md

Other forms of md

plural

mds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about md

What does md mean?

md means "a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in md?

md has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌɛmˈdi/.

What is another word for md?

Close synonyms include mendelevium, Mv, atomic number 101, doctor, doc. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is md a common word?

md is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with md?

21 words rhyme with md. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.