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machine-made
made by a machine. Contrasted with .
Macrodont
Having large teeth.
Mnad
A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
Magnesic
Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; .
Magnetist
One versed in magnetism.
Mahout
The keeper and driver of an elephant.
malodorous
Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.
Malva neglecta
The species name of the common mallow, an annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in U.S..
Mamma
Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
Mandlestone
Amygdaloid.
Maned
Having a mane.
Manganesium
Manganese.
manic-depressive psychosis
A mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Mara
A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
Marceline
A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses.
Marconism
The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system.
Marmalade
A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistency.
marsh marigold
A perennial plant of the genus (), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of . See .
Mary
See .
Maslach
An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.
Mastotermes
A primitive genus of termites, mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive isopterans.
Mat
To cover or lay with mats.
Mat
To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; .
matchet
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called .
Mature
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; .
Mechanic
Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; .
Medival
Of or relating to the Middle Ages; .
Meet
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
Melilot
Any species of , a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot () is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
Mercify
To pity.
Meridian
Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
Mesolabe
An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
Mesopterygium
The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.
Metatarsal
Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.
Metatungstic
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in its salts (the ) and properly called , or , acid.
Meteoroid
A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.
Metrological
Of or pertaining to metrology.
Metronomy
Measurement of time by an instrument.
Metropole
A metropolis.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti, renowned Italian painter, sculptor and architect; 1475-1564.
minefield
a region in which explosive mines{4} have been placed, especially a region on land.
Minoress
See , under ,
Miocene
Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.
Misdiet
To diet improperly.
Misfaith
Want of faith; distrust.
Misled
of .
Misliking
Dislike; aversion.
Misnumber
To number wrongly.
Misrelate
To relate inaccurately.
Misshape
To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.
Mistranslation
Wrong translation.
Mitigator
One who, or that which, mitigates.
moccasin
A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.
Modern
A person of modern times; -- opposed to .
Moff
A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.
Mohammedan
Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed; in the latter sense, synonymous with , the term preferred by Moslems.
molecular formula
An expression representing the composition of elements in a chemical substance, commonly consisting of a series of letters and numbers comprising the atomic symbols of each element present in a compound followed by the number of atoms of that element present in one molecule of the substance. Thus the for common alcohol (ethyl alcohol) is , meaning that each molecule contains two carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. The may be written to provide some indication of the actual structure of the molecule, in which case structural units may be written separately. Thus, ethyl alcohol can also be written as or , in which the period or dash between functional groups indicates a single bond between the principle atoms of each group. This formula shows that in ethyl alcohol, the carbon of a methyl group () is attached to the carbon of a methylene group (), which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group (). A is a graphical depiction of the relative positions of atoms in a molecule, and may be very complicated.
Molluscoidea
A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes and ; -- called also .
momentousness
utmost importance.
Monocardian
Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians.
Monomphalus
A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.
Monoplast
A monoplastic element.
Monopoly
The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained;
Montigenous
Produced on a mountain.
Moorball
A fresh-water alga () which forms a globular mass.
Morbidness
The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.
Mordant
Any corroding substance used in etching.
Mormonite
A Mormon.
Moroxite
A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.
Morris-chair
A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised.
Morse
A clasp for fastening garments in front.
Motorpathy
same as .
Moun
of , may.
Mound
To fortify or inclose with a mound.
Multiplicatively
So as to multiply.
Mushroom-headed
Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
Mutilator
One who mutilates.
Mutuation
The act of borrowing or exchanging.
Mycology
That branch of botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi.
Myeloneura
The Vertebrata.
Myrioscope
A form of kaleidoscope.