Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle.

(1) - Maw (n.) An old game at cards.
(2) - Maw (n.) Appetite; inclination.
(3) - Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
(4) - Maw (n.) A gull.

(1) - Mawkish (a.) Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
(2) - Mawkish (a.) Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.

(1) - Mawkishly (adv.) In a mawkish way.

(1) - Mawkishness (n.) The quality or state of being mawkish.