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- mexican poppy/ˌmɛksɪkən ˈpɒpi/A common name for several species of yellow-flowered, often prickly, herbaceous plants of the genus Argemone, native to the Americas.nounLow
- mexican spanish/ˈmɛksɪkən ˈspænɪʃ/The variety of the Spanish language as spoken in Mexico.nounC1
- mexican standoff/ˌmɛksɪkən ˈstændɒf/A situation in which no party involved can act advantageously because all parties are equally powerful or vulnerable.nounC1/C2 vocabulary (less common but widely understood idiom)
- mexican star/ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən stɑː/A plant of the genus Milla, especially Milla biflora, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, known for its star-shaped white flowers.nounLow
- mexican tea/ˈmɛksɪkən tiː/A common name for a weedy plant (Dysphania ambrosioides) with a strong scent, historically used as a medicinal tea.nounLow (C2)
- mexican war/ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən wɔː/The war between the United States and Mexico (1846–1848).nounC1/C2
- mexican wave/ˌmek.sɪ.kən ˈweɪv/A coordinated sequence of spectators in a stadium standing up, raising their arms, and sitting down again in succession, creating a wave-like visual effect.nounC1
- mexicanize/ˈmɛk.sɪ.kə.naɪz/To make something or someone Mexican in character, appearance, or culture.verb-ambitransitiveVery low / Technical / Rare
- mexicano/ˌmɛhɪˈkɑːnəʊ/A Spanish term for a male person from Mexico.nounC1/C2
- mexico/ˈmɛksɪkəʊ/The United Mexican States, a country in North America.nounHigh
- mexico city/ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ ˌsɪt.i/The capital city of the country of Mexico, and its political, cultural, and economic center.nounhigh
- meyer/ˈmaɪ.ə/A family name of German origin, originally a status term for a steward or tenant farmer.nounLow (as a common word); High (as a proper noun/surname)
- meyerbeer/ˈmaɪəbɪə/A proper noun referring to Giacomo Meyerbeer, a 19th-century German-born opera composer of Jewish descent, famous for his grand operas in Paris.nounVery Low
- meyerhof/ˈmaɪəˌhɒf/A surname of German origin, most commonly associated with a Nobel Prize-winning physiologist.nounLow
- meyerhold/ˈmaɪəˌhəʊld/A surname, specifically referring to the influential Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theorist Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940).nounLow/Very Low
- meynell/ˈmeɪnəl/A surname of English origin.nounVery Low
- mezail/mɪˈzeɪl/A type of light, short-barreled firearm, typically a pistol, from the 17th–18th centuries.nounVery Low / Obsolete
- mezair/məˈzɛː/A movement in classical horsemanship where the horse raises its forelegs in a series of low, rhythmic hops or jumps.nounExtremely rare / Specialized
- mezcal/mɛˈskal/A Mexican distilled alcoholic beverage made from the agave plant.nounLow
- mezcaline/ˈmɛskəliːn/The primary alkaloid responsible for the psychoactive effects found in the peyote cactus.nounLow
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