1: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units [syn: {thousand}, {a thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {k}] n 1: the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (a...

1: a semiautomatic rifle [syn: {Garand rifle}, {Garand}, {M-1 rifle}]

1: a semiautomatic rifle [syn: {Garand rifle}, {Garand}, {M-1}]

1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881) [syn: {Schleiden}, {Matthias Schleiden}]

1: the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds [syn: {beats per minute}, {bpm}, {metronome marking}]

1: a measure of the money supply; includes currency in circulation plus demand deposits or checking account balances

1: a measure of the money supply; M1 plus net time deposits (other than large certificates of deposit)

1: a measure of the money supply; M2 plus deposits at institutions that are not banks (such as savings and loan associations)

1: informal terms for a mother [syn: {mama}, {mamma}, {mom}, {momma}, {mommy}, {mammy}, {mum}, {mummy}, {mater}] 2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {Master of Arts}, {Artium Magister}, {A...

1: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: {dame}, {madam}, {lady}, {gentlewoman}]

1: an antacid

1: a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water [also: {maare} (pl)]

{maar}

1: a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands [syn: {Mariehamn}]

1: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric [syn: {macintosh}, {mackintosh}, {mack}]

1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "ma...

1: macaques; rhesus monkeys [syn: {genus Macaca}]

1: monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines [syn: {crab-eating macaque}, {croo monkey}]

1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: {rhesus}, {rhesus monkey}]

1: Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair [syn: {bonnet macaque}, {bonnet monkey}, {capped macaque}, {crown monkey}]

1: tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar [syn: {Barbary ape}]

1: broken stone used in macadamized roadways 2: a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar [syn: {tarmacadam}, {tarmac}]

1: any tree of the genus Macadamia [syn: {macadamia tree}]

1: medium-sized tree of eastern Australia having creamy-white flowers

1: small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts [syn: {macadamia nut tree}, {Macadamia ternifolia}] 2: nutlike seed with sweet...

1: small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts [syn: {macadamia nut}, {Macadamia ternifolia}]

1: small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts [syn: {macadamia nut}, {macadamia nut tree}]

1: bushy tree with pink to purple flowers [syn: {Queensland nut}]

1: any tree of the genus Macadamia [syn: {macadamia}]

1: surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: {macadamize}, {tarmac}]

1: surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: {macadamise}, {tarmac}]

1: tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts [syn: {grugru}, {gri-gri}, {grugru palm}, {Acrocomia aculeata}]

1: a Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverts to China in 1999 [syn: {Macau}]

1: monetary unit in Macao

1: short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa

1: a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" 2: pasta in the form of slender tubes [also: {macaronies} ...

1: macaroni in a cheese sauce

1: having macaroni as the base

1: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America [syn: {durum}, {durum wheat},...

1: of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; "macaronic verse"

{macaroni}

1: chewy drop cookie usually containing almond paste

1: United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964) [syn: {Douglas MacArthur}]

1: a Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverts to China in 1999 [syn: {Macao}]

1: English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859) [syn: {Thomas Babington Macaulay}, {First Baron Macaulay}, {Lord Macaulay}]

1: long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

1: king of Scotland (died in 1057)

{maccaroni}

1: United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908) [syn: {Edward MacDowell}]

1: (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization [syn: {Chemical Mace}] 2: an o...

1: an official who carries a mace of office [syn: {mace}, {macer}]

1: mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold

1: the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria [syn: {Macedonia}, {Makedonija}]

1: landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 2: the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divide...

1: of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants; "Macedonian hills" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Macedon 2: the Slavic language of modern Macedonia

1: one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in thye 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province

1: an official who carries a mace of office [syn: {macebearer}, {mace}]

1: separate into constituents by soaking 2: become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water" 3: soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and...

1: softening due to soaking or steeping 2: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) [syn: {bonyness}, {emaciation}, {gauntness}]

1: accompanied by or characterized by maceration; "macerative degeneration of the liver"

1: Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) [syn: {Robert MacGregor}, {Rob Roy}]

1: Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916) [syn: {Ernst Mach}]

1: the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound

1: wildflowers of western North America [syn: {genus Machaeranthera}]

1: wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona [syn: {sticky aster}]

1: wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico [syn: {tahoka daisy}, {tansy leaf aster}]

1: wild aster having grayish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rayes; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah [syn: {Mojave aster}]

1: a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: {matchet}, {panga}]

1: a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527) [syn: {Niccolo Machiavelli}]

1: of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"

1: the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government

1: supply with projecting galleries; "machicolate the castle walls"

1: a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy

1: wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed [syn: {jumping bristletail}]

1: jumping bristletails [syn: {family Machilidae}]

1: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" [syn: {organize}, {organise}, {prepare}, {devise}, {get...

1: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends [syn: {intrigue}]

1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: {conspirator}, {coconspirator}, {plotter}]

1: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks 2: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "t...

1: a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end; tightened with a wrench; used to connect metal parts

1: a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation [syn: {machine language}]

1: a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) v : shoot with a machine gun

1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: {artilleryman}, {cannoneer}, {gunner}]

1: a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers [syn: {computer language}, {computer-oriented language}, {machine-oriented language}] 2: a set of instructions coded so that...

1: an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform [syn: {computer operation}]

1: a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun [syn: {burp gun}]

1: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends [syn: {ward-heeler}, {political hack}, {hack}]

1: suitable for feeding directly into a computer [syn: {computer readable}]

1: a machine-readable version of a standard dictionary; organized alphabetically [syn: {MRD}, {electronic dictionary}]

1: light machine gun [syn: {automatic rifle}, {automatic}]

1: a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole; slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver

1: workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools

1: made by a sewing machine using two threads [syn: {sewing-machine stitch}]

1: a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials

1: the use of computers to translate from one language to another [syn: {MT}]

1: wash by machine; "Can these shirts be machine-washed?" [syn: {machine-wash}] [ant: {handwash}]

1: stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer [syn: {connected}]

1: operated by automation; "an automated stoker" [syn: {automated}, {machine-driven}]

1: electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image

1: operated by automation; "an automated stoker" [syn: {automated}, {machine-controlled}]

{machine-gun}

{machine-gun}

1: made by machine [ant: {handmade}]

1: a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers [syn: {computer language}, {computer-oriented language}, {machine language}]

1: electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats

1: wash by machine; "Can these shirts be machine-washed?" [syn: {machine wash}] [ant: {handwash}]

1: like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: {automatic}, {automatonlike}, {robotlike}]

1: machines or machine systems collectively 2: a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and br...

1: a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools [syn: {mechanic}, {shop mechanic}]

1: a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide opening below [syn: {metalworking vise}]

1: exaggerated masculinity

1: speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound

1: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner [syn: {butch}]

1: a man who is virile and sexually active [syn: {stud}, {he-man}]

1: the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice

{machzor}

1: a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric [syn: {mackintosh}] 2: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric [syn: {mackintosh}, {mac}, {mack}]

1: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric [syn: {macintosh}, {mackintosh}, {mac}]

1: United States filmmaker (born in Canada) noted for slapstick movies (1880-1960) [syn: {Sennett}]

1: Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North American by land north of Mexico (1764-1820) [syn: {Sir Alexander Mackenzie}] 2: a Canadian riv...