| mayhem |
in law, the crime of intentionally maiming or mutilating another person. [2 definitions] |
| Maying |
the celebration of May Day by dancing, gathering flowers, or crowning a May queen. |
| mayn't |
contracted form of "may not." |
| mayo |
(informal) mayonnaise. |
| mayonnaise |
a thick dressing of oil, vinegar or lemon juice, seasonings, and egg yolks, used in salads, sandwiches, and other dishes. |
| mayor |
the chief official of a village, town, or city. |
| mayoralty |
the position or term of office of a mayor. |
| Maypole |
a high pole wreathed with flowers and ribbons around which merrymakers dance to celebrate May Day or another of the holidays of spring or summer. |
| May queen |
a girl or young woman chosen as queen of the celebrants and crowned with flowers on May Day. |
| Maytime |
the month of May. |
| maze |
a complicated and usu. intentionally confusing network of pathways between high walls or dense hedges; labyrinth. [4 definitions] |
| mazel tov |
a Jewish expression of congratulation. |
| mazurka |
an energetic Polish dance similar to the polka, the music for which is written in triple meter with a strong accent on the second beat. |
| mazzard |
a wild sweet cherry, the seedlings of which are used as rootstock in the propagation of cultivated varieties. |
| mb |
abbreviation of "megabyte," or "megabytes," a unit of electronic memory capacity equal to 1,048,576 bytes, or approximately one million bytes. |
| M.B.A. |
abbreviation of "Master of Business Administration." |
| Mbabane |
one of the capitals of Eswatini, along with Lobamba. |
| MC |
abbreviation of "master of ceremonies," one who hosts a formal event or entertainment, usu. making speeches or announcing guests; emcee. |
| mc |
abbreviation of "megacycle," or "megacycles," a unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per second or one million hertz; megahertz. |
| McCarthyism |
the practices of making sensational and often unfounded charges, of alleging guilt by association, and of conducting inquisitorial proceedings, esp. as in the anticommunist crusade of Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. |
| McIntosh |
a variety of sweet red eating apple that is widely cultivated in North America. |