mandala
— Noun
– English
~ any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation
mandalay
— Noun
– English
~ a city in central Myanmar to the north of Rangoon
mandamus
— Noun
– English
~ an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail
mandara
— Noun
– English
~ a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels
Mandarin
— Noun
– English
~ the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
mandarin
— Noun
– English
~ a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
Mandarin Chinese
— Noun
– English
~ the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
mandarin
— Noun
– English
~ a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
mandarin duck
— Noun
– English
~ showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
mandarin
— Noun
– English
~ a high public official of imperial China
mandarin
— Noun
– English
~ any high government official or bureaucrat
Mandarin dialect
— Noun
– English
~ the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
mandarin
— Noun
– English
~ shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
mandatary
— Noun
– English
~ the recipient of a mandate
mandate
— Noun
– English
~ a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandate
— Noun
– English
~ the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
mandate
— Noun
– English
~ a document giving an official instruction or command
mandator
— Noun
– English
~ an authority who issues a mandate
mandatorily
— Adverb
– English
~ in a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied."