English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 162 of 732

matchstalknoun

Rare form of matchstick.

matchsticknoun

A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.

matchupnoun

A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition

matchweednoun

Synonym of broomweed (“plants of Gutierrezia genus”).

matchweeknoun

The week in which a sporting event takes place.

matchwinnernoun

A player whose skill enables their team to win matches.

matchwinningadj

That wins a match.

matchwoodnoun

Wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches.

matchyadj

color-coordinated, matching, especially to an excess.

matchy-matchinessnoun

The quality of being matchy-matchy.

matchy-matchyadj

Of clothes or upholstery: excessively color-coordinated.

matenoun

A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.

mateableadj

Capable of being mated or joined together.

matedverb

simple past and past participle of mate

Mateenname

A surname.

Mateeștiname

A village and commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.

matehoodnoun

The state or condition of having a mate (someone to reproduce with).

mateinenoun

Caffeine extracted from maté plant.

Matejaname

A surname from Polish.

Matejkaname

A surname.

matelassénoun

A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.

matelessadj

Without a mate.

matelessnessnoun

Absence of a mate.

matelotnoun

A sailor.

matelotagenoun

A social practice of same-sex civil union among seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries.

matelotenoun

A stew made primarily with fish and wine.

matelotsnoun

plural of matelot

Matelskiname

A surname from Polish.

Mateoname

A male given name from Spanish.

mateologynoun

vain, pointless discourse or inquiry; waffle.

mateotechnynoun

Any unprofitable scheme.

maternoun

Mother.

mater dolorosanoun

The Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.

mater lectionisnoun

A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Materaname

A province of Basilicata, Italy.

materfamiliasnoun

The female head of a household.

materianoun

The physical substances which create the natural world: matter, materials, substance, etc.

materia medicanoun

Synonym of pharmacology, particularly its development in early modern Europe.

materia subtilisnoun

An ethereal substance once believed to fill spaces emptied of air (i.e. any vacuum) and to be capable of passing through solid objects.

materialadj

Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.

material causenoun

The stuff or matter of which something is made.

material conditionalnoun

A type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its antecedent is false or its consequent is true, and false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false.

material heresynoun

An opinion that is objectively contradictory to the teachings of the Church, and as such heretical, but which is uttered by a person without the subjective knowledge of it being so.

material nounnoun

A noun that refers to a substance.

materialisationnoun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of materialization.

materialiseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of materialize.

materialisernoun

Alternative form of materializer.

materialismnoun

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

materialistnoun

Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions.

materialisticadj

Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 162. 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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