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- MALVACEOUSOf or pertaining to plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.
- MALVERSATIONCorrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority.
- MANACLESplural of manacle
- MANAGETo direct or be in charge of.
- MANATThe basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik.
- MANCIPLEA person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.
- MANDATORYobligatory; required or commanded by authority.
- MANDIBLEThe jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
- MANDIBULAROf or pertaining to the mandible.
- MANDIBULATEProvided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
- MANDUCATETo chew (something); to masticate.
- MANESThe souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.
- MANETUsed in stage directions; literally, he, she or it remains. Compare exit, exeunt.
- MANGEA skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
- MANICUREA cosmetic treatment for the fingernails.
- MANIFESTEvident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
- MANIFESTOA public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party.
- MANNERMode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
- MANORA landed estate.
- MANSUETEtame; gentle
- MANSUETUDEGentleness, tameness.
- MANTIDmantis
- MANUALSynonym of handbook.
- MANUARYManual; involving (skills using) the hands.
- MANUFACTORYA manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry.
- MANUFACTUREThe action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- MANUMITTo release (someone) from slavery; to free.
- MANURETo cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
- MANUSA hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
- MAQUISDense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
- MARCHESEAn Italian marquis.
- MARGEMargin; edge; brink or verge.
- MARGINThe edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- MARGINALOf, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- MARGINALIANotes in the margin of a document.
- MARGINATEWith a well marked edge or margin.
- MARIGRAPHA device used to measure tidal levels.
- MARINERSynonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
- MARITAGEThe right of the lord of the fee to dispose of the heiress, later also of the male heir, in marriage.
- MARITALPertaining to marriage.
- MARITIMERelating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
- MARKETA gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
- MARLA mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
- MAROCAINA heavy crepe fabric of silk, wool, or both, having a cross-ribbed texture, used for apparel.
- MARONAn alpine guide.
- MARTA shop, a store, a market.
- MARTELA hammer, especially a war hammer.
- MARVELThat which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
- MASCOTSomething thought to bring good luck.
- MASCULINEOf or pertaining to the male gender.
- MASONA bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
- MASSETERThe large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.
- MATERIALOf, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
- MATERNITYThe state of being a mother; motherhood.
- MATINof or relating to matins
- MATRICEObsolete form of matrix.
- MATRICIDEThe killing of one's mother.
- MATRICULAA register of students who are enrolled.
- MATRILINEA line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.
- MATRIXThe cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
- MATRONA mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank. A woman with the character of a mother or matriarch. A woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establi
- MATRYOSHKAOne of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
- MATTERMaterial; substance. Anything with mass and volume. Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- MATUREFully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
- MATURITYThe state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.
- MATUTINEOf or relating to early morning; occurring in the early morning; matutinal.
- MAUDLINThe Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
- MAULA heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- MAUNDYA commandment.
- MAUSOLEAplural of mausoleum
- MAUVEA rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
- MAYORThe chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected lo
- MEASLEA red spot of the kind that appears on the skin of someone suffering from measles.
- MEATUSA tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
- MEDALA stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
- MEDIALOf or pertaining to a mean or average.
- MEDIASTINUMThe region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.
- MEDIATETo resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- MEDIATIONNegotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
- MEDIATOROne who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- MEDIATORIALRelating to or befitting a mediator (one who mediates).
- MEDIATRIXA female mediator.
- MEDICOf or pertaining to medicines; medical.
- MEDICABLECapable of being medicated
- MEDICAMENTA medicine, medication or drug.
- MEDICASTERA quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- MEDICATETo prescribe or administer medication to.
- MEDICATIONA medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- MEDICINABLEMedicinal; having healing properties.
- MEDICINALHaving the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- MEDICINEA substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
- MEDIEVALOf or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- MEDIOCRENot excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.
- MEDIOCRITYThe condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
- MEDIUSThe middle finger.
- MEDLEYCombat, fighting; a battle.
- MEDULLAThe soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
- MEDULLARAlternative form of medullary.
- MEDULLARYRelating to a medulla.
- MEGALOPSA larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eye