8-letter words starting with ME
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter ME. This section showcases how ME at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with ME, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicine | 13 | treat medicinally, treat with medicine | - |
| meantime | 12 | the time between one event, process, or period and another | - |
| mentally | 13 | in your mind | he suffered mentally |
| mechanic | 17 | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | - |
| measures | 10 | - | - |
| memorial | 12 | a structure erected to commemorate persons or events | - |
| merchant | 15 | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | - |
| merciful | 15 | showing or giving mercy | sought merciful treatment for the captives |
| metaphor | 15 | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
| medieval | 14 | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | - |
| measured | 11 | having notes of fixed rhythmic value | - |
| memorize | 21 | commit to memory; learn by heart | Have you memorized your lines for the play yet? |
| mediocre | 13 | moderate to inferior in quality | they improved the quality from mediocre to above average |
| metallic | 12 | containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal | a metallic compound |
| meddling | 13 | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | - |
| meditate | 11 | think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | - |
| meatloaf | 13 | a baked loaf of ground meat | - |
| meltdown | 14 | severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping | - |
| meatball | 12 | ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth | - |
| membrane | 14 | a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants | - |
| memsahib | 17 | a woman sahib | - |
| menacing | 13 | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | his tone became menacing |
| meridian | 11 | being at the best stage of development | - |
| medicare | 13 | health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over | - |
| meringue | 11 | sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar | - |
| mediator | 11 | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties | - |
| merengue | 11 | - | - |
| methinks | 17 | - | - |
| medicate | 13 | treat medicinally, treat with medicine | - |
| meanness | 10 | the quality of being deliberately mean | - |
| meathead | 14 | - | - |
| melanoma | 12 | any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | - |
| medalist | 11 | someone who has won a medal | - |
| memorise | 12 | commit to memory; learn by heart | - |
| mesdames | 13 | - | - |
| meteoric | 12 | of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena |
| medicaid | 14 | health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program | - |
| mellowed | 14 | softened through age or experience | - |
| mealtime | 12 | the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten | - |
| methanol | 13 | a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol | - |
| mediated | 12 | acting or brought about through an intervening agency | the mediated settlement brought satisfaction to both sides |
| meatless | 10 | lacking meat | meatless days |
| megastar | 11 | - | - |
| megalith | 14 | memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) | - |
| menswear | 13 | - | - |
| messiest | 10 | - | - |
| measurer | 10 | a person who makes measurements | - |
| meniscus | 12 | (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint | - |
| megabyte | 16 | a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | - |
| megawatt | 14 | a unit of power equal to one million watts | - |
| mesmeric | 14 | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | she had a warm mesmeric charm |
| mesozoic | 21 | from 230 million to 63 million years ago | - |
| medalled | 12 | - | - |
| melamine | 12 | a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins | - |
| meninges | 11 | a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord | - |
| mephitic | 17 | of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution | - |
| mercuric | 14 | of or containing mercury | - |
| merriest | 10 | - | - |
| meshugge | 15 | senseless; crazy | - |
| mesquite | 19 | any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | - |
| meacocks | 18 | - | - |
| meagerer | 11 | - | - |
| meagerly | 14 | deficient in amount or quality or extent | - |
| meagrely | 14 | to a meager degree or in a meager manner | - |
| meagrest | 11 | - | - |
| mealiest | 10 | - | - |
| mealless | 10 | - | - |
| mealworm | 15 | the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae | - |
| mealybug | 16 | scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees | - |
| meanders | 11 | - | - |
| meanings | 11 | - | - |
| measlier | 10 | - | - |
| measling | 11 | - | - |
| meataxes | 17 | - | - |
| meathook | 17 | - | - |
| meatiest | 10 | - | - |
| meatuses | 10 | - | - |
| mebibyte | 17 | a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | - |
| mechitza | 24 | - | - |
| mechouis | 15 | - | - |
| meconate | 12 | - | - |
| meconins | 12 | - | - |
| meconium | 14 | thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child | - |
| medaccas | 15 | - | - |
| medalets | 11 | - | - |
| medaling | 12 | - | - |
| medallic | 13 | - | - |
| medcinal | 13 | - | - |
| meddlers | 12 | - | - |
| medevacs | 16 | - | - |
| medflies | 14 | - | - |
| medially | 14 | in a medial position | this consonant always occurs medially |
| medianly | 14 | - | - |
| mediants | 11 | - | - |
| mediates | 11 | - | - |
| medicals | 13 | - | - |
| medicant | 13 | - | - |
| medicide | 14 | - | - |
| medigaps | 14 | - | - |
| mediuses | 11 | - | - |
| medivacs | 16 | - | - |
| medresas | 11 | - | - |
| medreses | 11 | - | - |
| medullae | 11 | - | - |
| medullar | 11 | - | - |
| medullas | 11 | - | - |
| medusans | 11 | - | - |
| medusoid | 12 | one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles | - |
| meekened | 15 | - | - |
| meekness | 14 | the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness | - |
| meercats | 12 | - | - |
| meerkats | 14 | - | - |
| meetings | 11 | - | - |
| meetness | 10 | - | - |
| megabars | 13 | - | - |
| megabits | 13 | - | - |
| megabuck | 19 | - | - |
| megacity | 16 | - | - |
| megadeal | 12 | - | - |
| megadose | 12 | - | - |
| megadyne | 15 | - | - |
| megaflop | 16 | (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system | - |
| megafogs | 15 | - | - |
| megahits | 14 | - | - |
| megalops | 13 | - | - |
| megamall | 13 | - | - |
| megaplex | 20 | - | - |
| megapode | 14 | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | - |
| megapods | 14 | - | - |
| megarads | 12 | - | - |
| megarons | 11 | - | - |
| megasses | 11 | - | - |
| megatons | 11 | - | - |
| megavolt | 14 | - | - |
| megillah | 14 | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim | - |
| megillas | 11 | - | - |
| megilphs | 16 | - | - |
| meiocyte | 15 | - | - |
| meionite | 10 | - | - |
| meisters | 10 | - | - |
| mejlises | 17 | - | - |
| melaenas | 10 | - | - |
| melamdim | 15 | - | - |
| melanges | 11 | - | - |
| melanian | 10 | - | - |
| melanics | 12 | - | - |
| melanins | 10 | - | - |
| melanise | 10 | make or become black | - |
| melanism | 12 | a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | - |
| melanist | 10 | - | - |
| melanite | 10 | - | - |
| melanize | 19 | make or become black | - |
| melanoid | 11 | - | - |
| melanous | 10 | - | - |
| melilite | 10 | - | - |
| melilots | 10 | - | - |
| melinite | 10 | - | - |
| melismas | 12 | - | - |
| melittin | 10 | - | - |
| mellific | 15 | - | - |
| mellites | 10 | - | - |
| mellitic | 12 | - | - |
| mellower | 13 | - | - |
| mellowly | 16 | in a mellow manner | - |
| melodeon | 11 | - | - |
| melodias | 11 | - | - |
| melodica | 13 | - | - |
| melodics | 13 | - | - |
| melodies | 11 | - | - |
| melodion | 11 | - | - |
| melodise | 11 | supply a melody for | - |
| melodist | 11 | - | - |
| melodize | 20 | supply a melody for | - |
| melonier | 10 | - | - |
| meltable | 12 | capable of melting | - |
| meltages | 11 | - | - |
| meltemis | 12 | - | - |
| meltiest | 10 | - | - |
| meltings | 11 | - | - |
| meltiths | 13 | - | - |
| membered | 15 | having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number | - |
| mementos | 12 | - | - |
| memetics | 14 | - | - |
| memories | 12 | - | - |
| menacers | 12 | - | - |
| menaging | 12 | - | - |
| menarche | 15 | the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman | - |
| menazons | 19 | - | - |
| mendable | 13 | - | - |
| mendigos | 12 | - | - |
| mendings | 12 | - | - |
| menfolks | 17 | - | - |
| menhaden | 14 | shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer | - |
| menially | 13 | in a menial manner | - |
| menilite | 10 | - | - |
| meniscal | 12 | - | - |
| menology | 14 | - | - |
| menomini | 12 | a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin | - |
| menopome | 14 | - | - |
| menorahs | 13 | - | - |
| menschen | 15 | - | - |
| mensches | 15 | - | - |
