Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Mantissa (n.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.

(1) - Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
(2) - Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
(3) - Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
(4) - Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
(5) - Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
(6) - Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
(7) - Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
(8) - Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.
(9) - Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
(10) - Mantle (n.) Any free, outer membrane.
(11) - Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.
(12) - Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.
(13) - Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

(1) - Mantra (n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

(1) - Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
(2) - Mantua (n.) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

(1) - Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
(2) - Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.
(3) - Manual (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
(4) - Manual (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.