Nouns

machicolation

noun

a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval cast...

machmeter

noun

speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative...

mackinaw

noun

a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material

mackle

noun

a printed impression that is blurred or doubled

macleish

noun

United States poet (1892-1982)

macoun

noun

similar to McIntosh; juicy and late-ripening

macrocephaly

noun

an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because...

macrocyte

noun

abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious...

macromolecule

noun

any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and an...

macron

noun

a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a lo...

macrophage

noun

a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the...

macrospore

noun

larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous p...

macula

noun

a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in...

maculation

noun

a small contrasting part of something

macule

noun

a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated;...

madrepore

noun

corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which for...

madrigalist

noun

a singer of madrigals

madwort

noun

any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of sma...

maenad

noun

an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman

magnesite

noun

a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source...

magnetograph

noun

a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (...

magnetohydrodynamics

noun

the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electric...

magneton

noun

a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subato...

magnetron

noun

a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a ce...

magnificat

noun

(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 begin...

maguey

noun

Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the...

magyarorszag

noun

a republic in central Europe

maharanee

noun

a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja

mahayana

noun

one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a...

mahican

noun

a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hud...

mahayanist

noun

an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism

mahlstick

noun

a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding...

mahonia

noun

evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central Americ...

mahound

noun

the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messe...

mahratta

noun

a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra

mahratti

noun

an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west...

maidenhair

noun

any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus...

maidenhood

noun

the childhood of a girl

maidhood

noun

the childhood of a girl

maiduguri

noun

a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading cent...

maigre

noun

large European marine food fish

maillol

noun

French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944)

mainer

noun

a native or resident of Maine

mainsheet

noun

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle a...

mainspring

noun

the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially...

maintenon

noun

French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king af...

maiolica

noun

highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

maisonette

noun

a small house

majolica

noun

highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

majuscule

noun

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first let...