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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...
Macacus \Ma*ca"cus\, n. [NL., a word of African origin. Cf. Macaco, Macaque.] (Zool.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies, now usually called Macaca. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows. See also Macaca. [1913 Webster]See also: Macaco Macaque Macaca Macaca \Macaca\ prop. n. A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), much used in laboratory biomedical research. Formerly called Macacus. Syn: genus Macaca. [WordNet 1.5]See also: Macaca mulatta Macacus Macaca more...
Macaco \Ma*ca"co\, n. [Cf. Pg. macaco.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). [1913 Webster]See also: Lemur macaco Lemur catta more...
Macacus \Ma*ca"cus\, n. [NL., a word of African origin. Cf. Macaco, Macaque.] (Zool.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies, now usually called Macaca. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows. See also Macaca. [1913 Webster]See also: Macaco Macaque Macaca Macaca \Macaca\ prop. n. A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), much used in laboratory biomedical research. Formerly called Macacus. Syn: genus Macaca. [WordNet 1.5]See also: Macaca mulatta Macacus Macaca 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...