English words: mad queen chess to madwort

300 English words, part 7 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words mad queen chess to madwort

mad queen chess noun: The modern variety of chess, in which the queen can travel any number of squares in one move, as opposed to earlier varieties in which the queen was less...
mad science noun: Science as practiced by a mad scientist
mad scientism noun: The practice of a mad scientist; mad scientist-like behavior.
mad scientist noun: A stock character in fiction who embodies such an archetype.
mad wae it adjective: Alternative form of mad with it.
mad wi' it adjective: Alternative form of mad with it.
mad with it adjective: Extremely drunk or intoxicated.
Mada proper noun: A surname.
Madagascan adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Madagascar.
Madagascan fish eagle noun: Haliaeetus vociferoides, a species of eagle native to the coastal strip in the northwest of Madagascar.
Madagascar noun /mædəˈɡæskə/: A resident of Madagascar.
Madagascar bean noun: Synonym of lima bean (“the fruit of this plant”)
Madagascar buzzard noun: Buteo brachypterus, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family endemic to Madagascar.
Madagascar fish eagle noun: Synonym of Madagascan fish eagle.
Madagascar hissing cockroach noun: One of the largest cockroaches, of species Gromphadorhina portentosa, native to the island of Madagascar.
Madagascar jacana noun: Actophilornis albinucha, a wader in the family Jacanidae.
Madagascar jasmine noun: Stephanotis floribunda, a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Madagascar.
Madagascar periwinkle noun: The rosy periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus.
Madagascar plum noun: Synonym of Indian plum (“Flacourtia indica”).
Madagascar sea-eagle noun: Synonym of Madagascan fish eagle.
Madagascar tortoise noun: Synonym of angonoka.
Madagascar wood rail noun: Any bird of species Mentocrex kioloides (syn. Canirallus kioloides), rails of Madagascar.
Madagascar yellowbrow noun: A species of Malagasy warbler found in Madagascar (Crossleyia xanthophrys).
Madagascarene adjective: Of or relating to Madagascar.
Madagascarian adjective, noun /ˌmadəˌɡaˈkɛəɹi.ən/: Synonym of Madagascan.
madagascoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Madagass noun: A negro slave of Madagascan origin.
madake noun: Timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)
madal noun: A type of drum used in Nepalese folk music.
madala noun: In certain countries of Eastern Africa, an elder or mzee; a person worthy of much esteem.
Madalyn proper noun: A female given name.
madam noun, verb /ˈmædəm/: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
Madam and Eve noun: A phrase, often satirical, recasting the Biblical couple of Adam and Eve as a lesbian couple.
Madam President noun: An honorific used in addressing a female president.
madame noun /məˈdæm/: Alternative form of madam.
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur noun: A small mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae)
Madame Bishop noun: A drink comprising port, sugar and nutmeg.
Madame Jeanette noun: A chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) cultivar from Suriname.
Madame President noun: Alternative spelling of Madam President.
Madame Tussaud's noun /ˈmædəm t(j)uːˈsɔːdz/: A gallery of realistic figures of famous persons.
madamhood noun: The fact or state of being a woman of high rank or respect.
madamish adjective: Like or befitting a madam; ladylike.
madamji noun: madam (as a respectful term of address)
Madan noun: The Marsh Arabs.
Madang proper noun: A province of Papua New Guinea.
madanga noun: A bird of the species Anthus ruficollis, native to island of Buru.
Madani proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
Madao proper noun: A barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.
madapolam noun: Alternative spelling of madapollam.
madapollam noun: A soft cotton fabric manufactured from fine yarns.
Madar proper noun: A surname.
Madariaga proper noun: A surname from Basque.
madarosis noun: The loss of the eyebrows or eyelashes.
madarotic adjective /ˌmæd.əˈɹɒt.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to the loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.
Madawaska proper noun: A river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
Madawaskan adjective, noun: Of or related to Madawaska, a town in Maine.
Maday proper noun: A surname from Hungarian.
madbrain noun: A rash, hotheaded or crazy person.
madbrained adjective: madcap; crazy
madcap adjective, noun /ˈmædkæp/: A person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner.
madcappery noun: The action or behavior of a madcap.
