| majority |
the greater number or amount; a number or amount greater than half. [4 definitions] |
| major league |
either of the two highest-level leagues of professional baseball teams in the U.S. [2 definitions] |
| major-medical |
of, pertaining to, or being a type of health insurance providing coverage of most of the expenses of major illnesses or injuries. |
| major mode |
a piece of music, or part of one using the intervals of the major scale. |
| major order |
the rank of deacon, priest, or bishop, as in the Roman Catholic or Episcopal churches. |
| major scale |
in music, a scale of whole steps, with two half-steps that occur between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth steps. |
| major suit |
in bridge, hearts or spades. (Cf. minor suit.) |
| majuscule |
of written or printed letters, capital or large. (Cf. minuscule.) [3 definitions] |
| make |
to bring into being by constructing from separate parts. [19 definitions] |
| make a bed |
to arrange the sheets and other coverings over a bed so that it is fully covered and looking very or somewhat neat. |
| makeable |
combined form of make. |
| make a dent |
(informal) to make an impression; influence. |
| make a dent in |
to make progress, esp. by lessening a burden. [2 definitions] |
| make a difference |
to have an impact or effect; to be of importance in some way. [2 definitions] |
| make a face |
to adopt an annoyed, repulsed, or intentionally silly and comical expression on one's face. |
| make a fire |
to arrange wood, paper, or other materials in such a way that they will burn together and then use a lighter or other device to start the materials burning. |
| make a living |
to earn money to support one's life. |
| make allowance (or allowances) for |
to be lenient toward (someone) due to knowing and understanding why a certain behavior has occurred; excuse; pardon. [2 definitions] |
| make amends |
to try to satisfy someone for offensive or injurious behavior, as with an apology. |
| make a monkey out of |
to make (someone) appear ridiculous; embarrass; dupe. |
| make a mountain out of a molehill |
to imagine something to be much more significant or more of a problem than it really is. |