macaw

long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots ;

macbeth

king of Scotland (died in 1057) ;

macdowell

United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908) ;

mace

a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority ; spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed ; an official who carries a mace of office ; (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization ;

macebearer

an official who carries a mace of office ;

macedoine

mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold ;

macedon

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 ;

macedonia

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 ; landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 ;

macedonian

the Slavic language of modern Macedonia ; a native or inhabitant of Macedon ;

macedonian war

one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province ;

macer

an official who carries a mace of office ;

maceration

extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) ; softening due to soaking or steeping ;

macgregor

Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) ;

macguffin

(film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films" ;

mach

Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916) ;

mach number

the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound ;

machaeranthera

wildflowers of western North America ;

machaeranthera bigelovii

wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona ;

machaeranthera tanacetifolia

wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico ;

machaeranthera tortifoloia

wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah ;

machete

a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation ;

machiavelli

a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527) ;

machiavellian

a follower of Machiavelli's principles ;

machiavellianism

the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government ;

machicolation

a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy ;

machilid

wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed ;

machilidae

jumping bristletails ;

machination

a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends ;

machinator

a member of a conspiracy ;

machine

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" ; any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks ; a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point ; a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" ; an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine" ; an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine" ;

machine-displayable text

electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image ;

machine-oriented language

a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers ;

machine-readable text

electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats ;

machine bolt

a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end; tightened with a wrench; used to connect metal parts ;

machine code

a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation ;

machine gun

a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) ;

machine gunner

a serviceman in the artillery ;

machine language

a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation ; a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers ;

machine operation

an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform ;

machine pistol

a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun ;