Male- () See Mal-.
Male (a.) Evil; wicked; bad.
Male (n.) Same as Mail, a bag.
Male (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
Male (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
Male (v. t.) Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.
Male (v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
Male (v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
Male (n.) An animal of the male sex.
Male (n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
Naleadministration (n.) Maladministration.
Maleate (n.) A salt of maleic acid.
Malebranchism (n.) The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God.
Maleconformation (n.) Malconformation.
Malecontent (a.) Malcontent.
Maledicency (n.) Evil speaking.
Maledicent (a.) Speaking reproachfully; slanderous.
Maledict (a.) Accursed; abominable.
Malediction (n.) A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.
Malefaction (n.) A crime; an offense; an evil deed.
Malefactor (n.) An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
Malefactor (n.) One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal.
Malefactress (n.) A female malefactor.
Malefeasance (n.) See Malfeasance.
Malefic (a.) Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
Malefice (n.) An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.
Maleficence (n.) Evil doing, esp. to others.
Maleficent (a.) Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.
Maleficial (a.) Injurious.
Maleficiate (v. t.) To bewitch; to harm.
Maleficiation (n.) A bewitching.
Maleficience (n.) The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.
Maleficient (a.) Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
Maleformation (n.) See Malformation.
Maleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
Malengine (n.) Evil machination; guile; deceit.
Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.
Male-odor (n.) See Malodor.
Malepractice (n.) See Malpractice.
Male-spirited (a.) Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous.
Malet (n.) A little bag or budget.
Maletreat (v. t.) See Maltreat.
Malevolence (n.) The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.
Malevolent (a.) Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
Malevolently (adv.) In a malevolent manner.
Malevolous (a.) Malevolent.
Malexecution (n.) Bad execution.
Maleyl (n.) A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.
Malfeasance (n.) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed.
Malformation (n.) Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.
Malgracious (a.) Not graceful; displeasing.
Malgre (prep.) See Mauger.
Malic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid.
Malice (n.) Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil.
Malice (n.) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness.
Malice (v. t.) To regard with extreme ill will.
Malicho (n.) Mischief.
Malicious (a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
Malicious (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
Malicious (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.
Malign (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
Malign (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.
Malign (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.
Maligned (imp. & p. p.) of Malign
Maligning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malign
Malign (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
Malign (a.) To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.
Malign (v. i.) To entertain malice.
Malignance (n.) Alt. of Malignancy
Malignancy (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
Malignancy (n.) Unfavorableness; evil nature.
Malignancy (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
Malignancy (n.) The state of being a malignant.
Malignant (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.
Malignant (a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
Malignant (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
Malignant (n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.
Malignant (n.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so called by the opposite party.
Malignantly (adv.) In a malignant manner.
Maligner (n.) One who maligns.
Malignified (imp. & p. p.) of Malignify
Malignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malignify
Malignify (v. t.) To make malign or malignant.
Malignity (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
Malignity (n.) Virulence; deadly quality.
Malignity (n.) Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud.
Malignly (adv.) In a malign manner; with malignity.
MAlingered (imp. & p. p.) of Malinger
Malingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Malinger
Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.
Malingery (n.) The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
Malison (n.) Malediction; curse; execration.
Malkin (n.) Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
Malkin (n.) A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
Malkin (n.) A scarecrow.
Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
Mall (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
Mall (n.) A heavy blow.
Mall (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.