Glossary · Adjectives · M
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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Materialadjectiveconcerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-beingcandidate
Materialisticadjectivea noticeable focus on and/or admiration for consumer goods, particularly expensive luxury items, or wealth in general candidate
Matriarchicadjective(of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female linecandidate
Maxillofacialadjectiveof or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla)candidate
Mealyadjectivecomposed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistencycandidate
Mealymouthedadjectivehesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisycandidate
Meanadjective(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generositycandidate
Mediaevaladjectiveas if belonging to the Middle Ages, usually due to brutality or antiquitycandidate
Medianadjectiverelating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)candidate
Medicaladjectiverequiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgerycandidate
Medicallyadjectiverelating to general medicine or its practice; used to distinguish from things relating to surgerycandidate
Medicolegaladjectivepertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information)candidate
Mediterraneanadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Seacandidate