| M: | M the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet is a vocal consonant and from the manner of its formation is called the labionasal consonant See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 178180 242 |
| M: | A quadrat the face or top of which is a perfect square also the size of such a square in any given size of type used as the unit of measurement for that type 500 ms of pica would be a piece of matter whose length and breadth in pica ms multiplied together produce that number |
| M: | A semiautomatic rifle which was standard issue to infantrymen in the United States Army in the mid20th century |
| M: | The narrowest measure of the money supply comprising the currency in circulation plus demand deposits or checking account balances |
| M: | A measure of the money supply broader than M1 but narrower than M3 comprising M1 plus net time deposits other than large certificates of deposit |
| M: | A broad measure of the money supply comprising M2 plus deposits at nonbanks such as savings and loan associations |
| Ma: | A childs word for mother |
| dMa: | But used in cautionary phrases as bdVivace ma non troppo prestob8 i e lively but not too quick |
| Maa: | The common European gull Larus canus called also mar See New a gull |
| Maad: | Made |
| Maalin: | The sparrow hawk |
| Maalox: | A trademark for an antacid |
| Maam: | Madam my lady a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address and sometimes as an appellation |
| Maarashell: | A large pearly spiral marine shell Turbo margaritaceus from the Pacific Islands It is used as an ornament |
| dMaasha: | An East Indian coin of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee |
| Maat: | Dejected sorrowful downcast |
| Mabble: | To wrap up |
| Mabby: | A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes used in the Barbadoes |
| dMabolo: | A kind of persimmon tree Diospyros discolor from the Philippine Islands now introduced into the East and West Indies It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince |
| Mac: | Shortened form of Macintosh a brand name for a personal computer as the latest Mac has great new features |
| Mac: | A prefix in names of Scotch origin signifying son |
| mac: | Shortened form of mackintosh a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric |
| macabre: | portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror gruesome ghastly as macabre tortures conceived by madmen |
| Macaca: | A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta much used in laboratory biomedical research Formerly called Macacus |
| Macacamulatta: | The rhesus monkey of South Asia used in medical research |
| Macacaradiata: | An Indian macaque with a bonnetlike tuft of hair |
| Macacasylvana: | The Barbary ape a tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of Northwest Africa and Gibralter |
| dMacaco: | Any one of several species of lemurs as the ruffed lemur Lemur macaco and the ringtailed lemur Lemur catta |
| dMacacus: | A genus of monkeys found in Asia and the East Indies now usually called Macaca They have short tails and prominent eyebrows See also Macaca |
| macadam: | The broken stone used in macadamized roadways |
| macadam: | paved with macadam2 |
| macadamia: | any tree of the genus Macadamia especially Macadamia ternifolia |
| macadamianut: | The hardshelled nut of the Macadamia ternifolia or the delicious edible nut without its shell large quantities are produced in Hawaii and sold commercially |
| Macadamization: | The process or act of macadamizing |
| Macadamize: | To cover as a road or street parking lot playground or other flat area with macadam so as to form a smooth hard convex surface |
| Macadamroad: | A macadamized road |
| macamba: | A tropical American feather palm Acrocomia aculeata having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts |
| Macao: | A macaw |
| Macao: | A territory in South China on the Zhu Jiang river on the South China sea formerly a territory of Portugal Also the capital city of this territory |
| dMacaque: | Any one of several species of shorttailed monkeys of the genus Macaca formerly Macacus found in rocky regions of Asia and Africa as Macaca maurus the moor macaque of the East Indies |
| Macarangagum: | A gum of a crimson color obtained from a tree Macaranga Indica that grows in the East Indies It is used in taking impressions of coins medallions etc and sometimes as a medicine |
| macarena: | a dance performed by dancers in a line or several lines consisting mainly of hand and arm movements also the name of the song to which the dance is usually performed It became popular in 1996 |
| Macarize: | To congratulate |
| Macaroni: | Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat flour such as semolina and used as an article of food a form of Italian pasta |
| Macaronian: | Pertaining to or like macaroni originally a dish of mixed food hence mixed confused jumbled |
| Macaronic: | A heap of things confusedly mixed together a jumble |
| Macaroon: | A small cake composed chiefly of the white of eggs almonds or coconut and sugar |
| Macartney: | A firebacked pheasant See Fireback |
| Macassaroil: | A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair so called because originally obtained from Macassar a district of the Island of Celebes Also an imitation of the same of perfumed castor oil and olive oil Cf antimacassar |
| Macau: | Same as Macao the territory |
| dMacauco: | Any one of several species of small lemurs as Lemur murinus which resembles a rat in size |
| dMacavahu: | A small Brazilian monkey Callithrix torquatus called also collared teetee |
| Macaw: | Any parrot of the genus Ara Sittace or Macrocercus About eighteen species are known all of them found in Central and South America They are large and have a very long tail a strong hooked bill and a naked space around the eyes The voice is harsh and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted they are among the largest and showiest of parrots Different species names have been given to the same macaw as for example the Hyacinthine macaw which has been variously classified as Anodorhyncus hyacynthinus Anodorhyncus maximiliani and Macrocercus hyacynthinus |
| Maccabean: | Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees as the Maccabean princes Maccabean times |
| Maccabees: | The name given in later times to the Asmonans a family of Jewish patriots who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV 168161 b c which led to a period of freedom for Israel |
| Maccaboy: | A kind of snuff |
| maccaroniwheat: | A type of wheat Triticum durum with hard darkcolored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta grown especially in South Russia North Africa and North central North America |
| Macco: | A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century |
| Mace: | A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael also a weight of 5798 grains |
| Mace: | A kind of spice the aril which partly covers nutmegs See Nutmeg |
| Mace: | A heavy staff or club of metal a spiked club used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms especially in the Middle Ages for breaking metal armor |
| Mace: | A chemical preparation containing tear gas in a solvent packaged in the form of a spray and used to temporarily incapacitate people such as rioters or criminals by causing intense eye and skin irritation also called chemical mace It is designed to be a nonlethal weapon for defending against violent people |
| macebearer: | an official who carries the mace of office before persons in authority |
| dMacdoine: | A kind of mixed dish as of cooked vegetables with white sauce sweet jelly with whole fruit mixed diced fruits or vegetables etc served hot or cold |
| Macedon: | the ancient kingdom of Phillip II and Alexander the Great in the Southeastern Balkans that is now part of Greece Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia |
| Macedonian: | Belonging or relating to Macedonia |
| Macedonian: | One of a certain religious sect followers of Macedonius Bishop of Constantinople in the fourth century who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature like the angels and a servant of the Father and the Son |
| Macedonianism: | The doctrines of Macedonius |
| Macer: | A mace bearer an officer of a court |
| Macerate: | To make lean to cause to waste away |
| Macerater: | One who or that which macerates an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp |
| Maceration: | The act or process of macerating |
| macerative: | Accompanied by or characterized by maceration |
| Machaeranthera: | A genus of wildflowers of Western North America |
| dMachrodus: | A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength hence called sabertoothed tigers |
| dMachete: | A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword often two or three feet in length used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets and for various other purposes |
| Machiavelian: | Of or pertaining to Machiavelli or to his supposed principles for conduct of government as enunciated in his tract The Prince politically cunning characterized by duplicity political expediency unscrupulous cunning or bad faith crafty |
| Machiavelian: | One who adopts the principles of Machiavelli a cunning and unprincipled politician |
| Machiavelism: | The supposed principles of Machiavelli or practice in conformity to them political artifice intended to favor arbitrary power |
| Machicolated: | Having machicolations |
| dMachicoulis: | Same as Machicolation |
| machilid: | A wingless insect living in dark moist places as under tree trunks they make erratic leaps when disturbed called also jumping bristletail |
| Machilidae: | A natural family of insects including the jumping bristletails |
| Machinal: | Of or pertaining to machines |
| Machinate: | To plan to contrive esp to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm to contrive artfully to plot |
| Machinate: | To contrive as a plot to plot as to machinate evil |
| Machination: | The act of machinating |
| Machinator: | One who machinates or forms a scheme with evil designs a plotter or artful schemer |
| Machine: | In general any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified as a screw and its nut or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot etc especially a construction more or less complex consisting of a combination of moving parts or simple mechanical elements as wheels levers cams etc with their supports and connecting framework calculated to constitute a prime mover or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine and transmit modify and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work as weaving by a loom or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine |
| Machine: | To subject to the action of machinery to make cut shape or modify with a machine to effect by aid of machinery to print with a printing machine |
| machinebolt: | A threaded hexagonal or squareheaded bolt with a nut it is tightened with a wrench and used to connect metal parts |
| machinecode: | Same as machine language |
| machinecontrolled: | same as automated |
| machinegun: | A fully automatic rapidfiring rifle which continues to fire bullets repeatedly as long as the trigger is depressed lighter versions may be carried in the hands and heavier versions may be mounted on a tripod vehicle or other mount The lighweight versions are sometimes called a submachine gun |
| machinegunner: | A soldier who operates a machine gun |
| machinelanguage: | a set of instructions3 in a binary form that can be executed directly by the CPU of a computer without translation by a computer program |
| machinelike: | behaving in an unthinking manner like the functioning of a machine as machinelike fools |
| machinemade: | made by a machine Contrasted with handmade |
| machineorientedlanguage: | A programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers |
| machinepistol: | A fully automatic pistol a small submachine gun |
| Machiner: | One who or operates a machine a machinist2 |
| machinereadable: | Readable by a machine |
| Machinery: | Machines in general or collectively |
| machinescrew: | A type of screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole it has a slotted head which can be driven by a screwdriver |
| machineshop: | A small business or a room within a business establishment where metal is cut and shaped etc by machine tools |
| machinetool: | A powerdriven machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
| machinetranslation: | The translation of human language from one language to another by a computer a branch of artificial intelligence |
| Machining: | Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem acting or used as a machine |
| Machinist: | A constructor of machines and engines one versed in the principles of machines |
| machismo: | A strong and by some considered exaggerated sense of manly pride associated with an attitude that the proper expression of masculinity includes virility courage and an entitlement to dominate especially over women |
| machmeter: | an instrument for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound |
| machnumber: | The ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound |
| Macho: | The striped mullet of California Mugil cephalus syn Mugil Mexicanus |
| macho: | Manly especially with an assertive and domineering manner toward women |
| MACHO: | A form of dark matter in distant outer space unobservable except by its gravitational effect and believed to be at least part of the bdmissing matterb8 which is unobservable as ordinary stars but helps keep galaxies from flying apart MACHOS are massive but compact objects such as neutron stars or brown dwarfs which can be detected with difficulty by their effect in bending light from distant light sources such as other galaxies This can occur if by rare chance a MACHO passes in front of a more distant visible object and the light from that object becomes temporarily amplified by the MACHO acting as a gravitational lens Some MACHOs have been discovered in the halo of dark matter that surrounds our milky way It is however questionable whether the amount of such matter is sufficient to explain the ability of galaxies to stay together in spite of rotation rates that would cause them to fly apart if the only matter present was that observable as visible stars |
| Macilency: | Leanness |
| Macilent: | Lean thin |
| Macintosh: | Same as Mackintosh |
| mack: | A mackintosh a shortened form |
| Mackenzie: | a Canadian river flows into the Beaufort Sea |
| Mackerel: | A pimp also a bawd |
| Mackerel: | Any species of the genus Scomber of the family Scombridae and of several related genera They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes Most of them are highly prized for food |
| mackerelscad: | A small silvery fish Decapterus macarellus found from Nova Scotia to Brazil |
| mackerelsky: | A sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds |
| Mackinawblanket: | A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States |
| Mackinaw: | A flatbottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern using oars or sails or both used esp on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries |
| Mackinaw: | A short heavy doublebreasted plaid coat the design of which is large and striking |
| Mackinawtrout: | The namaycush |
| Mackintosh: | A waterproof outer garment so called from the name of the inventor |
| Mackle: | Same as Macule |
| Mackle: | To blur or be blurred in printing as if there were a double impression |
| Macle: | Chiastolite so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section See Chiastolite |
| Macleaya: | A genus of East Asian perennial herbs including the plume poppy |
| Macled: | Marked like macle chiastolite |
| Maclura: | A genus of plants including the yellowwood trees and shrubs |
| dMaclurea: | A genus of spiral gastropod shells often of large size characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks |
| Maclurin: | See Morintannic |
| macon: | A fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry produced in the area around Macon a city in France |
| Macoun: | A juicy lateripening apple similar to a McIntosh |
| Macowanites: | A stoutstemmed genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely |
| Macowanitesamericanus: | A small fungus with a fragile cap that cracks to expose the white context and a white stalk that is practically enclosed by the cap |
| Macrame: | the art of tying knots in patterns |
| Macramelace: | A coarse lace made of twine used especially in decorating furniture |
| Macrencephalic: | Of or pertaining to macrencephaly having a large brain |
| macrencephaly: | The condition of having an abnormally large braincase |
| macro: | a single computer instruction which symbolizes and is converted at the time of program execution or by a compiler into a series of instructions in the same computer language |
| macro: | very large in scale or scope or capability as macroeconomics |
| Macro: | A combining form signifying long large great as macrodiagonal macrospore macromolecule macrocosm |
| Macrobiotic: | Longlived |
| macrobioticdiet: | A diet consisting chiefly of beans and whole grains |
| Macrobiotics: | The art of prolonging life |
| macrocephalic: | Of or pertaining to macrocephaly having an unusually large head |
| macrocephaly: | THe condition of having an unusually large head it differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increase intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical |
| Macrocheira: | A genus of giant crabs of Japan |
| Macrochemistry: | The science which treats of the chemical properties actions or relations of substances in quantity distinguished from microchemistry |
| dMacrochires: | A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds So called from the length of the distal part of the wing |
| Macroclemys: | A genus of alligator snapping turtles |
| Macrocosm: | The great world that part of the universe which is exterior to man contrasted with microcosm or man See Microcosm |
| Macrocosmic: | Of or pertaining to the macrocosm |
| dMacrocystis: | An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific Macrocystis pyrifera having numerous almondshaped air vessels |
| macrolens: | a camera lens designed to focus at short distances so as to achieve photographic magnifications of objects larger than with standard lenses |
| macrocyte: | An abnormally large red blood cell associated with pernicious anemia |
| macrocytosis: | An abnormal physiological condition characterized by the presence of macrocytes in the blood |
| Macrodactyl: | One of a group of wading birds Macrodactyli having very long toes |
| Macrodactylic: | Having long toes |
| Macrodiagonal: | The longer of two diagonals as of a rhombic prism See Crystallization |
| Macrodome: | A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal See Dome n 4 |
| Macrodont: | Having large teeth |
| Macrofarad: | See Megafarad |
| macroglia: | Tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells |
| dMacroglossia: | Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue |
| Macrognathic: | Longjawed |
| Macrograph: | A picture of an object as seen by the naked eye that is unmagnified as a macrograph of a metallic fracture |
| Macrography: | Examination or study with the naked eye as distinguished from micrography |
| Macrology: | Long and tedious talk without much substance superfluity of words |
| Macrometer: | An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant |
| macromolecule: | A very large molecule especially a polymer having from hundreds to many thousands of atoms such as DNA RNA protein polysaccharide polyethylene polycarbonate etc |
| macromolecular: | Of pertaining to or consisting of macromolecules |
