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Lyrated
- - Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
Macabre
- adjective - shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
- Sick or Grotesque
Macacus
- - A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies, now usually called Macaca. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows. See also Macaca.
Macadam
- noun - a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
- broken stone used in macadamized roadways
Macamba
- noun - tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts
Macaque
- noun - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
Macaron
- unknown - a sweet circular confection
Macauco
- - Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.
Madakes
- noun - large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere
Mahagua
- noun - erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
- shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament