Choose Strong
For Tim.
- Medea n. Greek Mythology A princess and sorceress of Colchis who helped Jason
obtain the Golden Fleece, lived as his consort, and killed their children as
revenge for his infidelity.
- medevac n. 1. Air transport of persons to a place where they can receive
medical or surgical care; medical evacuation. 2. A helicopter or other
aircraft used for such transport. tr.v.
- mediagenic adj. Attractive as a subject for reporting by news media: "a minor
leaguer of bumptious manner and mediagenic good looks." (Larry Martz)
- median strip n. The dividing area, either paved or landscaped, between
opposing lanes of traffic on some highways. Also called median; also called
regionally boulevard, mall, medial strip, meridian, neutral ground.
- medical law n. The branch of law that deals with the application of medical
knowledge to legal problems. See medicolegal.
- medicide n. suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician.
- medicine show n. A traveling show, popular especially in the 19th century,
that offered varied entertainment, between the acts of which medicines were
peddled.
- Medigap adj. Private health insurance designed to supplement the coverage
provided under governmental programs such as Medicare.
- medusa n. The tentacled, usually bell-shaped, free-swimming sexual stage in
the life cycle of a coelenterate, such as a jellyfish.
- medusoid n. 1. A shape resembling a jellyfish. 2. A jellyfish. adj.
- meed n. 1. A fitting recompense. 2. Archaic A merited gift or wage.
- meet2 adj. Fitting; proper: "It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place"
(Shakespeare).
- megadeath n. One million deaths. Used as a unit in reference to nuclear
warefare.
- megalith n. A very large stone used in various prehistorical architectures or
monumental styles, notably in western Europe during the 2nd millennium B.C.
--megalithic adj.
- megalomania n. 1. A psychological condition characterized by delusional
fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. 2. An obsession with grandiose or
extravagant things or actions.
Other interesting mega's: megabuck, megachurch, megafauna, megahit,
megalopolis, megalosaur, megaphone, megapode, megavitamin.
- melano or melan- pref. Black; dark: melanin.
- melancholia n. A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt,
hopelessness, and withdrawal.
- melanoma n. A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a
melanocyte and occurring most commonly in skin.
- Melba toast n. Very thinly sliced crisp toast. [After Dame Nellie Melba.]
- melee n. 1a. Confused, hand-to-hand fighting in a pitched battle. b. A violent
free-for-all. 2. A confused tumultuous mingling, as of a crowd: the rush-hour
melee.
- meliorate v. -tr. To make better; improve. -intr. To grow better. -meliorable
adj. -meliorative adj. &n.
- meliorism n. The belief that improvement of society depends on human effort.
- mellifluous adj. 1. Flowing with sweetness or honey. 2. Smooth and sweet:
"polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice" (H.W. Crocker).
- mellow adj. 1a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a
mellow fruit. b. Suggesting softness or sweetness: "The mellow air brought in
the feel of imminent autumn" (Thomas Hardy). 2. Rich and soft in quality: a
mellow sound; a mellow wine. 3. Having the gentleness, wisdom, or tolerance
often characteristic of maturity. 4. Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing: a
mellow friend; a mellow conversation 5. Slang a. Slightly and pleasantly
intoxicated. b. Pleasantly high from a drug, especially from smoking
marijuana. 6. Moist, rich, soft, and loamy. Used of soil. tr.&intr.v. To make
or become mellow.
- melt v. -intr. 3. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The
crowd melted away after the rally. 5. To become softened in feeling: Our
hearts melted at the child's tears. n. A usually open sandwich topped with
melted cheese: a tuna melt.
- member n. 2. A part or an organ of a human or animal body, as: a. A limb, such
as an arm or a leg. b. The penis.
- memetics n. The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.
- memory n. 10. The capacity of a material, such as plastic or metal, to return
to a previous shape after deformation. 11. Immunology The ability of the
immune system to respond faster and more powerfully to subsequent exposure to
an antigen.
- menage n. 1. People living together as a unit; a household. 2. The management
of a household.
- menage a trois n. A relationship in which three people, such as a married
couple and a lover, living together.
- menagerie n. 1a. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition. b. An
enclosure in which wild animals are kept. 2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.
Thank you for sharing the list. I know this from experience: going through the roots would make me want to learn Latin and Greek. New words keep springing out of them, with a cachet hard to match.
Good guesses. I couldn't with medicide. I thought it was another name for drug overdose. 'med' + 'usa' is hilarious and a good way to retain the word :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/M
My first guesses of the words "medevac" and "medicide" are correct, the first one is the shortened of medical evacuation, while the latter should be the combination of medical suicide. But interestingly the word "medicide" cannot be found online. (It will automatically correct me to "medicine":-)
However, "medusa" is not med+usa, but is pronounced as me-du-sa, ans is a jellyfish like animal.
Thanks for sharing.