may : Idioms & Phrases


15 may organization

  • noun a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah
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8 may 1945

  • noun the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
    V-E Day.
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cape may

  • noun a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean
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cape may warbler

  • noun North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
    Dendroica tigrina.
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Devil may care

  • reckless, defiant of authority; used adjectively. Longfellow.
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devil-may-care

  • adjective satellite cheerfully irresponsible
    harum-scarum; slaphappy; carefree; happy-go-lucky; freewheeling.
    • carefree with his money
    • freewheeling urban youths
    • had a harum-scarum youth
  • adjective satellite marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
    rakish; raffish.
    • a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore
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doris may lessing

  • noun English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
    Lessing; Doris Lessing.
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first of may

  • noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
    First of May; May 1.
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gloria may josephine svensson

  • noun United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
    Gloria Swanson; Swanson.
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Italian may

  • (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiræa (S. hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches.
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louisa may alcott

  • noun United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)
    Alcott.
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may 1

  • noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
    First of May; May 1.
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may 24

  • noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
    Empire day; Commonwealth Day.
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May apple

  • noun edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant
  • noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
    mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake.
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  • (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
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May be, ∧ It may be

  • are used as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, by chance, peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
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may beetle

  • noun any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    Melolontha melolontha; May beetle; cockchafer.
  • noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
    May beetle; June beetle; June bug.
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May beetle, May bug

  • (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June beetle.
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may blob

  • noun swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
    kingcup; water dragon; meadow bright; cowslip; Caltha palustris; marsh marigold.
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may bug

  • noun any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    Melolontha melolontha; May beetle; cockchafer.
  • noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
    May beetle; June beetle; June bug.
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May Day

  • noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
    First of May; May 1.
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  • the first day of May; celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
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May dew

  • the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed.
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may fish

  • noun black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
    Fundulus majalis; striped killifish; mayfish.
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May flower

  • (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
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May fly

  • (Zoöl.), any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
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May game

  • any May-day sport.
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May lady

  • the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
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May lily

  • noun low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
    lily of the valley; Convallaria majalis.
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  • (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).
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May pole

  • . See Maypole in the Vocabulary.
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May queen

  • noun the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
    May queen.
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  • a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day.
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May thorn

  • the hawthorn.
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may wine

  • noun a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff
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mid-may

  • noun the middle part of May
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queen of the may

  • noun the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
    May queen.
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whatever may come

  • adverb in spite of all obstacles
    no matter what happens; come hell or high water.
    • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water
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willie howard mays jr.

  • noun United States baseball player (born in 1931)
    Willie Howard Mays Jr.; Say Hey Kid; Mays.
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willie mays

  • noun United States baseball player (born in 1931)
    Willie Howard Mays Jr.; Say Hey Kid; Mays.
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zea mays

  • noun tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
    maize; corn; Indian corn.
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zea mays amylacea

  • noun corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch
    soft corn; squaw corn; flour corn.
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zea mays everta

  • noun corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
    popcorn.
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zea mays indentata

  • noun corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
    dent corn.
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zea mays indurata

  • noun corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
    flint corn; Yankee corn; flint maize.
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zea mays rugosa

  • noun a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
    Zea saccharata; sweet corn plant; sweet corn; green corn; sugar corn.
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