All English words - page 2040

Meanings of Macrourid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family macrouridae of deep-water marine fishes with long tapering tails.

noun

A fish of the family macrouridae; a rat-tail or grenadier.

Meanings of Macruran:

adjective

Relating to or denoting those decapod crustaceans (such as lobsters and crayfish) which have a relatively long abdomen.

Usage examples:

Although groove patterns are less common in phyllocarids than they are in the macruran decapod crus…

Meanings of Macs:

noun

A mackintosh.

Usage examples:

This can only mean that martine mccutcheon must own a burberry mac too, hence minus points.

Meanings of Mactra:

noun

A genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family tridacnidae (formerly mactridae), which are typically several centimetres long with thin, triangular to ovate shells; (also mactra, plural mactrae, mactras) a mollusc of this genus, or its shell.

Meanings of Macula:

noun

An oval yellowish area surrounding the fovea near the centre of the retina in the eye, which is the region of keenest vision.

Usage examples:

The macula lutea or ‘yellow spot’ in the retina is responsible for central vision and visual acuity.

Meanings of Maculated:

verb

Mark with a spot or spots; stain.

Usage examples:

A dirty white t-shirt maculated with barbecue sauce

adjective

Spotted or stained.

Usage examples:

Stromatoporoids with maculate microstructure constituted the family stromatoporidae, whereas those …

Meanings of Maculating:

verb

Mark with a spot or spots; stain.

Usage examples:

A dirty white t-shirt maculated with barbecue sauce

adjective

Spotted or stained.

Usage examples:

Stromatoporoids with maculate microstructure constituted the family stromatoporidae, whereas those …

Meanings of Macules:

noun

An area of skin discoloration.

Usage examples:

The lesions first appear as macules or papules distributed in a dermatomal pattern, which progress …

Meanings of Maculopapular:

adjective

Of the nature of a maculopapule; characterized by the presence of maculopapules; both macular and papular.

Meanings of Maculose:

adjective

Marked with maculae; spotted.

Meanings of Macumba:

noun

A folk religion practised among some black people in brazil, using sorcery, ritual dance, and fetishes.

Meanings of Macusi:

noun

A member of a carib people inhabiting parts of guyana, brazil, and venezuela.

adjective

Of or relating to the macusis or their language.

Meanings of Mad:

adjective

Mentally ill; insane.

Usage examples:

He felt as if he were going mad

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was mad cool—we immediately hit it off

verb

Make (someone) mad.

Usage examples:

Had i but seen thy picture in this plight, it would have madded me

abbreviation

Mutual (or mutually) assured destruction.

Meanings of Mad-about:

phrase

To love someone or something

Usage examples:

He's the first real boyfriend she's had and she's mad about him., he's mad about football., her son…

Meanings of Madagascarian:

noun

Madagascan.

adjective

Madagascan.

Meanings of Madagass:

noun

A native or inhabitant of madagascar; = "madagascan".

Meanings of Madam:

noun

Used to address or refer to a woman in a polite or respectful way.

Usage examples:

Can i help you, madam?

Meanings of Madams:

noun

Used to address or refer to a woman in a polite or respectful way.

Usage examples:

Can i help you, madam?

Meanings of Madapolam:

noun

More fully "madapollam cloth", "madapollam muslin", etc. a kind of plain-weave calico or cotton cloth, originally manufactured at madapollam.

Meanings of Madapollam:

noun

More fully "madapollam cloth", "madapollam muslin", etc. a kind of plain-weave calico or cotton cloth, originally manufactured at madapollam.

Meanings of Madarosis:

noun

Absence or loss of the eyelashes (and sometimes the eyebrows), either as a congenital condition or as a result of an infection.

Meanings of Madcap:

adjective

Amusingly eccentric.

Usage examples:

A surreal, madcap novel

noun

An eccentric or reckless person.

Usage examples:

Having secured two acting legends and a comic madcap, the rest of the casting fell into place.

Meanings of Madcaps:

noun

An eccentric or reckless person.

Usage examples:

Having secured two acting legends and a comic madcap, the rest of the casting fell into place.

adjective

Amusingly eccentric.

Usage examples:

A surreal, madcap novel

Meanings of Madden:

verb

Make (someone) extremely annoyed.

Usage examples:

This is ridiculous, she told him, maddened by his reaction

Meanings of Maddening:

adjective

Extremely annoying.

Usage examples:

She put the coins back with maddening slowness

verb

Make (someone) extremely annoyed.

Usage examples:

This is ridiculous, she told him, maddened by his reaction