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  • English Word Ma Definition But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).
  • English Word Ma Definition A child's word for mother.
  • English Word Ma Definition In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
  • English Word Ma'am Definition Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.
  • English Word Maa Definition The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
  • English Word Maad Definition Made.
  • English Word Maalin Definition The sparrow hawk.
  • English Word Maalin Definition The kestrel.
  • English Word Maara shell Definition A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.
  • English Word Maasha Definition An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.
  • English Word Maat Definition Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.
  • English Word Mabble Definition To wrap up.
  • English Word Mabby Definition A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.
  • English Word Mabolo Definition A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.
  • English Word Mac Definition A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.
  • English Word Macaco Definition Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).
  • English Word Macacus Definition A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.
  • English Word Macadamization Definition The process or act of macadamizing.
  • English Word Macadamize Definition To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
  • English Word Macadamized Definition of Macadamize
  • English Word Macadamizing Definition of Macadamize
  • English Word Macao Definition A macaw.
  • English Word Macaque Definition Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
  • English Word Macaranga gum Definition A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.
  • English Word Macarize Definition To congratulate.
  • English Word Macaroni Definition Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
  • English Word Macaroni Definition A medley; something droll or extravagant.
  • English Word Macaroni Definition A sort of droll or fool.
  • English Word Macaroni Definition A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
  • English Word Macaroni Definition The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.