malahini “Finally, men should under no circumstances wear long black socks with shorts; it's a sure sign of a malahini (newcomer or visitor). ...

malison
n.
5ME < OFr maleison < L maledictio: see MALEDICTION6 [Archaic] a curse

malmignatte
“The Malmignatte is an extremely poisonous spider. In the southern Italian town of Taranto, people who had been bitten by a spider would dance the Tarantella, a wild dance that was either a cure for the bite or simply the result of it, depending on which story you believe. The spider responsible was for a long time thought to be the conspicuously hairy Tarantula, a relatively harmless creature, but the real culprit was the much smaller Malmignatte.”

Malthusian
adj.
of Malthus and his theory that the world population tends to increase faster than the food supply with inevitable disastrous results unless natural restrictions, such as war, famine, and disease reduce the population or the increase is checked by moral restraint
Mal[thu4sian[ism#
n.

Mammatus Clouds - Rounded, smooth, sack-like protrusions hanging from the underside of a cloud (usually a thunderstorm anvil). Mammatus clouds often accompany severe thunderstorms, but do not produce severe weather; they may accompany non-severe storms as well. See Figs. 3 (HP storm), 5 (LP storm), and 7 (supercell).


manciple
n.
5ME < OFr manciple, mancipe < ML mancipium, office of a purchaser < L, legal purchase, possession < manceps, buyer, contractor < manus, a hand + base of capere, to take: see MANUAL & HAVE6a steward or buyer of provisions, as for an English college, a monastery, etc.

mandir - Kali Mandir, The - group of devotees from various spiritual and ethnic backgrounds who worship Kali and sing bhajans.
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manes 4ncz#8
n.pl.
5ME < L < IE base *ma3, good: see MAOANA6 [often M3]
1 in ancient Roman belief, the deified souls of the dead, esp. of dead ancestors
2 [with sing. v.] the soul or spirit of a dead person

man[go[steen 7ma%4g! stcn#8
n.
5Malay mangustan6
1 an edible East Indian fruit somewhat like an orange, with a thick, reddish-brown rind and sweet, white, juicy, segmented pulp
2 the tree (Garcinia mangostana) of the Saint Johnswort family, on which it grows

manzanita
n.
5AmSp < Sp, dim. of manzana, apple: see MANCHINEEL6 any of several shrubs or small trees (genus Arctostaphylos) of the heath family, found in the W U.S.

anzanilla
n.
a dry Spanish sherry
In the operan Carmen, she sings
“Près des remparts de Séville
chez mon ami Lillas Pastia,
j'irai danser la seguedille
et boire du Manzanilla,

maraca
n.
5Port marac; < Braz native name6 a percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle with dried seeds or loose pebbles in it, that is shaken


marcescent
adj.
5L marcescens, prp. of marcescere, to wither, decay < marcere, to wither < IE *merk3, to grow soft, rot < base *mer3, to rub > MARE36 Bot. withering but not falling off



marasmus
n.
5ML < Gr marasmos, a wasting away < marainein, to quench, cause to waste away: see MARE36 a condition of progressive emaciation, esp. in infants, as from inability to assimilate food
ma[ras4mic
adj.

marcottage, propagation of trees by stripping ring of bark and covering with moss. ...