Mi, mē, n. the third note in the diatonic scale.
Miasma, mī-az′ma, n. unwholesome exhalations arising from putrescent matter—also Mī′asm:—pl. Mī′asms, Mias′mata.—adjs. Mias′mal, Miasmat′ic, Mias′matous, pertaining to, or containing, miasma.—ns. Mias′matist; Miasmol′ogy.—adj. Mias′mous. [Gr. miasma—miainein, to stain.]
Miaul, mi-awl′, v.i. to cry as a cat.
Mica, mī′ka, n. a group of rock-forming minerals, with perfect cleavage in one direction, the laminæ flexible and elastic, and generally transparent.—adj. Micā′ceous.—ns. Mī′ca-schist, Mī′ca-slate, a metamorphic rock consisting of alternate layers of mica and quartz. [L. mica, a crumb.]
Mice, mīs, plural of mouse.
Michaelmas, mik′el-mas, n. the festival of St Michael, celebrated Sept. 29: a quarterly rent-day in England.
Miche, mich, v.i. (obs.) to lie hid, to skulk, to act by stealth: to pilfer meanly—also Mich.—ns. Mich′er; Mich′ing—also adj.
Mickle, mik′l, adj. (arch.) much. [A.S. micel, mycel; Scot. muckle.]
Micky, mik′i, n. an Irish boy: a wild young bull.
Microbe, mī′krōb, mik′rōb, n. a microscopic organism, esp. a bacterium, found wherever organic matter is in process of decomposition.—adjs. Micrō′bial, Micrō′bian, Micrō′bic.—n. Microbiol′ogy, the science of micro-organisms. [Fr.,—Gr. mikros, small, bios, life.]