Maledict The Maledict is the final boss in the first-person shooter '. It was first shown in Doom 3's ending cinematic and appeared to have the head of Dr. Betruger on the end of its tongue. It is shown on Resurrection's box art.
	Maleficent Maleficent is a fictional character, the wicked dark fairy who appears in Walt Disney's 1959 adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent is a Latin-derived word meaning harmful or evil. She was animated by Marc Davis, and voiced by Eleanor Audley.
	Maleic acid Maleic acid or (Z)-butenedioic acid or cis-butenedioic acid or malenic acid or maleinic acid or toxilic acid is an organic compound which is a dicarboxylic acid. The molecule consists of an ethylene group flanked by two carboxylic acid groups.
	Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is the second largest country among West African nations. It borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Cte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west.
	Mallard The Mallard.jpg|Female Image:Female_mallard_with_ducklings.jpg|Female with young ducklings Image:Ducklings_Resting.jpg|Mother with older ducklings Image:Female mallard on grass.jpg|Female walking on grass Image:Duck UConn 01.jpg|Female mallard
	Mallet A mallet is a type of hammer, and is manufactured in different designs according to their intended use. These uses include manufacturing and construction, sports such as croquet and polo, and as a type of drumstick.
	Malnutrition Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. It most often refers to undernutrition resulting from inadequate consumption, poor absorption, or excessive loss of nutrients, but the term can also encompass overnutrition, resulting from overeating or excessive intake of specific nutrients.
	Malpighia Malpighia is a genus of about 45 species of shrubs or small trees in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America. The species grow to 1-6 m tall, with a dense, often Spine crown. The leaf are evergreen, simple, 0.5-15 cm long, with an entire or serrated margin.
	Malt Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then are quickly dried before the plant develops. The term malt refers to several products of the process: * The grains to which this process has been applied, for example malted barley;
	Malt liquor Malt liquor is an United States term referring to a type of beer that has a high ethanol content and is therefore considered too alcoholic to be called "beer". In the United Kingdom, similar beers are called super lager.
	Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation consisting of an archipelago of Maltese islands in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Malta lies directly south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya.
	Maltese cross The Maltese cross is identified as the symbol of a christian warrior. The cross is eight-pointed and has the shape of four "V" shaped arms joined together at their bases, so that each arm has two points. Its design is based on crosses used since the First Crusade. The eight points are said to symbolise the chivalry virtues:
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	Malus Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30-35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including most importantly the domesticated Apple. The other species are generally known as "wild apples", "crab apples", "crabapples" or "crabs", this name being derived from their small and sour, unpalatable fruit.
	Malva Malva is a genus of about 25 species of herbaceous plants in the family Malvaceae, one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe.
	Malvaceae Malvaceae is family of flowering plants containing Malva, the mallow genus, and its relatives. There are two main views on the circumscription of the family. One view takes the traditionally narrow view of the family, Malvaceae sensu stricto. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system takes a broader circumscription on the basis of molecular phylogenies that show that while Malvaceae s.s.
	Malvales Malvales is the name of an Scientific classification of flowering plants. As circumscribed by Angiosperm Phylogeny Group-system, it includes about 6000 species within nine Scientific classification. The order is placed in the eurosids II, which are part of the eudicots.
	Malvaviscus Malvaviscus is a genus of three species of shrubs in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to tropical The Americas from Florida and Mexico south to Peru and Brazil. The flowers resemble those of the related genus Hibiscus, except that the petals are folded spirally, and open only a short way to form a tube-shaped flower, to encourage pollination by hummingbirds.
	Malvina Hoffman Malvina Hoffman, was an American sculpture, made famous by her life-size sculptures.
	Mama's Boys Mama's Boys were a 1980s hard rock/heavy metal music group from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland featuring the three McManus brothers Pat, a.k.a. 'The Professor",, John, Tommy. Later in their career they became a four-piece adding Keith Murrell on vocals in 1987 and replacing him with Mike Wilson in 1989.
	Mamba for other uses, see Mamba Mambas, of the genus Dendroaspis, are fast-moving tree-dwelling snakes of Africa. They are very venomous, with a potent neurotoxin venom that is often fatal to humans without access to proper Snakebite#Pressure immobilization and subsequent antivenom treatment.
	Mammee apple Mammea americana, commonly known as Mammee, mammee apple, Mamey, mamey apple, San Domingo apricot or South American apricot, is an evergreen tree of the family Clusiaceae, whose fruit is edible. The species is a close relative of the mangosteen.
	Mammillaria The genus Mammillaria is one of the largest in the cactus family Cactus, with currently 171 known species and variety recognized. The first was described by Carolus Linnaeus as Cactus mammillaris in 1753, deriving name from Latin mammilla = nipple, referring to the tubercules that are one of the plant's specific features.
	Mammillary body The mammillary bodies are a pair of small round bodies in the brain forming part of the limbic system. They are located at the ends of the anterior arches of the fornix, and are named mammillary for their resemblance to two breasts. They consist of two groups of nuclei, the medial mammillary nuclei and lateral mammillary nuclei nuclei.
	Mammography Mammography is the process of using low-dose X-rays to examine the human breast. It is used to look for different types of tumors and cysts. Mammography has been proven to reduce mortality from breast cancer. No other imaging technique has been shown to reduce risk, but self-breast examination and physician examination are essential parts of regular breast care.
	Mammon Mammon is used in the New Testament to describe material wealth or greed.
	Mammoth A mammoth is any of a number of an extinct genus of elephant, often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived during the Pleistocene epoch from 1.6 million years ago to around 3,500 years ago. The word mammoth comes from the Russian language ?????? .
	Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most extensive cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth Cave System, though it could be argued that it should be called the Flint-Mammoth-Toohey-Eudora-Joppa-Jim Lee Ridge Cave System—to account for the ridges under which the cave has formed.
	Mamoncillo The mamoncillo, also known as the mamn, chenet, guaya, gnep, ginep, genip, guinep, ginnip, quenepa, Spanish lime, or limoncillo, is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to a wide area of the American tropics including Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname and the Caribbean.
	Man For the history and usage of the word "man", see man A man is a male human. The term man is usually used for an adult, with the term boy being the usual term for a male child or adolescent . However, the term is also used for a male human regardless of age, sometimes even extended to more primitive humanoids then the present species Homo sapiens sapiens, as in apeman.
	Man of the World Man of the World was an Associated TeleVision drama series, distributed by ITC Entertainment. It ran in the UK in 1962 and 1963 for 20 one-hour episodes in monochrome. The series starred Craig Stevens as Michael Strait, a world-renowned photographer whose assignments led him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous.
	Man-At-Arms Man-At-Arms is the alias of Duncan, a supporting character from the 1983-1985 cartoon-series He-Man by Filmation and also a featured character of the Masters of the Universe toy-line by Mattel. In the 1980s cartoon, Duncan is an inventor, soldier and foster-father of Teela, as well as a mentor to Prince Adam/He-Man.
	Man-Made Man-Made is the eighth album by United Kingdom alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released in 2005. It is the band's first release on their own PeMa label.
	Managua Managua, with a population of about 1,723,100 in 2004, is the capital of Nicaragua. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua, at , the city was made the national capital in 1855; previously the capital had alternated between the cities of Len, Nicaragua and Granada, Nicaragua.
	Manakin The manakins are a family of some sixty small passerine Aves species of subtropical and tropical mainland Central America and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. These are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly coloured, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged.
	Manama Manama is the capital city of Bahrain and is the country's largest city with a population of approximately 155,000, roughly a quarter of country's entire population. Manama is located at . Manama was mentioned in Islam chronicles at least as far back as 1345. It was conquered by the Portugal in 1521 and then by the Iran in 1602.
	Manatee Manatees are large aquatic mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The name comes from the Spanish manat, which itself comes from a Carib word meaning "breast." The Trichechidae differ from the Dugongidae in the shape of the skull and the shape of the tail. Dugongs have a forked tail, similar in shape to a whale's, while manatees' tails are paddle-shaped.
	Manchester The City of Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in the North of England, historically notable for its central role in the Industrial Revolution. Today it is a centre of the arts, the News media, higher education and commerce and considered by some to be the country's Second city of the United Kingdom .
	Manchester Terrier The Manchester Terrier is a dog breed of dog.
	Manchu The Manchu are a Tungusic peoples who originated in Manchuria. During the Manchu conquest in the 17th century, they conquered Ming Dynasty China and founded the Qing Dynasty in its place. The Qing Empire ruled China until its abolition in 1912 in the Chinese Xinhai Revolution, which established the Republic of China in its place.
	Manchuria Manchuria is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria either falls entirely within People's Republic of China, or is divided between China and Russia. Manchuria was the traditional homeland of the Xianbei, the Khitan, the Jurchen, who built several dynasties within both Manchuria and China, and most recently and famously the Manchu, who lent their name to the region and, in the 17th century, conquered and ruled China until the collapse
	Mandala Mandala is of Hinduism origin and is also used in most Dharmic religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, to refer to various tangible objects. In practice, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern which represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
	Mandalay Mandalay is the second largest city in Myanmar with a population of 927,000, agglomeration 2.5 million. It is the last royal capital of Myanmar and capital of the current Mandalay Division. The city is bounded by the Ayeyarwady River to the west and is located at , 716 km north of Yangon.
	Mandarin orange The Mandarin orange or Mandarin is a small citrus tree with fruit resembling the Orange. The fruit is Spheroid, rather than sphere, and roughly resembles a pumpkin in shape. Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain or in fruit salads. Specifically reddish orange Mandarin cultivars can be marketed as a tangerine, but this is not a botanical classification.
	Mandatory #REDIRECT Mandate
	Mandé Mand? is an ethnic group of West Africa. Speakers of the Mande languages are found in Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire and Northern Ghana. Linguistically, the Mande languages belong to a divergent branch of the Niger-Congo languages.
	Mandelbrot set The Mandelbrot set is a fractal that has become popular far outside of mathematics both for its aesthetic appeal and its complicated structure, arising from a simple definition. This is largely due to the efforts of Benot Mandelbrot and others, who worked hard to communicate this area of mathematics to the general public.
	Mandevilla Mandevilla is a genus of plants. It consists of about 100 species, mostly tropical and subtropical flowering vines belonging to the family Apocynaceae, the Periwinkle family. Mandevillas develop spectacular flowers in warm climates. The flowers come in a variety of colours, including white, pink, yellow, and red.
	Mandola The mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted string instrument musical instrument. The mandola has four double courses for a total of eight strings. The instrument is tuned in fifths, to the pitches of the viola, a fifth lower than a mandolin; the courses are tuned in unison rather than in octaves.
	Mandolin A mandolin is a small, plucked, stringed musical instrument, descended from the mandora. It is characterized by: * Eight strings in four pairs , normally tuned to the tones g, d', a', and e" , that are plucked with a plectrum, * A body with a teardrop-shaped soundtable , or one that is essentially oval in shape,
	Mandrel A mandrel is either an object used to shape machined work; a tool manufacturing that grips or clamps materials to be machined; or a tool component that can be used to grip other moving tool components. An example of one type of mandrel is a shaped bar of metal inserted in, or next to, an item to be machined or bent in a certain pattern.
	Mandrill The Mandrill is a primate of the Cercopithecidae family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Drill. Both the Mandrill and the Drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has determined that they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus.
	Mandrillus Mandrillus is the genus of the Mandrill and its close relative the Drill. These two species are closely related to the baboons, and until recently were lumped together as a single subspecies of baboon. Both Mandrillus species have long furrows on either side of their elongated snouts.
	Manduca Manduca is a genus of the Sphingidae family of moths. Some moths contained within the Genus are: *Manduca albiplaga, *Manduca brontes *Manduca corallina *Manduca florestan *Manduca hannibal *Manduca jasminearum, *Manduca muscosa *Manduca ochus
	Maned Wolf The Maned Wolf is the largest canidae of South America, resembling a dog with reddish fur. It is called lobo-guar in Portuguese language, aguara guaz in Guaran language, and zorro rojizo in Spanish language.
	Manganese Manganese is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
	Manganese Bronze Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC is an engineering company based in Coventry, England. The company manufactures a range of automotive parts, but is most famous for manufacturing London Black Taxis. Manganese Bronze Holdings is split into four divisions: *London Taxis International which manufactures London Black Taxis for distribution throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide;
	Mange Mange is an irritation of the skin, primarily resulting in hair loss and sometimes including itching and inflammation, all of which are caused by microscopic mites. Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canidae, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, and occasionally in humans.
	Mango he mango is a genus of about 35 species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. No one knows the exact origins of the mango but most believe that it is native to the Southern and Southeast Asian continent including Eastern India, Burma, and Bangladesh after fossil records were found there dating back 25 to 30 million years.
	Mangosteen The mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree, believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. The tree grows from 7 to 25 meters tall. The edible fruit is deep reddish purple when ripe. The fragrant fruit is sweet and creamy, citrusy with a touch of peach flavor.
	Mangrove Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats or mangal, for which the term mangrove swamp also applies. Mangrove plants are found in depositional coastal environments where fine sediments, often with high organic content, collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.
	Manhattan Manhattan is both the Island of Manhattan and encompasses most of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the five boroughs of New York City. The commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums and universities. It is also home to the headquarters of the United Nations and the seat of city government.
	Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project refers to the effort to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II by the United States with assistance from the United Kingdom and Canada. Formally designated as the Manhattan Engineering District , it refers specifically to the period of the project from 1942-1946 under the control of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, under the administration of General Leslie Groves, with its scientific research directed by the A
	Manhole cover A maintenance cover or manhole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a maintenance hole, to prevent someone from falling in and to keep unauthorized persons out. Manhole covers usually weigh more than 100 pounds, partly because the weight keeps them in place when traffic passes over them, and partly because they are often made out of cast iron, sometimes with infills of concrete.
	Manichaeism Manichaeism was one of the major ancient religions of Iranian origin. Though its organized form is mostly extinct today, a revival has been attempted under the name of Neo-Manichaeism. However, most of the writings of the founding prophet Mani have been lost. Some scholars argue that its influence subtly continues in Western Christian thought via Saint Augustine of Hippo, who converted to Christianity from Manichaeism, which he passionately denounced in his writings, and whose writings continue to be
	Manicure A manicure is a cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands enjoyed by both sexes. A manicure can treat just the hands, just the nails, or both. A standard manicure usually includes filing and shaping of the nails and the application of Fingernail polish. Some speciality manicures, such as the French Manicure, may also be offered.
	Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny is a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious and inevitable. Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, "Manifest Destiny" eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the territorial expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean.
	Manifold A manifold is an abstract topological space in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean geometry, but in which the global structure may be more complicated. In discussing manifolds, the idea of dimension is important. For example, line are one-dimensional, and plane two-dimensional.
	Manihot Manihot is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising 98 species found in tropical and warm Americas. The best known member of this genus is the cassava. Manihot species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita and Hypercompe.
	Manila The City of Manila, or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. The city is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on Luzon, the country's largest island. Manila is the hub of a thriving metropolitan area home to over 10 million people. The Metro Manila area also known as the National Capital Region, of which the City of Manila is a part, is a much bigger metropolis consisting of 17 cities and municipalities.