| magistrature | (noun) the position of magistrate | Synonyms: magistracy |
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| maglev | (noun) high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction | Synonyms: magnetic levitation |
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| magma | (noun) molten rock in the earth's crust | - |
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| magnanimity | (noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit | Synonyms: largess, largesse, munificence, openhandedness |
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| magnanimousness | (noun) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | Synonyms: grandeur, nobility, nobleness |
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| magnate | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
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| magnesia | (noun) a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | Synonyms: magnesium oxide, periclase |
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| magnesite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium | - |
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| magnesium | (noun) a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | Synonyms: atomic number 12, Mg |
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| magnet | (noun) (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | - |
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| (noun) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractive feature, attractor |
| magnetics | (noun) the branch of science that studies magnetism | Synonyms: magnetism |
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| magnetisation | (noun) the physical property of being magnetic | Synonyms: magnetization |
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| (noun) the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) | Synonyms: magnetic induction, magnetization |
| (noun) the extent or degree to which something is magnetized | Synonyms: magnetization |
| magnetism | (noun) the branch of science that studies magnetism | Synonyms: magnetics |
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| (noun) attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force | Synonyms: magnetic attraction, magnetic force |
| magnetite | (noun) an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets | Synonyms: magnetic iron-ore |
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| magnetization | (noun) the physical property of being magnetic | Synonyms: magnetisation |
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| (noun) the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) | Synonyms: magnetic induction, magnetisation |
| (noun) the extent or degree to which something is magnetized | Synonyms: magnetisation |
| magneto | (noun) a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine | Synonyms: magnetoelectric machine |
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| magnetograph | (noun) a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field) | - |
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| magnetohydrodynamics | (noun) the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal) | - |
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| magnetometer | (noun) a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields | Synonyms: gaussmeter |
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| magneton | (noun) a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle | - |
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| magnetosphere | (noun) the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field | - |
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| magnetron | (noun) a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators | - |
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| magnification | (noun) the act of expanding something in apparent size | - |
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| (noun) a photographic print that has been enlarged | Synonyms: blowup, enlargement |
| (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: exaggeration, overstatement |
| (noun) the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object | - |
| magnificence | (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, splendor, splendour |
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| (noun) splendid or imposing in size or appearance | Synonyms: grandness, impressiveness, richness |
| magnifico | (noun) a person of distinguished rank or appearance | - |
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| magnifier | (noun) a scientific instrument that magnifies an image | - |
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| magniloquence | (noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, ornateness, rhetoric |
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| magnitude | (noun) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) | - |
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| (noun) relative importance | - |
| (noun) a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 | Synonyms: order of magnitude |
| magnolia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms | - |
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| (noun) dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine | - |
| magnoliopsid | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, dicotyledon, exogen |
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| magnum | (noun) a large wine bottle for liquor or wine | - |
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| magpie | (noun) long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call | - |
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| (noun) someone who collects things that have been discarded by others | Synonyms: pack rat, scavenger |
| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, prater, spouter |
| maguey | (noun) Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine | Synonyms: Agave cantala, cantala |
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| (noun) Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal | Synonyms: Agave atrovirens |
| magus | (noun) a magician or sorcerer of ancient times | - |
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| (noun) a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians | - |
| mahagua | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahoe, majagua, purau |
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| (noun) erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks | Synonyms: blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahoe, majagua |
| maharaja | (noun) a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | Synonyms: maharajah |
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| maharajah | (noun) a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | Synonyms: maharaja |
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| maharanee | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharani |
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| maharani | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharanee |
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| mahatma | (noun) (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage | - |
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| mahimahi | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphin, dolphinfish |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphinfish |
| mahjong | (noun) Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles | Synonyms: Mah-Jongg |
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| mahlstick | (noun) a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | Synonyms: maulstick |
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| mahoe | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, majagua, purau |
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| (noun) erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks | Synonyms: blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, majagua |
| mahogany | (noun) a shade of brown with a tinge of red | Synonyms: burnt sienna, reddish brown, sepia, Venetian red |
