Part 39

~Man-killer~, _n._ Murderer, manslayer, homicide.

~Mankind~, _n._ ~1.~ Man, the human race.

~2.~ Men, the lords of creation.

~Manliness~, _n._ Bravery, courage, intrepidity, heroism, firmness, resolution, nobleness.

~Manly~, _a._ Brave, courageous, intrepid, stout, bold, firm, undaunted, vigorous, strong, daring, heroic, noble, manful.

~Man-midwife~, _n._ ACCOUCHEUR, obstetrician.

~Manner~, _n._ ~1.~ Method, mode, fashion, form, way, style, cast.

~2.~ Custom, habit, practice.

~3.~ Degree, measure, extent.

~4.~ [_Sing, and pl._] Sort, kind, sorts, kinds.

~5.~ Behavior, carriage, deportment.

~Mannerism~, _n._ Sameness of manner.

~Mannerly~, _a._ Courteous, civil, polite, urbane, complaisant, gentlemanly, refined, well-bred.

~Manners~, _n. pl._ Morals, habits, carriage, behavior, deportment, bearing, breeding, air, customary conduct.

~Manoeuvre~, _n._ [Written also _Maneuver_.] ~1.~ Evolution, movement.

~2.~ Scheme, plan, plot, stratagem, artifice, ruse, trick, finesse, artful management, adroit procedure.

~Manoeuvre~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Perform evolutions.

~2.~ Contrive, plan, plot, manage, pull the wires or strings.

~Manoeuvrer~, _n._ [Written also _Maneuverer_.] Tactician, adroit manager, wire-puller.

~Man of straw~, Imaginary person.

~Man-of-war~, _n._ Ship of war.

~Manor~, _n._ Lordship, feudal estate of a nobleman.

~Manor-house~, _n._ Hall.

~Mansard-roof~, _n._ Curb-roof, gambrel-roof.

~Manse~, _n._ [_Scotland._] Parsonage, parsonage house.

~Mansion~, _n._ Dwelling, seat, residence, habitation, dwelling-house, mansion-house.

~Mansion-house~, _n._ Dwelling-house, mansion.

~Manslaughter~, _n._ Homicide (_without malice_).

~Man-slayer~, _n._ Murderer, homicide, man-killer.

~Mantilla~, _n._ Small mantle.

~Mantle~, _n._ ~1.~ Cloak.

~2.~ Cover, covering.

~3.~ Mantel-piece, mantel-tree, mantel-shelf.

~Mantle~, _v. a._ Cloak, overspread, cover.

~Mantle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Expand, spread, be expanded.

~2.~ Be suffused (_said of blood rushing to the face_).

~3.~ Effervesce, bubble, foam, sparkle, froth.

~Mantel-piece~, _n._ MANTLE.

~Mantel-shelf~, _n._ MANTLE.

~Mantel-tree~, _n._ MANTLE.

~Mantua-maker~, _n._ Dressmaker.

~Manual~, _n._ Of the hand, by the hand.

~Manual~, _n._ Hand-book.

~Manufactory~, _n._ Mill, factory.

~Manufacture~, _n._ ~1.~ Production, fabrication.

~2.~ Manufactured product.

~Manufacture~, _v. a._ Make by art.

~Manumission~, _n._ Emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation.

~Manumit~, _v. a._ Free, liberate, release, emancipate, enfranchise, set free.

~Manure~, _v. a._ Fertilize, enrich.

~Manure~, _n._ Fertilizer, compost, dressing, fertilizing mixture.

~Manuscript~, _n._ Copy, written paper.

~Many~, _a._ Numerous, manifold, various, multiplied, divers.

~Many~, _n._ Multitude, people, many persons, many people.

~Many-sided~, ~1.~ Of many sides.

~2.~ Liberal, not narrow, not bigoted.

~Many times~, Often, frequently, repeatedly, often times.

~Map~, _n._ Chart.

~Mar~, _v. a._ Injure, spoil, ruin, disfigure, hurt, damage, harm.

~Marasmus~, _n._ ATROPHY, emaciation, decline, gradual wasting.

~Maraud~, _v. n._ Rove for plunder.

~Maraud~, _n._ Marauding, ravage, plunder.

~Marauder~, _n._ Plunderer, ravager, pillager, robber, freebooter, highwayman, brigand, footpad, outlaw, bandit.

~March~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Walk (_by regular steps, as soldiers_), move forward.

~2.~ Walk in a steady manner.

~March~, _n._ ~1.~ Military movement, passage of soldiers.

~2.~ Stately walk.

~3.~ Progression, advance.

~4.~ Military tune.

~Marches~, _n. pl._ Borders, limits, frontiers, confines, precincts, boundaries.

~Mare~, _n._ Female horse.

~Mare's-nest~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Absurdity, absurd or ridiculous thing (_such as wags impose upon the credulous by way of hoax or practical joke_).

~Mare's-tail~, _n._ Cirrus, cat's-tail.

~Margin~, _n._ Border, edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, confine, limit, skirt.

~Marine~, _a._ ~1.~ Oceanic, pelagic, of the sea.

~2.~ Maritime, naval, nautical.

~Marine~, _n._ ~1.~ Navy, shipping, sea affairs.

~2.~ Soldier (_of a ship of war_).

~Mariner~, _n._ Seaman, sailor, seafarer, tar, seafaring man.

~Mariput~, _n._ Zoril (_Viverra zorilla_).

~Marital~, _a._ Of a husband, incident to a husband.

~Maritime~, _a._ ~1.~ Marine, naval, nautical, of the sea.

~2.~ Near the sea.

~Mark~, _n._ ~1.~ Sign, token, note, symbol, index.

~2.~ Indication, evidence, proof, badge, symptom.

~3.~ Line, impression, stamp, print, incision.

~4.~ Trace, track, vestige, footprint.

~5.~ Object (_aimed at_).

~6.~ Eminence, consequence, distinction.

~7.~ Cross (_made as a signature_).

~Mark~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distinguish by a mark, put a mark upon.

~2.~ Stamp, brand, trace a line or lines upon.

~3.~ Notice, note, observe, remark, take notice of.

~Mark~, _v. n._ Observe, note, remark, take notice.

~Marked~, _a._ Notable, remarkable, noted, prominent, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished.

~Market~, _n._ ~1.~ Mart, emporium, ENTREPOT, place of traffic.

~2.~ Market-house, market-place.

~3.~ Sale, opportunity to sell.

~Marketable~, _a._ Salable.

~Market-place~, _n._ Market-house, bazaar.

~Mark out~, Designate, indicate, point out.

~Marriage~, _n._ ~1.~ Nuptials, wedding, espousals, spousals, nuptial rites.

~2.~ Matrimony, wedlock.

~Maroon~, _n._ Chestnut color.

~Maroon~, _a._ Of a chestnut color.

~Marrow~, _n._ ~1.~ Medulla, pith.

~2.~ Essence, quintessence, best part, essential part.

~Marrow-bones~, _n. pl._ [_Colloquial._] Knees.

~Marry~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Join in marriage, unite in marriage.

~2.~ Wed, espouse, take for husband or wife, lead to the altar, bestow one's hand upon.

~3.~ Give in marriage.

~Marry~, _v. n._ Enter into the married state, assume the conjugal relation, take a husband or a wife.

~Marsh~, _n._ Fen, bog, quagmire, morass, swamp, slough.

~Marshal~, _v. a._ Arrange, range, rank, dispose, array, draw up, set in order.

~Marsh-samphire~, _n._ Glass-wort, salt-wort (_Salicornia herbacea_).

~Marshy~, _a._ Boggy, fenny, swampy, wet.

~Mart~, _n._ Market, emporium, ENTREPOT, place of traffic.

~Martial~, _a._ ~1.~ Suited to war.

~2.~ Warlike, brave, given to war.

~3.~ Military, not civil.

~Martinet~, _n._ Precisian, formalist, strict or severe disciplinarian.

~Marvel~, _n._ Wonder, prodigy, miracle.

~Marvel~, _v. n._ Wonder, be surprised, be astonished.

~Marvellous~, _a._ [Written also _Marvelous_.] Wondrous, wonderful, amazing, stupendous, astonishing, miraculous, very extraordinary, most strange.

~Masculine~, _a._ ~1.~ Male, of the male sex, not female.

~2.~ Manly, virile, manlike, not feminine, not effeminate.

~Mash~, _v. a._ Bruise, crush.

~Mask~, _n._ ~1.~ Cover (_for the face_), veil, visor, cloak, screen, blind, disguise.

~2.~ Subterfuge, evasion, trick, shift, pretence, pretext, plea.

~3.~ Masquerade, revel, piece of mummery.

~Mask~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put a mask on.

~2.~ Disguise, conceal, hide, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, cover.

~Masker~, _n._ Mummer, BUFFOON.

~Mason~, _n._ ~1.~ Builder in stone or brick.

~2.~ Free-mason.

~Masquerade~, _n._ Mask, revel, piece of mummery.

~Mass~, _n._ ~1.~ Lump, heap, collection.

~2.~ Size, magnitude, bulk, dimension, quantity of matter.

~3.~ Assemblage, congeries.

~4.~ Whole, aggregate, totality, body.

~Mass~, _n._ Communion service (_in the Roman Catholic Church_), celebration of the Lord's Supper.

