| A | B |
| Emancipate | to set free |
| Manacles | handcuffs |
| Manager | a person who has the upper hand |
| Mandate | an order or command placed in one's hands |
| Maneuver | to handily or skillfully go around something |
| Manicure | a treatment for the hands and nails |
| Manipulate | to skillfully operate by hand |
| Manual | a handbook |
| Manufacture | to make by hand of machine |
| Manuscript | a handwritten or typed document, such as a book |