English words: macilency to macrocheilia
300 English words, part 3 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.
English words macilency to macrocheilia
- macilency noun: leanness
- macilent adjective /ˈmas.ɪ.lənt/: Lean; thin; emaciated
- macin noun: Any of a group of antimicrobial proteins
- MacIntel noun: A Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU.
- macintosh noun /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/: Alternative form of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
- macintoshed adjective: Wearing a macintosh.
- Macintosher noun: A user or fan of the Macintosh brand of personal computers.
- Macintoshian adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a Macintosh computer.
- MacIntyre proper noun /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪə/: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- MacIntyrian adjective: Of or pertaining to the Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre (1929–2025).
- macir noun: A spicy red bark from India, imported to the Roman Empire in the first century CE, possibly the fragrant resin of Ailanthus triphysa
- MacIsaac proper noun: A surname.
- macitentan noun /ˌmæsɪˈtɛntæn/: An endothelin receptor antagonist used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- MacIver proper noun: A surname.
- mack noun, verb /mæk/: Ellipsis of Mack truck.
- mack daddy noun: A pimp, especially a prosperous one.
- mack down verb: To kiss (someone); to make out with (someone).
- mack on verb: Synonym of mack (“to seduce or flirt with”).
- mack out verb: To improve or modify the appearance or performance of something by installing new components or ornaments.
- Mack's cement noun: A durable, quick-setting cement made of hydraulic gypsum with the addition of sodium sulphate or potassium sulphate.
- Mack truck noun: A motor vehicle produced by Mack Trucks, especially a semi-trailer.
- Mackall proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- mackaluck noun: Alternative form of mukluk.
- MacKay proper noun: A surname, alternative form of MacKay.
- mackayite noun: A green or brown transparent mineral, formula Fe³⁺Te²O⁵(OH), found in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
- MacKellar proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Mackem noun /ˈmakəm/: A native or inhabitant of Sunderland, England.
- Mackendrick proper noun: A surname.
- Mackenzie noun /mɑˈkɛn.ji/: A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.
- Mackenzie bean noun: A toxic bean of a flowering plant of species Canavalia rosea.
- Mackenzie River husky noun: Any of several overlapping local populations of Arctic and subarctic sled-dogs, none of which constitute a breed.
- mackerel noun /ˈmæk(ə)ɹəl/: Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,
- mackerel bird noun: The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla).
- mackerel breeze noun: A strong breeze which ruffles the surface of the water, favourable for catching mackerel.
- mackerel gull noun: Synonym of red-billed gull.
- mackerel mint noun: Synonym of spearmint.
- mackerel pike noun: Any of several species of fish in the family Scomberesocidae, sauries.
- mackerel shark noun: Any shark of the order Lamniformes, having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane
- mackerel sky noun: A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.
- mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails proverb: Alternative form of mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails.
- mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails proverb: Cirrus clouds forebode bad weather.
- mackereler noun: A boat used for fishing mackerel
- mackereling noun: Alternative form of mackerelling.
- mackerelled adjective: Having a pattern resembling the scales on a mackerel.
- mackerelling noun: fishing for mackerel
- mackerelly adjective: Resembling or characteristic of mackerel.
- Mackereth proper noun: A surname.
- Mackeson proper noun: A surname.
- Mackey proper noun /ˈmæki/: A surname.
- Mackie proper noun /ˈmæki/: A surname.
- Mackie line noun: An adjacency or border effect created during development, at the border between areas of high and low densities.
- MacKillop proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Mackinac proper noun: An island in Michigan, United States, located in Lake Huron.
- mackinaw noun /ˈmakɪnɔː/: A heavy woolen cloth.
- mackinaw boat noun: A flat-bottomed cargo boat, resembling a canoe, often schooner-rigged, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
- mackinaw coat noun: A mackinaw coat.
- mackinaw skiff noun: A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
- mackinaw trout noun: The lake trout or North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
- mackinawed adjective: Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
- mackinawite noun: A tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.
- mackinazolinone noun: The alkaloid 2,3,4,10-tetrahydro-1 H-pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolin-10-one
- MacKinnon proper noun /məˈkɪnən/: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- MacKinnonian adjective: Of or relating to Catharine A. MacKinnon (born 1946), American feminist legal scholar, activist, and author.
- mackintosh noun /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/: A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
- mackintoshed adjective: Wearing a mackintosh.
- mackintoshite noun: Synonym of thorogummite.
- mackle verb: To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.
- Mackley proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- Macklin proper noun: A surname from Gaelic.
- mackly adjective, adverb: Seemly; comely; good-looking.
- MacKnight proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Macksville proper noun: A minor city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States, named after George Mack.
- Mackworth proper noun: A surname.
- macky adjective /ˈmæ.ki/: Large.
- MacLachlan proper noun: A surname.
- Maclagan proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- MacLane proper noun: A surname
- Maclaurin proper noun /məˈklɒɹɪn/: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Maclaurin polynomial noun: A truncated Maclaurin series; the sum of the first n terms of a Maclaurin series.
- Maclaurin series noun: Any Taylor series that is centred at 0 (i.e., for which the origin is the reference point used to derive the series from its associated function); for a...
- Maclaurin spheroid noun: An oblate spheroid which arises when a selfgravitating mass of fluid rotates with a constant density and angular velocity.
- Maclay proper noun: A surname.
- macle noun: Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.
- MacLean proper noun: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Maclear's rat noun: Rattus macleari, a species of brown rat once endemic to Christmas Island, now extinct.
- Macleay proper noun: A surname
- Macleay laurel noun: Synonym of Queensland laurel.
- Macleay's spectre noun: The Australian stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum.
- macleaya noun: Any member of the genus Macleaya of flowering plants in the poppy family, native to China and Japan.
- macled adjective: Marked like macle (chiastolite).
- MacLeod proper noun /məˈklaʊd/: A surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree
- Maclise proper noun: A surname.
- macluravirus noun: Any plant virus of the genus Macluravirus
- macluraxanthone noun: A xanthone, 5,9,10-trihydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-12-(2-methylbut-3-en-2-yl)pyrano[3,2-b]xanthen-6-one, present in the roots of some plants
- maclureite noun: chondrodite
- maclurin noun: morintannic acid
- macluritid noun: Any extinct gastropod in the family Macluritidae.
- MacMahon proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- MacManus proper noun: A surname.
- MacMaster proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Macmillan noun: A member of the Scottish sect of Cameronians or Reformed Presbyterians.
- Macmillanite noun: Synonym of Macmillan (“member of Scottish sect”).
- MacMurray proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- Macnab proper noun: A surname.
- MacNab cypress noun: Cupressus macnabiana, a cypress found only in California.
- MacNair proper noun /məkˈnɛə(ɹ)/: A surname.
- Macnamara proper noun: A surname.
- MacNaughton proper noun: A surname.
- MacNeal proper noun: A surname.
- MacNeice proper noun: A surname.
- MacNeicean adjective: Of or pertaining to Frederick Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), Irish poet and playwright, or to his works, characterized by a humane and emotional style in...
- MacNutt proper noun: A surname.
- maco noun: An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.
- macocious adjective: Nosy; gossiping; interfering in the affairs of others.
- macock noun /ˈmeɪkɒk/: A particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.
- macoilin noun: A transmembrane protein that regulates neuronal excitability
- Macomb proper noun /məˈkoʊm/: A surname.
- macon noun /ˈmakɒ̃/: A dry red or white burgundy wine produced around Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
- Maconie proper noun: A surname.
- Maconite noun: Someone from the city of Macon, in the US state of Georgia.
- maconochie noun /məˈkɒnəki/: A tinned stew of sliced turnips, carrots, and potatoes in a thin broth, a widely-used food ration for British soldiers in front-line trenches during World...
- macopa noun: wax apple
- Macoris noun: A tribe which lived on the island which is now called Hispaniola.
- MACOS proper noun /ˌmækoʊˈɛs/: Man: A Course of Study. A controversial education programme in the 1970s.
- macotious adjective: Alternative form of macocious.
- macoute noun: A member of the Tonton Macoutes in Haiti; by extension, a thug or criminal.
- macoya noun: A plant of the genus Xanthosoma, yielding edible tubers.
- macpalxochitl noun: A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.
- MacPhail proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Macphee proper noun: A surname.
- MacPherson proper noun: A surname, alternative form of MacPherson, including in Singapore.
- Macphersonian adjective: Of or relating to James Macpherson (1736–1796), Scottish poet.
- macphersonite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
- macplocimine noun: A macrolide isolated from Thioploca bacteria.
- Macquarie noun /məˈkwɔːri/: A Macquarie Dictionary.
- Macquarie lily noun: Synonym of Darling lily.
- Macquarie perch noun: Macquaria australasica, an Australian freshwater fish.
- Macquarie pine noun: Synonym of Huon pine.
- macquarimicin noun: Any of a group of microbial metabolites that have antibiotic and antiinflammatory activity
- MacQuarium noun /ˌmækˈkwɛɚ.i.jəm/: An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.
- Macquarrie proper noun: A surname.
- macquartite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic orange mineral containing chromium, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
- Macqueen proper noun: A surname.
- MacQueen's bustard noun: Chlamydotis macqueenii, a large bird native to the desert and steppe regions of Asia.
- macr- prefix: Alternative form of macro- (before vowels)
- macradenous adjective: Having large glands.
- Macrae proper noun: A surname.
- macrame noun, verb /ˈmækɹəˌmeɪ/: Alternative spelling of macramé.
- macrandrous adjective: Having antheridia formed on normal-sized male vegetative filaments.
- macraner noun: An unusually large male ant.
- macranganin noun: A particular ellagitannin.
- macranthoidin noun: Any of a group of glycoside saponins present in Lonicera macranthoides
- macranthoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- macrauchene noun: A member of family Macraucheniidae of extinct South American ungulates.
- macraucheniid noun: Any extinct hoofed mammal of the family Macraucheniidae.
- Macray proper noun: A barangay of Bangued, Abra, Philippines.
- Macready proper noun: A surname.
- Macready pause noun: A brief pause during the delivery of a speech in a play, to make the speaking seem more natural.
- macrencephalic adjective: Having a large brain.
- macrencephalous adjective: macrencephalic
- macrencephaly noun /ˌmækroʊɛnˈsɛfəli/: The condition of having an enlarged brain, usually as a component of any of various congenital syndromes of altered development.
- macrergate noun: An unusually large worker ant.
- macrinite noun: An amorphous form of maceral
- Macris proper noun: Former name of Euboea.
- macristiid noun: Any fish in the obsolete family Macristiidae, which turned out to be a collection of misidentified larval aulopiforms.
- MacRitchie proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- macritude noun: leanness
- macro adjective, noun, prefix, verb /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/: Very large in scale or scope.
- macro-economic adjective: Alternative spelling of macroeconomic.
- macro expansion noun: The source code (assembler or other language) created by interpretation of a macro
- macro-fiction noun: Fiction that has a greater than normal length
- macro guard noun: Synonym of include guard.
- macro language noun: A system for defining and processing macros.
- macro lens noun: A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.
- macro-level adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of macrolevel
- macro-level orientation noun: The part of sociology that characterizes society as a whole
- macro-management noun: Alternative form of macromanagement.
- macro-moth noun: Alternative form of macromoth.
- macro-organism noun: Alternative form of macroorganism.
- macro-organizational adjective: Of or pertaining to a perspective in organizational studies focusing on the overall structure, dynamics, and interactions of organizations as a whole.
- macro-socio-political adjective: Large-scale socio-political.
- macro virus noun: Alternative form of macrovirus.
- macroacquisition noun: The acquisition of a second language by a speech community.
- macroaction noun: An equivalence class of sequences of one or more microactions that all have the same starting state and the same terminal state.
- macroadenoma noun: An adenoma that is larger than about a centimetre.
- macroagglutinate verb: To cause, or to undergo macroagglutination
- macroagglutination noun: macroscopic agglutination
- macroaggregate noun: A relatively large aggregated particle
- macroaggregated adjective: aggregated into relatively large particles (macroaggregates)
- macroaggregation noun: Relatively large-scale aggregation
- macroaggression noun: Large-scale or overt aggression toward those of a certain race, culture, gender, etc., contrasted with microaggression.
- macroalbumin noun: Alternative form of macroalbuminuria.
- macroalbuminuria noun: A greater than normal amount of albumin excreted in the urine
- macroalbuminuric adjective: Of or pertaining to macroalbuminuria
- macroalga noun: Large algae, often living attached in dense beds, such as kelp.
- macroalgal adjective: Of, or pertaining to, macroalga.
- macroalgivore noun: Any organism that eats macroalgae
- macroamphiphile noun: Any relatively large amphiphile, but especially any such lipopolysaccharide or similar compound found in bacterial cell walls
- macroamylasaemia noun: The presence of macroamylase in the blood, especially when accompanying hyperamylasaemia
- macroamylase noun: A high-molecular weight form (that is, a macroenzyme form) of amylase that is bound as a complex to a globulin and is therefore not excreted in the urine.
- macroamylasemia noun: Alternative form of macroamylasaemia.
- macroanalysis noun: large-scale analysis
- macroanalyst noun: One who carries out macroanalysis.
- macroanalytical adjective: Relating to macroanalysis
- macroanatomic adjective: Alternative form of macroanatomical.
- macroanatomical adjective: Relating to large-scale anatomical features
- macroanatomically adverb: In a macroanatomical manner
- macroanatomy noun: Synonym of gross anatomy.
- macroaneurysm noun: A relatively large aneurysm
- macroangiopathic adjective: Relating to macroangiopathy.
- macroangiopathy noun: angiopathy of the larger blood vessels
- macroaperture noun: A transient hole in endothelial cell walls
- macroarchitectural adjective: Relating to macroarchitecture
- macroarchitecture noun: Relatively large-scale architecture (in several diverse fields)
- macroarea noun: Synonym of macroregion.
- macroarray noun: A large array, especially one of DNA probes that is used in genetic analysis.
- macroartefact noun: A relatively large-scale artefact.
- macroarthropod noun: A relatively large-scale arthropod
- macroartifact noun: Alternative spelling of macroartefact
- macroassembler noun: An assembler that supports user-defined macros.
- macroassembly noun: A relatively large-scale assembly
- macroautophagic adjective: Relating to macroautophagy
- macroautophagosome noun: An autophagosome associated with macroautophagy
- macroautophagy noun: A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome
- macrobacterium noun: Any unusually large bacterium
- macrobaenid noun: Any extinct turtle of the family †Macrobaenidae
- macroband noun: A group of hunter-gatherers from several families
- macrobasic adjective: Having a shaft over four times as long as the capsule in relation to nematocysts.
- macrobasin noun: A relatively large basin (typically, of a large river system)
- macrobead noun: A spherical agglomeration of cells
- macrobehavior noun: Relatively large-scale behavior.
- macrobehavioral adjective: Relating to macrobehavior.
- macrobehaviour noun: Alternative form of macrobehavior.
- macrobehavioural adjective: Alternative form of macrobehavioral.
- macrobenthic adjective: Relating to the macrobenthos
- macrobenthos noun: benthic organisms that are big enough to be seen with the naked eye
- macrobial adjective: Relating to macrobacteria
- macrobian adjective, noun: Having an exceptionally long life span.
