| medal |
a flat piece of metal, in varying shapes and with an appropriate design or inscription stamped on it, used as an award or as a commemorative or religious object. |
| medalist |
a designer or maker of medals. [3 definitions] |
| medallion |
a large medal or something that resembles one. [2 definitions] |
| medal play |
a type of golf competition in which the total number of strokes taken by each side determines the score. (Cf. match play.) |
| meddle |
to interfere in matters concerning someone else, without authorization or request. [2 definitions] |
| meddlesome |
inclined to meddle or interfere in the business or affairs of others; interfering. |
| medevac |
the evacuation by helicopter, or other aircraft, of persons needing immediate medical attention. [4 definitions] |
| Medgar Evers |
American civil rights activist during the 1950s and early sixties. Evers worked to desegregate Mississippi schools, set up voter registration drives, helped organize economic boycotts of white businesses engaging in discrimination, and investigated crimes against black citizens. He was assassinated by a member of a white supremacist group in 1963. (b. 1925--d. 1963). |
| medi- |
middle. |
| media1 |
a plural form of medium. [2 definitions] |
| media2 |
the middle layer of an arterial or lymphatic duct. |
| mediaeval |
variant of medieval. |
| media event |
a public event that is deliberately staged in order to gain publicity from the news media. |
| medial |
in, at, toward, or pertaining to the middle; median. [5 definitions] |
| median |
in, toward, or pertaining to the middle. [6 definitions] |
| mediant |
in music, the third tone of a major or minor scale. |
| mediastinum |
in mammals, the region in the middle of the chest containing the heart and all the thoracic viscera except the lungs and pleura. |
| mediate |
to act as an intermediary in (a dispute) or bring about (an agreement). [5 definitions] |
| mediation |
the act or process of mediating between two disputing or disagreeing parties to bring about a resolution; arbitration. |
| medic1 |
a member of the medical corps in the military. [2 definitions] |
| medic2 |
any of several leguminous plants with compound leaves and small flowers, such as alfalfa. |