| manned | (adjective) having a crew | - |
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| mannequin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannikin, model |
| manner | (noun) a way of acting or behaving | Synonyms: personal manner |
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| (noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: fashion, mode, style, way |
| (noun) a kind | - |
| mannered | (adjective) having unnatural mannerisms | - |
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| mannerism | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, pose |
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| (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: foible, idiosyncrasy |
| mannerly | (adjective) socially correct in behavior | Synonyms: well-mannered |
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| manners | (noun) social deportment | - |
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| mannikin | (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: form, manakin, manikin, mannequin |
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| (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: homunculus, manikin |
| (noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | Synonyms: fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, model |
| mannish | (adjective) characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman | - |
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| (adjective) resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman | - |
| mannitol | (noun) a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine | Synonyms: Osmitrol |
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| manoeuver | (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, operate |
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| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre |
| manoeuvrability | (noun) the quality of being maneuverable | Synonyms: maneuverability |
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| manoeuvrable | (adjective) capable of maneuvering or changing position | Synonyms: maneuverable |
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| manoeuvre | (noun) a move made to gain a tactical end | Synonyms: maneuver, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre |
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| (noun) an action aimed at evading an opponent | Synonyms: evasive action, maneuver |
| (noun) a military training exercise | Synonyms: maneuver, simulated military operation |
| (noun) a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill | Synonyms: maneuver, play |
| (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, tactic, tactics |
| (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuver, operate |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuver |
| manoeuvrer | (noun) a person skilled in maneuvering | Synonyms: maneuverer |
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| manometer | (noun) a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas | - |
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| manor | (noun) the mansion of a lord or wealthy person | Synonyms: manor house |
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| (noun) the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) | - |
| manorial | (adjective) of or relating to or based on the manor | - |
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| manpower | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, men, work force, workforce |
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| manque | (adjective) unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition | Synonyms: would-be |
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| manroot | (noun) tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato | Synonyms: Ipomoea fastigiata, Ipomoea panurata, man-of-the-earth, scammonyroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine |
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| mansard | (adjective) (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper | - |
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| (noun) a hip roof having two slopes on each side | Synonyms: mansard roof |
| manse | (noun) the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman) | - |
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| (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, mansion, mansion house, residence |
| manservant | (noun) a man servant | - |
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| mansion | (noun) a large and imposing house | Synonyms: hall, manse, mansion house, residence |
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| (noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: house, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
| manslaughter | (noun) homicide without malice aforethought | - |
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| manslayer | (noun) a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | Synonyms: liquidator, murderer |
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| manta | (noun) extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned | Synonyms: devilfish, manta ray |
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| (noun) a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl | - |
| mantel | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece |
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| mantelet | (noun) short cape worn by women | Synonyms: mantilla |
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| (noun) portable bulletproof shelter | Synonyms: mantlet |
| mantelpiece | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantel, mantle, mantlepiece |
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| mantic | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy | Synonyms: divinatory, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical |
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| mantichora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: manticora, manticore, mantiger |
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| manticora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticore, mantiger |
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| manticore | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticora, mantiger |
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| mantid | (noun) predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer | Synonyms: mantis |
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| mantiger | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: mantichora, manticora, manticore |
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| mantilla | (noun) a woman's silk or lace scarf | - |
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| (noun) short cape worn by women | Synonyms: mantelet |
| mantis | (noun) predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer | Synonyms: mantid |
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| mantispid | (noun) insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps | - |
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| mantissa | (noun) the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808 | Synonyms: fixed-point part |
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| mantle | (noun) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter | Synonyms: cape |
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| (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, pall |
| (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece |
| (noun) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell | Synonyms: pallium |
| (noun) the cloak as a symbol of authority | - |
| (noun) the layer of the earth between the crust and the core | - |
| (noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: blanket |
| (verb) cover like a mantle | - |
| (verb) spread over a surface, like a mantle | - |
| mantled | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, draped, wrapped |
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| mantlepiece | (noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantle |
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| mantlet | (noun) portable bulletproof shelter | Synonyms: mantelet |
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| mantra | (noun) (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns | - |
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| (noun) a commonly repeated word or phrase | - |
| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| mantua | (noun) loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries | - |
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| manual | (adjective) requiring human effort | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the hands | - |
| (adjective) doing or requiring physical work | - |
| (noun) (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle | Synonyms: manual of arms |
| (noun) a small handbook | - |
| manually | (adverb) by hand | - |
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| manubrium | (noun) the upper part of the breastbone | - |
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| manufactory | (noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | Synonyms: factory, manufacturing plant, mill |
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| manufacture | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: industry |
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| (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | Synonyms: fabrication, manufacturing |
| (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: construct, fabricate |
| (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up |
| (verb) create or produce in a mechanical way | - |
| (verb) produce naturally | - |
| manufactured | (adjective) produced in a large-scale industrial operation | - |
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| manufacturer | (noun) a business engaged in manufacturing some product | Synonyms: maker, manufacturing business |
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| (noun) someone who manufactures something | Synonyms: producer |
| manufacturing | (noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | Synonyms: fabrication, manufacture |
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| manul | (noun) small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia | Synonyms: Felis manul, Pallas's cat |
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| manumission | (noun) the formal act of freeing from slavery | - |
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| manumit | (verb) free from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: emancipate |
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| manumitter | (noun) someone who frees others from bondage | Synonyms: emancipator |
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| manure | (noun) any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material | - |
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| (verb) spread manure, as for fertilization | Synonyms: muck |
| manus | (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: hand, mitt, paw |
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| manuscript | (noun) the form of a literary work submitted for publication | Synonyms: ms |
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| (noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: holograph |
| many | (adjective) a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; quantifier, plural pronoun; quantifier, plural | - |
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| manzanita | (noun) chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America | - |
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| (noun) evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning | Synonyms: Arbutus menziesii, madrona, madrono |
| map | (noun) a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it) | - |
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| (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function |
| (verb) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) | Synonyms: represent |
| (verb) explore or survey for the purpose of making a map | - |
| (verb) make a map of; show or establish the features of details of | - |
| (verb) depict as if on a map | - |
| (verb) plan, delineate, or arrange in detail | Synonyms: map out |
| (verb) locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences | - |
| mapinguari | (noun) supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest | - |
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| maple | (noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone | - |
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| (noun) wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring | - |
| maplelike | (adjective) resembling maple | Synonyms: maple-like |
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| mapmaking | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: cartography |
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| mapper | (noun) a clerk who marks data on a chart | Synonyms: plotter |
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| mapping | (noun) (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome | Synonyms: chromosome mapping |
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| (noun) the process of making maps | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, map, mathematical function, single-valued function |
| mapquest | (verb) search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program | - |
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| maquiladora | (noun) an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
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| mar | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: blemish, defect |
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| (verb) destroy or injure severely | Synonyms: mutilate |
| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, impair, spoil, vitiate |
| mara | (noun) hare-like rodent of the Pampas of Argentina | Synonyms: Dolichotis patagonum |
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| marabou | (noun) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments | Synonyms: Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou stork, marabout |
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| (noun) the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments | - |
| marabout | (noun) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments | Synonyms: Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabou stork |
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| maraca | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs | - |
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| marang | (noun) tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp | - |
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| (noun) Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit | Synonyms: Artocarpus odoratissima, marang tree |
| maranta | (noun) any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves | - |
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| marasca | (noun) Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca |
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| (noun) small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made | - |
| maraschino | (noun) cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: maraschino cherry |
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| (noun) distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries | Synonyms: maraschino liqueur |
| marasmus | (noun) extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders | - |
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| marathon | (noun) any long and arduous undertaking | Synonyms: endurance contest |
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| (noun) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards | - |
| marathoner | (noun) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) | Synonyms: long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
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| maraud | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, raid |
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| (verb) raid and rove in search of booty | - |
| marauder | (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: piranha, predator, vulture |
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| marauding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: predatory, raiding |
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| (noun) Raiding and pillaging. | - |
| maravilla | (noun) leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico | Synonyms: Mirabilis longiflora, sweet four o'clock |
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| (noun) wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico | Synonyms: Colorado four o'clock, desert four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora |
| marble | (noun) a small ball of glass that is used in various games | - |
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| (noun) a sculpture carved from marble | - |
| (noun) a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material | - |
| (verb) paint or stain like marble | - |
| marbled | (adjective) patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble | Synonyms: marbleised, marbleized |
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| marbleisation | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleising, marbleization, marbleizing |
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| marbleise | (verb) make something look like marble | Synonyms: marbleize |
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| marbleised | (adjective) patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble | Synonyms: marbled, marbleized |
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| marbleising | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleization, marbleizing |
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| marbleization | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleising, marbleizing |
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| marbleize | (verb) make something look like marble | Synonyms: marbleise |
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| marbleized | (adjective) patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble | Synonyms: marbled, marbleised |
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| marbleizing | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleising, marbleization |
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