English Words: M
36,575 words · Page 112 of 732
To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.
The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a woman, in order to appear knowledgeable, or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
A condescending explanation given by a male explainer to a female listener, especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it because she is a woman.
To spread one’s thighs widely while seated, exposing one’s crotch and taking up space from any adjacent seats.
To splay one's legs open whilst sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
A slave-dealer; someone who seizes another person to hold that person as a slave or sell that person into slavery; more loosely: a slaveholder.
A male equivalent of "mistress"; a male object of one's affections who lies outside of one's primary relationship.
Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
A long silk or woollen vestment, fastened in front, with a low collar and no sleeves, worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court.
A sleeveless, knee-length vestment open at the front which is worn by Roman Catholic prelates.
To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 112. 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.
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