English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 4 of 732

Madonnaname

Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Catholic contexts.

Madrasname

Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.

madrassanoun

Alternative spelling of madrasah.

Madridname

The capital city of Spain.

madrigalnoun

A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.

Madsenname

A surname.

Maduraname

An island of Indonesia off the coast of Java.

Madurainame

A district of Tamil Nadu, India.

maduronoun

A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.

madwomannoun

A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Maedaname

A surname from Japanese.

maelstromnoun

A large and violent whirlpool.

maestronoun

A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.

Maevename

A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.

MAFnoun

Initialism of minor allele frequency: the frequency of the less-common allele at a SNP.

Mafianame

The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).

maficadj

Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.

Mafiosonoun

A member of the Mafia.

magnoun

Clipping of magazine.

maganoun

Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood.

magazinenoun

A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.

magazinesnoun

plural of magazine

Magdalenname

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene.

Magdalenaname

A female given name, variant of Magdalene.

Magdalenename

A female given name from Hebrew.

Magdeburgname

The capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on the River Elbe.

magenoun

A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

Mageename

A surname.

Magellanname

A surname.

Magellanicadj

Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.

magentanoun

A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.

magesnoun

plural of mage

Magginoun

Any type of instant noodles.

Maggiename

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.

maggioreadj

major

maggotnoun

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.

maggotsnoun

plural of maggot

Maggyname

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.

Maghrebname

The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.

maghribnoun

The sunset Islamic prayer.

maginoun

plural of mage

magicnoun

The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.

magicaladj

Of, relating to, or by means of magic.

magicallyadv

In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.

magiciannoun

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

magisternoun

Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.

magisterialadj

Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.

magisteriumnoun

The teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church.

magistracynoun

The dignity or office of a magistrate.

magistratenoun

A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.

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 4. 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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