Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Mannish (a.) Fond of men; -- said of a woman.
(2) - Mannish (a.) Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.
(3) - Mannish (a.) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.

(1) - Mannite (n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.
(2) - Mannite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.

(1) - Mannitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.