English Words: M

4,057 words · Page 10 of 82

mallamnoun

In Africa, a teacher of the Qur'an.

mallardnoun

Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

mallenoun

A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.

malleableadj

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

malleenoun

A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia.

malletnoun

A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.

malleusnoun

The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.

Malleyname

A surname from Irish.

Mallikaname

Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

mallingnoun

the transformation of a district by building shopping malls

Mallorcaname

An island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands.

Malloryname

An English surname from Old French.

mallownoun

Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.

Malloyname

A surname from Irish.

Mallyname

A surname.

malmnoun

A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.

Malmaisonnoun

A rose cultivar with large, pale pink flowers that open flat.

Malmesburyname

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9387).

Malmöname

A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.

malnourishedadj

Suffering from malnutrition.

malnourishmentnoun

malnutrition, undernourishment

malnutritionnoun

A lack of adequate nourishment.

malonoun

malolactic fermentation

Malonename

A surname from Irish.

Maloneyname

A surname from Irish.

Maloofname

A surname from Arabic.

Maloufname

A surname from Arabic.

Malpasname

A small market town and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4847).

malpracticenoun

The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.

maltnoun

Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.

Maltaname

An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.

maltednoun

A malted milk; a milkshake with malted milk powder.

Malteseadj

Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

malthousenoun

A plant where malt is produced.

Malthusname

A surname from Middle English.

Malthusianadj

Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.

Maltonname

A placename:

maltosenoun

A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose

maltreatmentnoun

Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

maltyadj

Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of malt

malunoun

A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.

malumnoun

An evil or wrongdoing.

malusnoun

The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.

Malvernname

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.

Malvinasname

The Falkland Islands, the Falklands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.

Malwaname

A natural region in west-central northern India occupying a volcanic region of Vindhya range, the Malwa plateau.

malwarenoun

Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

Malzahnname

A surname from German.

mamnoun

Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

mamanoun

Mother, female parent.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 4,057 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 82 pages, and you are currently viewing page 10. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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