This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 24 of 44: from “master” to “monkey jacket”.
- master noun A male head of household.
- maternal noun A mother.
- matinee noun A woman's dress to be worn in the morning or before dinner.
- matter noun Pus.
- maxillary artery noun Either of the two arteries supplying external and internal structures of the maxillary region.
- Mazola party noun A social gathering at which people slather themselves in cooking oil (such as Mazola) and participate in sexual activities.
- mease noun A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring.
- measure out verb To fight, beat, punch or hit (someone).
- meat tea noun High tea, at which meat was often served.
- meaw verb Dated form of meow.
- mechanician noun One skilled in the theory or construction of machines.
- media noun A voiced stop consonant.
- mediary adj Storing data that is written by one process so that it can be read by another process.
- medium noun An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
- meed noun Merit; worth.
- meeow verb Dated form of meow.
- meeting noun A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
- melancholic adj Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
- memorialize verb To petition with a memorial, or statement of facts.
- men noun (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
- menorrhagia noun The normal flow of the menses.
- menstrual adj Occurring once a month; monthly.
- mental adj Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
- merc noun A Ford-Mercury automobile
- mercery noun The trade of mercers.
- merchantry noun The body of merchants taken collectively.
- meridian noun The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
- meso adj Of a tactic diad, having structural units in identical orientation.
- mess around verb To dance.
- Mestiza de Español noun Female equivalent of Mestizo de Español: A female person of mixed Spanish Filipino and ethnic Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially…
- Mestiza de Sangley noun Female equivalent of Mestizo de Sangley: A female person of mixed Chinese Filipino and ethnic Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially…
- Mestizo de Español noun A person of mixed Spanish Filipino and ethnic Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period of the…
- Mestizo de Sangley noun A person of mixed ethnic Chinese Filipino and Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period of the…
- metalline noun A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-coloured metal, used in the bearings of machines to reduce friction, and…
- metallurgist noun A person who works in metal (the type of material).
- meteorist noun A meteorologist.
- meter noun One who metes or measures.
- method noun An instruction book systematically arranged.
- metropolitan adj Of or pertaining to London, United Kingdom.
- metrosexual noun A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and…
- mezz noun Marijuana.
- mezzotinto noun Dated form of mezzotint.
- miaow noun UK spelling of meow.
- miaul noun The cry of a cat.
- mickey noun A potato or sweet potato; specifically, one roasted over a fire outdoors.
- micro noun Clipping of microcomputer.
- microcomputer noun A microprocessor that is based on a single chip.
- microcosmic salt noun A white salt, extracted from urine; once used in the preparation of phosphorus, and used in analytical tests for some metals; ammonium…
- micrography noun microscopy (examination or study by means of the microscope).
- micromania noun Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
- micronationalist adj Of, or relating to a micronation; micronational.
- microphonics noun The science of amplifying sound, or of microphones generally.
- microphonous adj Heard through a microphone.
- microplane noun A very small airplane: a micro-airplane; especially, one that can carry a human.
- microzyme noun A microorganism supposed to act like an enzyme in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial…
- midfeather noun A support for the centre of a tunnel.
- midnight movie noun A low-budget film shown on television after midnight, particularly but not exclusively in the US.
- miffy adj Particular; fussy.
- milch adj Used to produce milk; dairy.
- Milesian noun An Irishman; someone of Irish origin.
- miller noun A milling machine.
- millie noun A mill worker, usually a young working-class woman working in the factories of Ireland's linen industry.
- millionize verb To make extremely numerous.
- mimeo noun Clipping of mimeograph (“type of copying machine”).
- miner's disease noun Nystagmus. (Caused among miners by prolonged eye strain in low-light conditions; still prevalent but no longer especially among miners.)
- minette noun The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
- mini noun Abbreviation of minicomputer.
- minikin noun The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
- minimus noun The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname.
- minionette noun A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
- minor adj The younger of two pupils (or the middle of three) with the same surname.
- mint sauce noun Money.
- minx noun A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.
- misally verb To marry badly; to marry an inferior
- misappreciation noun An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.
- miscellaneous charge order noun An accountable document similar to an airline ticket, used to pay for travel related services such as hotels and car hire.
- miss noun With a first name only.
- missyish adj Like a young woman, especially in a negative sense; foolish, sentimental, inclined to give oneself airs, etc.
- mistress of ceremonies noun A woman who acts as a host at a formal event.
- mitten noun A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
- mobile noun A creature or NPC that can navigate and interact with the game world (now often shortened to mob).
- mobile phone noun A portable telephone (for example, one installed in a car) that connects with the telephone network, typically by means of radio…
- model dairy noun A dairy or dairy farm where the milk is pasteurised and special care is taken with cleanliness and hygiene.
- modelmaker noun One who does so vocationally in industry.
- moggy noun A mouse.
- moke noun A performer, such as a minstrel, who plays on several musical instruments.
- Moldavian noun Dated form of Moldovan.
- molest verb To annoy, trouble, or afflict.
- Moluccan adj Dated form of Malukan.
- monacid adj monoacidic
- monad noun A single-celled organism. (See Monas.)
- monesia noun A vegetable extract originating from South America, believed to be derived from the bark of the tree Pradosia lactescens, and used as an…
- mong noun A person with Down's syndrome.
- Mongol noun A person with Down syndrome.
- Mongolian adj Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the mongoloid racial type.
- mongoloid noun A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the…
- monitor noun The command line interface of an operating system.
- monitress noun A female monitor, or school leader.
- monkery noun The practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life.
- monkey jacket noun A type of close-fitting jacket worn by sailors.