~Massacre~, _v. a._ Butcher (_human beings_), murder, kill, slay, slaughter.

~Massacre~, _n._ Butchery, slaughter, carnage.

~Mass-book~, _n._ Missal.

~Massicot~, _n._ Yellow protoxide of lead (_not fused; when fused it forms litharge_).

~Massive~, _a._ Bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous.

~Massy~, _a._ Bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous.

~Master~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruler, director, governor, manager, chief, head, superintendent, overseer, principal, lord, GOODMAN.

~2.~ Commander, captain.

~3.~ Teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor, school-master, pedagogue.

~4.~ Owner, proprietor, holder, possessor.

~5.~ Proficient, adept, master-hand.

~Master~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overpower, overcome, conquer, subdue, subjugate, vanquish.

~2.~ Acquire, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.

~Master~, _a._ Main, chief, leading, principal, cardinal, prime, especial, great, grand, most important.

~Masterdom~, _n._ Dominion, rule, ASCENDENCY.

~Master-hand~, _n._ Adept, proficient, dab, DABSTER, good hand, capital hand, nice hand.

~Masterly~, _a._ Skilful, clever, dexterous, expert, adroit.

~Master-mind~, _n._ Master-spirit.

~Master-piece~, _n._ CHEF-D'ŒUVRE, paragon, master-stroke, master- work, capital performance.

~Mastership~, _n._ ~1.~ Headship.

~2.~ Dominion, rule, sway, mastery, supreme power.

~3.~ Superiority, supremacy, upper hand.

~Master-spirit~, _n._ Master-mind.

~Master-stroke~, _n._ MASTER-PIECE.

~Master-work~, _n._ MASTER-PIECE.

~Mastery~, _n._ ~1.~ Dominion, rule, sway, command, mastership, supreme power.

~2.~ Superiority, pre-eminence, ascendency, supremacy, victory, conquest, upper hand.

~3.~ Acquirement, attainment, acquisition.

~4.~ Skill, dexterity, great proficiency.

~Masticate~, _v. a._ Chew, eat, manducate, MUNCH.

~Mastication~, _n._ Chewing, manducation.

~Masturbation~, _n._ Onanism, self-pollution, secret vice, self-abuse.

~Mat~, _v. a._ Braid, weave, plait, plat.

~Match~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rival, be equal to.

~2.~ Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.

~3.~ Marry, give in marriage.

~Matchless~, _a._ Unrivalled, unparalleled, unequalled, peerless, incomparable, exquisite, inimitable, excellent, first-rate, superlatively good, of the best, of the first water.

~Mate~, _n._ Associate, companion, fellow, compeer.

~Maté~, _n._ Brazil tea.

~Material~, _a._ ~1.~ Physical, corporeal, bodily, not spiritual.

~2.~ Essential, important, momentous, vital.

~Material~, _n._ Matter, substance, stuff.

~Materially~, _ad._ ~1.~ Substantially, in substance, not in form merely.

~2.~ Importantly, essentially, vitally.

~Maternal~, _a._ Motherly.

~Matins~, _n. pl._ Morning prayers, morning service.

~Matrice~, _n._ Mould (_especially a mould in which printers' letters are cast, and a mould in which coin is cast_), matrix.

~Matrimonial~, _a._ Connubial, nuptial, CONJUGIAL, hymeneal, bridal, conjugal.

~Matrimony~, _n._ Marriage, wedlock, nuptial state.

~Matrix~, _n._ [L.] Mould, MATRICE.

~Matron~, _n._ ~1.~ Wife, married woman, mother of a family.

~2.~ Elderly woman.

~Matronal~, _a._ MATRON-LIKE.

~Matron-like~, _a._. Motherly, elderly, grave, sedate, matronal.

~Matronly~, _a._. Motherly, elderly, grave, sedate, matronal.

~Matted~, _a._ Entangled, twisted together.

~Matter~, _n._ ~1.~ Substance, body.

~2.~ Stuff, material, raw material.

~3.~ Topic, subject, question, subject-matter, matter in hand.

~4.~ Affair, business, concern, thing, event, course of things.

~5.~ Trouble, cause of distress.

~6.~ Importance, consequence, import, moment.

~7.~ Pus, purulence, purulent matter.

~Matter~, _v. n._ Signify, import, be of importance, be of consequence.

~Matter-of-fact~, _n._ Fact, reality, actuality.

~Matter-of-fact~, _a._ Practical, sensible, plain.

~Mattock~, _n._ Grub-axe, grubbing-hoe.

~Maturate~, _v. n._ Suppurate.

~Maturation~, _n._ Suppuration.

~Mature~, _a._ ~1.~ Perfected by time, complete, perfect, ripe.

