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M (Roman numeral)
Málaga (city)
Márquez, Gabriel García
Mâcon
Médoc
Méliès, Georges
Ménière's disease
Mérida (Mexico)
Mérimée, Prosper
Möbius strip
Münchhausen's syndrome
Münster
m.k.s. system
MA (education)
MA (physics)
Maas
Maastricht
Maastricht Treaty
Mabuse, Jan
Mac OS
macadamia
macaque
MacArthur, Douglas
Macau
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
macaw
Macbeth
Maccabee
MacDonald, (James) Ramsay
Macdonald, Flora
Macdonald, John Alexander
Macdonnell Ranges
Macedonia (ancient region)
Macedonia (country)
Macedonia (modern region)
Macedonian
Mach number
Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria
Machel, Samora Moises
Machiavelli, Niccolò
machine
machine code
machine gun
machine knitting
machine tool
Machu Picchu
Macintosh
Macintosh, Charles
Macke, August
Mackendrick, Alexander
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie, Compton
mackerel
Mackerras, (Alan) Charles (MacLaurin)
mackintosh
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackmurdo, Arthur Heygate
MacLaine, Shirley
Maclean, Alistair
Maclean, Donald Duart
Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold
MacNeice, (Frederick) Louis
Macpherson, James
Macquarie Island
macramé
macro
macro-
Macro-Siouan
macrobiotics
macroeconomics
macromolecule
macrophage
mad cow disease
Madagascar
madder
Madeira (river)
Madeira Islands
Madhya Bharat
Madhya Pradesh
Madison
Madison Square Garden
Madison, James
Madonna (pop music)
Madonna (religion)
Madras (city)
Madras (state)
Madrid (autonomous community)
Madrid (city)
madrigal
Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius
maenad
Maeterlinck, Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard
Mafia
mafic rock
Magadha
magazine
Magdalenian
Magdeburg
Magellan
Magellan, Ferdinand
Magellan, Strait of
Magellanic Clouds
Maggiore, Lake
maggot
magi
magic
magic bullet
magic realism
magic square
Maginot Line
magistrate
magistrates' court
maglev
magma
Magna Carta
magnesia
magnesium
magnesium oxide
magnet
magnetic compass
magnetic dipole
magnetic field
magnetic flux
magnetic induction
magnetic material
magnetic pole
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic storm
magnetic strip
magnetic tape
magnetic-ink character recognition
magnetism
magnetite
magneto
magnetosphere
magnetron
Magnificat
magnification
magnitude (astronomy)
magnolia
magnum opus
magpie
Magritte, René François Ghislain
Maguire Seven
Magyar
Mahón
mah-jong
Mahadeva
Mahadevi
Maharashtra
maharishi
mahatma
Mahayana
Mahdi
Mahfouz, Naguib
Mahican
Mahler, Gustav
Mahmud I
Mahmud II
mahogany
Mahratta
Maia
Maiden Castle
maidenhair
maidenhair tree
Maidstone
Maier, Hermann
Maikop
mail merge
mailbox
Mailer, Norman Kingsley
mailing list
Maimonides, Moses (Ben Maimon)
Maine (US state)
mainframe
mains electricity
maintenance
Mainz
maize
Majapahit empire
majolica
major
major interval
major sentence
Major, John
Majorca
Makarios III
Makhachkala
Makkah
Makua
Malé
Malabo
Malacca
Malacca, Strait of
malachite
Malagasy
Malamud, Bernard
malapropism
malaria
Malawi
Malawi, Lake
Malay
Malay language
Malay Peninsula
Malayalam
Malayo-Polynesian
Malaysia
Malcolm III
Malcolm X
Maldini, Paolo
Maldives
Maldon
Mali
Mali Empire
malic acid
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper
mallard
Mallarmé, Stéphane
Malle, Louis
malleability
mallee
Mallorca
mallow
Malmö
malnutrition
Malory, Thomas
Malouf, David George Joseph
