English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 91 of 732

man shall not live by bread aloneproverb

People need more than food and shelter to live a fulfilling life.

Man Shittyname

Manchester City F.C., an English association football club.

man showernoun

Synonym of dadchelor party (“a party for a man whose partner is expecting a child, similar to a baby shower”).

man the fortverb

To take care of a place or situation in another's absence.

Man Uname

Clipping of Manchester United Football Club.

Man Unitedname

Manchester United Football Club

man upverb

To be brave or tough enough to deal with something in a manner that is considered strong or manly. (Compare man (“brace oneself, steel oneself”))

Man Upstairsname

God.

man with the axnoun

The king of diamonds in a deck of playing cards.

man's best friendnoun

An affectionate term for a dog, or dogs in general.

man's mannoun

A man who is popular among men.

man'yōgananoun

The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.

man-armnoun

A strong, manly woman's arm.

man-at-armsnoun

A heavily-armed mounted member of medieval cavalry.

man-bagnoun

The equivalent of a woman's small handbag designed for use by men, having compartments for mobile phones, etc.

man-birdnoun

A male aviator.

man-bunnoun

The bun hairstyle when worn by a man or boy.

man-cartnoun

Alternative form of mancart.

Man-chou-liname

Alternative form of Manzhouli.

man-eaternoun

An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.

man-eatingadj

Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.

man-handleverb

Alternative form of manhandle.

man-haulverb

Alternative form of manhaul.

man-hournoun

Synonym of person-hour.

man-in-the-browsernoun

A form of Internet security threat, a proxy Trojan horse that infects a web browser and covertly modifies web pages or transactions.

man-in-the-middle attacknoun

A security attack in which someone intercepts the communication between a device and the server it is connected to, simulating the device to the server and simulating the server to the device.

man-killernoun

A murderer.

man-machineadj

Of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface.

man-madeadj

Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.

man-markverb

To mark an opposition player closely.

man-markingnoun

The act of marking an opposition player closely.

man-meatnoun

Human flesh consumed as meat.

man-midwifenoun

An accoucheur; a male midwife

man-monthnoun

One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.

man-mountainnoun

A physically large, powerful, and imposing man.

man-o'-war suitnoun

A suit, especially worn in the 19th century, with long trousers and wide-brimmed straw sailor hat.

man-o-warnoun

Misspelling of man-o'-war.

man-of-war birdnoun

Any of various (especially predatory) seabirds, especially a frigatebird or the Arctic skua.

man-of-war hawknoun

A frigatebird

man-painnoun

Alternative form of manpain.

man-portableadj

That can be transported on a person. Often used of military weapons systems, e.g. missiles.

man-rateverb

To certify as safe for a human crew to operate.

man-scapenoun

Alternative form of manscape.

man-scapernoun

Alternative form of manscaper.

man-scapingnoun

Alternative form of manscaping.

man-scentnoun

Alternative spelling of manscent.

man-shyadj

Of a wild animal, wary of humans.

man-sizedadj

Having about the same size as an adult human male.

man-tailoredadj

Of clothing, made in a masculine style, without feminine details such as frills.

man-to-man defensenoun

A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player.

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 91. 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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