Name Report For First Name MAL:

MAL

First name MAL's origin is Irish. MAL means "chief". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with MAL below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of mal.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with MAL and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with MAL - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming MAL

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES MAL AS A WHOLE:

amal malak maledysaunte amalthea malva malana malika akshamala kamala amalea cozamalotl malila abdul-malik jamal kamal malik malduc malagigi pygmalion chimalli amala amalasanda amalda amalia amalie amalur amalure chimalis emaleigh emmaleaha emmalee imala malaika maleah maleka malerie malia maliha malin malina malinda malita malkah mallaidh mallorie malmuira malmuirie malvina ajmal amald amall jahmal jamall jemal malachi malachy malakai malcolm malcom maldue malleville mallory malloy malone maloney malvin malvyn malyn gamali gamal malcsi malcah malvine amalthia malene amalasand hamal gamaliel emmaline emmalyn malinalxochitl

NAMES RHYMING WITH MAL (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (al) - Names That Ends with al:

dalal firyal imtithal nawal nibal wisal giorsal abital opal abiageal mizquixaual necahual xiuhtonal xochiquetzal bilal badal batal gabal galal ghazal zoolal abdul-muta'al faisal hilal jalal kardal mash'al nawfal talal aglaval beal chval kral baal hanbal neacal matlal zipactonal abaigeal adal amirykal chantal christal chrystal connal coral crystal derforgal derval gilal iseabal isibeal kapital kendal koral krystal laural mahal merial mical michal minal moibeal muirgheal mychal raicheal roial sibeal teal adrial aglaral anibal ardal artegal balmoral breasal bressal cabal cahal caiseal cal cathal cheval cristobal cristoval dal donal dougal doughal duval emmanual gorvenal hal idal izreal jamaal jubal kamaal kendhal loyal

NAMES RHYMING WITH MAL (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ma) - Names That Begins with ma:

ma'isah ma'mun ma'n maahes maarouf maat mab mabbina mabel mabelle mabina mable mabon mabonagrain mabonaqain mabuz mabyn mac maca macadam macadhamh macaire macala macaladair macalister macalpin macalpine macandrew macario macartan macarthur macartur macaulay macauliffe macauslan macawi macayla macayle macbain macbean macbeth macbride maccallum macclennan maccoll maccormack maccus macdaibhidh macdhubh macdomhnall macdonald macdonell macdougal macdoughall macdubhgall macduff mace macee macelroy macen macerio macewen macey macfarlane macfie macgillivray macgowan macgregor macha machair machakw machaon machar machara machau machayla machiko machk machum machupa maci macie macinnes macintosh maciver mack mackaillyn mackay mackayla mackaylie mackendrick mackenna mackenzie mackinley mackinnon mackintosh mackinzie macklin macklyn mackynsie

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MAL:

First Names which starts with 'm' and ends with 'l':

macneill macniall macnicol madel maichail maidel manal mandel mantel manuel marcail marcel marchl mardel maribel maricel mariel marisol markel markell marschall marshal marshall martel martell marvel marybell maryl mathil matlalihuitl maxwell mazatl mazel mecatl mehetabel meheytabel mel meridel meriel merril merrill merryl meryl mettabel michael micheal micheil michel miguel mika'il mikael mikeal mikel mikhail mikil mikkel miquel mitcbel mitchel mitchell miyaoaxochitl montel montrel montrell morell moriel muiel muireall murel muriel mykal

English Words Rhyming MAL

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES MAL AS A WHOLE:

abnormaladjective (a.) Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

abnormalitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
 noun (n.) Something abnormal.

abysmaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

amalgamnoun (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
 noun (n.) A mixture or compound of different things.
 noun (n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.
 verb (v. t. / i.) To amalgamate.

amalgamanoun (n.) Same as Amalgam.

amalgamatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amalgamate

amalgamateadjective (a.) Alt. of Amalgamated
 verb (v. t.) To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
 verb (v. t.) To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
 verb (v. i.) To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
 verb (v. i.) To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

amalgamatedadjective (a.) Coalesced; united; combined.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Amalgamate

amalgamationnoun (n.) The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
 noun (n.) The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.

