Words that start with M

Monkey bars are a piece of playground equipment that looks like a ladder held horizontally by some posts at each end. You use it by going across the ladder holding on with your hands.

A monorail is similar to a train in that it travels along a fixed track. The main difference is a monorail has only one track, not two like regular trains. Some kinds of monorail hover above their track (also called a rail or beam). These are called maglev monorails. Many monorails travel on raised tracks above a city. Not all monorails are raised like this. The beams a monorail travels on are large and solid and are often cast out of concrete, like the raised platform itself.

A month is one of twelve parts of a year. Not all months have the same number of days. The months are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

Moo is the noise a cow makes.

Moonstone is a mineral made from potassium aluminium silicate. It is formed in thin layers, which gives it an interesting light scattering effect called adularescence. The highest quality moonstones come from Sri Lanka.