| menseful | 13 | - | - |
| menshing | 14 | - | - |
| menstrua | 10 | - | - |
| mensural | 10 | having notes of fixed rhythmic value | - |
| menthene | 13 | - | - |
| menthols | 13 | - | - |
| mentions | 10 | - | - |
| mentored | 11 | - | - |
| mephitis | 15 | in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae | - |
| merantis | 10 | - | - |
| mercados | 13 | - | - |
| mercapto | 14 | - | - |
| merchets | 15 | - | - |
| merchild | 16 | - | - |
| meresman | 12 | - | - |
| meresmen | 12 | - | - |
| merfolks | 17 | - | - |
| mergence | 13 | - | - |
| mergings | 12 | - | - |
| mericarp | 14 | a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity | - |
| merimake | 16 | - | - |
| meristem | 12 | undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root | - |
| meristic | 12 | - | - |
| meriting | 11 | - | - |
| merlings | 11 | - | - |
| mermaids | 13 | - | - |
| merogony | 14 | - | - |
| meronyms | 15 | - | - |
| meronymy | 18 | the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole | - |
| meropias | 12 | - | - |
| merosome | 12 | - | - |
| merryman | 15 | - | - |
| merrymen | 15 | - | - |
| mersalyl | 13 | - | - |
| mersions | 10 | - | - |
| merycism | 17 | - | - |
| mesaraic | 12 | - | - |
| mescalin | 12 | - | - |
| mesclums | 14 | - | - |
| mescluns | 12 | - | - |
| meseemed | 13 | - | - |
| meshiest | 13 | - | - |
| meshings | 14 | - | - |
| meshugah | 17 | - | - |
| meshugas | 14 | - | - |
| meshugga | 15 | senseless; crazy | - |
| meshwork | 20 | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | - |
| mesially | 13 | - | - |
| mesnalty | 13 | - | - |
| mesocarp | 14 | the middle layer of a pericarp | - |
| mesoderm | 13 | the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | - |
| mesoglea | 11 | - | - |
| mesolite | 10 | - | - |
| mesomere | 12 | - | - |
| mesophyl | 18 | - | - |
| mesosaur | 10 | - | - |
| mesosome | 12 | - | - |
| mesotron | 10 | an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 | - |
| mesozoan | 19 | - | - |
| mesprise | 12 | - | - |
| mesprize | 21 | - | - |
| mesquine | 19 | - | - |
| mesquits | 19 | - | - |
| messaged | 12 | - | - |
| messages | 11 | - | - |
| messiahs | 13 | - | - |
| messmate | 12 | (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) | - |
| messuage | 11 | (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
| mestesos | 10 | - | - |
| mestinos | 10 | - | - |
| mestizas | 19 | - | - |
| mestizos | 19 | - | - |
| mestomes | 12 | - | - |
| metaboly | 15 | - | - |
| metadata | 11 | data about data | a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications |
| metafile | 13 | - | - |
| metairie | 10 | - | - |
| metaling | 11 | - | - |
| metalise | 10 | - | - |
| metalist | 10 | - | - |
| metalize | 19 | coat with metal | - |
| metalled | 11 | - | - |
| metamale | 12 | - | - |
| metamere | 12 | one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | - |
| metamers | 12 | - | - |
| metamict | 14 | - | - |
| metanoia | 10 | - | - |
| metaplot | 12 | - | - |
| metasoma | 12 | - | - |
| metatags | 11 | - | - |
| metayage | 14 | - | - |
| metayers | 13 | - | - |
| metazoal | 19 | - | - |
| metazoan | 19 | any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges | - |
| metazoic | 21 | - | - |
| metazoon | 19 | - | - |
| metcasts | 12 | - | - |
| meterage | 11 | - | - |
| metering | 11 | - | - |
| metewand | 14 | - | - |
| meteyard | 14 | - | - |
| methadon | 14 | synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | - |
| methanal | 13 | a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | - |
| methanes | 13 | - | - |
| methodic | 16 | - | - |
| methoxyl | 23 | - | - |
| methylal | 16 | - | - |
| methylic | 18 | - | - |
| methyses | 16 | - | - |
| methysis | 16 | - | - |
| meticais | 12 | - | - |
| meticals | 12 | - | - |
| metisses | 10 | - | - |
| metonyms | 15 | - | - |
| metonymy | 18 | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') | - |
| metopism | 14 | - | - |
| metopons | 12 | - | - |
| metopryl | 15 | - | - |
| metrazol | 19 | a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | - |
| metrical | 12 | the rhythmic arrangement of syllables | - |
| metrists | 10 | - | - |
| metritis | 10 | inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium) | - |
| meuniere | 10 | - | - |
| mezereon | 19 | small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs | - |
| mezereum | 21 | the dried bark of the shrub mezereon | - |
| mezquite | 28 | - | - |
| mezquits | 28 | - | - |
| mezuzahs | 31 | - | - |
| mezuzoth | 31 | - | - |
