| mama | (noun) informal terms for a mother | Synonyms: ma, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
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| mamba | (noun) arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal | - |
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| mambo | (noun) a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba | - |
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| mamey | (noun) globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh | Synonyms: mammee, mammee apple |
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| (noun) tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind | Synonyms: Mammea americana, mammee, mammee apple, mammee tree |
| mamilla | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mammilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit |
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| mamma | (noun) milk-secreting organ of female mammals | Synonyms: mammary gland |
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| (noun) informal terms for a mother | Synonyms: ma, mama, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
| mammal | (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | Synonyms: mammalian |
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| mammalian | (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | Synonyms: mammal |
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| mammalogist | (noun) one skilled in the study of mammals | - |
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| mammalogy | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies mammals | - |
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| mammee | (noun) globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh | Synonyms: mamey, mammee apple |
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| (noun) brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet | Synonyms: marmalade plum, sapote |
| (noun) tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind | Synonyms: mamey, Mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree |
| (noun) tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum | Synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota, sapote |
| mammilla | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit |
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| mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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| mammogram | (noun) X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast | - |
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| mammography | (noun) a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays | - |
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| mammon | (noun) wealth regarded as an evil influence | - |
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| mammoth | (noun) any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks | - |
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| 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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