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.

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

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.

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

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

The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them.

Tame; gentle; kind.

Tameness; gentleness; mildness.

To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.

The manta ray. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.

An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.

Same as Manchu.

A woman's cloak or mantle.

A natural family of insects including the mantises. Also spelled Mantidae.

The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece.

A short cloak formerly worn by knights. A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.

Same as Mantel.

The shelf of a mantel.

The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.

A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.

A mantis.

The natural family conmprising the mantises. Same as Manteidae.

The manticore.

A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.

Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.

Same as Squilla.

Same as Squilla.

Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

The natural family comprising the mantispids.

The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.

To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.

Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.

A common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel (Citellus lateralis) of western North America, resembling a large chipmunk.

A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a chimneypiece.

See Mantelet.

The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

See Manteau.

One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner.

The act or art of divination.

A skin test for hypersensitivity to tuberculin. It determines whether there is or has been any infection with tubercle bacilli.

A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

A trap for catching trespassers.

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.

Of or pertaining to Mantua. A native or inhabitant of Mantua.

One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.

A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

An alphabet of signs made by movement of the hands, used by the deaf; in it letters are represented by finger positions. See Dactylology.

Adroitness in using the hands.

A person who works with the hands, rather than with the mind.

Labor done with the hands.

One who works with the hands; an artificer.

By hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatically.

Manual. An artificer.

Belonging to spoils; taken in war.

Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.

One who leads by the hand; a manuductor.

Guidance by the hand.

A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music.