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Malposition
() A wrong position.
Malpractice
() Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
Malt
() Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
Malt
() Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
Malted
() of Malt
Malting
() of Malt
Malt
() To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
Malt
() To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.
Maltalent
() Ill will; malice.
Maltese
() Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.
Maltese
() A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.
Maltha
() A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.
Maltha
() Mortar.
Malthusian
() Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories.
Mathusian
() A follower of Malthus.
Malthusianism
() The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.
Maltin
() Alt. of Maltine
Maltine
() The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.
Malting
() The process of making, or of becoming malt.
Maltmen
() of Maltman
Maltman
() A man whose occupation is to make malt.
Maltonic
() Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic.
Maltose
() A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
Maltreated
() of Maltreat
Maltreating
() of Maltreat
Maltreat
() To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Maltreament
() Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.
Maltster
() A maltman.
Maltworm
() A tippler.
Malty
() Consisting, or like, malt.
Mala
() of Malum
Malum
() An evil. See Mala.
Malvaceous
() Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.
Malversation
() Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
Malvesie
() Malmsey wine. See Malmsey.
Mam
() Mamma.
Mama
() See Mamma.
Mamaluke
() Same as Mameluke.
Mamelon
() A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
Mameluco
() A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
Mameluke
() One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
Mamillated
() See Mammillated.
Mamma
() Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
Mammae
() of Mamma
Mamma
() A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.
Mammals
() of Mammal
Mammal
() One of the Mammalia.
Mammalia
() The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.
Mammalian
() Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.
Mammaliferous
() Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.