English words: M

1045 words under M; 101–200 on this page.

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• malignant adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others.
• malik noun-like word (malik, from Arabic and other languages)…
  Malik is a name, used as a first name or a family name in many Muslim, Arab and South Asian families (a name).
• malinois noun (a Malinois, Malinois)
  A breed of Belgian Shepherd dog with short fawn fur and a dark face, very clever and full of energy.
• mall noun (a mall, malls)
  A large building or group of buildings with many shops, restaurants and sometimes a cinema, often with a car park (shopping mall).
• mallard noun (a mallard, mallards or mallard)
  A mallard is the most common wild duck; the male (drake) has a shiny green head, a white ring round the neck and a grey body, and the…
• malleable adjective (malleable, more malleable, most malleable)
  Able to be hammered, pressed or bent into a new shape without breaking, like gold, copper or clay.
• mallet noun (a mallet, mallets)
  A hammer with a big head made of wood, rubber or plastic, used to hit things without damaging them.
• mallow nounJewish tradition
  A plant with soft leaves that can be eaten, though it has little taste.
• malpractice noun (malpractice, uncountable; malpractices – rare)
  When a doctor, lawyer or other professional does their job very badly or carelessly, and someone is harmed because of it.
• malt noun (no plural)
  Malt is barley or other grain that has been soaked, dried and treated so that it can be used to make beer or whisky.
• mam noun (mam, mams) – informal
  Mother; another word for «mum» or «mam».
• mama noun (a mama, mamas; also mamma, momma)
  Mama is a word for mother, often used by young children or in families; it is one of the first words babies say.
• mamba noun (a mamba, mambas)
  A mamba is a fast, very venomous snake from Africa.
• mamma noun (plural mammas)
  Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children.
• mammal noun (a mammal, mammals)
  A mammal is an animal that has hair or fur, breathes air and feeds its babies with milk.
• mammalian adjective (mammalian)
  To do with mammals, or belonging to the group of animals called mammals.
• mammoth noun (a mammoth, mammoths); adjective (mammoth — very big)
  A mammoth was a huge, hairy animal like an elephant with long curved tusks that lived long ago and died out.
• mammy noun (mammy, mammies)
  A child's word for mother, like «mum» or «mammy» said by Irish children.
• mamo interjection (Ukrainian, in Latin letters: «Mamo!»)
  «Mamo» is how you call your mother in Ukrainian — «Mum!» or «Mom!» — the form used when speaking to her (from «mama», mother).
• man noun (man, men); verb (man, mans, manned, manning)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A man is a grown-up male person.
• manage verb (manage, manages, managed, managing)
  To succeed in doing something difficult: «I managed to finish the race».
• management noun (management — uncountable; the management)
  Management is controlling and organising something, such as a business, money, time or a problem.
• manager noun (a manager, managers)
  A manager is a person who is in charge of a shop, business, team of workers or project.
• manatee noun (a manatee, manatees)
  A large, slow, gentle plant-eating mammal that lives in warm coastal waters and rivers; it has flippers, a round paddle-shaped tail and is…
• manchu noun (Manchu, the Manchus); adjective (Manchu)
  The Manchu are a people from Manchuria in north-east China.
• mancunian noun (a Mancunian, Mancunians); adjective (Mancunian)
  A person who comes from or lives in Manchester, a big city in north-west England.
• mandarin noun (a mandarin, mandarins; Mandarin — the language)
  A mandarin is a small, sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel.
• mandate noun (a mandate, mandates); verb…
  A mandate is the authority given to a government or leader by voters to carry out their plans: the party won a strong mandate.
• mandatory adjective (mandatory)
  Required by a law or a rule; something you must do; compulsory.
• mandible noun (a mandible, mandibles)
  The mandible is the lower jawbone.
• mandrake nounJewish tradition
  A plant with a thick forked root, once believed to help people have children.
• mandrill noun (a mandrill, mandrills)
  A mandrill is a large monkey from the rainforests of central Africa; the males have a bright red and blue face and a colourful bottom.
• mane noun (a mane, manes)
  A mane is the long thick hair growing on the neck of some animals, especially horses and male lions.
• manfully adverb
  Manfully means bravely and without giving up, even when things are hard.
• manga noun (manga, uncountable; also a manga, mangas)
  Japanese comics and graphic novels, usually read from right to left, with a special drawing style (big eyes, speed lines).
• mange noun (mange, uncountable)
  A skin disease of dogs, foxes, cats and other animals, caused by tiny mites; it makes the fur fall out and the skin itchy and sore.
• manger noun (a manger, mangers)
  A long open box or trough that horses and cattle eat from.
• mangle noun (a mangle, mangles); verb…
  A machine with two rollers, turned by a handle, used in the past to squeeze water out of wet washing.
• mangled adjective (mangled); verb, past of «mangle»…
  Badly crushed, twisted or torn so that it is spoilt.
• mango noun (a mango, mangoes or mangos)
  A mango is a sweet, juicy tropical fruit with orange flesh, a smooth skin and a large flat stone inside.
• mangrove noun…
  A mangrove is a tree or shrub that grows in salty water along tropical coasts, with tangled roots that stand above the mud.
• mangy adjective (mangier, mangiest)
  Mangy means having patchy, thin fur or skin from a disease, or looking shabby and worn.
• manhood noun (no plural)
  Manhood is the time when a boy has grown up into a man.
• manicure noun (a manicure, manicures); verb…
  A beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails: cutting, shaping and often painting the nails.
• manifest verb (manifest, manifests, manifested, manifesting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To show something clearly, or to appear and become visible: «The illness manifested as a rash».
• manifestation noun (manifestation, manifestations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A sign or way that something shows itself: «Fever is a manifestation of illness».
• manifestly adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Manifestly means clearly and obviously, so that anyone can see it.
• manifesto noun (a manifesto, manifestos or manifestoes)
  A manifesto is a written public statement in which a political party or group says what it believes and what it promises to do if elected.
• manifold adjectiveJewish tradition
  Manifold means many and of many different kinds.
• manikin noun (manikins)
  A manikin is a little man, a dwarf or a very small person.
• manila noun (Manila — a name; manila — the paper, uncountable)…
  Manila is the capital city of the Philippines, a country of islands in Southeast Asia.
• manipulate verb (manipulate, manipulates, manipulated, manipulating)
  To control or influence someone in a clever, unfair or dishonest way, to get what you want.
• manipulation noun (manipulation, manipulations)
  Controlling or influencing people in a clever and unfair way, so they do what you want.
• mankind noun (mankind, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  All people in the world, considered together; the human race; humankind.
• manky adjective (manky, mankier, mankiest)
  Dirty, smelly or disgusting: manky socks.
• manly adjective (manlier, manliest)
  Manly means brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for a man.
• manna noun (manna, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Manna was the special food that, the Bible says, God sent from heaven each morning to feed the Israelites in the desert after they left…
• manned verb (man, mans, manned, manning)
  To man is to supply people to work a boat, a ship or a machine.
• mannequin noun (a mannequin, mannequins)
  A model of a human body used to show clothes in a shop window.
• manner noun (a manner; manners)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The way in which something is done or happens.
• mannerly adjective
  Mannerly means polite, well behaved and knowing good manners.
• manners noun, plural (manners); singular "manner" means a way of…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Manners are the polite ways of behaving with other people, like saying please and thank you.
• manoeuvre verb (manoeuvres, manoeuvred, manoeuvring); noun…
  A manoeuvre is a planned movement of soldiers, ships or vehicles, often done as practice.
• manor noun
  A manor is a large country house with land around it, once owned by a lord or squire.
• manservant nounJewish tradition
  A male servant.
• mansion noun (a mansion, mansions)
  A very large, grand house, usually belonging to a rich person.
• manslayer nounJewish tradition
  A person who has killed someone, here by accident.
