macroweatherLonger-term average weather, covering a duration between that of weather and climate.
macroworldA world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
macrozamiaAny plant of the Macrozamia taxonomic genus.
macrurousOf or pertaining to an obsolete subdivision of crustaceans, Macrura, having long tails.
MacSpaundayThe four poets Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender, W. H. Auden, and Cecil Day-Lewis, who shared certain left-wing views and produced important works in the 1930s.
mactationThe act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
MacTavishA surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
MactelThe computing environment of the Apple operating system running on an Intel CPU.
mactraAny marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum.
mactridAny of the family Mactridae of saltwater clams.
maculaAn oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
maculacyThe quality of being maculate, stained or blemished.
macularRelating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision
maculeleAn Afro-Brazilian dance and martial art in which a number of people gather in a circle and rhythmically strike sticks together to accompany singing.
macumbaA type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion.
MadchesterAn alternative rock genre and associated social scene that originated in Manchester, England, in the late 1980s, influenced by indie, psychedelic and dance music.
maddahArabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).