amastia | (noun) absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect) | - |
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bandmaster | (noun) the conductor of a band | - |
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bitumastic | (noun) a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering | - |
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burgomaster | (noun) a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria | - |
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choirmaster | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, precentor |
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durmast | (noun) deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood | Synonyms: Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora |
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foremast | (noun) the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts | - |
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grandmaster | (noun) a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge | - |
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gynecomastia | (noun) excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives) | - |
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headmaster | (noun) presiding officer of a school | Synonyms: master, schoolmaster |
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headmastership | (noun) the position of headmaster | - |
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housemaster | (noun) teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse | - |
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hypermastigote | (noun) flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites | - |
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jiggermast | (noun) any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl | Synonyms: jigger |
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lockmaster | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockman |
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mainmast | (noun) the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts | - |
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mast | (noun) a vertical spar for supporting sails | - |
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(noun) any sturdy upright pole | - |
(noun) nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine | - |
(noun) nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground | - |
mastaba | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastabah |
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mastabah | (noun) an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | Synonyms: mastaba |
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mastalgia | (noun) pain in the breast | - |
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mastectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor | - |
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masted | (adjective) having or furnished with a mast; often used in combination | - |
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master | (adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, main, primary, principal |
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(noun) an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | Synonyms: master copy, original |
(noun) key that secures entrance everywhere | Synonyms: master key, passe-partout, passkey |
(noun) an artist of consummate skill | Synonyms: maestro |
(noun) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals | Synonyms: superior, victor |
(noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: professional |
(noun) directs the work of others | - |
(noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, overlord |
(noun) someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution | - |
(noun) presiding officer of a school | Synonyms: headmaster, schoolmaster |
(noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: captain, sea captain, skipper |
(verb) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of | Synonyms: control |
(verb) be or become completely proficient or skilled in | Synonyms: get the hang |
(verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, overcome, subdue, surmount |
(verb) have dominance or the power to defeat over | Synonyms: dominate |
mastered | (adjective) understood perfectly | Synonyms: down, down pat |
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masterful | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterly, virtuoso |
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masterfully | (adverb) in a skillfully masterful manner; with the skill of a master | - |
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mastering | (noun) the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made | - |
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(noun) becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of | - |
masterless | (adjective) having no lord or master | Synonyms: lordless |
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masterly | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, virtuoso |
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mastermind | (noun) someone who creates new things | Synonyms: conceiver, originator |
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(noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius |
(verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, orchestrate, organise, organize |
masterpiece | (noun) an outstanding achievement | - |
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(noun) the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman | Synonyms: chef-d'oeuvre |
mastership | (noun) the position of master | - |
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(noun) the skill of a master | - |
masterstroke | (noun) an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
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masterwort | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: astrantia |
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mastery | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: subordination |
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(noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | Synonyms: command, control |
(noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: domination, supremacy |
masthead | (noun) the head or top of a mast | - |
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(noun) the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page | - |
(noun) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. | Synonyms: flag |
mastic | (noun) an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin | Synonyms: lentisk, mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus |
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(noun) an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes | - |
(noun) a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler | - |
masticate | (verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth | Synonyms: chew, jaw, manducate |
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(verb) grind and knead | - |
mastication | (noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | Synonyms: chew, chewing, manduction |
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mastiff | (noun) an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog | - |
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mastigophoran | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore |
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mastigophore | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran |
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mastitis | (noun) inflammation of a breast (or udder) | - |
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mastocyte | (noun) a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | Synonyms: labrocyte, mast cell |
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mastodon | (noun) extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth | Synonyms: mastodont |
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mastodont | (noun) extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth | Synonyms: mastodon |
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mastoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling a nipple | Synonyms: mastoidal |
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(adjective) of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process | - |
(noun) process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull | Synonyms: mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal |
mastoidal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a nipple | Synonyms: mastoid |
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(noun) process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull | Synonyms: mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process |
mastoidale | (noun) the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process | - |
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mastoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process | - |
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mastoiditis | (noun) inflammation of the mastoid | - |
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mastopathy | (noun) any pathology of the breast | Synonyms: mazopathy |
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mastopexy | (noun) plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts | - |
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masturbate | (verb) get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | Synonyms: fuck off, jack off, jerk off, she-bop, wank |
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(verb) stimulate sexually | - |
masturbation | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure | Synonyms: onanism |
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masturbator | (noun) a person who practices masturbation | Synonyms: onanist |
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mizenmast | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizen, mizzen, mizzenmast |
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mizzenmast | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizen, mizenmast, mizzen |
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ommastrephes | (noun) extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins | - |
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onomastic | (adjective) of or related to onomastics | - |
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onomasticon | (noun) a list of proper nouns naming persons or places | - |
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onomastics | (noun) the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names | - |
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overmaster | (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overpower, overwhelm |
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paymaster | (noun) a person in charge of paying wages | - |
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polymastigote | (noun) flagellates with several flagella | - |
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postmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a post office | - |
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quartermaster | (noun) an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
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quizmaster | (noun) the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game | Synonyms: question master |
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ringmaster | (noun) the person in charge of performances in a circus ring | - |
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schoolmaster | (noun) food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Lutjanus apodus |
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(noun) presiding officer of a school | Synonyms: headmaster, master |
(noun) any person (or institution) who acts as an educator | - |
scoutmaster | (noun) the leader of a troop of Scouts | - |
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spymaster | (noun) someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities | - |
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stationmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a railway station | Synonyms: station agent |
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sternocleidomastoid | (noun) one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head | Synonyms: musculus sternocleidomastoideus, sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid muscle |
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taskmaster | (noun) someone who imposes hard or continuous work | - |
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toastmaster | (noun) the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet | Synonyms: symposiarch |
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topmast | (noun) the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig | - |
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trainmaster | (noun) a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard | Synonyms: train dispatcher, yardmaster |
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webmaster | (noun) a technician who designs or maintains a website | - |
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whoremaster | (noun) a pimp who procures whores | Synonyms: whoremonger |
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(noun) a prostitute's customer | Synonyms: john, trick, whoremonger |
yardmaster | (noun) a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard | Synonyms: train dispatcher, trainmaster |
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zoomastigote | (noun) flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics | Synonyms: zooflagellate |
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