| maid | (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maiden |
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| (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maidservant |
| maiden | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory |
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| (noun) an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) | Synonyms: maid |
| (noun) (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored | Synonyms: maiden over |
| maidenhair | (noun) any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds | Synonyms: maidenhair fern |
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| maidenhead | (noun) a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin | Synonyms: hymen, virginal membrane |
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| maidenhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: girlhood, maidhood |
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| maidenlike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a maiden | Synonyms: maidenly |
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| maidenliness | (noun) behavior befitting a young maiden | - |
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| maidenly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a maiden | Synonyms: maidenlike |
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| maidhood | (noun) the childhood of a girl | Synonyms: girlhood, maidenhood |
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| maidism | (noun) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | Synonyms: Alpine scurvy, mal de la rosa, mal rosso, mayidism, pellagra, Saint Ignatius' itch |
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| maidservant | (noun) a female domestic | Synonyms: amah, housemaid, maid |
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| maiger | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maigre, Sciaena aquila |
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| maigre | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maiger, Sciaena aquila |
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| maikoa | (noun) a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers | Synonyms: angel's trumpet, Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea |
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| mail | (noun) (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings | Synonyms: chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail |
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| (noun) a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system | - |
| (noun) the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office | Synonyms: mail service, post, postal service |
| (noun) the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service | - |
| (noun) any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: post, send |
| (verb) send via the postal service | Synonyms: get off |
| mailbag | (noun) letter carrier's shoulder bag | Synonyms: postbag |
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| (noun) pouch used in the shipment of mail | Synonyms: mail pouch |
| mailboat | (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, packet, packet boat |
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| mailbox | (noun) a private box for delivery of mail | Synonyms: letter box |
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| (noun) public box for deposit of mail | Synonyms: letter box, postbox |
| maildrop | (noun) a drop where mail can be deposited | - |
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| mailed | (adjective) wearing protective mail | Synonyms: mail-clad |
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| mailer | (noun) a container for something to be mailed | - |
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| (noun) an advertisement that is sent by mail | - |
| (noun) a person who mails something | - |
| mailing | (noun) the transmission of a letter | Synonyms: posting |
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| (noun) mail sent by a sender at one time | - |
| maillot | (noun) tights for dancers or gymnasts | - |
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| (noun) a woman's one-piece bathing suit | Synonyms: tank suit |
| mailman | (noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier, postman |
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| mailsorter | (noun) a sorter for sorting mail according to the address | - |
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| maim | (verb) injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation | - |
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| maimed | (adjective) having a part of the body crippled or disabled | Synonyms: mutilated |
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| (noun) people who are wounded | Synonyms: wounded |
| maimer | (noun) a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples | Synonyms: mangler, mutilator |
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| main | (adjective) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | Synonyms: independent |
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| (adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, master, primary, principal |
| (adjective) of force; of the greatest possible intensity | - |
| (noun) a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage | - |
| (noun) any very large body of (salt) water | Synonyms: briny |
| mainframe | (noun) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | Synonyms: C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, processor |
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| (noun) a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room | Synonyms: mainframe computer |
| mainland | (noun) the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula | - |
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| mainline | (verb) inject into the vein | - |
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| mainly | (adverb) for the most part | Synonyms: chiefly, in the main, primarily, principally |
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| mainmast | (noun) the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts | - |
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| mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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| mainsheet | (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet |
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| mainspring | (noun) the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism | - |
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| mainstay | (noun) the forestay that braces the mainmast | - |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: anchor, backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin |
| (noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: pillar |
| mainstream | (noun) the prevailing current of thought | - |
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| mainstreamed | (adjective) (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes | - |
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| maintain | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, observe |
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| (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, asseverate |
| (verb) state or assert | Synonyms: defend |
| (verb) support against an opponent | Synonyms: uphold |
| (verb) maintain by writing regular records | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, sustain |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, preserve |
| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, wield |
| (verb) maintain for use and service | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: hold, keep |
| maintainable | (adjective) capable of being maintained | - |
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| maintained | (adjective) kept in good condition | Synonyms: kept up, well-kept |
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| (adjective) continued in your keeping or use or memory | Synonyms: retained |
| maintainer | (noun) someone who upholds or maintains | Synonyms: sustainer, upholder |
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| maintenance | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, upkeep |
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| (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep |
| (noun) the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community | Synonyms: criminal maintenance |
| (noun) means of maintenance of a family or group | - |
| (noun) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated | Synonyms: alimony |
| maiolica | (noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide | Synonyms: majolica |
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| maisonette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonnette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonnette |
| maisonnette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonette |
| maize | (noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow |
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| (noun) tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times | Synonyms: corn, Indian corn, Zea mays |