| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| macadamize | verb t. | To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface. |
| macaronies | plural | of Macaroni |
| macaronian | adjective | Alt. of Macaronic |
| macedonian | adjective | Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia., A native or inhabitant of Macedonia., 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. |
| macerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Macerate |
| maceration | noun | The act or process of macerating. |
| machinated | imp. & past participle | of Machinate |
| machinator | noun | One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. |
| mackintosh | noun | A waterproof outer garment; — so called from the name of the inventor. |
| macrofarad | noun | See Megafarad. |
| macrometer | noun | An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant. |
| macropodal | adjective | Having long or large feet, or a long stem. |
| macroprism | noun | A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids. |
| macrospore | noun | One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc. |
| maculation | noun | The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. |
| maculatory | adjective | Causing a spot or stain. |
| maculature | noun | Blotting paper. |
| madbrained | adjective | Disordered in mind; hot-headed. |
| madderwort | noun | A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder. |
| madecassee | noun | A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy., Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants. |
| mad-headed | adjective | Wild; crack-brained. |
| madreporic | adjective | Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora. |
| madrigaler | noun | A madrigalist. |
| magazining | present participle & vb. noun | of Magazine, The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. |
| magazinist | noun | One who edits or writes for a magazine. |
| magellanic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator. |
| maggot-pie | noun | A magpie. |
| magistracy | noun | The office or dignity of a magistrate., The collective body of magistrates. |
| magistrate | noun | A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. |
| magnetical | adjective | Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle., Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth’s magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian., Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals., Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment., Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. |
| magnetized | imp. & past participle | of Magnetize |
| magnetizee | noun | A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. |
| magnetizer | noun | One who, or that which, imparts magnetism. |
| magnifical | adjective | Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. |
| magnificat | noun | The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; — so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate. |
| magnifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Magnify |
| mahabarata | noun | Alt. of Mahabharatam |
| mahl-stick | noun | See Maul-stick. |
| mahometism | noun | See Mohammedanism. |
| mahometist | noun | A Mohammedan. |
| mahwa tree | An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit. | |
| maidenhair | noun | A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. |
| maidenhead | noun | The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity., The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity., The hymen, or virginal membrane. |
| maidenhood | noun | The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity., Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state. |
| maidenlike | adjective | Like a maiden; modest; coy. |
| maidenship | noun | Maidenhood. |
| maidmarian | noun | The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman’s clothes., A kind of dance. |
| maieutical | adjective | Serving to assist childbirth., Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language. |
| mail-shell | noun | A chiton. |
| maimedness | noun | State of being maimed. |
| mainpernor | noun | A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner’s appearance in court at a day. |
| mainprised | imp. & past participle | of Mainprise |
| mainspring | noun | The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action. |
| maintained | imp. & past participle | of Maintain |
| maintainer | noun | One who maintains. |
| maintainor | noun | One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. |
| majestatic | adjective | Alt. of Majestatal |
| majestatal | adjective | Majestic. |
| majestical | adjective | Majestic. |
| majoration | noun | Increase; enlargement. |
| major-domo | noun | A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer. |
| majorities | plural | of Majority |
| majusculae | noun pl. | Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier. |
| make-peace | noun | A peacemaker. |
| makeweight | noun | That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap. |
| malacatune | noun | See Melocoton. |
| malacoderm | noun | One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies. |
| malacolite | noun | A variety of pyroxene. |
| malacology | noun | The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks. |
| malacopoda | noun pl. | A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; — called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. |
| malacotoon | noun | See Melocoton. |
| malacozoic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa. |
| maladdress | noun | Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one. |
| malapropos | adjective & adverb | Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably. |
| malaxation | noun | The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. |
| malcontent | adjective | discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government., One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts. |
| maledicent | adjective | Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. |
| malefactor | noun | An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal., One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. |
| maleficent | adjective | Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous. |
| maleficial | adjective | Injurious. |
| malevolent | adjective | Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another’s misfortune. |
| malevolous | adjective | Malevolent. |
| malignance | noun | Alt. of Malignancy |
| malignancy | noun | The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart., Unfavorableness; evil nature., Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever., The state of being a malignant. |
| malingered | imp. & past participle | of Malinger |
| malingerer | noun | In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability. |
| malleating | present participle & vb. noun | of Malleate |
| malleation | noun | The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. |
| mallenders | noun pl. | Same as Malanders. |
| mallophaga | noun pl. | An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; — called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird. |
| mallowwort | noun | Any plant of the order Malvaceae. |
| malpighian | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. |
| malthusian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories. |
| maltreated | imp. & past participle | of Maltreat |
| malvaceous | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it. |
| mamillated | adjective | See Mammillated. |
| mammillary | adjective | Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid., Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances. |
| mammillate | adjective | Alt. of Mammillated |
| mammilloid | adjective | Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform. |
| manageable | adjective | Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse. |
| manageless | adjective | Unmanageable. |
| management | verb | The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs., Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement., Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; — often in a bad sense., The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers. |
| managerial | adjective | Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. |
| manchineel | noun | A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. |
| mandarinic | adjective | Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin. |
| mandibular | adjective | Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible., The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. |
| mandragora | noun | A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. |
| manducable | adjective | Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten. |
| manducated | imp. & past participle | of Manducate |
| maneuvered | imp. & past participle | of Manoeuvre |
| manoeuvred | of Manoeuvre | |
| maneuverer | noun | Alt. of Manoeuvrer |
| manoeuvrer | noun | One who maneuvers. |
| manganesic | adjective | Manganic. |
| mangosteen | noun | Alt. of Mangostan |
| manichaean | noun | Alt. of Manichee, Alt. of Manichean |
| manicheism | noun | The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans. |
| manicheist | noun | Manichaean. |
| manifested | imp. & past participle | of Manifest |
| manifestly | adverb | In a manifest manner. |
| manifolded | imp. & past participle | of Manifold, Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. |
| manifoldly | adverb | In a manifold manner. |
| manipulate | verb t. | To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus., To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns., To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations. |
| manometric | adjective | Alt. of Manometrical |
| manqueller | noun | A killer of men; a manslayer. |
| manservant | noun | A male servant. |
| mansionary | adjective | Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons. |
| manstealer | noun | A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings. |
| mansuetude | noun | Tameness; gentleness; mildness. |
| manteltree | noun | The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses. |
| manubriums | plural | of Manubrium |
| manuducent | noun | One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. |
| manumitted | imp. & past participle | of Manumit |
| manumotive | adjective | Movable by hand. |
| manurement | noun | Cultivation. |
| manuscript | adjective | Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume., A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy., Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript. |
| many-sided | adjective | Having many sides; — said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic., Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile. |
| maraschino | noun | A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia. |
| marbleized | imp. & past participle | of Marbleize |
| marcantant | noun | A merchant. |
| marcasitic | adjective | Alt. of Marcasitical |
| marcescent | adjective | Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying. |
| march-ward | noun | A warden of the marches; a marcher. |
| marcionite | noun | A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. |
| mardi gras | noun | The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; — in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking. |
| margaritic | adjective | Margaric. |
| marginging | present participle & vb. noun | of Margin |
| marginalia | noun pl. | Marginal notes. |
| marginally | adverb | In the margin of a book. |
| marginated | adjective | Same as Marginate, a. |
| marginella | noun | A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas. |
| margravate | noun | Alt. of Margraviate |
| margravine | noun | The wife of a margrave. |
| marguerite | noun | The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. |
| marigenous | adjective | Produced in or by the sea. |
| marinorama | noun | A representation of a sea view. |
| mariolater | noun | One who worships the Virgin Mary. |
| mariolatry | noun | The worship of the Virgin Mary. |
| marionette | noun | A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show., The buffel duck. |
| maritimale | adjective | See Maritime. |
| marketable | adjective | Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable., Current in market; as, marketable value., Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country. |
| markisesse | noun | A marchioness. |
| marlaceous | adjective | Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl. |
| marmorated | adjective | Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble. |
| marmorosis | noun | The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. |
| marquisate | noun | The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis. |
| marquisdom | noun | A marquisate. |
| marrowbone | noun | A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one’s marrowbones, i. e., to kneel. |
| marrowless | adjective | Destitute of marrow. |
| marseilles | noun | A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; — so named because first made in Marseilles, France. |
| marshalled | of Marshal | |
| marshaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Marshal, The act of arranging in due order., The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. |
| marshalsea | noun | The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king’s household. |
| marshiness | noun | The state or condition of being marshy. |
| marsupiate | adjective | Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea. |
| martialism | noun | The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. |
| martialist | noun | A warrior. |
| martialize | verb t. | To render warlike; as, to martialize a people. |
| martingale | noun | Alt. of Martingal |
| martyrship | noun | Martyrdom. |
| marvelling | of Marvel | |
| maryolatry | noun | Mariolatry. |
| mascagnite | noun | Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; — so named from Mascagni, who discovered it. |
| maskinonge | noun | The muskellunge. |
| mask shell | Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. | |
| masquerade | noun | An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions., A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4., Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise., A Spanish diversion on horseback., To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade., To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not., To conceal with masks; to disguise. |
| massacring | present participle & vb. noun | of Massacre |
| massasauga | noun | The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley. |
| masse shot | noun | A stroke made with the cue held vertically. |
| masseteric | adjective | Of or pertaining to the masseter. |
| masterhood | noun | The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector. |
| masterless | adjective | Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. |
| mastership | noun | The state or office of a master., Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority., Chief work; masterpiece., An ironical title of respect. |
| masterwort | noun | A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria)., The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre., Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum). |
| masticable | adjective | Capable of being masticated. |
| masticador | noun | A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. |
| masticated | imp. & past participle | of Masticate |
| masticater | noun | One who masticates. |
| masticator | noun | One who masticates., A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture. |
| mastigopod | noun | One of the Mastigopoda. |
| mastodynia | noun | Alt. of Mastodyny |
| match-coat | noun | A coat made of match-cloth. |
| matchmaker | noun | One who makes matches for burning or kinding., One who tries to bring about marriages. |
| materially | adverb | In the state of matter., In its essence; substantially., In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions. |
| materiated | adjective | Consisting of matter. |
| maternally | adverb | In a motherly manner. |
| mathematic | adjective | See Mathematical. |
| matricidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to matricide. |
| matrimoine | noun | Matrimony. |
| matronhood | noun | The state of being a matron. |
| matronized | imp. & past participle | of Matronize |
| matronlike | adjective | Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly. |
| matronymic | noun | See Metronymic. |
| matterless | adjective | Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits., Unimportant; immaterial. |
| mattowacca | noun | An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for food; — called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring. |
| maturating | present participle & vb. noun | of Maturate |
| maturation | noun | The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter. |
| maturative | adjective | Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration., A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant. |
| matureness | noun | The state or quality of being mature; maturity. |
| matutinary | adjective | Matutinal. |
| maul-stick | noun | A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. |
| mausoleums | plural | of Mausoleum |
| maxilliped | noun | One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw. |
| maximilian | noun | A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter. |
| mayonnaise | noun | A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; — used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce. |
| mazologist | noun | One versed in mazology or mastology. |