Words Starting with M

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Mikmaq

An Indigenous people and language of the Northeastern Woodlands, especially in eastern Canada.

Māori

The Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, or their language.

Ma'bud

An object of worship or deity, especially in Islamic theological language.

Mabel

A female given name originally derived from a medieval form meaning 'lovable.'

Maca

A root vegetable native to the Andes, used for its nutritional and medicinal properties.

Macabre

Grimly disturbing or gruesome, especially in a way that is strangely vivid or theatrical.

Macaroni

A type of pasta shaped as short hollow tubes; also, a style of extravagant dress or a foolish person in historical slang.

Mace

A heavy club used as a weapon, or the aromatic outer covering of the nutmeg seed.

Macehead

The heavy head or striking end of a mace or similar weapon.

Macehual

In Nahuatl and historical Mesoamerican usage, a commoner or ordinary person, especially in contrast to nobility.

Macehualiztli

In Nahuatl, the state or condition of being a commoner, or deservingness/merit.

Macehualli

A commoner or ordinary person in Nahuatl society, especially in pre-Columbian central Mexico.

Macehualtin

A Nahuatl plural term for commoners or ordinary people, especially non-nobles.

Macehuia

A Nahuatl verb meaning to deserve, merit, or be worthy of something.

Macer

A man who is thin and emaciated.

Macerable

Able to be softened, soaked, or made to waste away by maceration.

Macerate

To soften or break down food or other substances by soaking in a liquid.

Macerated

Soaked, softened, or broken down by steeping in liquid; also, made thin or emaciated.

Macerating

Soaking or softening something in a liquid, or causing it to become soft by prolonged wetting.

Maceration

The process of softening or breaking down food substances by soaking them in a liquid.