Mah-Jongg
1: Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles [syn: {mahjong}]
Maha
1: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska [syn: {Omaha}]
Mahabharata
1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families [syn: {Mahabharatam}, {Mahabharatum}]
Mahabharatam
1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families [syn: {Mahabharata}, {Mahabharatum}]
Mahabharatum
1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families [syn: {Mahabharata}, {Mahabharatam}]
mahagua
1: 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 [syn: {mahoe}, {maja...
Mahalia Jackson
1: United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) [syn: {Jackson}]
Mahan
1: United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914) [syn: {Alfred Thayer Mahan}]
maharaja
1: a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja [syn: {maharajah}]
maharajah
1: a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja [syn: {maharaja}]
maharanee
1: a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja [syn: {maharani}]
maharani
1: a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja [syn: {maharanee}]
mahatma
1: (Hinduism) term of respect for a Brahmin sage
Mahatma Gandhi
1: political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948) [syn: {Gandhi}, {Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi}]
Mahayana
1: a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia 2: one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search ...
Mahayana Buddhism
1: one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan [syn: {Mahayana}...
Mahernia verticillata
1: African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs [syn: {honey bell}, {honeybells}, {Hermannia verticillata}]
Mahgrib
1: the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia [syn: {Maghreb}]
Mahican
1: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic [syn: {Mohican}] 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican people [syn: {Mohican}]
mahimahi
1: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii) [syn: {dolphinfish}] 2: large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) [syn:...
mahjong
1: Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles [syn: {Mah-Jongg}]
Mahler
1: Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) [syn: {Gustav Mahler}]
mahlstick
1: a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush [syn: {maulstick}]
mahoe
1: 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 [syn: {majagua}, {ma...
mahogany
1: wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture 2: any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard y...
mahogany family
1: tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees [syn: {Meliaceae}, {family Meliaceae}]
mahogany tree
1: any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish [sy...
Mahomet
1: the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) [syn: {Mohammed}, {Mohammad}, {Muhammad}, {Mahound}]
Mahonia
1: evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia [syn: {genus Mahonia}]
Mahonia aquifolium
1: ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries [syn: {Oregon grape}, {Oregon holly grape}...
Mahonia nervosa
1: small shrub with gray-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries [syn: {Oregon grape}]
Mahound
1: the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) [syn: {Mohammed}, {Mohammad}, {Muhammad}, {Mahomet}]
mahout
1: the driver and keeper of an elephant
Mahratta
1: a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra [syn: {Maratha}]
Mahratti
1: an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script [syn: {Marathi}]
mahuang
1: Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine [syn: {Ephedra sinica}]
Maia
1: type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {Maja}, {genus Maja}, {genus Maia}]
Maianthemum
1: sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley [syn: {genus Maianthemum}]
Maianthemum bifolium
1: small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan [syn: {false lily of the valley}]
Maianthemum canadense
1: small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers [syn: {false lily of the valley}]
maid
1: a female domestic [syn: {maidservant}, {housemaid}, {amah}] 2: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: {maiden}]
maid of honor
1: an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding [syn: {bridesmaid}]
maiden
1: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner'...
maiden blue-eyed Mary
1: small widely branching Western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado [syn: {Collinsia parviflora}]
maiden over
1: (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored [syn: {maiden}]
maiden pink
1: low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with single crimson-eyed pale pink flowers [syn: {Dianthus deltoides}]
maidenhair
1: any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds [syn: {maidenhair fern}]
maidenhair berry
1: slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough-hairy seeds [syn: {creeping snowberry}, {moxie plum}, {Gaultheria...
maidenhair fern
1: any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds [syn: {maidenhair}]
maidenhair spleenwort
1: small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds [syn: {Asplenium trichomanes}]
maidenhair tree
1: deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree [syn: {ginkgo}, {gingko}, {Ginkgo...
maidenhead
1: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin [syn: {hymen}, {virginal membrane}]
maidenhood
1: the childhood of a girl [syn: {girlhood}, {maidhood}]
maidenlike
1: befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush" [syn: {maidenly}]
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maidenly
1: befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush" [syn: {maidenlike}]
maidhood
1: the childhood of a girl [syn: {girlhood}, {maidenhood}]
maidism
1: a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous ...
maidservant
1: a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {housemaid}, {amah}]
Maidu
1: a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California 2: a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu people [syn: {Pujunan}]
Maiduguri
1: a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center [syn: {Yerwa-Maiduguri}]
maieutic method
1: a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students [syn: {Socratic method}]
maiger
1: large European marine food fish [syn: {maigre}, {Sciaena aquila}]
maigre
1: large European marine food fish [syn: {maiger}, {Sciaena aquila}]
maikoa
1: South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers [syn: {angel's trumpet}, {Brugmansia arborea}, {Datura arborea}]
mail
1: the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service 2: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he w...
mail boat
1: a boat for carrying mail [syn: {mailboat}, {packet}, {packet boat}]
mail call
1: a call of names of those receiving mail
mail car
1: a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted
mail carrier
1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: {mailman}, {postman}, {letter carrier}, {carrier}]
mail clerk
1: a clerk in a post office [syn: {postal clerk}]
mail out
1: transmit by mail; "The company mailed out the catalog to all potential customers"
mail pouch
1: pouch used in the shipment of mail [syn: {mailbag}]
mail service
1: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'...
mail slot
1: a slot (usually in a door) through which mail can be delivered
mail-clad
1: wearing protective mail [syn: {mailed}]
mail-order buying
1: buying goods to be shipped through the mail [syn: {catalog buying}]
mailbag
1: pouch used in the shipment of mail [syn: {mail pouch}] 2: letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in England they call a mailbag a postbag" [syn: {postbag}]
mailboat
1: a boat for carrying mail [syn: {mail boat}, {packet}, {packet boat}]
mailbox
1: a private box for delivery of mail [syn: {letter box}] 2: public box for deposit of mail [syn: {postbox}, {letter box}]
maildrop
1: a drop where mail can be deposited
mailed
1: wearing protective mail [syn: {mail-clad}]
Mailer
1: United States writer (born in 1923) [syn: {Norman Mailer}] 2: a person who mails something 3: an advertisement that is sent by mail 4: a container for something to be mailed
mailing
1: mail sent by a sender at one time; "the candidate sent out three large mailings" 2: the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing" [syn: {posting}]
mailing address
1: the address where a person or organization can be communicated with
mailing list
1: a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed
mailing-card
1: a card for sending messages by post without an envelope [syn: {postcard}, {post card}, {postal card}]
Maillol
1: French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944) [syn: {Aristide Maillol}]
maillot
1: a woman's one-piece bathing suit [syn: {tank suit}] 2: tights for dancers or gymnasts
mailman
1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: {postman}, {mail carrier}, {letter carrier}, {carrier}]
mailsorter
1: a sorter for sorting mail according to the address
maim
1: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
maimed
1: badly injured, perhaps with amputation; "the maimed right hand twisted and clutched"- P.B.Kyne; "mutilated victims of the rocket attack" [syn: {mutilated}] 2: having a part of the body crippled or ...
maimer
1: a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples [syn: {mutilator}, {mangler}]
Maimonides
1: Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204) [syn: {Moses Maimonides}, {Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon}]
main
1: 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" [syn: {chief(a)...
main clause
1: a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence [syn: {independent clause}]
main course
1: the principal dish of a meal [syn: {entree}] 2: a square mainsail
main deck
1: the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel [syn: {second deck}]
main diagonal
1: the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry [syn: {principal diagonal}]
main drag
1: the main street of a town or city
main entry word
1: the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary [syn: {citation form}, {entry word}]
main file
1: (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent [syn: {master file}]
main line
1: the principal route of a transportation system
main office
1: (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; "many companies have their headquarters in New York" [syn: {headquarters}, {central office}, {home office}, {h...
main road
1: a major road for any form of motor transport [syn: {highway}]
main rotor
1: rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air
main street
1: street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town [syn: {high street}] 2: any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism ...
Maine
1: a state in New England [syn: {Pine Tree State}, {ME}]
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