Archimandrite :: Archimandrite (n.) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church..

Archimandrite :: Archimandrite (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church..

Commandress :: Commandress (n.) A woman invested with authority to command.

Commandry :: Commandry (n.) See Commandery.

Demandress :: Demandress (n.) A woman who demands.

Mandragora :: Mandragora (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1..

Mandragorite :: Mandragorite (n.) One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..

Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum..

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor..

Mandrel :: Mandrel (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

Mandrill :: Mandrill (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red..

Salamandrina :: Salamandrina (n.) A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders..

Salamandrine :: Salamandrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire..

Salamandroid :: Salamandroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the salamanders.

Salamandroidea :: Salamandroidea (n. pl.) A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.

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