| maiden |
an unmarried girl or young woman. [4 definitions] |
| maidenhair |
any of various related ferns with slender, dark stalks and delicate, light-green fronds. |
| maidenhead |
the hymen. |
| maidenhood |
the period of time or condition of being unmarried or a virgin. |
| maiden name |
a woman's surname before she is married. |
| maid of honor |
the principal unmarried female attendant of a bride at her wedding. [2 definitions] |
| maidservant |
a girl or woman servant. |
| mail1 |
(sometimes pl.) the system organized to send and deliver letters, parcels, and the like; postal system. [4 definitions] |
| mail2 |
flexible armor made of overlapped or linked metal rings. [2 definitions] |
| mailbag |
a large bag with a shoulder strap used by one who delivers mail. [2 definitions] |
| mailbox |
a public depository for outgoing mail. [2 definitions] |
| mail carrier |
one whose job is to deliver mail. |
| mailer |
a person who addresses and mails letters, packages, and the like. [3 definitions] |
| Mailgram |
trademark for a telegram processed through the postal service. |
| maillot |
a coarse stretchable jersey fabric. [3 definitions] |
| mailman |
a man whose job is to deliver mail; postman. |
| mail order |
an order for goods that are available through the mail. |
| mail-order house |
a company or firm that does its business through the mail. |
| maim |
to cripple or disable, usu. by destroying or rendering useless a limb or extremity. [2 definitions] |
| main |
most important; chief; primary. [5 definitions] |
| main clause |
in grammar, esp. in a sentence that contains more than one clause, a clause that can function by itself as a sentence; independent clause. |