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mil·li·li·ter noun : a metric unit of volume equal to 1/1000 liter

mil·li·me·ter noun : a metric unit of length equal to 1/1000 meter

mil·li·ner noun [ORIGIN: irreg. fr. Milan, Italy; fr. the importation of women's finery from Italy in the 16th century]

: a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats

mil·li·nery noun 1 : women's apparel for the head

2 : the business or work of a milliner

mill·ing noun : a corrugated edge on a coin

mil·lion noun, plural millions or million : a thousand thousands

— million adjective

— mil·lionth adjective or noun

mil·lion·aire noun : one whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars or pounds)

mil·li·pede noun : any of a class of arthropods related to the centipedes and having a long segmented body with a hard covering, two pairs of legs on most segments, and no poison fangs

mil·li·sec·ond noun : one thousandth of a second

mil·li·volt noun : one thousandth of a volt

mill·pond noun : a pond made by damming a stream to produce a fall of water for operating a mill

mill·race noun : a canal in which water flows to and from a mill wheel

mill·stone noun : either of two round flat stones used for grinding grain

mill·stream noun : a stream whose flow is used to run a mill; also : the stream in a millrace

mill wheel noun : a waterwheel that drives a mill

mill·wright noun : a person who builds mills or sets up or maintains their machinery

milt noun : the sperm-containing fluid of a male fish

1mime noun 1 : MIMIC

2 : PANTOMIME

3 : an actor in a mime

2mime verb : to imitate closely

Synonyms

ape, copy, emulate, imitate, mimic—more at IMITATE

mim·eo·graph noun : a machine for making many copies by means of a stencil through which ink is pressed

— mimeograph verb

mi·me·sis noun : IMITATION, MIMICRY

mi·met·ic adjective 1 : marked by imitation : IMITATIVE

2 : relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting biological mimicry

1mimic noun 1 : an actor in a mime

2 : one that mimics

Synonyms

[1] mime, mummer, pantomime

[2] imitator, impersonator, impressionist; also caricaturist, mocker, satirist; mime, mummer; entertainer, performer, player, trouper; parrot

2mimic verb mim·icked ; mim·ick·ing 1 : to imitate closely

2 : to ridicule by imitation

3 : to resemble by biological mimicry

Synonyms

[1] ape, copy, emulate, imitate, mime—more at IMITATE

[2] burlesque, caricature, imitate, mock, parody, take off, travesty; also lampoon, satirize; deride, ridicule; ape, parrot; duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce; act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate; elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch; amplify, enhance, enlarge (upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate; mime, pantomime; impersonate, perform, play

mim·ic·ry noun, plural -ries 1 : an instance of mimicking

2 : a superficial resemblance of one organism to another or to natural objects among which it lives that gives it an advantage (as protection from predation)

mi·mo·sa noun : any of a genus of trees, shrubs, and herbs of the legume family that occur in warm regions and have ball-shaped heads of small white or pink flowers

min abbreviation 1 minim

2 minimum

3 mining

4 minister

5 minor

6 minute

min·a·ret noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. Turk minare, fr. Ar manāra lighthouse]

: a tall slender tower of a mosque from which a muezzin calls the faithful to prayer

mi·na·to·ry adjective : THREATENING, MENACING

mince verb minced; minc·ing [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF mincer, fr. VL *minutiare, fr. L minutia smallness, fr. minutus small, fr. pp. of minuere to lessen]

1 : to cut into very small pieces

2 : to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorum

3 : to walk in a prim affected manner

Synonyms

chop, hash—more at CHOP

mince·meat noun : a finely chopped mixture esp. of raisins, apples, spices, and often meat used as a filling for a pie

1mind noun 1 : the power or process