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  • English Word Malabar Definition A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea.
  • English Word Malacatune Definition See Melocoton.
  • English Word Malacca Definition A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
  • English Word Malachite Definition Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.
  • English Word Malacissant Definition Softening; relaxing.
  • English Word Malacissation Definition The act of making soft or supple.
  • English Word Malacobdella Definition A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha.
  • English Word Malacoderm Definition One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.
  • English Word Malacolite Definition A variety of pyroxene.
  • English Word Malacologist Definition One versed in the science of malacology.
  • English Word Malacology Definition The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.
  • English Word Malacopoda Definition A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.
  • English Word Malacopterygian Definition One of the Malacopterygii.
  • English Word Malacopterygii Definition An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.
  • English Word Malacopterygious Definition Belonging to the Malacopterygii.
  • English Word Malacosteon Definition A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.
  • English Word Malacostomous Definition Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.
  • English Word Malacostraca Definition A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.
  • English Word Malacostracan Definition One of the Malacostraca.
  • English Word Malacostracology Definition That branch of zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.
  • English Word Malacostracous Definition Belonging to the Malacostraca.
  • English Word Malacotoon Definition See Melocoton.
  • English Word Malacozoa Definition An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria.
  • English Word Malacozoic Definition Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa.
  • English Word Maladdress Definition Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one.
  • English Word Maladies Definition of Malady
  • English Word Maladjustment Definition A bad adjustment.
  • English Word Maladministration Definition Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.
  • English Word Maladroit Definition Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
  • English Word Malady Definition Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.