| Meaning | Explication | As a source | As a target | Taxon | ||
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| <measure of volume> | None | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| <measure of weight> | None | 2 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| <metal> | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| <military rank> | 2 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| <money> | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| <mushroom, fungus> | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| <musician> | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| macereed (Typha) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mad, insane | exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad | 7 | 13 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| magic | NEW: the use of means (as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| magical remedy | None | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| magnet | piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| magpie (Pica pica) | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| main | NEW: chief, principal | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| maize | 2 | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| major scale (music) | 1 |
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| makara | aquatic monster in Hindu and Buddhism mythology (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| malaria | disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| male animal | 2 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| malefactor | evil person, fiend | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| malignant (of tumor) | NEW: tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mallow | plant Malva | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mammoth | any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| man (male) | 16 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| man with a big moustache | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mandrake | plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mandrel (technology) | tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mane | long hair in the neck of horses and lions | 3 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| manger (for animals) | trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mango | tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica, and the fruit of this tree | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| manner, way, method | 1 | 10 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mantis | insect of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs | 11 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mantle of clam | body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Manx shearwater | Puffinus puffinus, a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| many, much | 5 | 23 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| many-coloured, motley | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| maple | NEW: a deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Acer in the maple family (Aceraceae) with opposite leaves and paired samara fruits | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| maple sugar | a type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| March | third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April | 18 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mare | adult female horse | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mark (visible sign) | None | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mark of wheels on the ground | rut: furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mark, grade (at school) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| market | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| marmot | large ground squirrel in the genus Marmota | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| marriage | union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| married | NEW: being in the state of matrimony; wedded | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Mars | fourth planet in the solar system | 1 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| marsh mallow | European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| marten | 2 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| martyr | NEW: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Mary, mother of Jesus | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mask | NEW: a cover or partial cover for the face used for disguise | 2 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mast (nautical) | a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mat, bedding | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| match (for fire) | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| matchmaker | NEW: one that arranges a match | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| matter, affair | 2 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| May | NEW: the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar | 2 | 15 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| may, to be allowed | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meadow | piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| meadow-sweet | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meal (process) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meaning, sense | 2 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| meaningless | NEW: having no meaning | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| measles | acute highly contagious disease, often of childhood, caused by Measles virus | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| measure word | word (or morpheme) that is used in combination with a numeral to indicate an amount of something represented by some noun | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| measuring device | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meat | NEW: NEW: the edible flesh of an animal used as food | 5 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mediator | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| medlar | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| medusa, jellyfish | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meeting of witches | meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| melody, tune | 3 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| melon (Cucumis melo) | 1 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| member of criminal organisation | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| member of religious organisation | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| member of the collective | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| memory | 2 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| menstruation | NEW: the periodic discharge of blood, secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus in nonpregnant reproductive-age primate females occurring at roughly monthly intervals following ovulation | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mental problems | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| merchant | NEW: a buyer and seller of commodities for profit; trader | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| Mercury | NEW: the smallest planet of the solar system and the closest to the sun | 2 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mercury | NEW: a silver-white poisonous heavy metallic element that is liquid at ordinary temperatures and is used especially in batteries, in dental amalgam, and in scientific instruments | 2 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mesentery | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| messenger | NEW: one who bears a message or does an errand | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| metal | 9 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| metal spike | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| metalworker | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meteorite | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| meter (device) | device that measures things | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mica | any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| Michael archangel | an angel mentioned by name in Bible (Jude 1:9, Rev. 12:7, etc.), which is one of the most revered archangels in the Abrahamic religions | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Mid-Autumn | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| middle finger | 1 | 14 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| middle of nowhere, periphery | place located far from the center, outskirts. | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| middle, centre | 19 | 10 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| midnight | NEW: the middle of the night | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| midwife | person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician | 2 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| milk | NEW: a fluid secreted by the mammary glands of females for the nourishment of their young | 12 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| milk-tooth, deciduous tooth | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| Milky Way | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mill (building) | building where grain is ground | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mill race | fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive a mill wheel | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| millerbird (Acrocephalus etc.) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| millet | grain crop Panicum miliaceum | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| million | cardinal number 1000000; a thousand thousand | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| millstone | grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. | 2 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| milt (of fish) | semen of a male fish | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Mimosa pudica | a taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – sensitive plant, the compound leaves of which fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, protecting themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mind (n.) | ability for rational thought | 6 | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mine (explosive device) | device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mine (underground tunnel) | excavation from which solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mink | carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mint (coins producing) | building or institution where coins is produced | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mint (Mentha) | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| minus | the symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| minute | unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| miracle | NEW: an extraordinary event believed to manifest divine intervention in human affairs | 4 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mirror | smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it | 8 | 11 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mirror (website) | website that contains replicated data | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mirror armour | a kind of plate armour developed from round metallic mirrors often worn over other armour (usually over mail) as reinforcement | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mirror carp | form of carp with irregular and patchy scaling. | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mischievous person | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| miserable, unhappy | 3 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| misfortune | NEW: an event or conjunction of events that causes an unfortunate or distressing result; bad luck | 1 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| missing, failing | 2 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mist, fog | 7 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mistress of a house | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mistress, paramour | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mock-orange | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| moderate | NEW: avoiding extremes of behavior or expression; observing reasonable limits | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| moderlieschen | Leucaspius delineatus, a species of freshwater fish found throughout temperate continental Europe | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| moisture | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| molar (tooth) | back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food | 1 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mold | natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mole (Talpa) | 3 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mole cricket (Gryllotalpa) | 14 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| monarch | a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire | 17 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| monastery | NEW: a house for persons under religious vows | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| Monday | NEW: the day of the week that follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday | 1 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| money | NEW: something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment | 1 | 16 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| monitor lizard | any lizard in the genus Varanus | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| monk | NEW: a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery | 5 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| monkey | NEW: a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| monster (abnormal creature) | being whose morphology is abnormal, either by excess or defect of an organ, or by abnormal position of the limbs | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| monster (supernatural) | terrifying and dangerous mythological creature | 3 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| month | NEW: a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or 1/12 of a year | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mood | NEW: a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion; feeling | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| moon | 27 | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| moose | 3 | 6 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| more probable | None | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| morning | NEW: the time from sunrise to noon | 8 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| morning glory (plant) | several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mortal | NEW: causing or having caused death; fatal | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mortar (bowl) | bowl used to crush and grind ingredients with a pestle | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mortar (masonry) | mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| moslem | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mosquito larva | 1 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mosquito, gnat | 5 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| moss | NEW: NEW: a bryophytic plant of the class Musci characterized by a small leafy often tufted gametophyte bearing sex organs at its tip | 2 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| most | superlative degree | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| moth | NEW: a usually nocturnal lepidopteran insect, typically with feathery antennae, a stout body, dull coloring, and proportionally smaller wings than butterflies, whose larvae are plant-eating caterpillars | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mother | NEW: a female parent | 37 | 7 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mother of one's husband | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mother of one's wife | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mother tongue | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mother-in-law | NEW: the mother of one's spouse | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| motherwort (Leonurus) | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| motionless | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| Mount Meru | abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mountain | NEW: a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill | 16 | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mountain foot | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mountain pass | 3 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mountain ridge | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mountain slope | 9 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mouse | NEW: a small rodent of the genus Mus with a pointed snout, relatively small ears, elongated body, and slender tail | 21 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| moustache | 5 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mouth | NEW: the natural opening through which food enters the body of an animal, typically bounded by lips externally and leading internally to the pharynx, and in vertebrates enclosing the tongue, gums, and teeth | 35 | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mouth (of a river) | end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water | 8 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| move (board games) | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| mucus, slime | slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mud | NEW: a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water | 10 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| muddy, turbid, opaque | None | 5 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| muksun | Coregonus muksun, species of whitefish widespread in the Siberian Arctic waters. It is mostly found in the freshened areas of the Kara and Laptev Seas and up the major rivers, as well as in Lake Taymyr. | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mule | NEW: a hybrid between a horse and a donkey | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mumps | contagious viral disease mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| murder | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| murderer | NEW: one who commits murder | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| murine rodent | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| muscle | NEW: a body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion | 1 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mushroom | NEW: an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus | 7 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| mushroom cap | top part of a mushroom | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mushroom Marasmius scorodonius | mushroom Mycetinis scorodonius (syn. Marasmius scorodonius), having a beige cap of up to 3 cm and a tough slender stipe | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| music | NEW: vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| musk gland | gland of animals secreting musk | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| musk-deer (Moschus moschiferus) | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| muskox | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| must | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | |||
| must (in winemaking) | None | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mustard (spice) | powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice. | 1 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mute, dumb | unable to speak | 8 | 2 | Show shifts | Show map | |
| muzzle, snout | 4 | 3 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| myriapod | any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda | 4 | Show shifts | Show map | ||
| mythical giant | mythical human of very great size | 1 | 1 | Show shifts | Show map |