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noun (pl=Ms, pl2=M's)
- The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant.
proper noun
- fictional character from the James Bond stories and films
abbreviation or M.
- Monsieur
- male
- Monday
- Mother
- (context, size) Medium
- (context, US, roadway) Michigan; Usage note: This designation is used within Michigan.
- mature
- (context, cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
- (context, cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
| | | ma'am |
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noun
- (obsolete) a contracted form of madam (U.K.)
- a contracted form of madam (U.S.)
| | macaroni |
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noun
- (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
- (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.
| | macushla |
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noun
- (Anglo-Irish) My darling, my dear.
| | maffick |
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verb
- (intransitive) To celebrate in a boisterous manner.
| | mag |
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noun (plural: mags)
- (i, colloquial abbreviation) magazine, the publication or ammunition
- (i, colloquial abbreviation) magnet
- (i, colloquial abbreviation) mag wheel
- :brand new tires and steel style factory mags
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noun
- (context, mostly, UK) The domestic electrical power supply.
- I plugged it into the and it blew up!
- the pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings
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noun , or, when used as a title before a person's name, Major
- A military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.
- He used to be a in the army.
- This is Major Jones.
- A person of legal age.
- The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a .
- A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
- She is a math .
verb
- To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.
- I have decided to in mathematics.
adjective
- Of great significance or importance.
- (music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
- (music) Containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
| | make |
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noun
- (context, of a car) brand, Brand; often paired with model.
- What car do you drive?
verb (makes, making, made)
- To create, construct or produce.
- We made a bird feeder for our yard.
- They hope to a bigger profit.
- We"ll a man out of him yet.
- To constitute.
- They a cute couple.
- This makes the third infraction.
- (context, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- I don"t know what to of it.
- (context, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- This company is what made you.
- She married into wealth. She has it made.
- (context, second object is an adjective) To cause to be.
- The citizens made their objections clear.
- This might you a bit woozy.
- (context, second object is a verb) To cause to do.
- You"re making her cry.
- I was made to feel like a criminal.
- (context, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- The teacher made the student study.
- Don"t let them you suffer.
- (context, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- His past mistakes don"t him a bad person.
- (context, of a person being sought) To recognise (without being recognised in return)
- 2004, George Nolfi et al, w:Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Twelve, Warner Bros. Pictures, 0:50:30,
- :<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Linus Caldwell:</span> Well, she just made Danny and Yen, which means in the next 48 hours the three o' your pictures are gonna be in every police station in Europe.
- 2007 May 4, Andrew Dettmann et al, "Under Pressure", episode 3-22 of w:Numb3rs, Numb3rs, 00:01:16,
- :<span style="font-variant:small-caps">David Sinclair:</span> (walking) Almost at Seventh; I should have a visual any second now. (rounds a corner, almost collides into Kaleed Asan) Damn, that was close.<br /><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Don Eppes:</span> David, he you?<br /><span style="font-variant:small-caps">David Sinclair:</span> No, I don't think so.
| | malkin |
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noun
- (archaic) a lower-class or uncultured woman
- (archaic) a cat
- 1950: Now she was strong enough to walk and watch them circling in the sky or to sit in the arbour at the end of the long lawn and, with the sunlight smouldering in her dark-red hair and lying wanly over the area of her face and neck, watch the multiform and snow-white convolutions of her malkins. " Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
| | mammock |
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noun
- (obsolete) A shapeless piece; a fragment.
verb to mammock
- (transitive) To tear to pieces.
| | manoeuvre |
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noun
- A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
- (often plural) A large movement of military troops.
- The British army was on manoeuvres.
verb (manoeuvres, manoeuvring, manoeuvred)
- (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
| | mansion |
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noun
- A large house or building.
- (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
- (obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
- (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.
- Late C14: Which book spak muchel of the operaciouns / Touchynge the eighte and twenty mansiouns / That longen to the moone " Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Franklin's Tale", Canterbury Tales
| | marquee |
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noun - (British) A large tent used for outdoors entertainment
- A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign whose letters move from right to left
- (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
- Rectangular Marquee Tool
| | marquess |
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noun
- A title of nobility, ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.
| | marrow |
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noun
- (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
- (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
- 1847 Sir Robert Schomburgh, Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados, Bentley's Miscellany, Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, page 37.
- : The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable , were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.
| | | maslin |
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noun
- A mixture composed of different materials; especially: (a) A mixture of metals resembling brass, (b) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye.
