Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 50
Miniature (n.) Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
Miniature (n.) A particular feature or trait.
Miniature (a.) Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
Miniature (v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
Miniaturist (n.) A painter of miniatures.
Minibus (n.) A kind of light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons.
Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel.
Minie rifle () A rifle adapted to minie balls.
Minified (imp. & p. p.) of Minify.
Minifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minify.
Minify (v. t.) To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.
Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.
Minikin (n.) A little darling; a favorite; a minion.
Minikin (n.) A little pin.
Minikin (a.) Small; diminutive.
Minim (a.) Minute. "Minim forms." -- J. R. Drake.
Minim (n.) 量滴（液量最小單位）；一滴；微量；微小物；【音】二分音符 Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
Minim (n.) The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
Minim (n.) (Zool.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]
Minim (n.) A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Minim (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
Minim (n.) (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
Minim (n.) A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Minnow (n.) [Written also {minow}.] (Zool.) [C] （常用作釣餌的）鯉科淡水小魚；小魚 A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish ({Phoxinus laevis}, formerly {Leuciscus phoxinus}); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also {minim} and {minny}. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera {Phoxinus}, {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and {Rhinichthys}.
Compare: Cyprinoid
Cyprinoid (n.) 鯉；鯉科的魚 A fish of a large group which includes the carps, suckers, and loaches, and (in some classification schemes) the characins.
Order Cypriniformes or superfamily Cyprinoidea.
Cyprinoid (a.) 鯉科的 Relating to or denoting the cyprinoids.
Minnow (n.) [Written also {minow}.] (Zool.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus {Fundulus}, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also {killifish}, {minny}, and {mummichog}.
Minim (n.) A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters.
Minim (n.) A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram.
Minim (n.) A musical note having the time value of half a whole note [syn: {half note}, {minim}].
Miniment (n.) A trifle; a trinket; a token.
Minimization (n.) The act or process of minimizing.
Minimized (imp. & p. p.) of Minimize.
Minimizimg (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minimize.
Minimize (v. t.) To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
Minima (n. pl. ) of Minimum.
Minimum (n.) The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
Minimi (n. pl. ) of Minimus.
Minimus (n.) A being of the smallest size.
Minimus (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.
Mining (v. i.) The act or business of making mines or of working them.
Mining (a.) Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region.
Minion (n.) Minimum.
Minion (n.) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense.
Minion (n.) An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite.
Minion (n.) A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil.
Minion (n.) An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches.
Minion (a.) Fine; trim; dainty.
Minionette (a.) Small; delicate.
Minionette (n.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc.
Minioning (n.) Kind treatment.
Minionize (v. t.) To flavor.
Minionlike (a. & adv.) Alt. of Minionly.
Minionly (a. & adv.) Like a minion; daintily.
Minionship (n.) State of being a minion.
Minious (a.) Of the color of red or vermilion.
Minish (a.) To diminish; to lessen.
Minishment (n.) The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution.
Minister (n.) 部長，牧師，公使 A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Minister (n.) An officer of justice.
Minister (n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
Minister (n.) A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
Minister (n.) One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.
Ministered (imp. & p. p.) of Minister.
Ministering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minister.
Minister (n.) To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
Minister (v. i.) 服侍，救助，主持聖事 To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
Minister (v. i.) To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
Ministerial (a.) 部長的，內閣的，執政的 Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.
Ministerial (a.) Tending to advance or promote; contributive.
Ministerialist (n.) 執政黨議員 A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
Ministerially (adv.) 以政府部長身分；以牧師身分 In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister.
Ministery (n.) See Ministry.
Ministracy (n.) Ministration. [Obs.]
Ministral (a.) Ministerial. [Obs.]
Ministrant (a.) 服務的，服侍的，輔助的 Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate.
Ministrant (n.) 服侍者，協助者 One who ministers.
Ministration (n.) 職務，服侍，援助 The act of ministering; service; ministry.
Ministrative (a.) 服務的；服侍的；協助的 Serving to aid; ministering.
Ministress (n.) A woman who ministers.
Ministry (n.) 部，內閣，服務；聖職；神職；牧職；聖工；事奉；使徒工作；服事；司祭職 The act of ministering; ministration; service.
