<B>maladjustment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> poor or unsatisfactory adjustment; lack of adaptation. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a first line of defense against delinquency, as well as against personal maladjustment and unhappiness (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="maladminister">
<B>maladminister, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to administer badly; manage inefficiently or dishonestly. <BR> <I>Ex. We will never allow the cry of party to be used ... in the defense of a man who maladministers the law (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="maladministration">
<B>maladministration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> bad administration; inefficient or dishonest management. <BR> <I>Ex. The Whigs had repeatedly assailed the maladministration of the Prince (William E. H. Lecky).</I> (SYN) misrule, misgovernment. </DL>
<A NAME="maladministrator">
<B>maladministrator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person guilty of maladministration. </DL>
<B>malady, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any bodily disorder or disease, especially one that is chronic or deep-seated. <BR> <I>Ex. Cancer and malaria are serious maladies.</I> (SYN) sickness, illness. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any unwholesome or disordered condition. <BR> <I>Ex. Poverty and slums are social maladies.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malafide">
<B>mala fide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in bad faith; with or by fraud. </DL>
<A NAME="malafides">
<B>mala fides,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) bad faith. </DL>
<A NAME="malaga">
<B>Malaga, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, oval, firm, sweet, white grape, grown in Spain and in California. <DD><B> 2. </B>a white dessert wine originally made in Malaga, Spain. </DL>
<A NAME="malagasy">
<B>Malagasy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gasy</B> or <B>-gasies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native of the Malagasy Republic (former name, 1958-75, of Madagascar); Madagascan. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of Madagascar. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Madagascar, its people, or their language; Madagascan. </DL>
<A NAME="malaguena">
<B>malaguena, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) a kind of fandango originating from Malaga, Spain. </DL>
<A NAME="malaise">
<B>malaise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an uneasy, disturbed, or disordered condition. <BR> <I>Ex. The loss of highly trained scientists is more a symptom of an underlying malaise than the cause (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>vague bodily discomfort; uneasiness, often before sickness. <BR> <I>Ex. It was afflicting him with a general malaise, it was affecting his energy, his temper (H. G. Wells).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malamute">
<B>malamute, </B>noun. =Alaskan malamute.</DL>
<A NAME="malanders">
<B>malanders, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dry, scabby rash behind the knee in horses. </DL>
<A NAME="malanga">
<B>malanga, </B>noun. =taro.</DL>
<A NAME="malapert">
<B>malapert, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>adj. </I> too bold; pert; saucy. <BR> <I>Ex. His malapert boldness might peradventure be punished (Sir Thomas More).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person who is too bold, pert, or saucy. adv. <B>malapertly.</B> noun <B>malapertness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="malapportioned">
<B>malapportioned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) wrongly or unfairly apportioned. <BR> <I>Ex. At stake was the necessity of readjusting Georgia's outrageously malapportioned U.S. congressional districts (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malapportionment">
<B>malapportionment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) wrong or unfair assignment of representation in a legislature. <BR> <I>Ex. In a landmark case, Baker vs. Carr, the Court held, 7-2, that federal courts may hear claims that malapportionment of state legislatures violates the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (Milton Greenberg).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malaprop">
<B>Malaprop, </B>noun. <B>Mrs.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play <I>The Rivals,</I> noted for her ridiculous misuse of words. </DL>
<A NAME="malapropism">
<B>malapropism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a ridiculous misuse of words, especially a confusion of two words somewhat similar in sound but different in meaning, such as a musical <I>progeny</I> for a musical <I>prodigy.</I> Malapropisms are often used for humorous effect. <DD><B> 2. </B>an instance of this; misused word. <BR> <I>Ex. Lemaitre has reproached Shakespeare for his love of malapropisms (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malapropos">
<B>malapropos, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> at the wrong time or place. <BR> <I>Ex. a joke told malapropos (adv.); a malapropos comment (adj.).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malar">
<B>malar, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the cheekbone or cheek. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=cheekbone.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="malaria">
<B>malaria, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a disease that causes chills, fever, and sweating. Malaria is transmitted by the bite of anopheles mosquitoes which have previously bitten infected persons. It is caused by minute parasitic animals in the red blood corpuscles. <DD><B> 2. </B>unwholesome or poisonous air, especially from marshes; miasma. </DL>
