mayan
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~ a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"
Mayan
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~ a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas
mayapple
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~ North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
mayday
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~ an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)
mayeng
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~ Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree
Mayenne
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~ a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region
Mayer
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~ United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)
Mayer
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~ United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)
Marie Goeppert Mayer
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~ United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)
Mayetiola destructor
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~ small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
Mayetiola
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~ a genus of Cecidomyidae
mayfish
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~ black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
mayflower
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~ low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
mayflower
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~ the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
mayfly
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~ slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
mayhaw
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~ hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves
mayhem
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~ violent and needless disturbance
mayhem
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~ the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
mayidism
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~ a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
mayo
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~ egg yolks and oil and vinegar