Words beginning with M

X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.

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Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.

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Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.

The capital and largest city of Nicaragua.

A city, the capital city of Bahrain.

The elder son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

A mostly herbivorous sirenian of the genus Trichechus, having a paddle-like tail and nails on their flippers, found in tropical regi…

A municipality, the state capital of Amazonas, Brazil.

Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are …

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Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store.

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A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.

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A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly…

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.

obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

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Any of the genus Mandevilla of tropical and subtropical flowering vines, native to the Americas.

Alternative form of mandolin (“kitchen tool”).

A coastal city south of Perth, Western Australia.

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Used in stage directions; literally, he, she or it remains. Compare exit, exeunt.

The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting u…

A comic originating in Japan.

A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in com…

A vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) eaten when immature.

Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.