Definition of may

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May (n.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn..

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Timepleaser :: Timepleaser (n.) One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver..
Actionable :: Actionable (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable..
Subincusation :: Subimago (n.) A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago..
Access :: Access (n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land..
Expirable :: Expirable (a.) That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
Podophyllum :: Podophyllum (n.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug..
Endable :: Endable (a.) That may be ended; terminable.
Load :: Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters..
Quadrable :: Quadrable (a.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms..
Commensal :: Commensal (n.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association..
Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..
Making :: Making (n.) That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition; the material of which something may be made; as, early misfortune was the making of him..
Prairial :: Prairial (n.) The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire..
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
Banyan :: Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..
Vehicle :: Vehicle (n.) That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land..
Foreganger :: Foreganger (n.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin/ may be attached..
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..
Continuant :: Continuant (n.) A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
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