| CARDAMOMS | • cardamoms n. Plural of cardamom. • Cardamoms prop.n. Synonym of Cardamom Mountains. • CARDAMOM n. a spice consisting of or made from the seed capsules of various Indo-Malayan plants, also CARDAMON, CARDAMUM. |
| COMMANDER | • commander n. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization. • commander n. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain. • commander n. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons. |
| COMMUNARD | • communard n. A person who lives in a commune. • Communard n. (Historical) A member of the Paris Commune of 1871. • Communard n. (Historical) A supporter of their cause. |
| DERMATOME | • dermatome n. An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting. • dermatome n. An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root. • dermatome n. The cutis plate. |
| DRAMMOCKS | • DRAMMOCK n. (Gaelic) a mixture of raw meal and water, also DRAMMACH, DRUMMOCK. |
| FORMAMIDE | • formamide n. (Organic chemistry) The amide of formic acid HCO-NH2 or any N-substituted derivative; they are used… • FORMAMIDE n. a colourless hygroscopic liquid used as a solvent. |
| MACRODOME | • macrodome n. A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. • MACRODOME n. a dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. |
| MAJORDOMO | • majordomo n. The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy… • majordomo n. (US, Southwest) A manager of a hacienda, ranch or estate. • majordomo n. (Chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command. |
| MALFORMED | • malformed adj. Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed. • MALFORMED adj. badly formed. |
| MARASMOID | • marasmoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of marasmus. • MARASMOID adj. suffering from marasmus. |
| MARTYRDOM | • martyrdom n. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to… • martyrdom n. Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason. • MARTYRDOM n. the state of being a martyr. |
| MASTERDOM | • masterdom n. (Now rare) Dominion; rule, supremacy. • MASTERDOM n. dominion; rule; command. |
| MELODRAMA | • melodrama n. (Archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. • melodrama n. (Countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment… • melodrama n. (Uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion. |
| MELODRAME | • melodrame n. Obsolete form of melodrama. • MELODRAME n. a kind of romantic and sensational drama, also MELODRAMA. |
| MEMORANDA | • memoranda n. Plural of memorandum. • MEMORANDUM n. (Latin) a note to help the memory. |
| MONODRAMA | • monodrama n. (Theater) A play in the form of a monologue. • MONODRAMA n. a one-man show; a play having only one actor. |