English words: mahogany rot to main menu

300 English words, part 12 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words mahogany rot to main menu

mahogany rot noun: A tuber-rotting phase of potato blight.
mahogany row noun: A suite of luxurious offices for high-ranking executives.
mahogany snapper noun: The fish Lutjanus mahogoni.
mahogany soap noun: Any salt of a mahogany acid, typically used as a surfactant
mahoganyware noun: Articles made from mahogany.
mahogeney noun: Alternative form of mahogany.
mahogeny noun: Alternative form of mahogany.
maholla interjection: A greeting.
maholtine noun: The plant Wissadula periplocifolia.
Mahomed proper noun: A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
Mahomedan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Mohammedan.
Mahomet proper noun /mɑˈhoʊmɛt/: Alternative spelling of Muhammad (the prophet who introduced Islam).
Mahomie noun: A fan of the American singer Austin Mahone.
Mahommedan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Mohammedan.
Mahon proper noun: A surname from Irish.
mahone noun: A large Turkish warship.
Mahoney proper noun /ˈmɑ.ni/: A surname from Irish.
mahonia noun: Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs.
Mahoning proper noun: the Mahoning River in Ohio and Pennsylvania, USA, part of the Ohio River watershed.
Mahony proper noun /ˈmɑ.ni/: A surname.
Mahood proper noun: A surname.
mahoosive adjective /məˈhuːsɪv/: Massive; huge; very large.
Mahorais noun: A person from Mayotte or of Mahoran descent.
Mahoran adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Mayotte or its people or language.
Mahorese adjective: Synonym of Mahoran.
mahorka noun: Alternative form of makhorka.
mahout noun, verb /məˈhaʊt/: An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver.
Mahovos noun: A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy flywheel.
Mahowald proper noun: A surname from Luxembourgish.
mahpach noun: A cantillation mark found in Jewish religious books.
mahpatti noun: Alternative form of muhapatti.
mahr noun: A mandatory gift from the groom (or his family) to the bride (or her family) upon marriage in Islamic cultures.
mahram noun: A family member who is haram to marry.
Mahratta noun: Alternative form of Maratha.
Mahratti adjective, noun: Dated form of Marathi.
Mahri noun: Alternative form of Mehri.
Mahsa proper noun: A transliteration of the Persian female given name مهسا (mahsâ).
mahseer noun: An endangered large-scaled carp of the family Cyprinidae, found in rivers and lakes of India, Malaysia, and Southern Asia generally, valued as a game fish.
mahself pronoun: Pronunciation spelling of myself
mahshi noun: An Egyptian stuffed vegetable dish.
mahsir noun: Alternative form of mahseer (“type of fish”).
Mahsud noun: A member of a Karlani Pashtun tribe mostly inhabiting the South Waziristan Agency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.
mahu noun: A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti.
mahua noun: Madhuca longifolia, a fast-growing Indian tropical tree cultivated for its oleaginous seeds.
mahuang noun: ephedra, when used in traditional Chinese medicine
mahudo noun: Alternative form of mahua
mahume noun: Alternative form of mahone (“large Turkish ship”).
mahurat noun /məˈhuːɹət/: A time or moment considered lucky for beginning some project; an inauguration, now especially the start of a film production.
mahusive adjective: Alternative spelling of mahoosive.
mahwa noun: Alternative form of mahua.
Mahwah proper noun /ˈmɑˌwɑ/: A township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
mahzor noun: Alternative spelling of machzor.
mai determiner, noun /maɪ/: Alternative form of my.
mai-baap adjective: Applied to a style of government that is a benevolent dictatorship or nanny state.
mai fun noun: Alternative form of mei fun.
mai tai noun /ˈmaɪ ˈtaɪ/: A cocktail typically containing rum, curacao, and lime.
Mai-Tini noun: A combination mai tai martini cocktail.
mai tu liao verb [ˈmaɪ˦˨ tʰuː˨˦ ˈljaʊ˦˨]: Do not hesitate; take action immediately.
