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

major(ip)
adjective of the elder of two boys with the same family name; `Jones major`

Majorana
genus Majorana noun small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum

Majorca
noun the largest of the Balearic Islands

majority
noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; `the majority of his customers prefer it`; `the bulk of the work is finished`

majority leader
noun leader of the majority party in a legislature

majority operation
noun a threshold operation in which each operand is 0 or 1; output is 1 if and only if more than half the operands have the value 1

majority opinion
noun the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion`)

majority rule
noun the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

majuscular
adjective of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules

majuscule
adjective of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

Makaira
genus Makaira noun marlins

Makalu
noun a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high)

Makarios III
noun Greek Orthodox bishop and archbishop of Cyprus and the first president of independent Cyprus (1913-1977)

make
piddle verb eliminate urine; `Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug`

make a point
make sure verb make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

make a work
verb proceed along a path; `work one`s way through the crowd`; `make one`s way into the forest`

make grow
verb cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; `The perfect climate here develops the grain`; `He developed a new kind of apple`

make pass
verb cause to pass; `She passed around the plates`

make up
verb put in order or neaten; `make the bed`; `make up a room`

make-believe
pretend adjective imagined as in a play; `the make-believe world of theater`; `play money`; `dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish`

makeover
noun an overall beauty treatment (involving a person`s hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person`s appearance

maker
shaper noun a person who makes things

makeready
noun final preparation and adjustments

makeshift
stopgap noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

makeup
make-up noun cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

makeweight
noun a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight

making
noun (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; `the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake`

mako
mako shark noun powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific

makomako
New Zealand wine berry noun graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine

Maksutov telescope
noun reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens

Maktab al-Khidmat
MAK noun a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fights the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda

Malabo
noun the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea

malabsorption
noun abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract

malabsorption syndrome
noun a pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea; associated with celiac disease and sprue and cystic fibrosis

Malacanthidae
family Malacanthidae noun short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored

malacca
malacca cane noun a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm

Malachi
Malachias noun an Old Testament book containing the prophecies of Malachi

malachite
noun a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects

malacia
noun a state of abnormal softening of tissue

Malaclemys
genus Malaclemys noun American terrapins

malacologist
noun a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks

malacology
noun the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks

Malaconotinae
subfamily Malaconotinae noun an African bush shrikes

Malacopterygii
superorder Malacopterygii noun an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays

Malacosoma
genus Malacosoma noun tent caterpillars

Malacosoma americana
noun moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars

Malacostraca
subclass Malacostraca noun largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies

malacostracan crustacean
noun a major subclass of crustaceans

Malacothamnus
genus Malacothamnus noun genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow

maladaptive
adjective showing faulty adaptation

maladjusted
adjective not well adjusted; `a maladjusted carburetor`

maladjustive
adjective poorly adjusted

maladjustment
noun the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

maladroit
adjective not adroit; `a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve`; `a maladroit translation`; `maladroit propaganda`

maladroitly
adverb in a maladroit manner; `he dealt with the situation maladroitly`

Malaga
noun a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean

malahini
noun a newcomer to Hawaii

malaise
unease noun physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

Malamud
Bernard Malamud noun United States writer (1914-1986)

malamute
malemute noun breed of sled dog developed in Alaska

malapropism
malaprop noun the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

malapropos
adjective of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature

malaria
noun an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever

malarial
adjective of or infected by or resembling malaria; `malarial fever`

malarial mosquito
malaria mosquito noun transmits the malaria parasite

Malathion
noun a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites

malathion poisoning
noun a toxic condition caused by inhaling or ingesting the insecticide Malathion

Malawi
Republic of Malawi noun a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

Malawi kwacha
noun the basic unit of money in Malawi

Malawian
adjective relating to or characteristic of Malawi or its people or culture; `Malawian hills`; `Malawian soldiers`

Malawian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Malawi

Malaxis
genus Malaxis noun large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan

Malay
Malayan adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; `Malay peoples`; `Malayan syllable structure`

Malay Archipelago
East Indies noun a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia

Malay Peninsula
noun a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar

Malayalam
noun a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India

Malayan tapir
Indian tapir noun a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra

Malayo-Polynesian
adjective of or relating to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages

Malaysia
Malaya noun a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957

Malaysian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; `Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers`; `Malayan crocodiles`

Malaysian monetary unit
noun monetary unit is Malaysia

Malcolm stock
noun any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

Malcolm X
Malcolm Little noun militant civil rights leader (1925-1965)

Malcolmia
genus Malcolmia noun genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan

malcontent
noun a person who is discontented or disgusted

Maldive Islands
noun a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

Maldives
Republic of Maldives noun a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965

Maldives
noun a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

Maldivian
Maldivan noun a native or inhabitant of Maldives

Maldon
Battle of Maldon noun a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem

male
adjective being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation; `a male infant`; `a male holly tree`

male
manlike adjective characteristic of a man; `a deep male voice`; `manly sports`

male aristocrat
noun a man who is an aristocrat

male body
noun the body of a male human being

male bonding
noun the formation of a close personal relationship between men; `the rituals known as male bonding do not necessarily involve drinking beer together`

male chauvinism
chauvinism 1 antifeminism noun activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

male chauvinist
sexist noun a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women

male chest
noun the chest of a man

male child
boy noun a youthful male person; `the baby was a boy`; `she made the boy brush his teeth every night`; `most soldiers are only boys in uniform`

male fern
Dryopteris filix-mas noun fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms