Dictionary
Found: 6,030 words.
M
3 defs
A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy.
A French mastiff.
Ma
3 defs
A child's word for mother.
Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.
The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
Made.
Maalin
2 defs
The kestrel.
A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.
An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.
Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.
To wrap up.
A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.
A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.
A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.
Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).
A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.
The process or act of macadamizing.
To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
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A macaw.
Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a med...
To congratulate.
Macaroni
5 defs
A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
Alt. of Macaronic
Macaronic
4 defs
A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
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Macaroon
2 defs
A finical fellow, or macaroni.
A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.
A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of pe...
Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.
A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.
Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked...
Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.
Maccabees
2 defs
The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of free...
Alt. of Maccoboy
A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.
A kind of snuff.
Mace
7 defs
A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
Macedonian
3 defs
A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
The doctrines of Macedonius.
A mace bearer; an officer of a court.
Macerate
3 defs
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
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One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
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The act or process of macerating.
Alt. of Machairodus