| 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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