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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: maze - me</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="maze"> maze, noun, verb, mazed, mazing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a network of paths through which it is hard to find one's way. Ex. A guide led us through the maze of tunnels in the cave. He turned short into one of the mazes of the wood (Scott). (SYN) labyrinth. <DD> b. (Figurative.) any complicated arrangement, such as of streets or buildings. Ex. Bath was then a maze of only four or five hundred houses (Macaulay). <DD> c. (Figurative.) intricate windings; intricacy. Ex. a maze of errors. Here would the good Peter ... watch the mazes of the dance (Washington Irving). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a state of confusion; muddled condition. Ex. He was in such a maze that he couldn't speak. (SYN) perplexity, bewilderment. <DD>v.t. (Archaic.) 1. to stupefy; daze. Ex. Finding This tumult 'bout my door ... It somewhat maz'd me (Ben Jonson). <DD> 2. to bewilder; perplex. adj. mazelike. </DL> <A NAME="mazeltov"> mazel tov, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Hebrew.) congratulations; good luck. </DL> <A NAME="mazer"> mazer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) a large goblet without a foot, originally made of a hard wood, often richly carved or ornamented. Also, mazard. </DL> <A NAME="mazuma"> mazuma, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) money. </DL> <A NAME="mazurka"> mazurka or mazourka, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a lively Polish folk dance. <DD> 2. music for it, usually in 3/4 or 6/8 time. </DL> <A NAME="mazy"> mazy, adjective, mazier, maziest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. like a maze; full of intricate windings; intricate. Ex. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran (Samuel Taylor Coleridge). (SYN) devious. <DD> 2. (Dialect.) dizzy; confused. adv. mazily. noun maziness. </DL> <A NAME="mazzard"> mazzard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a sweet cherry, especially a wild sweet cherry used as a stock for breeding varieties of sweet and of sour cherries. <DD> 2. =mazard. </DL> <A NAME="mb"> mb.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Meteorology.) millibar or millibars. </DL> <A NAME="mb"> M.B.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (British.) Bachelor of Medicine (Latin, Medicinae Baccalaureus). <DD> 2. Bachelor of Music (Latin, Musicae Baccalaureus]. </DL> <A NAME="mba"> M.B.A. or MBA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) Master of Business Administration. </DL> <A NAME="mbe"> M.B.E.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Member of the Order of the British Empire. </DL> <A NAME="mbfr"> MBFR (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> mutual and balanced force reduction (of the armed forces of NATO and those of the Warsaw Pact). </DL> <A NAME="mbira"> mbira, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an African musical instrument consisting of a hollow piece of wood, usually about eight inches long, with metal strips, inserted lengthwise, that vibrate when played with the thumb. The instrument is tuned to play tribal music while held in both hands with the palms upward. </DL> <A NAME="mbm"> M. b. m.,<DL COMPACT><DD> thousand feet board measure. </DL> <A NAME="mbs"> MBS (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Mutual Broadcasting System. </DL> <A NAME="mbuti"> Mbuti, noun, pl. -ti or -tis.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of certain Negroid pygmy people native to equatorial Africa and the Congo forests. </DL> <A NAME="mc"> m.c., transitive verb, intransitive verb, m.c.'d, m.c.'ing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to act as master of ceremonies (for). Ex. [He] wrote it, produced it, m.c.'d it, and, he now says, loved every minute of it (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="mc"> Mc- prefix.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variant of Mac ("son of"), as in McDonald. </DL> <A NAME="mc"> mc (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. megacycle or megacycles. <DD> 2. millicurie or millicuries. </DL> <A NAME="mc"> mc.,<DL COMPACT><DD> megacycle or megacycles. </DL> <A NAME="mc"> m.c. or MC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> master of ceremonies. </DL> <A NAME="mc"> M.C.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. master of ceremonies. <DD> 2. Medical Corps. <DD> 3. Member of Congress. <DD> 4. (British.) Military Cross. </DL> <A NAME="mccarthyism"> McCarthyism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the policy or practice of publicly accusing individuals or groups of political disloyalty and subversion, usually without sufficient evidence. Ex. McCarthyism breeds fear, suspicion and unrest. It turns neighbor against neighbor (New York Times). So McCarthyism--a synonym for reckless accusation--was born (Life). <DD> 2. the public investigation of Communist activities in the United States in the early 1950's, conducted in sensational public hearings. Ex. While this was going on, McCarthyism and attendant mental ills were preventing researchers here from even acknowledging that Russia possessed competent scientists (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="mccarthyite"> McCarthyite, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a follower of Senator Joseph McCarthy or a believer in McCarthyism. Ex. The Administration will not allow itself to be hamstrung by the McCarthyites and isolationists (Newsweek). <DD>adj. characteristic of McCarthyism. </DL> <A NAME="mccoy"> McCoy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) Usually, the real McCoy. the genuine article; the real thing. Ex. You can't fake this cigar; it's the real McCoy. </DL> <A NAME="mce"> M.C.E.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Civil Engineering. </DL> <A NAME="mcfd"> Mcfd (no periods) or M.C.F.D.,<DL COMPACT><DD> thousands of cubic feet per day. </DL> <A NAME="mch"> M.Ch.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Surgery (Latin, Magister Chirugiae). </DL> <A NAME="mcht"> mcht.,<DL COMPACT><DD> merchant. </DL> <A NAME="mcintosh"> McIntosh, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bright-red, early fall variety of eating apple. </DL> <A NAME="mcl"> M.C.L.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Master of Civil Law. <DD> 2. Master of Comparative Law. </DL> <A NAME="mcluhanism"> McLuhanism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the ideas and theories of the Canadian writer and communications specialist Marshall McLuhan, born 1911, especially his emphasis on the influence of electronic communications and the mass communications media in radically reshaping society. <DD> 2. a word or expression peculiar to Marshall McLuhan. Ex. These movies are all "non-linear," to use a favorite McLuhanism; they refuse to follow A-to-Z patterns (Marshall Delaney). </DL> <A NAME="mcluhanist"> McLuhanist, noun. =McLuhanite.</DL> <A NAME="mcluhanite"> McLuhanite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a follower or supporter of Marshall McLuhan and his ideas. </DL> <A NAME="mcm"> MCM (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1,000 circular mils. 1 MCM = 0.000785 sq. in. </DL> <A NAME="mcnaughtenrule"> McNaughten Rule, =M'Naghten Rule.</DL> <A NAME="mcp"> MCP (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) male chauvinist pig. Ex. A Doll's House, one of the genuine Ibsen masterpieces, was ... rescued by Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins as Nora and her MCP husband Torvald (National Review). </DL> <A NAME="mcpa"> MCPA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> a widely used herbicide for controlling broad-leaved weeds, especially in cereal crops. </DL> <A NAME="mcs"> mc/s or Mc/s (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> megacycles per second. </DL> <A NAME="mcs"> M.C.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Commercial Science. </DL> <A NAME="mcysec"> mcy sec (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> megacycles per second. </DL> <A NAME="md"> m/d (no periods) or m.d.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Commerce.) month's date; months after date. </DL> <A NAME="md"> Md (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> mendelevium (chemical element). </DL> <A NAME="md"> Md.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Maryland. </DL> <A NAME="md"> MD (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Doctor of Medicine (Latin, Medicinae Doctor). <DD> 2. Maryland (with postal Zip Code). <DD> 3. muscular dystrophy. </DL> <A NAME="md"> M/D (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Banking.) memorandum of deposit. </DL> <A NAME="md"> M.D.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Doctor of Medicine (Latin, Medicinae Doctor). <DD> 2. Medical Department. <DD> 3. (Banking.) memorandum of deposit. </DL> <A NAME="mdap"> MDAP (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Mutual Defense Assistance Program. </DL> <A NAME="mday"> M-day, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> mobilization day; the day on which the armed forces are officially mobilized. </DL> <A NAME="mdc"> MDC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> more developed country. Ex. The MDCs should make research facilities ... available to the LDCs (Annual Register). </DL> <A NAME="mdlle"> Mdlle.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Mademoiselle. </DL> <A NAME="mdm"> mdm.,<DL COMPACT><DD> madam. </DL> <A NAME="mdma"> MDMA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> methylenedioxy-methamphetamine, a stimulant drug that relaxes inhibitions, used in the treatment of phobias. </DL> <A NAME="mdme"> Mdme.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Madame. </DL> <A NAME="mdse"> mdse.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) merchandise. </DL> <A NAME="me"> me, pronoun.<DL COMPACT><DD> I and me mean the person speaking. Me is the objective case of I. Ex. She said "Give the dog to me. I like it and it likes me." expr. take it from me. See under take. </DL> <A NAME="me"> m.e.,<DL COMPACT><DD> marbled edges (in book manufacturing). </DL> <A NAME="me"> Me (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) methyl. </DL> <A NAME="me"> Me.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Maine. </DL> <A NAME="me"> ME (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Maine (with postal Zip Code). <DD> 2. Also, ME. Middle English. </DL> <A NAME="me"> M.E.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. marine engineer. <DD> 2. Master of Engineering. <DD> 3. mechanical engineer. <DD> 4. Methodist Episcopal. <DD> 5. Middle English. <DD> 6. mining engineer. </DL> <A HREF="meaculpa.dic">NEXT</A>