mala
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of mala
8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
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noun
- A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
- The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
- The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
- (form-of, plural)plural of malum
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(Hinduism, Sikhism)A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
“His words were like beads on the string of a mala, escaping his lips in small puffs of air.”
- A species of hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus, of arid Australia.
- (uncountable)A seasoning made from Sichuan pepper and chilis.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of metformin-associated metabolic acidosis.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).
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