• manta noun (a manta, mantas; also «manta ray»)
  A manta, or manta ray, is a very large, flat sea fish with wide fins like wings, which glides through warm oceans and eats tiny plankton.
• mantel noun (also called mantelpiece)
  A mantel is the shelf above a fireplace, where things are put on display.
• mantelet nounJewish tradition
  A small cloak or cover.
• mantelpiece noun…
  A mantelpiece is the shelf above a fireplace, often with ornaments, clocks, cards or photos on it.
• mantis noun (a mantis, mantises; praying mantis)
  A mantis, often called a praying mantis, is a long green or brown insect that holds its spiky front legs together as if praying, and uses…
• mantle noun (a mantle, mantles); verb (mantle — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In science, the mantle is the thick hot layer of rock inside the Earth, between the crust and the core.
• mantra noun (a mantra, mantras)
  A word, sound or short phrase repeated again and again in prayer or meditation, especially in Hinduism and Buddhism.
• mantua nounJewish tradition
  An Italian city where books were printed long ago, and where a famous edition of Sefer Yetzirah came out in 1562.
• manual adjective; noun (a manual, manuals)
  Manual means done by hand or by a person's effort, not by a machine: «manual work».
• manufacture verb…
  To manufacture means to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory with machines.
• manufactured verb form and adjective…
  Made in large numbers in a factory, using machines.
• manufacturer noun (a manufacturer, manufacturers)
  A person or company that makes goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines.
• manufacturing noun (manufacturing — uncountable); verb form…
  The business or industry of making goods in large numbers in factories.
• manure noun (manure, uncountable); verb…
  Manure is animal poo, often mixed with straw, used to make soil richer so plants grow better.
• manus nounJewish tradition
  A Latin word meaning "hands.".
• manuscript noun (a manuscript, manuscripts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A book, story or piece of writing written by hand, especially an old one from before printing.
• many determiner, pronoun (many, more, most)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Many means a large number of things or people: many birds.
• mao proper noun (Mao — a name); Mandarin pinyin (mao)
  Mao usually means Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party who ruled the People's Republic of China from its start until his death.
• maori noun (a Māori, Māori); adjective (Māori); the language…
  Māori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), who were living there long before Europeans arrived.
• map noun (a map, maps); verb…
  A drawing of an area — a room, town, country or the world — seen from above, showing where places are.
• maple noun (a maple, maples; maple as uncountable wood)…
  A maple is a tree with leaves that have pointed parts like fingers; the leaves turn red, orange or yellow in autumn.
• mapping noun (mapping, mappings); verb form…
  The making of maps of an area.
• mar verb (mar, mars, marred, marring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spoil or damage something, making it less good or less beautiful.
• mara noun (a mara, maras)
  A mara is a South American animal that looks like a small deer or long-legged hare but is a rodent, a relative of the guinea pig.
• maraca noun (a maraca, maracas)
  A musical instrument made of a hollow ball or gourd filled with seeds, beads or small stones, with a handle; you shake it to make a…
• marathi noun (Marathi — a language and people); adjective (Marathi)
  Marathi is a language spoken by about 80 to 100 million people, mainly in the state of Maharashtra in western India, including the city of…
• marathon noun (a marathon, marathons); adjective (marathon)
  A running race of about 42 kilometres (26.2 miles).
• marble noun (marble, marbles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A marble is a small glass ball for playing games.
• marcel noun (a marcel, marcels); verb…
  Marcel is a man's first name, especially in France, as in the French mime artist Marcel Marceau.
• march noun (March, the month); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  March is the third month of the year, with 31 days, between February and April.
• marcher noun (a marcher, marchers)
  A person who walks in a march, especially a protest march or a parade.
• mare noun (a mare, mares; mare – Latin «sea», plural «maria»)
  A female horse, donkey or zebra, especially an adult one.
• margin noun (a margin, margins)
  A margin is the empty space at the edge of a page, often with a line, where you do not write.

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