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MA'NDIBLE, _s._ a jaw
MA'NKIND, _s._ the race or species of human beings
MA'NNER, _s._ form; method; way; mode; sort
MANUFA'CTORY, _s._ a place where a manufacture is carried on
MANOEUVRE, _s._ a stratagem; a trick
MARA'UDER, _s._ a soldier that roves in quest of plunder
MA'RGIN, _s._ the brink; the edge
MA'RINER, _s._ a seaman
MA'RITIME, _a._ that which relates to the sea
MA'RSHAL, _v.a._ arrange; rank in order
MA'RTYR, _s._ one who by his death bears witness to the truth
MA'RVELLOUS, _a._ wonderful; strange; astonishing
MA'SONRY, _s._ the craft or performance of a mason
MA'SSACRE, _s._ butchery; murder
MA'SSIVE, _a._ heavy; weighty; ponderous; bulky; continuous
MA'STERPIECE, _s._ chief excellence
MATE'RIAL, _a._ consisting of matter; not spiritual; important
MATHEMA'TICS, _s._ that science which contemplates whatever is capable of being numbered or measured
MA'XIM, _s._ general principle; leading truth
ME'ASURE, _s._ that by which anything is measured; proportion; quant.i.ty; time; degree
MECHA'NIC, _s._ a workman
MECHA'NICAL, _a._ constructed by the laws of mechanics
ME'DAL, _s._ a piece of metal stamped in honour of some remarkable performance
MEDI'CINAL, _a._ having the power of healing; belonging to physic
MEDITA'TION, _s._ deep thought; contemplation
ME'DIUM, _s._ the centre point between two extremes
ME'LANCHOLY, _a._ gloomy; dismal; sorrowful
ME'LLOW, _a._ soft with ripeness; soft; unctuous
MELO'DIOUS, _a._ musical; harmonious
ME'MBRANE, _s._ a web of several sorts of fibres, interwoven for the wrapping up some parts; the fibres give them an elasticity, whereby they can contract and closely grasp the parts they contain
MEMBRA'NOUS, _a._ consisting of membranes
ME'MOIR, _s._ an account of anything
ME'MORABLE, _a._ worthy of memory; not to be forgotten
ME'MORY, _s._ the power of retaining or recollecting things past; recollection
MENA'GERIE, _s._ a place for keeping foreign birds and other curious animals
ME'NTION, _v.a._ to express in words or in writing
ME'RCHANDISE, _s._ commerce; traffic; wares; anything to be bought or sold
ME'RCHANTMAN, _s._ a ship of trade
META'LLIC, _a._ partaking of metal; consisting of metal
ME'TEOR, _s._ any body in the air or sky that is of a transitory nature
ME'TRICAL, _a._ pertaining to metre or numbers; consisting of verses
METROPO'LITAN, _a._ belonging to a metropolis
MI'CROSCOPE, _s._ an optical instrument, contrived to give to the eye a large appearance of many objects which could not otherwise be seen
MI'LITARY, _a._ engaged in the life of a soldier; soldierlike warlike; pertaining to war; affected by soldiers
MIND, _s._ intellectual capacity; memory; opinion
MI'NERAL, _s._ fossil body; something dug out of mines
MI'NSTER, _s._ a monastery; a cathedral church
MI'NSTRELSY, _s._ music; instrumental harmony
MINU'TE, _a._ small; little; slender
MI'RACLE, _s._ a wonder; something above human power
