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English words: Malay bear to Malhotra

300 English words, part 17 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words Malay bear to Malhotra

  1. Malay bear noun: Synonym of sun bear.
  2. Malay camphor noun: Synonym of camphor tree (“Dryobalanops aromatica”).
  3. Malay gate noun: A booby trap consisting of a bent sapling, with sharpened sticks or spear-tips attached, which, when activated, quickly straightens, impaling the victim.
  4. Malay kiss noun: The rubbing of noses as a sign of affection.
  5. Malay kite noun: Synonym of Eddy kite.
  6. Malaya proper noun /məˈleɪ.ə/: A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the...
  7. malayaite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, oxygen, silicon, and tin.
  8. Malayalam proper noun /ˈmɐ.lɐ.ˈjɑː.ɭɐm/: A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep in India.
  9. Malayalee adjective, noun: Alternative form of Malayali.
  10. Malayali adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Kerala or its people, or to those whose native language is Malayalam.
  11. Malayan adjective, noun /məˈleɪən/: A person of whatever ethnicity from the former Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia
  12. Malayan bear noun: Synonym of sun bear.
  13. Malayan giant squirrel noun: Synonym of black giant squirrel
  14. Malayan night heron noun: A medium-sized heron, Gorsachius melanolophus, distributed in southern and eastern Asia, and breeding in India, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.
  15. Malayan slit-faced bat noun: A bat of species Nycteris tragata, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
  16. Malayan tapir noun: Tapirus indicus, a blackish tapir with a broad white area on the middle part of the body, native to southern Myanmar and Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra.
  17. Malayanisation noun: Alternative spelling of Malayanization.
  18. Malayanist noun: Someone who studied Malaya (later, Malaysia).
  19. Malayanization noun: The act or process of making something Malayan.
  20. Malayanize verb: To make Malayan.
  21. Malayic adjective: Of or relating to a group of Austronesian languages including Malay, Minangkabau, Iban, and others.
  22. Malayisation noun: that which has been Malayised
  23. Malayise verb: Alternative spelling of Malayize.
  24. Malayization noun: the process of Malayizing
  25. Malayize verb: To make Malay; to give Malay traits to.
  26. Malayness noun: The quality of being Malay.
  27. Malayo-Polynesianist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Malayo-Polynesian languages.
  28. malayophobe noun: Alternative letter-case form of Malayophobe.
  29. malayophobia noun: Fear, hatred of, or prejudice against Malays, a large ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.
  30. malayophobic adjective: Of, or pertaining to Malayophobia
  31. malayophone adjective, noun: Malay-speaking
  32. malayoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  33. Malaysia proper noun /məˈleɪ̯ʒə/: A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
  34. Malaysian adjective, noun /məˈleɪ.zi.ən/: Pertaining to the country of Malaysia.
  35. Malaysian exploding ant noun: An ant found in Malaysia and Brunei that explodes suicidally as a defence mechanism, Colobopsis saundersi.
  36. Malaysian flying lemur noun: A Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegata)
  37. Malaysianise verb: Alternative form of Malaysianize.
  38. Malaysianism noun: Behaviour characteristic of the Malaysian people.
  39. Malaysianization noun: The act or process of making something Malaysian.
  40. Malaysianize verb: To make or become Malaysian.
  41. Malaysianness noun: Quality of being Malaysian.
  42. malaysianol noun: Any of a class of oligostilbenoids found in plants of the genus Dryobalanops.
  43. Malaysiaphobia noun: hatred and hostility towards the people and culture of Malaysia.
  44. malbau noun: Synonym of coastal Premna
  45. malbec noun /ˈmæl.bɛk/: A variety of grape used in making red wine, originally from France, but now predominantly grown in Argentina.
  46. malbehavior noun: Synonym of misbehavior.
  47. malbehaviour noun: Alternative form of malbehavior.
  48. malbranicin noun: An antibiotic quinone found in the fungus Malbranchea cinnamomea.
  49. malbrouck noun: An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
  50. Malc proper noun: A diminutive of the male given name Malcolm.
  51. malcavernin noun: A signalling protein associated with cerebral cavernous malformations
  52. malchick noun: A young male; a lad.
  53. malchik noun: Alternative form of malchick.