Madchester proper noun: An alternative rock genre and associated social scene that originated in Manchester, England, in the late 1980s, influenced by indie, psychedelic and dance...
madchild noun: A child who is insane.
madd noun: Alternative form of maddah.
madda noun: Alternative form of maddah.
maddah noun: Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The...
maddalam noun: A type of drum used in Kerala.
maddale noun: A type of percussion instrument used in Karnataka, India.
madden verb /ˈmæd.(ə̯)n̩/: To make angry.
maddener noun: One who or that which maddens.
maddening adjective, verb /ˈmædənɪŋ/: Causing frustration or anger.
maddeningly adverb: In a maddening manner.
maddeningness noun: The quality, state, or condition of being maddening.
madder adjective, noun, verb /ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/: A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
madder family noun: Synonym of Rubiaceae
madder lake noun: A colour mixed with either oil or water, made from madder.
madderwort noun: Rubia tinctorum (common madder).
maddery adjective: Of or similar to the deep reddish colour of madder (dye).
maddie noun: A mad person.
maddies noun: The act or state of being mad; madness.
madding adjective, verb /ˈmædɪŋ/: Affected with madness; raging; furious.
maddingly adverb: maddeningly
maddish adjective: Somewhat mad.
Maddison proper noun /ˈmædɪsən/: A surname originating as a matronymic.
maddle verb: To be or become crazy; rave; be confused in mind; be delirious; lose one's way; be dotingly fond of.
maddock noun /ˈmædək/: An earthworm or maggot.
maddoctor noun: A psychiatrist.
maddog noun: A rabid dog
Maddow proper noun /mædoʊ/: A surname.
Maddox proper noun /ˈmædəks/: A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Maddux proper noun: A surname from Welsh, variant of Maddox.
Maddy proper noun /ˈmædi/: A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine.
made noun, verb /meɪd/: A grub or maggot.
made dish noun: A dish made of several different ingredients.
made for each other adjective: Well suited to be in a relationship with one another, especially as romantic or marital partners.
made for life adjective: Having enough wealth to live the rest of one's life without any further income.
made for one another adjective: Alternative form of made for each other.
made-for-television adjective: Synonym of made-for-TV.
made-for-TV adjective: Produced for or originally distributed by a television network as opposed to being shown in cinemas.
made hand noun: A poker hand which is already a strong hand regardless of which cards come in later rounds.
made in China adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
made in Japan adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Manufactured in Japan.
made in the shade adjective: In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being.
made man noun: A man whose fortune has been made.
made of fail adjective: Bad.
made of money adjective: Very rich.
made of sterner stuff adjective: strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).
made of stone adjective: cold-hearted; free from emotions.
made of sugar adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of, sugar.
made to fade adjective: Of a product, most commonly specialty tattoo ink or hair dye, engineered to gradually break down and disappear over a specific timeframe, rather than...
made-to-measure adjective: Designed and made to individual specifications. (usually of men's clothing)
made-to-order adjective: Made for a specific individual, but not always to individual specifications.
made-to-order story noun: A story (fictional narrative) improvised by the teller based on elements suggested by the listener.
made up adjective, verb: Invented or fabricated.
made-upness noun: The quality of being made-up, or invented.
made-wine noun: An alcoholic drink made from fermentation, other than grape wine, beer, black beer, spirits or cider, for the purposes of excise tax.
made you look interjection: Said after tricking someone into believing there was something to be seen where, in fact, there was not.
Madecassee adjective, noun: Madagascan
madecassic adjective: Relating to madecassic acid or its derivatives
madecassic acid noun: A particular triterpenoid carboxylic acid that is an immunomodulator
madecassoside noun: A glycoside, extracted from a variety of plants, used in some skin creams
madefaction noun: The act of madefying, or making something wet.
madefy verb: To make wet or moist.
madeira noun /məˈdɪəɹə/: Alternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).
Madeira cake noun: A simple cake, rather like a pound cake, with added lemon zest but no fruit; traditionally eaten with a glass of Madeira wine.
Madeira nut noun: A common walnut, a nut of an English walnut (Juglans regia).
Madeira petrel noun: An endangered species of gadfly petrel endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal, Pterodroma madeira.
Madeira sauce noun: A French brown sauce made with Madeira wine and peppercorns.
Madeira vine noun: Anredera cordifolia, a South American ornamental succulent evergreen vine of the family Basellaceae.
Madeira walnut noun: Synonym of English walnut (Juglans regia)
Madeira wood noun: The mahogany tree (Swietenia mahagoni).
Madeiran adjective, noun: Of, or from Madeira.
Madeiran wood pigeon noun: An extinct subspecies of wood pigeon †Columba palumbus maderensis, that lived on the island of Madeira.
madeirin noun: An anthraquinone found in Digitalis isabelliana.
Madelaine proper noun: A female given name.
madeleine noun /ˈmad(ə)lɪn/: A French type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
Madelenian adjective: Alternative form of Magdalenian.
Madeley proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6904).
Madeline proper noun /ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/: A female given name from French.
Madelung proper noun: A surname.
Madelung constant noun: A numerical constant used in determining the electrostatic energy of each ion in a crystal.
Madelung's deformity noun: The presence of malformed wrists and wrist bones and short stature, often associated with Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis.
