| macaroni |
Macaroni is a kind of food made from flour and water. The flour and water mixture is dried and made into different shapes. We most often see macaroni shaped like little, curved tubes. When macaroni is cooked, it becomes soft and ready to eat. |
| macaroni and cheese |
Macaroni and cheese is something people often eat for lunch or dinner. It is a hot dish, and it is made with noodles called macaroni and a sauce made with milk and cheese. The dish is full of noodles mixed with the sauce. |
| machine |
A machine is something that has parts that work together to make something or do something. Cars and computers and tractors are some kinds of machines. A factory is a place that has many machines. |
| Mackenzie River |
The Mackenzie River is the longest river in Canada. It is very far north and flows through many forests as it makes its way to the Arctic Ocean. |
| mad |
Mad is another word for angry. Angry is the way people often feel when someone has cheated them or been mean to them. People often feel angry when something bad happens to them. When you are mad about something, you are angry and upset about it. [2 definitions] |
| Madagascar |
Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean. It is near the coast of Africa. Madagascar has many tropical forests. These forests are home to a furry animal called the lemur. |
| magazine |
A magazine is a large, thin book with a soft, paper cover. A magazine is filled with articles to read, pictures, and sometimes cartoons and games. Magazines usually tell about real people and real things. Some magazines have stories, though. People can buy magazines in a store, or they can order them and get them by mail. New magazines usually come out every week or every month. Nowadays, you can read articles and look at things in magazines on a computer. |
| magic |
If someone in a story has magic, they have special power to make things happen, like turning a person into a frog or making something disappear. [3 definitions] |
| magical |
When something is magical, it has magic power, or it is made by magic. |
| magician |
A magician is a person who does amazing tricks. These tricks seem impossible to do without the special power of magic. Magicians often do shows, and people can watch them do their tricks. |
| magma |
Magma is a hot liquid made of melted rocks. Magma rises from deep in the earth and then goes up through a special kind of mountain until it reaches the top. A mountain like this is called a volcano. If the magma spills out of the volcano, it is not called magma anymore. It is called lava. |
| mail1 |
Mail is anything that is sent through the post office, such as letters and packages. The post office is the system of people, trucks, and airplanes that work together to send and deliver these things. [2 definitions] |
| mailbox |
A mailbox is a large standing container that you put letters into when you want to send them to someone. Cities and towns have mailboxes like this. [2 definitions] |
| mail carrier |
A mail carrier is a person whose job is to deliver things like letters and packages to people. A mail carrier works for the post office. |
| main |
Main means most important or biggest. The main road in a town is the road that is most important and that most people use. |
| Maine |
Maine is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Maine is ME. |
| major |
If something is major, it is big or bigger than other things that are like it. A major city, is a big city. New York, Tokyo, London, Cairo, and Mexico City are some of the major cities in the world. [2 definitions] |
| make |
When you make something, you build it or put it together. [6 definitions] |
| make a living |
When people make a living, they get money from working to stay alive and to have the things they need. |
| make-believe |
When something is make-believe, it is not real. It is imaginary. |
| make up |
When you make up a story or idea, you invent it in your mind. You use your imagination to create it. [2 definitions] |