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- mille-feuille/ˌmiːl ˈfɜːɪ/A French dessert consisting of thin layers of puff pastry alternating with layers of pastry cream or whipped cream, typically topped with icing.nounC1/C2
- millecentThe hundredth part of a thousand (i.e., a mathematical term for a quantity of 0.01 per thousand or a ratio of 1:100,000).nounC2
- milled/mɪld/Past tense/participle of 'mill': to grind or crush something into small particles using a mill; to produce a ridged or serrated edge on a coin; to move around in a confused, aimless mass.adjectiveverbB2
- milledgeville/ˌmɪlɪdʒˈvɪl/A proper noun referring to a city in Georgia, USA.nounVery low
- millefeuille/ˌmiːlˈfɜːɪ/A French pastry consisting of multiple thin layers of puff pastry alternating with pastry cream or other fillings.nounC2 (Very low frequency, specialized culinary/figurative)
- millefiori/ˌmɪlɪfɪˈɔːri/A glasswork technique which produces decorative patterns by fusing together bundles of thin glass rods of different colours, then slicing the resulting rod into cross-sections.nounC1/C2 (Low-Frequency, Specialised)
- millefleurs/ˌmiːlˈflɜː/A style of design, especially in tapestry or perfume, featuring a dense background of many small flowers and plants.nounC2
- millenarian/ˌmɪlɪˈneəriən/Relating to a belief in a future thousand-year age of blessedness, especially one of Christ's reign on Earth; utopian or revolutionary.adjectivenounC2
- millenarianism/ˌmɪlɪˈnɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/The belief in a coming thousand-year period of ideal human happiness, often associated with major religious or social transformation, typically derived from Christian eschatology about the return of Christ to rule for a millennium.nounC2
- millenary/mɪˈlɛnəri/A period of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary.adjectivenounC2
- millennial/mɪˈlɛnɪəl/A person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s/early 2000s, reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century.adjectivenounHigh
- millennial church/mɪˈlɛnɪəl tʃɜːtʃ/A church belonging to or characteristic of the Christian tradition of Millennialism, which emphasizes the belief in Christ's thousand-year reign on Earth, often associated with specific denominations like the Seventh-day Adventists or certain evangelical movements.nounLow
- millennial pink/mɪˌlɛnɪəl ˈpɪŋk/A specific pale pink hue, often described as a muted, dusty rose or salmon pink, that became a defining color trend in the late 2010s, strongly associated with Millennial generation aesthetics, lifestyle branding, and Instagram culture.nounLow-Medium. Common in lifestyle, design, fashion, and marketing contexts, but less frequent in general daily conversation.
- millennialism/ˌmɪlɪˈniːəlɪzəm/A religious belief in a coming thousand-year golden age, often associated with the Second Coming of Christ.nounLow
- millennium/mɪˈlen.i.əm/A period of one thousand years.nounC1
- millennium bridge/mɪˈlɛn.i.əm ˈbrɪdʒ/A proper noun referring to specific bridges built or opened to commemorate the dawn of the 3rd millennium (the year 2000 or 2001).nounC1
- millennium bug/mɪˈlɛn.i.əm bʌɡ/A computer error or flaw predicted to occur at the transition from 1999 to 2000 due to many systems using two-digit year representations.nounLow
- millepede/ˈmɪl.ɪ.piːd/A small, long, segmented, many-legged invertebrate animal, typically found in soil and leaf litter.nounC1
- millepore/ˈmɪlɪpɔː/Any coral of the genus Millepora, characterized by a stony, branching structure with numerous tiny pores.nounExtremely Low (Technical/Scientific)
- miller/ˈmɪlə/A person who owns or operates a mill, especially one that grinds grain into flour.nounC1
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