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macho.adjective
characterized
by machismo-(noun)
being a strong sense of masculine pride; an exaggerated
masculinity; aggressively.virile
macho.noun,.plural.machos
one who exhibits machismo
machoism.noun
masochist.noun,.plural.masochists
children deprived
of love and proper attention often do negative things causing anger in
others toward them in order to
fill their crying need for attention; pleasure in being abused or dominated;
a taste for suffering
masochistically.adverb
masochistic.adjective
masochism.noun
the act or an instance of
deriving
pleasure from being offended,dominated
or mistreated; a psychological disorder in which sexual gratification is
derived from being physically or emotionally abused; the act or an instance
of deriving sexual gratification from being physically or emotionally abused;
the tendency to seek such mistreatment; the turning of destructive tendencies
upon oneself; self-destructive; after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895),
Austrian novelist
malice .noun
ill will towards another; desire to cause pain,
injury or distress
to another, calumny; actions backing
up one's hate and resentment;
malignity
synonyms.hateful,
resentful,
evil
malicious .adjective
having, showing or caused by malice
maliciously.adverb
maliciousness.noun
maxim.noun,.plural.maxims
a general.truth,
fundamental.principle
or rule of conduct; a
saying of
proverbial nature; a
succinct.formulation
of a fundamental principle; a maxim is a rule for good or sensible
behaviour, especially one in
the form of a saying (I believe in the maxim 'if it ain't broke, don't
fix it')
MEASURES
decameter.noun
a metric.unit
of length equal to 10 meters
-million:.the
cardinal.number
equal to 106.
A cardinal number is a number used in counting to indicate quantity
but not order, such as
say, 3 or 11 or 412; see numbers;
see ordinal number
-billion:.in
U.S.A., Canada and France and increasingly so in Great Britain, a billion
is 1000 millions (1,000,000,000); in Great Britain and Germany it is 1
million millions.
-trillion:.in
U.S.A., Canada and France and increasingly so in Great Britain, a trillion
is 1000 billions (1,000,000,000,000);
in Great Britain and Germany it is 1 million billions.
-quadrillion,
also called.septillion.in
Canada, U.S.A. and France; in U.S.A., Canada and France and increasingly
so in Great Britain, a quadrillion is 1000 trillions (1,000,000,000,000,000
{1 followed by 15 zeros, 1015.or
more correctly 1,015}).
In Great
Britain and Germany it is 1024.
WEIGHTS
-avoirdupois
weight
-troy
weight
-stone:.a
unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms)
-ton:.a
unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds
(0.907 metric ton or 907.18 kilograms)
-tonne:.a
metric
ton
missionary.noun,.plural-missionaries
a person undertaking a religious
mission
mission.noun,.plural.missions
a mission is an important
task
that people are given to do, that involves.traveling
to another country; if you say
that you have a mission, you mean that you have a strong commitment
and sense of duty
to do or achieve.something
(he viewed his mission in life as protecting
the weak from the evil); a mission
is the activities of a group
of Christians who have been
sent to a place to teach people about Christianity;
a body of persons sent to conduct.negotiations
or establish.relations
with a foreign.country;
a body of persons who go to a foreign
land with a purpose in mind to alter.circumstances,
usually
for the better; a place from which such people carry on their purpose (a
mission established abroad); the district.a
mission worker is responsible
for; an aerospace operation.intended
to carry out specific.program.objectives
(a mission to Mars)
mission,
missioned,
missioning,
missions.transitive
verbs
to send on a mission; to
organize
or establish a mission
mission.adjective
of.or.relating.to
a mission; of or relating to a style
of architecture or furniture
used in the early Spanish missions of California, that of plain, heavy,
dark-stained wood furniture
missional.adjective
mollify,
mollified,
mollifying, mollifies.verbs
to soften
transitive
verb senses.to
soothe
in temper or disposition;
appease;to
reduce
the rigidity of
mollification.noun
mule.noun,.plural.mules
the sterile.hybrid.offspring.of
a male donkey and a female horse,
characterized
by long ears and a short mane; a
sterile hybrid; a stubborn
person; a spinning machine that makes thread or yarn from fibers; a small,
usually electric tractor or locomotive used for hauling over short distances;
a slipper that has no counter or strap to fit around the heel
mulish.adjective
unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate,
like a stubborn.mule;
a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy (a mulish determination to have her
own way); mulish means fixed and unyielding in course or purpose
mulishly.adverb
mulishness.noun
mercy .noun,.plural.mercies
compassion
or forbearance
shown especially
to an offender
(ancient king
Jehoiakim in captivity
was shown mercy; another mercy
filled example of God); mercy can be defined as a cutting short of
troubles one may have deserved:.Psalms
76:10; a
character.quality
that is good and kind
mercy.adjective
merciful.adjective
full of mercy
and forgiveness; kindness;
compassionate
(sought
merciful treatment for those unfortunately
still in poverty); humane
mercifully.adverb
mercifulness.noun
at the mercy of.idiom
wholly
in the power of; with no way to protect oneself against
merciless.adjective
having no mercy; cruel;
pitiless
mercilessly.adverb
mercilessness.noun
metaphor .noun,.plural.metaphors
a metaphor is an imaginative way of describing
something by referring
to something else which is the
same in a particular
way, for example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened
of things, you might say that they are a mouse; 'kill two birds with one
stone' is another example; 'grass is always greener on the other side of
the hill' is another; a metaphor is a way of describing something by referring
to it as something different and suggesting that it has similar
qualities
to that thing (she's flying high as a kite after hearing such good news);
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase,
literally.denoting
one kind of object or idea, is used in place of another to suggest a likeness
or analogy between them (as in
'drowning in money' or 'sea of troubles'); a figure of speech in which
a word or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally.applicable;
(the Holy Bible has many metaphors, examples);
a thing regarded
as
symbolic
of something else;
if one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended
or regarded
as a symbol of it; something that represents
a general.idea
or quality
(the divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continues
to tear itself apart; their relationship is a metaphor for the failure
of communication in the modern world); figurative
(you were 'trying to run before you could walk'; he was so aggressive they
got him in line by 'clipping his wings'); a symbol
metaphorically.adverb
metaphoric.or.metaphorical.adjective
myriad.noun
a great number (a myriad of ideas)
mundane.adjective
characterized
by the practical, transitory
and ordinary; something that is
mundane is very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual; boring;
commonplace.(the
mundane concerns of day to day life); humdrum;
of,
relating.to.or.being
characteristic of the world; worldly; earthly; concerned
with ordinary daily life rather
than spiritual.matters
mundanity.noun,.plural.mundanities
mundanely.adverb
mundaneness.noun
myth.noun,.plural.myths
a creation myth (such as
evolution, thought for a while to be valid,
is now regarded as a myth); a
fictitious
story, person or thing; fairy tale;
a fiction or half-truth,
especially
one that forms part of an ideology.(like
the flood); a traditional,
typically.ancient
story dealing with supernatural
beings, ancestors or heroes that
serves as a fundamental.type
in the world view of a people, as by explaining aspects
of the natural world or delineating
the psychology, customs or
ideals
of society (the myth of Eros and Psyche);
such stories considered as a group (the realm
of myth)
mythical.also.mythic.adjective
of or existing in myth.(was
the
unicorn mythical?); imaginary;
fictitious;
of,
relating.to.or.having
the nature
of a myth
mythically.adverb
mythology.noun,.plural.mythologies
a body or collection of myths belonging to a people
and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors and heroes; the
field
of scholarship
dealing with the systematic
collection and study of
myths
mythological.also.mythologic
of,
relating.to.or.recorded
in myths or mythology; imaginary
mythologically.adverb
mystery.noun,.plural.mysteries
something that is not fully understood or that
baffles
or eludes
the understanding; an enigma
mysterious.adjective
of, relating to or being a mystery (mysterious
and infinite
truths); something that is mysterious creates interest
and questions in the mind that one wants answers to; simultaneously
arousing wonder and inquisitiveness
and eluding
explanation or comprehension
(a mysterious planet; mysterious conduct)
mysteriously.adverb
mysteriousness.noun
mystical.adjective
having a spiritual meaning or reality that is
neither apparent to the senses
nor obvious to the intelligence; mysterious; relating to or stemming from
direct communion with ultimate reality or the Great Infinite One
mystically.adverb
mysticalness.noun
mysticism.noun
consciousness
of the transcendent or ultimate.reality
or the Creator, God; the experience
of such communion as described
by mystics; a belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual
or intellectual apprehension
that are central to being and directly accessible by subjective experience
mystify,
mystified,
mystifying,
mystifies.transitive
verbs
to confuse
or puzzle
mentally; bewilder;
mysterious;
to mystify is to perplex
by defying or seeming to defy comprehension
mystifyingly.adverb
mystifier.noun
mystic.adjective
inspiring
a sense of mystery and wonder;
of or relating to religious mysteries or practices; of or relating to mysticism
or mystics
mystic.noun,.plural.mystics
one who believes and thus
practices mysticism
mystique.noun
an aura
of heightened value, interest or meaning surrounding something, arising
from attitudes and beliefs that impute
special power or mystery to it (the cowboy mystique)
mincing.adjective
affectedly.refined
or dainty
mincingly.adverb
mince,
minced,mincing,
minces.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
cut or chop into very small pieces; to subdivide (land, for example) into
minute parts; to pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance
and refinement; to moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politeness
and decorum; euphemize (don't mince words: say what you mean)
intransitive
verb use.to
walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness; to speak in an
affected way
mince.noun
finely chopped food, especially
mincemeat
mincer.noun
mortal.adjective
subject to death; of or relating to humankind;
human (the mortal limits of life); of, relating to or accompanying death;
fatal (a mortal decision killed the project)
mortal.noun,.plural.mortals
a human being
mortally.adverb
mortality.noun,.plural.mortalities
the quality or condition of being mortal;
death; the rate of failure or loss (the high rate of animal sickness and
mortality on factory farms)
mortify, mortified,
mortifying,
mortifies.verbs
transitive verb senses.to
destroy the strength, vitality
or functioning
of; to cause
to experience shame, humiliation or wounded pride; humiliation;
to subdue
or deaden, as the body or bodily appetites, such
as by abstinence
or discomfort
or mental redirection; to subject to severe
and vexing.embarrassment
(she was mortified at the thought of being naked on stage); shame
intransitive
verb senses.to
practice ascetic
discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites
mortification.noun,.plural.mortifications
a feeling of shame,
humiliation
or wounded pride; discipline of
the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation
Pathology:.in
pathology,
death or decay of one part of a living
body, due to and untreated.injury
or disease; gangrene
or necrosis
morale.noun
the state
of the spirits of a person or group
as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness,
discipline and willingness to perform tasks
General
Douglas MacArthur.was
one of the most important American military leaders of the 20th century.
MacArthur commanded American troops in World War II and United Nations
forces in the Korean War. In 1951 United States president Harry Truman
dismissed MacArthur from his command of UN forces in Korea after MacArthur
defied administration war policy..Microsoft®
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