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Meaning of Cultural Terms
A person needs more than basic literacy, that is, the ability to read and write. Every citizen should possess a common body of knowledge that allows them to communicate effectively, govern themselves, and share in their society's rewards.
Here are the list of terms beginning with letter "M".
MacArthur, Douglas
Macbeth (title)
Machiavelli
Mach number
macho
macrocosm
macroeconomics
Madagascar
mad as a hatter
Mad dogs and Englishmen (go out in the midday sun)
Madison, Dolley
Madison, James
Madison Avenue
Madonna, the
Madrid
maestro
Mafia
Magellan
Magellan, Strait of
Maginot Line
magma
Magna Carta
magna cum laude
magnetic field
magnetic north
magnetic pole
magnetic tape
magnum opus
Maine
mainframe
mainspring
mainstream
majority floor leader
make a clean breast of it
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a virtue of necessity
make ends meet
Make haste slowly,
Make hay while the sun shines.
make-work
malapropism
malaria
Malaysia
Malcolm X
mal de mer
malignancy
malnutrition
malpractice
Malthus, Thomas
mammal
Mammon
management
mañana
Manchester
mandate
Mandela, Nelson
Mandela, Winnie
Man doth not live by bread alone.
Manet, Edouard
man Friday (girl Friday)
Manhattan
Manhattan Project
mania
manic-depressive
Manifest Destiny
Manila man is known by the company he keeps., A
Man is the measure of all things.
Mann, Horace
Mann, Thomas
manna from heaven
Man proposes, God disposes.
man’s home is his castle., A
manslaughter
man’s reach should exceed his
grasp., A
mantle (geology)
manumission
Many are called, but few are
chosen.
Many hands make light work.
Maoism
Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)
Marat, Jean Paul
Marathon, Battle of
Marbury v. Madison
Marconi, Guglielmo
Mardi Gras
mare’s nest
Marie Antoinette
Mark, Saint, Gospel according to
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Mars (Ares)
Mars (planet)
Marseilles
Marshall, Chief Justice John
Marshall, General George C.
Marshall Plan
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Marx, Karl
Marx Brothers
Marxism
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary Had a Little Lamb (text)
Maryland
Mary Magdalene
M*A*S*H (title)
masochism
Mason-Dixon line
Masons, Freemasons
Mass
Massachusetts
massive resistance
massive retaliation
mass media
mass production
Mata Han
materialism
Mather, Cotton
Matisse, Henri
matriarchy
matrilineal
Matterhorn
Matthew, Saint, Gospel according to
Maxwell, James Clerk
Mayan civilization
Mayflower, the
McCarthy, Senator Joe
McCarthyism
McCoy, the real
mea culpa
mean (statistics)
mean free path
measles
Mecca
mechanics
Medea
media, the
median
mediation
Medicare
Medici, the
medieval
medium is the message., The
Medusa
meek shall inherit the earth., The
meet one’s Waterloo
megabyte
megalomania
megawatt
Mein Kampf (title)
Meir, Golda
melancholy
melanoma
Melbourne
meliorism
Mellon, Andrew
melodrama
melody
meltdown
melting point
melting pot, the
Melville, Herman
memento mori
Memphis, TN
Mencken, H. L.
Mendel, Gregor
Mendeleev, Dmitri
Mendelssohn, Felix
meningitis
Mennonites
menopause
menstrual cycle
Mephistopheles
mercantilism
mercator projection
Merchant of Venice, The (title)
merci
mercury (element)
Mercury (god — Hermes)
Mercury (planet)
merger
meridian
merit system
Merlin
Messiah
Messiah of Handel
metabolism
metamorphic rock
Metamorphoses (Ovid) (title)
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metamorphosis
Metamorphosis, The (Kafka) (title)
metaphor
metaphysics
meteorites
meteorology
meteors
meter
method in his madness., There’s
Methodism
Methuselah
métier
metric system
Metternich
Mexican War
Mexico
Mexico City
Miami, FL
Michelangelo
Michigan
Mickey Mouse microchip
microclimate
microcosm
microeconomics
microfiche
microfilm
microorganisms
microscope
microwave communication
Midas
Middle Ages
Middle America
middle class
middle ear
Middle East
Middle West
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (title)
Midway, Battle of
Midwife
Milan
milieu
militant
military-industrial complex
milk of human kindness
Milky Way
Mill, John Stuart
Miller, Arthur
Milton, John
Milwaukee, WI
mind/body problem
Mind your p’s and q’s.
Mine eyes have seen the glory , ,
mineral
Minerva (Athena)
minimum wage
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
minority floor leader
Minotaur
Minuteman
Miranda decision
misanthrope
miscarriage
misdemeanor
Misery loves company.
missing link, the
miss is as good as a mile., A
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Missouri
Missouri Compromise
Missouri River
Mitty, Walter
Moby Dick (title)
Model T
Modest Proposal, A (title)
modifier (grammar)
modus operandi (m.o.)
modus Vivendi
Mohammed
Mojave Desert
molar
molecular biology
molecular weight
molecule
Moliere
Molotov cocktail
Momaday, Scott
momentum
Mona Lisa (image)
monarchy
Monet, Claude
monetarism
monetary policy
money burning a hole in your
pocket
Money is the root of all evil,
money market
Mongolia
mongolism
monism
Monitor versus Merrimack
monogamy
mononucleosis
monopoly
monotheism
Monroe, James
Monroe, Marilyn
Monroe Doctrine
monsieur
monsoon
montage
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
Montana
Mont Blanc
Montesquieu
Montessori, Maria
Montezuma
month of Sundays
Monticello
Montreal
moon made of green cheese
Moral Majority
moratorium
more sinned against than sinning
More, Sir Thomas
more the merrier., The
more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio
Morgan, J. p.
Mormon
Morocco
Morpheus
morraine
Morse, Samuel F. B.
Morse Code
mortal sin, venial sin
mortgage
Mosaic Law
Moscow
Moses
Moslem
mosque
most unkindest cut of all
Mother Goose rhymes
motif
motor development
mountain labored and brought forth a mouse., The
Mount Everest
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount McKinley
Mount Olympus
Mount Parnassus
Mount Rainier
Mount Rushmore
Mount Saint Helen
Mount Vernon
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Whitney
movement, symphonic
Mozambique
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Ms.
muckraking
mulatto
multilateral
multiple independently targeted
entry vehicle (MIRV)
mural
Murder will out.
Murphy’s Law
muscular dystrophy
Munich
Muses, the
Music hath charms to soothe the
savage breast.
music of the spheres
Mussolini, Benito
mutation
mutual fund
mutual insurance company
MX missile
my brother’s keeper?, Am I
My Country ‘Tis of Thee (song)
My Fair Lady (title)
My God, My God, why hast thou
forsaken me?
My Lai massacre
myopia
mysticism
mythology
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