malpractice
Malraux, André (Georges)
malt
Malta
Malta, Knights of
maltase
Maltese dog
Malthus theory
Malthus, Thomas Robert
maltose
Maluku
mamba
Mameluke
Mamet, David (Alan)
mammal
mammary gland
mammography
Mammon
mammoth
Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Man Ray
Man, Isle of
management buyout
managing director
Managua
manatee
Manaus
Manchester (UK)
Manchester terrier
Manchester, Greater
Manchu
Manchukuo
Manchuria
mandala
Mandalay
mandarin
Mandarin
mandate
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela, Winnie Madikizela (Nomzamo)
Mandelstam, Osip Emilevich
mandir
mandolin
mandragora
mandrake
mandrill
Manes
Manet, Edouard
manganese
manganese ore
mangelwurzel
mango
mangold
mangrove
Manhattan
Manhattan Project
manic depression
Manichaeism
manifest destiny
manifesto
Manila
manioc
Manipur
Manitoba
Manley, Michael (Norman)
Mann, Heinrich
Mann, Thomas
manna
Mannerism
Mannheim, Karl
manometer
manor
Mansell, Nigel
Mansfield, Katherine
manslaughter
Mansur
manta
Mantegna, Andrea
mantis
mantissa
mantle
Mantova
mantra
Mantua (town)
Manu
manufacturing base
manufacturing industry
Manx Gaelic
Mao Tse-tung
Mao Zedong
Maoism
Maori
map
map projection
maple
Mapplethorpe, Robert
Maputo
maquis
Maquis
marabou
maraca
Maradona, Diego Armando
Marat, Jean Paul
Maratha
marathon
Marathon, Battle of
Marbella
marble
Marble Arch
marbling
Marc, Franz
Marceau, Marcel
march
March on Rome, the
Marchais, Georges
Marcher Lords
Marches
Marcian
Marciano, Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano)
Marco Polo
Marconi, Guglielmo
Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin
Marcos, Imelda Romualdez
Marcus Aurelius
Marcuse, Herbert
Mardonius
Marengo, Battle of
Margaret
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret, St
margarine
marginal cost pricing
marginal land
marginal theory
marginal utility
margrave
Margrethe II
marguerite
Marguerite of Navarre
Mari El
Maria Theresa
Mariana Islands
Mariana Trench
Marie Antoinette
Marie de' Medici
marigold
marijuana
marimba
Mariner
marines
Marinetti, (Emilio) Filippo Tommaso
marionette
maritime law
Marius, Gaius
Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de
marjoram
Mark
Mark Antony
mark sensing
Mark, St
market capitalization
market forces
market gardening
market research
marketing
marketing mix
Markievicz, Constance Georgina, Countess Markievicz
marking tool
Markova, Alicia
Marks & Spencer
Marks, Simon
marl
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Marley, Bob
marlin
Marlowe, Christopher
Marmara Denizi
Marmara, Sea of
marmoset
marmot
Marne (river)
Marne, Battles of the
Maronite
maroon
Marquesas Islands
marquess
marquetry
Marrakech
Marrakesh
marram grass
marriage
marrow
Mars (astronomy)
Mars (mythology)
Marsala (town)
Marsalis, Wynton
Marseille
marsh
marsh gas
marsh marigold
marsh rose
Marsh, (Edith) Ngaio
Marshall Islands
Marshall Plan
Marshall, George Catlett
Marshall, Malcolm Denzil
Marston Moor, Battle of
Marston, John
marsupial
Marsyas
Martí, José Julian
marten
Martens, Wilfried
martial arts
martial law
Martial, (Marcus Valerius Martialis)
martin (zoology)
Martin V
Martin, Dean
Martin, St
Martinique
Martinmas
Martins, Peter
Martinu, Bohuslav Jan
martyr
Marvell, Andrew
Marvin, Lee
Marx Brothers
Marx, Karl Heinrich
Marxism
Marxism–Leninism
Mary (biblical)
Mary I
Mary II
Mary Magdalene, St
Mary of Guise
Mary of Modena
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, Duchess of Burgundy
