majority rule

the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group ;

majors

the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) ;

majuscule

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" ;

mak

a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fights the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda ;

makaira

marlins ;

makaira albida

small marlin (to 180 pounds) of western Atlantic ;

makaira marlina

large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds ;

makaira mazara

large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds ;

makaira mitsukurii

Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes ;

makaira nigricans

largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas ;

makalu

a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high) ;

makarios iii

Greek Orthodox bishop and archbishop of Cyprus and the first president of independent Cyprus (1913-1977) ;

makataimeshekiakiak

Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838) ;

make

the act of mixing cards haphazardly ; a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" ;

make-believe

the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" ; imaginative intellectual play ;

make-do

something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency ;

make-peace

someone who tries to bring peace ;

make-up

cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance ;

make-work

active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork" ;

makedonija

the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria ;

makeover

a complete reconstruction and renovation of something; "the blighted neighborhood underwent a total makeover" ; an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance ;

maker

a business engaged in manufacturing some product ; terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God ; a person who makes things ;

makeready

final preparation and adjustments ;

makeshift

something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency ;

makeup

cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance ; the way in which someone or something is composed ; an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later" ;

makeweight

a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight ; anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights" ;

makin

battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting ;

making

the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" ; (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake" ; an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" ;

making known

a speech act that conveys information ;

making love

sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" ;

making water

a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" ;

mako

powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific ;

mako shark

powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific ;

makomako

graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine ;

maksim gorky

Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts ;

maksutov telescope

reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens ;

maktab al-khidmat

a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fights the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda ;

mal de la rosa

a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments ;

mal de mer

motion sickness experienced while traveling on water ;

mal rosso

a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments ;