Word origins

• MontlhéryA commune in Essonne department, Île-de-France, France.
• MontmartroisOf or relating to Montmartre.
• MontminyA surname from French.
• Montreuil-sur-MerA commune in Pas-de-Calais Department, Hauts-de-France, France.
• Monts DoreThe remnant peaks of a volcanic massif situated near the center of the Massif Central, in the Auvergne region of France.
• montureA mounting, setting, or frame.
• MonvilleA surname from French.
• MoquetA surname from French.
• MoragneA surname from French.
• morcellateTo break into small pieces, prior to removal
• morcellementSynonym of morcellation.
• morellenightshade
• more royalist than the kingVery strongly royalist.
• MoresnetA village and sub-municipality in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
• mormalA bad sore; a cancer or gangrene.
• mornéRampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc.
• morosityThe state or quality of being morose.
• morosophA philosophical or learned fool.
• morphineuseA woman who habitually takes morphine, a female morphine addict; also, a woman who supplies morphine to users.
• morphinomaneSomeone who is addicted to morphine.
• MorricalA surname from French.
• mortpayThe crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
• moschatelA plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.
• MosseyA surname from French.
• mot d'ordreA watchword or slogan; a statement of policy, a plan.
• mother saucesThe set of 5 sauces that are the basis of traditional French cuisine.
• mot justeThe perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
• moucharabyA mashrabiyya.
• mouchardAn undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
• mouchoirA handkerchief.
• moueA pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
• mouilléDescribing a palatal or palatalized consonant, particularly one historically derived from /l/ or /n/.
• mouillureSynonym of palatalization.
• moulageThe art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel.
• moules marinièresA French dish made from cooked mussels and onions in a white wine marinade.
• moulinageThe operation of reeling off, twisting, and doubling raw silk.
• Moulin-à-VentA variety of Beaujolais wine.
• moulinetA circular cut, often composed of a parry, usually prime or seconde, moving thence into a circular cut.
• moulinetteA food mill.
• mournivalIn the game of gleek, and other card games, a set of four cards of the same face value.
• MourvèdreA variety of black grape originally from Spain.
• mousselineA very fine, semi-opaque fabric similar to muslin, typically made of silk, wool or cotton.
• mousseline de laineAn untwilled woolen cloth produced in various colours and patterns.
• mousseuxOf wine: sparkling.
• mouton enragéA normally peaceful person who has become suddenly and uncharacteristically angry.
• mouvementéAnimated, agitated, bustling, full of variety.
• Mozart effectThe supposed phenomenon by which listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement in spatiotemporal reasoning or in mental performance generally.
• mozzettaA short cape covering the shoulders and buttoned in front, with a hood, which is worn by the pope, cardinals, bishops, and other senior clergy.
• m'sieurSyncopic form of monsieur.
• mucosityThe state of being mucous or containing mucus.
• mulardA domestic duck that is a hybrid of the Pekin duck and Muscovy duck.
• muleteerSynonym of muledriver.
• multicapsularHaving several capsules.
• mummiformHaving the shape of a mummy.
• mundializationAn ideology based on the solidarity and diversity of global citizens and the creation of supranational laws, intended as a response to dehumanizing aspects of globalization.
• MuretA town in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France.
• muscadindandy, coxcomb
• muscardinThe common European dormouse.
• muscardineA fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores.
• musculosityMuscularity.
• museauSomeone's face.
• musique concrèteA genre of music created by the electronic manipulation of sounds that occur naturally.
• musketoonA firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore.
• muslinetA sort of coarse or light cotton muslin.
• musroleThe noseband of a horse's bridle.
• mute hIn the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant.
• mutineryMutiny.
• myria-innumerable: myriad, myriapod
• myriare10,000 ares, or one square kilometre.
• myriologueIn Greece, a funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.
• myriologyA myriologue.
• mysticityThe quality of being mystic or mystical.
• mythomaneSomeone who suffers from mythomania.
• mythomaniacSomeone who suffers from mythomania.
• nacaratA shade of bright red-orange.
• nacriteA basic aluminium silicate clay that is a polymorph of kaolinite
• nagorThe bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca.
• naïfNaive.
• naïvetéLack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.
• NajacA village in Aveyron department, France.
• naphthameinA product formed by the oxidation of naphthalamine (also called naphthylamine), which was observed to produce blue precipitates that later became purple but that was considered useless as a commercial dyeing agent due to its poor color quality.
• naporitanA Japanese dish styled on Neapolitan food; spaghetti topped with ketchup or tomato sauce, onion, button mushrooms, green peppers, bacon and Tabasco sauce.
• narghileA large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
• nascalA kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton.
• National FrontAny particular party of several far-right nationalist political parties
• National RallyA far-right nationalist political party of France, formerly named National Front.
• nattesSurface decoration or diaper resembling plaited or interlaced work.
• nature morteAn image depicting inanimate objects; a still life.
• naufrageshipwreck
• navarinA stew of mutton and vegetables.
• NavarrenxA commune and town in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
• N'DjamenaThe capital city of Chad.
• néUsed when giving the former name of a man.
• nebulyEdged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.
• necessaireA small case for holding personal items, especially toiletries.
• necromantSynonym of necromancer.
• NeddoA surname from French.
• néeUsed when giving the maiden name of a woman.
• négligéeCarelessly or unceremoniously dressed.
• negocebusiness; occupation or enterprise