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   Mammutidae
         n 1: extinct family: mastodons [syn: {Mammutidae}, {family
               Mammutidae}, {family Mastodontidae}]

English Dictionary: mantid by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandatary
n
  1. the recipient of a mandate
    Synonym(s): mandatary, mandatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandate
n
  1. a document giving an official instruction or command [syn: mandate, authorization, authorisation]
  2. a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
    Synonym(s): mandate, mandatory
  3. the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
v
  1. assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
  2. make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
  3. assign authority to
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandator
n
  1. an authority who issues a mandate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandatorily
adv
  1. in a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied."
    Synonym(s): compulsorily, obligatorily, mandatorily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandatory
adj
  1. required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
    Synonym(s): compulsory, mandatory, required
n
  1. the recipient of a mandate
    Synonym(s): mandatary, mandatory
  2. a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
    Synonym(s): mandate, mandatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mandatory injunction
n
  1. injunction requiring the performance of some specific act
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manihot utilissima
n
  1. cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
    Synonym(s): bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manteidae
n
  1. mantises [syn: Mantidae, family Mantidae, Manteidae, family Manteidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manteodea
n
  1. mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
    Synonym(s): Manteodea, suborder Manteodea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mantid
n
  1. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
    Synonym(s): mantis, mantid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mantidae
n
  1. mantises [syn: Mantidae, family Mantidae, Manteidae, family Manteidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maundy Thursday
n
  1. the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
    Synonym(s): Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mentation
n
  1. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
    Synonym(s): thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minded
adj
  1. (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified; "civic-minded"; "career-minded"
  2. (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"
    Synonym(s): apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mine detector
n
  1. detector consisting of an electromagnetic device; used to locate explosive mines
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Momotidae
n
  1. a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes [syn: Momotidae, family Momotidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mono-iodotyrosine
n
  1. tyrosine with one iodine atom added
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mounded over
adj
  1. having a wound formed over it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mount Adams
n
  1. a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
    Synonym(s): Adams, Mount Adams
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mount Athos
n
  1. an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
    Synonym(s): Athos, Mount Athos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mount Etna
n
  1. an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
    Synonym(s): Etna, Mount Etna, Mt Etna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mount Whitney
n
  1. the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
    Synonym(s): Whitney, Mount Whitney
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mounted
adj
  1. assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
  2. decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mandatary \Man"da*ta*ry\, n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a
      charge, commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See {Mandate}.]
      1. One to whom a command or charge is given; hence,
            specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his
            prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice.
            --Ayliffe.
  
      2. (Law) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business
            commission; a mandatory. --Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mandate \Man"date\, n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to
      one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus
      hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See {Manual}, {Date} a
      time, and cf. {Commend}, {Maundy Thursday}.]
      1. An official or authoritative command; an order or
            injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
  
                     This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty
                     mandates, and her words you hear.      --Dryden.
  
      2. (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary
            collator to put the person therein named in possession of
            the first vacant benefice in his collation.
  
      3. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to
            manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must
            have been gratuitous. --Erskine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mandatory \Man"da*to*ry\, a. [L. mandatorius.]
      Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mandatory \Man"da*to*ry\, n.
      Same as {Mandatary}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cassareep \Cas"sa*reep\, n.
      A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava ({Manihot
      utilissima}) deprived of its poisonous qualities,
      concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See
      {Pepper pot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cassava \Cas"sa*va\, n. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in
      the language of Hayti.]
      1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus
            {Manihot}, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible
            starch; -- called also {manioc}.
  
      Note: There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the
               cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies,
               tropical America, and Africa. The bitter ({Manihot
               utilissima}) is the more important; this has a
               poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the
               root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet
               ({M. Aipi}) is used as a table vegetable.
  
      2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the
            cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manioc \Ma"ni*oc\, n. [Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.] (Bot.)
      The tropical plants ({Manihot utilissima}, and {M. Aipi}),
      from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
      [Written also {mandioc}, {manihoc}, {manihot}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mannitate \Man"ni*tate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of mannitic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maundy Thursday \Maun"dy Thurs"day\ [OE. maunde a command, OF.
      mand[82], L. mandatum, from mandare to command. See called
      from the ancient custom of washing the feet of the poor on
      this day, which was taken to be the fulfillment of the
      [bd]new commandment,[b8] --John xiii. 5, 34.] (Eccl.)
      The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mend \Mend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mending}.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See {Amend}.]
      1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced,
            decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay,
            injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or
            order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a
            machine.
  
      2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence,
            to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
  
                     The best service they could do the state was to mend
                     the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  
                     Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it
                     mends garden herbs and fruit.            --Mortimer.
  
                     You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct;
               rectify; reform.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mimetite \Mim"e*tite\, n. [Gr. [?] an imitator. So called
      because it resembles pyromorphite.] (Min.)
      A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal
      crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mind \Mind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Minding}.] [AS. myndian, gemynd[c6]an to remember. See
      {Mind}, n.]
      1. To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention;
            to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark;
            to note. [bd]Mind not high things, but condescend to men
            of low estate.[b8] --Rom. xii. 16.
  
                     My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play. --Shak.
  
      2. To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to
            attend to; as, to mind one's business.
  
                     Bidding him be a good child, and mind his book.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.
  
      4. To have in mind; to purpose. --Beaconsfield.
  
                     I mind to tell him plainly what I think. --Shak.
  
      5. To put in mind; to remind. [Archaic] --M. Arnold.
  
                     He minded them of the mutability of all earthly
                     things.                                             --Fuller.
  
                     I do thee wrong to mind thee of it.   --Shak.
  
      {Never mind}, do not regard it; it is of no consequence; no
            matter.
  
      Syn: To notice; mark; regard; obey. See {Attend}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minded \Mind"ed\, a.
      Disposed; inclined; having a mind.
  
               Joseph . . . was minded to put her away privily.
                                                                              --Matt. i. 19.
  
               If men were minded to live virtuously.   --Tillotson.
  
      Note: Minded is much used in composition; as, high-minded,
               feeble-minded, sober-minded, double-minded.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miniate \Min"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Miniated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Miniating}.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See
      {Minium}.]
      To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to
      decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page
      of a manuscript. --T. Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mint \Mint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Minting}.] [AS. mynetian.]
      1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp
            into money.
  
      2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
  
                     Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily
                     minted.                                             --Bacon.
  
      {Minting mill}, a coining press.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monteth \Mon*teth"\, Monteith \Mon*teith"\, n.
      A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the
      name of the inventor.
  
               New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by
               one vessel saved his name from death.      --King.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monteith \Mon*teith"\, n.
      See {Monteth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monteith \Mon*teith"\, n.
      A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground
      with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging
      the color; -- so called from the Glasgow manufactures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monteth \Mon*teth"\, Monteith \Mon*teith"\, n.
      A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the
      name of the inventor.
  
               New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by
               one vessel saved his name from death.      --King.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mound \Mound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mounding}.]
      To fortify or inclose with a mound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mount \Mount\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mounted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mounting}.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons,
      montis, mountain. See {Mount}, n. (above).]
      1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to
            tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
  
                     Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. --Jer. li.
                                                                              53.
  
                     The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
                                                                              --Cowley.
  
      2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold;
            especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
  
      3. To attain in value; to amount.
  
                     Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make
                     fair deductions, see to what they mount. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mounted \Mount"ed\, a.
      1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted
            police; mounted infantry.
  
      2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a
            mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mundation \Mun*da"tion\, n. [L. mundatio, fr. mundare to make
      clean.]
      The act of cleansing. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mundatory \Mun"da*to*ry\, a. [L. mundatorius.]
      Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mantador, ND (city, FIPS 50380)
      Location: 46.16589 N, 96.97777 W
      Population (1990): 77 (37 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58058

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mendota, CA (city, FIPS 46828)
      Location: 36.75760 N, 120.37891 W
      Population (1990): 6821 (1758 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93640
   Mendota, IL (city, FIPS 48333)
      Location: 41.55088 N, 89.12007 W
      Population (1990): 7018 (2839 housing units)
      Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61342
   Mendota, MN (city, FIPS 41678)
      Location: 44.88690 N, 93.15930 W
      Population (1990): 164 (77 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55150
   Mendota, VA
      Zip code(s): 24270

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mendota Heights, MN (city, FIPS 41696)
      Location: 44.88215 N, 93.14030 W
      Population (1990): 9431 (3410 housing units)
      Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Aetna, MD (CDP, FIPS 53750)
      Location: 39.61105 N, 77.67110 W
      Population (1990): 3608 (1641 housing units)
      Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Eaton, OH (village, FIPS 52682)
      Location: 40.69498 N, 81.70283 W
      Population (1990): 236 (89 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Eden, KY
      Zip code(s): 40046

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Etna, IN (town, FIPS 51408)
      Location: 40.74175 N, 85.56251 W
      Population (1990): 111 (43 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Hood Parkd, OR
      Zip code(s): 97041

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Hood Village, OR (CDP, FIPS 50235)
      Location: 45.35554 N, 121.97948 W
      Population (1990): 2234 (1345 housing units)
      Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mount Ida, AR (city, FIPS 47690)
      Location: 34.55178 N, 93.63112 W
      Population (1990): 775 (346 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71957

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Mentat
  
      (After the human computers in Frank Herbert's SF
      classic, "Dune") An {object-oriented} distributed language
      developed at the {University of Virginia} some time before Dec
      1987.   Mentat is an extension of {C++} and is portable to a
      variety of {MIMD} architectures.
  
      By 1994 Mentat was available for {Sun-3}, {Sun-4}, {iPSC}/2
      with plans for {Mach}, {iPSC860}, {RS/6000} and {Iris}.   The
      language is now (May 1998) supported in a new project,
      {Legion}.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      ["Mentat: An Object-Oriented Macro Data Flow System",
      A. Grimshaw et al, SIGPLAN Notices
      22(12):35-47, Dec 1987, OOPSLA '87].
  
      (1998-05-15)
  
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Manahethites, my lady; my prince of rest
  
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