| A | B |
| emancipate | to set free; liberate. |
| impede | to slow down the progress of ; block. |
| manacle | a device for locking or shackling the hands; handcuff. anything that confirms or restrains. to restrain with manacles. |
| maneuver | a skillful action, move or plan. a change in the course or position of a vehicle, as an aircraft. a movement of troops or naval ships. to move about skillfully; to maneuver through a crowd. to bring about by planning or plotting: to maneuver oneself into favor. to carry out a military plan. |
| manipulate | to arrange or operate with the hands; to handle. to influence or manage cleverly: to manipulate public opinion. to change data dishonestly for personal gain: to manipulate bank records. |
| manual | operated or done by hand: manual controls. requiring physical rather than mental effort: manual labor. a guidebook; handbook: a driver's manual. |
| manuscript | a handwritten or typewritten book or document, as distinguished from a printed copy: to submit a manuscript to a publisher. handwritten as opposed to printing. |
| pedestal | a support or base for a column or statue. |
| pedestrian | a person traveling on foot. of or for pedestrians: a pedestrian crossing. ordinary; not distinguished: pedestrian writing. |
| pedigree | a list of ancestors; ancestry; family tree. a list of ancestors of a purebred animal: a show dog's pedigree. |