| Macron: | A short straight horizontal mark placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound as be in dbeme in s etc |
| Macropetalous: | Having long or large petals |
| macrophage: | A large phagocyte |
| Macrophyllous: | Having long or large leaves |
| Macropinacoid: | One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral macrodiagonal axes |
| Macropod: | Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs called also spider crab |
| Macropodal: | Having long or large feet or a long stem |
| Macropodian: | A macropod |
| Macropodous: | Having long legs or feet |
| Macroprism: | A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids |
| dMacropteres: | A division of birds the Longipennes |
| Macropterous: | Having long wings or fins |
| dMacropus: | A genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo |
| Macropyramid: | See Macroprism |
| Macroscopic: | Visible to the unassisted eye as opposed to microscopic |
| dMacrosporangium: | A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores opposed to microsporangium Both are found in the genera Selaginella Isoctes and Marsilia plants remotely allied to ferns |
| Macrospore: | One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants as Selaginella etc |
| Macrosporic: | Of or pertaining to macrospores |
| Macrotone: | Same as Macron |
| Macrotous: | Largeeared |
| macrotus: | A largeeared grayish bat Macrotus californicus of southern California and northwestern Mexico |
| dMacroura: | Same as Macrura Macrural etc |
| Macrouridae: | A natural family of fish including the grenadiers |
| Macrozospore: | A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia found in certain green alg |
| dMacrura: | A subdivision of decapod Crustacea having the abdomen largely developed It includes the lobster prawn shrimp and many similar forms Cf Decapoda |
| Macrural: | Same as Macrurous |
| Macruran: | One of the Macrura |
| Macruridae: | Same as Macrouridae |
| Macruroid: | Like or pertaining to the Macrura |
| Macrurous: | Of or pertaining to the Macrura having a long tail |
| Mactation: | The act of killing a victim for sacrifice |
| dMactra: | Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra and allied genera Many species are known Some of them are used as food as Mactra stultorum of Europe See Surf clam under Surf |
| dMacula: | A spot as on the skin or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb called also macule |
| maculalutea: | A yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones |
| Maculate: | To spot to stain to blur |
| Maculate: | Marked with spots or macul blotched hence defiled impure as most maculate thoughts |
| Maculated: | Having spots or blotches maculate |
| Maculation: | The act of spotting a spot a blemish a macula |
| Maculatory: | Causing a spot or stain |
| Maculature: | Blotting paper |
| Macule: | A spot |
| Macule: | To blur especially Print to blur or double an impression from type See Mackle |
| Maculose: | Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface spotted maculate |
| macumba: | A popular dance music of Brazil derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult |
| macumba: | darling an Irish term of address expressing affection |
| Mad: | p p of Made |
| Mad: | Disordered in intellect crazy insane |
| Mad: | To make mad or furious to madden |
| Mad: | To be mad to go mad to rave See Madding |
| Mad: | An earthworm |
| Madagascan: | of or pertaining to Madagascar as Madagascan pepper |
| Madagascan: | a native or inhabitant of Madagascar |
| madagascarcat: | A small lemur having its tail barred with black |
| madagascarjasmine: | A twining woody vine Stephanotis floribunda of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems widely cultivated in warm regions |
| madagascarpepper: | A climber Piper nigrum having dark red berries peppercorns when fully ripe found in South India and Sri Lanka naturalized in North Burma and Assam |
| madagascarperiwinkle: | A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb Vinca rosea having large pinkish to red flowers |
| madagascarplum: | A small shrubby tree Flacourtia indica of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums |
| madake: | large bamboo having thickwalled culms native of China and perhaps Japan widely brown elsewhere |
| Madam: | A gentlewoman an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady especially an elderly or a married lady much used in the address at the beginning of a letter to a woman The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir often abbreviated maam when used as a term of address |
| dMadame: | My lady a French title formerly given to ladies of quality now in France given to all married women |
| Madapple: | The eggplant bush Solanum melongena See Eggplant |
| Madbrain: | Hotheaded rash |
| Madbrained: | Disordered in mind hotheaded |
| Madcap: | Inclined to wild sports delighting in rash absurd or dangerous amusements |
| Madcap: | A person of wild behavior an excitable rash violent person |
| Madden: | To make mad to drive to madness to drive to insanity to craze |
| Madden: | To become mad to act as if mad |
| maddened: | filled with or indicating extreme anger |
| maddening: | extremely annoying or displeasing |
| Madder: | A plant of the genus Rubia Rubia tinctorum The root is much used in dyeing red and formerly was used in medicine It is cultivated in France and Holland See Rubiaceous |
| madderfamily: | A widely distributed natural family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs including coffee chinchona gardenia madder bedstraws nd partridgeberry |
| Madderwort: | A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order Rubiace as the madder |
| Madding: | Affected with madness raging furious |
| Maddish: | Somewhat mad |
| maddogskullcap: | An American mint Scutellaria lateriflora that yields a resinous exudate used esp formerly as an antispasmodic |
| Made: | See Mad n |
| Made: | imp p p of Make |
| Made: | Artificially produced pieced together formed by filling in as made ground a made mast in distinction from one consisting of a single spar |
| Madecass: | A native or inhabitant of Madagascar or Madecassee See Malagasy |
| Madecassee: | Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants |
| Madefaction: | The act of madefying or making wet the state of that which is made wet |
| Madefy: | To make wet or moist |
| Madegassy: | See Madecassee |
| Madeira: | A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira |
| Madeiravine: | A herbaceous climbing vine Boussingaultia baselloides very popular in cultivation having shining entire leaves and racemes of small fragrant white flowers |
| madeirawintercherry: | A small South American shrub Solanum pseudocapsicum cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherrylike fruit |
| Madeirawood: | The mahogany tree Swietenia Mahogoni |
| dMademoiselle: | A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady equivalent to the English Miss |
| madetoorder: | made specially for a specific purpose of articles of manufacture Contrasted with massproduced standard |
| madeup: | formed or conceived by the imagination not true as a madeup story |
| Madge: | The barn owl |
| Madheaded: | Wild crackbrained |
| Madhouse: | An house or institution where insane persons are confined an insane asylum a bedlam usually used in a deprecatory sense |
| dMadia: | A genus of composite plants of which one species Madia sativa is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table |
| madiaoil: | The vegetable oil obtained from the Madia sativa See Madia and madia oil plant |
| madiaoilplant: | The Madia sativa a South American herb with sticky glandular foliage the source of madia oil See Madia |
| Madid: | Wet moist as a madid eye |
| dMadisterium: | An instrument to extract hairs |
| dMadjoun: | An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant used by the Turks and Hindus |
| Madly: | In a mad manner without reason or understanding wildly |
| Madman: | A man who is mad lunatic a crazy person |
| Madnep: | The masterwort Peucedanum Ostruthium a tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant |
| Madness: | The condition of being mad insanity lunacy |
| Madonna: | My lady a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame but for which Signora is now substituted Sometimes introduced into English |
| madonnalily: | A lily Lilium candidum of the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans with broad funnelshaped white flowers |
| dMadoqua: | A small Abyssinian antelope Neotragus Saltiana about the size of a hare |
| dMadrague: | A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean also applied to the seines used for the same purpose |
| madras: | A large silkandcotton kerchief usually of bright colors such as those often used by negroes for turbans |
| Madreperl: | Motherofpearl |
| dMadrepora: | A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas It includes than one hundred and fifty species most of which are elegantly branched |
| dMadreporaria: | An extensive division of Anthozoa including most of the species that produce stony corals See Illust of Anthozoa |
| Madrepore: | Any coral of the genus Madrepora a group of corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands formerly often applied to any stony coral |
| madriporiancoral: | A madrepore |
| Madreporian: | Resembling or pertaining to the genus Madrepora |
| Madreporiform: | Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure |
| Madreporite: | A fossil coral |
| Madrier: | A thick plank used for several mechanical purposes |
| Madrigal: | A little amorous poem sometimes called a pastoral poem containing some tender and delicate though simple thought |
| Madrigaler: | A madrigalist |
| Madrigalist: | A composer of madrigals |
| Madrilenian: | Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain or to its inhabitants |
| dMadrina: | An animal usually an old mare wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules |
| madrona: | A small evergreen tree or shrub Arbutus Menziesii of Pacific North America having a smooth bark thick glossy leathery leaves and edible orangered berries which are often called madroa4a apples the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning |
| madrilene: | a tomatoflavored consomme often served chilled |
| madwoman: | a woman lunatic |
| Madwort: | A genus of cruciferous plants Alyssum with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods Alyssum maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum a fragrant whiteflowered annual |
| Maeandra: | A genus of brain corals |
| MaeWest: | An inflatable life jacket originally used as a personal flotation device by aviators downed at sea |
| Mgbote: | Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman |
| Maelstrom: | A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway |
| dMnad: | A Bacchante a priestess or votary of Bacchus |
| dMaestoso: | Majestic or majestically a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner |
| Maestrichtmonitor: | The Mosasaurus Hofmanni See Mosasaurus |
| dMaestro: | A master in any art especially in music a composer or orchestra conductor |
| Mafa: | A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad called also Matakam |
| dMaffia: | A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization but is now widespread among Italians and is used to further or protect private interests reputedly by illegal methods called also the Sicilian Mafia |
| maffick: | to celebrate publicly with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious and extravagant behavior |
| dMaffioso: | A member of the mafia |
| Maffle: | To stammer |
| Maffler: | A stammerer |
| dMafia: | see maffia maffioso |
| mag: | Shortened form of magazine the periodic paperback publication |
| Magadhan: | A subfamily of Indic languages |
| Magazine: | To store in or as in a magazine to store up for use |
| Magazinecamera: | A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading |
| Magaziner: | One who edits or writes for a magazine |
| Magazinerack: | A rack or stand for displaying magazines4 |
| Magazining: | The act of editing or writing for a magazine |
| Magazinist: | One who edits or writes for a magazine |
| Magbote: | See Mgbote |
| Magdala: | Designating an orangered dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine and called magdala red naphthalene red etc |
| Magdalen: | A reformed prostitute |
| Magdaleon: | A medicine in the form of a roll a esp a roll of plaster |
| Magdeburg: | A city of Saxony |
| Mage: | A magician |
| Magellanic: | Of or pertaining to or named from Ferdinand Magellan 14801521 the navigator |
| Magellaniccloud: | Either of two conspicuous celestial nebul near the south celestial pole resembling thin white clouds each of which is a galaxy2 smaller than but separate from the Milky Way galaxy and together they are the galactic formations nearest to our galaxy They are not visible from the northern hemisphere and are named after Ferdinand Magellan who saw them in his expedition which passed through the Strait of Magellan in South America and one ship of which completed the first circumnavigation of the globe |
| MagenDavid: | A hexagram1a when used as the symbol of Judaism called also Mogen David and Star of David It is included on the flag of Israel |
