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Manoscopy

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

Manovery

A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

Manrent Manred

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

Manrope

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

Manse

A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

Mansionary

Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.

Mansionry

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

Manslaughter

The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.

Manslayer

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

Manstealer

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

Manstealing

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

Manswear

To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.

Manta

The manta ray. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.

manta ray

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.

Manteidae

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

Mantel

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.

Mantelet

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

Mantelletta

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.

Manteltree

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

Mantic

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

Mantidae

The natural family conmprising the mantises. Same as Manteidae.

Mantilla

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

Mantineia Mantinea

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

Mantis

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.

mantispid

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

Mantispidae

The natural family comprising the mantispids.

mantissa

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

Mantle

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

mantled

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

mantled ground squirrel

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

mantlepiece

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

Mantling

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

Mantoux test

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

Mantra

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

Mantrap

A trap for catching trespassers.

Mantua

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

Mantuamaker

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

Mantuan

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

Manu

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

Manual

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.

manual alphabet

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

manual laborer

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

Manualist

One who works with the hands; an artificer.

manually

By hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatically.

Manubial

Belonging to spoils; taken in war.

Manubrial

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

Manucode

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

Manuducent

One who leads by the hand; a manuductor.

Manuductor

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.

manufactured

Produced in a large-scale industrial operation. Contrasted with hand-made.

Manufacturing

Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

manul

A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

Manumission

The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.

Manumit

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.

Manumotor

A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.

Manure

To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

manure

Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance. dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

Manuring

The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

Manus

The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.

Manuscript

An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.

Manway

A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.

Manx

The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.

Manx cat

A breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. It is believed to have originated on the Isle of Man.

Manx shearwater

A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic. Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.

Many

The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.

Many-minded

Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.

Many-sided

Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.

Manyplies

The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.

manzanilla

A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.

manzanita

A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.

Mao

See Mao Tsetung.

Mao Zedong Mao Tsetung

The leader of the Chinese communist party and later of the People's Republic of China; b. 1893, d. 1976. Also referred to a simply Mao.

Maoism

A form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong.

Maori

One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.

maori hen

A flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.

Map

To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.

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