mainboards
plural of mainboard

mainbrace
The rope (or sheet) used to control the main yard. The main yard is the spar set across the mast, from which the mainsail is hung.

mainbraces
plural of mainbrace

mainspring
The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
The most important reason for, or element of, something.

mainsprings
plural of mainspring

maintop
A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.

maintops
plural of maintop

makitra
A Ukrainian clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products.

makitras
plural of makitra

makiwara
A padded post used for hitting practice in karate.

makiwaras
plural of makiwara

malacosporeans
plural of malacosporean

maladjustment
A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.
The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.

maladjustments
plural of maladjustment

malagmas
plural of malagma

malaxator
A mill designed for malaxation, particularly for softening or mixing a mass.
An agent used to assist in malaxating something, such as butter or oil.

malaxators
plural of malaxator

malaxer
Synonym of malaxator.

malaxers
plural of malaxer

malkin
A (stereotypical name for a) lower-class or uncultured woman; a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
A mop, especially one used to clean a baker's oven.
A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
A scarecrow.
A cat.
A hare.

malkins
plural of malkin

malmstone
Synonym of malm.
A flintlike material used to in pavement or as a building material

malmstones
plural of malmstone

maloperation
A faulty or incorrect operation (of a device, process or system).

maloperations
plural of maloperation

maltoheptaose
A maltooligosaccharide consisting of seven glucose units.

maltoheptaoses
plural of maltoheptaose

maltoheptose
Alternative form of maltoheptaose.

maltoheptoses
plural of maltoheptose

maltohexaose
A maltooligosaccharide consisting of six glucose units

maltohexaoses
plural of maltohexaose

maltohexose
Alternative form of maltohexaose.

maltohexoses
plural of maltohexose

maltooligosaccharides
plural of maltooligosaccharide

maltooligosyltrehalose
An isomeric form of maltooligosaccharide with the glucose monomers linked as in trehalose

maltooligosyltrehaloses
plural of maltooligosyltrehalose

maltopentaose
Alternative form of maltopentose.

maltopentaoses
plural of maltopentaose

maltopentose
A maltooligosaccharide consisting of five glucose units

maltopentoses
plural of maltopentose

maltotetraose
A maltooligosaccharide consisting of four glucose units

maltotetraoses
plural of maltotetraose

maltotriose
A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.

maltotrioses
plural of maltotriose

mammo
Clipping of mammogram.

mammogram
An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.

mammogramme
Rare spelling of mammogram.

mammogrammes
plural of mammogramme

mammograms
plural of mammogram

mammograph
A machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)
A mammogram; a picture taken with such a device.

mammographs
plural of mammograph

mammos
plural of mammo

mammotome
An instrument used in mammotomy

mammotomes
plural of mammotome

mamooties
plural of mamooty

mamooty
Alternative form of mamoty.

mamoties
plural of mamoty

mamotties
plural of mamotty

mamotty
Alternative form of mamoty.

mamoty
A kind of hoe used for digging, especially for coffee planting.

manacle
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.
A fetter, a restriction.

manacles
plural of manacle

mandap
Alternative spelling of mandapa (“sacred tent used in Hindu wedding ceremonies”).

mandapa
A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
A temporary platform or sacred tent used for a wedding or other religious ceremony.

mandapam
Alternative form of mandapa.

mandapams
plural of mandapam

mandapas
plural of mandapa

mandaps
plural of mandap

mandara
Alternative form of mandarah.

mandarah
A room used for receiving guests, in some Egyptian buildings.

mandarahs
plural of mandarah

mandaras
plural of mandara

mandelbug
A software bug whose behaviour appears to be chaotic.

mandelbugs
plural of mandelbug

manderil
Archaic spelling of mandrel.

manderils
plural of manderil

mandil
A turban; cloth used to make a turban.

mandils
plural of mandil

mandobass
A type of mandolin used to play bass.

mandolines
plural of mandoline

mandrel
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

mandrels
plural of mandrel

manettino
A rotary switch in some Ferrari cars, mounted on the steering wheel, used to adjust the electronics governing suspension settings, traction control, electronic differential, and change speed of electronic gearbox.

mangona
A mangonel

mangonel
A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.

mangonels
plural of mangonel

manhole
A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
The anus of man, in a sexual context.
The vulva or vagina of a trans man.

manholes
plural of manhole

manicule
A symbol resembling a hand with the index finger extended, used to draw attention to or indicate something.

manicules
plural of manicule

manifold
Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
Many in number; numerous.
Complicated.

manifolder
Synonym of manifold writer.

manifolders
plural of manifolder

manifolds
plural of manifold

manila
Made of manila paper or material like it.
Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.

manilagrass
Alternative form of Manila grass.

manilas
plural of manila

manja
String coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.

manjas
plural of manja.

manjha
Alternative form of manja (“string used in kite fighting”).

manjhas
plural of manjha.

mano
A stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate.

manoes
plural of mano

manograph
An optical device for making pressure volume diagrams for high-speed engines, involving a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror reflecting a beam of light onto the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved so as to copy the motion of the engine piston on a smaller scale.

manographs
plural of manograph

manometer
An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.

manometers
plural of manometer

manometre
Alternative spelling of manometer.

manometres
plural of manometre

manos
plural of mano

manovacuometer
A hand-held device for measuring respiratory pressure.

manovacuometers
plural of manovacuometer

manpon
A supposed kind of tampon used by a man; used to draw attention to a man's feminine attitude or behavior.

manpons
plural of manpon

mantapa
Alternative spelling of mandapa.

mantapas
plural of mantapa

mantelet
Alternative form of mantlet.

mantelets
plural of mantelet

mantlet
A short sleeveless cloak or cape.
A portable screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege.
A mantelletta.

mantlets
plural of mantlet