The Other Dictionary

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macro: Scottish line

making: Monarch of fifth month

make it: Set of clothes for the fifth month

make off: Late spring throat ailment

make-up: Drinking vessel for the fifth month

Maltese: Poking fun in shopping centre

mambo: Lady tie

manage: How long he has lived

mandate: Romantic meeting between males

mandrake: Male male duck

mandrill: Male perforating tool

manganese: Leg joints from a Japanese comic

mangos: But woman comes

mangrove: Male orchard

manhandle: Something by which males can be gripped; penis

margin: Spoil strong spirit

maritime: Hour of the wedding

market: Spoil set of clothes

marking: Spoil monarch

mark off: Spoil throat complaint

mark up: Spoil drinking vessel

marquee: Spoil solution

martin: Spoil metal container

mascot: Group baby bed

matey: Hot late spring drink

matriarch: Large boat for woody plant that characterises the fifth month

matrices: Woody plant has vision in fifth month

matrix: Fun and games in late spring

meany: Tarzan refers to self as leg joint

meaty: Tarzan refers to self as hot drink

mending: Sound of males

menses: Oceans of males

messianics: Untidy outhouse

metaphor: Encountered a quartet

methane: Tarzan refers to self as Scottish noble

methinks: 1. Therefore me is; 2. Tarzan asserts mental powers somewhat ungrammatically;

metro: Encountered line

microbe: Outer garment for sound capturing device

microchips: 1. Speaker stakes claim of ownership of fried pieces of black bird; 2. Speaker asserts ability of his/her black bird to successfully remove golf ball from bunker onto fairway

microdots: Speaker’s black bird completes letter ‘i’

microfilms: Speaker’s black bird uses a camcorder

microlight: Speaker’s lamp acting as lure for black birds

micromanages: 1. Speaker’s black bird gets by; 2. Speaker’s black bird runs sports team

microsecond: Speaker ungrammatically indicates black bird is runner-up

mighty: Speaker’s assertion of drink ownership

migraine: Tarzan refers to self as cereal crop

migrate: Speakers assertion of ownership of fireplace

mike up: Speaker’s assertion of ownership of drinking vessel

milking: Ruler of grain grinding machine

milky: Implement used to unlock the door of the building housing the grain grinder

miming (Br. En.): Speaker’s assertion of ownership of bad smell

minding: Sound of underground workings

mind out: Dig uncertainty out of the ground

minute: Speaker’s assertion of ownership of amphibian

miscast: Long for actors in a film

mischance: Lose opportunity

mischief: Head girl

miscount: Fail to meet Dracula

misfire: Long for heat source

misfortune: Fail to get a lot of money

misguided: Young lady-man performed

mishandle: Fail to grip doorknob

misinformation: Fail to get details

misjudge: Young female legal expert

mislay: Sex with young lady

mismatch: Arrive too late for game

misplace: Home for young ladies

misrule: Regulation for young ladies

missile: Water-bound land of young women

misspell: Young ladies’ enchantment

mistreat: Fail to get something nice

mistresses: Feel longing for long hair

misty: Arrive too late for early evening meal

mobile: Trim expletives

Mohawk: Trim bird of prey

Mohican: Trim male metal container

morbid: Offer raised

mores: Even more increased salary

moron: No less off

mosquito: Foot digit of spongy plant opener

moulded: Little digger performed

mountaineers: Aural organs of highlands

mousetrap: Belt for communist Chinese leader

mousy: Ocean of communist Chinese leader

mucus: Cat’s swearing

mushroom: Chamber of gruel

mystic: Long for sign of approval

mystical: Long for playful finger activity