Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Matrimony (n.) A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
(2) - Matrimony (n.) The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.

(1) - Matrix (n.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.
(2) - Matrix (n.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.
(3) - Matrix (n.) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.
(4) - Matrix (n.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.
(5) - Matrix (n.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.
(6) - Matrix (n.) Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything
(7) - Matrix (n.) The womb.

(1) - Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
(2) - Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.

(1) - Matronage (n.) The collective body of matrons.
(2) - Matronage (n.) The state of a matron.

(1) - Matronize (v. t.) To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.
(2) - Matronize (v. t.) To make a matron of; to make matronlike.