English to English Dictionary

Mail-in

Conducted, submitted, or processed by mail rather than in person.

Main Street

The principal street in a town or city, typically where most businesses and shops are located.

Mainland Japan

The largest island of Japan, Honshu, along with the surrounding islands that are part of the Japanese archipelago.

Mainstream Medicine

The conventional medical practices and treatments that are widely accepted and practiced by the majority of healthcare professionals.

Maintain

To cause or enable a condition or situation to continue unchanged.

Maintenance

The process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved.

Major contribution

An exceptionally important or substantial supply of money, effort, ideas, or assistance given to a shared enterprise or cause.

Major-domo

A man who is the chief steward or butler of a large household, palace, or estate.

Make-a-Stand

To take a firm position or assert one's beliefs in the face of opposition.

Make-out

A session of prolonged, passionate kissing and heavy petting between two people.

Maladroit

Moving or acting with a lack of physical dexterity, grace, or coordination; clumsy.

Malapropism

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an unintentionally amusing effect.