batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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huamachil | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: camachile, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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logomach | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomachist |
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logomachist | (noun) someone given to disputes over words | Synonyms: logomach |
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logomachy | (noun) argument about words or the meaning of words | - |
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machete | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: matchet, panga |
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machicolate | (verb) supply with projecting galleries | - |
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machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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machilid | (noun) wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed | Synonyms: jumping bristletail |
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machinate | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, conspire |
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(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare |
machination | (noun) a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | Synonyms: intrigue |
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machinator | (noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, plotter |
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machine | (noun) any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks | - |
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(noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, motorcar |
(noun) a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point | Synonyms: simple machine |
(noun) a group that controls the activities of a political party | Synonyms: political machine |
(noun) an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently | - |
(noun) an efficient person | - |
(verb) make by machinery | - |
(verb) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery | - |
machinelike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, automatonlike, robotic, robotlike |
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machinery | (noun) machines or machine systems collectively | - |
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(noun) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | - |
machinist | (noun) a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | Synonyms: mechanic, shop mechanic |
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machismo | (noun) exaggerated masculinity | - |
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machmeter | (noun) speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound | - |
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macho | (adjective) used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | Synonyms: butch |
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(noun) a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo | - |
nanomachine | (noun) a machine of the size of close to one nanometre | - |
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naumachia | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachy |
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naumachy | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachia |
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psychomachy | (noun) a conflict of the soul (as with the body or between good and evil). | - |
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stomach | (noun) an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion | Synonyms: breadbasket, tum, tummy |
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(noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: abdomen, belly, venter |
(noun) an appetite for food | - |
(noun) an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness | - |
(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, suffer, support, tolerate |
(verb) bear to eat | - |
stomachache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: bellyache, gastralgia, stomach ache |
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stomachal | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: gastric, stomachic |
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stomacher | (noun) garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century | - |
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stomachic | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: gastric, stomachal |
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sumach | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: shumac, sumac |
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symmachy | (noun) Fighting together or in an alliance with an ally (or allies) | - |
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tauromachy | (noun) the activity at a bullfight | Synonyms: bullfighting |
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