mahatmas in India, those of a class of wise and holy persons held in special regard or reverence.
maritime of or relating to sea navigation.
Master of Trinity Dean of Trinity College, Oxford.
mead an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey and water.
merlins small European or North American falcons with a striped, brownish-red breast.
Metheglyn a spiced or medicated kind of mead (a liquor made from fermented honey and water).
mews cages for hawks.
mews cages for hawks.
midden a dunghill or refuse heap.
milliard a billion.
Miss Edith Cavell (1865–1915); an English nurse executed by the Germans in World War I.
mnemonic a short phrase or sentence used to jog one's memory, such as Every Good Boy Does Fine to recall the five notes (E, G, B, D, F) on the musical scale.
morris dances old folk dances formerly common in England, especially on May Day, in which fancy costumes were worn, often those associated with characters in the Robin Hood legends.
mullions slender, vertical dividing bars between the lights of windows, doors, and so on.
mutes here, feces.
nigromant a magician.
nob the head.
Norman pertaining to the victors of the Norman Invasion of England (1066); the British kings from William the Conqueror (ruled 1066–1087) to Stephen (ruled 1135–1154) were Norman kings.
oleander a poisonous evergreen shrub.
Organon the title of Aristotle's (384–322 BC) writings on logic and thought.
Orion a constellation named after a mythical hunter.
