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  • English Word Mangonist Definition One who mangonizes.
  • English Word Mangonist Definition A slave dealer; also, a strumpet.
  • English Word Mangonize Definition To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage.
  • English Word Mangostan Definition A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.
  • English Word Mangosteen Definition Alt. of Mangostan
  • English Word Mangrove Definition The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.
  • English Word Mangrove Definition The mango fish.
  • English Word Mangue Definition The kusimanse.
  • English Word Mangy Definition Infected with the mange; scabby.
  • English Word Manhaden Definition See Menhaden.
  • English Word Manhead Definition Manhood.
  • English Word Manhole Definition A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.
  • English Word Manhood Definition The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.
  • English Word Manhood Definition Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.
  • English Word Mania Definition Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
  • English Word Mania Definition Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania.
  • English Word Maniable Definition Manageable.
  • English Word Maniac Definition Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.
  • English Word Maniac Definition A raving lunatic; a madman.
  • English Word Maniacal Definition Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.
  • English Word Manicate Definition Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
  • English Word Manichaean Definition Alt. of Manichee
  • English Word Manichaean Definition Alt. of Manichean
  • English Word Manichaeism Definition Alt. of Manicheism
  • English Word Manichean Definition Alt. of Manichee
  • English Word Manichean Definition Of or pertaining to the Manichaeans.
  • English Word Manichee Definition A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.
  • English Word Manicheism Definition The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans.
  • English Word Manicheist Definition Manichaean.
  • English Word Manichord Definition Alt. of Manichordon