| cremains | (noun) the remains of a dead body after cremation | - |
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| domain | (noun) the content of a particular field of knowledge | Synonyms: knowledge base, knowledge domain |
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| (noun) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | Synonyms: world |
| (noun) (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined | Synonyms: domain of a function |
| (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: demesne, land |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, field, orbit, sphere |
| legerdemain | (noun) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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| main | (noun) a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage | - |
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| (noun) any very large body of (salt) water | Synonyms: briny |
| mainframe | (noun) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | Synonyms: C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, processor |
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| (noun) a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room | Synonyms: mainframe computer |
| mainland | (noun) the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula | - |
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| mainmast | (noun) the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts | - |
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| mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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| mainsheet | (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet |
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| mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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| mainstay | (noun) the forestay that braces the mainmast | - |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin |
| (noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: pillar |
| mainstream | (noun) the prevailing current of thought | - |
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| maintainer | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: sustainer, upholder |
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| maintenance | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, upkeep |
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| (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep |
| (noun) the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community | Synonyms: criminal maintenance |
| (noun) means of maintenance of a family or group | - |
| (noun) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated | Synonyms: alimony |
| mortmain | (noun) the oppressive influence of past events or decisions | Synonyms: dead hand, dead hand of the past |
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| (noun) real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) | Synonyms: dead hand |
| ptomain | (noun) any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria | Synonyms: ptomaine |
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| ptomaine | (noun) a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines | Synonyms: ptomaine poisoning |
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| (noun) any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria | Synonyms: ptomain |
| remainder | (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: end, oddment, remnant |
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| (noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: difference |
| (noun) the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor | - |
| (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest |
| remains | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, stiff |
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| (noun) any object that is left unused or still extant | - |
| (noun) a relic that has been excavated from the soil | Synonyms: archeological remains |
| romaine | (noun) lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head | Synonyms: cos, cos lettuce, romaine lettuce |
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