| maudlin | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| maul | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: sledge, sledgehammer |
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| (verb) injure badly by beating | Synonyms: mangle |
| (verb) split (wood) with a maul and wedges | - |
| mauler | (noun) a fighter who batters the opponent | - |
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| maulers | (noun) large strong hand (as of a fighter) | Synonyms: hooks, meat hooks |
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| maulstick | (noun) a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | Synonyms: mahlstick |
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| maund | (noun) a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries | - |
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| maunder | (verb) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | Synonyms: mumble, mussitate, mutter |
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| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| (verb) wander aimlessly | - |
| mausoleum | (noun) a large burial chamber, usually above ground | - |
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| mauve | (adjective) of a pale to moderate greyish violet color | - |
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| (noun) a moderate purple | - |