| 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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| matronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: metronymic |
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