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macadamize: v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
machinery: n. The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.
machinist: n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
macrocosm: n. The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
madden: v. To inflame with passion.
Madonna: n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.
magician: n. A sorcerer.
magisterial: adj. Having an air of authority.
magistracy: n. The office or dignity of a magistrate.
magnanimous: adj. Generous in treating or judging others.
magnate: n. A person of rank or importance.
magnet: n. A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
magnetize: v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
magnificence: n. The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.
magnificent: adj. Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.
magnitude: n. Importance.
maharaja: n. A great Hindu prince.
maidenhood: n. Virginity.
maintain: v. To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.
maintenance: n. That which supports or sustains.
maize: n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.
makeup: n. The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.
malady: n. Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.
malaria: n. A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
malcontent: n. One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
malediction: n. The calling down of a curse or curses.
malefactor: n. One who injures another.
maleficent: adj. Mischievous.
malevolence: n. Ill will.
malevolent: adj. Wishing evil to others.
malign: v. To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
malignant: adj. Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
malleable: adj. Pliant.
mallet: n. A wooden hammer.
maltreat: v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
man-eater: n. An animal that devours human beings.
man-trap: n. A place or structure dangerous to human life.
mandate: n. A command.
mandatory: adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
mane: n. The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.
maneuver: v. To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
mania: n. Insanity.
maniac: n. a person raving with madness.
manifesto: n. A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.
manlike: adj. Like a man.
manliness: n. The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
mannerism: n. Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
manor: n. The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.
mantel: n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
mantle: n. A cloak.
manufacturer: n. A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
manumission: n. Emancipation.
manumit: v. To set free from bondage.
marine: adj. Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
maritime: adj. Situated on or near the sea.
maroon: v. To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.
martial: adj. Pertaining to war or military operations.
Martian: adj. Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.
martyrdom: n. Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.
marvel: v. To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
masonry: n. The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
masquerade: n. A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.
massacre: n. The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
massive: adj. Of considerable bulk and weight.
masterpiece: n. A superior production.
mastery: n. The attainment of superior skill.
material: n. That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
materialize: v. To take perceptible or substantial form.
maternal: adj. Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.
matinee: n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
matricide: n. The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.
matrimony: n. The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
matrix: n. That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.
matter of fact: n. Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.
maudlin: adj. Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
mausoleum: n. A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.
mawkish: adj. Sickening or insipid.
maxim: n. A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
maze: n. A labyrinth.
mead: n. A meadow.
meager: adj. scanty.
mealy-mouthed: adj. Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.
meander: v. To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.
mechanics: n. The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.
medallion: n. A large medal.
meddlesome: adj. Interfering.
medial: adj. Of or pertaining to the middle.
mediate: v. To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.
medicine: n. A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.
medieval: adj. Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.
mediocre: adj. Ordinary.
meditation: n. The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.
medley: n. A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.
meliorate: v. To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition.
mellifluous: adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
melodious: adj. Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.
melodrama: n. A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.
memento: n. A souvenir.
memorable: adj. Noteworthy.
menace: n. A threat.
menagerie: n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.
mendacious: adj. Untrue.
mendicant: n. A beggar.
mentality: n. Intellectuality.
mentor: n. A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend.
mercantile: adj. Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.
mercenary: adj. Greedy
merciful: adj. Disposed to pity and forgive.
merciless: adj. Cruel.
meretricious: adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show.
mesmerize: v. To hypnotize.
messieurs: n. pl. Gentlemen.
metal: n. An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous.
metallurgy: n. The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.
metamorphosis: n. A passing from one form or shape into another.
metaphor: n. A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.
metaphysical: adj. Philosophical.
metaphysician: n. One skilled in metaphysics.
metaphysics: n. The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
mete: v. To apportion.
metempsychosis: n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
meticulous: adj. Over-cautious.
metonymy: n. A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.
metric: adj. Relating to measurement.
metronome: n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.
metropolis: n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
metropolitan: adj. Pertaining to a chief city.
mettle: n. Courage.
mettlesome: adj. Having courage or spirit.
microcosm: n. The world or universe on a small scale.
micrometer: n. An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
microphone: n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.
microscope: n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
microscopic: adj. Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.
microscopy: n. The art of examing objects with the microscope.
midsummer: n. The middle of the summer.
midwife: n. A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.
mien: n. The external appearance or manner of a person.
migrant: adj. Wandering.
migrate: v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
migratory: adj. Wandering.
mileage: n. A distance in miles.
militant: adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
militarism: n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies.
militate: v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
militia: n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.
Milky Way: n. The galaxy.
millet: n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
mimic: v. To imitate the speech or actions of.
miniature: adj. Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
minimize: v. To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
minion: n. A servile favorite.
ministration: n. Any religious ceremonial.
ministry: n. A service.
minority: n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
minute: adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
minutia: n. A small or unimportant particular or detail.
mirage: n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.
misadventure: n. An unlucky accident.
misanthropic: adj. Hating mankind.
misanthropy: n. Hatred of mankind.
misapprehend: v. To misunderstand.
misbehave: v. To behave ill.
misbehavior: n. Ill or improper behavior.
mischievous: adj. Fond of tricks.
miscount: v. To make a mistake in counting.
miscreant: n. A villain.
misdeed: n. A wrong or improper act.
misdemeanor: n. Evil conduct, small crime.
miser: n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
mishap: n. Misfortune.
misinterpret: v. To misunderstand.
mislay: v. To misplace.
mismanage: v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
misnomer: n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
misogamy: n. Hatred of marriage.
misogyny: n. Hatred of women.
misplace: v. To put into a wrong place.
misrepresent: v. To give a wrong impression.
misrule: v. To misgovern.
missal: n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
missile: n. Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.
missive: n. A message in writing.
mistrust: v. To regard with suspicion or jealousy.
misty: adj. Lacking clearness
misunderstand: v. To Take in a wrong sense.
misuse: v. To maltreat.
mite: n. A very small amount, portion, or particle.
miter: n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
mitigate: v. To make milder or more endurable.
mnemonics: n. A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
moat: n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
mobocracy: n. Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
moccasin: n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
mockery: n. Ridicule.
moderation: n. Temperance.
moderator: n. The presiding officer of a meeting.
modernity: n. The state or character of being modern.
modernize: v. To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
modification: n. A change.
modify: v. To make somewhat different.
modish: adj. Fashionable.
modulate: v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
mollify: v. To soothe.
molt: v. To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
momentary: adj. Lasting but a short time.
momentous: adj. Very significant.
momentum: n. An impetus.
monarchy: n. Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
monastery: n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.
monetary: adj. Financial.
mongrel: n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
monition: n. Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
monitory: n. Admonition or warning.
monocracy: n. Government by a single person.
monogamy: n. The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
monogram: n. A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
monograph: n. A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
monolith: n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
monologue: n. A story or drama told or performed by one person.
monomania: n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
monopoly: n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
monosyllable: n. A word of one syllable.
monotone: n. The sameness or monotony of utterance.
monotonous: adj. Unchanging and tedious.
monotony: n. A lack of variety.
monsieur: n. A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
monstrosity: n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
moonbeam: n. A ray of moonlight.
morale: n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
moralist: n. A writer on ethics.
morality: n. Virtue.
moralize: v. To render virtuous.
moratorium: n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
morbid: adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
mordacious: adj. Biting or giving to biting.
mordant: adj. Biting.
moribund: adj. On the point of dying.
morose: adj. Gloomy.
morphology: n. the science of organic forms.
motley: adj. Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
motto: n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
mountaineer: n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
mountainous: adj. Full of or abounding in mountains.
mouthful: n. As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
muddle: v. To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
muffle: v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
mulatto: n. The offspring of a white person and a black person.
muleteer: n. A mule-driver.
multiform: adj. Having many shapes, or appearances.
multiplicity: n. the condition of being manifold or very various.
mundane: adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
municipal: adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
municipality: n. A district enjoying municipal government.
munificence: n. A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
munificent: adj. Extraordinarily generous.
muster: n. An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
mutation: n. The act or process of change.
mutilate: v. To disfigure.
mutiny: n. Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.
myriad: n. A vast indefinite number.
mystic: n. One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
mystification: n. The act of artfully perplexing.
myth: n. A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
mythology: n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.