| mammothermography | (noun) the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots) | - |
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| mammy | (noun) informal terms for a mother | Synonyms: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
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| (noun) an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. | - |
| mamo | (noun) black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct | - |
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| mamoncillo | (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp | Synonyms: genip, ginep, honey berry, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree |
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| man | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world |
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| (noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: homo, human, human being |
| (noun) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | Synonyms: piece |
| (noun) an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) | Synonyms: adult male |
| (noun) someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | Synonyms: military man, military personnel, serviceman |
| (noun) the generic use of the word to refer to any human being | - |
| (noun) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | Synonyms: gentleman's gentleman, gentleman, valet, valet de chambre |
| (noun) an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent) | - |
| (noun) a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman | - |
| (noun) a male subordinate | - |
| manacle | (noun) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs | Synonyms: cuff, handcuff, handlock |
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| manageability | (noun) the capability of being managed or controlled | Synonyms: manageableness |
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| manageableness | (noun) the capability of being managed or controlled | Synonyms: manageability |
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| management | (noun) the act of managing something | Synonyms: direction |
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| (noun) those in charge of running a business | - |
| manager | (noun) someone who controls resources and expenditures | Synonyms: director, managing director |
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| (noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | Synonyms: coach, handler |
| manageress | (noun) a woman manager | - |
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| managership | (noun) the position of manager | - |
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| manakin | (noun) any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior | - |
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| (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model |
| manana | (noun) an unspecified time in the future | - |
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| manat | (noun) the basic unit of money in Azerbaijan | - |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Turkmenistan | - |
| manatee | (noun) sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | Synonyms: Trichechus manatus |
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| mandala | (noun) any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation | - |
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| mandamus | (noun) an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail | Synonyms: writ of mandamus |
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| mandarin | (noun) a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China | Synonyms: mandarin orange |
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| (noun) a high public official of imperial China | - |
| (noun) any high government official or bureaucrat | - |
| (noun) a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group | - |
| (noun) shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia | Synonyms: Citrus reticulata, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree |
| mandatary | (noun) the recipient of a mandate | Synonyms: mandatory |
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| mandate | (noun) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory | - |
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| (noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
| (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | Synonyms: mandatory |
| mandator | (noun) an authority who issues a mandate | - |
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| mandatory | (noun) a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | Synonyms: mandate |
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| (noun) the recipient of a mandate | Synonyms: mandatary |
| mandible | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | Synonyms: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla |
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| mandibula | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | Synonyms: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibular bone, submaxilla |
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| mandioc | (noun) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | Synonyms: bitter cassava, gari, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant |
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| mandioca | (noun) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | Synonyms: bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant |
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| mandola | (noun) an early type of mandolin | - |
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| mandolin | (noun) a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum | - |
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| mandrake | (noun) a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers | Synonyms: devil's apples, Mandragora officinarum |
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| (noun) the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic | Synonyms: mandrake root |
| mandrel | (noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: arbor, mandril, spindle |
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| mandril | (noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: arbor, mandrel, spindle |
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| mandrill | (noun) baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters | Synonyms: Mandrillus sphinx |
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| manduction | (noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | Synonyms: chew, chewing, mastication |
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| (noun) the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist | Synonyms: Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction |
| mane | (noun) long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck | - |
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| (noun) growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being | Synonyms: head of hair |
| maneuver | (noun) a move made to gain a tactical end | Synonyms: manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre |
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| (noun) an action aimed at evading an opponent | Synonyms: evasive action, manoeuvre |
| (noun) a military training exercise | Synonyms: manoeuvre, simulated military operation |
| (noun) a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill | Synonyms: manoeuvre, play |
| (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: manoeuvre, tactic, tactics |
| maneuverability | (noun) the quality of being maneuverable | Synonyms: manoeuvrability |
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| maneuverer | (noun) a person skilled in maneuvering | Synonyms: manoeuvrer |
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| manfulness | (noun) the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | Synonyms: manliness, virility |
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| manga | (noun) graphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art | - |
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| mangabey | (noun) large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids | - |
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| manganate | (noun) a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion | - |
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| manganese | (noun) a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals | Synonyms: atomic number 25, Mn |
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| manganite | (noun) a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese | - |
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| mange | (noun) a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people) | - |
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| manger | (noun) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed | Synonyms: trough |
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| manginess | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness |
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| mangle | (noun) clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers | - |
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| mangler | (noun) a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples | Synonyms: maimer, mutilator |
