maintenance
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Child support.
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Ellipsis of maintenance medicine.
Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.

maintenances
plural of maintenance

maintenaunce
Obsolete form of maintenance.

maintenaunces
plural of maintenaunce

maintenence
Misspelling of maintenance.

makoro
Alternative form of mokoro.

makoros
plural of makoro

makuk
A birchbark container used by the Ojibwe people.

makuks
plural of makuk

malamute
A breed of dog of the husky type, originally bred for its strength to haul freight as a sled dog.

malamutes
plural of malamute

malemiut
Dated form of malamute.

malemiuts
plural of malemiut

malemute
Alternative form of malamute.

malemutes
plural of malemute

malparries
plural of malparry

malparry
A parry that insufficiently removes the incoming blade from the target area.

malware
Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

malwares
plural of malware

mancheel
A covered hammock litter developed in southwest India.

mancheels
plural of mancheel

mandocello
A string instrument similar to a large mandolin

mandocellos
plural of mandocello

mandora
A type of bass string instrument.

mandoras
plural of mandora

mangwinya
Alternative form of magwinya.

manipancha
A wooden humanoid figure used as a fetish in Africa, supposed to allow communication with distant places.

manipanchas
plural of manipancha

maniped
A combination manicure and pedicure; a mani-pedi.

manipeds
plural of maniped

manipulism
A form of societal mind control in collectivist societies based on suppressive mechanisms and psychological manipulation.

manjeel
Alternative form of mancheel.

manjeels
plural of manjeel

mantelpiece
A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.

mantelpieces
plural of mantelpiece

mantelshelf
A shelf above a fireplace.
Synonym of mantel (“type of maneuver to surmount a ledge”).

mantelshelves
plural of mantelshelf

mantlepiece
Alternative spelling of mantelpiece.

mantlepieces
plural of mantlepiece

manutenencies
plural of manutenency

manutenency
maintenance

mapudzi
bottle gourd

mapvertising
the concept and act of advertising on, or in direct relation to, maps; generally referring to online maps, but also including rooftop and other large, physical ads positioned for satellite photo opportunities.

maqsura
Alternative form of maqsurah.

maqsurah
An enclosure, box, or screen near the mihrab in a mosque, typically reserved for a Muslim ruler and his entourage, and originally designed to shield him from potential assassins during prayer.
A similar enclosure around a tomb.

maqsurahs
plural of maqsurah

maqsuras
plural of maqsura

marcation
That which defines a boundary; a demarcation.

marcations
plural of marcation

markstone
a boundary stone

markstones
plural of markstone

marteline
A small kind of hammer, once used by marble workers and sculptors.

martelines
plural of marteline

marverer
A glassworker who uses a marver.

marverers
plural of marverer

mashal
Alternative form of mussaul.

mashals
plural of mashal

masheen
Simplified or sensational spelling of machine.

masheens
plural of masheen

mashuas
plural of mashua

mashwa
Alternative form of mashua (“fishing vessel”).

mashwas
plural of mashwa

massaul
Alternative form of mussaul.

massauls
plural of massaul

mastigophore
Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)
In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip

mastigophores
plural of mastigophore

mastrope
A rope used in supporting a mast; a stay.

mastropes
plural of mastrope

matatu
A minivan used as a shared taxi, especially one operating without a licence.

matatus
plural of matatu

matchpot
A miniature pot of paint, intended to be used as a sample for matching an existing colour.

matchpots
plural of matchpot

mathree
Synonym of matatu.

mathrees
plural of mathree

matka
An earthenware pot.
A kind of coarse silk from the Indian subcontinent, mainly produced from pierced (moth-damaged) cocoons.

matkas
plural of matka

matrass
A bolt for a crossbow.

matrasses
plural of matrass

mawn
A maund; a basket or hamper.
A ghost.

mawns
plural of mawn

maxicab
A minibus used as a shared taxi.

maxicabs
plural of maxicab

mayntenance
Obsolete form of maintenance.

mayntenances
plural of mayntenance

meak
A hook with a long handle; scythe.

meaks
plural of meak

mearing
A boundary between pieces of land.

mearings
plural of mearing

meatoscope
A speculum for examining a natural passage, such as the urethra.

meatoscopes
plural of meatoscope

meatus
A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.

meatuses
plural of meatus

mebibytes
plural of mebibyte

mecate
A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc.

mecates
plural of mecate

mechanoid
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human.

mechanoids
plural of mechanoid

mechanolatry
Worship of machines.

mechanology
The study of machines or mechanics.

mechanophilia
attraction to machines

mechanophobia
A fear of machines.

mechanurgy
The branch of science that deals with moving machines.

medikit
Alternative form of medkit.

medikits
plural of medikit

medkit
A small bag or case containing medical supplies

medkits
plural of medkit

meeana
A palanquin with open sides.
Synonym of palanquin, an Indian litter of whatever form.

meeanas
plural of meeana

megacannon
A large cannon.

megacannons
plural of megacannon

megaflops
a measure of the speed of a computer; one million floating point operations per second.

megamachine
A very large or powerful machine (or computer).
The convergence of science, economy, technics, and political power.

megamachines
plural of megamachine

megapel
megapixel

megapels
plural of megapel

megapixel
One million pixels, used as a unit of resolution of digital cameras.

megapixels
plural of megapixel

megaprimer
A mutagenesis technique that uses three oligonucleotide primers to perform two rounds of polymerase chain reaction

megaprimers
plural of megaprimer

megathrust
A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting in a major earthquake.

megathrusts
plural of megathrust

mekoro
Alternative form of mokoro.

mekoros
plural of mekoro

melanonychia
A black or brown pigmentation of the nail plate.

melanonychias
plural of melanonychia

melanotubule
A tubule, formed from thickened melanofilaments, that develops into a melanosome.

melanotubules
plural of melanotubule

melophone
Any of various kinds of accordion, especially a handheld free reed instrument of 19th-century France.

melophones
plural of melophone

melopiano
A type of piano in which a system of hammers allows a note to be prolonged indefinitely

melopianos
plural of melopiano

memcapacitor
A capacitor with memory, whose capacitance depends on past input.

memcapacitors
plural of memcapacitor

memcomputer
A computer that has very fast (even instantaneous) access to memory

memcomputers
plural of memcomputer

menopot
Abdominal fat present in post-menopausal women, forming a pot belly.

menopots
plural of menopot

merestone
A stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone.

merestones
plural of merestone

merfold
A Hungarian mile, a unit of distance varying from 8.3790 to 8.9374 kilometres before being standardized as 8.3536 km.

merochain
A meromycolate chain

merochains
plural of merochain