| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| maara shell | A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament. | |
| macadamized | imp. & past participle | of Macadamize |
| machaerodus | noun | Alt. of Machairodus |
| machairodus | noun | A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; — hence called saber-toothed tigers. |
| machicoulis | noun | Same as Machicolation. |
| machinating | present participle & vb. noun | of Machinate |
| machination | noun | The act of machinating., That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot. |
| macrobiotic | adjective | Long-lived. |
| macrochires | noun pl. | A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. |
| macrocosmic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. |
| macrocystis | noun | An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels. |
| macrodactyl | noun | One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. |
| macropodian | noun | A macropod. |
| macropodous | adjective | Having long legs or feet. |
| macropteres | noun pl. | A division of birds; the Longipennes. |
| macroscopic | adjective | Alt. of Macroscopical |
| macrosporic | adjective | Of or pertaining to macrospores. |
| madefaction | noun | Alt. of Madefication |
| madisterium | noun | An instrument to extract hairs. |
| madreporian | adjective | Alt. of Madreporic |
| madreporite | noun | A fossil coral., The madreporic plate of echinoderms. |
| madrigalist | noun | A composer of madrigals. |
| madrilenian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Madrid. |
| maggotiness | noun | State of being maggoty. |
| magisterial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic., Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2. |
| magistrally | adverb | In a magistral manner. |
| magistratic | adjective | Alt. of Magistratical |
| magnanimity | noun | The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects. |
| magnanimous | adjective | Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror., Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish. |
| magnetician | noun | One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist. |
| maneticness | noun | Magneticalness. |
| magnetizing | preposition & adverb | of Magnetize |
| magnifiable | adjective | Such as can be magnified, or extolled. |
| magnificate | verb t. | To magnify or extol. |
| magnificent | adjective | Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence., Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid’ pompous. |
| magnificoes | plural | of Magnifico |
| mahon stock | An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean. | |
| maidservant | noun | A female servant. |
| maid’s hair | The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). | |
| main-gauche | noun | The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; — used to parry thrusts of the adversary’s rapier. |
| main-hamper | noun | A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. |
| mainprising | present participle & vb. noun | of Mainprise |
| maintaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Maintain |
| maintenance | noun | The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication., That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences., An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty. |
| make-belief | noun | A feigning to believe; make believe. |
| making-iron | noun | A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in. |
| malacissant | adjective | Softening; relaxing. |
| malacosteon | noun | A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking. |
| malamethane | noun | A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid. |
| malapropism | noun | A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used. |
| malecontent | adjective | Malcontent. |
| maledicency | noun | Evil speaking. |
| malediction | noun | A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; — opposed to benediction. |
| malefaction | noun | A crime; an offense; an evil deed. |
| maleficence | noun | Evil doing, esp. to others. |
| maleficiate | verb t. | To bewitch; to harm. |
| maleficient | adjective | Doing evil, harm, or mischief. |
| malevolence | noun | The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice. |
| malfeasance | noun | The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. |
| malgracious | adjective | Not graceful; displeasing. |
| malignantly | adverb | In a malignant manner. |
| malignified | imp. & past participle | of Malignify |
| malingering | present participle & vb. noun | of Malinger |
| mallee bird | The leipoa. See Leipoa. | |
| malposition | noun | A wrong position. |
| malpractice | noun | Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results. |
| maltreating | present participle & vb. noun | of Maltreat |
| maltreament | noun | Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse. |
| mammalogist | noun | One versed in mammalogy. |
| mammiferous | adjective | Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia. |
| mammillated | adjective | Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae., Bounded like a nipple; — said of the apex of some shells. |
| mammothrept | noun | A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. |
| managership | noun | The office or position of a manager. |
| mancipation | noun | Slavery; involuntary servitude. |
| mandarinate | noun | The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China. |
| mandarining | noun | The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid. |
| mandarinism | noun | A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. |
| mandibulate | adjective | Alt. of Mandibulated, An insect having mandibles. |
| mandlestone | noun | Amygdaloid. |
| manducating | present participle & vb. noun | of Manducate |
| manducation | noun | The act of chewing. |
| manducatory | adjective | Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing. |
| maneuvering | present participle & vb. noun | of Manoeuvre |
| manoeuvring | of Manoeuvre | |
| manganesate | noun | A manganate. |
| manganesian | adjective | Manganic. |
| manganesium | noun | Manganese. |
| manganesous | adjective | Manganous. |
| manichaeism | noun | Alt. of Manicheism |
| manichordon | The clavichord or clarichord; — called also dumb spinet. | |
| manifesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Manifest |
| manifestoes | plural | of Manifesto |
| manifolding | present participle & vb. noun | of Manifold |
| manipulated | imp. & past participle | of Manipulate |
| manipulator | noun | One who manipulates. |
| manna croup | The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. — called also manna groats., The husked grains of manna grass. | |
| manstealing | noun | The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them. |
| mantelpiece | noun | Same as Mantel. |
| mantelshelf | noun | The shelf of a mantel. |
| mantologist | noun | One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. |
| mantuamaker | noun | One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker. |
| manuduction | noun | Guidance by the hand. |
| manufactory | noun | Manufacture., A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory., Pertaining to manufacturing. |
| manufacture | noun | The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency., Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc., To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc., To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron., To be employed in manufacturing something. |
| manumission | noun | The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. |
| manumitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Manumit |
| manutenency | noun | Maintenance. |
| many-minded | adjective | Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided. |
| marbleizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Marbleize |
| marcescible | adjective | Li/ble to wither or decay. |
| marchioness | noun | The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. |
| mare’s-nest | noun | A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd. |
| mare’s-tail | noun | A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse’s tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud., An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls. |
| margarodite | noun | A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite. |
| margraviate | noun | The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave. |
| marinership | noun | Seamanship. |
| marketstead | noun | A market place. |
| marmoration | noun | A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble. |
| marquisship | noun | A marquisate. |
| marseillais | adjective f. | Alt. of Marseillaise, Alt. of Marseillaise |
| marshalling | of Marshal | |
| marshalship | noun | The office of a marshal. |
| marshbanker | noun | Alt. of Marsebanker |
| marsebanker | noun | The menhaden. |
| marsupialia | noun pl. | A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata. |
| martialized | imp. & past participle | of Martialize |
| martialness | noun | The quality of being martial. |
| martinetism | noun | The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc. |
| martyrologe | noun | A martyrology. |
| martyrology | noun | A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. |
| marvelously | adverb | In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely. |
| masculinity | noun | The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness. |
| masoretical | adjective | Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. |
| masqueraded | imp. & past participle | of Masquerade |
| masquerader | noun | One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised. |
| masseterine | adjective | Masseteric. |
| massiveness | noun | The state or quality of being massive; massiness. |
| masterfully | adverb | In a masterful manner; imperiously. |
| masterpiece | noun | Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d’oeuvre; a supreme achievement. |
| masticating | present participle & vb. noun | of Masticate |
| mastication | noun | The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. |
| masticatory | adjective | Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food., A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. |
| mastigopoda | noun pl. | The Infusoria. |
| mastodontic | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions. |
| masula boat | Same as Masoola boat. | |
| match-cloth | noun | A coarse cloth. |
| matchmaking | noun | The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning., The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others., Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman. |
| mateotechny | noun | Any unprofitable science. |
| materialism | noun | The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets., The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants., Material substances in the aggregate; matter. |
| materialist | noun | One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter., One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it. |
| materiality | noun | The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity., Importance; as, the materiality of facts. |
| materialize | verb t. | To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects., To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter., To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought., To make visable in, or as in, a material form; — said of spirits., To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape. |
| materiarian | noun | See Materialist. |
| materiation | noun | Act of forming matter. |
| mathematics | noun | That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations. |
| matriarchal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch. |
| matriculate | verb t. | To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register., To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college., Matriculated., One who is matriculated. |
| matrimonial | adjective | Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties. |
| matronizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Matronize |
| maturescent | adjective | Approaching maturity. |
| maudlinwort | noun | The oxeye daisy. |
| mauvaniline | noun | See Mauve aniline, under Mauve. |
| mawkishness | noun | The quality or state of being mawkish. |
| maxilliform | adjective | Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla. |
| mazological | adjective | Of or pertaining to mazology. |