| meaningless |
empty of meaning or value; purposeless. |
| meanly |
in a lowly or humble manner. [2 definitions] |
| meanness |
the state or characteristic of being vicious or inhumane. [2 definitions] |
| means |
(used with a sing. verb) a method, way, or agency used to reach a goal or accomplish something. [2 definitions] |
| means test |
an inquiry into a person's financial status and economic resources, esp. to determine eligibility for unemployment compensation, welfare payments, low-cost housing, or the like. |
| meant |
past tense and past participle of mean1. |
| meantime |
the specified interval of time. [2 definitions] |
| meanwhile |
at the same time; during or in the same interval of time. |
| measles |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a very contagious but short-lived disease, usu. affecting children, that is caused by a virus and accompanied by fever and an eruption of red spots on the skin. [2 definitions] |
| measly |
(informal) ridiculously inadequate or unsatisfactory; paltry. [2 definitions] |
| measurable |
capable of being measured; quantifiable. [2 definitions] |
| measure |
calculation of exact dimensions within time or space, such as length, quantity, duration, weight, or capacity. [14 definitions] |
| measured |
restrained; deliberate. [3 definitions] |
| measureless |
incapable of being measured; having no boundaries or limits; infinite. |
| measurement |
the act or process of measuring specific dimensions. [2 definitions] |
| measure out |
to mark off and separate from the whole. |
| measures |
things that are done to get a particular result. |
| measuring cup |
a graduated cup used esp. in cooking for measuring ingredients, or a cup intended to hold one specific amount of an ingredient. |
| measuring spoon |
a spoon, often attached with others of different sizes as a set, that when filled gives a specific amount of a substance, used especially in cooking. |
| measuring tape |
a flexible tape used to measure length; tape measure. |
| measuringworm |
a caterpillar that moves by bringing the rear end of its body forward and then advancing the front; inchworm. |