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.

See 1st Manilla, 1.

The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and Manihot Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.

A handful.

Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.

To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.

The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.

Any object given to children to encourage them to learn by manipulating physical objects; applied especially to solid objects of varying geometrical shape that can be fit together to form larger aggregates.

One who manipulates, sometimes in an underhanded or fraudulent manner; as, a stock market manipulator.

A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.

The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.

A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.

The human race; man, taken collectively.

Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.

Of or pertaining to the language or people of the Isle of Man. The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.

Destitute of men.

Inhumanly.

Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.

The quality or state of being manly.

A little man.

In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; as, to act manly.

The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.

A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.

Any of several tall slender grasses of the genus Glyceria. They have long loose panicles, have a sweet flavor or odor, and grow in moist places. Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata, and Floating manna grass is Glyceria fluitans.

A tall tree (Eucalyptus viminalis) yielding a false manna.

Any of several Old World semicrustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals; same as manna{2}.

Having a crew; -- of vehicles; as, a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step; to minimize casualties, the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment. Opposite of unmanned.

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model.

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

A word that denotes a manner of doing something; a troponym; as, "march" is a manner name for "walk".

The characteristic style or manner that a person uses to express himself orally.

Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child.

Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others.

One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.

The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.

With good manners.

A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.

Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.

A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.

A salt of mannitic acid.

Same as mannitol.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannitol.

A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin.

A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose.

The muller, or crushing and grinding stone, used in grinding corn on a metate.

See Maneuver.

To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

One who maneuvers.

An optical device for making an indicator diagram for high-speed engines. It consists of a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror which reflects a beam of light on to the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine cylinder. It is also moved at right angles to this direction by a reducing motion, called a reproducer, so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston. The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam of light a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinary indicator, and this can be traced on the sheet of ground glass, or photographed.

An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.

Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.

The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.

The large room of a manor or castle.

Of or pertaining to a manor.

Same as Manometer.

The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.

A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

A killer of men; a manslayer.

Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage.

One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.

A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

A male servant.

To dwell; to reside.

A large and imposing house.

Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.

The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place.

The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.

One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.