Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
mathusian |
noun |
A follower of Malthus. |
matagasse |
noun |
A shrike or butcher bird; — called also mattages. |
matchable |
adjective |
Capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent. |
matchless |
adjective |
Having no equal; unequaled., Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited. |
matchlock |
noun |
An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match. |
mateology |
noun |
A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry. |
materiate |
adjective |
Alt. of Materiated |
materious |
adjective |
See Material. |
maternity |
noun |
The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother. |
matriarch |
noun |
The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right. |
matricide |
noun |
The murder of a mother by her son or daughter., One who murders one’s own mother. |
matrimony |
noun |
The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock., A kind of game at cards played by several persons. |
matronage |
noun |
The state of a matron., The collective body of matrons. |
matronize |
verb t. |
To make a matron of; to make matronlike., To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly. |
mattamore |
noun |
A subterranean repository for wheat. |
mattering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Matter |
maturated |
imp. & past participle |
of Maturate |
matutinal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the morning; early. |