Madge () The magpie.

Mad-headed () Wild; crack-brained.

Madhouse () A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

Madia () A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.

Madid () Wet; moist; as, a madid eye.

Madisterium () An instrument to extract hairs.

Madjoun () An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos.

Madly () In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

Madmen () of Madman

Madman () A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

Madnep () The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).

Madness () The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

Madness () Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.

Madonna () My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.

Madonna () A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).

Madoqua () A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.

Madrague () A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

Madreperl () Mother-of-pearl.

Madrepora () A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.

Madreporaria () An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.

Madrepore () Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.

Madreporian () Alt. of Madreporic

Madreporic () Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.

Madreporiform () Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.

Madreporite () A fossil coral.

Madreporite () The madreporic plate of echinoderms.

Madrier () A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes

Madrier () A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.

Madrier () A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

Madrigal () A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.

Madrigal () An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.

Madrigaler () A madrigalist.

Madrigalist () A composer of madrigals.

Madrilenian () Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.

Madrilenian () A native or inhabitant of Madrid.

Madrina () An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

Madroa () A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroa apples.

Madwort () A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.

Maegbote () Alt. of Magbote

Magbote () Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.

Maelstrom () A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

Maelstrom () Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.

Maenad () A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.

Maenad () A frantic or frenzied woman.

Maestoso () Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.

Maestricht monitor () The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.

Maestro () A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.

Maffle () To stammer.

Maffler () A stammerer.

Magazine () A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.

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