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- 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.
- MAUGREIn spite of, notwithstanding.
- MAUGRESIn spite of, notwithstanding.
- 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
- MAZURKAA traditional Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
- MEASEA measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring.
- MEASLEA red spot of the kind that appears on the skin of someone suffering from measles.
- MEASUREA prescribed quantity or extent. Moderation, temperance. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- 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
- MEDICALOf or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
- 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
- MEGAPODEAny of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiati
- MEISTERA person of great skill or authority in a particular field.
- MELANGEA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
- MELEEA battle fought at close range, one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
- MELIORATETo make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
- MELIORATIONArchaic form of amelioration.
- MELIORATIVEThat meliorates; curative, improving, salutary.
- MELIORISTA proponent of meliorism
- MELIORITYThe state or quality of being better; melioration.
- MELLIFICProducing honey.
- MELODIONAn accordion.
- MENACEA perceived threat or danger.
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- MENDICANTDepending on alms for a living.
- MENDICATETo beg.
- MENDICITYthe state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
- MENIALOf or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
- MENOLOGYThe study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar.
- MENSAIn planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
- MENSALOccurring once in a month; monthly.
- MENSESThe discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstru
- MENSTRUALOf or relating to the menses.
- MENSTRUUMThe menses; menstrual discharge.
- MENSUALOf or pertaining to a month.
- MENSURABLEmeasurable
- MENSURALOf or pertaining to measure or measurement.
- MENSURATETo measure absolutely the height, latitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- MENTALOf or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- MENTHOLA cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decon
- MENTICIDEBrain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs.
- MENTUMThe chin.
- MEPHITICFoul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
- MEPHITISA poisonous or foul-smelling gas, especially as emitted from the earth; an unpleasant smell.
- MERCANTILEConcerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
- MERCAPTOThe univalent radical -SH
- MERCATMarket; trade.
- MERCENARYOne motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- MERCHANDISEGoods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
- MERCURIALAny of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua).
- MERCURYSenses relating to the metal. A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
- MERCYRelenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
- MERDESOrdure; dung, shit, excrement.
- MERETRICIOUSTastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
- MERGANSERAny of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
- MERGETo combine into a whole.
- MERIDIANIn full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface. In full terrestrial merid
- MERIDIONALlocated in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
- MERITORIOUSDeserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
- MERSIONObsolete form of immersion.
- MESAA flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
- MESELSynonym of leprous: having leprosy or a similar skin disorder.
- MESTIZOA person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
- METALLINEA substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-coloured metal, used in the bearings of machines to reduce friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.
- METAPHYSICMetaphysical.