| malnutrition |
poor or inadequate nutrition. |
| malt |
sprouted grain, esp. barley, used mainly in brewing and distilling. [5 definitions] |
| Malta |
a Mediterranean island south of Sicily. [2 definitions] |
| malted milk |
a powdered mixture consisting mostly of dried milk and malted cereals, or a beverage made of this. |
| mama |
(informal) mother. |
| mammal |
any of the vertebrate animals that feed their babies with milk from the female mammary glands and usu. produce live young, as opposed to laying eggs. |
| mammoth |
a very large extinct mammal related to and resembling the elephant, that lived in the Northern Hemisphere. [2 definitions] |
| man |
a fully grown male human. [9 definitions] |
| manage |
to direct, control, or administer. [6 definitions] |
| management |
the act or process of controlling, directing, or governing. [3 definitions] |
| manager |
one who directs, controls, or administers a business or other enterprise. [3 definitions] |
| manatee |
any of several docile plant-eating animals that resemble the seal and are found in shallow tropical waters of the Atlantic; sea cow. |
| mandarin |
a public official or bureaucrat, or a person of high rank or influence in imperial China. [4 definitions] |
| mandate |
a commission given to a country to administer territory on behalf of an international body such as, formerly, the League of Nations. [6 definitions] |
| mandolin |
a musical instrument of the lute family with a deep, usu. pear-shaped soundbox and four or more pairs of strings that are usu. strummed rapidly with a plectrum. |
| mane |
the long hair on the back and sides of the neck, as on a horse or male lion. |
| maneuver |
a planned military movement, as of troops, ships, or tanks. [8 definitions] |
| manganese |
a chemical element that has twenty-five protons in each nucleus and that forms a dense, hard, grayish white metallic solid, used in the manufacture of steel or as an amethyst colorant in glass. (symbol: Mn) |
| manger |
a trough from which livestock feed. |
| mangle1 |
to damage severely or mutilate by cutting, crushing, or tearing apart. [2 definitions] |
| mango |
an elongated, smooth-skinned, yellow-orange edible fruit, or the tropical evergreen tree from which it comes. |