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Abbreviation	Meaning
m.	masculine
Mach.	machinery
Maghribi Arab.	Maghribi Arabic
Magn.	magnetism
Mal.	Malay(an)
Malayal.	Malayalam
Manuf.	manufacturing
Mar. Insur.	marine insurance
masc.	masculine
Massach. Ind.	Massachussets Indian
Math.	mathematics
Mayal.	Malayalam
MDu.	Middle Dutch
ME.	Middle English
Mech.	mechanics
Mech. Engin.	mechanical engineering
Med.	medicine
med.	medieval
med. L.	medieval Latin
Merc.	Mercian
Metall.	metallurgy
Metaph.	metaphysics
metaphor.	metaphorical(ly)
Meteorol.	meteorology
metr. gr.	metri gratia
Mex.	Mexican
Mexican Sp.	Mexican Spanish
Mex. Sp.	Mexican Spanish
Mex.-Sp.	Mexican Spanish
MHG.	Middle High German
Microbiol.	microbiology
midl.	midland(s) (dialect)
Mil.	military
Milit.	military
Min.	mineralogy
Mineral.	mineralogy
mispr.	misprinted
MLG.	Middle Low German
mod.	modern
Mod. L.	Modern Latin
mod. L.	Modern Latin
Mongol.	Mongolian
Moroccan Arab.	Moroccan Arabic
Morphol.	morphology
Mus.	music
Myth.	mythology
Mythol.	mythology

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