Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

A macropod.

Having long legs or feet.

A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.

A division of birds; the Longipennes.

Having long wings or fins.

A genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

See Macroprism.

Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic.

A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.

One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.

Of or pertaining to macrospores.

Same as Macron.

Large-eared.

A large-eared grayish bat (Macrotus californicus) of southern California and northwestern Mexico.

Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc.

A natural family of fish including the grenadiers.

A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.

A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.

Same as Macrurous.

One of the Macrura.

Same as Macrouridae.

Like or pertaining to the Macrura.

Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail.

The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.

Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.

A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb; called also macule.

A yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones.

Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.

Having spots or blotches; maculate.

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish; a macula.

Causing a spot or stain.

Blotting paper.

To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.

Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.

darling; -- an Irish term of address expressing affection.

An earthworm.

The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See Eggplant.

An American mint (Scutellaria lateriflora) that yields a resinous exudate used esp. formerly as an antispasmodic.

Wild; crack-brained.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar.

An island in the Indian Ocean, about 240 miles off the southeast coast of Africa, governed as a single country, the Republic of Madagascar. It is the world's fourth-largest island, with a total area of 587,040 sq km, with 4,828 km of coastline. Once a French colony, it gained independence from France in 1960. The name of the government after independence was the Malagasy Republic.

A small lemur having its tail barred with black.

A twining woody vine (Stephanotis floribunda) of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions.

A climber (Piper nigrum) having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; found in South India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in North Burma and Assam.

A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea) having large pinkish to red flowers.

A small shrubby tree (Flacourtia indica) of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums.

large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere.

A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.

My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.

Hot-headed; rash. A rash or hot-headed person.

Disordered in mind; hot-headed.

A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.

To become mad; to act as if mad.

filled with or indicating extreme anger.

extremely annoying or displeasing.

A plant of the genus Rubia (Rubia tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.

A widely distributed natural family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs including coffee; chinchona; gardenia; madder; bedstraws; nd partridgeberry.

A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder.

Affected with madness; raging; furious.

Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.

made specially for a specific purpose; -- of articles of manufacture. Contrasted with mass-produced, standard.

formed or conceived by the imagination; not true; as, a made-up story.

Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants; now replaced by Madagascan.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee. See Malagasy

The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.

To make wet or moist.

See Madecassee.

A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.

A small South American shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum) cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherrylike fruit.

A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.

The barn owl. The magpie.

An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a deprecatory sense.

A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.

The vegetable oil obtained from the Madia sativa. See Madia and madia oil plant.

The Madia sativa, a South American herb with sticky glandular foliage, the source of madia oil. See Madia.

Wet; moist; as, a madid eye.

An instrument to extract hairs.

An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindus.

In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium), a tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant.

The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.

A lily (Lilium candidum) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers.

A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.

A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.

Mother-of-pearl.

A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.

An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.

Any coral of the genus Madrepora, a group of corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.

Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.

A fossil coral.

A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down. A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.

A madrigalist.

A composer of madrigals.

a tomato-flavored consomme, often served chilled.

Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants. A native or inhabitant of Madrid.

An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

A madrepore .

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are often called madro/a apples; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning.

a woman lunatic.

A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. Alyssum maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.

An inflatable life jacket, originally used as a personal flotation device by aviators downed at sea.

A genus of brain corals.

A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. any large or powerful whirlpool.

A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.

A German men's chorus or singing club.

Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.

A master in any art, especially in music; a composer or orchestra conductor.

A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad; called also Matakam.

to celebrate publicly with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious and extravagant behavior.

To stammer.

A stammerer.

A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods; called also the Sicilian Mafia.

A member of the mafia.

see maffia, maffioso.