English Words Starting With M

• mallowpuff maori

  nounVery Low
  /ˈmæləʊpʌf ˈmaʊri/A marketing term or branding name for a food product (likely a marshmallow-based confection) associated with New Zealand or intended to evoke a Māori cultural connection.
• malm

  nounVery low
  /mɑːm/A soft, greyish limestone or chalky rock, often used for building or in brickmaking.
• malmedy

  nounRare / C2+
  /ˈmæl.mə.di/ or /mælˈmeɪ.di/A town in Belgium.
• malmesbury

  nounC1
  /ˈmɑːmzb(ə)ri/A town in Wiltshire, England, known historically as an early medieval center of learning and administration.
• malmo

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency in global English, but moderate frequency in contexts discussing Scandinavia, European cities, football, or the Eurovision Song Contest).
  /ˈmælmɜː/A proper noun referring to a major city in southern Sweden, situated in Skåne County across the Öresund Strait from Copenhagen, Denmark.
• malmsey

  nounC2
  /ˈmɑːmzi/A type of strong, sweet white wine, originally from the eastern Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
• malnutrition

  nounB2
  /ˌmælnjuːˈtrɪʃn/Poor physical condition resulting from a lack of proper food, or from a diet lacking in essential nutrients.
• malocclusion

  nounC2
  /ˌmæl.əˈkluː.ʒən/A misalignment or incorrect relation between the upper and lower teeth when the jaws are closed.
• malodor

  nounLow frequency, specialist
  /ˌmælˈəʊ.dər/An unpleasant or foul smell.
• malone

  nounLow (as a common word); Very High (as a proper noun in pop culture contexts)
  /məˈləʊn/A surname of Irish origin, meaning 'descendant of a devotee of St. John'.
• malonic acid

  nounC2
  /məˌləʊ.nɪk ˈæs.ɪd/A dicarboxylic acid (C₃H₄O₄) used in chemical synthesis and as a metabolic intermediate.
• malonyl group

  nounRare / Technical
  /ˈmæləˌnɪl ɡruːp/A specific chemical functional group with the formula -COCH₂CO-.
• malonylurea

  nounVery low (Technical/Specialist)
  /ˌmælənɪlˈjʊərɪə/The chemical compound barbituric acid, formed by the condensation of malonic acid and urea.
• malory

  nounRare
  /ˈmæləri/A surname of English origin, often used as a given name, historically associated with a 15th-century knight and author of Arthurian legends.
• maloti

  nounVery Low
  /məˈləʊti/The plural form of 'loti', the basic unit of currency in Lesotho.
• malouf

  nounVery Low / Obscure
  /məˈluːf/A proper noun primarily functioning as a surname of Middle Eastern, particularly Lebanese or Egyptian, origin. It is not a lexical word in the English language with a standard definition.
• malpais

  nounLow
  /ˌmalˈpʌɪs/A rugged, barren landscape of rough, eroded volcanic rock, typically lava flows.
• malpighi

  nounC2 / Very Low
  /mælˈpɪɡi/An eponym referring to something related to or named after Marcello Malpighi, a 17th-century Italian biologist and physician.
• malpighian corpuscle

  nounC2
  /mælˌpɪɡ.i.ən ˈkɔː.pʌs.əl/A microscopic, spherical filtering unit in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus enclosed in a Bowman's capsule, where blood filtration begins.
• malpighian layer

  nounVery Low (Technical/Specialist)
  /mælˌpɪɡ.i.ən ˈleɪ.ər/The innermost layer of the epidermis, consisting of living cells that divide to produce new skin cells.

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