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Dictionary: mesa
DEFINITION: (noun) A broad, flat-topped elevation with one or more clifflike sides, common in the southwest United States.

Dictionary: motley
DEFINITION: (adjective) Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds.

Dictionary: marionette
DEFINITION: (noun) A jointed puppet manipulated from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs.

Dictionary: maverick
DEFINITION: (adjective) Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence.

Dictionary: manger
DEFINITION: (noun) A trough or an open box in which feed for livestock is placed.

Dictionary: mugwump
DEFINITION: (noun) A person who acts independently or remains neutral, especially in politics.

Dictionary: mince
DEFINITION: (verb) To moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum; euphemize.

Dictionary: menagerie
DEFINITION: (noun) The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.

Dictionary: morass
DEFINITION: (noun) A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

Dictionary: matriarch
DEFINITION: (noun) A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe.

Dictionary: monomania
DEFINITION: (noun) Pathological obsession with one idea or subject.

Dictionary: magnanimous
DEFINITION: (adjective) Courageously noble in mind and heart.

Dictionary: menage
DEFINITION: (noun) People living together as a unit; a household.

Dictionary: myopia
DEFINITION: (noun) A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness.

Dictionary: midden
DEFINITION: (noun) A dunghill or refuse heap.

Dictionary: myelinated
DEFINITION: (adj.) Covered with a layer of myelin.

Dictionary: multifarious
DEFINITION: (adjective) Having great variety; diverse.

Dictionary: malediction
DEFINITION: (noun) The calling down of a curse.

Dictionary: melange
DEFINITION: (noun) A mixture.

Dictionary: milium
DEFINITION: (noun) A small, white or yellowish cystlike mass just below the surface of the skin, caused by retention of the secretion of a sebaceous gland.