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a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted flatness: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss felt: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" flat: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
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| maturity-onset diabetes mellitus |
type II diabetes: mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
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| maturation |
coming to full development; becoming mature growth: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" festering: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
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| maturity |
adulthood: the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed state of being mature; full development the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid
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| mate |
the officer below the master on a commercial ship teammate: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" spouse: a person's partner in marriage match: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea informal term for a friend of the same sex copulate: make love; "Birds mate in the Spring" South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate match: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" checkmate: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king checkmate: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
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