Name Report For First Name MAD:

MAD

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

Rhymes with MAD - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming MAD

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES MAD AS A WHOLE:

madihah madge madora bhimadevi madri amadahy madalina ahmadou amadi ramadan abdul-samad ahmad imad madoc maddox hamadi madu amadeo amada bemadette mada madailein madalen madalena madalene madalyn madalyne madalynn maddalen maddalena maddalene maddalyn maddie maddielynn maddison maddisynne maddy maddy-rose madel madelaine madeleina madeleine madelena madelene madelhari madelina madeline madelynn madena madia madie madilynn madina madison madisyn madolen amad amado hammad maduley madden maddix maddock madisen madntyre mads mohamad mohammad muhammad talmadge vemados madale mady madre madra madeeha mador semadar madelon

NAMES RHYMING WITH MAD (According to last letters):

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

shahrazad widad mairearad mildread asad boulad raad sayad amjad awad ayyad fouad hadad jawad jihad maudad mu'ayyad mus'ad rashad saad ziyad artaxiad cathbad ferdiad konrad arpad glad angharad brimlad mairead natividad sinead soledad verdad ashaad bhraghad birkhead brad chad clustfeinad conrad gad garrad jarrad jerad jerrad kiarad koenraad lad muhunnad niichaad rashaad read shad tad zarad vlad rad mead halstead ead riyad fahad scead mairghread su'ad souad aswad haddad meinrad galahad arvad elrad

NAMES RHYMING WITH MAD (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 MAD:

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

macleod macquaid maed magd magnild mahmoud mahmud maitland majd majeed majid manfred manfrid manfried mansfield marchland margarid marhild marid marigold marland marwood masoud masud mathild matunaagd maud maughold maunfeld maxfield mayfield maynard mccloud medredydd medrod meinhard meinyard merewood mildraed mildred mildrid mildryd milford millard milward modraed modred mohamed mohammed mordred moreland morland morold mufeed mufid muhammed muhanned mujahid

English Words Rhyming MAD

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES MAD AS A WHOLE:

almadianoun (n.) Alt. of Almadie

almadienoun (n.) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
 noun (n.) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

amadavatnoun (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill.

amadounoun (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.

animadversalnoun (n.) The faculty of perceiving; a percipient.

animadversionnoun (n.) The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
 noun (n.) Monition; warning.
 noun (n.) Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
 noun (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.

animadversiveadjective (a.) Having the power of perceiving; percipient.

animadvertingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Animadvert

animadverternoun (n.) One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

armadillonoun (n.) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
 noun (n.) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.

armadonoun (n.) Armada.

chamadenoun (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.

dummadornoun (n.) A dumbledor.

earthmadnoun (n.) The earthworm.

gammadionnoun (n.) A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.

haemadrometernoun (n.) Alt. of Haemadremometer

haemadremometernoun (n.) Same as Hemadrometer.

haemadrometrynoun (n.) Alt. of Haemadromometry

haemadromometrynoun (n.) Same as Hemadrometry.

haemadromographnoun (n.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

haemadynamicsnoun (n.) Same as Hemadynamics.

hamadryadnoun (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
 noun (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.

hamadryasnoun (n.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).

handmadeadjective (a.) Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.

hebdomadnoun (n.) A week; a period of seven days.

hebdomadaladjective (a.) Alt. of Hebdomadary

hebdomadarynoun (n.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

hemadrometernoun (n.) Alt. of Hemadromometer

hemadromometernoun (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

hemadrometrynoun (n.) Alt. of Hemadromometry

hemadromometrynoun (n.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry.

hemadynamicsnoun (n.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.

hemadynamometernoun (n.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer.

homemadeadjective (a.) Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country.

jamadarnoun (n.) Same as Jemidar.

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.

maddingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mad
 adjective (a.) Affected with madness; raging; furious.

madamnoun (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.

madamenoun (n.) My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.

madbrainnoun (n.) A rash or hot-headed person.
 adjective (a.) Hot-headed; rash.

madbrainedadjective (a.) Disordered in mind; hot-headed.

madcapnoun (n.) A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.
 adjective (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.
 adjective (a.) Wild; reckless.

maddeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Madden

maddernoun (n.) A plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.

madderwortnoun (n.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.

maddishadjective (a.) Somewhat mad.

madenoun (n.) See Mad, n.
 adjective (a.) Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.
  () imp. & p. p. of Make.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Make

madecassnoun (n.) Alt. of Madecassee

madecasseenoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

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


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


adradadjective (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.

