English Words: M

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maintainabilitynoun

The ease with which something can be maintained.

maintainableadj

Able to be maintained

maintainablenessnoun

The quality of being maintainable.

maintainedadj

showing maintenance or attention

maintainernoun

Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.

maintainershipnoun

The property of being a maintainer.

maintainestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of maintain

maintainethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of maintain

maintainingnoun

The act of doing maintenance.

maintainmentnoun

maintenance

maintainornoun

One who, not being an interested party, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.

maintenancenoun

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

maintenance holenoun

manhole

maintenance-freeadj

Not requiring any maintenance.

maintopnoun

A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.

maintopmannoun

A sailor on duty on a maintop.

maintopmastnoun

The topmast of the mainmast.

Mainwaringname

A surname from Norman.

mainwheelnoun

Alternative spelling of main wheel.

mainyardnoun

The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung

Mainzname

A city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the River Rhine.

Mainz-Bingenname

A district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Mainzernoun

A native or inhabitant of the city of Mainz, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

maioidadj

Of or relating to the family Majidae of spider crabs.

maiolicanoun

Alternative form of majolica (“earthenware coated with opaque white tin glaze”).

maiolicawarenoun

Alternative form of majolicaware.

Maioloname

A surname from Italian.

maior et sanior parsnoun

The successful side of an election in which victory is not based on numerical majority but where greater weight has been given to the votes of some electors based on their authority, intellectual prowess, moral standing, purity of intent, and fairness of judgment.

Maiorananame

A surname from Italian.

maioressenoun

Obsolete spelling of mayoress.

Maiponame

A province in Santiago metropolitan region, Chile.

Maipúname

A commune of Santiago province, Chile.

mairadj

more

Mairename

A female given name from Irish.

mairehaunoun

The plant Phebalium nudum.

Mairembamname

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Mairsname

A surname.

Maisname

A surname.

Maisanoname

A surname from Italian.

Maisiename

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Scottish.

Maisonname

A surname originating as an occupation.

maison de passenoun

A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.

maison de tolérancenoun

A licensed brothel.

maisonettenoun

A small house.

maisonnettenoun

Alternative form of maisonette.

Maisonneuvename

A surname from French, equivalent to English Newhouse.

Maisonneuve fracturenoun

A proximal fibular fracture associated with a distal tibial (ankle) fracture.

Maisonneuve's instrumentnoun

A form of urethrotome with a concealed knife, which is passed to the point of stricture and expanded to the desired degree before the knife is exposed to cut the stricture.

maisternoun

Obsolete form of master.

Maistrename

A surname from French.

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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 58. 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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