| magenta: | An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color which dissolves to a shade of red also the color so called from Magenta in Italy in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered Called also fuchsin fuchsine rose8bne etc |
| Magged: | Worn fretted as a magged brace |
| dMaggiore: | Greater in respect to scales intervals etc when used in opposition to minor major |
| Maggot: | The footless larva of any fly See Larval |
| Maggotiness: | State of being maggoty |
| Maggotish: | Full of whims or fancies maggoty |
| Maggotpie: | A magpie |
| Maggoty: | Infested with maggots |
| Magh: | The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar |
| Maghet: | A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds |
| dMagi: | A caste of priests philosophers and magicians among the ancient Persians hence any holy men or sages of the East |
| Magian: | Of or pertaining to the Magi |
| Magian: | One of the Magi or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion |
| Magic: | A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings or departed spirits or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science including enchantment conjuration witchcraft sorcery necromancy incantation etc |
| Magic: | Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi relating to the occult powers of nature and the producing of effects by their agency |
| Magically: | In a magical manner by magic or as if by magic |
| magicbullet: | A drug or therapy or preventive that cures or prevents a disease with only minimal side effects as there is no magic bullet against cancer |
| Magician: | One skilled in magic one who practices the black art an enchanter a necromancer a sorcerer or sorceress a conjurer |
| magiclantern: | An early form of slide projector |
| magicspell: | A verbal formula considered to have magical force |
| magictrick: | An feat of illusion performed by an illusionist which appears magical to naive observers |
| Magilp: | See Megilp |
| Maginotline: | A line of fortifications built before World War II to protect Frances eastern border |
| dMagister: | Master sir a title of the Middle Ages given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts |
| Magisterial: | Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate or one in authority having the manner of a magister official commanding authoritative Hence Overbearing dictatorial dogmatic |
| Magisteriality: | Magisterialness authoritativeness |
| Magisterially: | In a magisterial manner |
| Magisterialness: | The quality or state of being magisterial |
| Magistery: | Mastery powerful medical influence renowned efficacy a sovereign remedy |
| Magistracy: | The office or dignity of a magistrate |
| Magistral: | Pertaining to a master magisterial authoritative dogmatic |
| Magistral: | A sovereign medicine or remedy |
| Magistrality: | Magisterialness arbitrary dogmatism |
| Magistrally: | In a magistral manner |
| Magistrate: | A person clothed with power as a public civil officer a public civil officer invested with the executive government or some branch of it |
| Magistratic: | Of pertaining to or proceeding from a magistrate having the authority of a magistrate |
| Magistrature: | Magistracy |
| dMagma: | Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste |
| MagnaCarta: | The great Charter so called obtained by the English barons from King John A D 1215 This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III and confirmed by Edward I |
| Magnality: | A great act or event a great attainment |
| MagnaMater: | A great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor the counterpart of the Greek Rhea and the Roman Ops |
| Magnanimity: | The quality of being magnanimous greatness of mind elevation or dignity of soul that quality or combination of qualities in character which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness to disdain injustice meanness and revenge and to act and sacrifice for noble objects |
| Magnanimous: | Great of mind elevated in soul or in sentiment raised above what is low mean or ungenerous of lofty and courageous spirit as a magnanimous character a magnanimous conqueror |
| Magnanimously: | In a magnanimous manner with greatness of mind |
| Magnaseblack: | A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil and is of intense body |
| Magnate: | A person of rank a noble or grandee a person of influence or distinction in any sphere used mostly of prominent business executives as an industrial magnate |
| Magnes: | Magnet |
| Magnesia: | A light earthy white substance consisting of magnesium oxide MgO and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate or by burning magnesium It has a slightly alkaline reaction and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative See Magnesium |
| Magnesian: | Pertaining to characterized by or containing magnesia or magnesium |
| Magnesic: | Pertaining to or containing magnesium as magnesic oxide |
| Magnesite: | Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses and also in rhombohedral crystals |
| Magnesium: | A light silverwhite metallic element of atomic number 12 malleable and ductile quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air It burns forming the oxide magnesia with the production of a blinding light the socalled magnesium light which is used in signaling in pyrotechny or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required Its compounds occur abundantly as in dolomite talc meerschaum etc Symbol Mg Atomic weight 24305 Specific gravity 175 |
| magnesiumhydroxide: | A slightly alkaline chemical substance MgOH2 the active principle in the antacid milk of magnesia also used as a laxative |
| magnesiumoxide: | Magnesia |
| Magnet: | The loadstone a species of iron ore the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore Fe3O4 which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores and when freely suspended of pointing to the poles called also natural magnet |
| Magnetic: | Pertaining to the magnet possessing the properties of the magnet or corresponding properties as a magnetic bar of iron a magnetic needle |
| Magnetic: | A magnet |
| Magnetically: | By or as by magnetism |
| Magneticalness: | Quality of being magnetic |
| magneticbottle: | Any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions |
| magneticcompass: | An device using a magnet such as a magnetic needle to indicate the direction of magnetic north |
| magneticdeclination: | The angle at a particular location between magnetic north and true north called also magnetic variation |
| magneticdip: | The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon |
| magneticdipole: | A dipole with opposing magnetic poles |
| magneticdipolemoment: | A physical quantity associated with the magnetic field of a dundamental particle as An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment |
| magneticdisc: | A ditical memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored a hard disk floppy disk and diskette are typically magnetic disks |
| magneticequator: | An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip the dipping needle being horizontal called also aclinic line |
| magneticfield: | The space around a magnet through which it exerts magnetic force a field of force surrounding a permanent magnet electrical current or a moving charged particle called also magnetic flux and field of magnetic force |
| magneticfieldstrength: | The amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
| magneticflux: | A measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area |
| magneticfluxdensity: | The amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
| magneticforce: | The force caused by a magnetic field a force which affects objects having a magnetic field and objects in which a magnetic field can be induced such as ferromagnetic substances a magnetic force manifests itself as an attraction for iron It is associated with electric currents and moving charged paticles as well as permanent magnets |
| magnetichead: | An electromagnet as on a tape recorder that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a magnetizable surface and later retrieved |
| Magnetician: | One versed in the science of magnetism a magnetist |
| magneticinclination: | Same as magnetic dip |
| magneticinduction: | The process that makes a substance magnetic temporarily or permanently |
| magneticintensity: | Same as magnetic field strength |
| magneticironore: | Magnetite |
| magneticlevitation: | The process of supporting an object such as a vehicle with a magnetic field so that it does not contact the object supporting it it is a method used for eliminating friction in moving vehicles and is used eg in highspeed rail technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction |
| magneticlineofforce: | A line of force in a magnetic field |
| magneticmeridian: | An imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the earth |
| magneticmine: | A marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that detects the nearness of magnetic material as the steel hull of a ship A magnetic counter mine may allow the passagw of several ships before detonating |
| magneticmoment: | The torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field |
| magneticmonopole: | a hypothetical subatomic particle having only one type of magnetic charge the magnetic analogue of an electrically charged particle it has only one magnetic pole instead of the two observed in all common magnetic object it was still not observed as of 1998 |
| magneticneedle: | A slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a lowfriction mounting used to indicate the direction of the earths magnetic pole |
| magneticnorth: | The direction in which the northpointing end of a compass needle points at low latitudes it is close to geographic true north but deviates substantially from true north as one nears the north pole |
| Magneticness: | Magneticalness |
| magneticpole: | Either of two points where the lines of force of the earths magnetic field are vertical |
| magneticrecorder: | A device for making records of sound data etc on magnetic media such as magnetic tape or wire |
| magneticresonance: | A phenomenon resulting from quantization in the magnetic field of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei exposed to an external magnetic field by which a narrow frequency band of radio waves may be absorbed and reemitted by the object |
| magneticresonanceimaging: | a medical diagnostic procedure utilizing the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance to generate images of internal parts of the body It depends on the differential absorption of electromagnetic radiation by different types of living tissue in a magnetic field It is complementary to Xray imaging in that the softer tissue show more prominently in magnetic resonance images rather than bone as with Xrays It is a noninvasive procedure allowing such images to be obtained without penetration of the tissue by objects It is abbreviated MRI As with computerized tomography the results are usually presented as images of sequential planar sections of that part of the body of concern to the physician |
| Magnetics: | The science of magnetism |
| magneticstorm: | A sudden disturbance of the earths magnetic field caused by emission of particles from the sun |
| magnetictape: | A long thin plastic ribbon coated with iron oxide or other ferromagnetic material used to record audio or video signals digital data in the form of small magnetized regions on the tape it is a common digital data storage medium for computer information |
| magneticvariation: | Same as magnetic declination |
| Magnetiferous: | Producing or conducting magnetism |
| Magnetism: | The property quality or state of being magnetic the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet At one time it was believed to be separate from the electrical force but it is now known to be intimately associated with electricity as part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism |
| Magnetist: | One versed in magnetism |
| Magnetite: | An oxide of iron Fe3O4 occurring in isometric crystals also massive of a black color and metallic luster It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity being then called loadstone It is an important iron ore Called also magnetic iron |
| Magnetizable: | Capable of being magnetized |
| Magnetization: | The act of magnetizing or the state of being magnetized |
| Magnetize: | To communicate magnetic properties to to make magnetic as to magnetize a needle |
| Magnetizee: | A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism |
| Magnetizer: | One who or that which imparts magnetism |
| magneto: | A small electric generator with an armature rotating in a magnetic field having a secondary winding that generates a high voltage such as one used to generate a voltage sufficient to cause a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in an internalcombustion engine |
| Magneto: | A prefix meaning pertaining to produced by or in some way connected with magnetism |
| Magnetoelectric: | Pertaining to or characterized by electricity by the action of magnets as magnetoelectric induction |
| Magnetoelectricity: | Electricity evolved by the action of magnets |
| Magnetograph: | An automatic instrument for registering by photography or otherwise the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements |
| magnetohydrodynamics: | The study of the interaction of magnetic fields with electrically conductive fluids such as a plasma or a molten metal |
| Magnetometer: | An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces also less frequently an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements as the dip and declination |
| Magnetometric: | Pertaining to or employed in the measurement of magnetic forces obtained by means of a magnetometer as magnetometric instruments magnetometric measurements |
| Magnetomotive: | Pertaining to or designating a force producing magnetic flux analogous to electromotive force and equal to the magnetic flux multiplied by the magnetic reluctance |
| magnetomotiveforce: | The force that produces magnetic flux |
| Magnetomotor: | A voltaic series of two or more large plates producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension and hence adapted to the exhibition of electromagnetic phenomena |
| magneton: | A unit of magnetic moment for a subatomic particle atom or molecule |
| magnetosphere: | the magnetic field of a planet the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planets magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field |
| Magnetotherapy: | The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body |
| magnetron: | a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields used mainly in microwave oscillators |
| Magnifiable: | Such as can be magnified or extolled |
| Magnific: | Grand splendid illustrious magnificent |
| dMagnificat: | The song of the Virgin Mary Luke i 46 so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate |
| Magnificate: | To magnify or extol |
| Magnification: | The act of magnifying enlargement exaggeration |
| Magnificence: | The act of doing what is magnificent the state or quality of being magnificent |
| Magnificent: | Doing grand things admirable in action displaying great power or opulence especially in building way of living and munificence |
| Magnificently: | In a Magnificent manner |
| Magnifico: | A grandee or nobleman of Venice so called in courtesy |
| magnified: | enlarged to an abnormal degree |
| Magnifier: | One who or that which magnifies |
| Magnify: | To make great or greater to increase the dimensions of to amplify to enlarge either in fact or in appearance as the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters |
| Magnify: | To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are to increase the apparent dimensions of objects as some lenses magnify but little |
| magnifyingglass: | A single convex lens which magnifies the apparent dimensions of objects seen through it and is used to produce an enlarged image |
| Magniloquence: | The quality of being magniloquent pompous discourse grandiloquence |
| Magniloquent: | Speaking pompously using swelling discourse bombastic tumid in style grandiloquent |
| Magniloquous: | Magniloquent |
| Magnitude: | Extent of dimensions size applied to things that have length breadth and thickness |
| Magnolia: | A genus of American and Asiatic trees with aromatic bark and large sweetscented whitish or reddish flowers |
| Magnoliaceae: | A natural family of plants a subclass of the Magnoliidae it includes the genera Liriodendron Magnolia Manglietia and Michelia |
| Magnoliaceous: | Pertaining to a natural order Magnoliace of trees of which the magnolia the tulip tree and the star anise are examples |
| MagnoliaState: | The state of Mississippi a nickname |
| Magnoliidae: | a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having welldeveloped perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae sometimes classified as a superorder |
| Magnoliophyta: | A class of flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary in some systems considered a class Angiospermae and in others a division Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta |
| magnoliopsid: | A flowering plant |
| Magnoliopsida: | A class of seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and netveined leaves divided into six not always well distinguished subclasses or superorders Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae considered primitive Caryophyllidae an early and distinctive offshoot and three more or less advanced groups Dilleniidae Rosidae Asteridae |
| Magnum: | A large wine bottle |
| magnum: | Having a larger charge than usual for a cartridge of the same caliber of cartridges for handgun as a 44 magnum cartridge |
| magnumopus: | A great work of art or literature |
| magnushitch: | A rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch |
| magtape: | Same as magnetic tape |
| Magot: | The Barbary ape |
| Magotpie: | A magpie |
| Magpie: | Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera allied to the jays but having a long graduated tail |
| dMaguari: | A South American stork Euxenara maguari having a forked tail |
| Maguey: | Any of several species of Agave such as the century plant Agave Americana a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying and the Agave atrovirens a Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal and the cantala Agave cantala a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine See Agave |
| magus: | a magician or sorcerer of ancient times |
| Magyar: | One of the dominant people of Hungary allied to the Finns a Hungarian |
| Magyar: | Of or pertaining to the Magyars or their language Hungarian |
| dMaha: | A kind of baboon the wanderoo |
| Maha: | A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in Northeastern Nebraska called also Omaha |
| dMahabarata: | A celebrated sacred epic poem of the Hindus written in Sanskrit It is of great length and is chiefly devoted to a history in many episodes of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India |
| dMahaled: | A cherry tree Prunus Mahaleb of Southern Europe The wood is prized by cabinetmakers the twigs are used for pipe stems the flowers and leaves yield a perfume and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor like kirschwasser are prepared |
| maharaja: | A sovereign prince in India a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja a title given also to other persons of high rank |
| maharani: | A great rani a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja |
| dMaharif: | An African antelope Hippotragus Bakeri Its face is striped with black and white |
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