Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

member

members noun

a person who belongs

to a club or an organization.

memorial

memorials noun

a structure

that is built

to remind us

of people who

have died.

A war memorial.

memorize

memorizes memorizing

memorized verb

to learn something so that

you can remember it in detail.

Memorize the directions before

you begin your trip.

memory

memories noun

1 the ability to

remember things.

I have a terrible memory

for people’s names.

2 what you remember of

something that has happened

in the past.

The photos brought back

happy memories.

mend

mends mending mended verb

to repair something that

is broken.

mental

adjective

having to do with the mind.

A test of mental abilities.

menu

menus noun

a list of dishes

in a restaurant.

N say men-yoo

mercury

noun

a heavy, silver-colored

metal that is usually

in a liquid form.

Mercury is often used

in thermometers.

mercy

noun

the ability to forgive someone

or to treat them

sympathetically.

The prisoners were shown

mercy and released.

merciful adjective

merit

merits meriting merited verb

to deserve something.

Her actions merited a special

award for bravery.

merit noun

mermaid

mermaids noun

a sea creature from

legends that has the upper

body of a woman and

the tail of a fish.

merry

adjective

happy and cheerful.

N comparisons merrier merriest

mess

messes noun

things that are dirty or in the

wrong place and look untidy.

There was a big mess after they

had finished cooking.

messy adjective

message

messages noun

a piece of information or an

instruction that you send to

someone or leave for them.

met

from the verb to meet

I met my friend in

town yesterday.

metal

metals noun

a substance that is found in

rocks and can be hammered

or stretched into a shape.

Iron, gold, and copper are

all metals. Electricity and

heat can be passed

through metals.

metallic adjective

meteorite

meteorites noun

a piece of rock that falls to

Earth from space without

burning up. Pieces of rock

that burn up as they enter

Earth’s atmosphere are

called meteors.

meteorite

N say meet-ee-or-ite

method

methods noun

a way of doing something.

Organic farming methods.

microphone

microphones noun

a device that is

used to send sound

over a distance

or to make

it louder.

microscope

microscopes noun

an instrument that

magnifies very

tiny things so

that they can be

seen in detail.

microwave oven

microwave ovens noun

an oven that cooks food very

quickly by passing electrical

signals through it.

member

gold watch

mercury

tin can