malabsorption | (noun) abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract | - |
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malacca | (noun) a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm | Synonyms: malacca cane |
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(noun) stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles | - |
malachite | (noun) a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects | - |
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malacia | (noun) a state of abnormal softening of tissue | - |
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malacologist | (noun) a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks | - |
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malacology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks | - |
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malacophily | (noun) (botany) pollination of plants by snails. | - |
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malacopterygian | (noun) any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii | Synonyms: soft-finned fish |
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maladjustment | (noun) the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability | - |
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maladroitness | (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, slowness |
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malady | (noun) impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | Synonyms: illness, sickness, unwellness |
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(noun) any unwholesome or desperate condition | - |
malahini | (noun) a newcomer to Hawaii | - |
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malaise | (noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: unease, uneasiness |
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malamute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malemute |
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malanga | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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malaprop | (noun) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | Synonyms: malapropism |
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malapropism | (noun) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | Synonyms: malaprop |
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malar | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: cheekbone, jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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malaria | (noun) an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever | - |
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malarkey | (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarky, nothingness, wind |
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malarky | (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, nothingness, wind |
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malathion | (noun) a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites | - |
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