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- English Word Maximilian Definition A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.
- English Word Maximization Definition The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.
- English Word Maximize Definition To increase to the highest degree.
- English Word Maximum Definition The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.
- English Word Maximum Definition Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
- English Word May Definition An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.
- English Word May Definition A maiden.
- English Word May Definition The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
- English Word May Definition The early part or springtime of life.
- English Word May Definition The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
- English Word May Definition The merrymaking of May Day.
- English Word Maya Definition The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
- English Word Maybe Definition Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.
- English Word Maybe Definition Possible; probable, but not sure.
- English Word Maybe Definition Possibility; uncertainty.
- English Word Maybird Definition The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
- English Word Maybird Definition The knot.
- English Word Maybird Definition The bobolink.
- English Word Maybloom Definition The hawthorn.
- English Word Maybush Definition The hawthorn.
- English Word Mayduke Definition A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.
- English Word Mayfish Definition A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow.
- English Word Mayflower Definition In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
- English Word Mayhap Definition Perhaps; peradventure.
- English Word Mayhem Definition The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
- English Word Maying Definition The celebrating of May Day.
- English Word Mayonnaise Definition A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.
- English Word Mayor Definition The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.
- English Word Mayoral Definition The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.
- English Word Mayoralty Definition The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.