One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region.

The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic; as a substance it is also called mandrake.

A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor. The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts.

A large West African baboon (Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red. It is an endangered species.

A genus of moths whose larvae are hornworms.

Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten.

To masticate; to chew; to eat.

The act of chewing.

Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.

A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.

The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.

Having a mane.

A type of wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa; called also Barbary sheep and aoudad.

A reddish-gray wolf (Canis rufus or Canis niger) of Southwestern North America.

The art of horsemanship, or of training horses.

A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.

Having no mane.

An artist's model of wood or other material.

See Manorial.

The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.

A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (Cercocebus fuliginosus), which is sooty black.

See Mangonel.

A salt of manganic acid.

A manganate.

An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty (melting point 1244/ C), but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic number 25; Atomic weight 54.938 [C=12.011].

A brass alloy having from 1 to 4 percent of manganese added to harden it; made by adding manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass.

Manganic.

Manganic.

Manganous.

Manganese.

Manganous.

Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous.

A dibasic acid H2MnO4, formed from manganese, analogous to sulphuric acid; it is found only in solution and in manganate salts.

Containing manganese.

One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive.

Manganese.

Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide.

A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain.

The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.

A kind of large field beet (Beta macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet.

A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

Same as mangy.

genus of tropical trees native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit.

In a mangy manner; scabbily.

The condition or quality of being mangy.

To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.

A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure, often with heated rollers.

One who smooths with a mangle.

The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.

An East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (Mangifera Indica), related to the cashew and the sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces a large oval smooth-skinned fruit which is the mango of commerce. It is now cultivated in tropical America.

See Mangel-wurzel.

A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage.

One who mangonizes.

To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage.

A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (Garcinia Mangostana) with thick leathery leaves. The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.

A natural family (Rhizophoraceae) of trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts. It includes the mangrove Rhizophora Mangle.

A fish (Lutjanus griseus) found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida; called also gray snapper.

The kusimanse.

Infected with the mange; scabby.

See Menhaden.

To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.

A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II.

Manhood.

A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).

Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

Manageable.

Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

A raving lunatic; a madman.

Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

Of or pert. to, or characterized by, mania, or excitement; frenzied; as, with manic energy.

An affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently.

A person suffering from manic-depressive psychosis.

A mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.

Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

Of or pertaining to the Manichaeans.

A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.

The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans.

Manichaean.

Resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness.

Tubular large noodles that are usually stuffed with mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce; -- a type of Italian pasta; also a dish of such noodles thus prepared.

To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work.

A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails; -- an older term for a manicurist.

A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their fingernails; -- formerly called a manicure.

Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidae.

Mania; insanity.

To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God).

Such as can be manifested.

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding.

Manifestable.

In a manifest manner; obviously; evidently; clearly.

The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness.

A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives.

To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.

Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield.

In a manifold manner.

Multiplicity.

Shaped like the hand.

Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.

See Manioc.

A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.

The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898), in which the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the Phillipines.

A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.

A lawn grass (Zoysia matrella) common in the Philippines; grown also in US.

A fibrous material obtained from the abaca plant (Musa textilis), a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by the native name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made.

A hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants.

A durable brown or buff paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish, made of Manila hemp, and used as a wrapping paper, or as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.

A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.

See Manilla, 1.

A genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical.

Same as Manila.

Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.

See manila, manila hemp, manila paper.