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mil·i·tan·cy noun : the quality or state of being militant

Synonyms

aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, fight, pugnacity, truculence—more at BELLIGERENCE

mil·i·tant adjective 1 a : engaged in warfare

b : prone to fighting

2 : aggressively active esp. in a cause

— mil·i·tance noun

— mil·i·tant·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1b] aggressive, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, disputatious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike—more at BELLIGERENT

[2] aggressive, ambitious, assertive, enterprising, fierce, go-getting, high-pressure, self-assertive—more at AGGRESSIVE

2militant noun : one who is militant

Synonyms

crusader, fanatic, partisan, zealot—more at ZEALOT

mil·i·ta·rise British variant of MILITARIZE

mil·i·ta·rism noun 1 : predominance of the military class or its ideals

2 : a policy of aggressive military preparedness

— mil·i·ta·rist noun

— mil·i·ta·ris·tic adjective

mil·i·ta·rize verb -rized; -riz·ing 1 : to equip with military forces and defenses

2 : to give a military character to

1military adjective 1 : of or relating to soldiers, arms, war, or the army

2 : performed by armed forces; also : supported by armed force

— mil·i·tar·i·ly adverb

2military noun, plural military also mil·i·tar·ies 1 : the military, naval, and air forces of a nation

2 : military persons

Synonyms

armed forces, services, troops—more at ARMED FORCES

military police noun : a branch of an army that exercises guard and police functions

mil·i·tate verb -tat·ed; -tat·ing : to have weight or effect

mi·li·tia noun : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in an emergency

— mi·li·tia·man noun

1milk noun 1 : a nutritive usu. whitish fluid secreted by female mammals for feeding their young

2 : a milklike liquid (as a plant juice)

— milk·i·ness noun

— milky adjective

2milk verb 1 : to draw off the milk of <~ a cow>

2 : to draw something from as if by milking

milk·maid noun : DAIRYMAID

milk·man noun : a person who sells or delivers milk

milk of magnesia : a milk-white mixture of hydroxide of magnesium and water used as an antacid and laxative

milk shake noun : a thoroughly blended drink made of milk, a flavoring syrup, and often ice cream

milk·sop noun : an unmanly man

milk·weed noun : any of a genus of herbs with milky juice and clustered flowers

Milky Way noun 1 : a broad irregular band of light that stretches across the sky and is caused by the light of a very great number of faint stars

2 : MILKY WAY GALAXY

Milky Way galaxy noun : the galaxy of which the sun is a member and which includes the stars that create the light of the Milky Way

1mill noun 1 : a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour

2 : a machine used in processing (as by grinding, stamping, cutting, or finishing) raw material

3 : a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing : FACTORY

Synonyms

factory, plant, shop, works, workshop—more at FACTORY

2mill verb 1 : to process in a mill

2 : to move in a circle or in an eddying mass

3mill noun : one tenth of a cent

mill·age noun : a rate (as of taxation) expressed in mills

mil·len·ni·um noun, plural -nia or -niums 1 : a period of 1000 years; also : a 1000th anniversary or its celebration

2 : the 1000 years mentioned in Revelation 20 when holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth

3 : a period of great happiness or human perfection

mill·er noun 1 : one that operates a mill and esp. a flour mill

2 : any of various moths having powdery wings

mil·let noun : any of several small-seeded cereal and forage grasses cultivated for grain or hay; also : the grain of a millet

milli– combining form : one thousandth part of

mil·li·am·pere noun : one thousandth of an ampere

mil·liard noun, British

: a thousand millions

mil·li·bar noun : a unit of atmospheric pressure

mil·li·gram noun