minority
The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
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managing
management
makeup
An item's composition.
medal
A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
mortgage
A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property.
maintained
showing maintenance or attention
merely
Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
monitor
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
meets
Forming a combination or nexus of.
masters
A master's degree.
monitoring
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
mechanical
Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
manual
Synonym of handbook.
murdered
That has been murdered.
mask
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
midnight
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
mi
A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
mall
A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
mature
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
margin
The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
mechanism
Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
moderate
Not excessive; acting in moderation
mainstream
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
Menu
In Hindu philoso- phy, one of a class of Demiurges of whom the first is identified with Brahma. Brahma divided himself into male and female, these produced Viraj, from whom sprang the first Menu, a kind of secondary creator.
mounted
On horseback.
mutual
Having the same relationship, each to each other.
maintaining
The act of doing maintenance.
measured
That has been determined by measurement.
mercy
Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
modified
changed; altered
municipal
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
maker
Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
magical
Of, relating to, or by means of magic.
motivation
Willingness of action especially in behavior.
manufacturer
A person or company that manufactures.
marijuana
The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
MD
Medicinae Doctor: Symbol indicating a higher research doctorate in medicine; Doctor of Medicine
mentally
In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
mar
To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
Mississippi
Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
metro
A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
metropolitan
A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
mixture
The act of mixing.
Madison
A particular line dance commonly danced to the Ike & Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits (though predating that song's release).
magnetic
Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
mysterious
Of unknown origin.
manhattan
a bar chart representing the number of runs scored in each over (supposed to resemble a skyline of skyscrapers).
marathon
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
marvel
That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
moreover
In addition to what has been said.
mathematics
An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
medication
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
minded
Having or exemplifying a mind of the stated type, nature or inclination.
mason
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
meaningful
Having meaning, significant.
migration
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
missile
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
motivated
Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.
mandatory
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
manufactured
manmade; produced by humans rather than nature