- (Obsolete): A vessel made of maslin.
- Quotations
- Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.
adjective
- Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
| | master |
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noun
- someone who has control over something or someone
- owner of an animal or slave
- the captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner
- someone who employs others
- an expert at something
- a tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices
- a skilled artist
- (dated) a courtesy title of a man; mister
- a courtesy title for a boy
- the original of a document or of a recording
- (context, Filmology) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
verb
- to be a master
- to control
- to learn to a high degree of proficiency
adjective
- masterful
- main, principal or predominant
- highly skilled
- original
| | matelot |
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noun
- sailor
- 1984, John Harris, A Funny Place to Hold a War,
- :… a chief petty officer, snarled something under his breath about bloody 'am-fisted matelots …
- 1997, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1574090194&id=v_KgYDwH9lsC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=matelot+ship&sig=QDHI9me2dRfGRDYt2XzON6viuZQ page 103,
- :So far as the average was concerned, there was little romanticism about the prefence for frigates, destroyers, frail E-boats that could be blown up with one well-aimed cannon, and submarines, those breeding grounds of TB and madness.
- 2004, Alan O'Reilly, Sound of Battle, ISBN 1595262881, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1595262881&id=Ay-iHQZ2WhYC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&ots=R6gmjSkYEd&dq=%22the+leg+had+turned+septic+but+the+matelot+was+endearingly+cheerful%22&sig=3XHH4iipBoTF6vJJPDgM-3u293U page 147,
- :One day, a stalwart sailor was brought in with a severe fracture below the knee …
- :A week later the leg had turned septic but the was endearing cheerful.
- :"Never mind, Sister" he assured Anne. "I'll get a piece of whalebone, like Captain Ahab."
- 2005 William Atlay, All for a King's Shilling, Melrose Press, ISBN 190522625X, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN190522625X&id=1CzRwj5CHLQC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=matelot&num=100&sig=6OZxOLjHkI3yBWPKTDz6vr4WISk page 72,
- : Our took us out to sea in what I believed was not a very seaworthy boat.
| | matey |
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noun
- (context, british, informal) a friend
- Hello , just back from your hols?
adjective
- (british) sociable or friendly
- You've been very with that new girl
| | math |
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noun (wikipedia, mathematics)
(context, North America)
- (uncountable) Short form of mathematics.
- (uncountable) Arithmetic calculation, calculations. (italbrac, See do the math)
- If you do the , you'll see that it"s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn"t sound right. Let me check your .
- (countable) A math course.
- They needed to take two more maths
| | Matilda |
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proper noun
- (given name, female)
| | mavourneen |
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noun
- my darling
| | May |
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proper noun
- The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
- The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
- (given name, female), pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning
- A surname.
| | mell |
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verb
- (context, intransitive, archaic) To deal, concern oneself; to interfere.
- 1819, w:Sir_Walter_Scott, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 32,
- : "By Saint Thomas of Kent," said he, "an I buckle to my gear, I will teach thee, sir lazy lover, to with thine own matters, maugre thine iron case there!"
| | merchant |
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noun
- One who buys and sells for business.
| | mere |
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noun
- (obsolete) The sea.
- (context, dialectal, or, literary) A pool or lake; a marsh.
adjective (-, merest)
- just, Just, only; the smallest amount.
- I saved a 10 pounds this week.
| | metal |
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noun
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
- (astronomy) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,<ref>Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/majewski/astr551/lectures/ABUNDANCES/abundances.html CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes.</ref> or sometimes other than hydrogen.<ref>Martin, J. C. (n.d.). http://etacar.umn.edu/~martin/rrlyrae/metals.htm What we learn from a star's metal content</ref>
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (tincture) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
- A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) categorised by strong and/or fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
verb (metal, l, ed)
- To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
adjective
- Made of metal.
- Of or pertaining to the metal musical genre (e.g. the metal scene).
| | mickle |
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noun
- (context, chiefly, Scottish) A great amount.
- Many a makes a muckle.
adjective
- (context, chiefly, Scottish) much, great.
| | | Mike |
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noun See mike
- (defn, English)
proper noun (countable and uncountable; plural Mikes)
- (countable) (given name, male), diminutive of Michael.
- (uncountable) The letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
| | mild |
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noun
- A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
adjective
- gentle, Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
- The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. -Waller.
- Adore him as a and merciful Being. -Rogers.
| | | minder |
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noun - A person (normally a woman) who looks after babies while their parents are working; babysitter
- A personal bodyguard
| | mineral |
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noun
- (geology) any naturally occuring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties
- any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable)
- any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral
- (British) mineral water
adjective
- of, related to, or containing minerals
| | minute |
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noun
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.
- You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
- A short but unspecified time period.
- Wait a , I"m not ready yet!
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one of arc.
- (in plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
- Let"s look at the minutes of last week"s meeting.
- A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
- If you buy this phone, you"ll get 100 free minutes.
verb (minut, ing)
- (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
- I"ll this evening"s meeting.
adjective (minut, er)
- Very small.
- They found only quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
- very careful and exact, giving small details.
| | miscarriage |
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noun
- An accidental termination of a pregnancy
- A spontaneous abortion
- A failure to properly execute a plan or achieve the expected ideals
- The guilty verdict was a of justice.
| | mizzle |
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noun
- Rain falling in very fine drops.
verb (mizzl, ing)
- (context, UK, intransitive) To rain in very fine drops.
- To abscond, scram, flee.
| | | mong |
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noun
- (context, pejorative, UK, slang) Shortened version of Mongoloid, a person with Down's syndrome.
| | monger |
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noun - A dealer in a specific commodity, normally used in combination
- costermonger
- A person promoting something undesirable, always used in combination
- warmonger
verb - (transitive) To sell or peddle something
| | monkey |
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noun
- Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
- (context, informal) A mischievous child.
- Stop misbehaving, you little !
- (context, UK, slang) Five-hundred pounds sterling.
- (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
verb (monkeys, monkeying, mokeyed or monkied, mokeyed or monkied)
- (informal) To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
- ''Please don't with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
| | Mort |
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proper noun (infl, en, proper noun)
- (given name, male, , ), often a diminutive of Mortimer
| | mortuary |
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noun (mortuaries)
- a place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation
- a morgue
adjective
- of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal
| | mothering |
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verb
- (present participle of, mother)
| | mould |
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noun
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mould.
- The shape or pattern of a mould.
- General shape or form.
- the oval of her face
- distinctive, Distinctive character or type.
- a leader in the of her predecessors
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form
- His method of scientific investigation broke the and led to a new discovery.
- (architecture) See moulding.
verb
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mould.
- (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- Job 10:8-9, Old Testament, New International Version:
- :Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mould the minds of his students
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To make a mould of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- (transitive) To ornament with mouldings.
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mould.
- These shoes gradually moulded to my feet.
| | moult |
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noun - The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
- Some birds change colour during their winter .
verb - (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
| | mound |
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noun
- A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
- An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
- (baseball) Where the pitcher stands to pitch
| | muggins |
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noun
- A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
- I suppose here will have to do all the work, as usual.
- (context, Cribbage): The act of stealing another player's points because they either mis-pegged or counted up incorrectly. House rules must specify if mugginser gets the mugginsee's points or if the mugginsee's points are simply lost, before the start of the game. By default, the mugginser gets the points.
| | mullock |
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noun
- Rock refuse from which gold, other mineral, minerals or other valuable material, for example opal, has been extracted. Mullock can also be generated in the search for minerals or during the mining process, for example when sinking a shaft.
| | mute |
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noun (wikipedia, Mute (music))
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- An acting part where no speaking (and in opera, no singing) is required.
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- One refusing to speak.
- An undertaker's assistant.
- The deadening of an appliance's or musical instrument's volume.
- In falconry, a is a hawk's or falcon's droppings.
- In wine making, , from the French, is the grape juice from pressed grapes kept aside in chilled stainless steel tanks and used at later stages of wine making by adding to the dry wine base to achieve the desired residual sugar level in the final product. (Usually spelled "muté " in this case and pronounced "mju:te".)
verb (mut, ing)
- (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
- (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
- Please the music while I make a call.
adjective
- silent, Silent; not making a sound.
- (of a person) Not having the power of speech.
| | mild |
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noun
- A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
adjective
- gentle, Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
- The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. -Waller.
- Adore him as a and merciful Being. -Rogers.
| | mug |
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noun
- A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.
- (slang) The face, often used deprecatingly.
- What an ugly .
- (rfv-sense, Regional?) (colloquial) A person who is easily fooled.
- Do you take me for a ?
- (rfv-sense) (context, Cockney, slang, derogatory) A stupid or foolish person, A gullible person
- Quit doing that! you mug!.
verb (mug, g, ing)
- (transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.
- (rfv-sense) (intransitive) To pose for photographs in an exaggerated or affected manner.
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