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macho.adjective
characterized by machismo-(noun)
being a strong sense of masculine pride; an exaggerated masculinity; an
exaggerated or exhilarating sense of power or strength; aggressively virile
macho.noun,.plural.machos
one who exhibits machismo
machoism.noun
masochist,
masochism.nouns
pleasure in being abused
or dominated; a taste for suffering
masochistic.adjective
masochistically.adverb
mystical.adjective
having a spiritual meaning or reality that is
neither apparent to the senses
nor obvious to the intelligence; mysterious; relating to, or stemming from
direct communion with ultimate reality or the Great Infinite One
mystically.adverb
mysticalness.noun
malice.noun
ill will towards another; desire to cause pain,
injury or distress to another, calumny;
actions backing up one's hate and resentment; malignity
synonyms.hateful,
resentful,
evil
malicious.adjective
having, showing, or caused by malice
maliciously.adverb
maliciousness.noun
maxim.noun
a general truth, fundamental
principle, or rule of conduct; a saying of
proverbial
nature
MEASURES
-million:-the
cardinal number equal to 106.
A cardinal number is a number used in counting to indicate quantity but
not order, such as say, 3 or 11 or 412.
-billion:-in
U.S.A., Canada and France, and increasingly so in Great Britain, a billion
is 1000 millions (1,000,000,000); in Great Britain and Germany it is 1
million millions.
-quadrillion:-in
U.S.A., Canada and France, and increasingly so in Great Britain, a quadrillion
is 1000 trillions (1,000,000,000,000,000; 1 followed by 15 zeros – 1015,
or more correctly – 1,015).
In Great
Britain and Germany it is 1024. Quadrillion
in Canada, U.S.A. and France is called a septillion.
-trillion:-in
U.S.A., Canada and France, and increasingly so in Great Britain, a trillion
is 1000 billions (1,000,000,000,000); in Great Britain and Germany it is
1 million billions.
missionary.noun
inflected form(s).plural-missionaries
a person undertaking a mission
and especially a religious mission
mollify.verb
inflected form(s).mollified,
mollifying
to soften
transitive
senses.to soothe
in temper or disposition; appease; to reduce
the rigidity of
mollification.noun
mortify.verb
inflected form(s).mortified,
mortifying
to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning
of; to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by
abstinence or self inflicted pain or discomfort; to subject to severe and
vexing embarrassment; shame
mulish.adjective
unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate,
like a stubborn mule; a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy (a mulish determination
to have her own way); mulish means fixed and unyielding in course or purpose
mulishness.noun
mulishly.adverb
synonym.obstinate
merciful.adjective
full of mercy
mercy.noun-and.adjective
inflected form(s).mercies.plural
compassion or forbearance
shown especially to an offender
mercy.noun
inflected form(s),.plural.mercies
compassion
or forbearance shown especially to an offender; a character quality that
is good and kind
mercy.adjective
at the mercy of; wholly in the power of; with
no way to protect oneself against
merciless.adjective
having no mercy; cruel
mercilessly.adverb
mercilessness.noun
metaphor.noun
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally.denoting
one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness
or analogy between
them (as in drowning in money); figurative; a symbol
metaphoric.or.metaphorical.adjective
metaphorically.adverb
myriad.noun
a great number (a myriad of ideas)
mundane.adjective
characterized
by the practical, transitory
and ordinary; commonplace.(the
mundane concerns of day to day life); of, relating to, or characteristic
of the world
mundaneness,
mundanity.nouns
mundanely.adverb
synonym.earthly
myth.noun
a creation myth (such as
evolution,
thought for a while to be valid,
is now regarded as a myth); a
fictitious
story, person, or thing; fairy
tale; a fiction or half truth,
especially
one that forms part of an ideology.(like
the
flood); a traditional,
typically.ancient
story dealing with supernatural
beings, ancestors, or heroes that
serves as a fundamental.type
in the world view of a people, as by explaining aspects
of the natural world or delineating
the psychology, customs, or
ideals
of society (the myth of Eros and Psyche); such stories considered as a
group (the realm
of myth)
mythical.also.mythic.adjective
of or existing in myth.(the
mythical unicorn); imaginary;
fictitious;
of, relating to, or having the nature of a myth
mythically.adverb
mythology.noun,.plural.mythologies
a body or collection of myths belonging to a people
and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes; the
field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of
myths
mincing.adjective
affectedly refined or dainty
mincingly.adverb
mince,
minced,
mincing,
minces.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
cut or chop into very small pieces; to subdivide (land, for example) into
minute parts; to pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance
and refinement; to moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politeness
and decorum; euphemize (don't mince words: say what you mean)
intransitive
verb use.to
walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness; to speak in an
affected way
mince.noun
finely chopped food, especially
mincemeat.
mincer.noun
morale.noun
the state of the spirits
of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline,
and willingness to perform assigned tasks
General
Douglas MacArthur.was
one of the most important American military leaders of the 20th century.
MacArthur commanded American troops in World War II and United Nations
forces in the Korean War. In 1951 United States president Harry Truman
dismissed MacArthur from his command of UN forces in Korea after MacArthur
defied administration war policy..Microsoft®
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