English Words: M
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Any colletid bee of the genus Hylaeus, which live solitary lifestyles and display hivebuilding behaviors similar to plasterer bees, to whom they are closely related.
A fallacy of inferring that since one knows (or does not know) something by one description, one must know (or not know) it by another, as in "I know who my father is. I do not know who the masked man is. Therefore, my father is not the masked man."
A glassy phase found in some meteorites and impact craters, typically similar in composition to plagioclase feldspar.
To wear a face mask to conceal one's unattractiveness, for example in an online dating profile.
A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.
A set of procedures designed to confuse, mislead, and camouflage oneself from the enemy.
An East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.
An isometric-tetartoidal steel gray mineral containing bismuth, platinum, and tellurium.
A model describing the main human physiological needs, including personal hygiene, dressing, feeding oneself, voluntary urinary and bowel control, ambulation, sleeping, copulation, homeostasis and shelter.
Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.
A genre of games, with various playstyles, where survival and winning are intentionally made extremely difficult.
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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 152. 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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