| male | (adjective) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation | - |
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| (adjective) for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys | - |
| (adjective) characteristic of a man | Synonyms: manful, manlike, manly, virile |
| (noun) an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | - |
| (noun) a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies | Synonyms: male person |
| maleate | (noun) a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation | - |
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| maleberry | (noun) deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers | Synonyms: he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina, male berry, privet andromeda |
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| maledict | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accursed, accurst |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate |
| malediction | (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) | Synonyms: imprecation |
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| malefactor | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, outlaw |
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| malefic | (adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: evil, malevolent, malign |
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| maleficence | (noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: balefulness, mischief |
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| (noun) doing or causing evil | - |
| maleficent | (adjective) harmful or evil in intent or effect | - |
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| malemute | (noun) breed of sled dog developed in Alaska | Synonyms: Alaskan malamute, malamute |
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| maleness | (noun) the properties characteristic of the male sex | Synonyms: masculinity |
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| maleo | (noun) Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches | Synonyms: Macrocephalon maleo |
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| malevolence | (noun) the quality of threatening evil | Synonyms: malevolency, malice |
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| (noun) wishing evil to others | Synonyms: malignity |
| malevolency | (noun) the quality of threatening evil | Synonyms: malevolence, malice |
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| malevolent | (adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: evil, malefic, malign |
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| (adjective) wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred | - |
| malevolently | (adverb) in a malevolent manner | - |
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