Words that Start with M

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Interesting notes about the letter M:

The letter M is the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; it is a consonant.
It makes two sounds: \ em \ as in lemon and \ mm \ as in mongoose.
It is sometimes doubled such as in hammer.
The Phoenicians used a wavy type symbol Mem, water, which became the Greek mu (M); the Romans kept it as M.

The following are a couple of examples of words starting with M.

Mackerel: flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- My uncles love to go sea fishing for mackerel.
Mongoose: agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
- In the short story by Rudyard Kipling, “Rikki Tikki Tavi,” a mongoose saves a little boy from a snake.
Moose: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk’ in Europe and `moose’ in North America
- The moose was so tall that I mistook his antlers for tree branches.

Mainland: the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
- We live in mainland U.S.A., but visit Hawaii every year.
Ministry: building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
- My father works in the ministry for finance at the embassy in Italy.
Mine: excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- He went to the mne everyday, hoping to find beautiful emerlad\ or ruby stones.

Malcontent: discontented as toward authority
- Even when things are going well, my cousin is malcontent.
Mature: having reached full natural growth or development
- He was much more mature and understanding than his younger brother.
Mastery: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- You could see her mastery of ceramics in the beautiful teapot.

Multidimensional: having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects
- While multidimensional and able to solve many issues, his ideas were too complex for us to use.
Memorable: worth remembering
- She wrote down all her memorable idea so she wouldn’t forget them.
Modern: relating to a recently developed fashion or style
- She liked all his modern and geometric ideas for decrating the office.

Municipal: relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality
- It was hard to find the town’s municipal building since it was located in the old part of the city.
Magical: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
- The lights, music, and flowers made the garden seem magical.
Messy: dirty and disorderly
- The playroom was messy from the kids’ earlier arts and crafts session.

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