Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Maximize (v. t.) To increase to the highest degree.

(1) - Maximum (a.) Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
(2) - Maximum (n.) The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.

(1) - May (n.) The merrymaking of May Day.
(2) - May (n.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
(3) - May (n.) The early part or springtime of life.
(4) - May (n.) The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
(5) - May (n.) A maiden.
(6) - May (v.) An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.