Madelyn proper noun: A female given name from French, variant of Madeline.
Madelynn proper noun: A female given name.
mademoiselle noun, verb /ˌmæ.dəm.wəˈzɛl/: A courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country.
Maden proper noun: A surname.
madeness noun: The quality of having been made (by someone or something)
Mader proper noun: A surname.
Madera proper noun: A city, the county seat of Madera County, California, United States.
maderisation noun: Alternative spelling of maderization
maderise verb: Alternative form of maderize.
Maderism noun: A movement led by Francisco I. Madero during the Mexican Revolution, aiming to achieve democratic regeneration of the country through effective suffrage and...
maderization noun: Oxidation.
maderize verb: To oxidize.
Madero proper noun: A surname.
madescent adjective: Becoming damp or moist.
madeup adjective: Alternative form of made-up.
Madewell proper noun: A surname.
madge noun /mæd͡ʒ/: The barn owl.
Madgwick proper noun: A surname from Old English.
madhalam noun: Alternative form of maddalam.
Madhav proper noun: A male given name from Hindi of Indian usage.
Madhavi proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
madhead noun: A crazy person.
Madhesh proper noun: A province of Nepal.
Madhesi noun: A member of one of several ethnic groups who live in the terai in southern Nepal.
madhhab noun [ˈmæð.hæb]: A school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.
madhhabi noun: A Muslim who follows a madhhab.
madhhabite noun: Synonym of madhhabi.
madhhabization noun: The consolidation of strains of Islamic legal thought into distinct and coherent madhhabs.
madhouse noun /ˈmædˌhaʊs/: A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
Madhu proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Madhubani proper noun: A district of Bihar, India.
Madhukar proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Madhur proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Madhyamika proper noun: The central philosophy of Buddhism that was systematized by Nagarjuna. It establishes that all phenomena are empty of independent reality.
Madi noun: A Central-Sudanic-speaking people of Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda.
Madia proper noun: A surname from Italian.
madiao noun: A Chinese trick-taking card game in which three players team up against the banker.
Madiba proper noun: Nelson Mandela
Madiba shirt noun: A shirt with a batik pattern of the kind often worn by Nelson Mandela.
madicolous adjective: Inhabiting a thin film or sheet of water.
madid adjective: Wet; moist.
Madidi titi monkey noun: A New World monkey from Bolivia, Callicebus aureipalatii.
Madiga noun: A member of a particular caste of southern India.
Madigan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Madill proper noun: A surname from Norman.
Madilyn proper noun: A female given name.
Madinah proper noun: A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia; holy to Islam.
madindoline noun: Any of a family of noncytotoxic indole alkaloids originally isolated from Streptomyces nitrosporeus.
Madingley proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3960).
madison noun /ˈmædɪsən/: A particular line dance commonly danced to the Ike & Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits (though predating that song's release).
Madisonian adjective, noun /ˌmædɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States, hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in...
Madisonville proper noun: A home rule city, the county seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
Madiun proper noun: A city in East Java province, Indonesia.
Madl proper noun: A surname from German.
madlad noun /ˈmædˌlæd/: Someone (either male or of unspecified gender) who does something particularly impressive and audacious.
Madley proper noun: A village and civil parish west of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4138).
MadLib noun: Alternative spelling of Mad Lib.
madling adjective, noun: A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
Madlock proper noun: A surname.
madly adverb /ˈmædli/: without reason or understanding; wildly.
madman noun /ˈmædmən/: A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
madman theory noun: An element of U.S. President Richard Nixon's foreign policy, by which Nixon was portrayed as irrational and volatile toward leaders of hostile Communist...
madnep noun: The masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium).
madness noun /ˈmad.nəs/: The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
mado noun: Any fish in the genus Atypichthys, in Australia mostly Atypichthys strigatus and in New Zealand Atypichthys latus.
Madoc proper noun: A township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, named after Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd.
madocite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal grayish black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
madogram noun: A form of variogram that plots the mean absolute deviation.
Madona proper noun: A town and municipality in Latvia.
madonna noun /məˈdɒnə/: An artistic representation of the Virgin Mary, chiefly when holding the infant Jesus.
Madonna-be noun: Alternative form of Madonnabe
Madonna blue noun: A shade of deep blue.
Madonna braid noun: A smooth braid arranged on a side of the face.
madonna-like adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the Virgin Mary.
Madonna lily noun: Lilium candidum, a true lily native to Greece, the western Balkans and the Middle East.
Madonna piercing noun: A lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip on the right-hand side.
Madonnabe noun: A person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
Madonnaesque adjective: Characteristic of Madonna (born 1958), American singer-songwriter and actress, known for provocative pushing of boundaries and frequent reinvention of her...
Madonnahood noun: The state or condition of being a Madonna.