Maryland
Masaccio, Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi
Masada
Masai
Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue
Masefield, John
maser
Maserati
Maseru
Mashraq
Masire, Quett Ketumile Joni
mask (face cover)
Maskelyne, Nevil
masochism
Mason–Dixon Line
Mason, James (Neville)
Masqat
masque
Mass (music)
mass (physics)
Mass (religion)
mass extinction
mass movement
mass number
mass production
mass spectrometer
mass–energy equation
Massachusetts
massage
Massawa
Massenet, Jules Emile Frédéric
Massif Central
Massine, Léonide
Massinger, Philip
Massorah
Master of the King's/Queen's Music(k)
Master of the Rolls
mastiff
mastodon
Mastroianni, Marcello
Masur, Kurt
maté
Mata Hari
Matabeleland
Matadi
match
materialism
materials science
mathematical induction
mathematics
Matilda, the Empress Maud
Matisse, Henri Emile Benoît
matriarchy
matrix (biology)
matrix (mathematics)
Matsuoka, Yosuke
Matsuyama
matter
Matterhorn
Matthäus, Lothar
Matthau, Walter
Matthew, St
Matthews, Stanley (footballer)
Matthias Corvinus
Mau Mau
Maugham, (William) Somerset
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
Maundy Thursday
Maupassant, (Henry René Albert) Guy de
Mauriac, François
Mauritania
Mauritius
Maurois, André
Mauryan dynasty
Mawlid an-Nabi
max.
maxim
Maximilian
Maximilian I
maximum and minimum
Maxwell, James Clerk
May 4th Movement
May Day
Maya
maya
Mayan art
Mayapán
Mayer, Louis B(urt)
mayfly
Mayhew, Henry
Maykop
Maynard Smith, John
Mayo
mayor
Mayotte
mayweed
Mazarin, Jules
Mazowiecki, Tadeusz
mazurka
Mazzini, Giuseppe
Mbabane
mbalax
mbaqanga
MBE
Mbeki, Thabo
McAdam, John Loudon
McAleese, Mary Patricia
MCC
McCarthy, Joe (Joseph Raymond)
McCartney, (James) Paul
McColgan, Liz
McCoy, Tony
McCullers, (Lula) Carson
McCullin, Don(ald)
McEnroe, John Patrick
McEwan, Ian (Russell)
McGough, Roger
McGuinness, Martin
McKellen, Ian (Murray)
McKinley, Mount
McKinley, William
McLaren
McLuhan, (Herbert) Marshall
McQueen, (Terrence) Steve(n)
MDMA
ME (language)
ME (medicine)
mead
meal-worm
mean
mean deviation
mean free path
meander
means test
measles
measuring tool
meat
Meath
Mecca
mechanical advantage
mechanical equivalent of heat
mechanical system
mechanical weathering
mechanics
mechanization
mechanized infantry combat vehicle
Meciar, Vladimír
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Medan
Medawar, Peter Brian
Mede
Medea
Medellín
media (computing)
media (general)
media studies
median
medical ethics
medical technology, 20th century
Medici family
Medici, Cosimo de' (politician and banker)
Medici, Cosimo de' (ruler of Florence)
Medici, Ferdinand de'
Medici, Giovanni de'
Medici, Lorenzo de', the Magnificent
medicine
medicine (biology)
medicine, 19th-century
medicine, alternative
medicine, factors of development
medicine, history
medieval art
medieval medicine
medieval medicine, English
Medina
meditation
Mediterranean climate
Mediterranean Sea
medium
medlar
medulla
medusa
Medusa
Medway
Medway Towns
meerkat
meerschaum
mega-
megabyte
megalith
megamouth
megapode
megaton
megavitamin therapy
Meghalaya
Megiddo
Mehmet Ali
Mehta, Zubin
Meier, Richard Alan
Meiji, Mutsuhito
meiosis
Meir, Golda
Meistersinger
meitnerium
Mek'ele
Mekong
mela
melachot
Melaka (state)
melaleuca tree
melamine
Melanchthon, Philip
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesian languages
melanin
melanoma
Melbourne (Australia)
Melbourne, (Henry) William Lamb
Melchite
Melgarejo, Mariano
Mellon, Andrew William
melodic minor scale
melodrama
melody
melon
meltdown
melting point
Melville, Herman
member of Parliament
membrane
Memling, Hans
memorandum
memory (computing)
memory (psychology)
Memphis (Egypt)
Memphis (USA)
Menai Strait
Menander
Mencap
Mencius
Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)
Mende (people)
Mendel, Gregor Johann
mendelevium
Mendeleyev, Dmitri Ivanovich
Mendelism
Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy), (Jakob Ludwig) Felix
Mendes, Chico (Filho Francisco)
mendicant order
Mendip Hills
Mendoza
Mendoza, Antonio de
Menelaus
Menem (Akil), Carlos (Saul)
Mengistu, Haile Mariam
menhir
meningitis
meniscus
Mennonite
menopause
menorah
Menorca
Menshevik
menstrual cycle
mental disability
mental health
mental illness
menthol
Mentor
menu
Menuhin, Yehudi, Baron Menuhin
Menzies, Robert Gordon
Meo
MEP
Mephistopheles
Mercalli scale
mercantilism
Mercator, Gerardus
mercenary
merchant bank
merchant navy
Merchant, Ismail (Noormohamed)
Merchants Adventurers
Mercia
Merckx, Eddy
Mercosur
mercury
Mercury (astronomy)
Mercury (mythology)
mercury fulminate
merengue
merganser
merger
meridian
merino
meristem
Merit, Order of
Merkel, Angela Dorothea
Merlin
merlin
mermaid
Meroë
Merovingian dynasty
Mersey
Mersey beat
Merseyside
Merthyr Tydfil (authority)
Merton
Merv
mesa
mescaline
Meskhetian
Mesmer, Friedrich Anton (or Franz)
Mesolóngion
Mesolithic
Mesolongi
meson
mesophyll
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian art
mesosphere
Mesozoic
messaging
Messalina, Valeria
Messerschmitt, Willy (Wilhelm Emil)
Messiaen, Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles
Messiah
Messianic age
Messier, Charles
Messina, Strait of
metabolism
metal
metal detector
metal fatigue
metalanguage
metallic bond
metallic character
metallic structure
metalloid
metallurgy
metamorphic rock
metamorphism
metamorphosis (biology)
metaphor
metaphysical painting
metaphysical poets
metaphysics
Metchnikoff, Elie
meteor
meteorite
meteorology
meter
methanal
methane
methanogenic bacteria
methanoic acid
methanol
Method
Methodism
Methodius, St
Methuselah
methyl alcohol
methyl benzene
methyl orange
methylated spirit
metonymy
metre (music)
metre (poetry)
metre (science)
metric system
metropolitan
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
metta
Metternich, Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince von Metternich
Meuse
Mexican Empire
Mexican War
Mexico
Mexico City
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
mezuzah
mezzanine
mezzo-soprano
Mezzogiorno
mezzotint
Mfecane
mg
mi
MI5
MI6
Miami
mica
Micah
Michael (of Romania)
Michael, George
Michael, Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov
Michaelmas daisy
Michaelmas Day
Michelangelo
Michelson, Albert Abraham
Michigan
Michigan, Lake
Mickey Mouse
Mickiewicz, Adam Bernard
micro-
micro-organism
microbe
microbiological warfare
microbiology
microchip
microclimate
microcomputer
microeconomics
microfiche
microform
micrometer (instrument)
micrometre
Micronesia (group of islands)
Micronesia, Federated States of (country)
Micronesian
microphone
microprocessor
micropropagation
microscope
Microsoft
microsurgery
microtubules
microwave heating
microwave radiation
MICV
Mid Glamorgan
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
mid-ocean ridge
Midas
MIDAS
Middle Ages, the
middle C
Middle East
Middle English
Middle Kingdom
Middle Way
Middlesbrough
Middleton, Thomas
midge<