Ministry (n.) Agency; instrumentality.
Ministry (n.) The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
Ministry (n.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
Ministry (n.) Religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian).
Ministry (n.) Building where the business of a government department is transacted.
Ministry (n.) A government department under the direction of a minister.
Ministry (n.) The work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry."
The Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan) (MOI; Chinese: 內政部) (n.) 內政部為中華民國全國內政、民政事務的最高主管機關。其業務範圍相當廣泛，涵括人口、戶政、地政、地方政府（地制）、役政、社會治安（警政）、移民（入出國）、宗教、殯葬、禮俗祭儀、人民團體管理、災害防救（如空勤總隊）、國家公園管理、國土規劃等，是中央政府組織改造後，唯一員額仍破兩萬人的部會（警力佔大宗）。雖社福業務後已移撥改隸衛生福利部，內政部所轄員額亦降至兩萬人以下，但仍是最大部會，故保有「天下第一部」之稱 [1]。值得一提的是，自1960年連震東出掌內政部以來，絕大多數的部長都是台籍人士。
Is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is the fundamental executive yuan agency responsible for home affairs and security throughout Taiwan, including population, land, construction, military service administration, national emergency services, local administration systems, law enforcement and social welfare (prior to 23 July 2013). [1]
Ministryship (n.) (Uncountable) The office of a minister. -- Swift.
Ministryship (n.) (Rare) The position or office of minister of state.
Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead.
Miniver (n.) A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.
Minivet (n.) A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidae.
Mink (n.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.
Minnesinger (n.) 【德】抒情詩人；吟遊詩人 A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.
Minnesota (n.) 明尼蘇達州（英語：State of Minnesota）是美國第32個州，於1858年5月11日加入聯邦。
明尼蘇達州是美國中西部最大的一個州，屬於上中西部地區。明尼蘇達州最重要的城市地區是由明尼亞波利斯和聖保羅組成的雙城地區，這兩座城市以及它們周圍的城區裡的居民占明尼蘇達州總居民數的一半以上。 明尼蘇達州有「萬湖之州」和「冰球之州」的稱呼。 明尼蘇達州是美國重要的糧食產區之一。它還擁有許多自然財富，這些財富在過去兩個世紀中被大量開採。
Is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 22nd most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government, and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnow (n.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.
Minnow (n.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.
Minny (n.) A minnow.
Mino bird () An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.
Minor (a.) Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
Minor (a.) (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
Asia Minor (Geog.), The Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south.
Minor mode (Mus.), That mode, or scale, in which the third and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn subjects.
Minor orders (Eccl.), The rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
Minor scale (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various.
The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones, between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in the descending, scale, thus: See Major.
Minor term of a syllogism (Logic), The subject of the conclusion.
Minor (n.) A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.
Note: In hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign ends at an earlier age than of a subject. The minority of a sovereign of Great Britain ends upon the completion of the eighteenth year of his age.
Minor (n.) (Logic) The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
Minor (n.) A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
Minor (a.) Of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Not of legal age; "minor children" [syn: minor, nonaged, underage] [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization [ant: major].
Minor (a.) Of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor."
Minor (a.) Warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" [syn: minor, venial].
Minor (a.) Limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized].
Minor (n.) A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling].
Minor, () persons. One under the age of twenty-one years, while in a state of infancy; one who has not attained the age of a major. The terms major and minor, are more particularly used in the civil law. The common law terms are adult and infant. See Infant.
Minor, (a.) Less objectionable.
Minor, AL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alabama
Population (2000): 1116
Housing Units (2000): 471
Land area (2000): 0.694337 sq. miles (1.798324 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.694337 sq. miles (1.798324 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49072
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.539656 N, 86.940000 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Minorate (v. t.) To diminish. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Minoration (n.) A diminution. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Minoress (n.) See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.
Minorite (n.) A Franciscan friar.
Minorities (n. pl. ) of Minority.
Minority (n.) (n.) 少數 [the S] [G]；少數派；少數群；少數民族 [C] [G]；未成年；未成年身分 [U] The state of being a minor, or under age.