| 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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| mat | (adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy | Synonyms: flat, matt, matte, matted |
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| (noun) a thick flat pad used as a floor covering | - |
| (noun) sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports | Synonyms: gym mat |
| (noun) a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it | - |
| (noun) mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture | Synonyms: matting |
| (noun) a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete | Synonyms: raft, raft foundation |
| (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, matt, matte |
| (noun) a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven | - |
| (verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like | Synonyms: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up |
| (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, snarl, tangle |
| matador | (noun) the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull | - |
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| matai | (noun) conifer of Australia and New Zealand | Synonyms: black pine, Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia |
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| match | (noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | Synonyms: friction match, lucifer |
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| (noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: mate |
| (noun) a burning piece of wood or cardboard | - |
| (noun) something that resembles or harmonizes with | - |
| (noun) a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete | - |
| (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: couple, mates |
| (noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | Synonyms: compeer, equal, peer |
| (noun) a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | Synonyms: catch |
| (noun) the score needed to win a match | - |
| (verb) be equal or harmonize | - |
| (verb) make correspond or harmonize | Synonyms: fit |
| (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, equate |
| (verb) set into opposition or rivalry | Synonyms: oppose, pit, play off |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair, twin |
| (verb) give or join in marriage | - |
| (verb) provide funds complementary to | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally |
| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: equal, rival, touch |
| matchboard | (noun) a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) | - |
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| matchbook | (noun) a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
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| matchbox | (noun) a box for holding matches | - |
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| matchbush | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchweed |
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| matched | (adjective) going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities | - |
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| (adjective) provided with a worthy adversary or competitor | - |
| matcher | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matchmaker |
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| matchet | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: machete, panga |
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| matching | (adjective) intentionally matched | Synonyms: co-ordinated, coordinated |
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| (adjective) being two identical | Synonyms: duplicate, twin, twinned |
| matchless | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled |
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| matchlessness | (noun) The state or condition of being matchless, of having no equal. | Synonyms: peerlessness |
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| matchlock | (noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
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| matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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| matchmaking | (noun) mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others | - |
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| matchstick | (noun) a short thin stick of wood used in making matches | - |
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| matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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| matchweed | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchbush |
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| matchwood | (noun) fragments of wood | - |
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| (noun) wood suitable for making matchsticks | - |
| (noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: splinters |
| mate | (noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | Synonyms: checkmate |
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| (noun) an exact duplicate | Synonyms: match |
| (noun) South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate | - |
| (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, partner, spouse |
| (noun) the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) | - |
| (noun) the officer below the master on a commercial ship | Synonyms: first mate |
| (noun) informal term for a friend of the same sex | - |
| (noun) a fellow member of a team | Synonyms: teammate |
| (noun) South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea | Synonyms: Ilex paraguariensis, Paraguay tea |
| (noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: fellow |
| (verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | Synonyms: checkmate |
| (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, pair |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, pair, twin |
| mated | (adjective) mated sexually | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a marriage partner | - |
| (adjective) occurring in pairs or as a pair | Synonyms: paired |
| mateless | (adjective) of someone who has no marriage partner | - |
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| (adjective) without a sexual mate | - |
| matelote | (noun) highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock | - |
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| mater | (noun) an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously | - |
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| materfamilias | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: matriarch |
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| material | (adjective) derived from or composed of matter | - |
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| (adjective) directly relevant to a matter especially a law case | - |
| (adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary | Synonyms: real, substantial |
| (adjective) having material or physical form or substance | Synonyms: corporeal |
| (adjective) concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being | - |
| (adjective) concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests | - |
| (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, textile |
| (noun) things needed for doing or making something | - |
| (noun) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form | - |
| (noun) a person judged suitable for admission or employment | - |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: stuff |
| materialisation | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialization |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialization, offspring |
| (noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialization |
| materialise | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialize |
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| materialism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality | Synonyms: physicalism |
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| (noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | Synonyms: philistinism |
| materialist | (noun) someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter | - |
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| (noun) someone with great regard for material possessions | - |
| materialistic | (adjective) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | Synonyms: bourgeois, conservative |
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| (adjective) marked by materialism | Synonyms: mercenary, worldly-minded |
| materialistically | (adverb) in a materialistic manner | - |
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| materiality | (noun) the quality of being physical; consisting of matter | Synonyms: corporality, corporeality, physicalness |
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| (noun) relevance requiring careful consideration | - |
| materialization | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialisation |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, offspring |
| (noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialisation |
| materialize | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialise |
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| materially | (adverb) with respect to material aspects | - |
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| (adverb) to a significant degree | - |
| materiel | (noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: equipage |
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| maternal | (adjective) characteristic of a mother | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: parental, paternal |
| (adjective) relating to or derived from one's mother | - |
| (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, enatic |
| maternalism | (noun) motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children | - |
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| (noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternity, motherliness |
| maternalistic | (adjective) showing maternal instincts | - |
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| maternally | (adverb) in a maternal manner; as a mother | Synonyms: motherly |
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| maternity | (noun) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | Synonyms: maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness |
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| (noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | Synonyms: motherhood |
| (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: gestation, pregnancy |
| mates | (noun) a pair of people who live together | Synonyms: couple, match |
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| matey | (adjective) (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals | Synonyms: chummy, pally, palsy-walsy |
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| math | (noun) a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | Synonyms: mathematics, maths |
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| mathematical | (adjective) relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers | Synonyms: numerical |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics | - |
| (adjective) characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics | - |
| (adjective) statistically possible though highly improbable | - |
| (adjective) beyond question | - |
| mathematically | (adverb) with respect to mathematics | - |
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| mathematician | (noun) a person skilled in mathematics | - |
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| mathematics | (noun) a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | Synonyms: math, maths |
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| maths | (noun) a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | Synonyms: math, mathematics |
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| matinee | (noun) a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon) | - |
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| mating | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, pairing, sexual union, union |
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| matins | (noun) the first canonical hour; at daybreak | Synonyms: morning prayer |
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| matman | (noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: grappler, wrestler |
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| matriarch | (noun) a female head of a family or tribe | Synonyms: materfamilias |
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| (noun) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) | - |
| matriarchal | (adjective) characteristic of a matriarchy | - |
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| matriarchate | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchy |
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| matriarchic | (adjective) (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line | - |
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| matriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchate |
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| matric | (noun) admission to a group (especially a college or university) | Synonyms: matriculation |
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| matricentric | (adjective) centered upon the mother | - |
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| matricide | (noun) the murder of your mother | - |
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| (noun) a person who murders their mother | - |
| matriculate | (noun) someone who has been admitted to a college or university | - |
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| (verb) enroll as a student | - |
| matriculation | (noun) admission to a group (especially a college or university) | Synonyms: matric |
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| matrikin | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
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| matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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| matrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilinear |
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| matrilineality | (noun) a system in which a person's descent is traced through their mother and her maternal ancestors. | - |
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| matrilineally | (adverb) by descent through the female line | - |
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| matrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilineal |
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| matrimonial | (adjective) of or relating to the state of marriage | Synonyms: marital, married |
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| matrimony | (noun) the ceremony or sacrament of marriage | - |
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| (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: marriage, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| matrisib | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib |
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| matrix | (noun) mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface | - |
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| (noun) the formative tissue at the base of a nail | - |
| (noun) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded | Synonyms: ground substance, intercellular substance |
| (noun) (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules | - |
| (noun) an enclosure within which something originates or develops | - |
| (noun) (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded | - |
| matron | (noun) a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified | - |
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| (noun) a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution | - |
| (noun) a wardress in a prison | - |
| matronly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman | - |
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