~2.~ Prepared, ready, well-considered, well-digested.

~Mature~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ripen.

~2.~ Perfect, bring to perfection, bring to maturity.

~Mature~, _v. n._ Become ripe.

~Maturity~, _n._ ~1.~ Completion, ripeness.

~2.~ Time of being due (_said of a promissory note, &c._).

~Maudlin~, _a._ ~1.~ Intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, corned, tipsy, mellow, drunk, SLEWED, groggy, in liquor, HALF SEAS OVER.

~2.~ Silly, weak, childish.

~Maugre~, _prep._ [_Used only in burlesque._] Notwithstanding, in spite of, in defiance of.

~Maul~, _n._ [Written also _Mall_.] Beetle, heavy mallet.

~Maul~, _v. a._ [Written also _Mall_.] Beat, bruise.

~Maunder~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Mutter (_as a beggar_,) grumble, murmur.

~2.~ Talk incoherently.

~Maunderer~, _n._ Grumbler, murmurer.

~Mausoleum~, _n._ Sepulchral monument.

~Mauvaise honte~, [Fr.] Bashfulness, false modesty.

~Maw~, _n._ ~1.~ Stomach (_of animals_).

~2.~ Craw, crop, first stomach (_of a bird_).

~Mawkish~, _a._ Insipid, flat, vapid, tasteless, stale.

~Maxim~, _n._ Proverb, saying, saw, adage, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.

~May-apple~, _n._ Mandrake (_Podophyllum peltatum_).

~Maybe~, _ad._ Perhaps, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, it may be, as luck may have it.

~May-beetle~, Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dummador.

~May-bug~, Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dummador.

~May-flower~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Hawthorn, whitethorn.

~2.~ [_New England._] Trailing arbutus (_Epigæa repens_).

~Mayhap~, _ad._ Perchance, perhaps, it may be, probably, BELIKE, it may happen.

~May-lily~, _n._ Lily of the valley (_Convallaria majalis_).

~Maze~, _n._ ~1.~ Labyrinth, meander, winding course.

~2.~ Intricacy, perplexity, bewilderment, embarrassment, uncertainty.

~Mazy~, _a._ Labyrinthian, confused.

~Mead~, _n._ ~1.~ Metheglin.

~2.~ [_Poetical._] Meadow.

~Meadow~, _n._ MEAD, lea, grass land, sward land.

~Meagre~, _a._ [Written also _Meager_.] ~1.~ Lean, thin, emaciated, spare, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, fallen away.

~2.~ Tame, feeble, jejune, vapid, bald, barren, dull, prosing, prosy.

~Meal~, _n._ ~1.~ Repast, COLLATION.

~2.~ Flour, grain in powder.

~Mealy~, _a._ Farinaceous.

~Mealy-mouthed~, _a._ Over-cautious in speech, averse to telling the whole truth, inclined to mince matters, not plain-spoken.

~Mean~, _a._ ~1.~ Middle, medium, average.

~2.~ Intermediate, intervening, coming between.

~3.~ Ignoble, plebeian, untitled, low, base-born, ordinary, common, vulgar, coarse, homespun.

~4.~ Base, abject, grovelling, vile, contemptible, despicable, servile, beggarly, sneaking, dirty, scurvy, shabby, sorry, disingenuous, unfair, rascally, pitiful, base-minded, low-minded, dishonorable.

~5.~ Sordid, penurious, miserly, stingy, niggardly, illiberal, ungenerous, selfish, narrow, mercenary, narrow-minded.

~6.~ Small, little, paltry, insignificant, diminutive, petty, poor, wretched.

~Mean~, _n._ ~1.~ Medium, mediocrity, middle state, middle course.

~2.~ Instrument, method, mode, way, means.

~Mean~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Intend, purpose, design, have in view.

~2.~ Signify, indicate, imply, denote, purport, import, express.

~Mean~, _v. n._ Intend, purpose, design, have in view, propose to one's self.

~Meander~, _n._ Labyrinth, maze, winding course.

~Meander~, _v. n._ Wind, be tortuous, run in a serpentine course.

~Meandering~, _a._ Winding, serpentine, tortuous.

~Meaning~, _n._ ~1.~ Intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, object.

~2.~ Signification, sense, acceptation, explanation, interpretation.

~3.~ Import, purport, significance.

~Meanness~, _n._ ~1.~ Smallness, littleness, scantiness, slenderness, lowness, poverty, meagreness, poorness.

~2.~ Abjectness, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, abasement, despicableness.

~3.~ Illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness, penuriousness.

~Means~, _n. sing. & pl._ ~1.~ Instrument, method, mode, way.

~2.~ Resource, appliance, expedient, shift, step, measure.

