mouthlessWithout a mouth.
• mouthsoreA sore in or of the mouth.
• MowellA surname from Middle English.
• Much MarcleA village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6532).
• muchnessLarge size or bulk; bigness; size; magnitude (large or small).
• muckenderA handkerchief.
• mudwallA wall built from mud.
• mulleredBadly damaged or completely destroyed; ruined, trashed, wrecked.
• multi-More than one; pertaining to more than one thing.
• multiloquyAn excess of words or talk.
• multureA grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
• mumchanceMute, or not speaking; silent.
• mundifyTo cleanse.
• muntinOne of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
• murageA tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
• murengerAn officer in charge of the town walls, or their repairs.
• murkenTo make or become murky or dark.
• murrainInfectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
• murthmurder; slaughter.
• musardA dreamer; an absent-minded person.
• muscatelA muscat grape or raisin, especially one from southern Spain.
• musical instrumentA device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.
• musickerA musician.
• MuskettA surname from Middle English.
• mustarderA manufacturer of mustard.
• mutuumA loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind, quantity, and quality.
• mynchenA nun.
• -na-n't
• naillessWithout a nail or nails.
• nakedhoodThe state of being naked; nakedness.
• NaldrettA surname from Middle English.
• namebookA book containing a registry of names.
• naperyHousehold linen, especially table linen.
• naskyNasty.
• nathelessNevertheless.
• near at handClose or nearby, in terms of distance.
• nearhandNearby; close at hand; nigh; adjacent.
• neathouseA building for the shelter of neat cattle.
• neatishCharacteristic of or resembling a neat; bovine.
• neckboneAny bone in the neck; often of poultry, in cooking.
• neckercherA neckerchief.
• needfullyIn a needful or necessary manner; necessarily.
• needfulnessThe property of being needful or necessary; necessity.
• needlyZealously; carefully; earnestly.
• needs-costOf necessity or need; necessarily.
• neezeTo sneeze.
• neighborredVicinity; neighbourhood.
• neighborshipThe state or condition of being neighbors; a community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
• neighbouredThe state or condition of being a neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbourship.
• neighbouressA female neighbor.
• neighbourheadNeighbourhood.
• neighbourshipThe state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
• nephriticOf, relating to, or affected with nephritis or nephritic syndrome.
• nerueEarly Modern English spelling of nerve
• neshSoft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
• -nessAppended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute.
• nethelessNevertheless.
• nether-low, lower, below, under, beneath.
• netherjawThe lower jaw.
• nethermorefarther down; lower
• nethermostFarthest down; lowest.
• nethernessThe state or quality of being nether or beneath; lowness; inferiority.
• netherwardOf or pertaining to the downward or lower part of something; lower; bottom.
• netmakerOne who manufactures nets.
• neumeAny of a set of signs used in early musical notation.
• nevelingOn one's face; face-down.
• neverthemoreNot any more; no longer.
• newfangleEager for novelties; desirous of changing.
• new moonThe phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
• new wineWine that has fermented for a short amount of time.
• niefA serf or bondsman born into servitude.
• nifleA trifle; something small and insignificant.
• niggardSparing; stinting; parsimonious.
• niggardshipNiggardliness; stinginess.
• niggardyNiggardliness.
• nighenTo come near; approach.
• nightertaleThe period of night; nighttime.
• nightishOf or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
• nightlongLasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night.
• night watchA watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.
• nigromancyNecromancy; magic involving death.
• nimpsEasy.
• nithingA coward, a dastard; a wretch.