English Words: M

4,057 words · Page 15 of 82

manufacturedadj

manmade; produced by humans rather than nature

manufacturernoun

A person or company that manufactures.

manufacturersnoun

plural of manufacturer

manufacturingnoun

The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.

manukanoun

Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.

manumissionnoun

Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.

manureverb

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

manusnoun

A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

manuscriptadj

Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

Manxadj

Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.

manydet

before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

manzanitanoun

Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Arctostaphylos, especially Arctostaphylos manzanita, having smooth red or orange bark and stiff, twisting branches.

Manzanoname

A surname from Spanish.

maonoun

The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

Maoismnoun

The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.

Maoistadj

of, related to, or advocating Maoism

Maorinoun

A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand.

mapnoun

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

Mapesname

A surname from French.

maplenoun

A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

Maplewoodname

A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

mappernoun

One who produces a map.

mappingnoun

The process of making maps.

mapsnoun

plural of map

Mapuchename

An indigenous group of inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.

Maputoname

The capital city of Mozambique.

maquisnoun

Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.

marverb

To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

maranoun

A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

Maradonaname

A surname from Spanish.

Marahname

A female given name from Arabic, from Arabic, which means merriness, cheerfulness.

maraisnoun

A marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas.

Maranname

A family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

maraschinonoun

A sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries.

Marathanoun

A Hindu caste (or caste cluster) that is particularly associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra; a member of said caste.

Marathiname

An Indo-Aryan language that is the predominant language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India.

marathonnoun

A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.

marathonernoun

Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.

maraudernoun

Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

maraudingadj

raiding and pillaging

Marbellaname

A city in Andalusia, in southern Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.

marblenoun

A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.

marbledadj

Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.

marblesnoun

Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).

Marburgname

A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse, Germany.

Marburyname

A placename:

marcnoun

The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.

Marcaname

A village and commune of Sălaj County, Romania.

Marceauname

A surname from French.

marcelnoun

A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.

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 15. 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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