- macrobicycle noun: Any bicyclic macrocycle
- macrobicyclic adjective: Having two macrocyclic rings
- macrobicyclization noun: The formation of a macrobicycle
- macrobioclimate noun: A relatively large bioclimate
- macrobiodiversity noun: biodiversity of a macrobiome
- macrobioeroder noun: A relatively large bioeroder
- macrobioerosion noun: bioerosion caused by macroscopic creatures
- macrobiological adjective: Of or pertaining to macrobiology.
- macrobiologist noun: One who studies macrobiology.
- macrobiology noun: The study of large living organisms.
- macrobiome noun: Macrofauna or macroflora, taken as a whole; that part of the biome composed of larger organisms.
- macrobiosis noun: Long life.
- macrobiota noun: The macroscopic flora and fauna of a region.
- macrobiote noun: One who lives for a long time.
- macrobiotic adjective: Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.
- macrobiotically adverb: In a macrobiotic way.
- macrobiotics noun /ˌmækɹoʊˌbaɪˈɑtəks/: The art or science of prolonging life, of living a long life.
- macrobiotid noun: Any tardigrade of the family Macrobiotidae
- macroblast noun: megaloblast
- macrobleed noun: A relatively large lesion.
- macroblepharon noun: A condition of the eyes, typically in dogs, characterised by a protruding eye and excessively long eyelid
- macroblock noun: A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block
- macroblocking noun: A visual artifact in compressed video etc. where similar adjacent pixels appear as a contiguous block of colour.
- macroborer noun: Any macroorganism that bores into a substrate
- macroboring adjective, noun: That functions as a macroborer
- macrobotanic adjective: Alternative form of macrobotanical.
- macrobotanical adjective: Related to macroplants.
- macrobotany noun: The study of plant remains from archaeological sites that are large enough to be viewed with the naked eye or with a low-powered microscope.
- macrobrew noun, verb: A beer produced by a large commercial brewery, or macrobrewery.
- macrobrewer noun: A large-scale commercial brewer, contrasted with smaller microbrewers.
- macrobrewery noun: A large-scale commercial brewery, contrasted with smaller microbreweries.
- macrobubble noun: A macroscopic bubble
- macroburst noun: A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- macrocalcification noun: Relatively large-scale calcification.
- macrocapillary noun: A macroscopic capillary.
- macrocapsule noun: A relatively large capsule (when compared to a microcapsule)
- macrocarcinoma noun: A single, relatively large carcinoma
- macrocarnivore noun: A relatively large carnivore
- macrocarnivorous adjective: Relating to macrocarnivores
- macrocarpa noun: The Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.
- macrocarpal noun: Any of a group of cyclic aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids, present in Eucalyptus macrocarpa that has antibacterial activity
- macrocarpamine noun: An Alstonia alkaloid with antiplasmodial activity.
- macrocarpin noun: Any of a particular class of cytotoxic nortriterpenoid alkaloids
- macrocarpol noun: Synonym of longiborneol.
- macrocarrier noun: The structure that contains the microparticles in a gene gun
- macrocategory noun: A category that is made up of multiple smaller microcategories.
- macrocatheter noun: A relatively large catheter
- macrocavern noun: A large rock cavity or cave, often enough to be accessed by people.
- macrocell noun: The largest and most powerful type of mobile phone cell.
- macrocellular adjective: Composed of reasonably large cells
- macrocephalia noun: Macrocephaly.
- macrocephalic adjective: Having an abnormally large or elongated head.
- macrocephalism noun: macrocephaly
- macrocephalous adjective: Having a large head.
- macrocephalus noun: The condition of having an abnormally large head.
- macrocephaly noun: A condition in which the head is abnormally large.
- macrochaeta noun /makɹəʊˈkiːtə/: A large chaeta found in certain organisms
- macrochaete noun: Alternative form of macrochaeta.
- macrochamber noun: A relatively large chamber, especially when compared to a microchamber
- macrochannel noun: A relatively large channel
- macrocharcoal noun: Relatively large pieces of charcoal in the fossil record
- macrocheilia noun: A medical condition resulting in very large lips
Part 2 · Part 4 · 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.