First Names Rhyming MAGNUS
English Words Rhyming MAGNUS
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES MAGNUS AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MAGNUS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (agnus) - English Words That Ends with agnus:
| agnus | noun (n.) Agnus Dei. |
| elaeagnus | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (gnus) - English Words That Ends with gnus:
| cygnus | noun (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan. |
| pignus | noun (n.) A pledge or pawn. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (nus) - English Words That Ends with nus:
| acinus | noun (n.) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. |
| | noun (n.) A grapestone. |
| | noun (n.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. |
| alaternus | noun (n.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns. |
| alumnus | noun (n.) A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning. |
| anelectrotonus | noun (n.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. |
| anthrenus | noun (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths. |
| anus | noun (n.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled. |
| bonus | noun (n.) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. |
| | noun (n.) An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits. |
| | noun (n.) Money paid in addition to a stated compensation. |
| catelectrotonus | noun (n.) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it. |
| clarisonus | adjective (a.) Having a clear sound. |
| conus | noun (n.) A cone. |
| | noun (n.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4. |
| cothurnus | noun (n.) Same as Cothurn. |
| cincinnus | noun (n.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. |
| clonus | noun (n.) A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies. |
| delphinus | noun (n.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1. |
| | noun (n.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila. |
| dictamnus | noun (n.) A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable. |
| dominus | noun (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. |
| echinus | noun (n.) A hedgehog. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe. |
| | noun (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature. |
| | noun (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column |
| | noun (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin. |
| electrotonus | noun (n.) The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus. |
| encrinus | noun (n.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks. |
| eridanus | noun (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar. |
| faunus | noun (n.) See Faun. |
| fraxinus | noun (n.) A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees. |
| galvanotonus | noun (n.) Same as Electrotonus. |
| genus | noun (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. |
| | noun (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus. |
| hemionus | noun (n.) A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. |
| janus | noun (n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. |
| manus | noun (n.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand. |
| | (pl. ) of Manus |
| marbrinus | noun (n.) A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. |
| minus | adjective (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity. |
| oceanus | noun (n.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth. |
| onus | noun (n.) A burden; an obligation. |
| pandanus | noun (n.) A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine. |
| pannus | noun (n.) A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids. |
| pentacrinus | noun (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere. |
| phototonus | noun (n.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light. |
| | noun (n.) An irritable condition of protoplasm, resulting in movement, due to a certain intensity of light. |
| pinus | noun (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine. |
| platanus | noun (n.) A genus of trees; the plane tree. |
| pleurothotonus | noun (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally. |
| prunus | noun (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening. |
| rhamnus | noun (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges. |
| ricinus | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi. |
| silenus | noun (n.) See Wanderoo. |
| sinus | noun (n.) An opening; a hollow; a bending. |
| | noun (n.) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore. |
| | noun (n.) A cavity; a depression. |
| | noun (n.) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening. |
| | noun (n.) A dilated vessel or canal. |
| | noun (n.) A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice. |
| | noun (n.) A depression between adjoining lobes. |
| | (pl. ) of Sinus |
| subgenus | noun (n.) A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. |
| syconus | noun (n.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig. |
| tabanus | noun (n.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies. |
| terminus | noun (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit. |
| | noun (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line. |
| | noun (n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8. |
| | noun (n.) Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place. |
| tetanus | noun (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm. |
| | noun (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks. |
| tonus | noun (n.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus. |
| turnus | noun (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MAGNUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (magnu) - Words That Begins with magnu:
| magnum | noun (n.) A large wine bottle. |
| | noun (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (magn) - Words That Begins with magn:
| magnality | noun (n.) A great act or event; a great attainment. |
| magnanimity | noun (n.) The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects. |
| magnanimous | adjective (a.) Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. |
| | adjective (a.) Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish. |
| magnesia | noun (n.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium. |
| magnesian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium. |
| magnesic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; as, magnesic oxide. |
| magnesite | noun (n.) Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals. |
| magnesium | noun (n.) A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75. |
| magnet | noun (n.) The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet. |
| | noun (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet. |
| magnetic | noun (n.) A magnet. |
| | noun (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian. |
| | adjective (a.) Alt. of Magnetical |
| magnetical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian. |
| | adjective (a.) Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals. |
| | adjective (a.) Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment. |
| | adjective (a.) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. |
| magneticalness | noun (n.) Quality of being magnetic. |
| magnetician | noun (n.) One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist. |
| magnetics | noun (n.) The science of magnetism. |
| magnetiferous | adjective (a.) Producing or conducting magnetism. |
| magnetism | noun (n.) The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet. |
| | noun (n.) The science which treats of magnetic phenomena. |
| | noun (n.) Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections. |
| magnetist | noun (n.) One versed in magnetism. |
| magnetite | noun (n.) An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called loadstone. It is an important iron ore. Called also magnetic iron. |
| magnetizable | adjective (a.) Capable of magnetized. |
| magnetization | noun (n.) The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized. |
| magnetizee | noun (n.) A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. |
| magnetizer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, imparts magnetism. |
| magnetograph | noun (n.) An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements. |
| magnetometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination. |
| magnetometric | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements. |
| magnetomotor | noun (n.) A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena. |
| magnetotherapy | noun (n.) The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body. |
| magnifiable | adjective (a.) Such as can be magnified, or extolled. |
| magnific | adjective (a.) Alt. of Magnifical |
| magnifical | adjective (a.) Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. |
| magnificat | noun (n.) The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate. |
| magnification | noun (n.) The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. |
| magnificence | noun (n.) The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent. |
| magnificent | adjective (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence. |
| | adjective (a.) Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous. |
| magnifico | noun (n.) A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy. |
| | noun (n.) A rector of a German university. |
| magnifier | noun (n.) One who, or that which, magnifies. |
| magnifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnify |
| magniloquence | noun (n.) The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence. |
| magniloquent | adjective (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. |
| magniloquous | adjective (a.) Magniloquent. |
| magnitude | noun (n.) Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness. |
| | noun (n.) That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness. |
| | noun (n.) Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like. |
| | noun (n.) Greatness; grandeur. |
| | noun (n.) Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude. |
| magnolia | noun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. |
| magnoliaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples. |
| magnetomotive | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a force producing magnetic flux, analogous to electromotive force, and equal to the magnetic flux multiplied by the magnetic reluctance. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (mag) - Words That Begins with mag:
| magbote | noun (n.) Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman. |
| | noun (n.) See Maegbote. |
| magazine | noun (n.) A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. |
| | noun (n.) The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship. |
| | noun (n.) A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece. |
| | noun (n.) A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. |
| | noun (n.) A country or district especially rich in natural products. |
| | noun (n.) A city viewed as a marketing center. |
| | noun (n.) A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus. |
| | noun (n.) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale. |
| | verb (v. t.) To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use. |
| magazining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magazine |
| | noun (n.) The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. |
| magaziner | noun (n.) One who edits or writes for a magazine. |
| magazinist | noun (n.) One who edits or writes for a magazine. |
| magdala | adjective (a.) Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc. |
| magdalen | noun (n.) A reformed prostitute. |
| magdaleon | noun (n.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster. |
| magdeburg | noun (n.) A city of Saxony. |
| mage | noun (n.) A magician. |
| magellanic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator. |
| magenta | noun (n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc. |
| magged | adjective (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace. |
| maggiore | adjective (a.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major. |
| maggot | noun (n.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval. |
| | noun (n.) A whim; an odd fancy. |
| maggotiness | noun (n.) State of being maggoty. |
| maggotish | adjective (a.) Full of whims or fancies; maggoty. |
| maggoty | adjective (a.) Infested with maggots. |
| | adjective (a.) Full of whims; capricious. |
| maghet | noun (n.) A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds. |
| magi | noun (n. pl.) A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East. |
| magian | noun (n.) One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Magi. |
| magic | adjective (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. |
| | adjective (a.) Alt. of Magical |
| magical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency. |
| | adjective (a.) Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle. |
| magician | noun (n.) One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer. |
| magilp | noun (n.) Alt. of Magilph |
| magilph | noun (n.) See Megilp. |
| magister | noun (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts. |
| magisterial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2. |
| magisteriality | noun (n.) Magisterialness; authoritativeness. |
| magisterialness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being magisterial. |
| magistery | noun (n.) Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. |
| | noun (n.) A magisterial injunction. |
| | noun (n.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth. |
| magistracy | noun (n.) The office or dignity of a magistrate. |
| | noun (n.) The collective body of magistrates. |
| magistral | noun (n.) A sovereign medicine or remedy. |
| | noun (n.) A magistral line. |
| | noun (n.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic. |
| | adjective (a.) Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup. |
| | adjective (a.) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines. |
| magistrality | noun (n.) Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. |
| magistrate | noun (n.) A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. |
| magistratic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Magistratical |
| magistratical | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate. |
| magistrature | noun (n.) Magistracy. |
| magma | noun (n.) Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste. |
| | noun (n.) A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol. |
| | noun (n.) A salve or confection of thick consistency. |
| | noun (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. |
| | noun (n.) The glassy base of an eruptive rock. |
| | noun (n.) The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry. |
| magot | noun (n.) The Barbary ape. |
| magpie | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. |
| maguari | noun (n.) A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail. |
| maguey | noun (n.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave. |
| magyar | noun (n.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian. |
| | noun (n.) The language of the Magyars. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MAGNUS:
English Words which starts with 'ma' and ends with 'us':
| macacus | noun (n.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows. |
| machaerodus | noun (n.) Alt. of Machairodus |
| machairodus | noun (n.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers. |
| macrencephalous | adjective (a.) Having a large brain. |
| macrocephalous | adjective (a.) Having a large head. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. |
| macrodactylous | adjective (a.) Having long toes. |
| macropetalous | adjective (a.) Having long or large petals. |
| macrophyllous | adjective (a.) Having long or large leaves. |
| macropodous | adjective (a.) Having long legs or feet. |
| macropterous | adjective (a.) Having long wings. |
| macropus | noun (n.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo. |
| macrotous | adjective (a.) Large-eared. |
| macrurous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail. |
| malacopterygious | adjective (a.) Belonging to the Malacopterygii. |
| malacostomous | adjective (a.) Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes. |
| malacostracous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the Malacostraca. |
| malapterurus | noun (n.) A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric. |
| malarious | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria. |
| malevolous | adjective (a.) Malevolent. |
| malgracious | adjective (a.) Not graceful; displeasing. |
| malicious | adjective (a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. |
| | adjective (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief. |
| | adjective (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. |
| malleolus | noun (n.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external. |
| | noun (n.) " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through. |
| malleus | noun (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far. |
| | noun (n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. |
| mallotus | noun (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod. |
| malpighiaceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests. |
| malvaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it. |
| mammaliferous | adjective (a.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata. |
| mammiferous | adjective (a.) Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia. |
| mancus | noun (n.) An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money. |
| mandamus | noun (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty. |
| manducus | noun (n.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage. |
| manganesious | adjective (a.) Manganous. |
| manganesous | adjective (a.) Manganous. |
| manganiferous | adjective (a.) Containing manganese. |
| manganous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide. |
| marasmus | noun (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. |
| marasritaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly. |
| margaritiferous | adjective (a.) Producing pearls. |
| margarous | adjective (a.) Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid. |
| marigenous | adjective (a.) Produced in or by the sea. |
| marlaceous | adjective (a.) Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl. |
| marmoraceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or like, marble. |
| marvelous | noun (n.) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. |
| | noun (n.) Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible. |
| masterous | adjective (a.) Masterly. |
| mastodonsaurus | noun (n.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks. |
| materious | adjective (a.) See Material. |
| matrimonious | adjective (a.) Matrimonial. |
