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12,058 words match “MAN”

MANDATORY a. 2 definitions
Containing a command; preceptive; directory.
MANDELATE n.
A salt of mandelic acid.
MANDELIC a.
Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid.
MANDER v.
See Maunder.
MANDERIL n.
A mandrel.
MANDIBLE n. 2 definitions
The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.
MANDIBULAR a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible. -- n.
MANDIBULATE n.
An insect having mandibles.
MANDIBULATE; MANDIBULATED a.
Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
MANDIBULIFORM a.
Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillæ of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
MANDIBULOHYOID a.
Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.
MANDIL n.
A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.
MANDILION n.
See Mandil. Chapman.
MANDINGOS n.
; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.
MANDIOC; MANDIOCA n.
See Manioc.
MANDLESTONE n.
Amygdaloid.
MANDMENT n.
Commandment. [Obs.]
MANDOLA n.
An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.
MANDOLIN; MANDOLINE n.
A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.
MANDORE n.
A kind of four-stringed lute.
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