mattock | (noun) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle | - |
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mattress | (noun) a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed | - |
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maturation | (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
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(noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturement, ripening |
(noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | Synonyms: festering, suppuration |
maturement | (noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturation, ripening |
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matureness | (noun) state of being mature; full development | Synonyms: maturity |
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maturity | (noun) state of being mature; full development | Synonyms: matureness |
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(noun) the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed | Synonyms: adulthood |
(noun) the date on which an obligation must be repaid | Synonyms: due date, maturity date |
matzah | (noun) brittle flat bread eaten at Passover | Synonyms: matzo, matzoh, unleavened bread |
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matzo | (noun) brittle flat bread eaten at Passover | Synonyms: matzah, matzoh, unleavened bread |
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matzoh | (noun) brittle flat bread eaten at Passover | Synonyms: matzah, matzo, unleavened bread |
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maul | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: sledge, sledgehammer |
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mauler | (noun) a fighter who batters the opponent | - |
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maulers | (noun) large strong hand (as of a fighter) | Synonyms: hooks, meat hooks |
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maulstick | (noun) a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | Synonyms: mahlstick |
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maund | (noun) a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries | - |
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mausoleum | (noun) a large burial chamber, usually above ground | - |
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mauve | (noun) a moderate purple | - |
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maven | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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maverick | (noun) an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it | - |
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(noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action | Synonyms: rebel |
mavin | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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mavis | (noun) common Old World thrush noted for its song | Synonyms: song thrush, throstle, Turdus philomelos |
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maw | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, trap, yap |
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mawkishness | (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
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(noun) insincere pathos | Synonyms: bathos |
max | (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, scoop, soap |
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maxi | (noun) a long skirt ending below the calf | - |
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maxilla | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium | Synonyms: maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbone |
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maxillaria | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers | - |
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maxillary | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium | Synonyms: maxilla, upper jaw, upper jawbone |
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maxilliped | (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. | Synonyms: gnathopod |
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maxim | (noun) a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits | Synonyms: axiom |
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maximation | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximisation, maximization |
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maximisation | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximization |
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maximization | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximisation |
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(noun) the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function | - |
maximum | (noun) the greatest possible degree | Synonyms: level best, utmost, uttermost |
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(noun) the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right | - |
(noun) the largest possible quantity | Synonyms: upper limit |
maxwell | (noun) a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss | Synonyms: Mx |
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may | (noun) thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | Synonyms: Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, whitethorn |
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mayapple | (noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit | Synonyms: May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake |
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mayeng | (noun) Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree | Synonyms: maple-leaved bayur, Pterospermum acerifolium |
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mayfish | (noun) black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States | Synonyms: Fundulus majalis, may fish, striped killifish |
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mayflower | (noun) low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | Synonyms: Epigaea repens, trailing arbutus |
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mayfly | (noun) slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | Synonyms: dayfly, shadfly |
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mayhaw | (noun) hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves | Synonyms: Crataegus aestivalis, summer haw |
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mayhem | (noun) the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person | - |
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(noun) violent and needless disturbance | Synonyms: havoc |
mayidism | (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, maidism, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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mayo | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayonnaise |
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mayonnaise | (noun) egg yolks and oil and vinegar | Synonyms: mayo |
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mayor | (noun) the head of a city government | Synonyms: city manager |
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mayoralty | (noun) the position of mayor | - |
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mayoress | (noun) a woman mayor | - |
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(noun) the wife of a mayor | - |
maypole | (noun) a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day | - |
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maypop | (noun) of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg | Synonyms: Passiflora incarnata |
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mayweed | (noun) widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs | Synonyms: Anthemis cotula, dog fennel, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweed |
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maze | (noun) complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost | Synonyms: labyrinth |
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(noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: snarl, tangle |
mazer | (noun) a large hardwood drinking bowl | - |
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mazopathy | (noun) any pathology of the breast | Synonyms: mastopathy |
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mazurka | (noun) a Polish national dance in triple time | - |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the mazurka | - |
mazzard | (noun) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting | Synonyms: gean, mazzard cherry |
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