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Mabble
To wrap up.
Maclurin
See .
Macro-chemistry
The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from .
Macroclemys
A genus of alligator snapping turtles.
Macrometer
An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
Magdala
Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called , , etc.
magnetic levitation
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, e.g. in high-speed rail technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction.
magnified
enlarged to an abnormal degree.
Mahratta
One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit.
Maidhood
Maidenhood.
mail fraud
The use of the mails to defraud someone.
main-topmast
the mast next above the mainmast.
Malacopterygii
An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also .
Malay Peninsula
a peninsula in Southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Burma.
Male
An animal of the male sex.
Malthusianism
The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population. See .
man in the street
An average person; .
Mantoux test
A skin test for hypersensitivity to tuberculin. It determines whether there is or has been any infection with tubercle bacilli.
Marketstead
A market place.
Marque
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
master-at-arms
The senior petty officer of a ship, responsible for discipline aboard the ship.
mastigopod
One of the Mastigopoda.
Matt
See .
Maturative
A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.
Medinilla
A genus of tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers.
Meeter
One who meets.
Membership
The state of being a member.
Menaion
A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.
Meninges
The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.
Mercurify
To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.
Merus
See .
Meselry
Leprosy.
Metaphysic
Metaphysical.
Metaphysics
The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; philosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.
Micrometer
An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.
Micropegmatite
A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
Miliolite
A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus .
Milleporite
A fossil millepore.
milliammeter
a sensitive ammeter for detecting small currents, graduated in milliamperes.
Millifold
Thousandfold.
Millionth
The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.
Minishment
The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution.
Minuteman
A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
Misacceptation
Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.
misandrist
one who hates men. Contrast and cf. .
Misborn
Born to misfortune.
Mischristen
To christen wrongly.
Misconstruer
One who misconstrues.
Misletoe
See .
Miss
To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Misseek
To seek for wrongly.
Misteach
To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
Mistily
With mist; darkly; obscurely.
Mistrustingly
With distrust or suspicion.
Misyoke
To yoke improperly.
Mizzle
To rain in very fine drops; to drizzle.
Moder
A mother.
Moder
To moderate.
Moderator
One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.
Modist
One who follows the fashion.
Molybdenite
A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
Monkery
The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
Monocephalous
Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
Monolatry
Worship of a single deity.
Mooter
A disputer of a mooted case.
Mope-eyed
Shortsighted; purblind.
Morioplasty
The restoration of lost parts of the body.
Mortar
A chamber lamp or light.
mortified
Deeply embarrased; painfully humiliated.
Mortpay
Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
Mosque
A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship.
Mountain
Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains;
mugwump
A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
Multifarious
Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
Multiply
To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
Mumble
To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.
Municipalism
Municipal condition.
Muscatel
Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes;
Muscid
Any fly of the genus Musca, or family .
Mutter
To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.
muttonfish
A fish () similar to and often marketed as red snapper.
Myall wood
A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree .
Mylohyoid
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; .
myo-
A combining form of Gr.,, a ; .
myocardial
Of or pertaining to the myocardium.
Myolin
The essential material of muscle fibers.
Myositic
Myotic.