amalgamativeadjective (a.) Characterized by amalgamation.

amalgamatornoun (n.) One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

aneurismaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis.

animalnoun (n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
 noun (n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

animalcularadjective (a.) Alt. of Animalculine

animalculineadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.

animalculenoun (n.) A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
 noun (n.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.

animalculismnoun (n.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
 noun (n.) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism.

animalculistnoun (n.) One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
 noun (n.) A believer in the theory of animalculism.

animalculumnoun (n.) An animalcule.

animalishadjective (a.) Like an animal.

animalismnoun (n.) The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

animalitynoun (n.) Animal existence or nature.

animalizationnoun (n.) The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
 noun (n.) Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.

animalizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animalize

animalnessnoun (n.) Animality.

anomalnoun (n.) Anything anomalous.

anomalipednoun (n.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Anomalipede

anomalipedeadjective (a.) Having anomalous feet.

anomalismnoun (n.) An anomaly; a deviation from rule.

anomalisticadjective (a.) Alt. of Anomalistical

anomalisticaladjective (a.) Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.

anomaloflorousadjective (a.) Having anomalous flowers.

anomalousadjective (a.) Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.

anomalousnessnoun (n.) Quality of being anomalous.

anomalynoun (n.) Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
 noun (n.) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
 noun (n.) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
 noun (n.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

anormaladjective (a.) Not according to rule; abnormal.

antimalarialadjective (a.) Good against malaria.

baptismaladjective (a.) Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows.

blastemaladjective (a.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.

bromalnoun (n.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.

brumaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to winter.

bummalonoun (n.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

bromalinnoun (n.) A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.

cataclysmaladjective (a.) Alt. of Cataclysmic

catechismaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical.

centesimalnoun (n.) A hundredth part.
 adjective (a.) Hundredth.

chamalnoun (n.) The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora.

chrismaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.

decimalnoun (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MAL (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (al) - English Words That Ends with al:


aaronicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

abactinaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.

abaxialadjective (a.) Alt. of Abaxile

abbatialadjective (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

abbaticaladjective (a.) Abbatial.

abdalnoun (n.) A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

abdominalnoun (n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
 adjective (a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.

aberrationaladjective (a.) Characterized by aberration.

abettalnoun (n.) Abetment.

abhalnoun (n.) The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.

abhominaladjective (a.) Inhuman.

abiologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

aboraladjective (a.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

aboriginalnoun (n.) An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
 noun (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region.
 adjective (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

abortionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.

abranchialadjective (a.) Abranchiate.

absinthialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.

abstractionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to abstraction.

abuttalnoun (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.

abyssaladjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

academialadjective (a.) Academic.

academicaladjective (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

accentualadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

accessionaladjective (a.) Pertaining to accession; additional.

accessorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

accidentalnoun (n.) A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
 noun (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
 noun (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
 adjective (a.) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
 adjective (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.

accipitralnoun (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.

accrementitialadjective (a.) Pertaining to accremention.

accrualnoun (n.) Accrument.

accusalnoun (n.) Accusation.

accusativaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the accusative case.

accusatorialadjective (a.) Accusatory.

acephalnoun (n.) One of the Acephala.

acervaladjective (a.) Pertaining to a heap.

acetalnoun (n.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

achenialadjective (a.) Pertaining to an achene.

acnodaladjective (a.) Pertaining to acnodes.

aconitaladjective (a.) Of the nature of aconite.

acousticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to acoustics.

acquittalnoun (n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
 noun (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

acranialadjective (a.) Wanting a skull.

acriticaladjective (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.

acroamaticaladjective (a.) Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

acromialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the acromion.

acronychaladjective (a.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.

acropetaladjective (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

acrosticalnoun (n.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

acroterialadjective (a.) Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.

actinaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth.

actinozoaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MAL (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ma) - Words That Begins with ma:


maanoun (n.) The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.

maalinnoun (n.) The sparrow hawk.
 noun (n.) The kestrel.

