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Reference > The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy > Entry Index   PREVIOUS NEXT   CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.  2002.   Entry Index   menopause to Nation, Carry     menopause menorah menstrual cycle menstruation Mephistopheles mercantilism Mercator projection The Merchant of Venice Mercury Mercury mercury Mercury program merger meridian meristem meritocracy Merlin mermaid meson Mesopotamia Messiah Messiah Messiah metabolism metamorphic rock Metamorphoses “The Metamorphosis” metamorphosis metaphor metaphysics meteor meteorites meteorology meter meter methadone Methodists Methuselah metric system Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Opera Metternich, Prince Clemens von Mexican War Mexico Mexico City mezzo soprano Miami Michael Michelangelo Michigan Mickey Mouse microchip microclimate microcosm microeconomics microfilm microorganisms microscope microwave communication microwaves Midas Mid-Atlantic states Middle Ages Middle America middle class middle ear Middle East Middle English Middle West A Midsummer Night’s Dream Midway Island, Battle of midwife The Mikado Milan miles to go before I sleep military-industrial complex militia movement of the 1990s milk of human kindness Milky Way millennium Miller, Glenn Mill, John Stuart Milne, A. A. Milosevic, Slobodan Milton, John Milwaukee mind your p’s and q’s Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord mineral minerals Minerva Ming Dynasty minimum wage minister minister Minneapolis Minnesota minority leader Minotaur Minutemen Miranda decision miscarriage misdemeanor Misery loves company missing link A miss is as good as a mile Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri Missouri Compromise Missouri River mitochondrial Eve mitochondrion mitosis mixed economy mixed marriage mobile Moby Dick mode modem “A Modest Proposal” modifier modus operandi modus vivendi Moguls Mohammed Mojave Desert molars Moldova molecular biology molecular weight molecule Molière mollusks Moloch Molotov cocktail momentum Monaco Mona Lisa monarchy Mondrian, Piet Monera monetarism monetary policy Monet, Claude money burning a hole in one’s pocket Money is the root of all evil money market money supply Mongolia monism Monitor versus Merrimack monks monogamy mononucleosis monopoly monotheism Monroe Doctrine Monroe, James Monroe, Marilyn monsoon montage Montaigne, Michel de Montana Mont Blanc Monte Carlo Montesquieu, Charles, Baron de Montessori, Maria Montevideo Montezuma Montgomery, Bernard Monticello Montreal Monty Python moon Moonlight Sonata Moore, Henry moraine moratorium mores more sinned against than sinning more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio More, Thomas Morgan, J. Pierpont Mormons Morocco Morpheus morphine morphology Morrison, Toni Morse, Samuel F. B. mortal sin/venial sin mortgage mosaic Mosaic law Moscow Moses Moses, Grandma Moslem mosque most-favored-nation most unkindest cut of all Mother Goose rhymes Mother Teresa motif motor development Mount Everest Mount Kilimanjaro Mount McKinley Mount Palomar Mount Rainier Mount Rushmore Mount Saint Helens Mount Vernon Mount Vesuvius Mount Whitney mouse movement Mozambique Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus MP3 Ms. muckrakers mucous membrane mucus Muhammad multiculturalism multilateralism multinational corporation multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle multiple sclerosis multiplier effect mumps Munich Munich Pact municipal bonds mural Murder will out Murphy’s Law Murrow, Edward R. muscular dystrophy muscular system Muses musical musical comedy Music has charms to soothe a savage breast Muslims, Shi’ite and Sunni Mussolini, Benito mutagen mutations mutual fund mutual insurance company Myanmar My country, ’tis of thee My Fair Lady My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? My Lai massacre myopia mysticism mythology N.B. Nabokov, Vladimir Nader, Ralph Nagasaki Nairobi Namibia Nanjing Nanking nano nanosecond nanotechnology Nantucket Naples Napoleon Bonaparte Napster narcissism Narcissus narration Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass narrator narrow construction NASDAQ Nash, Ogden Nashville Nasser, Gamal Abdel National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Anthem of the United States National Association for the Advancement of Colored People national debt National Gallery of Art National Guard nationalism Nationalist China Nationalist China nationalization nationalization National Labor Relations Board national liberation movements National Organization for Women National Origins Act of 1924 National Rifle Association National Security Council national self-determination Nation, Carry     The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. 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