Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 14

Manipular (a.) Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.

Manipular (a.) Manipulatory; as, manipular operations.

Manipulated (imp. & p. p.) of Manipulate

Manipulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manipulate

Manipulate (v. t.) To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.

Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns.

Manipulate (v. i.) To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.

Manipulation (n.) The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.

Manipulation (n.) The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.

Manipulation (n.) Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

Manipulative (a.) Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

Manipulator (n.) One who manipulates.

Manipulatory (a.) Of or pertaining to manipulation.

Manis (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.

Manito (n.) Alt. of Manitu

Manitou (n.) Alt. of Manitu

Manitu (n.) A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.

Manitrunk (n.) The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.

Mankind (n.) The human race; man, taken collectively.

Mankind (n.) Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.

Mankind (n.) Human feelings; humanity.

Mankind (a.) Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.

Manks (a.) Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of Man.

Manks (n.) The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.

Manless (a.) Destitute of men.

Manless (a.) Unmanly; inhuman.

Manlessly (adv.) Inhumanly.

Manlike (a.) Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.

Manliness (n.) The quality or state of being manly.

Manling (n.) A little man.

Manly (superl.) Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

Manly (adv.) In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; as, to act manly.

Manna (n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.

Manna (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.

Manna (n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.

Manna croup () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.

Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.

Manner (n.) Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

Manner (n.) Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.

Manner (n.) Customary method of acting; habit.

Manner (n.) Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.

Manner (n.) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

Manner (n.) Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.

Manner (n.) Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.

Mannered (a.) Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self.

Mannered (a.) Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity.

Mannerism (n.) Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

Mannerist (n.) One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.

Mannerliness (n.) The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.

Mannerly (a.) Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.

Mannerly (adv.) With good manners.

Mannheim gold () A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.

Mannide (n.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.

Mannish (a.) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.

Mannish (a.) Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.

Mannish (a.) Fond of men; -- said of a woman.

Mannitan (n.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.

Mannitate (n.) A salt of mannitic acid.

Mannite (n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.

Mannite (n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.

Mannitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.

Mannitol (n.) The technical name of mannite. See Mannite.

Mannitose (n.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose.

Manoeuvre (n. & v.) See Maneuver.

Men-of-war (pl. ) of Manofwar

Manofwar (n) A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.

Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.

Manometric (a.) Alt. of Manometrical

Manometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.

Manor (n.) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.

Manor (n.) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.

Manorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manor.

Manoscope (n.) Same as Manometer.

Manoscopy (n.) The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.

Manovery (n.) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

Manqueller (n.) A killer of men; a manslayer.

Manred (n.) Alt. of Manrent

Manrent (n.) Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage.

Manrope (n.) One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.

Mansard roof () A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.

Manse (n.) A dwelling house, generally with land attached.

Manse (n.) The parsonage; a clergyman's house.

Manservant (n.) A male servant.

Mansion (n.) A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.

Mansion (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.

Mansion (n.) The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution.

Mansion (v. i.) To dwell; to reside.

Mansionary (a.) Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.

Mansionry (n.) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place.

Manslaughter (n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.

Manslaughter (n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

Manslayer (n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

Manstealer (n.) A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.

Manstealing (n.) The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them.

Mansuete (a.) Tame; gentle; kind.

Mansuetude (n.) Tameness; gentleness; mildness.

Manswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.

Manta (n.) See Coleoptera and Sea devil.

Mantchoo (a. & n.) Same as Manchu.

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