ma'amnoun (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.

maashanoun (n.) An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.

maatadjective (a.) Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.

madnoun (n.) A slattern.
 noun (n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
 noun (n.) An earthworm.
 superlative (superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
 superlative (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
 superlative (superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
 superlative (superl.) Extravagant; immoderate.
 superlative (superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
 superlative (superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
 superlative (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
 verb (v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden.
 verb (v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
  () p. p. of Made.

mabbynoun (n.) A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.

mabolonoun (n.) 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.

macaconoun (n.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta).

macacusnoun (n.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.

macadamizationnoun (n.) The process or act of macadamizing.

macadamizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Macadamize

macaonoun (n.) A macaw.

macaquenoun (n.) Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

macaroninoun (n.) Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
 noun (n.) A medley; something droll or extravagant.
 noun (n.) A sort of droll or fool.
 noun (n.) A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
 noun (n.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.

macaronianadjective (a.) Alt. of Macaronic

macaronicnoun (n.) A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
 noun (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

macaroonnoun (n.) A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.
 noun (n.) A finical fellow, or macaroni.

macartneynoun (n.) A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.

macauconoun (n.) Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.

macavahunoun (n.) A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.

macawnoun (n.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.

maccabeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.

maccabeesnoun (n. pl.) The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.
 noun (n. pl.) The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.

maccaboynoun (n.) Alt. of Maccoboy

maccoboynoun (n.) A kind of snuff.

macconoun (n.) A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.

macenoun (n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.
 noun (n.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
 noun (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
 noun (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.
 noun (n.) An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
 noun (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
 noun (n.) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.

macedoniannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
 noun (n.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son.
 adjective (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.

macedonianismnoun (n.) The doctrines of Macedonius.

macernoun (n.) A mace bearer; an officer of a court.

maceratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Macerate

maceraternoun (n.) One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.

macerationnoun (n.) The act or process of macerating.

machaerodusnoun (n.) Alt. of Machairodus

machairodusnoun (n.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers.

machetenoun (n.) A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.

machiaveliannoun (n.) One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.

machiavelismnoun (n.) Alt. of Machiavelianism

machiavelianismnoun (n.) The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.

machicolatedadjective (a.) Having machicolations.

machicolationnoun (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.
 noun (n.) The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.

machicoulisnoun (n.) Same as Machicolation.

machinaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to machines.

machinatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Machinate

machinationnoun (n.) The act of machinating.
 noun (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

machinatornoun (n.) One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

machinenoun (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.
 noun (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.
 noun (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
 noun (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.
 noun (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.
 noun (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
 verb (v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.

machiningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Machine
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.

machinernoun (n.) One who or operates a machine; a machinist.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MAL:

English Words which starts with 'm' and ends with 'l':

mackerelnoun (n.) A pimp; also, a bawd.
 noun (n.) Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

macrodactylnoun (n.) One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.

macrodiagonalnoun (n.) The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.

macropodaladjective (a.) Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

macroscopicaladjective (a.) Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic.

macrouraladjective (a.) Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc.

macruraladjective (a.) Same as Macrurous.

madreperlnoun (n.) Mother-of-pearl.

madrigalnoun (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.
 noun (n.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.

magicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.
 adjective (a.) Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.

magisterialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.

magistralnoun (n.) A sovereign medicine or remedy.
 noun (n.) A magistral line.
 noun (n.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
 adjective (a.) Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup.
 adjective (a.) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

magistraticaladjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.

magneticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.
 adjective (a.) Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.
 adjective (a.) Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.
 adjective (a.) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.

magnificaladjective (a.) Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent.

maieuticaladjective (a.) Serving to assist childbirth.
 adjective (a.) Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.

maikelnoun (n.) A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.

mailnoun (n.) A spot.
 noun (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
 noun (n.) Rent; tribute.
 noun (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
 noun (n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
 noun (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
 noun (n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
 noun (n.) A bag; a wallet.
 noun (n.) The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.
 noun (n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
 noun (n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
 verb (v. t.) To arm with mail.
 verb (v. t.) To pinion.
 verb (v. t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.

