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macabreRepresenting or personifying death.macaqueAny of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.macchieAlternative form of macchia (“shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries”).macheteA sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.machineA device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.machree(Ireland) Term of endearment.macoute(obsolete, economics) An abstract measure of value, said to be used by various peoples of Africa.macrameAlternative spelling of macramé.mactate(transitive, rare) To kill in sacrifice.maculaeplural of maculamaddaleA type of percussion instrument used in Karnataka, India.madroneA strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).madsomeCharacterised or marked by madnessmadware(computing) mobile adwaremafaldeA type of fettuccine that has curly edgesmagbote(historical) Compensation paid by someone who killed their relative.magickeObsolete spelling of magic.magiqueObsolete form of magic.magnatePowerful industrialist; captain of industry.magtape(informal) Magnetic tape.mahioleA feathered helmet traditionally worn by the native Hawaiian elite.maistreArchaic form of master.maitakeGrifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.makableCapable of being made.makikae(sumo) A quick change from an overarm to an underarm grip on the opponent's mawashimalaiseA feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.malcode(computing) malicious codemaleate(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of maleic acid.maligneObsolete spelling of malign.malimbeAny of the birds in the Malimbus genus, found across Africa.malposeSynonym of malposition.maltase(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of maltose to glucose; often associated with amylase.maltene(organic chemistry) The oily, resinous component of asphalt that remains when the asphaltenes are removed.maltineAlternative form of maltin.maltose(biochemistry) A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalosemalware(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.mamlukeAlternative form of Mameluke.mammate(zoology) Having mammae.mammoseHaving large breasts.mamuque(obsolete) bird of paradisemanable(obsolete, of a woman) marriageable; weddablemanacle(figuratively) A fetter, a restriction.manageeSomeone who is managed; a subordinate of a manager.manateeA mostly herbivorous sirenian of the genus Trichechus, having a paddle-like tail and nails on their flippers, found in tropical regions.manbote(law, historical, Anglo-Saxon) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.mancake(informal) Synonym of beefcake.mancaveAlternative form of man cave.mancude(rare, chemistry) Describing a mancude-ring system.mandateAn official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.mandore(music) An early form of lute that gave rise to the mandolin.manface(slang) A face with masculine features.manholeA hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.manicleOn armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.manilleThe second-highest trump in certain card games.maniple(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.manlikeOf or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile.manmadeAlternative spelling of man-made.manmode(especially in transgender slang) The state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.mannase(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of mannose derivativesmannide(organic chemistry) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of mannitol, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.mannite(dated, organic chemistry) mannitolmannose(organic chemistry) A monosaccharide aldohexose found in manna and other legumes.manpage(computing, Unix) A block of user documentation.manrope(nautical) Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship.mansome(rare) Attractive in a manly or masculine waymantreeAlternative form of mantri.manwiseIn a way befitting a man.manxome(poetic, rare) fearsome, monstrousmaplikeHaving the characteristics of a map.mapwiseIn terms of a map.maramie(Australia) A freshwater crayfish.margateA white margate, of the species Haemulon album of fishes.mariageObsolete spelling of marriage.marlineA light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.marlite(mineralogy) A wind-resistant variety of marl.marmite(proscribed) Alternative letter-case form of Marmite.marmose(obsolete) marmosetmarotteA jester's dummy, bauble, or sceptre.marquee(British, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.marrite(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, and sulfur.martite(mineralogy) A variety of hematite that is pseudomorphic after magnetite crystals.mascule(heraldry) Alternative form of mascle.masrite(mineralogy) A variety of halotrichite containing manganese and cobalt.massageThe action of rubbing or kneading anything.massive(general) Very large in size or extent.matapee(Caribbean) A yuca strainer or press (sebucan) in the form of a tube of basketry hung from a hook and compressed by stretching the lower end with a pole, used for expressing prussic acid out of yuca pulp.mateineCaffeine extracted from maté plant.mathemeA quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.mathree(Kenya, slang, Sheng) Synonym of matatu.matineeA showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.matlikeResembling or characteristic of a mat.matookeAlternative form of matoke.matriceObsolete form of matrix.matrine(organic chemistry) A tetracyclic alkaloid (1R,2R,9S,17S)-7,13-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.0²,⁷.0¹³,¹⁷]heptadecan-6-one present in plants of the genus Sophoramauvine(organic chemistry) A mauve pigment obtained from aniline.mayhole(rare) A hole dug in the ground for dancing around on May Day, a feminist alternative to the supposedly phallic maypole.maypoleA pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.mazzite(mineralogy) A variety of zeolite.measureA prescribed quantity or extent.meataxeAlternative form of meat axe.meatpieAlternative form of meat pie.medaite(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brownish red mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.mediate(transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.medible(informal) A marijuana edible.medicleMisspelling of medical.medlureAn insect attractant, used to attract the medfly.medreseAlternative form of madrasa.medusaeplural of medusamegasseAlternative form of megass (“archaic form of bagasse”).melangeA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.mellate(archaic, chemistry) A mellitate.mellite(mineralogy) A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.mellone(organic chemistry) mellonmelrosehoney of roses, a mixture formerly used in gargles and lotionsmeltageThe process of melting.memoiseAlternative spelling of memoize.memoize(transitive, computing) To store (the result of a computation) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.memorieObsolete spelling of memory.memrizePronunciation spelling of memorize, representing dialectal English.menacme(pathology) The time of a woman's life between menarche and menopausemendoleA fish, Spicara maena, the cackerel.meninge(anatomy) meninxmenuese(informal) The elaborate language used to describe food and drink on restaurant menus.merluce(dated) The European hake.messageA communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.mestizeArchaic or gender-neutral form of mestizo.mestomeThe conducting tissue, comprising leptome and hadrome, associated with the parenchyma of an organmetageeA Guyanese stew of meat, fish, and dumplings with coconut and vegetables.methane(organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.methene(chemistry, dated) methylenemethide(organic chemistry) Any binary compound of the methyl radical and an electropositive element, especially a metalmethine(organic chemistry) The tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bondmethodeArchaic spelling of method.metissefeminine of metis.metreteA unit of liquid measure, in Ancient Greece, equal to about 40 litresmetrize(mathematics) To associate with an appropriate metric space.mgriite(mineralogy) A copper-arsenic-selenium mineral.mialome(biology) The set of mRNA and proteins expressed in the midgut of a bloodsucking arthropod.micelle(chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentrationmicrite(geology) A sedimentary limestone matrix derived from calcite mud.microbe(microbiology) Any microorganism; (loosely, nonscientifically) especially, a harmful bacterium.midbiteWhile taking a bite; while eating.midcoreIn between hardcore and softcore; intermediate.midface(anatomy) The middle portion of the face.midgameThe middle part of a game, between the opening and the endgame.midgateA panel or door, forming the rear of the cab of a truck, separating it from the truckbed, that can be removed or folded away to expand the length of the truck bed.midkineA basic heparin-binding growth factor of low molecular weightmidkneeA height (for skirts etc.) around the middle of the knee.midlifeOccurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.midline(anatomy, medicine) The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.midlobeThe middle part of a lobemidniteAlternative spelling of midnight.midpageThe midpoint of a page.midraceThe middle of a racemidrate(finance) The average of the buying and selling rates for a currency.midrise(architecture, of a building) Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.midsideThe middle of the side of something.midsizeAlternative form of mid-size.midsoleThe layer of a shoe in between the outsole and insole, typically there for shock absorption.midtaleThe middle of a storymidtimeThe time that occurs in the middle; the point midway through an event, etc.midtone(photography, art) A medium tone, one that is neither very dark nor very light.midwaveBetween shortwave and longwave.midwideModerately wide.midwife(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.midwiveAlternative form of midwife (verb).midzoneA central zonemightieObsolete spelling of mighty.migrate(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.mileageThe total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.millageA tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value.millile(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into a thousand groups of equal frequency.millimeA unit of currency equal to one thousandth of a Tunisian dinar.millineA unit of advertising space or circulation equal to one agate line in a million copies of a publicationmillreeAlternative form of milreis.milvine(zoology) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.mimableThat can be mimedminableAble to be mined.minette(mineralogy) A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.miniateOf or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.mintageThe process of minting coins.mirable(obsolete) wonderful; admirablemiracleAn event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.mirbane(dated) Nitrobenzene.mirnomeMisspelling of miRNAome.misableAble to dissolve; solublemisbodeTo sense or foreshadow impending disaster.misboresimple past of misbearmiscamesimple past of miscomemiscareFaulty or improper care.misciteTo cite erroneously.miscodeTo code incorrectly.miscome(intransitive) To come wrongly or amiss; come at the wrong time; be inappropriate.miscure(transitive) To cure incorrectly.misease(archaic) Suffering, distress.misfare(now Scotland) To fare badly; to be unlucky.misfile(transitive) To file incorrectly; to file in the wrong place or the wrong way.misfireAn act of misfiring.misgage(US) Alternative form of misgauge.misgavesimple past of misgivemisgive(transitive, archaic) Of the mind, heart, etc.: to give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.misglueTo glue incorrectly.mishave(intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.mishireTo hire an unsuitable person for a job.mishope(transitive) To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.mislaceTo lace improperly.mislikeTo disapprove of or dislike (someone or something); to have an aversion to.mislineTo incorrectly divide into lines.misliveTo lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.misloreEvil teaching or counsel; wrong or false teaching; misinformation.mislove(transitive) To love wrongly, insufficiently, inadequately, or imperfectly.mismake(transitive, obsolete) To unmake; depose.mismate(transitive) To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch.mismove(ambitransitive) To move wrongly, incorrectly, or in error.misnameA wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.misnote(transitive) To note incorrectly.mispaceTo do (something) at the wrong pace or speed.mispage(transitive) To paginate incorrectly.misrate(transitive) To rate erroneously.misrede(transitive, archaic) To advise unwisely or to bad purpose; miscounsel; misadvise.misrideTo ride badly or wrongly.misruleThe state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.misshoeAlternative form of mis-shoe.missileAny object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from 17th c.]missive(formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.mistake(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.mistide(obsolete, intransitive) To happen or come to pass through misfortune.mistime(transitive) To perform an action at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events.mistone(transitive) To give a bad or wrong tone to.mistune(transitive) To tune wrongly.mistypeTo type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.misvote(intransitive, rare) To vote incorrectly.miswire(transitive) To wire incorrectly.misworesimple past of miswearmisyokeTo join or yoke improperly.mitrateHaving a shape like that of an abbot's or bishop's mitre.mixableCapable of being mixed.mixibleArchaic form of miscible.mixtape(music) A musical project released under the designation; often characterized by looser artistic, commercial, or legal constraints than a formal studio album.mixtureThe act of mixing.mizmaze(archaic, also figurative) A maze or labyrinth.mizuage(historical) The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an apprentice geisha, often associated with loss of virginity.mizuameA Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars.moblikeResembling or characteristic of a mob.mockage(obsolete) Mockery; mocking.moderneObsolete form of modern.modetteA female member of the mod subculture.modisteA person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.mofetteAlternative form of mofetta.mohrite(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light green mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.moidore(historical) An old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.moietieObsolete spelling of moiety.molasse(geology) A shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.molaveeAlternative form of moolvee.molline(historical) A base for ointments used in skin diseases, a soft soap mixed with excess of fat and glycerine.molosseArchaic form of molossus.momlikeLike, resembling, or typical of a mom.monicleMisspelling of monocle.monocleA single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.monoene(organic chemistry) An alkene having a single double bondmonoeyeThe eye of a one-eyed creature.monstreObsolete form of monster.montage(uncountable) The art or process of doing this.montane(ecology) Of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.montureA mounting, setting, or frame.moolikeResembling or characteristic of a moo.moolvee(India, historical) A judge or other person learned in the law.mooneyeA primitive ray-finned fish of the family Hiodontidae.moorageThe act of mooring.moplikeResembling or characteristic of a mop, or the loose, dangling, fibrous mass at the end.morache(music) A Native American musical instrument consisting of a notched stick usually played by rubbing another stick or bone over it.moraine(geology) An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.morboseProceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.morriceA morris dance.morsure(rare) The act of biting.mortageMisspelling of mortgage.mortice(woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortise.mortise(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.morulaeplural of morulamosette(rare) Obsolete form of mozzetta.moucadeAlternative form of moquette.mouffle(Canada) The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting.moulageThe art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training medical or military personnel.moulineAlternative form of moulinet.mountieAlternative letter-case form of Mountie.mourite(mineralogy) A monoclinic violet mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, oxygen, and uranium.mouthie(childish) The mouth.movableCapable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.mowableAble to be mowed.muawine(archaic, organic chemistry) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the bark of the muawi, a tree of Mozambique.muckite(mineralogy) A resin found in cretaceous lignite in Moravia.mucosaeplural of mucosamudcakeAlternative form of mud cake.mudholeA hole full of mud, especially one in a roadmudlikeResembling mudmugcakeAlternative form of mug cake.mugwareMugs collectively.muirite(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.mullite(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and silicon.multureA grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.munchie(informal) A snack.mundaneWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.mundite(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.munsheeArchaic spelling of munshi.muntreeAlternative form of mantri.muntrie(usually in the plural) Kunzea pomifera, a low-growing plant of southern Australia.muriate(archaic, inorganic chemistry) Chloride.murrinea glass mosaic cane made by fusing together layers of coloured glassmuscineOf or pertaining to the Muscidae family of flies.muscone(organic chemistry) A macrocyclic ketone, (R)-3-methylcyclopentadecanone, that is the main constituent of the odour of musk.musculeObsolete spelling of muscle.musetteAn organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators, found in organs in France in the 17th and 18th centuries.musickeObsolete spelling of music.musiqueObsolete form of music.musrole(dated) The noseband of a horse's bridle.mussite(mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene; diopside.mustinemechlorethaminemutableChangeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.myelineArchaic form of myelin.myoceleA muscular herniamyocyte(cytology) A single muscle fiber cell.myodomeA cavity in the skull of teleosts containing the recti of the eyemyokine(biochemistry) A form of cytokine produced in muscle cells.myomere(biology) A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and other chordate fossils.myoneme(biology) A contractile structure found in some eukaryotic single-celled organisms, particularly Vorticella, consisting of a series of protein filaments that shorten rapidly on exposure to calcium.myosote(botany) Myosotis.myotome(biology, medicine) A surgical instrument for performing myotomy.myotube(anatomy) A structure of elongated multinucleate cells that contains some peripherally located myofibrilsmyoxineOf, or pertaining to the dormouse.myrbaneAlternative form of mirbane.myrcene(organic chemistry) An olefinic natural organic compound, a hydrocarbon and monoterpene, important in perfumery.myriare(archaic) 10,000 ares, or one square kilometre.myspace(Internet slang) One's profile on the MySpace website.mythemeThe essential kernel of a myth.mythiseAlternative form of mythize.mythizeSynonym of mythicize.