Words starting with mi

Words and definitions

Might means: of May

Mi means: A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.

Miamis means: A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.

Miargyrite means: A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.

Mias means: The orang-outang.

Miascite means: A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite.

Miasm means: Miasma.

Miasmata means: of Miasma

Miasma means: Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

Miasmal means: Containing miasma; miasmatic.

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.