<A NAME="malarial">
<B>malarial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having malaria. <BR> <I>Ex. In this circulation of the contagion the presence of malarial man is indispensable (British Medical Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or like malaria. <DD><B> 3. </B>likely to cause, or associated with, malaria. <BR> <I>Ex. malarial swamps, malarial parasites.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malarian">
<B>malarian, </B>adjective. =malarial.</DL>
<A NAME="malariologist">
<B>malariologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in malariology. </DL>
<A NAME="malariology">
<B>malariology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of malaria, especially the relationship between malarial parasites and their hosts. </DL>
<A NAME="malarious">
<B>malarious, </B>adjective. =malarial.</DL>
<A NAME="malarkey">
<B>malarkey</B> or <B>malarky, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) nonsense; baloney. <BR> <I>Ex. But this yogi business--... sheer nonsense. Pure malarkey (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malate">
<B>malate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a salt or ester of malic acid. </DL>
<A NAME="malathion">
<B>malathion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a residual organic phosphate widely used against many types of insect pests. </DL>
<A NAME="malawian">
<B>Malawian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the republic of Malawi (the former Nyasaland) or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Malawi. </DL>
<A NAME="malaxate">
<B>malaxate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to soften by kneading, rubbing, mixing, making into a paste, or the like. noun <B>malaxation.</B> noun <B>malaxator.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="malay">
<B>Malay, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of a brown-skinned people living in the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Indonesian language. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of a breed of chicken originating in India, having a long, muscular body and red and black plumage. <DD><I>adj. </I> of the Malays, their country, or their language. </DL>
<A NAME="malayalam">
<B>Malayalam, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Dravidian language spoken on the southwestern coast of India. </DL>
<A NAME="malayan">
<B>Malayan, </B>noun, adjective. =Malay.</DL>
<A NAME="malayanbear">
<B>Malayan bear,</B> =sun bear.</DL>
<A NAME="malaycat">
<B>Malay cat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a rare breed of cats having white fur and a curled tail. </DL>
<A NAME="malayopolynesian">
<B>Malayo-Polynesian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Malays and Polynesians and the languages they speak; Austronesian. </DL>
<A NAME="malaysian">
<B>Malaysian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Malaysia, its people, or their languages. <DD><I>noun </I> a person born or living in Malaysia. </DL>
<A NAME="malconduct">
<B>malconduct, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> bad or improper conduct, especially in office. </DL>
<A NAME="malconformation">
<B>malconformation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> imperfect or faulty conformation, as of parts. </DL>
<A NAME="malcontent">
<B>malcontent, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> discontented; dissatisfied; rebellious. <BR> <I>Ex. A project was even formed by the malcontent troops to deliver Harlem into the hands of Orange (J. L. Motley).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a discontented or rebellious person. <BR> <I>Ex. It was pointed out that the Exhibition would serve as a rallying point ... for all the malcontents in Europe (Lytton Strachey).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="malcontented">
<B>malcontented, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> discontented; malcontent. <BR> <I>Ex. "We are anxious to give the best possible service, and malcontented guests will be welcome to call at the office" (Sunday Times).</I> adv. <B>malcontentedly.</B> noun <B>malcontentedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="maldemer">
<B>mal de mer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) seasickness. </DL>
<A NAME="malderaquette">
<B>mal de raquette,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Canadian French.) snowshoe sickness. </DL>
<A NAME="maldesiecle">
<B>mal de siecle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> sickness of the age. <BR> <I>Ex. All the belief systems that have served society for hundreds of years have gone, resulting in the modern mal de siecle (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="maldevelopment">
<B>maldevelopment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the improper growth or maturity of an organ, nerve, or other part of an organism. </DL>
<A NAME="maldistribution">
<B>maldistribution, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> improper or ineffective arrangement or apportionment. <BR> <I>Ex. Overproduction plus maldistribution equals bootlegging (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="maldivian">
<B>Maldivian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Maldives, an island country in the Indian Ocean. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of the Maldives. </DL>
<A NAME="maldupays">
<B>mal du pays,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) homesickness. </DL>
<A NAME="maldusiecle">
<B>mal du siecle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) sickness of the age. </DL>
