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   maddening
         adj 1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness
                  of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating
                  day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless
                  tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn:
                  {exasperating}, {infuriating}, {maddening}, {vexing}]

English Dictionary: mit einem Siegel versehen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
madman
n
  1. an insane person
    Synonym(s): lunatic, madman, maniac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
madwoman
n
  1. a woman lunatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maiden aunt
n
  1. an unmarried aunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maiden name
n
  1. a woman's surname before marriage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
matman
n
  1. combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground [syn: wrestler, grappler, matman]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meatman
n
  1. a retailer of meat
    Synonym(s): butcher, meatman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
methenamine
n
  1. antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections
    Synonym(s): methenamine, Mandelamine, Urex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
methionine
n
  1. a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metonym
n
  1. a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing; "Washington is a metonym for the United States government"; "plastic is a metonym for credit card"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metonymic
adj
  1. using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
    Synonym(s): metonymic, metonymical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metonymical
adj
  1. using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
    Synonym(s): metonymic, metonymical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metonymically
adv
  1. in a metonymic manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metonymy
n
  1. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mid-nineties
n
  1. the time of life between 90 and 100 [syn: nineties, {mid- nineties}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madden \Mad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maddened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Maddening}.]
      To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite
      violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madman \Mad"man\, n.; pl. {Madmen}.
      A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
  
               When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things,
               he is mad. A madman is properly so defined.
                                                                              --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madman \Mad"man\, n.; pl. {Madmen}.
      A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
  
               When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things,
               he is mad. A madman is properly so defined.
                                                                              --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maiden \Maid"en\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to,
            or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
            [bd]Amid the maiden throng.[b8] --Addison.
  
                     Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
  
      2. Never having been married; not having had sexual
            intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but
            sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. [bd]A surprising
            old maiden lady.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
            [bd]Maiden flowers.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
            captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
  
      {Maiden assize} (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no
            criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with
            blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to
            present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart.
  
      {Maiden name}, the surname of a woman before her marriage.
  
      {Maiden pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.
  
      {Maiden plum} (Bot.), a West Indian tree ({Comocladia
            integrifolia}) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree
            is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.
  
      {Maiden speech}, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a
            new member in a public body.
  
      {Maiden tower}, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Methanometer \Meth`a*nom"e*ter\, n. [Methane + -meter.]
      An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, to detect the
      presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See
      {Metonymy}.]
      Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See
      {Metonymy}.]
      Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See
      {Metonymy}.]
      Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metonymy \Me*ton"y*my\ (?; 277), n. [L. metonymia, Gr. [?]; [?],
      indicating change + [?], for [?] a name: cf. F. m[82]tonymie.
      See {Name}.] (Rhet.)
      A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests
      it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good
      provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a
      warm heart, that is, warm affections.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midmain \Mid"main`\, n.
      The middle part of the main or sea. [Poetic] --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mootman \Moot"man\, n.; pl. {Mootmen}. (O. Eng. Law)
      One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mootman \Moot"man\, n.; pl. {Mootmen}. (O. Eng. Law)
      One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Motion \Mo"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Motioned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Motioning}.]
      1. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the
            hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat.
  
      2. To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw.
      modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a
      scum on liquors.]
      Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
  
      {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
            pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep
            grunting note.
  
      {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
            mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
            disease.
  
      {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging.
  
      {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}.
  
      {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine
            crabs of the genus {Panopeus}.
  
      {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder},
            and {Dab}.
  
      {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp.
  
      {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender.
  
      {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
            which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
            removal.
  
      {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian
            ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States.
            It has persistent external gills and only the anterior
            pair of legs. See {Siren}.
  
      {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}).
           
  
      {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}).
      (b) The clapper rail.
  
      {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
            [Slang]
  
      {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish
            of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to
            the pickerels.
  
      {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
  
      {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus.
  
      {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
  
      {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied
            genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
            side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
            etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
            spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
            as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mutiny \Mu"ti*ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mutinied}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Mutinying}.]
      1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in
            military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of,
            mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's
            superior officer, or any rightful authority.
  
      2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mutton \Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep,
      wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L.
      mutilus mutilated. See {Mutilate}.]
      1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman.
  
                     Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for
                     the living quadrupeds.                        --Hallam.
  
      2. The flesh of a sheep.
  
                     The fat of roasted mutton or beef.      --Swift.
  
      3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]
  
      {Mutton bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian short-tailed petrel
            ({Nectris brevicaudus}).
  
      {Mutton chop}, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of
            the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
  
      {Mutton fish} (Zo[94]l.), the American eelpout. See
            {Eelpout}.
  
      {Mutton fist}, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
  
      {Mutton monger}, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman.
  
      {To return to one's muttons}. [A translation of a phrase from
            a farce by De Brueys, revenons [85] nos moutons let us
            return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of
            discussion, etc. [Humorous]
  
                     I willingly return to my muttons.      --H. R.
                                                                              Haweis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myodynamics \My`o*dy*nam"ics\, n. [Myo- + dynamics.] (Physiol.)
      The department of physiology which deals with the principles
      of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or
      contraction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myodynamiometer \My`o*dy*na`mi*om"e*ter\, n.
      A myodynamometer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myodynamometer \My`o*dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Myo- + E.
      dynamometer.] (Physiol.)
      An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or
      of other animals; a dynamometer. --Dunglison.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Medimont, ID
      Zip code(s): 83842

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Madmannah
      dunghill, the modern el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of
      Gaza (Josh. 15:31; 1 Chr. 2:49), in the south of Judah. The Pal.
      Mem., however, suggest Umm Deimneh, 12 miles north-east of
      Beersheba, as the site.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Madmen
      ibid., a Moabite town threatened with the sword of the
      Babylonians (Jer. 48:2).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Madmenah
      ibid., a town in Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, towards the
      north (Isa. 10:31). The same Hebrew word occurs in Isa. 25:10,
      where it is rendered "dunghill." This verse has, however, been
      interpreted as meaning "that Moab will be trodden down by
      Jehovah as teben [broken straw] is trodden to fragments on the
      threshing-floors of Madmenah."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Madmannah, measure of a gift; preparation of a garment
  
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