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| (noun) any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish | Synonyms: mahogany tree |
| (noun) wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture | - |
| mahout | (noun) the driver and keeper of an elephant | - |
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| mahuang | (noun) Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine | Synonyms: Ephedra sinica |
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| maid | (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maiden |
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| (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maidservant |
| maiden | (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maid |
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| (noun) (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored | Synonyms: maiden over |
| maidenhair | (noun) any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds | Synonyms: maidenhair fern |
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| maidenhead | (noun) a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin | Synonyms: hymen, virginal membrane |
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| maidenhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: girlhood, maidhood |
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| maidenliness | (noun) behavior befitting a young maiden | - |
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| maidhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: girlhood, maidenhood |
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| maidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, mayidism, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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| maidservant | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maid |
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| maiger | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maigre, Sciaena aquila |
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| maigre | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maiger, Sciaena aquila |
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| maikoa | (noun) a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers | Synonyms: angel's trumpet, Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea |
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| mail | (noun) (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings | Synonyms: chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail |
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| (noun) a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system | - |
| (noun) the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office | Synonyms: mail service, post, postal service |
| (noun) the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service | - |
| (noun) any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered | Synonyms: post |
| mailbag | (noun) letter carrier's shoulder bag | Synonyms: postbag |
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| (noun) pouch used in the shipment of mail | Synonyms: mail pouch |
| mailboat | (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, packet, packet boat |
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| mailbox | (noun) a private box for delivery of mail | Synonyms: letter box |
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| (noun) public box for deposit of mail | Synonyms: letter box, postbox |
| maildrop | (noun) a drop where mail can be deposited | - |
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| mailer | (noun) a container for something to be mailed | - |
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| (noun) an advertisement that is sent by mail | - |
| (noun) a person who mails something | - |
| mailing | (noun) the transmission of a letter | Synonyms: posting |
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| (noun) mail sent by a sender at one time | - |
| maillot | (noun) tights for dancers or gymnasts | - |
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| (noun) a woman's one-piece bathing suit | Synonyms: tank suit |
| mailman | (noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier, postman |
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| mailsorter | (noun) a sorter for sorting mail according to the address | - |
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| maimed | (noun) people who are wounded | Synonyms: wounded |
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| maimer | (noun) a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples | Synonyms: mangler, mutilator |
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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 |
| maiolica | (noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide | Synonyms: majolica |
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| maisonette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonnette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonnette |
| maisonnette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonette |
| maize | (noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow |
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| (noun) tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times | Synonyms: corn, Indian corn, Zea mays |
| majagua | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, purau |
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| (noun) erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks | Synonyms: blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, mahoe |
| majesty | (noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion | Synonyms: loftiness, stateliness |
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| majolica | (noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide | Synonyms: maiolica |
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| major | (noun) the principal field of study of a student at a university | - |
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| (noun) a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain | - |
| (noun) a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject | - |
| majorette | (noun) a female drum major | Synonyms: drum majorette |
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| (noun) a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band | Synonyms: drum majorette |
| majority | (noun) the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part | Synonyms: bulk |
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| (noun) (elections) more than half of the votes | Synonyms: absolute majority |
| (noun) the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs | Synonyms: legal age |
| majors | (noun) the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) | Synonyms: big league, major league |
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| majuscule | (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase |
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| makagigi | (noun) cookies made with poppy seeds and honey; traditional Polish Christmas sweet treats. | - |
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| make | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: shuffle, shuffling |
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| (noun) a recognizable kind | Synonyms: brand |
| makeover | (noun) an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance | - |
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| (noun) a complete reconstruction and renovation of something | - |
| maker | (noun) a business engaged in manufacturing some product | Synonyms: manufacturer, manufacturing business |
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| (noun) a person who makes things | Synonyms: shaper |
| makeready | (noun) final preparation and adjustments | - |
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| makeshift | (noun) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | Synonyms: make-do, stopgap |
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