  54. Malchow proper noun: A surname.
  55. malcirculation noun: Insufficient circulation of the blood, typically in the extremities
  56. malcode noun: malicious code
  57. Malcolm proper noun /ˈmæl.kəm/: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum and Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
  58. Malcolm X-ism noun: Pressure and resistance against racism or xenophobic conditions.
  59. Malcolm X tea noun: A drink of water containing a large dose of nutmeg, taken as a recreational drug.
  60. Malcolmite noun: British colonialist John Malcolm.
  61. Malcolmson proper noun: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  62. Malcom proper noun: A surname.
  63. malcommunication noun: Communication that isn't well-intended, or doesn't happen as intended; miscommunication.
  64. malcompensate verb: To compensate inappropriately
  65. malcompensation noun: Inappropriate compensation
  66. Malcomson proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
  67. malconceived adjective: Badly or wrongly conceived.
  68. malcondition noun: poor condition (used especially of animals)
  69. malconduct noun: Synonym of misconduct.
  70. malconformation noun: Imperfect, disproportionate, or defective formation, usually of body parts.
  71. malconstruction noun: Synonym of misconstruction.
  72. malcontent adjective, noun, verb /ˈmal.kən.tɛnt/: Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.
  73. malcontented adjective, verb: Synonym of malcontent.
  74. malcontentedly adverb: In a malcontented manner.
  75. malcontentedness noun: Quality of being malcontented.
  76. malcontentism noun: The attitude of a malcontent; rebellious disaffectedness.
  77. malcontently adverb: In a malcontent manner.
  78. malcontentment noun: The state or quality of being malcontent.
  79. malcoordinated adjective: Having poor coordination.
  80. malcreate adjective: Synonym of miscreate.
  81. malcreated adjective: Synonym of miscreate.
  82. malcultivation noun: Synonym of miscultivation.
  83. mald adjective, verb /mɔːld/: Extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
  84. Malda proper noun: A district of West Bengal, India.
  85. maldanid noun: Any polychete worm of the family Maldanidae.
  86. Malden proper noun: A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
  87. maldeployment noun: Incorrect deployment
  88. maldescended adjective: Marked by an abnormal descent process, typically of the testis.
  89. maldescent noun: The incomplete descent of the testicles.
  90. maldeveloped adjective: developed in an improper or faulty way
  91. maldevelopment noun: The state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the "normal" way (used in medicine, e.g. "brain maldevelopment of a fetus").
  92. MALDI noun: Initialism of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization.
  93. maldifferentiation noun: Incorrect differentiation (typically of stem cells)
  94. maldigest verb: To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.
  95. maldigested adjective, verb: Poorly digested.
  96. maldigestion noun: Bad or wrong digestion.
  97. maldigestive adjective: Relating to, or causing maldigestion
  98. maldin adjective: Pronunciation spelling of malding.
  99. malding adjective, verb: Angry about a game, especially of a sore loser.
  100. maldirection noun: Synonym of misdirection (“movement or tendency in the wrong direction”).
  101. maldison noun: The pesticide malathion.
  102. maldisposition noun: a complexion of humours or locational alignment or else in or of organs, joints etc. leading to a suffering
  103. maldistributed adjective: Badly or wrongly distributed.
  104. maldistribution noun: Bad or undesirable distribution of wealth, resources etc.
  105. Maldivan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Maldivian
  106. Maldives proper noun /ˈmɒl.diːvz/: An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.
  107. Maldivian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to the Maldives, the Maldivian people or the Maldivian language.
  108. Maldon proper noun: A town and civil parish in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8507).
  109. Maldonado proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
  110. maldonite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing bismuth and gold.
  111. maldoxone noun: The tricyclic lactone methyl 4-chloro-7-hydroxy-3-methoxy-9-methyl-6-oxobenzo[b][1,4]benzodioxepine-1-carboxylate
  112. male adjective, noun, prefix /meɪl/: Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
  113. male alpha noun: Alternative form of alpha male.
  114. male as norm noun: The principle that holds that grammatical and lexical devices such as the use of the feminine suffix -ess and the use of man to mean human strengthen the...
  115. male-assigned adjective: Judged at birth to be male.
  116. male bot noun: Alternative form of malebot.
  117. male chauvinism noun: A belief in the innate superiority of men over women.
  118. male chauvinist noun: An advocate of male chauvinism.
  119. male circumcision noun: An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.
  120. male condom noun: Synonym of external condom.
  121. male-dominated adjective: Where men, as opposed to women, are in control or form the majority.
  122. male enhancement noun: A method of enlarging the penis.
  123. male-fail verb /ˈmeɪlˌfeɪl/: Of a trans woman: to fail to pass as male; to make a successful male-to-female transition.
  124. male fern noun: Dryopteris filix-mas, of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, from which is derived a vermifuge preparation.
  125. male flight noun: An exodus of men from an occupation, an educational field or an activity as women enter it.
  126. male gaze noun: The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized...
  127. male-gazey adjective: Presenting women in a way which implicitly assumes the viewer or reader is a heterosexual man.
  128. male genital cutting noun: Circumcision, seen as mutilation.
  129. male genital mutilation noun: The complete amputation or partial cutting of the penis and scrotum, including circumcision, abbreviated as MGM.
  130. male-identified adjective: Self-identifying as male.
  131. male impersonator noun: A female entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a man.
  132. male liberation noun: The freedom of men from sexism; equal rights for men.
  133. male line noun: Synonym of male lineage.
  134. male lineage noun: Synonym of patrilineal lineage.
  135. male member noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see male, member.
  136. male menopause noun: Synonym of andropause.
  137. male menstruation noun: Bleeding in the urine or faeces, reported in some tropical countries, actually resulting from schistosomiasis.
  138. male organ noun: Penis.
  139. male pattern baldness noun: A genetically predisposed loss of hair from the scalp in males, theorized to be caused by an excessive response to androgens, specifically dihydrotestosterone.
  140. male pattern violence noun: Violent behavior thought to be characteristic of men.
  141. male rhyme noun: A rhyme in which only the last syllable agrees, as in "laid", "afraid", "dismayed".
  142. male tank noun: an armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks equipped with cannon.
  143. male-to-female adjective, noun: Transfeminine; transitioning or having transitioned (in gender identity or presentation, physically, etc) from being male to being female.
  144. male-to-male cable noun: Synonym of suicide cable
  145. male-to-male cord noun: Synonym of suicide cable
  146. maleamate noun: Any salt or ester of maleamidic acid NH₂-CO-CH=CH-COO-
  147. maleamic adjective: Of or pertaining to maleamic acid or its derivatives
  148. maleamic acid noun: The monoamide of maleic acid
  149. maleamide noun: The amide of maleic acid
  150. Malean adjective, noun: Of or relating to Malea (now Cape Maleas), one of the peninsulas in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece.
  151. malease noun: Maleate hydratase, a lyase enzyme that catalyzes the reaction (R)-malate ⇌ maleate + H₂O.
  152. maleate noun: Any salt or ester of maleic acid.
  153. malebait noun: An underage boy who is considered sexually attractive by adult women.
  154. maleberry noun: Synonym of he-huckleberry (“Lyonia ligustrina”).
  155. Malebolgian adjective /ˌmalɪˈbɒldʒən/: Of or relating to Malebolge.
  156. Malebolgic adjective /ˌmalɪˈbɒldʒɪk/: Of or relating to Malebolge.
  157. malebot noun: A male sexbot.
  158. Malebranche proper noun /malˈbɹɒnʃ/: A surname from French
  159. Malebranchian adjective, noun: Pertaining to the ideas of Nicolas Malebranche, a French philosopher of religion.
  160. Malebranchist noun /ˌmalɪˈbɹantʃɪst/: One who subscribes to Malebranchism.
  161. Malec proper noun: A surname from Czech, Slovak, or Polish.
  162. malecide noun: The killing of evil (as invoked in the Crusades)
  163. Malecite noun: Alternative form of Maliseet.
  164. Malecki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  165. malectin noun: A membrane-anchored protein of the endoplasmic reticulum that recognises and binds glycans
  166. maledicency noun: The quality or practice of being maledicent or tending to speak evil or to slander.
  167. maledicent adjective: Reproachful in speech.
  168. maledict adjective, verb: accursed, cursed
  169. maledicta noun: Profane or blasphemous language.
  170. maledicta balloon noun: A comic graphic element used to enclose obscenities, oaths, and curses.
  171. malediction noun /ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/: A curse.
  172. maledictive adjective: Of or relating to malediction.
  173. maledictology noun /ˌmælədɪkˈtɑləd͡ʒi/: The scientific study of insults and curses.
  174. maledictory adjective: Of or relating to malediction.
  175. maledight noun /ˈmæləˌdaɪt/: Synonym of malediction.
