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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: mammilla - manada</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="mammilla"> mammilla, noun, pl. -millae.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the nipple of the female breast; teat. <DD> 2. any nipple-shaped organ or protuberance. </DL> <A NAME="mammillary"> mammillary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of, having to do with, or like a mammilla. <DD> 2. having rounded protuberances, as a mineral. </DL> <A NAME="mammillate"> mammillate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having mammillae or nipples, or nipple-shaped protuberances. </DL> <A NAME="mammillated"> mammillated, adjective. =mammillate.</DL> <A NAME="mammock"> mammock, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun (Archaic or British Dialect.) a scrap; fragment; shred. <DD>v.t. to break, cut, or tear into mammocks. </DL> <A NAME="mammogram"> mammogram, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an X-ray picture of the breast. </DL> <A NAME="mammograph"> mammograph, noun. =mammogram.</DL> <A NAME="mammography"> mammography, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> X-ray examination of the breast. </DL> <A NAME="mammon"> mammon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> riches thought of as an evil; material wealth. Ex. the worship of mammon. </DL> <A NAME="mammon"> Mammon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a personification of riches as an evil spirit or god, or a soulless worldly force. Ex. Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair (Byron). </DL> <A NAME="mammonism"> mammonism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> devotion to the pursuit of riches; greed for wealth. </DL> <A NAME="mammonism"> Mammonism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the worship of Mammon. Ex. It was necessary to protect the Lord's Day against Mammonism (London Daily News). </DL> <A NAME="mammonist"> mammonist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person devoted to the pursuit of riches. </DL> <A NAME="mammonite"> mammonite, noun. =mammonist.</DL> <A NAME="mammoplasty"> mammoplasty, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plastic surgery of the breast. </DL> <A NAME="mammoth"> mammoth, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a very large kind of elephant with a hairy skin and long curved tusks. The last mammoth died about 10,000 years ago. Mammoths lived during the Pleistocene. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) anything huge or gigantic. Ex. Year by year such mammoths as Boulder Dam pile up the sediment that makes their reservoirs shallower (Harper's). <DD>adj. huge; gigantic. Ex. Digging the Panama Canal was a mammoth undertaking. (SYN) colossal, immense. </DL> <A NAME="mammotrophic"> mammotrophic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> stimulating the mammary glands to give milk. </DL> <A NAME="mammotrophichormone"> mammotrophic hormone, =prolactin.</DL> <A NAME="mammy"> mammy, noun, pl. -mies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. mamma; mother (used especially in the Appalachians). Ex. These too were greeted ... "daddy and mammy" (Southern Literary Messenger). <DD> 2. (U.S.) a black woman who takes care of white children, or is a servant in a white household (now considered offensive). Ex. Like most Southern children, I was brought up and cared for by a "black mammy" (R. D. Evans). </DL> <A NAME="mammywagon"> mammy wagon,<DL COMPACT><DD> a light truck used as a bus in the rural areas of western Africa. </DL> <A NAME="mampalon"> mampalon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, otterlike, viverrine animal of Borneo, having webbed feet and living in and out of water. </DL> <A NAME="man"> man, noun, pl. men, verb, manned, manning, adjective, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an adult male person. Ex. When a boy grows up, he becomes a man. When I became a man, I put away childish things (I Corinthians 13:11). <DD> 2. a human being; person. Ex. All men are created equal (Declaration of Independence). No man can be sure of the future. (SYN) individual, being, mortal. <DD> 3. the human race; all human beings. Ex. Man likes company. Man has existed for thousands of years. Man shall not live by bread alone (Matthew 4:4). (SYN) humanity, mankind. <DD> 4. (Zoology.) a human being classified as belonging to the genus Homo, of which there is now only one species, Homo sapiens, characterized by high mental development. <DD> 5. a male follower, servant, or employee. Ex. Robin Hood and his merry men; the men at the factory. (SYN) valet, attendant. <DD> 6a. a husband. Ex. man and wife. <DD> b. a male lover; suitor. <DD> 7. one of the pieces that is moved about on the board in such games as chess, checkers, or backgammon. <DD> 8. a person characterized by manly qualities. Ex. He was every inch a man. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, "This was a man!" (Shakespeare). <DD> 9. manly character or courage. <DD> 10. a form of address formerly implying contempt, impatience, or the like, but now largely of no emotional coloration. Ex. Here, read it, read it, man (Benjamin Disraeli). <DD> 11. (Archaic.) a vassal; liegeman. <DD>v.t. 1. to supply with men. Ex. Sailors man a ship. <DD> 2. to serve or operate; get ready to operate. Ex. Man the guns. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to make courageous or strong; brace. Ex. The captive manned himself to endure torture. <DD> 4. (in falconry) to accustom (a hawk) to the presence of men; tame. <DD>adj. male. Ex. a man dancer. <DD>interj. (Informal.) an exclamation of surprise, joy, excitement, or other emotion, or for effect. Ex. Man, what a player! Man, that's some car! expr. act the man, to be courageous. Ex. The young sailor acted the man in every way. expr. as a man, from a human point of view. Ex. He spoke as a man, not merely as a soldier. expr. as one man, with complete agreement; unanimously. Ex. The crowd voted as one man. expr. be one's own man, <DD> a. to be free to do as one pleases. Ex. So Constance Nevill may marry whom she pleases, and Tony Lumpkin is his own man again (Oliver Goldsmith). <DD> b. to have complete control of oneself. Ex. The Royal progress on Saturday will be as a sign ... that the King is indeed his own man again (London Daily Graphic). expr. man alive! (U.S. Informal.) an exclamation or mild oath. Ex. Man alive! What an exciting ball game! expr. man and boy, from boyhood on; as a youth and as an adult. Ex. ... had been a peace officer, man and boy, for half a century (Dickens). expr. man for man, without exception; to a man. Ex. The top Indian civil servants impressed me as man for man the ablest people in any civil service with which I have had experience (Milton Friedman). expr. men, the common soldiers or sailors, as distinguished from the officers. Ex. The English had lost more than 2,400 officers and men (James T. Wheeler). expr. my good man, a condescending form of address, as to an inferior. Ex. Come here, my good man. expr. the man or the Man, <DD> a. the essential human being. Ex. Style is less important than the man. <DD> b. (U.S. Slang.) the police. Ex. Look out, here comes the man! <DD> c. (U.S. Slang.) the white man; white society. Ex. The demonstrations, I think, suggested to "the man" that tokenism won't make it and that he has to come to grips with the problem right now (New York Times). expr. to a man, without exception; all. Ex. They obeyed him, to a man. expr. wise man of Gotham. See under Gotham. </DL> <A NAME="man"> man.,<DL COMPACT><DD> manual. </DL> <A NAME="man"> Man.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Manila (paper). <DD> 2. Manitoba. </DL> <A NAME="mana"> mana, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the mythology of the Pacific Islands) an impersonal supernatural power or influence that flowed through objects, persons, or places. A man who succeeded at a difficult task had a large amount of mana. </DL> <A NAME="manabouttown"> man-about-town, noun, pl. men-about-town.<DL COMPACT><DD> a man who spends much of his time in clubs, theaters, fashionable restaurants, and other places high society frequents. </DL> <A NAME="manacle"> manacle, noun, verb, -cled, -cling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. Often, manacles. a handcuff; fetter for the hands. Ex. We'll put you ... in manacles, Then reason safely with you (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) anything that fetters; restraint. Ex. The manacles of the all-building law (Shakespeare). <DD>v.t. 1. to put manacles on; handcuff. Ex. The pirates manacled their prisoners. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to restrain; hamper; fetter. </DL> <A NAME="manada"> manada, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Southwestern U.S.) <DD> 1. a drove of horses, especially breeding mares. <DD> 2. a herd of cattle. </DL> <A HREF="manage.dic">NEXT</A>