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| manglietia | (noun) a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China | Synonyms: genus Manglietia |
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| mango | (noun) large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed | - |
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| (noun) large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit | Synonyms: Mangifera indica, mango tree |
| mangold | (noun) beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, mangold-wurzel |
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| mangonel | (noun) catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles | Synonyms: bricole, traction trebuchet |
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| mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
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| (noun) East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit | Synonyms: Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen tree |
| mangrove | (noun) a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building | Synonyms: Rhizophora mangle |
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| manhattan | (noun) a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters | - |
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| manhole | (noun) a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure | - |
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| manhood | (noun) the status of being a man | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being human | Synonyms: humanity, humanness |
| (noun) the state of being a man; manly qualities | - |
| manhunt | (noun) an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) | - |
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| mania | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: cacoethes, passion |
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| (noun) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently | Synonyms: manic disorder |
| maniac | (noun) an insane person | Synonyms: lunatic |
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| (noun) a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something | - |
| manicotti | (noun) large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce | - |
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| manicure | (noun) professional care for the hands and fingernails | - |
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| manicurist | (noun) a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails | - |
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| manifest | (noun) a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane | - |
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| manifestation | (noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: demonstration |
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| (noun) a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing | - |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, reflection, reflexion |
| (noun) a clear appearance | - |
| (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| manifesto | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: pronunciamento |
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| manifold | (noun) a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes | - |
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| (noun) a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions | - |
| (noun) a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies | Synonyms: manifold paper |
| manikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, mannequin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, mannikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, model |
| manila | (noun) a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp | Synonyms: manila paper, manilla, manilla paper |
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| manilla | (noun) a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp | Synonyms: manila, manila paper, manilla paper |
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| manioc | (noun) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | Synonyms: bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant |
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| (noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | Synonyms: cassava |
| (noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava, cassava starch, manioca |
| manioca | (noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava, cassava starch, manioc |
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| manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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| manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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| (noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
| manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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| manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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| (noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
| maniraptor | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropod; regarded as surviving today as living birds | - |
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| mankind | (noun) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | Synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, world |
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| manliness | (noun) the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | Synonyms: manfulness, virility |
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| manna | (noun) (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus | Synonyms: manna from heaven, miraculous food |
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| (noun) hardened sugary exudation of various trees | - |
| mannequin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannikin, model |
| manner | (noun) a way of acting or behaving | Synonyms: personal manner |
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| (noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: fashion, mode, style, way |
| (noun) a kind | - |
| mannerism | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, pose |
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| (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: foible, idiosyncrasy |
| manners | (noun) social deportment | - |
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| mannikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannequin |
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| (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, manikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, model |
| mannitol | (noun) a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine | Synonyms: Osmitrol |
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| manoeuvrability | (noun) the quality of being maneuverable | Synonyms: maneuverability |
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| manoeuvre | (noun) a move made to gain a tactical end | Synonyms: maneuver, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre |
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| (noun) an action aimed at evading an opponent | Synonyms: evasive action, maneuver |
| (noun) a military training exercise | Synonyms: maneuver, simulated military operation |
| (noun) a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill | Synonyms: maneuver, play |
| (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, tactic, tactics |
| manoeuvrer | (noun) a person skilled in maneuvering | Synonyms: maneuverer |
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| manometer | (noun) a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas | - |
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| manor | (noun) the mansion of a lord or wealthy person | Synonyms: manor house |
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| (noun) the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) | - |
| manpower | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, men, work force, workforce |
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| manroot | (noun) tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato | Synonyms: Ipomoea fastigiata, Ipomoea panurata, man-of-the-earth, scammonyroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine |
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| mansard | (noun) a hip roof having two slopes on each side | Synonyms: mansard roof |
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| manse | (noun) the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman) | - |
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| (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, mansion, mansion house, residence |
| manservant | (noun) a man servant | - |
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| mansion | (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, manse, mansion house, residence |
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| (noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: house, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
| manslaughter | (noun) homicide without malice aforethought | - |
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| manslayer | (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: liquidator, murderer |
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