  176. maledom noun /ˈmeɪl.dəm/: Men considered as a group; mankind.
  177. maleducation noun: Education that is faulty or incomplete.
  178. maleducative adjective: That detracts from good education or leads to maleducation.
  179. maleevite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing barium, boron, oxygen, and silicon.
  180. malefactee noun: Synonym of maleficiary.
  181. malefaction noun: A crime, an offense, an evil deed.
  182. malefactive adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.
  183. malefactivity noun: The quality of being malefactive.
  184. malefactor noun /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/: A criminal or felon.
  185. malefactory adjective: Doing evil or wicked things.
  186. malefactress noun: A woman who violates the law or does evil; a female malefactor.
  187. malefacture noun: An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.
  188. malefail verb: Alternative form of male-fail.
  189. maleffect noun: A bad or harmful effect.
  190. malefic adjective, noun /məˈlɛfɪk/: Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.
  191. malefic planet noun: A planet thought to bring bad luck to those born within its radius.
  192. malefical adjective: Alternative form of malefic.
  193. malefically adverb: In a malefic manner.
  194. malefice noun /ˈmæləfɪs/: An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.
  195. maleficence noun /məˈlɛfɪsəns/: harmfulness or mischief.
  196. maleficent adjective /məˈlɛfɪsənt/: Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
  197. maleficently adverb: In a maleficent manner.
  198. maleficial adjective /ˌmælɪˈfɪʃəl/: injurious, damaging
  199. maleficiary noun: One who suffers harm from something.
  200. maleficiate adjective, verb: cursed; bewitched
  201. maleficiation noun: A witching; a bewitchment.
  202. maleficience noun: Alternative form of maleficence.
  203. malefit noun: A detriment or disadvantage
  204. malefolk noun: Males collectively.
  205. Malegaon proper noun: A city and subdistrict of Nashik in Maharashtra, India
  206. maleic adjective /məˈleɪ.ɪk/: of or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives
  207. maleic acid noun: an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic acid; HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of fumaric acid; it is found in unripe fruit, and is...
  208. maleic anhydride noun: The cyclic acid anhydride of maleic acid
  209. maleic hydrazide noun: A plant growth regulator that reduces growth through preventing cell division but not cell enlargement, often applied to the foliage of potato, onion,...
  210. maleimide noun: The internal imide of maleic acid, or any of its derivatives; they have a number of industrial applications
  211. maleimidyl noun: A univalent radical derived from maleimide
  212. maleinanhydride noun: Synonym of maleic anhydride.
  213. Malek proper noun: A surname.
  214. Maleki noun: Alternative form of Maliki.
  215. Malekism noun: Alternative form of Malikism.
  216. Malekite noun: Alternative form of Malikite.
  217. maleless adjective /ˈmeɪl.ləs/: Devoid of males.
  218. malelessness noun: Absence of males.
  219. Malema proper noun: A surname.
  220. malemiut noun: Dated form of malamute.
  221. malemploy verb: To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.
  222. malemployed adjective: Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.
  223. malemployment noun: The state or condition of being malemployed.
  224. malemute noun: Alternative form of malamute.
  225. malender noun: Alternative form of malander.
  226. malenders noun: Alternative form of malanders.
  227. maleness noun: The characteristic, state or condition of being male.
  228. malengine noun /malˈɛndʒɪn/: Evil intent, bad intention; fraud, deceit.
  229. Malenko proper noun: A surname from the Slavic languages.
  230. Malenkov proper noun: A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician and rival of Nikita Khrushchev.
  231. Malenkovism noun: The philosophy and politics espoused by Georgy Malenkov.
  232. maleo noun: Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
  233. maleocracy noun: System of power dominated by males.
  234. maleolent adjective: malodorous, foul-smelling.
  235. maler adjective, noun: A people of northern India who speak the Malto language.
  236. maleruption noun: The abnormal eruption of a tooth.
  237. Malesia proper noun: A biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.
  238. Malesian adjective: Of or relating to Malesia.
  239. Maleskan adjective: Of or pertaining to the style or tenure of New York Times crossword puzzle editor Eugene Maleska, thought now to feature needless obscurity and difficulty.
  240. malestream adjective, noun: Mainstream and usual, from the point of view of the man, though actually biased towards men.
  241. malesub noun: A male submissive.
  242. maletolt noun: Alternative form of maletote.