Maia proper noun /ˈmeɪ.ə/: Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
maiasaur noun: Any of the species of herbivorous duck-billed dinosaurs in the genus Maiasaura.
maiba noun: A male priest, shaman or religious or spiritual leader of traditional Meitei religion.
Maibaism noun: A system, school of thought or theory based on Maibas.
Maibee noun: Alternative form of Maibi.
Maibi noun: A female priestess or nun of traditional Meitei religion.
Maibism noun: A system, school of thought or theory based on Maibas and Maibis.
maibock noun: A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.
maid noun, verb /meɪd/: A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
maid cafe noun: A novelty restaurant, originating in and found predominantly in Japan, in which guests are served by waitresses in maid costumes, who treat them as...
maid child noun: A young female human; a girl.
maid-in-waiting noun: Synonym of waiting maid.
maid of all work noun: A female servant employed to do general housework.
maid of honor noun: The primary woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony.
maid of honor tart noun: Alternative form of maids of honour tart.
maid of honour noun: An unmarried noblewoman who was the attendant of a queen or princess
maid of honour tart noun: Alternative form of maids of honour tart.
maid of Kent noun: A woman from the eastern part of Kent, England, as opposed to the western part (whose inhabitants are traditionally described as Kentish).
maid's hair noun: Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
maid-servant noun: Alternative form of maidservant.
maida noun: A finely milled, refined and bleached wheat flour, used in making Indian foods such as samosa, chakli and bhatoora.
maidam noun: A tumulus, divided into vaults and chambers, in which the royalty and aristocracy of the medieval Ahom Kingdom (1228–1826) were buried.
maidan noun /maɪˈdɑːn/: A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade.
maidaun noun: Alternative spelling of maidan (“an urban open space”).
maidchild noun: Alternative spelling of maid child.
maided adjective: converted into a maid.
maiden adjective, noun /ˈmeɪdən/: A girl or an unmarried young woman.
maiden assize noun: An assize at which there are no criminal cases.
maiden-auntish adjective: Having stereotypical characteristics of an elderly unmarried aunt; straight-laced, old-fashioned, etc.
maiden-auntishness noun: The quality of being maiden-auntish.
maiden flight noun: The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems.
maiden grass noun: Miscanthus sinensis, an Asian herbaceous perennial grass with purplish flowers.
maiden-hair noun: Alternative spelling of maidenhair.
maiden name noun: The original last name of a person, usually a woman, who has changed their last name upon marriage.
maiden of honor noun: A girl or unmarried woman who assists the bride at a wedding.
maiden over noun: An over in which no runs are scored.
maiden plum noun: Any tree from the Caribbean islands, or other parts of North America, of genus Comocladia.
maiden run noun: Its first trip in service, in some cases after a rebuild.
maiden's blush noun: A moth of species Cyclophora punctaria.
maiden's honesty noun: A plant of the species Clematis vitalba, evergreen clematis, a vine, native to the chalk and limestone soils of Britain, often considered invasive and...
maiden speech noun: The first speech made by a new member in the chamber of an assembly, in Britain in the House of Commons and House of Lords.
maiden stake noun: The monetary prize contended for in a race between horses that have never run before.
maiden voyage noun: The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.
maidenhair noun /ˈmeɪdənhɛː/: A woman's pubic hair.
maidenhair fern noun: Maidenhair (Adiantum spp.).
maidenhair spleenwort noun: The small fern Asplenium trichomanes.
maidenhair tree noun: Ginkgo biloba.
maidenhair vine noun: The climbing plant Muehlenbeckia complexa.
maidenhairtree noun: The gingko
maidenhead noun: The hymen.
maidenhood noun /ˈmeɪd(ə)nhʊd/: The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
maidenish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
maidenless adjective /ˈmeɪdənləs/: Having no maidens.
maidenlike adjective: Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
maidenliness noun: The state or condition of being maidenly.
maidenly adjective: Of or pertaining to a maiden.
maidenplum noun: Alternative form of maiden plum
maidenry noun: collectively, maidens, all the single women
maidenship noun: The state of being a maiden; virginity.
maidhood noun: The state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity.
maiding noun: A young woman; representing a mispronunciation of the word maiden.
maidish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a maid; effeminate.
maidism noun: A disease of guinea pigs caused by eating deteriorated maize.
maidkin noun: A little maid.
maidless adjective: Without a maid (female servant).
maidlessness noun: Absence of maids.
maidlike adjective: maidenly
maidling noun: A little maiden; a young girl.
maidly adjective: Like or pertaining to a maid or girl.
maidmarian noun: A kind of dance.
Maidment proper noun: A surname.
maids of honour cake noun: Synonym of maids of honour tart.
maids of honour tart noun: A traditional English baked tart consisting of a puff pastry shell filled with curds, sometimes with jam or almonds and nutmeg.
maidservant noun /ˈmeɪdˌsɜː.vənt/: A female servant; a maid.
Maidstone proper noun /ˈmeɪdstəʊn/: A town in and the county town of Kent, England; located on the River Medway (OS grid ref TQ7655).
Maidstonian adjective, noun /meɪdˈstəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or pertaining to Maidstone in Kent, England.
Maidu noun: A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada.
Maiduan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Maidu people.
Maiduguri proper noun: The largest city and state capital of Borno State, Nigeria.
Maidun adjective: Alternative form of Maiduan.
Maier proper noun: A German surname.
Maierform noun: A design of hull for a ship.
maiesiophilia noun: Alternative form of maieusiophilia (“sexual fetish for pregnant women”).
maieusiophilia noun: A paraphilia involving sexual attraction to pregnancy, by default pregnant bellies.
maieusiophobia noun: Morbid dread of childbirth.
maieutic adjective, noun /meɪˈjuːtɪk/: Of or related to the Socratic method.
maieutical adjective: Alternative form of maieutic.
maieutically adverb: In a maieutical manner.
maieutics noun /meɪˈjuːtɪks/: Synonym of Socratic method.
maigre adjective, noun /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/: Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day).
maiid noun: Any of the spider crabs of family Maiidae.
maika noun: A woman's maternal village: the place where she grew up, especially as contrasted with her new home after marriage.
maiko noun: An apprentice geisha.
maikong noun: Synonym of crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)
mail noun, verb /meɪl/: A bag or wallet.
mail art noun: Small-scale artworks sent through the postal service as part of a populist artistic movement.
mail bag noun: Alternative form of mailbag.
mail bomb noun, verb: An explosive device sent through the post; a letter bomb or parcel bomb.
mail bombing noun, verb: The act of sending a mail bomb; an attack by a mail bomb.
mail box noun: Alternative form of mailbox.
mail car noun: A railroad car in which mail is carried and sorted.
mail carrier noun: A person employed to deliver mail.
mail-cheeked adjective: Of fishes: having a plate of bone that runs across each cheek.
mail clerk noun: a person who does clerical work in a post office.
mail code noun: Synonym of postal code
mail cover noun: An investigative technique in which the United States Postal Service, acting at the request of a law enforcement agency, records information from the...
mail drop noun: Alternative form of maildrop.
mail flag noun: A nautical flag indicating that a vessel is carrying mail.
mail fraud noun: A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal...
mail-in adjective, noun: Sent via mail.
mail-in vote noun: Synonym of postal vote.
mail it in verb: To deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results.
mail lady noun: A female postal worker.
mail merge noun, verb: A software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of a letter, each...
mail order noun, verb: A system of commerce in which one orders goods from a remote store which are then shipped by mail.
mail-order bride noun: A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.
mail-out noun: Alternative form of mailout.
mail plane noun: Alternative form of mailplane
mail pod noun: Alternative form of mailpod.
mail receptacle noun: Synonym of mailbox; a collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
mail relay noun: A device or program that routes an e-mail to the correct destination.
mail shirt noun: A shirt of mail.
mail slot noun: A slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered.
mail stop noun: The delivery point where Mail Services delivers and collects mail.
mail train noun: A train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route.
mail truck noun: A vehicle used by mail carriers to store and deliver mail.
mail user agent noun: An email client or email reader.
mailability noun: The characteristic of being mailable; the ability to be mailed.
mailable adjective: That can be (physically and/or legally) sent by mail.
mailaddr noun: Abbreviation of e-mail address.
mailbag noun /ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ/: A strong canvas bag used for the transportation of mail.
mailbase noun: Synonym of listserv (“electronic mailing list”).
mailboat noun: A boat used to transport mail.
mailbomb noun, verb: Alternative form of mail bomb.
mailbox noun /ˈmeɪl.bɑks/: A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
mailbox company noun: Synonym of shell company.
mailbox money noun: Synonym of passive income
mailbox rule noun: An exception to the general rule of contract law stating that acceptance of an offer takes effect when a letter enters the postal system.
mailboy noun: A man employed to deliver postal mail within a organization.
mailcall noun: The official calling out of names for those receiving mail.
mailcar noun: Alternative form of mail car.
mailcart noun: A two-wheeled cart formerly used by postmen to deliver mail.
mailcatcher noun: A device on a train for picking up mailbags while the train is in motion.
mailclad adjective: Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armour.
mailcoach noun: A horse-drawn coach used to deliver mail.
mailcoat noun: A coat of mail.
maildrop noun: A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
maile noun: A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
mailed adjective, verb /meɪld/: Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
mailed catfish noun: A subtropical freshwater catfish of species Callichthys callichthys.
mailed fist noun: Synonym of iron fist (“the symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch”).
mailed-in adjective: Done with a lack of enthusiasm; Half-hearted.
mailee noun: The recipient of postal mail or electronic mail.
mailer noun /ˈmeɪlə/: One who sends mail.
Maileresque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of Norman Mailer (1923-2007), American writer and film director.
Mailerian adjective: Of or relating to Norman Mailer (1923-2007), American writer and film director.
mailfile noun: A file that stores electronic mail.
mailgram noun, verb: A telegraphic message transmitted electronically from the sender to a post office and then printed and delivered to the recipient via physical post.
mailing noun, verb /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/: An act of sending mail.
mailing list noun /ˈmeɪlɪŋ lɪst/: A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients.
mailing shot noun: Synonym of mailshot.
maillady noun: Alternative form of mail lady.
Maillard noun /maɪˈjɑː(ɹ)/: Maillard reaction or Maillard browning
Maillard browning noun: The formation of brown pigments as part of the Maillard reaction.
Maillard reaction noun /maɪˈjɑː(ɹ)ɹiˈækʃən/: The condensation reaction of an amino acid and a reducing sugar, followed by polymerization to form brown pigments - melanoidins; one of the causes of...
maille noun: Alternative form of mail
maillechort noun: Nickel silver.
mailler noun: One who makes chainmail.
mailless adjective: Without mail (armour).
Maillet proper noun: A surname.
maillot noun /maɪˈjəʊ/: A one-piece swimsuit (for women).
Mailloux proper noun: A surname from French.
mailman noun /ˈmeɪl.mæn/: Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
mailmerge noun, verb: Alternative form of mail merge.
mailo noun: In Uganda, a land tenure system similar to freehold, in which political nobles were accredited land at the start of the 20th century, and passed it on...
mailoland noun: A portion of land granted to a chief or to a church during the colonial period in Uganda.
mailorder adjective: Ordered to be delivered to one's home
mailout noun /ˈmeɪlˌaʊt/: An informational or promotional document sent by post, typically to multiple recipients.
mailpack noun: A collection of published, printed materials, and sometimes other objects, placed in a container (typically an envelope) and sent through the mail to a...
mailperson noun: A letter carrier.
mailpiece noun: (countable) A piece of mail, that is, an item of (physical) mail; especially, an item of flat envelope form factor as contrasted with an item of package...
mailplane noun: An aircraft that delivers mail.
mailpod noun: A receptacle for collecting, processing, or distributing mail.
mailroom noun: A room used for receiving and (usually) sending mail.
mailrun noun: A transport route which carries and delivers mail.
mails noun, verb /meɪlz/: plural of mail
mailsack noun: Synonym of mailbag.
mailship noun: A ship used to carry mail.
mailshirt noun: Alternative form of mail shirt.
mailshot noun, verb: Bulk advertising sent through the mail.
mailslot noun: Alternative spelling of mail slot.
mailstore noun: A structure in a file system that stores electronic mail.
mailstorm noun: A large influx of email.
mailvan noun: A van used to transport letters and parcels.
mailwoman noun: A female postal worker.
maily adjective: rough, rugged
maim noun, verb /meɪm/: To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
maimed adjective, verb /meɪmd/: Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
maimedly adverb: In a maimed manner.
maimedness noun: The state of being maimed.
maimee noun: One who is maimed.
Maimi proper noun: Synonym of Miami.
maiming noun, verb: The act by which somebody is maimed.
maimon noun: Synonym of southern pig-tailed macaque.
Maimonian adjective: Of or relating to Mosheh ben Maimon (משה בן מימון), mediaeval philosopher, astronomer, physician, and rabbi.
Maimonidean adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Maimonides.
Maimonides proper noun /maɪˈmɑnədiz/: A medieval Jewish philosopher.
Maimonist noun: A follower of the philosopher Maimonides.
main adjective, adverb, noun, verb /meɪn/: Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
main battle tank noun: The primary tank of a country or armed forces.
main belt noun: The primary belt of armor protecting the sides of a warship above and slightly below the waterline.
main brace noun: Alternative form of mainbrace.
main building noun: The most important building of a group of buildings (e.g. in a school/university).
main chance noun: A venture which stands the best likelihood of success; a risk; fortune (of a person, country etc.).
main character noun: A person who becomes a focal point of discussion on a social media platform (particularly Twitter).
main character syndrome noun: The phenomenon of the protagonist of a show or movie receiving unrealistic special treatment from the worldbuilders.
main clause noun: A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.
main contractor noun: A general contractor.
main course noun: The main serving or dish of a meal, usually cooked.
main curtain noun: Synonym of front curtain.
main deck noun: Alternative form of maindeck.
main diagonal noun: The entries of a square matrix from the top left to the bottom right.
main dish noun: Main course in a meal.
main drag noun: The main street of a town or suburb, or the principal highway passing through a rural area.
main drape noun: Synonym of front curtain.
main droite noun: In musical notation, an instruction for the pianist to use the right hand.
main earth noun: A fox's primary lair.
main event noun: The principal match, bout or contest.
main frame noun: The rigid frame upon which the moving parts of a machine are mounted; a chassis.
main gauche noun: In musical notation, an instruction for the pianist to use the left hand.
main gear noun: The primary landing gear of an aircraft, generally located slightly behind the aircraft's center of mass (or slightly ahead of it on a taildragger aircraft)...
main group noun: In the periodic table of the elements, any of the eight groups (columns) of elements in the s and p blocks.
main group element noun: Any chemical element from the main group.
main guard noun: A body of troops comprising the chief guard units, especially a unit of cavalry on the wing of a camp towards the enemy, or a group of soldiers in a...
main house noun: The largest house on an estate or parcel of land.
main line adjective, noun: A standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play.
main man noun: One's closest male friend.
main market noun: The principal place in which a company does business.
main-mast noun: Alternative spelling of mainmast.
main meal noun: The largest and most substantial meal of the day, usually featuring a primary dish or main course that serves as the focus of the meal. It is often a...
main memory noun: Volatile memory forming most of a computer’s primary storage, not including cache memory (central processing unit cache) and secondary storage (mass storage).
main menu noun: A list of principal options, usually presented to the user immediately upon the launch of a computer program or video game.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.