Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Macaque (n.) Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

(1) - Macaroni (n.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
(2) - Macaroni (n.) A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
(3) - Macaroni (n.) A sort of droll or fool.
(4) - Macaroni (n.) A medley; something droll or extravagant.
(5) - Macaroni (n.) Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.

(1) - Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
(2) - Macaronic (n.) A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
(3) - Macaronic (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
(4) - Macaronic (a.) Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

(1) - Macaroon (n.) A finical fellow, or macaroni.
(2) - Macaroon (n.) A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.