  243. maletote noun /ˈmæl.təʊt/: An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.
  244. Malevichian adjective: Of or relating to Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935), Russian painter and art theoretician.
  245. malevolence noun /məˈlɛvələns/: Hostile attitude or feeling.
  246. malevolency noun: Malevolence, malice.
  247. malevolent adjective /məˈlɛvələnt/: Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
  248. malevolently adverb: In a malevolent manner; evilly.
  249. malevolous adjective: malicious, malevolent
  250. malewife noun: A man in a relationship with a dominant, assertive woman (a "girlboss"), taking on a traditionally feminine gender role (especially a stay-at-home dad).
  251. malexecution noun: Bad execution.
  252. Maley proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  253. maleyl noun: A divalent radical derived from maleic acid
  254. maleylacetoacetate noun: An intermediate in the metabolism of tyrosine.
  255. maleylacetoacetic acid noun: A chemical compound formed from the oxidation of homogentisic acid oxidase and isomerized into fumarylacetoacetic acid.
  256. maleylated adjective: Modified by reaction with maleic acid or a maleate derivative
  257. maleylation noun: Reaction with maleic acid or a maleate derivative
  258. maleylpyruvate noun: Any salt or ester of maleylpyruvic acid.
  259. maleylsulfathiazole noun: A sulfonamide antiinfective drug.
  260. malfatti noun: A type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi
  261. Malfatti circle noun: Any of the three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the others and to two sides of the triangle.
  262. malfeasance noun /ˌmælˈfiːzəns/: Wrongdoing.
  263. malfeasant adjective, noun: Of or relating to malfeasance or misconduct.
  264. malfeasor noun: A wrongdoer.
  265. malfeature noun: A bad feature (cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing).
  266. malfed adjective /mælˈfɛd/: Poorly fed; malnourished.
  267. malfixation noun: Incorrect fixation (typically, in the wrong place)
  268. malfolded adjective: Synonym of misfolded.
  269. malfolding noun: Incorrect folding (of a protein)
  270. malform noun, verb: To form badly or wrongly.
  271. malformation noun: An abnormal formation.
  272. malformational adjective: Synonym of malformative.
  273. malformative adjective: Causing or relating to a malformation.
  274. malformatted adjective: Poorly or incorrectly formatted.
  275. malformed adjective /ˌmælˈfɔːmd/: Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.
  276. malformedness noun: incorrect form; quality of being malformed
  277. malformin noun: Any of a group of bicyclic peptides, produced by Aspergillus niger or close relatives, that are mycotoxins.
  278. malformity noun: deviation or mistake in form; deformity
  279. malfortune noun /mælˈfɔːtjuːn/: misfortune
  280. malfouf noun: Ellipsis of malfouf salad.
  281. malfouf salad noun: A salad made from shredded cabbage, lemon juice, olive oil, and mint.
  282. Malfoycest noun: Any ship involving members of the Malfoy family from the Harry Potter series in an incestuous relationship.
  283. malfunction noun, verb /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/: Faulty functioning.
  284. malfunction junction noun: Alternative letter-case form of Malfunction Junction.
  285. malfunction routine noun: Any program or subroutine responsible for troubleshooting problems.
  286. malfunctional adjective: Not functioning as intended.
  287. malfunctioner noun: One who or that which malfunctions.
  288. malfunctioning noun, verb: A malfunction.
  289. malgender verb: To insincerely or disparagingly gender an individual correctly, particularly to do so by referencing gender stereotypes (e.g. telling a trans man he is...
  290. malgovernance noun: Poor governance.
  291. malgovernment noun: Bad government.
  292. malgre preposition: Alternative spelling of maugre.
  293. malgré lui adverb: Contrary to their desires or ambitions.
  294. malguzar noun: A landlord.
  295. Malham proper noun /ˈmaləm/: A village and civil parish (served by Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD900629).
  296. malhamensilipin noun: Any of a class of chlorosulfolipids (such as hexachloro-14-hydroxy-tetracos-1-enol-1-sulfate) that inhibit protein tyrosine kinase.
  297. Malherbe proper noun: A surname from French.
  298. Malhi proper noun: A surname.
  299. malhmoodite noun: A phosphate mineral with the chemical formula FeZr(PO₄)·4H₂O.
  300. Malhotra proper noun: A surname from Punjabi, traditionally associated with the Khatri community

Part 16 · Part 18 · English words: M

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.