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macamba
A tropical American feather palm () having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
Machiner
One who or operates a machine; a machinist{2}.
Macled
Marked like macle (chiastolite).
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.
Macrospore
One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as , etc.
Magnet
The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, ) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also .
Magnetics
The science of magnetism.
Magnetizee
A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism.
Maguey
Any of several species of , such as the (), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the , a Mexican plant used especially for making , the source of the colorless Mexican liquor ; and the (), a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See .
Majorate
The office or rank of a major.
malady
Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
malar bone
Same as ,
male orchis
A Eurasian orchid () with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike.
Mammock
A shapeless piece; a fragment.
Mandarinic
Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
Manesheet
A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.
Mangle
To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.
Manicate
Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
manila bay
The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898), in which the American fleet under defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the Phillipines.
Mansionry
The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place.
Mantuamaker
One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
Manumit
To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
Marcian
Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.
Mascled
Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.
Matcher
One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See under 3d .
matured
Fully grown.
Medioxumous
Intermediate.
Medley
A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.
melamine resin
A thermosetting plastic formed by the reaction of melamine and formaldehyde. It is used for molding and for preparing laminated sheets used to surface counter tops, walls, and furniture. The commercially marketed (TM) is one type of melamine resin.
Mnage
A collection of animals; a menagerie.
Merciful
Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. Opposite of .
Meridian
Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
Merino
Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain.
Merorganization
Organization in part.
Mesenchyma
The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.
Meson
The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the , and the corresponding ventral edge the .
Metamer
Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; ; an isomer.
Metensomatosis
The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.
methanogen
A type of archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage, and capable of producing ; a source of natural gas.
Methodological
Of or pertaining to methodology.
Micrococcal
Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci.
microphonic
Of or pertaining to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds.
Midweek
The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.
Milliard
A thousand millions; -- usually called in the United States. See .
Mineral
Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; .
Mingle
To become mixed or blended.
Minutary
Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.
Minutia
A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Mir
A Russian village community.
Misadvice
Bad advice.
Misallotment
A wrong allotment.
Misarcribe
To ascribe wrongly.
Miscible
Capable of being mixed; mixable.
Misdirection
The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
Misjudge
To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
Mislike
Dislike; disapprobation; aversion.
Mispoint
To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
Mistranslate
To translate erroneously.
Mitral
Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; .
Mo
More; -- usually, more in number.
Mockage
Mockery.
Modernize
To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.
Module
To model; also, to modulate.
Mog
To move away; to go off.
Moil
To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
Moline
The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
moneybag
a drawstring bag for holding money.
Monochrome
A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.
Monstrosity
The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster.
Monstrous
Exceedingly; very; very much.
Montoir
A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.
Moong
Same as .
Morass
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
More
A root.
Mossback
A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
Motation
The act of moving; motion.
Motoring
Pertaining to motor cars or automobiles, or to the technology of such; addicted to riding in or driving automobiles; .
Mount
A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of , when put before a proper name; ; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
Move
The act of moving; a movement.
Mug
A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
Multiramose
Having many branches.
Mundation
The act of cleansing.
Mungrel
See .
Muntz metal
See under .
Muscovy glass
Mica; muscovite. See .
Musculation
Musculature.
Muscule
A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
Mutableness
The quality of being mutable.
mutual savings bank
a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees. Abbreviated .
Myelencephalon
The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis. Sometimes abbreviated to .
Myelocle
The central canal of the spinal cord.
Myrrhine
Murrhine.
Myself
I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I will do it; I have done it ; -- used also instead of , as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; .
Mysidacea
An order of crustaceans including the opossum shrimp.