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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

maiden blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora noun small widely branching Western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado

maiden flight
noun the first flight of its kind; `the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989`

maiden name
noun a woman`s surname before marriage

maiden over
maiden noun (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

maiden pink
Dianthus deltoides noun low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center

maiden voyage
noun the first voyage of its kind; `in 1912 the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden voyage`

maidenhair
maidenhair fern noun any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds

maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes noun small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds

maidenlike
maidenly adjective befitting or characteristic of a maiden; `a maidenly blush`

maidenliness
noun behavior befitting a young maiden

maidservant
housemaid noun a female domestic

Maidu
noun a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California

Maiduguri
Yerwa-Maiduguri noun a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center

maigre
maiger noun large European marine food fish

maikoa
Brugmansia arborea noun a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

mail
post noun any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; `your mail is on the table`; `is there any post for me?`; `she was opening her post`

mail call
noun a call of names of those receiving mail

mail car
noun a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted

mail fraud
noun use of the mails to defraud someone

mail order
noun a purchase negotiated by mail

mail pouch
noun pouch used in the shipment of mail

mail slot
noun a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered

mail train
noun a train that carries mail

mail-cheeked
adjective having bony plates on the sides of the head

mail-clad
mailed adjective wearing protective mail

mail-order buying
catalog buying noun buying goods to be shipped through the mail

mailbag
postbag noun letter carrier`s shoulder bag; `in England they call a mailbag a postbag`

mailbag
noun pouch used in the shipment of mail

mailboat
mail boat noun a boat for carrying mail

mailbox
letter box noun a private box for delivery of mail

maildrop
noun a drop where mail can be deposited

mailer
noun a container for something to be mailed

mailing
posting noun the transmission of a letter; `the postmark indicates the time of mailing`

mailing address
noun the address where a person or organization can be communicated with

mailing list
noun a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed

Maillol
Aristide Maillol noun French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944)

maillot
noun tights for dancers or gymnasts

maillot
noun a woman`s one-piece bathing suit

mailman
postman noun a man who delivers the mail

mailsorter
noun a sorter for sorting mail according to the address

maimed
mutilated adjective having a part of the body crippled or disabled

Maimonides
Moses Maimonides noun Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)

main
noun a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

main clause
independent clause noun a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

main course
noun a square mainsail

main deck
second deck noun the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel

main diagonal
principal diagonal noun the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry

main drag
noun the main street of a town or city

main line
noun the principal route of a transportation system

main rotor
noun rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air

main street
high street noun street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town

main yard
noun yard for a square mainsail

main-topmast
noun the topmast next above the mainmast

main-topsail
noun a topsail set on the mainmast

main(a)
adjective of force; of the greatest possible intensity; `by main strength`

main(a)
primary(a) adjective most important element; `the chief aim of living`; `the main doors were of solid glass`; `the principal rivers of America`; `the principal example`; `policemen were primary targets`

Maine
Pine Tree State noun a state in New England

Mainer
Down Easter noun a native or resident of Maine

mainframe
noun a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room

mainframe computer
noun a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room

mainland
noun the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula

mainmast
noun the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts

mainsail
noun the lowermost sail on the mainmast

mainsheet
weather sheet noun (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

mainspring
noun the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

mainstay
noun the forestay that braces the mainmast

mainstream
noun the prevailing current of thought; `his thinking was in the American mainstream`

mainstreamed
adjective (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes

maintainable
adjective capable of being maintained

maintenance
noun means of maintenance of a family or group

maintenance
noun the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; `unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit`

Maintenon
Marquise de Maintenon noun French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)

maisonette
maisonnette noun a small house

Maitland
Frederic William Maitland noun English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)

Maitreya
noun the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama

Maja
genus Maja noun type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

majagua
purau noun shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament

majestic
olympian adjective majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; `his majestic presence`; `olympian detachment`; `olympian beauty and serene composure`

majestically
adverb in a majestic manner; `flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes`

majesty
noun impressiveness in scale or proportion

Majidae
family Majidae noun spider crabs

majolica
maiolica noun highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

major
noun the principal field of study of a student at a university; `her major is linguistics`

major axis
noun the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci

major depressive episode
noun (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction

major fast day
noun one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar

major form class
noun any of the parts of speech of traditional grammar

major key
major mode noun a key whose harmony is based on the major scale

major league
big league noun the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

major leaguer
big leaguer noun a member of a major-league baseball team

major lobe
noun the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam

major premise
major premiss noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)

major scale
major diatonic scale noun a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

major suit
noun (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts

major surgery
noun any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance

major term
noun the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion

major tranquilizer
major tranquillizer noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired

major-domo
seneschal noun the chief steward or butler of a great household

major-general
noun a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general

major-league team
major-league club noun a team that plays in a major league