aoudadnoun (n.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

arrowheadnoun (n.) The head of an arrow.
 noun (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves.

artiadadjective (a.) Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

asclepiadnoun (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

baldheadnoun (n.) A person whose head is bald.
 noun (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.

balladnoun (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
 verb (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
 verb (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

bayadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

beadnoun (n.) A prayer.
 noun (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
 noun (n.) Any small globular body
 noun (n.) A bubble in spirits.
 noun (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
 noun (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
 noun (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
 noun (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
 verb (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

beakheadnoun (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
 noun (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
 noun (n.) Same as Beak, 3.

beastliheadnoun (n.) Beastliness.

bedspreadnoun (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

bedsteadnoun (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

beebreadnoun (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

beetleheadnoun (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
 noun (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

billetheadnoun (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

billheadnoun (n.) A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.

blackheadnoun (n.) The scaup duck.

blockheadnoun (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

blunderheadnoun (n.) A stupid, blundering fellow.

boltheadnoun (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.
 noun (n.) The head of a bolt.

boroughheadnoun (n.) See Headborough.

bottleheadnoun (n.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.

bountiheadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bountyhood

bowheadnoun (n.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.

bradnoun (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

breadnoun (n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
 noun (n.) Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
 adjective (a.) To spread.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

bridgeheadnoun (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.

broadnoun (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
 noun (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
 noun (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
 superlative (superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
 superlative (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
 superlative (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
 superlative (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
 superlative (superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
 superlative (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
 superlative (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
 superlative (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
 superlative (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
 superlative (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

broadspreadadjective (a.) Widespread.

bufferheadnoun (n.) The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.

buffleheadnoun (n.) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
 noun (n.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

bulkheadnoun (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
 noun (n.) A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.

bullheadnoun (n.) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.
 noun (n.) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
 noun (n.) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
 noun (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
 noun (n.) The golden plover.
 noun (n.) A stupid fellow; a lubber.
 noun (n.) A small black water insect.

byroadnoun (n.) A private or obscure road.

baradnoun (n.) The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.

cadnoun (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
 noun (n.) A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

catheadnoun (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

centrolineadnoun (n.) An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

chadnoun (n.) See Shad.

chiliadnoun (n.) A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.

chuckleheadnoun (n.) A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce.

clapbreadnoun (n.) Alt. of Clapcake

cockheadnoun (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

cocksheadnoun (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

columbiadnoun (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.

copperheadnoun (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.
 noun (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

crossheadnoun (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

crossroadnoun (n.) A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

curvilineadnoun (n.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MAD (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.

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.

machinerynoun (n.) Machines, in general, or collectively.
 noun (n.) The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.
 noun (n.) The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.
 noun (n.) The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MAD:

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

macledadjective (a.) Marked like macle (chiastolite).
 adjective (a.) Having a twin structure. See Twin, a.
 adjective (a.) See Mascled.

macrofaradnoun (n.) See Megafarad.

macropinacoidnoun (n.) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

macropodnoun (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

macropyramidnoun (n.) See Macroprism.

macruroidadjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the Macrura.

maculatedadjective (a.) Having spots or blotches; maculate.

madidadjective (a.) Wet; moist; as, a madid eye.

maenadnoun (n.) A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
 noun (n.) A frantic or frenzied woman.

maggedadjective (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace.

mahalednoun (n.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

mahoundnoun (n.) A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil.

maidnoun (n.) An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
 noun (n.) A man who has not had sexual intercourse.
 noun (n.) A female servant.
 noun (n.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).

maidenheadnoun (n.) The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
 noun (n.) The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
 noun (n.) The hymen, or virginal membrane.

maidenhoodnoun (n.) The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.
 noun (n.) Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

maidhoodnoun (n.) Maidenhood.

mailcladadjective (a.) Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor.

mailedadjective (a.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.
 adjective (a.) Spotted; speckled.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Mail

mainlandnoun (n.) The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula.

maioidadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.

malcontentedadjective (a.) Malcontent.

mallardadjective (a.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.
 adjective (a.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.

mamillatedadjective (a.) See Mammillated.

mammillatedadjective (a.) Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.
 adjective (a.) Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some shells.

mammilloidadjective (a.) Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform.

mandnoun (n.) A demand.

mandibulatedadjective (a.) Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

mandibulohyoidadjective (a.) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.

