Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Mashy (a.) Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.

(1) - Mask (v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
(2) - Mask (v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
(3) - Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
(4) - Mask (v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(5) - Mask (v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
(6) - Mask (v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
(7) - Mask (n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
(8) - Mask (n.) A screen for a battery.
(9) - Mask (n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(10) - Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
(11) - Mask (n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(12) - Mask (n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
(13) - Mask (n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
(14) - Mask (n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

(1) - Masked (a.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(2) - Masked (a.) Same as Personate.
(3) - Masked (a.) Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.
(4) - Masked (imp. & p. p.) of Mask

(1) - Masker (v. t.) To confuse; to stupefy.
(2) - Masker (n.) One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.