| 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 |