manedadjective (a.) Having a mane.

manheadnoun (n.) Manhood.

manhoodnoun (n.) The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.
 noun (n.) Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.

manidnoun (n.) Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidae.

manifoldnoun (n.) A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
 noun (n.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.
 noun (n.) The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
 adjective (a.) Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.
 adjective (a.) Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number.
 verb (v. t.) To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.

manifoldedadjective (a.) Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Manifold

mankindnoun (n.) The human race; man, taken collectively.
 noun (n.) Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.
 noun (n.) Human feelings; humanity.
 adjective (a.) Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.

manneredadjective (a.) Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self.
 adjective (a.) Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.

manrednoun (n.) Alt. of Manrent

mantispidnoun (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

maraudnoun (n.) An excursion for plundering.
 verb (v. i.) To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.

marbledadjective (a.) Made of, or faced with, marble.
 adjective (a.) Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.
 adjective (a.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Marble

marcidadjective (a.) Pining; lean; withered.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.

marginatedadjective (a.) Same as Marginate, a.

marginedadjective (a.) Having a margin.
 adjective (a.) Bordered with a distinct line of color.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Margin

marigoldnoun (n.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

marinedadjective (a.) Having the lower part of the body like a fish.

maritatedadjective (a.) Having a husband; married.

markedadjective (a.) Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Mark

marketsteadnoun (n.) A market place.

marmoratedadjective (a.) Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.

marrriedadjective (a.) Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.

mascledadjective (a.) Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.

maskedadjective (a.) Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.
 adjective (a.) Same as Personate.
 adjective (a.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Mask

mastedadjective (a.) Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Mast

masterhoodnoun (n.) The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector.

mastheadnoun (n.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.

mastigopodnoun (n.) One of the Mastigopoda.

mastoidadjective (a.) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.

materiatedadjective (a.) Consisting of matter.

matronhoodnoun (n.) The state of being a matron.

mattedadjective (a.) Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.
 adjective (a.) Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.
 adjective (a.) Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Mat

matweednoun (n.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.

maudnoun (n.) A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland.

maundnoun (n.) A hand basket.
 noun (n.) An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
 verb (v. i.) Alt. of Maunder

mawseednoun (n.) The seed of the opium poppy.

maxillipednoun (n.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.

maybirdnoun (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
 noun (n.) The knot.
 noun (n.) The bobolink.

mayweednoun (n.) A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States.
 noun (n.) The feverfew.

mazardnoun (n.) A kind of small black cherry.
 noun (n.) The jaw; the head or skull.
 verb (v. t.) To knock on the head.

meadnoun (n.) A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
 noun (n.) A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
 noun (n.) A meadow.

measledadjective (a.) Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.

measuredadjective (a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Measure

meatedadjective (a.) Fed; fattened.
 adjective (a.) Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated.

medullatedadjective (a.) Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.

medusoidnoun (n.) A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.
 adjective (a.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.

meednoun (n.) That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.
 noun (n.) Merit or desert; worth.
 noun (n.) A gift; also, a bride.
 verb (v. t.) To reward; to repay.
 verb (v. t.) To deserve; to merit.

megafaradnoun (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.

megatheroidnoun (n.) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.

memberedadjective (a.) Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
 adjective (a.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.

menaldadjective (a.) Alt. of Menild

menildadjective (a.) Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.

meniscoidadjective (a.) Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.

merdnoun (n.) Ordure; dung.

meresteadnoun (n.) The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm.

mermaidnoun (n.) A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.

mesam/boidnoun (n.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.

mesethmoidnoun (n.) The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone.

meshedadjective (a.) Mashed; brewed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Mesh

mesocoracoidnoun (n.) A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals.

messiadnoun (n.) A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.

metalloidnoun (n.) Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.
 noun (n.) Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are metalloids.
 adjective (a.) Having the appearance of a metal.
 adjective (a.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.

metaphrasedadjective (a.) Translated literally.

meteoroidnoun (n.) A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.

metewandnoun (n.) A measuring rod.

meteyardnoun (n.) A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure.

methodnoun (n.) An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
 noun (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
 noun (n.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.

methylatedadjective (a.) Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.

mettledadjective (a.) Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.

microfaradnoun (n.) The millionth part of a farad.

midnoun (n.) Middle.
 superlative (superl.) Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.
 superlative (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
 superlative (superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
 prep (prep.) See Amid.

midgardnoun (n.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell; the abode of human beings; the earth.
  () Alt. of Mithgarthr