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

maturity
matureness noun state of being mature; full development

maturity
due date noun the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid

maturity date
due date noun the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid

matutinal
adjective pertaining to or occurring in the morning; `took his matutinal walk`

matzo
matzoh noun brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

matzo ball
matzoh ball noun a Jewish dumpling made of matzo meal; usually served in soup

matzo meal
matzoh meal noun meal made from ground matzos

Maui
Maui Island noun the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands

maul
sledge noun a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

maule`s quince
Chaenomeles japonica noun deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

mauler
noun a fighter who batters the opponent; `Jack Dempsey was called a mauler`

maulstick
mahlstick noun a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush

Mauna Kea
noun an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands

Mauna Loa
noun an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island

maund
noun a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; `the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois`

Maundy
noun a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money

Maundy money
noun specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday
Holy Thursday noun the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper

Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant noun French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)

Mauriac
Francois Mauriac noun French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)

Maurice Chevalier
noun French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)

Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania noun a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert

Mauritanian
adjective of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants; `Mauritanian tropical fish`

Mauritanian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Mauritania

Mauritian
noun a native or inhabitant of Mauritius

Mauritian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Mauritius

Mauritian rupee
noun the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents

Mauritius
Republic of Mauritius noun a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius

Mauser
noun trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol

mausoleum
noun a large burial chamber, usually above ground

Mausoleum at Halicarnasus
noun a white marble mausoleum 140 feet high built in 352 BC at Halicarnassus as a memorial to a king; destroyed in 1402

mauve
adjective of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

mauve-blue
adjective of blue tinged with mauve

mauve-pink
adjective of pink tinged with mauve

maverick
noun an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

mawkishly
drippily adverb in a mawkish and emotional manner; `the violinist played that piece mawkishly`

mawkishness
sentimentality noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way

max
liquid ecstasy noun street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Max Weber
noun German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920)

maxi
adjective used of women`s clothing having a hemline at the ankle; `wanted a maxi-length coat`; `a maxidress`

maxillaria
noun any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers

maxillary
adjective of or relating to the upper jaw

maxillary artery
arteria maxillaris noun either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face

maxillary sinus
noun one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla

maxillary vein
vena maxillaris noun posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; joins the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein

maxillodental
adjective of or relating to the upper jaw and its associated teeth

maxillofacial
adjective of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla); `maxillofacial surgery`

maxillomandibular
adjective relating to the upper and lower jaws

maxim
axiom noun a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

Maxim gun
noun an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel

maximal
maximum adjective the greatest or most complete or best possible; `maximal expansion`; `maximum pressure`

maximally
adverb to a maximal degree; `the cells maximally responsive to lines in this orientation will fire`

Maximian
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus noun Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311)

Maximilian`s sunflower
Helianthus maximilianii noun tall perennial of central United States to Canada having golden-yellow flowers

maximization
maximisation noun the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position

maximizing
maximising adjective making as great as possible

maximum
noun the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right

maximum and minimum thermometer
noun thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time

Maxostoma
genus Maxostoma noun a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae

maxwell
Mx noun a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss

Maxwell Anderson
noun United States dramatist (1888-1959)

Maxwell`s demon
noun an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics

Maxwell`s equations
noun four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields

Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law
Boltzmann distribution law noun (physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium

Maxzide
noun trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlorothiazide and another diuretic

May
noun the month following April and preceding June

May apple
Podophyllum peltatum noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

May Day
First of May noun observed in the United States to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia in honor of labor

May queen
queen of the May noun the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival

May wine
noun a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff

Maya
Mayan noun a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya

Mayaca
genus Mayaca noun small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers

Mayacaceae
family Mayacaceae noun a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales

Mayakovski
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski noun Soviet poet; leader of Russian futurism (1893-1930)

Mayan
Maya noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; `Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar`

mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

Mayday
noun an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m`aider)

mayeng
maple-leaved bayur noun Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree

Mayenne
noun a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region

Mayetiola
genus Mayetiola noun a genus of Cecidomyidae

Mayflower
noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620

mayfly
dayfly noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days

mayhaw
summer haw noun hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves

mayhem
noun the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

mayonnaise
mayo noun egg yolks and oil and vinegar

mayor
city manager noun the head of a city government

mayoral
adjective of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor; `mayoral elections`

mayoralty
noun the position of mayor

mayoress
noun a woman mayor

maypole
noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day

maypop
Passiflora incarnata noun of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg

mayweed
dog fennel 1 stinking mayweed noun widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs

Mazama
genus Mazama noun brockets

Mazar-i-Sharif
noun a city in northern Afghanistan

Mazatlan
noun a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center

maze
labyrinth noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

mazer
noun a large hardwood drinking bowl

mazurka
noun a Polish national dance in triple time

Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini noun Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872)

Mbeya
noun a city in southwestern Tanzania