| mania | (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: cacoethes, passion |
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| (noun) a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently | Synonyms: manic disorder |
| maniac | (noun) an insane person | Synonyms: lunatic |
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| (noun) a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something | - |
| manicotti | (noun) large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce | - |
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| manicure | (noun) professional care for the hands and fingernails | - |
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| manicurist | (noun) a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails | - |
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| manifest | (noun) a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane | - |
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| manifestation | (noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: demonstration |
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| (noun) a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing | - |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, reflection, reflexion |
| (noun) a clear appearance | - |
| (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| manifesto | (noun) a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | Synonyms: pronunciamento |
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| manifold | (noun) a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes | - |
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| (noun) a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions | - |
| (noun) a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies | Synonyms: manifold paper |
| manikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, mannequin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, mannikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, model |
| manila | (noun) a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp | Synonyms: manila paper, manilla, manilla paper |
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| manilla | (noun) a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp | Synonyms: manila, manila paper, manilla paper |
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| manioc | (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, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant |
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| (noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | Synonyms: cassava |
| (noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava, cassava starch, manioca |
| manioca | (noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | Synonyms: cassava, cassava starch, manioc |
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| manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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| manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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| (noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
| manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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| manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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| (noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
| maniraptor | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropod; regarded as surviving today as living birds | - |
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