~3.~ Revenue, income, resources, the wherewithal, ways and means.

~Mean-spirited~, _a._ Base, low, beggarly, vile, grovelling, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, base-minded.

~Meantime~, _ad._ In the mean time, in the interim.

~Meanwhile~, _ad._ In the mean time, in the interim.

~Measles~, _n. pl._ Rubeola.

~Measurable~, _a._ ~1.~ Mensurable.

~2.~ Moderate, temperate.

~Measure~, _n._ ~1.~ Standard (_of size or of quantity_).

~2.~ Rule, gauge.

~3.~ Degree, extent.

~4.~ Metre.

~Measure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mete.

~2.~ Estimate, appraise, judge of.

~3.~ Adjust, proportion, gauge.

~4.~ Distribute, allot, apportion, mete out.

~Measureless~, _a._ Immeasurable, unlimited, immense.

~Measurement~, _n._ Mensuration.

~Meat~, _n._ ~1.~ Food, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, nourishment, provision, victuals, viands, diet, regimen, cheer, pabulum, subsistence, rations, feed, fare, PROVENDER, FODDER, PROG.

~2.~ Flesh (_for food_).

~Meat-pie~, _n._ ~1.~ Mince-pie.

~2.~ Pasty

~Mechanic~, _n._ Artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, operative, workman, hand, ARTIFICER.

~Mechanical~, _a._ Involuntary, blind, automatic.

~Mechanism~, _n._ ~1.~ Mechanical action, mechanical agency.

~2.~ Machinery.

~Meddle~, _v. n._ Interfere, intermeddle, take part (_officiously_).

~Meddler~, _n._ Intermeddler, busybody.

~Meddlesome~, _a._ Interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious.

~Meddling~, _a._ Interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious.

~Medial~, _a._ Mean, average.

~Median~, _a._ Middle.

~Mediate~, _v. n._ Interpose, intercede, arbitrate.

~Mediation~, _n._ Interposition, intervention, arbitration.

~Mediator~, _n._ ~1.~ Intercessor.

~2.~ CHRIST, Jesus, the Messiah.

~Medical~, _a._ ~1.~ Of medicine, of the healing art.

~2.~ Medicinal, healing, curative.

~Medicament~, _n._ Remedy, medicine, healing application.

~Medicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tincture or impregnate with something medicinal.

~2.~ Heal, cure, treat with medicine.

~Medicinal~, _a._ Healing, curative, medical.

~Medicine~, _n._ ~1.~ Drug, physic, medicament, remedy, NOSTRUM.

~2.~ Healing art.

~Mediocrity~, _n._ ~1.~ Inferiority, moderate degree, middle state.

~2.~ Average, average standard, medial standard.

~Meditate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Plan, contrive, devise, scheme, concoct, intend, purpose, COMPASS.

~2.~ Contemplate, study, chew, ruminate, think on, reflect upon, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, dwell intently upon, chew the cud upon.

~Meditate~, _v. n._ Muse, ponder, think, reflect, rack, beat or cudgel one's brains, collect one's thoughts, advise with one's pillow.

~Meditation~, _n._ Contemplation, reflection, study, musing, pondering, deep thought, close attention.

~Mediterranean~, _a._ Midland.

~Medium~, _n._ ~1.~ Intervening substance.

~2.~ Means, instrumentality.

~3.~ Mean average, mean proportion.

~4.~ (_Painting._) Menstruum.

~5.~ (_Logic._) Middle term.

~Medley~, _n._ Mixture, miscellany, jumble, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, salmagundi, gallimaufry, mish-mash, pot-pourri, olio, MÉLANGE, confused mass.

~Meeching~, _n._ Sneaking, skulking, base, creeping, cowardly, vile, mean, contemptible.

~Meed~, _n._ Reward, recompense, remuneration.

~Meek~, _a._ Humble, lowly, submissive, mild, soft, gentle, modest, demure.

~Meekness~, _n._ Humbleness, humility, lowliness, lowness, demureness, condescension, self-abasement, gentleness, modesty, submission, submissiveness, mildness.

~Meerschaum~, _n._ (_Min._) ~1.~ Magnesite, sea-foam, hydrous silicate of magnesia.

~2.~ Turkish pipe.

~Meet~, _a._ Fit, proper, fitting, befitting, suitable, suited, adapted, appropriate, congenial.

~Meet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Come together (_from opposite directions_).

~2.~ Confront, encounter, come up to face to face.

~3.~ Find, meet with, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.

~4.~ Fulfil, comply with.

~Meet~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Encounter one another.

~2.~ Unite, join, converge, come in contact.

~3.~ Assemble, congregate, muster, collect, come together, flock together, meet together.

~Meet with~, ~1.~ Find, meet, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.

~2.~ Suffer, be subjected to.

~Meeting~, _n._ ~1.~ Interview, encounter.

~2.~ Assembly, assemblage, congregation, concourse, gathering, company, collection of people.

~Meeting-house~, _n._ Church, temple, house of worship, house of God.

~Megrims~, _n. pl._ Dejection, MELANCHOLY.

~Melancholy~, _n._ Dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, gloom, despondency, hypochondria, blues, blue devils, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, depression of spirits.

~Melancholy~, _a._ Dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, sorrowful, LACKADAISICAL, atrabillous, gloomy, hypochondriac, BLUE, dumpish, mopish, glum, downcast, desponding, down-hearted, chap-fallen, crest- fallen, hypped, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth, out of sorts.

~Mélange~, _n._ [Fr.] Mixture, medley, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, salmagundi, olio, OLLA PODRIDA, pot-pourri, gallimaufry, mish-mash, confused mass.

~Mélée~, _n._ [Fr.] Fight (_of combatants confusedly mixed_), affray, contest, row, fray, broil, brawl, RUMPUS.

~Meliorate~, _v. a._ Improve, better, mend, amend, emend, ameliorate, make better.

~Melioration~, _n._ Improvement, amendment, emendation, amelioration.

~Mellifluence~, _n._ Smoothness, softness, mellowness, sweetness, sweet flow.

~Mellifluent~, _a._ Smooth, soft, mellow, euphonious, euphonic, sweet, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.

~Mellifluous~, _a._ Smooth, soft, mellow, euphonious, euphonic, sweet, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.

~Mellite~, _n._ Honey-stone.

~Mellow~, _a._ ~1.~ Ripe, mature.

~2.~ Soft, mellifluous, smooth, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.

~3.~ Perfected, well prepared.

~4.~ DRUNK, tipsy, fuddled, disguised, half seas over.

~Mellow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ripen, mature.

~2.~ Perfect, bring to perfection.

~Melodious~, _a._ Musical, tuneful, sweet, dulcet, ariose.

~Melody~, _n._ ~1.~ Pleasing succession of sounds (as distinguished from _harmony_ or the _concord_ of sounds), sweetness of sound.

~2.~ Song, descant, tune.

~Melt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Liquefy (_by heat_), fuse.

~2.~ Soften, make gentle, make susceptible.

~Melt~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dissolve, become liquid.

~2.~ Be softened, be made gentle.

~Member~, _n._ ~1.~ Limb.

~2.~ Part, portion, constituent, component part, subordinate part.

~3.~ Head, clause, branch.

~Membership~, _n._ ~1.~ Being a member.

~2.~ Society, association, members, body of members.

~Memento~, _n._ Memorial, remembrancer, souvenir.

~Memoir~, _n._ ~1.~ Personal narrative, familiar biography.

~2.~ Record, register, journal, written account.

~Memorable~, _a._ Signal, notable, remarkable, extraordinary.

~Memorandum~, _n._ Note, minute.

~Memorial~, _n._ Monument, commemorative record.

~Memorial~, _a._ Commemorative.

~Memoria technica~, [L.] Mnemonics.

~Memoriter~, _a._ From memory, by heart.

~Memorize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Learn, learn by heart, commit to memory.

~2.~ Cause to be remembered, hand down to memory by records.

~Memory~, _n._ ~1.~ Recollection, remembrance, reminiscence.

~2.~ Memorial, commemorative record.

~3.~ Fame, renown, reputation, celebrity.

~Menace~, _v. a._ Threaten, denounce, defy.

~Menace~, _n._ Threat, threatening, denunciation.

~Mend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Repair, refit, retouch, patch up, touch up.

~2.~ Improve, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, rectify, reform, amend, emend, make better.

~Mend~, _v. n._ Improve, amend, become better.

~Mendacious~, _a._ False, lying, deceitful, fallacious.

~Mendacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Disposition to lie, habit of lying.

~2.~ Falsehood, deceit, duplicity, artifice, trickery.

~Mendicancy~, _n._ Beggary, mendicity.

~Mendicant~, _n._ Beggar, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.

~Mendicity~, _n._ Beggary, mendicancy.

~Menhaden~, _n._ [Sometimes written _Manhaden_.] Hardhead, pauhaugen, moss-bunker.

~Menial~, _a._ Servile, slavish, low, mean, base, abject, vile, sorry.

~Menial~, _n._ Servant, domestic, waiter, lackey, underling, flunkey, understrapper, valet, footman, slave, Helot, serf, bondsman.

~Meniver~, _n._ [Written also _Miniver_.] Ermine, stoat.

~Menses~, _n. pl._ Catamenia, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.

~Menstrual~, _a._ ~1.~ Monthly.

~2.~ Catamenial.

~Menstruum~, _n._ Solvent, medium.

~Mensurable~, _a._ Measurable.

~Mensuration~, _n._ ~1.~ Measuring, measurement.

~2.~ Surveying, survey.

~Mental~, _a._ Intellectual, spiritual, rational, ideal, subjective, psychological, metaphysical.

~Mention~, _n._ [Used chiefly in the phrase _make mention of_.] Cursory reference or allusion.

~Mention~, _v. a._ Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.

~Mentor~, _n._ Counsellor, adviser, monitor, guide, instructor.

~Mephitic~, _a._ Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.

~Mephitical~, _a._ Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.

~Mephitic air~, Carbonic-acid, carbonic-acid gas, CHOKE-DAMP, foul air.

~Mephitis~, _n._ (_Chem._) Noxious exhalation.

~Mephitism~, _n._ (_Chem._) Noxious exhalation.

~Mercantile~, _a._ COMMERCIAL, trading, engaged in commerce.

~Mercenary~, _a._ ~1.~ Venal, hired, hireling.

~2.~ Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close, close-fisted.

~Mercenary~, _n._ Hireling.

~Merchandise~, _n._ Commodities, goods, wares.

~Merchant~, _n._ Trader (_particularly a wholesale trader_), tradesman.

~Merchantable~, _a._ ~1.~ Marketable, of the ordinary quality.

~2.~ Salable, vendible, that may be sold.

~Merciful~, _a._ Gracious, kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, lenient, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted.

~Merciless~, _a._ Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.

~Mercurial~, _a._ ~1.~ Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.

~2.~ Of mercury or quicksilver.

~Mercury~, _n._ Quicksilver.

~Mercy~, _n._ Clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness.

~Mercy-seat~, _n._ Propitiatory.

~Mere~, _a._ Bare, simple, nothing else but.

~Mere~, _n._ Pool, lake.

~Merely~, _ad._ Simply, purely, only, solely, barely.

~Meretricious~, _a._ ~1.~ Of harlots.

~2.~ Libidinous, lustful.

~3.~ Deceitful (_by false show_), spurious, false, sham, make-believe, not genuine.

~Merge~, _v. a._ Immerse, immerge, submerge, sink, plunge, dip.

~Merge~, _v. n._ Be lost, be swallowed up.

~Meridian~, _n._ ~1.~ Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.

~2.~ Summit, culmination.

~Meridional~, _a._ Mid-day.

~Merit~, _n._ ~1.~ Desert, worth, worthiness, excellence, credit.

~2.~ Claim, right.

~Merit~, _v. a._ Deserve, have a right to, be entitled to.

~Meritorious~, _a._ Deserving, worthy, good, excellent.

~Merling~, _n._ Whiting (_Gadus merlangus_).

~Merriment~, _n._ Mirth, jollity, gayety, hilarity, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, liveliness.

~Merry~, _a._ Mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, debonair, wanton, light-hearted.

~Merry-Andrew~, _n._ Buffoon, zany, harlequin, scaramouch, fool, mountebank, jester, droll, PUNCH, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

~Merry-making~, _n._ Festival, convivial entertainment.

~Merry-thought~, _n._ Wish-bone.

~Mesh~, _n._ Interstice (_of a net_).

~Meshy~, _a._ Reticulated, decussated.

~Mesmerism~, _n._ Animal magnetism.

~Mess~, _n._ ~1.~ Dish.

~2.~ Set (_who eat together_), company.

~3.~ Medley, mixture, miscellany, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish-mash, olio, OLLA PODRIDA, confused mass, MÉLANGE.

~Mess~, _v. n._ Eat in company, take meals at the same table.

~Messenger~, _n._ ~1.~ Emissary, express, courier.

~2.~ Harbinger, forerunner, herald.

~Messieurs~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] [Abbreviated _Messrs._] Sirs, gentlemen.

~Metamorphic rocks~, Stratified primary rocks.

~Metamorphose~, _v. a._ Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of.

~Metamorphosis~, _n._ Transformation, transmutation, transfiguration, change of form.

~Metaphor~, _n._ Similitude (_without the signs of comparison_), simile (_expressed in a word_).

~Metaphoric~, _a._ Figurative.

~Metaphorical~, _a._ Figurative.

~Metaphysical~, _a._ Mental, intellectual, psychological.

~Metaphysics~, _n._ Psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, mental science.

~Mete~, _v. a._ Measure.

~Mete~, _n._ Measure, bound, limit, term, boundary, terminus, butt.

~Meteorolite~, _n._ Aerolite, meteoric stone.

~Meter~, _n._ [Written also _Metre_.] Measure (_of verse_), poetical measure, rhythmical arrangement (_of syllables_).

~Method~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrangement, system, classification, orderly disposition.

~2.~ Way (_viewed theoretically_), MODE, manner, process, course, means, MODUS OPERANDI.

~Methodic~, _a._ Orderly, systematical, regular, systematic.

~Methodical~, _a._ Orderly, systematical, regular, systematic.

~Methodize~, _v. a._ Regulate, arrange, put in order.

~Methylic-alcohol~, _n._ Wood-spirit, pyroxylic spirit, pyroxylic acid.

~Metre~, _n._ [Written also _Meter_.] Measure (_of verse_), rhythmical arrangement (_of syllables_), poetical measure.

~Metrical~, _a._ Measured.

~Metropolis~, _n._ Chief city, capital.

~Metropolitan~, _n._ Archbishop, primate.

~Metropolitan~, _a._ Of the metropolis.

~Mettle~, _n._ Spirit, nerve, vigor, ardor, pluck, hardihood, courage.

~Mettlesome~, _a._ Spirited, ardent, fiery, lively, gay, brisk, sprightly, courageous.

~Mew~, _n._ Gull, sea-mew, cob, sea-cob.

~Mew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, incase, coop, imprison, shut up.

~2.~ Shed (_feathers_), moult.

~Mewl~, _v. n._ Cry, squall, bawl.

~Mews~, _n. pl._ Stables.

~Miasm~, _n._ Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.

~Miasma~, _n._ Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.

~Mickle~, _a._ [_Scottish._] Much, great.

~Microcosm~, _n._ Little world, the world in miniature, the world in little, epitome of the universe.

~Microcosmic salt~, Phosphate of soda and ammonia.

~Microscopic~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Applied to the eye_.] Able to see minute objects.

~Microscopical~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Applied to the eye_.] Able to see minute objects.

~2.~ With a microscope, by the aid of a microscope.

~3.~ Very small, very minute.

~Mid~, _a._ Middle.

~Mid-day~, _a._ Meridional.

~Mid-day~, _n._ Noon, noontide, meridian.

~Middle~, _a._ Mean, medial, half way, between the extremes.

~Middle~, _n._ Midst, centre, central part.

~Middleman~, _n._ ~1.~ Agent, broker, factor.

2~.~ Commoner.

~Middle classes~, BOURGEOISIE.

~Middling~, _a._ Ordinary, average, moderate, passable, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.

~Midland~, _a._ ~1.~ Inland.

~2.~ Mediterranean.

~Midnight~, _n._ The dead of night, twelve o'clock at night.

~Midriff~, _n._ Diaphragm.

~Midships~, _ad._ Amidships.

~Midst~, _n._ Middle, centre, central part.

~Midsummer~, _n._ Summer solstice.

~Midwife~, _n._ ACCOUCHEUSE.

~Midwifery~, _n._ Obstetrics.

~Mien~, _n._ Air, look, aspect, manner, port, carriage, demeanor, external appearance, bearing.

~Miff~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Pique, slight anger.

~Miff~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Affront, displease, offend slightly.

~Might~, _n._ Power, strength, puissance, force, main, potency, efficacy, ability, efficiency.

~Mighty~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, powerful, robust, vigorous, sturdy, puissant, courageous, valiant, valorous, bold, able, capable.

~2.~ Vast, enormous, immense, huge, stupendous, monstrous, Cyclopean, Herculean, very great.

~3.~ Violent, vehement, impetuous.

~4.~ Forcible, efficacious, effective.

~Mighty~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] Very.

~Migrate~, _v. n._ Change residence (_from one country to another_).

~Migration~, _n._ Change of residence (_from one country to another_).

~Migratory~, _a._ Nomadic, wandering.

~Mild~, _a._ ~1.~ Tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific, not severe, not harsh, not cruel.

~2.~ Soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, not violent, not intense.

~3.~ Lenitive, assuasive, mollifying, soothing, emollient, demulcent, not acrid, not corrosive.

~Mildew~, _n._ Rust, blight, blast, mould, must, mustiness, smut.

~Militant~, _a._ Fighting, contending, belligerent.

~Military~, _a._ ~1.~ Soldierly, soldier-like.

~2.~ Martial, warlike.

~Military~, _n._ Soldiery, army, body of soldiers.

~Militate against~, War against, contend against, operate against, be opposed to, be repugnant to, be hostile to.

~Militia~, _n._ Trainband.

~Milkiness~, _n._ Lactescence.

~Milk-livered~, _a._ Cowardly, timorous, white-livered.

~Milkmaid~, _n._ Dairymaid.

~Milksop~, _n._ ~1.~ Piece of bread sopped in milk.

~2.~ Poltroon, craven, dastard, coward, effeminate man.

~Milkweed~, _n._ Silkweed, wild cotton.