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Lysosomes
- noun - an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)
Lysozymes
- noun - an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
Macaroons
- noun - chewy cookie usually containing almond paste
Maccabees
- - The name given in later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 b. c., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.
Macerates
- verb - become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"
- cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
- separate into constituents by soaking
- soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
Machilids
- noun - wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
Machismos
- noun - exaggerated masculinity
Mackerels
- noun - any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
- flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
Mackinaws
- noun - a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
- a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design
- a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
- a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
Maconnais
- noun - fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry