English to English Dictionary

Maltreatment

Cruel or violent treatment of a person or animal.

Mandible

The jaw or a jawbone, specifically the lower jawbone in mammals and vertebrates.

Manipulate

To handle or control skillfully, typically with the hands or by mechanical means.

Mankini

A type of minimal, one-piece men's swimwear featuring a thong bottom connected to shoulder straps resembling a suspender design.

Mannered

Having manners of a specified kind; behaving in a specified way, often used in compound words.

Masochism

The tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from one's own pain or humiliation.

Masochist

A person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation.

Masochistic

Deriving sexual gratification from being subjected to physical or mental pain or humiliation; broadly, finding pleasure in self-inflicted suffering or hardship.

Mastication

The act or process of chewing food.

Masticatory

Relating to the process of chewing.

Mayflower Compact

The first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America, signed by male passengers of the Mayflower in 1620.

Medley

A varied mixture of people or things; a hodgepodge or assortment.