| matchmaker |
a person who introduces men and women to each other in the hope that they will marry. [2 definitions] |
| match play |
a type of golf competition in which each side scores a point for each hole won, regardless of the total number of strokes. (Cf. medal play.) |
| match point |
the final point that must be scored to win a match, esp. in tennis. |
| matchstick |
the short, slender, usually wooden stick from which a match is made, or the match itself. [2 definitions] |
| matchup |
the assigning of one player to defend against another player, as in basketball, soccer, or football. [2 definitions] |
| maté |
a stimulant beverage made from the leaves and shoots of a South American evergreen tree that is related to the holly. [2 definitions] |
| mate1 |
a marriage partner; husband or wife. [9 definitions] |
| mate2 |
in chess, the placing of a king in a check from which there is no escape; checkmate. [3 definitions] |
| 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. |