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meat cleaver |
Noun
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a butcher's knife having a large square blade |
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mens store |
Noun
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a store where men's clothes are sold |
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montage |
Noun
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a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image |
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mariner's compass |
Noun
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compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north |
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meetinghouse |
Noun
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a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) |
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magnetic core |
Noun
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(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data |
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mizzen course |
Noun
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the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast |
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melting pot |
Noun
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a vessel made of material that does not melt easily |
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melting pot |
Noun
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an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated |
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mother board |
Noun
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the main circuit board for a computer |
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moistener |
Noun
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a device that dampens or moistens something |
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muffler |
Noun
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a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations |
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muffler |
Noun
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a scarf worn around the neck |
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muffler |
Noun
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a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise |
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medical dressing |
Noun
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a cloth covering for a wound or sore |
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martingale |
Noun
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spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat |
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martingale |
Noun
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a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth |
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matrix printer |
Noun
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a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix |
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membranophone |
Noun
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a musical percussion instrument |
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metal drum |
Noun
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a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
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moving staircase |
Noun
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a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt |
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moving stairway |
Noun
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a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt |
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motorway |
Noun
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a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic |
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masquerade costume |
Noun
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a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party |
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manufacturing plant |
Noun
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a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
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manufactory |
Noun
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a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
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marine mine |
Noun
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an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
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monkey bridge |
Noun
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the highest navigational bridge on a ship |
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monkey bridge |
Noun
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a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room |
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munition |
Noun
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defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
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munition |
Noun
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military supplies |
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munition |
Noun
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weapons considered collectively |
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munition |
Verb
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supply with weapons |
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meeting place |
Noun
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a public facility to meet for open discussion |
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metalworks |
Noun
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factory where metal castings are produced |
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metal glove |
Noun
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a glove of armored leather |
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men's furnishings |
Noun
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the drygoods sold by a haberdasher |
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manacle |
Noun
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shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist |
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manacle |
Verb
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confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs |
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metal saw |
Noun
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saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
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magnifying glass |
Noun
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light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image |
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military headquarters |
Noun
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the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command |
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main office |
Noun
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(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise |
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mow |
Noun
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a loft in a barn where hay is stored |
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mow |
Verb
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make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip |
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mow |
Verb
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cut with a blade or mower |
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mouth organ |
Noun
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a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
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main road |
Noun
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a major road for any form of motor transport |
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metal bar |
Noun
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metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
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microcircuit |
Noun
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a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor |