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-Ologies and -Isms | 1986 | Copyright

253. Male

See also 153. FATHER ; 255. MANKIND ; 364. SEX ; 424. WOMEN .

androcracy
the domination of society and politics by males. —androcratic , adj.
androgenesis
Biology. the condition of an embryo that contains only paternal chromosomes; male parthenogenesis. —androgenetic , adj.
andromania
in women, an obsession with men; nymphomania.
androphilia
a preference for males. —androphilic , adj.
androphobia
1. an abnormal fear of men.
2. a hatred of males.
bachelorism
1. dedication to the state of being a bachelor.
2. behavior typical of a bachelor.
misandry, misandria
in women, an abnormal aversion to males.
patriarchy
1. a community in which the father or oldest male is the supreme authority, and descent is traced through the male line.
2. government by males, with one as supreme. —patriarchist , n. —patri-archic, patriarchical , adj.
virilescence
a condition of some animals, and especially of some fowls, in which the female, when old, assumes some of the characteristics of the male of the species. —virilescent, adj.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

male / māl/ • adj. of or denoting the sex that produces small, typically motile gametes, esp. spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring: male children. ∎  relating to or characteristic of men or male animals; masculine: male unemployment a deep male voice. ∎  (of a plant or flower) bearing stamens but lacking functional pistils. ∎  (of parts of machinery, fittings, etc.) designed to enter, fill, or fit inside a corresponding female part. • n. a male person, plant, or animal: the audience consisted of adult males the male of the species. DERIVATIVES: male·ness n.

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Malé Island

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Malé Island small island and town (1995 pop. 62,937), capital of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. Part of Malé Atoll, Malé Island is the site of a seaplane base and a ship anchorage and is a center of interisland trade in coconuts, coir, palm mats, copra, and cowries. It is the seat of the Maldivian people's assembly and of the sultan's residence. Malé International Airport is on adjacent Hulule Island.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Male Largest of the Maldive islands, in the Indian Ocean. The island atoll forms the only urban area in the group. The extension of the airport boosted tourism. Industries: bonito, breadfruit, copra. Pop. (2000) 74,069.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

male •ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, nail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, wail, wale, whale, Yale •Passchendaele • Airedale •Wensleydale • Clydesdale •Chippendale • Coverdale • Abigail •galingale • martingale • nightingale •farthingale • Windscale • timescale •blackmail • airmail •email, female •Ishmael • voicemail • vermeil

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