English Words: M

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maledicta balloonnoun

A comic graphic element used to enclose obscenities, oaths, and curses.

maledictionnoun

A curse.

maledictologynoun

The scientific study of insults and curses.

maledightnoun

Synonym of malediction.

maledomnoun

Men considered as a group; mankind.

maleducationnoun

Education that is faulty or incomplete.

maleducativeadj

That detracts from good education or leads to maleducation.

maleevitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing barium, boron, oxygen, and silicon.

malefacteenoun

Synonym of maleficiary.

malefactionnoun

A crime, an offense, an evil deed.

malefactiveadj

Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.

malefactivitynoun

The quality of being malefactive.

malefactornoun

A criminal or felon.

malefactoryadj

Doing evil or wicked things.

malefactressnoun

A woman who violates the law or does evil; a female malefactor.

malefacturenoun

An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.

maleffectnoun

A bad or harmful effect.

maleficadj

Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.

maleficallyadv

In a malefic manner.

maleficenoun

An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.

maleficencenoun

harmfulness or mischief.

maleficentadj

Harmful or evil in intent or effect.

maleficialadj

injurious, damaging

maleficiarynoun

One who suffers harm from something.

maleficiateadj

cursed; bewitched

maleficientadj

Alternative form of maleficent.

malefitnoun

A detriment or disadvantage

maleic acidnoun

an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic acid; HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of fumaric acid; it is found in unripe fruit, and is used industrially in the production of polyester resins

maleimidenoun

The internal imide of maleic acid, or any of its derivatives; they have a number of industrial applications

maleimidylnoun

A univalent radical derived from maleimide

Malekname

A surname.

malelessadj

Devoid of males.

malelessnessnoun

Absence of males.

Malemaname

A surname.

malemiutnoun

Dated form of malamute.

malemployverb

To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.

malemployedadj

Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

malemploymentnoun

The condition of being malemployed, which means employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

malenessnoun

The characteristic, state or condition of being male.

malenginenoun

Evil intent, bad intention; fraud, deceit.

Malenglishname

Synonym of Manglish.

Malenkoname

A surname from the Slavic languages.

Malenkovname

A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician and rival of Nikita Khrushchev.

Malenkovismnoun

The philosophy and politics espoused by Georgy Malenkov.

maleocracynoun

System of power dominated by males.

malepartadj

Obsolete form of malapert.

Malernoun

A people of northern India who speak the Malto language.

maleruptionnoun

The abnormal eruption of a tooth.

malesnoun

plural of male

Malesianame

A biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.

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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 76. 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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