Maltose; malt sugar.
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Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic.
A crystalline disaccharide (C12H22O11) formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice; called also maltobiose and malt sugar. Chemically it is 4-O-/-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose. It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse.
A maltman.
A tippler.
Containing, or like, malt.
An evil. See Mala.
A genus of herbs and subshrubs including the mallows.
The species name of the common mallow, an annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in U.S..
The species name of the tall mallow, an erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced into the U. S.
A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this family. It was formerly classified as an order, and included the baobab and the silk-cotton trees. The baobab and silk-cotton trees are now placed in the family Bombacaceae, which is included with the Malvaceae in the order Malvales.
A natural order of plants including the families Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Sterculiaceae, and Tiliaceae.
A sweet grape used to make malmsey wine.
A genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera.
A small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows.
Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
Malmsey wine. See Malmsey.
Mamma.
See Mamma.
A boy excessively attached to his mother; a boy lacking the usual masculine interests; also spelled mamma's boy.
Same as Mameluke.
A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
See Mammillated.
A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; udder; bag.
One of the Mammalia.
The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.
Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.
Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.
Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
One versed in mammalogy.
The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.
Of or pertaining to the mammae or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins.
The milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
A genus of American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
The speciaes name for the mammee tree.
A tropical American tree (Mammea americana) having edible fruit (the mammee apple) with a leathery rind.
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the mammee apple. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.
To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.
An idol; a puppet; a doll.
See Mawmetry.
A mammal. See Mammalia.
Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia.
Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mammae.
The nipple.
Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.
Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.
Having the form of a mammilla.
Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform.
To tear to pieces.
Coarse plain India muslins.
Mastology. See Mammalogy.
Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.
Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness.
A mammonite.
One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service of Mammon.
The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.
To make mammonish.
Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.
A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
An extinct genus comprising the mammoths.
The species name for the woolly mammoth, a very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the Northern hemisphere.
An extinct natural family of mammals, comprising the mastodons.
A child's name for mamma, mother.
A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga, or Melicocca bijugatus) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.
To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
A man and woman who are married to each other; a married couple.
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; a devoted assistant.
An average person; as, the views of the man in the street.
A single individual person; as, every man jack of them.
A person who prefers to act rather than contemplate and gets things accomplished quickly an efficiently.
A person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive).
Same as man of action.
A writer, especially one who writes for a living.
A wealthy person.
A scientist.
A worldly-wise person; a sophisticate.
A heavily armed and sometimes mounted soldier in medieval times.
One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon carcharias syn. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.
A term applied to sharks that attack humans, especially the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), a large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas.
The quantity of work which one person can perform in one hour; -- often an estimate made for the purpose of deciding whether to undertake a project, and sometimes used in accounting; as, it will take a hundred man-hours to write the program.
Not of natural origin; prepared or made by humans; artificial; of substances, made by chemical reaction rather than extracted from a natural source; as, man-made fibers; man-made gems. Opposed to natural.
A fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes.
A long-rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) of Western U. S.
A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.
The frigate bird, a long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross.
Calling for manly attributes; as, a man-sized job.
Marriageable.
Same as Menace.
To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers.
To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.
Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.
A non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices.
Unmanageable.
The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of a business enterprise; the management of state affairs.
An adviser to business about efficient management practices.
Personnel having ovrall planning and direction responsibilities.
One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater.
A woman manager.
Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities.
The office or position of a manager.
Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
A person who manages a busness though not the owner or chief executive.
The editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine.
A dwarf. See Manikin.
The Irish god of the sea; son of Ler.
Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called also sea cow.
The act of issuing or flowing out.
An aviator.
A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant).
See Mancus.
A sleeve.
A breed of short-haired black-and-tan terrier developed in Manchester England.
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