English Words: M

Characteristic of or pertaining to a matriarchy.

matriarchal

matriarchally

Synonym of matriarchy.

Pertaining to matriarchy.

A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.

The final year of high school.

By means of, or in the form of matrices

Any of the plants in the genus Matricaria.

Obsolete form of matrix.

matricentric

Centering around the mother or mothers.

The quality of being matricentric.

plural of matrix

Synonym of matric.

A female patrician; an upper class matriarch

Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.

In a matricidal manner.

The killing of one's mother.

A clan, with membership determined by matrilineal descent from a common ancestor.

Alternative form of matroclinous.

Describing cryptic sites within the extracellular matrix

A register of students who are enrolled.

A person who has matriculated or been registered on a list or roll, usually at a school.

The large-scale session of heavy drinking that ensues following matriculation.

To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

Enrollment in a college or university.

An examination which to pass is required for candidates to enter a country’s academic education system or kinds of career courses therein, nowadays (since the later 20th-century in developing countries) a school leaving certificate concluding secondary education en masse.

Relating to, or causing, matriculation; enrollment.

Someone who matriculates, an enroller on a course, especially for a school.

Centered on the mother; matriarchal.

The state or condition of being matrifocal.

In a matrifocal manner.

Alternative letter-case form of Matrigel.

One of the seven or eight mother goddesses that are usually shaktis of different devas.

plural of Matrika; the group of seven or eight Hindu mother goddesses

Any of a group of extracellular matrix-derived peptides which regulate cell activity

Related through one's maternal side.

On the mothers side

The language of the dominant local culture, in the situation where a pidgin or creole is formed from the language of the dominant culture and another outside introduced language.

A line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.

Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.

Tracing descent only through female ancestors.

The matrilineal system.

The condition of being matrilineal

In matrilineal fashion.

Alternative form of matrilineal.

Synonym of matrilinealism.

Pertaining to one's mother tongue.

Matrilineal society.