English Words Starting With M

• maceration

  nounC1
  /ˌmæs.əˈreɪ.ʃən/The process of softening or breaking down a solid by soaking in a liquid, often to extract flavours, compounds, or to separate components.
• macfarlane

  nounVery Low / Archaic
  /məkˈfɑːlən/A type of long, heavy overcoat for men, often made of tweed and originally featuring a cape over the shoulders.
• macgillicuddy's reeks

  nounplural-nounVery Low (C2)
  /məˌɡɪlɪkʌdiz ˈriːks/A mountain range in County Kerry, Ireland, containing Ireland's highest peak, Carrauntoohil.
• macgregor

  nounLow
  /məˈɡrɛɡə/A Scottish surname, historically associated with the Clan Gregor, a Highland clan.
• macguffin

  nounC1/C2
  /məˈɡʌfɪn/A plot device or object in a story that motivates the characters and drives the narrative, but whose specific nature is often unimportant.
• mach

  nounC1/C2 (Low frequency outside scientific/military/aviation contexts)
  /mɑːk/A unit of relative velocity, named after physicist Ernst Mach, representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.
• mach number

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈmɑːx ˌnʌm.bə/The ratio of the speed of an object moving through a fluid (especially air) to the speed of sound in that fluid.
• mach scale

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈmɑːx ˌskeɪl/A scale for expressing the speed of an object (especially an aircraft) relative to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium (Mach 1).
• mach's principle

  nounlow
  /ˌmɑːks ˈprɪnsɪpl̩/A physical principle in theoretical physics and cosmology stating that the inertia of a body is determined by the distribution of mass throughout the universe.
• machabees

  nounVery Low
  /ˈmækəbiːz/A term referring to the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army that fought for independence from the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE, or to the books of the Apocrypha that recount their history.
• machado

  nounLow
  /məˈʃɑːdəʊ/A Portuguese surname and a common brand name (e.g., for tools). It is not a standard English word with a lexical meaning.
• machado de assiz

  nounLow
  /məˈʃɑːdəʊ də əˈsiːz/The pen name of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, a celebrated Brazilian writer.
• machado y morales

  nounVery Low
  /məˈtʃɑːdəʊ iː mɒˈrɑːlɛs/A proper noun referring to Gerardo Machado y Morales (1871–1939), a former President and military dictator of Cuba.
• machado y ruiz

  nounC1
  /məˈtʃɑːdəʊ iː ˈruːɪθ/A Spanish double-barrelled surname, most famously belonging to the Spanish poet Antonio Machado y Ruiz (1875–1939).
• machair

  nounC2
  /ˈmæxər/A fertile, low-lying coastal grassland on sandy, calcareous soil formed from windblown shell-sand, found predominantly in northwest Scotland and Ireland.
• machala

  nounExtremely Low
  /məˈtʃɑːlə/An informal, colloquial term that is not a standard English word, but exists as a proper noun (place name) or as a transliterated foreign word.
• machan

  nounC2 - Extremely Rare
  /ˈmʌtʃən/A temporary hunting platform or lookout structure built in a tree.
• machaon

  nounVery Low
  /məˈkeɪɒn/A large, brightly colored butterfly of the genus Papilio, specifically the Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon).
• machaut

  nounC2
  /maˈʃəʊ/A French surname, specifically referring to Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377), a medieval composer and poet.
• mache

  nounC1
  /mæʃ/To confuse, overwhelm, or render someone speechless or ineffective.

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