maitre d'
— Noun
– English
～ a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
maitre d'hotel
— Noun
– English
～ a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Maitreya
— Noun
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～ the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama
maize
— Noun
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～ tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
Maja
— Noun
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～ type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
majagua
— Noun
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～ shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
majagua
— Noun
– English
～ erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
majestic
— Adjective
– English
～ belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
majestic
— Adjective
– English
～ having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
majestic
— Adjective
– English
～ majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"
majestically
— Adverb
– English
～ in a majestic manner; "flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes"
majesty
— Noun
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～ impressiveness in scale or proportion
majolica
— Noun
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～ highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide
major
— Noun
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～ a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
major depressive episode
— Noun
– English
～ (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
major lobe
— Noun
– English
～ the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam
major form class
— Noun
– English
～ any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar
major axis
— Noun
– English
～ the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci