maidenhead, n. [maidenhood]; hymen (virginal membrane).

maidenhood, n. maidhood, [girlhood], [virginity].

mail, n. [armor], hauberk; [scale], [shell]; [post].

mail, v. [post].

mail-carrier, n. postman, [letter-carrier], [courier].

main, a. [principal], [leading], [chief], [capital], [cardinal], paramount; [requisite], [necessary]; [sheer], [pure].

main, n. [ocean], high [sea]; [gross], [bulk], [majority]; [strength], [power], [might], [force].

mainland, n. continent.

mainly, adv. principally, chiefly, largely.

maintain, v. [support], sustain; [affirm], [assert], [contend], [claim]; [conduct].