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Synonyms

[1] euphonious, mellifluous, mellow, melodic, melodious, musical; also dulcet, golden, sweet

[2] poetic—more at POETIC

lyr·i·cal adjective : LYRIC

ly·ser·gic acid di·eth·yl·am·ide … noun : LSD

LZ abbreviation landing zone

M

1m noun, plural m's or ms often cap : the 13th letter of the English alphabet

2m abbreviation, often cap 1 Mach

2 male

3 married

4 masculine

5 medium

6 [ORIGIN L meridies] noon

7 meter

8 mile

9 [ORIGIN L mille] thousand

10 minute

11 month

12 moon

ma noun : a female parent : MOTHER

MA abbreviation 1 [ORIGIN ML magister artium] master of arts

2 Massachusetts

3 mental age

ma'am “” noun : MADAM

Mac abbreviation Machabees

Mac or Macc abbreviation Maccabees

ma·ca·bre adjective [ORIGIN: F]

1 : having death as a subject

2 : dwelling on the gruesome

3 : tending to produce horror in a beholder

Synonyms

appalling, atrocious, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, lurid, monstrous, nightmarish, shocking, terrible—more at HORRIBLE

mac·ad·am noun [ORIGIN: John L. McAdam †1836 Brit. engineer]

: a roadway or pavement of small closely packed broken stone

— mac·ad·am·ize verb

mac·a·da·mia nut noun : a hard-shelled richly-flavored nut of any of several Australian trees

ma·caque noun : any of a genus of short-tailed chiefly Asian monkeys; especially : RHESUS MONKEY

mac·a·ro·ni noun 1 : pasta made chiefly of wheat flour and shaped in the form of slender tubes

2 plural -nis or -nies : FOP, DANDY

mac·a·roon noun : a small cookie made chiefly of egg whites, sugar, and ground almonds or coconut

ma·caw noun : any of numerous parrots of Central and So. America

Mac·ca·bees noun : either of two books of Scripture in the Roman Catholic canon and the Protestant Apocrypha

1mace noun : a spice made from the fibrous coating of the nutmeg

2mace noun 1 : a heavy often spiked club used as a weapon esp. in the Middle Ages

2 : an ornamental staff carried as a symbol of authority

Mac·e·do·nian noun : a native or inhabitant of Macedonia

— Macedonian adjective

mac·er·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing 1 : to cause to waste away

2 : to soften by steeping or soaking so as to separate the parts

— mac·er·a·tion noun

Mac·Guf·fin or Mc·Guf·fin noun : an object, event, or character whose main purpose is to advance the plot of a motion picture

mach abbreviation machine; machinery; machinist

Mach noun : a speed expressed by a Mach number

Mach·a·bees noun : MACCABEES

ma·chete noun : a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon

Ma·chi·a·vel·lian adjective [ORIGIN: Niccolò Machiavelli, †1527 Ital. political philosopher]

: characterized by cunning, duplicity, and bad faith

— Ma·chi·a·vel·lian·ism noun

Synonyms

cutthroat, immoral, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous—more at UNPRINCIPLED

mach·i·nate verb : to plan or plot esp. to do harm

Synonyms

conspire, contrive, intrigue, plot, scheme—more at PLOT

contrive, finagle, finesse, frame, maneuver, mastermind, negotiate, wangle

mach·i·na·tion noun : an act of planning esp. to do harm; especially : PLOT

Synonyms

conspiracy, design, intrigue, plot, scheme—more at PLOT

1machine noun 1 : an automotive vehicle not operated on rails; especially : AUTOMOBILE

2 : a combination of mechanical parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy one to another

3 : an instrument (as a lever) for transmitting or modifying force or motion

4 : an electrical, electronic, or mechanical device for performing a task

5 : a highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss or small clique

Synonyms

automobile, car, motor vehicle—more at CAR

2machine verb ma·chined; ma·chin·ing : to shape or finish by machine-operated tools

— ma·chin·able adjective

machine gun noun : an automatic gun capable of rapid continuous firing

— machine–gun verb

— machine