English Words: M

4,057 words · Page 8 of 82

makanoun

eye

makaiadv

seaward, towards the sea.

makanverb

To eat.

makarnoun

A poet writing in Scots.

Makarovname

A surname from Russian.

Makassarname

The capital and largest city of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Makatiname

An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.

makeverb

To create.

makenverb

plural simple present of make

makeoutnoun

An act of making out; passionate kissing or petting.

makeovernoun

A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.

Makepeacename

A surname transferred from the nickname.

makernoun

Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

makerspacenoun

A hackerspace where people develop electronic hardware or other physical objects.

makesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of make

makeshiftnoun

A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

makethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of make

makeupnoun

An item's composition.

makinoun

A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

makingnoun

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

makingsnoun

That which is needed for something: necessary ingredients.

Makitaname

A surname from Japanese.

makonoun

Ellipsis of mako shark

malnoun

illness, affliction.

malanoun

A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.

Malabarname

The region of coastal southwestern India, principally the modern state of Kerala.

malabsorptionnoun

The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.

Malaccaname

A state in western Malaysia.

Malachiname

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

malachitenoun

A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.

malachynoun

Obsolete spelling of malarkey.

maladaptiveadj

Of behavior, showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.

maladjustedadj

Adjusted badly or wrongly.

maladministrationnoun

Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.

maladynoun

Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.

Malaganame

A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.

Malagasynoun

A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.

malaisenoun

A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.

Malamname

A surname from India from West India.

Malanname

A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China.

Malangname

A city in East Java, Indonesia.

malaradj

Pertaining to the cheek.

malarianoun

A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

malarialadj

Of, relating to, or infected by malaria.

malarkeynoun

Nonsense; rubbish.

malatenoun

Any salt or ester of malic acid.

Malawiname

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.

Malawiannoun

A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent.

Malayadj

Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.

Malayaname

A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 4,057 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 82 pages, and you are currently viewing page 8. 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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