<B>manorialism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the economic relationship of a feudal lord and his peasants by which they made a living from land. </DL>
<A NAME="manowar">
<B>man-o'-war, </B>noun, pl. <B>men-o'-war.</B> =man-of-war.</DL>
<A NAME="manowarbird">
<B>man-o'-war bird</B> or <B>hawk,</B> =frigate bird.</DL>
<A NAME="manpack">
<B>manpack, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that may be carried by one person. <BR> <I>Ex. a manpack radio set.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manpower">
<B>manpower, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>power supplied by the physical work of people. <DD><B> 2. </B>strength thought of in terms of the number of persons needed or available. <BR> <I>Ex. China has great potential military manpower.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a unit equivalent to the rate at which a man can do work, equal to 1/10 horsepower. <DD><B> b. </B>work done, expressed in terms of this unit. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with manpower. <BR> <I>Ex. the manpower problem, a manpower shortage.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manque">
<B>manque, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) defective or abortive; unfulfilled, unrealized, or frustrated. <BR> <I>Ex. a poet manque, an adventure manque. At heart every masseur is a doctor manque (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manquee">
<B>manquee, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) the feminine form of <B>manque.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="manrate">
<B>man-rate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-rated,</B> <B>-rating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to certify (a rocket or spacecraft) as safe for manned flight. <BR> <I>Ex. The lunar module ... was man-rated after one flight (Birmingham, Alabama, News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manrope">
<B>manrope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rope used as a handrail at the side of a ladder, gangway, or platform. </DL>
<A NAME="mansard">
<B>mansard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>mansard roof.</B> a four-sided roof with two slopes on each side. The lower slopes are nearly vertical and the upper slopes nearly flat, allowing greater headway throughout the top story. <BR> <I>Ex. The splendid mansard roof, with its double tier of dormers and fancy iron crestings (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the story under such a roof. </DL>
<A NAME="manse">
<B>manse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a minister's house; parsonage, especially of a Presbyterian minister in Scotland. <BR> <I>Ex. The pastor may remain on salary and continue to reside in the manse (Chicago Tribune).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) land sufficient to support a family. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) a mansion. </DL>
<A NAME="manservant">
<B>manservant, </B>noun, pl. <B>menservants.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a male servant. </DL>
<A NAME="manshift">
<B>man-shift, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the shift a man works each day, used as a unit in figuring cost, output, or other constituent of production. <BR> <I>Ex. The increase in productivity, as measured by output per manshift ... has averaged two per cent per annum cumulatively (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manship">
<B>-manship,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the art or skill of being, doing, or using (something) to one's own advantage. <BR> <I>Ex. Companies find that premium-manship is more convincing than quality control (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mansion">
<B>mansion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large house; stately residence. <BR> <I>Ex. the governor's mansion.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=manor house.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) a place to live in; abiding place. <BR> <I>Ex. the village preacher's modest mansion (Oliver Goldsmith).</I> <DD><B> 4a. </B>the sign of the zodiac in which the sun or a planet has its special residence. <BR> <I>Ex. Phebus the sun ... was ... in his mansion In Aries (Chaucer).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>one of the twenty-eight divisions of the moon's monthly path, according to Oriental and medieval astronomy. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) a staying in a place; sojourn. <BR><I>expr. <B>mansions,</B> </I>(British.) an apartment house or apartment. <BR> <I>Ex. The inhabitants of Cornwall Mansions ... have petitioned the Kensington Council to change the name to Cornwall-place (London Daily Chronicle).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mansize">
<B>man-size, </B>adjective. =man-sized.</DL>
<A NAME="mansized">
<B>man-sized, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>suitable for a full-grown man; large. <BR> <I>Ex. man-sized tools, man-sized portions.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) requiring a grown man's strength or maturity of judgment. <BR> <I>Ex. man-sized responsibilities.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manslaughter">
<B>manslaughter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the killing of a human being or beings. <BR> <I>Ex. The Indian massacre at Deerfield was nothing more nor less than manslaughter.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) the killing of a human being unlawfully but without deliberate intent or under strong provocation. <BR> <I>Ex. The charge against the prisoner was changed from murder to manslaughter. He was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manslayer">
<B>manslayer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who kills a human being. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who commits manslaughter. </DL>
<A NAME="manslaying">
<B>manslaying, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the act of killing a human being; homicide. <DD><I>adj. </I> that kills a human being; homicidal. </DL>
<A NAME="manstopper">
<B>manstopper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a manstopping bullet. </DL>
<A NAME="manstopping">
<B>manstopping, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having great force; designed to inflict a wound that will stop an advancing soldier. <BR> <I>Ex. a manstopping bullet.</I> </DL>
<B>mansuetude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) gentleness; meekness; mildness. <BR> <I>Ex. our Lord Himself, made all of mansuetude (Robert Browning).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="manta">
<B>manta, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a piece of cloth used as a cloak or wrap by women in Spain and Latin America. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of horse blanket. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Military.) a movable shelter formerly used by attacking soldiers for protection; mantelet. <BR> <I>Ex. Seizing their mantas ... they made a gallant assault (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=devilfish.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mantailored">
<B>man-tailored, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of women's coats, suits, or other garments) tailored in the manner or style of men's clothing. </DL>
<A NAME="mantaray">
<B>manta ray,</B> =devilfish.</DL>
<A NAME="manteau">
<B>manteau, </B>noun, pl. <B>-teaus,</B> <B>-teaux.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mantle or cloak. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a gown open in front to show the peticoat, formerly worn by women. <DD><B> b. </B>a loose upper garment. <BR> <I>Ex. Tell my gentlewoman to bring my black scarf and manteau (Scott).</I> <DD><B> c. </B><B>=mantua.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mantel">
<B>mantel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shelf above a fireplace with its supports. <BR> <I>Ex. The fireplace looked very plain after we removed the mantel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the shelf itself; mantelpiece. <BR> <I>Ex. The picture above the fireplace fell to the mantel.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the decorative framework around a fireplace. <BR> <I>Ex. a mantel of tile.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mantelet">
<B>mantelet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a short mantle or cape. <BR> <I>Ex. a lady in a little lace mantelet (Thackeray).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=manta </B>(def. 3). <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=devilfish.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mantelletta">
<B>mantelletta, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sleeveless, knee-length silk or wool vestment, worn by cardinals, bishops, and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church. </DL>
<B>mantic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with divination. <DD><B> 2. </B>having the power of divination; prophetic. </DL>
<A NAME="manticore">
<B>manticore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fabulous monster having the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the tail or sting of a scorpion. </DL>
<A NAME="mantid">
<B>mantid, </B>noun. =mantis.</DL>
<A NAME="mantilla">
<B>mantilla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a veil or scarf, often of lace, covering the hair and falling down over the shoulders. Spanish and Latin-American women often wear mantillas. <BR> <I>Ex. Her rosepoint lace veil was arranged mantilla fashion (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a short mantle or cape. </DL>
<A NAME="mantis">
<B>mantis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tises,</B> <B>-tes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large insect that holds its forelegs doubled up as if praying; praying mantis. It eats other insects. </DL>
<A NAME="mantiscrab">
<B>mantis crab</B> or <B>shrimp,</B> =squilla.</DL>
<A NAME="mantissa">
<B>mantissa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the decimal part of a logarithm. In the logarithm 2.95424, the characteristic is 2 and the mantissa is .95424. </DL>
