M- |
used with a number to denote equipment produced for U.S. military use, such as the M-16 rifle. |
m |
the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet. |
m.1 |
abbreviation of "meter," or "meters," the basic unit of length of the metric system, equal to one hundred centimeters or 3.28 feet. |
m.2 |
abbreviation of "mass," in physics, the quality of a body that determines its resistance to acceleration. |
M-1 |
the basic .30-caliber U.S. military rifle used in World War II and the Korean War, which is semiautomatic and uses a clip. |
M-16 |
the basic U.S. military rifle used in the Vietnam War, which is fully automatic and uses small-caliber, high-velocity ammunition. |
MA |
abbreviation of "Massachusetts," a northeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast north of Connecticut. |
M.A. |
abbreviation of "Master of Arts," a graduate degree, below that of doctor, that is given by a college or university to a person who has completed a prescribed course of graduate study in the humanities or social sciences; master's degree. |
ma |
(informal) mother. |
ma'am |
(informal; often cap.) madam. |
Mac |
brandname for "Macintosh" computer since 1998. |
macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
macadam |
a surface, such as a road, paved with layers of compressed, broken stone, usu. mixed with tar or asphalt. [2 definitions] |
macadamia |
a round, hard-shelled, edible nut, cultivated in Hawaii; macadamia nut. [2 definitions] |
macadamize |
to build, pave, or repair (a road) with compacted layers of crushed stone. |
macaque |
any of a family of monkeys of the East Indies, Asia, and Africa that have cheek pouches and tails that are not prehensile, such as the rhesus monkey. |
macaroni |
any of variously shaped, dried pasta noodles made from flour and water, esp. the short, bent, hollow tubes; elbow macaroni. |
macaroni and cheese |
a popular lunch or dinner dish made with macaroni in a cheese sauce, served as an entree or side dish. |
macaroon |
a soft, chewy cookie made of sugar, egg whites, and ground almonds or coconut. |
macaw |
any of a number of brightly colored, tropical American parrots with long, slightly curved tails. |
Macbeth |
the title character and protagonist of a tragedy by William Shakespeare. |