Madonnaish adjective: Like a Madonna.
madonnalike adjective: rare spelling of Madonna-like
Madonnamania noun: Intense fanatical enthusiasm for American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
Madonnawise adverb: In the manner of the Virgin Mary.
madoqua noun: A small Abyssinian antelope, Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana)
mador noun: Synonym of gubinge.
Madore proper noun: A surname.
Madou proper noun: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
madow noun /məˈdoʊ/: heroin.
madperson noun: A madman or madwoman.
madrague noun: A large fish pound used for the capture of tuna in the Mediterranean, now a forbidden practice in places.
madras noun /məˈdɹæs/: A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
Madras hemp noun: Synonym of Indian hemp (“Crotalaria juncea”).
madrasa noun /məˈdɹæsə/: A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.
madrasah noun: Alternative spelling of madrasa
Madrasi adjective, noun: A native or resident of Chennai in India.
madrassa noun: Alternative spelling of madrasa.
madrassah noun: Alternative form of madrasa.
Madrassi adjective, noun: Alternative form of Madrasi.
Madrazo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Madrean adjective: Pertaining to the Sierra Madre Occidental
madreperl noun: mother-of-pearl
madreporal adjective: Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
madreporarian noun /ˌmædrəpɔːˈɹɛəɹi.ən/: Any coral of the genus Madrepora.
madrepore noun /ˈmædɹɪpɔː(ɹ)/: A coral of the genus Madrepora or of the order Madreporaria.
madreporian adjective, noun: Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
madreporic adjective: Resembling, or pertaining to, the madrepores (corals of the genus Madrepora).
madreporical adjective: Alternative form of madreporic.
madreporiform adjective: Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.
madreporite noun /ˌmædɹəˈpɔɹaɪt/: A calcareous opening in the body of echinoderms which connects the water vascular system to the environment.
madreporitic adjective: Relating to or composed of madreporite.
Madri proper noun: The second wife of Pandu, and the mother of Pandava twins, Nakula and Sahadeva in Mahabharata.
madrich noun /mɑˈdɹix/: A youth counsellor, coordinator, and supervisor in Zionist youth movements and Birthright Israel tours.
Madrid proper noun /məˈdɹɪd/: The capital city of Spain.
Madridian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Madrid, Spain, or to its inhabitants.
Madridista noun: Someone who plays for Real Madrid CF, a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
madrier noun: A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.
madrigal noun /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/: A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
madrigaler noun: A madrigalist (writer or performer of madrigals)
madrigalesque adjective: Reminiscent of a madrigal.
madrigaletto noun: A short or simple madrigal.
madrigalian adjective: Of or relating to madrigals.
madrigalic adjective: Of or relating to madrigals.
madrigalist noun: A composer of madrigals.
madrigalistic adjective: Pertaining to a madrigal.
madrih noun: Alternative form of madrich.
Madrileña noun: A woman from Madrid.
madrilene adjective, noun: A type of consommé flavored with tomatoes and served either as a warm broth or chilled and jellied.
Madrilenian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Madrid, Spain, or to its inhabitants.
Madrileño adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Madrid, or to its inhabitants.
madrina noun: An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
Madron proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, north-west of Penzance (OS grid ref SW4531).
madrona noun: Alternative form of madrone.
madrone noun: A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
madrono noun: Alternative form of madrone.
Madruga proper noun: A surname.
Madsen proper noun: A surname.
madsome adjective: Characterised or marked by madness
Madson proper noun: A surname.
madstone noun /ˈmadstəʊn/: A stone believed to have the power to heal the bite of a rabid or venomous animal.
madtom noun: Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae.
madtsoiid noun: Any extinct snake of the family Madtsoiidae
madumbi noun: a yam
madupitic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral madupite.
Madura proper noun: An island of Indonesia off the coast of Java.
Madura foot noun: A form of eumycetoma.
Madurai proper noun /ˈmʌðʊraɪ/: A district of Tamil Nadu, India.
maduramicin noun: An antiprotozoal agent used in veterinary medicine to prevent coccidiosis.
Maduran adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, the Indonesian island of Madura.
Madurese adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, the Indonesian island of Madura.
maduro noun /məˈdʊ.ɹoʊ/: A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.
maduromycosis noun: Madura foot, a form of eumycetoma.
maduropeptin noun: A complex of a protein and a chromophore present in the actinobacterium Actinomadura madurae
madurose noun: The monosaccharide derivative 3-O-methyl-D-galactose
madware noun: mobile adware
madweed noun: Synonym of hoodwort (“the plant Scutellaria galericulata”).
madwoman noun: A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.
madwomyn noun: Feminist spelling of madwoman
madwort noun: Any of certain alyssums (Alyssum spp.).

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.