English Words: M

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matrilocaladj

Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.

matrilocalitynoun

The state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife.

matrilocallyadv

In a matrilocal fashion.

matrimanianoun

Excessive enthusiasm for a wedding or weddings in general.

matrimoietynoun

A descent group coming from the mother's side.

matrimonialadj

Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage.

matrimoniallyadv

In a matrimonial way.

matrimonynoun

Marriage; the state of being married.

matriotnoun

A patriot who is female or who embraces feminine values.

matrioticadj

Of or pertaining to a matriot.

matriotismnoun

School, hometown, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.

matriphagousadj

Of or relating to matriphagy or an organism that practices it.

matriphagynoun

The condition where organisms feed on their own mother.

matriptasenoun

An enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.

matrisexualadj

sexually attracted to one's mother

matrisexualitynoun

sexual attraction to one's own mother

matrisomaladj

Relating to a matrisome

matrisomenoun

All the extracellular matrix proteins of an organism

matristicadj

Being or relating to a prehistoric female-led society based around Mother Goddess worship.

matristicsnoun

The study of women who were involved in the early Christian church.

matrixnoun

The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.

Matrix defensename

A legal defense in which the defendant claims to have committed a crime in the belief that they were not in the real world, but in a simulated reality.

matrix groupnoun

Any group of invertible matrices over a specified field, with the group operation of matrix multiplication.

matrix languagenoun

The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language.

matrixectomynoun

A procedure making use of chemicals, surgery, cryotherapy or laser to remove all or part of the nail matrix, usually as a treatment for ingrown toenails.

matrixedadj

Using matrix management.

matrixialadj

Of or relating to a feminist film theory introduced by Bracha L. Ettinger.

matrixingnoun

An electronic procedure to generate a signal from multiple signal inputs, for example quadraphonic encoding into two channels.

Matrixismname

A minor modern religion based on the science-fiction franchise The Matrix.

matrixlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a matrix.

matrixwiseadv

By means of, or in terms of, matrices.

matroclinousadj

Having mostly maternally inherited characteristics.

matroidnoun

A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.

matroidaladj

Of or pertaining to a matroid

matronnoun

A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank.

matronanoun

In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man.

matronagenoun

The collective body of matrons.

matronaladj

Of, or pertaining to, a matron.

Matronename

A surname from Italian.

matronhoodnoun

The state of being a matron

matronismnoun

matronhood

matronizeverb

To make a matron of; to make matron-like.

matronlikeadj

Like a matron; matronly.

matronlinessnoun

The quality of being matronly.

matronlyadj

In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.

matronshipnoun

matronage

matronymnoun

The name of someone's mother.

matronymicadj

Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother.

Matroosbergname

A mountain in the Hex River Mountains, Western Cape province, South Africa.

matrophobianoun

The fear of becoming like one's mother.

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