Mall (n.) A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
Malled (imp. & p. p.) of Mall
Malling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mall
Mall (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
Mall (n.) Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.
Mall (n.) A court of justice.
Mall (n.) A place where justice is administered.
Mall (n.) A place where public meetings are held.
Mallard (a.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.
Mallard (a.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.
Malleability (n.) The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.
Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.
Malleableize (v. t.) To make malleable.
Malleableness (n.) Quality of being malleable.
Malleal (a.) Pertaining to the malleus.
Malleated (imp. & p. p.) of Malleate
Malleating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malleate
Malleate (v. t.) To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
Malleation (n.) The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.
Mallecho (n.) Same as Malicho.
Mallee bird () The leipoa. See Leipoa.
Mallemock (n.) Alt. of Mallemoke
Mallemoke (n.) See Mollemoke.
Mallenders (n. pl.) Same as Malanders.
Malleolar (a.) Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.
Malleoli (pl. ) of Malleolus
Malleolus (n.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
Malleolus (n.) " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.
Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.
Mallei (pl. ) of Malleus
Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
Malleus (n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
Malleus (n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
Mallophaga (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.
Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.
Mallow (n.) Alt. of Mallows
Mallows (n.) A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.
Mallowwort (n.) Any plant of the order Malvaceae.
Malm (n.) Alt. of Malmbrick
Malmbrick (n.) A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.
Malma (n.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.
Malmag (n.) The tarsius, or spectral lemur.
Malmsey (n.) A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.
Malnutrition (n.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
Malobservation (n.) Erroneous observation.
Malodor (n.) An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.
Malonate (a.) At salt of malonic acid.
Malonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.
Malonyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.
Malpighia (n.) A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
Malpighiaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.
Malpighian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Malposition (n.) A wrong position.
Malpractice (n.) Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
Malt (n.) Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
Malt (a.) Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
Malted (imp. & p. p.) of Malt
Malting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malt
Malt (v. t.) To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
Malt (v. i.) To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.
Maltalent (n.) Ill will; malice.
Maltese (a.) Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.
Maltese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.
Maltha (n.) A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.
Maltha (n.) Mortar.
Malthusian (a.) Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories.
Mathusian (n.) A follower of Malthus.
Malthusianism (n.) The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.
Maltin (n.) Alt. of Maltine
Maltine (n.) The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.
Malting (n.) The process of making, or of becoming malt.
Maltmen (pl. ) of Maltman
Maltman (n.) A man whose occupation is to make malt.
Maltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic.
Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
Maltreated (imp. & p. p.) of Maltreat
Maltreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maltreat
Maltreat (v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Maltreament (n.) Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.
Maltster (n.) A maltman.
Maltworm (n.) A tippler.
Malty (a.) Consisting, or like, malt.
Mala (pl. ) of Malum
Malum (n.) An evil. See Mala.
Malvaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.
Malversation (n.) Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
Malvesie (n.) Malmsey wine. See Malmsey.
Mam (n.) Mamma.
Mama (n.) See Mamma.
Mamaluke (n.) Same as Mameluke.
Mamelon (n.) A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
Mameluco (n.) A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
Mameluke (n.) One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
Mamillated (a.) See Mammillated.
Mamma (n.) Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
Mammae (pl. ) of Mamma
Mamma (n.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.
Mammals (pl. ) of Mammal
Mammal (n.) One of the Mammalia.
Mammalia (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.