mathematization
The process of mathematizing.

mathematizations
plural of mathematization

matheme
A quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

mathemes
plural of matheme

matheses
plural of mathesis

mathesis
Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.
The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.)

mathetics
The study of learning.

mathnawi
A kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.

mathnawis
plural of mathnawi

mathophobia
An aversion to mathematics.

mathphobia
Alternative form of mathophobia.

mathspeak
The terminology of mathematics

matimela
The management of stray cattle.

matiness
Alternative spelling of mateyness.

matl
Abbreviation of material.

matmaking
The manufacture of mats.

matmul
Syllabic abbreviation of matrix multiplication.

matraca
A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

matracas
plural of matraca

matrescence
The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a mother.

matreshka
Alternative form of matryoshka.

matreshkas
plural of matreshka

matreshki
plural of matreshka

matriarchalism
The quality of being matriarchal.

matriarchies
plural of matriarchy

matriarchism
Synonym of matriarchy.

matriarchy
A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.

matricentricity
The quality of being matricentric.

matricization
The operation that turns a tensor into a matrix.

matricizations
plural of matricization

matriculability
The ability, or eligibility, to matriculate.

matrifocality
The state or condition of being matrifocal.

matrika
A mother figure in Indian art.

matrikas
plural of matrika

matriline
A line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.

matrilinealism
The matrilineal system.

matrilineality
The condition of being matrilineal
matrilineage

matrilinearism
Synonym of matrilinealism.

matrilines
plural of matriline

matrilinies
plural of matriliny

matriliny
Matrilineal society.
Synonym of matrilineality.

matrilocality
The state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife.

matrimania
Excessive enthusiasm for a wedding or weddings in general.

matrioshka
Alternative spelling of matryoshka.

matrioshkas
plural of matrioshka

matrioshki
plural of matrioshka

matriphagy
The condition where organisms feed on their own mother.

matrisexuality
sexual attraction to one's own mother

matrisib
A matrilineal sib.

matrisibs
plural of matrisib

matristics
The study of women who were involved in the early Christian church.

matrixing
An electronic procedure to generate a signal from multiple signal inputs, for example quadraphonic encoding into two channels.

matrixules
plural of matrixule

matrocliny
The quality of being matroclinous.

matroid
A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.

matroids
plural of matroid

matronage
The collective body of matrons.
The state of being a matron.

matronages
plural of matronage

matronhood
The state of being a matron

matronism
matronhood

matronliness
The quality of being matronly.

matronship
matronage

matronym
The name of someone's mother.
A matronymic surname.

matronyms
plural of matronym

matrophobia
The fear of becoming like one's mother.

matrotrophy
A form of development in which the embryo is supplied with additional nutrition from the mother (e.g. through a placenta).

matryoshka
One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.

matryoshkas
plural of matryoshka

matryoshki
plural of matryoshka

mattedness
The quality of being matted.

matteness
Alternative spelling of mattness.

matterer
Something that matters; something of relevance.

matterers
plural of matterer

matterfulness
The quality of being matterful.

mattergy
Matter and energy, regarded as interchangeable.

matterlessness
Absence of physical matter.

matterwave
A travelling particle considered in terms of its wavelike properties

mattification
The process of mattifying.

mattness
The quality of having a matte finish; lack of gloss.

maturability
The state of being maturable, or the quality of being able to mature.

maturation
The process of becoming mature.
The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

maturations
plural of maturation

maturement
maturation

matureness
The property of being mature.

maturescence
The property of being maturescent.

maturities
plural of maturity

maturity
The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.
When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.
The state of a debt obligation at the end of the term of maturation thereof, once all interest and any applicable fees have accrued to the principal.
Date when payment is due.

matutinality
The quality of being matutinal; morningness

maudlinism
A maudlin condition.

maudlinisms
plural of maudlinism

maudlinness
The quality of being maudlin.

maumetry
Archaic form of mammetry.

maunday
Alternative spelling of maundy.

maundies
plural of maundy

maundy
A commandment.
The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing.

maupok
An Inuit technique of hunting seals by waiting at their breathing-holes to harpoon them.

mauvelous
The color mauve, or a specific shade of mauve

mauveness
The state or condition of being mauve; mauve colour.

mavenhood
The role or position of a maven.

maverickism
independent and unconventional behaviour

mavka
In Ukrainian folklore, a forest spirit who lures men to their deaths.

mawkishness
The property of being mawkish.

mawkishnesses
plural of mawkishness

mawmetries
plural of mawmetry

mawmetry
Archaic form of mammetry.

mawwormism
Sanctimonious hypocrisy; the behaviour of a Mawworm

maxheap
A heap data structure with a "less than or equal to" comparison function.

maxheaps
plural of maxheap

maxiferritin
A form of ferritin that has a large internal cavity

maxiferritins
plural of maxiferritin

maxillectomies
plural of maxillectomy

maxillectomy
surgical removal of the maxilla

maxillula
Either of the first pair of maxillae in crustaceans.

maxillulae
plural of maxillula

maxillule
Alternative form of maxillula.

maxillules
plural of maxillule

maximalism
The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward excess.
An ideology favoring radical or aggressive action to achieve expansive goals; the stance of maximalists.

maximalisms
plural of maximalism

maximalities
plural of maximality

maximality
The quality or state of being maximal.

maximalization
The act of maximalizing

maximalizations
plural of maximalization

maximand
That which is to be maximized.

maximands
plural of maximand

maximaphily
A branch of philately involving the study and creation of maximum cards.

maximax
A strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives); often used attributively, as "maximax strategy", "maximax approach", and so on.