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

Mann
Thomas Mann noun German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955)

Mann
noun United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)

manna
noun hardened sugary exudation of various trees

manna ash
flowering ash 1 Fraxinus ornus noun southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna

manna grass
sweet grass noun any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor

manna gum
Eucalyptus viminalis noun tall tree yielding a false manna

manna lichen
noun any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals

manned
adjective having a crew; `a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step`

mannequin
manikin noun a life-size dummy used to display clothes

manner
style noun how something is done or how it happens; `her dignified manner`; `his rapid manner of talking`; `their nomadic mode of existence`; `in the characteristic New York style`; `a lonely way of life`; `in an abrasive fashion`

manner of speaking
speech 5 delivery noun your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; `his manner of speaking was quite abrupt`; `her speech was barren of southernisms`; `I detected a slight accent in his speech`

mannered
adjective having unnatural mannerisms; `brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom`

mannerly
well-mannered adjective socially correct in behavior

manners
noun social deportment; `he has the manners of a pig`

Mannheim
noun a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers

mannish
adjective characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; `true mannish arrogance`

mannitol
Osmitrol noun a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine

manoeuver
verb act in order to achieve a certain goal; `He maneuvered to get the chairmanship`; `She maneuvered herself into the directorship`

manoeuvre
noun a military training exercise

manometer
noun a pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas

manor
manor house noun the mansion of a lord or wealthy person

manor hall
noun the large room of a manor or castle

manorial
adjective of or relating to or based on the manor; `manorial accounts`

MANPAD
noun a man-portable surface-to-air missile

manque
would-be(a) adjective unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

mansard
adjective (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper; `the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret`

Mansart
Francois Mansart noun French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666)

manse
noun the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman)

manservant
noun a man servant

Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield noun New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923)

Mansi
Vogul noun the Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Vogul

mansion
mansion house noun a large and imposing house

manslaughter
noun homicide without malice aforethought

Manson
Sir Patrick Manson noun Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)

manta
manta ray noun extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna noun Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506)

mantel
mantelpiece noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; `in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece`

mantelet
noun short cape worn by women

mantelet
noun portable bulletproof shelter

Mantell
Gideon Algernon Mantell noun English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852)

Manteodea
suborder Manteodea noun mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera

manticore
mantichora noun a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion

Mantidae
family Mantidae noun mantises

mantilla
noun a woman`s silk or lace scarf

Mantinea
Mantineia noun the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC

mantis
mantid noun predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

mantis shrimp
mantis crab noun tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages

mantispid
noun insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps

Mantispidae
family Mantispidae noun mantispids

mantissa
fixed-point part noun the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808

mantle
pallium noun (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

mantled ground squirrel
Citellus lateralis noun common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk

mantlet
noun portable bulletproof shelter

Mantophasmatodea
order mantophasmatodea noun an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region

Mantoux test
noun tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure (past or present) to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing

mantra
noun (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance` in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns

mantrap
noun a trap for catching trespassers

mantua
noun loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries

manual
adjective of or relating to the hands; `manual dexterity`

manual alphabet
finger alphabet noun an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions

manual labor
manual labour noun labor done with the hands

manual of arms
manual noun (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

manual(a)
adjective doing or requiring physical work; `manual labor`; `manual laborer`

manually
adverb by hand; `this car shifts manually`

manubrium
noun the upper part of the breastbone

Manuel Rodriquez Patriotic Front
noun a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party

manufacturer
maker noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product

manul
Pallas`s cat noun small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia

manumission
noun the formal act of freeing from slavery; `he believed in the manumission of the slaves`

manure
noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material

manuscript
noun the form of a literary work submitted for publication

manuscript
noun handwritten book or document

Manx
adjective of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language; `the Manx fishing industry`; `there are few Manx speakers alive today`

Manx cat
noun a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man

Manx shearwater
Puffinus puffinus noun small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic

many
adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as` or `too` or `so` or `that`; amounting to a large but indefinite number; `many temptations`; `the temptations are many`; `a good many`; `a great many`; `many directions`; `take as many apples as you like`; `too many clouds to see`; `never saw so many people`

many a(a)
many an(a) adjective each of a large indefinite number; `many a man`; `many another day will come`

many-chambered
adjective having many chambers

many-lobed
adjective having many lobes

many-sided
multifaceted adjective having many aspects; `a many-sided subject`; `a multifaceted undertaking`; `multifarious interests`; `the multifarious noise of a great city`

Manzanilla
noun very dry pale sherry from Spain

Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni noun Italian novelist and poet (1785-1873)

Mao
Mao Zedong noun Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)

Mao jacket
noun a light weight jacket with a high collar; worn by Mao Zedong and the Chinese people during his regime

Maoism
noun a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong

Maoist
adjective of or relating to Maoism

Maori
noun the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand

map
noun a diagrammatic representation of the earth`s surface (or part of it)

map projection
noun a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude

map-reader
noun a person who can read maps; `he is a good map-reader`

mapinguari
noun supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reported sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest

maple
noun any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

maple sugar
noun sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree

maple syrup
noun made by concentrating sap from sugar maples

maple syrup urine disease
branched chain ketoaciduria noun an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood

maple-leaf
noun the emblem of Canada

maplelike
maple-like adjective resembling maple; `maplelike leaves`

mapmaking
cartography noun the making of maps and charts

mapper
noun a clerk who marks data on a chart

mapping
chromosome mapping noun (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome