English Words: M

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Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

Maltese saucenoun

Hollandaise sauce with blanched orange zest and the juice of blood orange.

Maltesenessnoun

The quality of being Maltese.

Maltese

A thick mineral pitch.

Synonym of dystheism.

A plant where malt is produced.

A surname from Middle English.

Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.

Malthusianismnoun

The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper.

The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase.

The state or condition of being malty.

A dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a miniature poodle.

A disaccharide polyol used as a sugar substitute, produced through the hydrogenation of maltose.

Any of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.

Not containing malt; made without malt.

Someone who works in a malthouse.

maltoheptaosenoun

A maltooligosaccharide consisting of seven glucose units.

maltohexaosenoun

A maltooligosaccharide consisting of six glucose units

maltohydrolasenoun

Any enzyme that hydrolyses a polysaccharide by removing a terminal maltose moiety

a substituted pyranone found in the bark and needles of some conifers and in roasted malt

The anion derived from maltol; any salt containing this anion.

MALT lymphoma

A placename:

maltonic acidnoun

gluconic acid

maltooctaosenoun

An oligosaccharide composed of four maltose moieties

maltooligosaccharidenoun

Any oligosaccharide derived from glucose monomers linked as in maltose.

maltooligosyladj

Relating to a maltooligosaccharide

Any of a family of outer membrane proteins associated with the diffusion of maltodextrin.

maltopyranosidenoun

Any glycoside formed from the pyranose form of maltose

torsion that leads to malrotation

maltosaccharidenoun

Any carbohydrate derived from maltose

A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose

Any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents

A univalent radical derived from maltose

maltosylatedadj

Modified by the addition of a maltosyl radical

maltotetraosenoun

A maltooligosaccharide consisting of four glucose units

maltotriasenoun

An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of maltotriose

maltotriosenoun

A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.

maltrackingnoun

Faulty tracking

To treat badly, to abuse.

One who maltreats someone or something.

maltreatestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat

maltreatethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat

maltreatmentnoun

Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.

A person who makes malt; a malter.

Turned wrongly; misturned.

A tippler; a drinker of alcohol.

Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of malt

malunoun

A culturally significant tattoo on a Samoan woman's upper leg.

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