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   mammal genus
         n 1: a genus of mammals

English Dictionary: moniliasis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammal Semnopithecus
n
  1. langurs [syn: Presbytes, genus Presbytes, {mammal Semnopithecus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammalogist
n
  1. one skilled in the study of mammals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammalogy
n
  1. the branch of zoology that studies mammals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manhole cover
n
  1. a flush iron cover for a manhole (as in a street)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manila grass
n
  1. lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States
    Synonym(s): Manila grass, Japanese carpet grass, Zoysia matrella
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manilkara
n
  1. genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical
    Synonym(s): Manilkara, genus Manilkara
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manilkara bidentata
n
  1. a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
    Synonym(s): balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manilkara zapota
n
  1. large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
    Synonym(s): sapodilla, sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manlike
adj
  1. possessing qualities befitting a man [syn: manly, manful, manlike]
    Antonym(s): unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly
  2. characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
    Synonym(s): male, manful, manlike, manly, virile
  3. resembling human beings
    Synonym(s): anthropoid, manlike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manna lichen
n
  1. any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Menelaus
n
  1. (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moneyless
adj
  1. not based on the possession of money; "a moneyless economy"
    Antonym(s): moneyed, monied
  2. having no money; "virtually moneyless rural regions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Moniliaceae
n
  1. family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies
    Synonym(s): Moniliaceae, family Moniliaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moniliasis
n
  1. an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)
    Synonym(s): candidiasis, moniliasis, monilia disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monologist
n
  1. an entertainer who performs alone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monologue
n
  1. speech you make to yourself
    Synonym(s): soliloquy, monologue
  2. a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
  3. a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monologuise
v
  1. talk to oneself [syn: monologuize, monologuise, soliloquize, soliloquise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monologuize
v
  1. talk to oneself [syn: monologuize, monologuise, soliloquize, soliloquise]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moonless
adj
  1. without a moon or a visible moon; "the dark moonless night"; "a moonless planet"
    Antonym(s): moonlit, moony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moonlight
n
  1. the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"
    Synonym(s): moonlight, moonshine, Moon
v
  1. work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moonlighter
n
  1. a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moonlike
adj
  1. resembling the moon in shape [syn: moonlike, {moon- round}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moonwalk
n
  1. a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot; "Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s"
  2. an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mamaluke \Mam"a*luke\, n.
      Same as {Mameluke}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mameluke \Mam"e*luke\, n. [F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It.
      mammalucco; all fr. Ar. maml[?]k a purchased slave or
      captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka
      to possesses.]
      One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves
      converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries,
      had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until
      exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mammalogical \Mam`ma*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mammalogist \Mam*mal"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. mammalogiste.]
      One versed in mammalogy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mammalogy \Mam*mal"o*gy\, n. [Mamma breast + -logy: cf. f.
      mammalogie.]
      The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See
      {Mammalia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mammal \Mam"mal\, n.; pl. {Mammals}. [L. mammalis belonging to
      the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Mammalia.
  
      {Age of mammals}. See under {Age}, n., 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mammology \Mam*mol"o*gy\, n. [Mamma + -logy.]
      Mastology. See {Mammalogy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maneless \Mane"less\, a.
      Having no mane.
  
      {Maneless lion} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the lion having a
            short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent
            countries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lion \Li"on\ (l[imac]"[ucr]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin
      to Gr. le`wn. Cf. {Chameleon}, {Dandelion}, {Leopard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous feline mammal ({Felis
            leo}), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa,
            distinct varieties occurring in the different countries.
            The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of
            long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is
            less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however,
            is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The
            color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is
            darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one
            variety, called the {maneless lion}, the male has only a
            slight mane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maneless \Mane"less\, a.
      Having no mane.
  
      {Maneless lion} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the lion having a
            short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent
            countries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lion \Li"on\ (l[imac]"[ucr]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin
      to Gr. le`wn. Cf. {Chameleon}, {Dandelion}, {Leopard}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous feline mammal ({Felis
            leo}), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa,
            distinct varieties occurring in the different countries.
            The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of
            long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is
            less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however,
            is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The
            color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is
            darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one
            variety, called the {maneless lion}, the male has only a
            slight mane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maneless \Mane"less\, a.
      Having no mane.
  
      {Maneless lion} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the lion having a
            short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent
            countries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manila \Ma*nil"a\, Manilla \Ma*nil"la\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the
      Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.
  
      {Manila cheroot} [or] {cigar}, a cheroot or cigar made of
            tobacco grown in the Philippine Islands.
  
      {Manila hemp}, a fibrous material obtained from the {Musa
            textilis}, a plant allied to the banana, growing in the
            Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by
            the native name {abaca}. From it matting, canvas, ropes,
            and cables are made.
  
      {Manila paper}, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila
            hemp, used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing
            and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior
            papers, made of other fiber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manless \Man"less\, a.
      1. Destitute of men. --Bakon.
  
      2. Unmanly; inhuman. [Obs.] --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manlessly \Man"less*ly\, adv.
      Inhumanly. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manly \Man"ly\, a. [Compar. {Manlier}; superl. {Manliest}.] [Man
      + -ly. Cf. {Manlike}.]
      Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish;
      manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
  
               Let's briefly put on manly readiness.      --Shak.
  
               Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Bold; daring; brave; courageous; firm; undaunted; hardy;
               dignified; stately.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manlike \Man"like`\, a. [Man + like. Cf. {Manly}.]
      Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the
      qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly. [bd]
      Gentle, manlike speech.[b8] --Testament of Love. [bd] A right
      manlike man.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney.
  
               In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien. --Shenstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manual \Man"u*al\ (m[acr]n"[usl]*[ait]l), a. [OE. manuel, F.
      manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund
      hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. m[81]ndel a ward, vormund
      guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. {Emancipate}, {Legerdemain},
      {Maintain}, {Manage}, {Manner}, {Manure}, {Mound} a hill.]
      Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as,
      manual labor; the king's sign manual. [bd]Manual and ocular
      examination.[b8] --Tatham.
  
      {Manual alphabet}. See {Dactylology}.
  
      {Manual exercise} (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are
            taught the use of their muskets and other arms.
  
      {Seal manual}, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a
            ring.
  
      {Sign manual}. See under {Sign}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manualist \Man"u*al*ist\, n.
      One who works with the hands; an artificer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Menologium \[d8]Men`o*lo"gi*um\, Menology \Me*nol"o*gy\, n.;
      pl. L. {Menologia}, E. {Menologies}. [NL. menologium, fr. Gr.
      [?] month + [?] discourse : cf. F. m[82]nologe.]
      1. A register of months. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  
      2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints
            for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those
            whose lives are not written.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Menologium \[d8]Men`o*lo"gi*um\, Menology \Me*nol"o*gy\, n.;
      pl. L. {Menologia}, E. {Menologies}. [NL. menologium, fr. Gr.
      [?] month + [?] discourse : cf. F. m[82]nologe.]
      1. A register of months. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  
      2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints
            for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those
            whose lives are not written.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Menologium \[d8]Men`o*lo"gi*um\, Menology \Me*nol"o*gy\, n.;
      pl. L. {Menologia}, E. {Menologies}. [NL. menologium, fr. Gr.
      [?] month + [?] discourse : cf. F. m[82]nologe.]
      1. A register of months. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  
      2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints
            for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those
            whose lives are not written.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka
      testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd.
      {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.]
      1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of
            the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind
            the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter
            taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and
            enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant
            antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of
            various other animals, having a similar odor.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below).
  
      3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat
            similar.
  
      4. (Bot.)
            (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}).
            (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); --
                  called also {musky heron's-bill}.
            (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth.
  
      {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1).
  
      {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle
            ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling
            that of attar of roses.
  
      {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}.
  
      {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below).
           
  
      {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus
            moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of
            Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are
            developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has
            scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce
            is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish
            below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil
            and napu.
  
      {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The Muscovy duck.
            (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}).
  
      {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet
            ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia.
  
      {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants:
            (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of
                  which has a faint musky smell.
            (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family
            ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar
            scent.
  
      {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant
            ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but
            found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a
            thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark
            hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and
            shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred
            pounds.
  
      {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above).
           
  
      {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling
            the Seckel pear.
  
      {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found
            in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a
            strong musky odor.
  
      {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong
            odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and
            of a species of {Angelica}.
  
      {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}),
            having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
  
      {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family
            ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in
            flavoring. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox.
  
      {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in
            India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also
            {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}.
  
      {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus
            nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling
            strongly of musk.
  
      {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American
            fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca,
            odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called
            also {stinkpot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small North American dace ({Minnilus cornutus}, or
      {Notropis megalops}). The male, in the breeding season, has
      bright red fins. Called also {red dace}, and {shiner}.
      Applied also to {Notropis ardens}, of the Mississippi valley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moneyless \Mon"ey*less\, a.
      Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monologist \Mo*nol"o*gist\, n. [See {Monologue}.]
      One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation
      in company. --De Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monologue \Mon"o*logue\, n. [F. monologue, Gr. [?] speaking
      alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + [?] speech, discourse,
      [?] to speak. See {Legend}.]
      1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk
            or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as,
            an account in monologue. --Dryden.
  
      2. A dramatic composition for a single performer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monology \Mo*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?].]
      The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.
  
               It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge
               persisted in monology through his whole life. --De
                                                                              Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moonless \Moon"less\, a.
      Being without a moon or moonlight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moonlight \Moon`light`\, n.
      The light of the moon. -- a. Occurring during or by
      moonlight; characterized by moonlight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moonlighter \Moon"light`er\, n.
      One who follows an occupation or pastime by moonlight; as:
      (a) A moonshiner.
      (b) In Ireland, one of a band that engaged in agrarian
            outrages by night.
      (c) A serenader by moonlight. [Local, U. S.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Manlius, IL (village, FIPS 46422)
      Location: 41.45571 N, 89.66803 W
      Population (1990): 365 (167 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Manlius, NY (village, FIPS 45018)
      Location: 43.00087 N, 75.98248 W
      Population (1990): 4764 (2027 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13104

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Miami Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 45100)
      Location: 25.90995 N, 80.31447 W
      Population (1990): 12750 (6040 housing units)
      Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
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