| mayonnaise | A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Mayou, Marmaduke Stephen | <person> British ophthalmologist, 1876-1934. See: Batten-Mayou disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maypop | <botany> The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of the North American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as large as a small apple. Origin: Perh. Corrupt. Fr. Maracock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maytansine | <chemical> An ansa macrolide isolated from the east african shrubs maytenus serrata and m. Buchananii. It has antineoplastic activity, probably due to its inhibition of DNA synthesis. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, phytogenic, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors. Chemical name: Maytansine (12 Dec 1998) |
| mayweed | <botany> A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odour; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States. The feverfew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mayhem |
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band which was originally formed in 1983. The first band members were two schoolmates, Manheim on drums and Necrobutcher on bass. The name "Mayhem" was taken from the title of the Venom song "Mayhem With Mercy". Much controversy has surrounded the band regarding various murders, suicides, and other forms of violence. ...
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| mayfly |
(Fishing) The most beautiful of aquatic insects, the mayfly is characterized by an upswept wing and long, delicate two- or three-stranded tail. The mayfly goes through three stages -- egg, nymph, and adult -- then metamorphoses once again from a sub-imago adult to a spinner.
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| mayfly |
an aquatic macroinvertebrate of the order Ephemeroptera; larvae have three pairs of legs, one pair of antennae, three long tail filaments, and feathery or plate-like gills on their abdomen; sensitive to pollution.
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| mayhem |
crimes. The act of unlawfully and violently depriving another of the use of such of his members as may render him less able in fighting either to defend himself or annoy his adversary; and therefore the cutting or disabling, or weakening a man's hand or finger, or striking out his eye or foretooth, or depriving him of those parts the loss of which abates his courage, are held to be mayhems. But cutting off the ear or nose or the like, are not held to be mayhems at common law. 4 Bl. Com. 205.
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| May's spore s. |
a method of staining the spores of bacteria in which they are treated with 5 per cent chromic acid, then with ammonia, stained with hot carbol-fuchsin, decolorized with dilute sulfuric acid, and counterstained with methylene blue. The spores appear red, the vegetative cells blue.
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| May | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples |
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| May | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy |
| May | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples |
| May | North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit |
| May | by chance |
| May | an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider) |
| May | Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking |
| May | a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region |
| May | United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957) |
| May | United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972) |
| May | a genus of Cecidomyidae |
| May | small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains |