Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Masquerade (v. t.) To conceal with masks; to disguise.
(2) - Masquerade (v. i.) To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
(3) - Masquerade (v. i.) To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
(4) - Masquerade (n.) A Spanish diversion on horseback.
(5) - Masquerade (n.) Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
(6) - Masquerade (n.) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
(7) - Masquerade (n.) An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

(1) - Masquerader (n.) One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

(1) - Mass (v. t.) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
(2) - Mass (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.
(3) - Mass (n.) The principal part; the main body.
(4) - Mass (n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
(5) - Mass (n.) A large quantity; a sum.
(6) - Mass (n.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
(7) - Mass (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
(8) - Mass (v. i.) To celebrate Mass.
(9) - Mass (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.
(10) - Mass (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.