| mai tai |
a cocktail made with rum and fruit juices, and often garnished with fruit. |
| maître d' |
(informal) a headwaiter. |
| maître d'hôtel |
a steward or headwaiter, as of a restaurant, hotel, or club. [2 definitions] |
| maize |
see "Indian corn." [3 definitions] |
| Maj. |
abbreviation of "Major," any one whose military rank is above captain and below lieutenant colonel. |
| majestic |
regal, imposing, or stately; of great dignity or grandness. |
| majesty |
the greatness, dignity, or power of a sovereign or sovereign being. [5 definitions] |
| majolica |
a kind of Italian pottery that is enameled and glazed with tin oxide, usu. highly colored and decorated. |
| major |
the military rank above captain and below lieutenant colonel, or a person holding this rank. [6 definitions] |
| major-domo |
the chief steward or butler in a royal household. |
| majorette |
see "drum majorette." |
| major general |
a U.S. military officer ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier general. |
| 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] |