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Mainprise
- - A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. Wharton. (b) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
Malaprops
- noun - the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Manipular
- - Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.
Mansplain
- unknown - Condescending male explanation
Manyplies
- - The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.
Mariposan
- noun - a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley
Mariposas
- noun - any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
Mayapples
- noun - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
Mazopathy
- noun - any pathology of the breast
Mecoptera
- noun - an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip