| materfamilias |
the female head of a household, esp. the mother. |
| material |
anything used for constructing or making something else. [7 definitions] |
| materialism |
the philosophic theory that physical matter and its related forces are the source or cause of all phenomena. [2 definitions] |
| materialist |
an advocate of the ideas of philosophical materialism. [2 definitions] |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with material things, particularly those that provide comfort or pleasure, than with spiritual matters or values. |
| materialize |
to take bodily shape and form; come into physical existence. [4 definitions] |
| materially |
to a significant extent; considerably. [2 definitions] |
| materia medica |
the drugs and other remedial substances that are used in medicine. [2 definitions] |
| materiel |
military equipment and supplies. [2 definitions] |
| maternal |
of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother. [2 definitions] |
| maternity |
the state of being a mother; motherhood. [3 definitions] |
| maternity leave |
an allowed time of absence from one's employment because of having given birth to a child. |
| math |
mathematics. |
| mathematical |
of, relating to, or expressed in mathematics. [2 definitions] |
| mathematician |
one who performs mathematics as a profession. [2 definitions] |
| mathematics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of numbers and forms and their properties and relationships, using symbolic representation and systematically defined methods of proof. |
| matinee |
a morning or afternoon performance of a play, film, or the like. |
| matins |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) in the Roman Catholic Church, the first of the seven canonical hours, or the service for this, usu. held between midnight and four A.M. [2 definitions] |
| matri- |
mother. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| matriarchy |
a social system in which the mother is considered head of the family or other group, and ancestry and descent are reckoned on the mother's side. (Cf. patriarchy.) |