multisource online informations
A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z  
  

Letter M



macabre \macabre\ (m[.a]*k[aum]"b[~e]r) adj. 1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled macaber.] Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Pertaining to or portraying the grim aspects of death, or the allegorical dance of death. [PJC]See also: macaber dance of death more...
macabre \macabre\ (m[.a]*k[aum]"b[~e]r) adj. 1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled macaber.] Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Pertaining to or portraying the grim aspects of death, or the allegorical dance of death. [PJC]See also: macaber dance of death more...
macadam \macadam\ macadamized \macadamized\adj. 1. paved with macadam[2]. Syn: asphalt, tarmac, tarmacadam. [WordNet 1.5] macadam \macadam\ n. The broken stone used in macadamized roadways. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A paved surface formed of compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar. Syn: tartarmac, macadam. [WordNet 1.5] macadam more...
macadamia \macadamia\ n. 1. any tree of the genus Macadamia, especially Macadamia ternifolia. Syn: macadamia tree. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A macadamia nut. [PJC]See also: Macadamia Macadamia ternifolia macadamia nut more...
Macadamization \Mac*ad`am*i*za"tion\, n. The process or act of macadamizing. [1913 Webster] more...
Macadamize \Mac*ad"am*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with macadam, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface. Syn: tarmac. [1913 Webster]See also: Macadamized Macadamizing macadam more...
macadam \macadam\ macadamized \macadamized\adj. 1. paved with macadam[2]. Syn: asphalt, tarmac, tarmacadam. [WordNet 1.5] Macadamize \Mac*ad"am*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with macadam, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface. Syn: tarmac. [1913 Webster]See more...