macedonia
- n landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
- n the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria
macedonian war
- n one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province
maceration
- n softening due to soaking or steeping
- n extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
macgregor
- n Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)