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Minor TranquilizernounMWEa tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritabilityverified
Minor TranquillisernounMWEa tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritabilityverified
Minor TranquillizernounMWEa tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritabilityverified
Minoritynouna group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a partverified
Minstrel ShownounMWEa troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokesverified
Mint FamilynounMWEa large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mintverified
Minute GunnounMWE(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)verified
Minyannounthe quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)verified
Miosisnounreflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smallerverified
Miragenounan optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objectsverified
Mirror SymmetrynounMWE(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed systemverified
Mirror-Image RelationnounMWEthe relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one anotherverified
Mirrored sitenounMWEAn alternate site that contains the same information as the original Scope Note: Mirrored sites are set up for backup and disaster recovery and to balance the traffic load for numerous download requests. Such download mirrors are often placed in different locations throughout the Internet.System
MirroringnounA process that copies data to multiple disks over a computer network in real time or close to real time. Mirroring reduces network traffic, ensures better availability of the website or files, or enables the site or downloaded files to arrive more quickly for users close to the mirror site.Process
Misapplicationnounthe fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone elseverified
Misappropriationnounthe fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone elseverified
Misbelievernouna person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Churchverified
Miscegenationnounreproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)verified
Mischief-Makingnounreckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in othersverified
Mischievousnessnounreckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in othersverified
Misconstrualnouna kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions, often deliberatelyverified
Misconstructionnouna kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)verified
Miscuenouna minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.verified
Mise En ScenenounMWEarrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enactedverified