mainsailnoun (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

majestataladjective (a.) Majestic.

majesticaladjective (a.) Majestic.

malarialadjective (a.) Alt. of Malarious

maleficialadjective (a.) Injurious.

maleylnoun (n.) A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.

mallnoun (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
 noun (n.) A heavy blow.
 noun (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
 noun (n.) A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
 noun (n.) Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.
 noun (n.) A court of justice.
 noun (n.) A place where justice is administered.
 noun (n.) A place where public meetings are held.
 verb (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

mallealadjective (a.) Pertaining to the malleus.

malonylnoun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.

mammalnoun (n.) One of the Mammalia.

mammalogicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

managerialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities.

manchineelnoun (n.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.

manderilnoun (n.) A mandrel.

mandilnoun (n.) A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.

mandrelnoun (n.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.
 noun (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

mandrillnoun (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

manerialadjective (a.) See Manorial.

manfuladjective (a.) Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

mangoldwurzelnoun (n.) See Mangel-wurzel.

mangonelnoun (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

maniacaladjective (a.) Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

mannitolnoun (n.) The technical name of mannite. See Mannite.

manometricaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.

manorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a manor.

mantelnoun (n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.

manualadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.
 adjective (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
 adjective (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.
 adjective (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

manubialadjective (a.) Belonging to spoils; taken in war.

manubrialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

manufacturaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to manufactures.

manulnoun (n.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

manurialadjective (a.) Relating to manures.

manuscriptaladjective (a.) Manuscript.

marcasiticaladjective (a.) Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.

mareschalnoun (n.) A military officer of high rank; a marshal.

marginaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a margin.
 adjective (a.) Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.

marginicidaladjective (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

maritimaladjective (a.) Alt. of Maritimale

marlnoun (n.) A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
 noun (n.) To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
 verb (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

marmorealadjective (a.) Alt. of Marmorean

marshalnoun (n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
 noun (n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
 noun (n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
 noun (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
 noun (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
 noun (n.) The highest military officer.
 noun (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.
 verb (v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
 verb (v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.
 verb (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.

marsupialnoun (n.) One of the Marsupialia.
 adjective (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

martialadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.
 adjective (a.) Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.

martingalnoun (n.) A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.
 noun (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.
 noun (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.

martyrologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.

marvelnoun (n.) That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
 noun (n.) Wonder.
 verb (v. i.) To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
 verb (v. t.) To marvel at.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.

masoreticaladjective (a.) Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.

masterfuladjective (a.) Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
 adjective (a.) Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery.

mastfuladjective (a.) Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.

mastoidaladjective (a.) Same as Mastoid.

materialnoun (n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
 adjective (a.) Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
 verb (v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.

materialisticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.

materielnoun (n.) That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.

maternaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

mathematicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.

matinaladjective (a.) Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal.

matriarchaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch.

matricidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to matricide.

matrimonialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.

matronaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

matutinaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the morning; early.

maulnoun (n.) A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
 verb (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
 verb (v. t.) To injure greatly; to do much harm to.

maundrilnoun (n.) A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

maxilloturbinalnoun (n.) The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.

mayoralnoun (n.) The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.

mazefuladjective (a.) Mazy.

mazologicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mazology.

mealnoun (n.) A part; a fragment; a portion.
 noun (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
 noun (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
 noun (n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
 verb (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
 verb (v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.

meataladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus.

meazelnoun (n.) See 1st Measle.

mechanicalnoun (n.) A mechanic.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.
 adjective (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
 adjective (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
 adjective (a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.

medalnoun (n.) A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.
 verb (v. t.) To honor or reward with a medal.

mediaevaladjective (a.) Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture.

medialnoun (n.) See 2d Media.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

mediastinaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.

mediatorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office.

medicaladjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.
 adjective (a.) Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.

medicamentaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments.

medicinaladjective (a.) Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.

mediocraladjective (a.) Mediocre.

mediostapedialnoun (n.) The mediostapedial part of the columella.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella.

medregalnoun (n.) See Bonito, 3.