7-letter words starting with me
- menhirs — Plural form of menhir.
- menials — Plural form of menial.
- meninga — Mal. born 1960, Australian rugby league player: scored 21 tries in 46 internationals (1982–94)
- meninge — (anatomy) meninx.
- menippe — a daughter of Orion who, with her sister Metioche, offered herself as a sacrifice to end a plague in Boeotia.
- menisci — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- menkind — Menfolk.
- menkure — Mycerinus.
- menorah — a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- menorca — Minorca.
- menotti — Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- menschy — Upstanding; having integrity and responsibility.
- menshen — a Chinese door god, painted upon a door to protect a family from evil spirits
- mensing — propriety; discretion.
- mentees — Plural form of mentee.
- menthol — Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C 1 0 H 2 0 O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
- mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentors — Plural form of mentor.
- mentula — A penis.
- menuhin — Yehudi [yuh-hoo-dee] /yəˈhu di/ (Show IPA), 1916–1999, British violinist, born in U.S.
- menzies — Sir Robert Gordon, 1894–1978, Australian statesman: prime minister 1939–41 and 1949–1966.
- meowing — Present participle of meow.
- meramec — a river in SE Missouri, flowing generally E to the Mississippi River below St. Louis. 207 miles (333 km) long.
- meranti — wood from any of several Malaysian trees of the dipterocarpaceous genus Shorea
- mercado — a market.
- mercast — a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- mercers — Plural form of mercer.
- mercery — a mercer's shop.
- merchet — (obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
- mercian — of or relating to Mercia, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
- mercier — Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- mercies — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- mercify — (obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity. (16th-19th c.).
- mercury — Chemistry. a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol: Hg; atomic weight: 200.59; atomic number: 80; specific gravity: 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C.
- merfolk — Mythical creatures that are human from the waist up and fish from the waist down.
- mergers — Plural form of merger.
- merging — Present participle of merge.
- merguez — A spicy beef and lamb sausage colored with red peppers, originally made in parts of North Africa.
- meriden — a city in central Connecticut.
- merilee — a female given name.
- merimee — Prosper [praw-sper] /prɔˈspɛr/ (Show IPA), 1803–70, French short-story writer, novelist, and essayist.
- merinos — Plural form of merino.
- merisis — growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- merited — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merling — a fish, Merlangius merlangus or Gadus merlangus
- merlons — (in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- mermaid — (in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
- meroite — an inhabitant of Meroë.
- meronym — A term that denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g., faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present.
- meropia — partial blindness.