Nouns

mandola

noun

an early type of mandolin

mandrel

noun

any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger...

mandrill

noun

baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and...

mangabey

noun

large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and whi...

manganite

noun

a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a sourc...

manganate

noun

a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion

mangonel

noun

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during siege...

mangosteen

noun

East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit

manichean

noun

an adherent of Manichaeism

manichee

noun

an adherent of Manichaeism

manikin

noun

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

mankato

noun

a town in southern Minnesota

mannikin

noun

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

manometer

noun

a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas

manroot

noun

tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial...

mansard

noun

a hip roof having two slopes on each side

manslayer

noun

a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful p...

mantegna

noun

Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-15...

mantelet

noun

short cape worn by women

mantell

noun

English geologist remembered as the first person to recogniz...

mantid

noun

predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; re...

mantinea

noun

the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in...

mantispid

noun

insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the...

mantissa

noun

the positive fractional part of the representation of a loga...

mantlet

noun

portable bulletproof shelter

manubrium

noun

the upper part of the breastbone

manufactory

noun

a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities...

manumission

noun

the formal act of freeing from slavery

manx

noun

a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate o...

manzanilla

noun

very dry pale sherry from Spain

marabou

noun

large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its down...

maracaibo

noun

a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center

marasca

noun

Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice...

marasmus

noun

extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children)...

maraud

noun

a sudden short attack

marcher

noun

walks with regular or stately step

marchland

noun

district consisting of the area on either side of a border o...

marchpane

noun

almond paste and egg whites

marcionism

noun

the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejec...

margarin

noun

a glyceryl ester of margaric acid

margay

noun

small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil

marginalia

noun

notes written in the margin

mariehamn

noun

a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands

markhor

noun

large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns

markka

noun

formerly the basic unit of money in Finland

marlinespike

noun

a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of...

marlinspike

noun

a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of...

marlite

noun

metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as...

marmara

noun

an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Se...

marmora

noun

an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Se...