Luxuriancy, n. Exuberance, superabundance, profusion, rank growth.

Luxuriant, a. Exuberant, profuse, superabundant, plentiful, plenteous.

Luxuriate, v. n. 1. Flourish, grow luxuriantly.

2. Revel, wanton, live luxuriously, live in clover.

Luxurious, a. Voluptuous, given to luxury.

Luxuriously, ad. Voluptuously, in luxury, in clover, on velvet, on a bed of roses, in the lap of luxury.

Luxury, n. 1. Voluptuousness, luxuriousness, sensuality, epicurism.

2. Pleasure, gratification.

3. Dainty, treat.

Lye, n. Lixivium.

Lying, a. False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue.

Lying, n. Falsehood.

Lying-in, Childbirth.

Lynch, v. a. [U. S.] Punish without trial, inflict summary punishment on.

Lynch law, [U. S.] Mob law.

Lynx, n. Lusern.

Lynx-eyed, a. Discerning, perspicacious, sharp-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed.

Lyric, n. Lyric poem.

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Macaroni, n. 1. Italian paste, Genoese paste.

2. Beau, exquisite, fop, popinjay, coxcomb, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.

Macerate, v. a. 1. Mortify, make lean, wear away.

2. Soften (by steeping), steep, soak, digest.

Maceration, n. 1. Mortification.

2. Softening, steeping, soaking.

Machiavelian, a. Artful, designing, insidious, sly, shrewd, astute, subtle, diplomatic, arch, intriguing, cunning, crafty, wily, crooked, tricky, deceitful.

Machiavelism, n. Duplicity, chicane, guile, chicanery, trickery, cunning, circumvention, deceit, deception, artifice, dissimulation, double-dealing, hocus-pocus.

Machination, n. Plot, complot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, trick.

Machine, n. Engine, piece of mechanism.

Machinery, n. 1. Enginery, mechanism.

2. Supernatural agency (in poems).

Macrocosm, n. Universe, great world, wide world.

Maculate, a. Spotted.

Maculated, a. Spotted.

Mad, a. 1. Insane, crazy, crazed, distracted, lunatic, delirious, out of one's head.

2. Frantic, furious, enraged, raging, violent.

3. Angry, exasperated, provoked, incensed, in a passion.

Madcap, n. Hotspur, blood, wild fellow, hot-brained or hot-headed fellow.

Madden, v. a. Irritate, provoke, enrage, infuriate, exasperate, inflame, make mad, drive mad, turn one's head, lash into fury, make one's blood boil.

Madhouse, n. Bedlam, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane.

Madman, n. Lunatic, maniac, bedlamite, insane person, crazy person.

Madness, n. 1. Insanity, derangement, craziness, lunacy, distraction, mania, mental aberration.

2. Frenzy, fury, rage.

Madrigal, n. Pastoral poem.

Magazine, n. 1. Warehouse, storehouse, entrepot.

2. Periodical pamphlet.

Maggot, n. 1. Grub.

2. Caprice, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, humor, fancy, whimsey, wrinkle, odd fancy.

Maggoty, a. 1. Fly-blown, full of maggots.

2. Whimsical, crotchety, capricious, fantastic, fantastical, odd, strange.

Magic, n. Sorcery, necromancy, enchantment, the black art.

Magic, a. Necromantic.

Magical, a. Necromantic.

Magician, n. Sorcerer, enchanter, necromancer, conjurer.

Magilp, n. Gumption.

Magisterial, a. Domineering, lordly, imperious, proud, arrogant, lofty.

Magistrate, n. Officer (in civil service).

Magnanimity, n. Generosity, disinterestedness, high-mindedness, greatness or nobleness of mind, elevation of soul, chivalrous spirit.

Magnanimous, a. Noble, elevated, lofty, generous, disinterested, chivalrous, liberal, high-minded, great-souled.

Magnate, n. Noble, nobleman, grandee, man of rank, distinguished person.

Magnesite, n. Meerschaum, sea-foam, hydrous silicate of magnesia.

Magnet, n. 1. Loadstone, natural magnet.

2. Artificial magnet.

Magnetic, a. Attractive

Magnetical, a. Attractive