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Militainmentnounentertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebratedverified
Militarisationnounact of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: 'mobilization of the troops'verified
Militarismnouna political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interestsverified
Militarizationnounact of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: 'mobilization of the troops'verified
Military AdvisernounMWEa military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nationverified
Military AdvisornounMWEa military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nationverified
Military BandnounMWEa group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instrumentsverified
Military BlockadenounMWEthe action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attackverified
Military CampaignnounMWEseveral related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)verified
Military CapabilitynounMWEcapability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a warverified
Military CensorshipnounMWEall types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forcesverified
Military CeremonynounMWEa military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversaryverified
Military CommissionnounMWEan official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forcesverified
Military CourtnounMWEa judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnelverified
Military EngineernounMWEa member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction workverified
Military ExpeditionnounMWEa military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign countryverified
Military GovernornounMWEthe head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)verified
Military HeadquartersnounMWEthe military installation from which a commander performs the functions of commandverified
Military IntelligencenounMWEinformation about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operationsverified
Military Intelligence AgencynounMWEan agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military valueverified
Military LawnounMWEthe body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnelverified
Military OfficernounMWEany person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or commandverified
Military PacenounMWEthe length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)verified
Military PolicemannounMWEa member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisonersverified
Military PosturenounMWEcapability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a warverified
Military PressnounMWEa weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overheadverified
Military ReservenounMWEarmed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergencyverified
Military StrengthnounMWEcapability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a warverified
Military-Industrial ComplexnounMWEa country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipmentverified
Milk ChocolatenounMWEchocolate made from chocolate liquor with sugar, cocoa butter, powdered milk solids, vanilla, and usually lecithinverified
Milk FloatnounMWEa van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to housesverified
Milk IntolerancenounMWEcongenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk productsverified
Milk of MagnesianounMWEpurgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxideverified
Milk SicknessnounMWEdisease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakerootverified
Milk ThistlenounMWEany of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowersverified
Milk WheynounMWEthe serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheeseverified
Milking MachinenounMWEmachine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanicallyverified