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   mainframe
         n 1: a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and
               occupying a special air-conditioned room [syn: {mainframe},
               {mainframe computer}]
         2: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor
            chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the
            memory form the central part of a computer to which the
            peripherals are attached" [syn: {central processing unit},
            {CPU}, {C.P.U.}, {central processor}, {processor},
            {mainframe}]

English Dictionary: manna from heaven	by the DICT Development Group
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mainframe computer n a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room Synonym(s): mainframe, mainframe computer
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man Friday n the most helpful assistant [syn: right-hand man, {chief assistant}, man Friday]
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man-of-war n a warship intended for combat [syn: man-of-war, {ship of the line}] large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles Synonym(s): Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish
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man-of-war bird n long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail Synonym(s): frigate bird, man-of-war bird
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man-portable adj portable by one man
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maneuver n a military training exercise [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation] a plan for attaining a particular goal Synonym(s): tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, play a move made to gain a tactical end Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre an action aimed at evading an opponent Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling Synonym(s): steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense Synonym(s): manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate
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maneuverability n the quality of being maneuverable [syn: maneuverability, manoeuvrability]
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maneuverable adj capable of maneuvering or changing position; "a highly maneuverable ship" Synonym(s): maneuverable, manoeuvrable
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maneuverer n a person skilled in maneuvering [syn: maneuverer, manoeuvrer]
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Manfred Eigen n German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927) Synonym(s): Eigen, Manfred Eigen
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Manipur n state in northeastern India
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manna from heaven n (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus Synonym(s): miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
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manoeuver v act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre direct the course; determine the direction of travelling Synonym(s): steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense Synonym(s): manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate
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manoeuvrability n the quality of being maneuverable [syn: maneuverability, manoeuvrability]
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manoeuvrable adj capable of maneuvering or changing position; "a highly maneuverable ship" Synonym(s): maneuverable, manoeuvrable
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manoeuvre n a plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre] a military training exercise Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, play a move made to gain a tactical end Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre an action aimed at evading an opponent Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action v act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" Synonym(s): maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre direct the course; determine the direction of travelling Synonym(s): steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense Synonym(s): manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate
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manoeuvrer n a person skilled in maneuvering [syn: maneuverer, manoeuvrer]
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manpower n the force of workers available [syn: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men]
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manubrium n the upper part of the breastbone
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member n one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" Synonym(s): member, fellow member Antonym(s): nonmember anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex" an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" Synonym(s): extremity, appendage, member an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations" the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) Synonym(s): penis, phallus, member
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member bank n a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System
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Member of Parliament n an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons Synonym(s): Parliamentarian, Member of Parliament
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membered adj having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number Antonym(s): memberless
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memberless adj of a group or set having no members Antonym(s): membered
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membership n the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" Synonym(s): membership, rank the state of being a member
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membership card n a card certifying membership in an organization
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Membracidae n plant hoppers: treehoppers [syn: Membracidae, {family Membracidae}]
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membrane n a thin pliable sheet of material a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants Synonym(s): membrane, tissue layer
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membrane bone n any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull
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membrane-forming adj characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis" Synonym(s): membranous, membrane-forming
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membranophone n a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end Synonym(s): drum, membranophone, tympan
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membranous adj relating to or made of or similar to a membrane; "membranous lining" characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis" Synonym(s): membranous, membrane-forming
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membranous labyrinth n the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth
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minibar n sideboard with compartments for holding bottles [syn: minibar, cellaret]
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Minipress n antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress) [syn: prazosin, Minipress]
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miniver n trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur
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monohybrid n a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
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monohybrid cross n hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
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mummy-brown adj snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn: snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown]
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myna bird n tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]
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mynah bird n tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L. umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel}, {Umbrage}.] 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also {umbrella shell}. {Umbrella ant} (Zo[94]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called because it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging. Called also {parasol ant}. {Umbrella bird} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[91]}. It is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}. {Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb ({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. {Umbrella shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3. {Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({M. Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine ({Pandanus odoratissimus}).
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Magnolia \Magno"lia\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. Note: {Magnolia grandiflora} has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay ({M. glauca})is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are {M. Umbrella}, {M. macrophylla}, {M. Fraseri}, {M. acuminata}, and {M. cordata}. {M. conspicua} and {M. purpurea} are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {M. Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. {Magnolia warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler ({Dendroica maculosa}). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
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Elkwood \Elk"wood`\, n. The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia ({M. Umbrella}).
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Main \Main\, a. [From {Main} strength, possibly influenced by OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. {Magnate}.] 1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.] That current with main fury ran. --Daniel. 2. Vast; huge. [Obs.] [bd]The main abyss.[b8] --Milton. 3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. [Obs.] [bd]It's a man untruth.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc. Our main interest is to be happy as we can. --Tillotson. 5. Important; necessary. [Obs.] That which thou aright Believest so main to our success, I bring. --Milton. {By main force}, by mere force or sheer force; by violent effort; as, to subdue insurrection by main force. That Maine which by main force Warwick did win. --Shak. {By main strength}, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy weight by main strength. {Main beam} (Steam Engine), working beam. {Main boom} (Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the mainsail in a fore and aft vessel. {Main brace}. (a) (Mech.) The brace which resists the chief strain. Cf. {Counter brace}. (b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the main yard. {Main center} (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working beam or side lever swings. {Main chance}. See under {Chance}. {Main couple} (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof. {Main deck} (Naut.), the deck next below the spar deck; the principal deck. {Main keel} (Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel, as distinguished from the false keel. Syn: Principal; chief; leading; cardinal; capital.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mainpernable \Main"pernable\, a. [OF. main hand + pernable, for prenable, that may be taken, pregnable. See {Mainpernor}.] (Law) Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able to be mainprised.
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Mainpernor \Main"per*nor\, n. [OF. main hand + pernor, for preneor, a taker, F. preneur, fr. prendre to take.] (Law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day. Note: Mainpernors differ from bail in that a man's bail may imprison or surrender him before the stipulated day of appearance; mainpernors can do neither; they are bound to produce him to answer all charges whatsoever. --Blackstone.
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Mainprise \Main"prise\, n. [F. main hand + prise a taking, fr. prendre, p. p. pris to take, fr. L. prehendere, prehensum.] (Law) (a) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. --Wharton. (b) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
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Mainprise \Main"prise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mainprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mainprising}.] (Law) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
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Mainprise \Main"prise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mainprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mainprising}.] (Law) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
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Mainprise \Main"prise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mainprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mainprising}.] (Law) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
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Mammifer \Mam"mi*fer\, n. [NL. See {Mammiferous}.] (Zo[94]l.) A mammal. See {Mammalia}.
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Mammiferous \Mammif"erous\, a. [Mamma breast + -ferous: cf. F. mammif[8a]re.] Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia.
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Mammiform \Mam"mi*form\, a. [Mamma breast + -form: cf. F. mammiforme.] Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mamm[91].
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2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things. --I Cor. xiii. 11. Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. --Dryden. 3. The human race; mankind. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion. --Gen. i. 26. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. 4. The male portion of the human race. Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties. --Cowper. 5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. --Shak. This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world [bd]This was a man![b8] --Shak. 6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. Like master, like man. --Old Proverb. The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. --Blackstone. 7. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! 8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife. I pronounce that they are man and wife. --Book of Com. Prayer. every wife ought to answer for her man. --Addison. 9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. A man can not make him laugh. --Shak. A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship. --Addison. 10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played. Note: Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a separate adjective, its sense being usually self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater, man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating, manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped, manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man worship, etc. Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the male sex having a business which pertains to the thing spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound; ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman, fireman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where the combination is not familiar, or where some specific meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as, apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man (as distinguished from woodman). {Man ape} (Zo[94]l.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla. {Man at arms}, a designation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries for a soldier fully armed. {Man engine}, a mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by successive stages. {Man Friday}, a person wholly subservient to the will of another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday. {Man of straw}, a puppet; one who is controlled by others; also, one who is not responsible pecuniarily. {Man-of-the earth} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) with leaves and flowers much like those of the morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous root. {Man of war}. (a) A warrior; a soldier. --Shak. (b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. {To be one's own man}, to have command of one's self; not to be subject to another.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
War \War\, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal, quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G. wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Guerrilla}, {Warrior}.] 1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities. Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed. --F. W. Robertson. Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by attacking another nation, is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called defensive. 2. (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason. 3. Instruments of war. [Poetic] His complement of stores, and total war. --Prior. 4. Forces; army. [Poetic] On their embattled ranks the waves return, And overwhelm their war. --Milton. 5. The profession of arms; the art of war. Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth. --1 Sam. xvii. 33. 6. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility. [bd]Raised impious war in heaven.[b8] --Milton. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart. --Ps. lv. 21. {Civil war}, a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation. {Holy war}. See under {Holy}. {Man of war}. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. {Public war}, a war between independent sovereign states. {War cry}, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry. {War dance}, a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion. --Schoolcraft. {War field}, a field of war or battle. {War horse}, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger. {War paint}, paint put on the face and other parts of the body by savages, as a token of going to war. [bd]Wash the war paint from your faces.[b8] --Longfellow. {War song}, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of incitements to military ardor. {War whoop}, a war cry, especially that uttered by the American Indians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things. --I Cor. xiii. 11. Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. --Dryden. 3. The human race; mankind. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion. --Gen. i. 26. The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope. 4. The male portion of the human race. Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties. --Cowper. 5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. --Shak. This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world [bd]This was a man![b8] --Shak. 6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. Like master, like man. --Old Proverb. The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. --Blackstone. 7. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! 8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife. I pronounce that they are man and wife. --Book of Com. Prayer. every wife ought to answer for her man. --Addison. 9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. A man can not make him laugh. --Shak. A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship. --Addison. 10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played. Note: Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a separate adjective, its sense being usually self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater, man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating, manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped, manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man worship, etc. Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the male sex having a business which pertains to the thing spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound; ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman, fireman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where the combination is not familiar, or where some specific meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as, apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man (as distinguished from woodman). {Man ape} (Zo[94]l.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla. {Man at arms}, a designation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries for a soldier fully armed. {Man engine}, a mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by successive stages. {Man Friday}, a person wholly subservient to the will of another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday. {Man of straw}, a puppet; one who is controlled by others; also, one who is not responsible pecuniarily. {Man-of-the earth} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) with leaves and flowers much like those of the morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous root. {Man of war}. (a) A warrior; a soldier. --Shak. (b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. {To be one's own man}, to have command of one's self; not to be subject to another.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Man \Man\, n. {Man of sin} (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil, whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii. 3) as preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic expression] {Man-stopping bullet} (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge; specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand when striking the human body. Such bullets are chiefly used in wars with savage tribes. Manbird \Man"bird`\, n. An aviator. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maneuver \Maneu"ver\, Mand2uvre \Man[d2]u"vre\, v. t. To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maneuver \Maneu"ver\, Mand2uvre \Man[d2]u"vre\, n. [F. man[d2]uvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See {Manual}, {Operate}, and cf. {Mainor}, {Manure}.] 1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position. 2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maneuver \Maneu"ver\, Mand2uvre \Man[d2]u"vre\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Maneuvered}or {Man[d2]uvred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maneuvering}, or {Man[d2]uvring}.] [Cf. F. man[d2]uvrer. See {Maneuver}, n.] 1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense. 2. To manage with address or art; to scheme.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maneuver \Maneu"ver\, Mand2uvre \Man[d2]u"vre\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Maneuvered}or {Man[d2]uvred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maneuvering}, or {Man[d2]uvring}.] [Cf. F. man[d2]uvrer. See {Maneuver}, n.] 1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense. 2. To manage with address or art; to scheme.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maneuverer \Maneu"verer\, Mand2uvrer \Ma*n[d2]u"vrer\, n. One who maneuvers. This charming widow Beaumont is a nan[d2]uvrer. We can't well make an English word of it. --Miss Edgeworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maneuver \Maneu"ver\, Mand2uvre \Man[d2]u"vre\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Maneuvered}or {Man[d2]uvred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maneuvering}, or {Man[d2]uvring}.] [Cf. F. man[d2]uvrer. See {Maneuver}, n.] 1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense. 2. To manage with address or art; to scheme.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maniform \Man"i*form\, a. [L. manus hand + -form.] Shaped like the hand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frigate \Frig"ate\, n. [F. fr[82]gate, It. fregata, prob. contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or. built. See {Fabricate}.] 1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled {frigat} and {friggot}.] 2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Frigate bird} (Zo[94]l.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the genus {Fregata}; -- called also {man-of-war bird}, and {frigate pelican}. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is {F. aquila}. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. {Frigate mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), an oceanic fish ({Auxis Rochei}) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. {Frigate pelican}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Frigate bird}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frigate \Frig"ate\, n. [F. fr[82]gate, It. fregata, prob. contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or. built. See {Fabricate}.] 1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled {frigat} and {friggot}.] 2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Frigate bird} (Zo[94]l.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the genus {Fregata}; -- called also {man-of-war bird}, and {frigate pelican}. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is {F. aquila}. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. {Frigate mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), an oceanic fish ({Auxis Rochei}) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. {Frigate pelican}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Frigate bird}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manovery \Mano"very\, n. [See {Maneuver}.] (Eng. Law) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Manubrium \[d8]Manu"brium\, n.; pl. L. {Manubria}, E. {Manubriums}. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] 1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also {hypostoma}. See Illust. of {Hydromedusa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manubrial \Manu"brial\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Manubrium \[d8]Manu"brium\, n.; pl. L. {Manubria}, E. {Manubriums}. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] 1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also {hypostoma}. See Illust. of {Hydromedusa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mean \Mean\, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See {Mid}.] 1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. Being of middle age and a mean stature. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Intermediate in excellence of any kind. According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or lowly. --Milton. 3. (Math.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day. {Mean distance} (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the average of the distances throughout one revolution of the planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit. {Mean error} (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of observations found by taking the mean value of the positive and negative errors without regard to sign. {Mean-square error}, [or] {Error of the mean square} (Math. Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the squares of all the errors; -- called also, especially by European writers, {mean error}. {Mean line}. (Crystallog.) Same as {Bisectrix}. {Mean noon}, noon as determined by mean time. {Mean proportional} (between two numbers) (Math.), the square root of their product. {Mean sun}, a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean noon. {Mean time}, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that measured by the stars.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Member \Mem"ber\, v. t. [See {Remember}.] To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Member \Mem"ber\, n. [OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf. Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa.] 1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. --Rom. xii. 4. 2. Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as: (a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse. (b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. (c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. (d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. (e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. {Compression member}, {Tension member} (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membered \Mem"bered\, a. 1. Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition. 2. (Her.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membership \Mem"ber*ship\, n. 1. The state of being a member. 2. The collective body of members, as of a society.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membral \Mem"bral\, a. (Anat.) Relating to a member.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membranaceous \Mem`bra*na"ceous\, a. [L. membranaceus.] 1. Same as {Membranous}. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membrane \Mem"brane\, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See {Member}.] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables. {Adventitious membrane}, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix. {Jacob's membrane}. See under {Retina}. {Mucous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus. {Schneiderian membrane}. (Anat.) See {Schneiderian}. {Serous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membraneous \Membra"neous\, a. [L. membraneus of parchment.] See {Membranous}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membraniferous \Mem`branif"erous\, a. [Membrane + -ferous.] Having or producing membranes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membraniform \Membra"niform\, a. [Membrane + -form: cf. F. membraniforme.] Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membranology \Mem`branol"ogy\, n. [Membrane + -logy.] The science which treats of membranes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membranous \Mem"bra*nous\, a. [Cf. F. membraneux.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. 2. (Bot.) Membranaceous. {Membranous croup} (Med.), true croup. See {Croup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membranous \Mem"bra*nous\, a. [Cf. F. membraneux.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. 2. (Bot.) Membranaceous. {Membranous croup} (Med.), true croup. See {Croup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Croup \Croup\ (kr??p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. {Crop}.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called {membranous croup}). See {False croup}, under {False}, and {Diphtheria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Membranous \Mem"bra*nous\, a. [Cf. F. membraneux.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. 2. (Bot.) Membranaceous. {Membranous croup} (Med.), true croup. See {Croup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Croup \Croup\ (kr??p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. {Crop}.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called {membranous croup}). See {False croup}, under {False}, and {Diphtheria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meniver \Men"i*ver\, n. [OF. menuver, menuveir, menuvair, a grayish fur; menu small + vair a kind of fur. See {Minute}, a., and {Vair}.] Same as {Miniver}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menobranch \Men"obranch\, d8Menobranchus \[d8]Men`obran"chus\, n. [NL. menobranchus, fr. Gr. [?] to remain + [?] a gill.] (Zo[94]l.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus {Necturus}, having permanent external gills.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manofwar \Man`ofwar"\, n; pl. {Men-of-war}. A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. {Man-of-war bird} (Zo[94]l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the frigate bird. {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war. {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo[94]l.), any species of the genus {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minever \Min"e*ver\, n. Same as {Miniver}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miniver \Min"i*ver\, n. [See {Meniver}.] A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mino bird \Mi"no bird"\ [Hind. main[be].] (Zo[94]l.) An Asiatic bird ({Gracula musica}), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also {money changer}. {Money cowrie} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of {Cypr[91]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}. {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin. {Money order}, an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called also {postal money order}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monifier \Monif"ier\, n. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace + ferre to bear.] (Paleon.) A fossil fish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monopersonal \Mon`oper"sonal\, a. [Mono- + personal.] Having but one person, or form of existence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monopyrenous \Mon`opyre"nous\, a. [Mono- + pyrene.] (Bot.) Having but a single stone or kernel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mummiform \Mum"mi*form\, a. [Mummy + -form.] Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zo[94]logy, said of the pup[91] of certain insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mummy \Mum"my\, n.; pl. {Mummies}. [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m[?]miy[be], fr. m[?]m wax.] 1. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. --Bacon. 2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Hill. 3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [Obs.] --Shak. --Sir T. Herbert. 4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See {Mummy brown} (below). 5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. 6. One whose affections and energies are withered. {Mummy brown}, a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs. {Mummy wheat} (Bot.), wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times. {To beat to a mummy}, to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mumper \Mump"er\, n. A beggar; a begging impostor. Deceived by the tales of a Lincoln's Inn mumper. --Macaulay.
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Manfred, ND Zip code(s): 58341, 58465
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Mannford, OK (town, FIPS 46200) Location: 36.12168 N, 96.32945 W Population (1990): 1826 (732 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74044
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Minburn, IA (city, FIPS 52545) Location: 41.75793 N, 94.02776 W Population (1990): 346 (153 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50167
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Minford, OH Zip code(s): 45653
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Monfort Heights East, OH (CDP, FIPS 51214) Location: 39.18215 N, 84.58392 W Population (1990): 3661 (1508 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Monfort Heights South, OH (CDP, FIPS 51216) Location: 39.17325 N, 84.60636 W Population (1990): 4587 (1593 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
mainframe n. Term originally referring to the cabinet containing the central processor unit or `main frame' of a room-filling {Stone Age} batch machine. After the emergence of smaller `minicomputer' designs in the early 1970s, the traditional {big iron} machines were described as `mainframe computers' and eventually just as mainframes. The term carries the connotation of a machine designed for batch rather than interactive use, though possibly with an interactive timesharing operating system retrofitted onto it; it is especially used of machines built by IBM, Unisys, and the other great {dinosaur}s surviving from computing's {Stone Age}. It has been common wisdom among hackers since the late 1980s that the mainframe architectural tradition is essentially dead (outside of the tiny market for {number-crunching} supercomputers (see {cray})), having been swamped by the recent huge advances in IC technology and low-cost personal computing. The wave of failures, takeovers, and mergers among traditional mainframe makers in the early 1990s bore this out. The biggest mainframer of all, IBM, was compelled to re-invent itself as a huge systems-consulting house. (See {dinosaurs mating} and {killer micro}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
mainframe A term originally referring to the cabinet containing the central processor unit or "main frame" of a room-filling {Stone Age} batch machine. After the emergence of smaller "{minicomputer}" designs in the early 1970s, the traditional {big iron} machines were described as "mainframe computers" and eventually just as mainframes. The term carries the connotation of a machine designed for batch rather than interactive use, though possibly with an interactive {time-sharing} operating system retrofitted onto it; it is especially used of machines built by {IBM}, {Unisys} and the other great {dinosaurs} surviving from computing's {Stone Age}. It has been common wisdom among hackers since the late 1980s that the mainframe architectural tradition is essentially dead (outside of the tiny market for {number crunching} {supercomputer}s (see {Cray})), having been swamped by the recent huge advances in {integrated circuit} technology and low-cost personal computing. As of 1993, corporate America is just beginning to figure this out - the wave of failures, takeovers, and mergers among traditional mainframe makers have certainly provided sufficient omens (see {dinosaurs mating}). Supporters claim that mainframes still house 90% of the data major businesses rely on for mission-critical applications, attributing this to their superior performance, reliability, scalability, and security compared to microprocessors. [{Jargon File}] (1996-07-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
member function A {method} in {C++}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
membership function See {fuzzy subset}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
menu bar A permanently displayed {menu} spread horizontally across the top of the screen or window. When the mouse is pressed over an item on the menu bar, a {pull-down menu} appears. (1999-09-22)