Vocabulary : Mastery to Masticater
Mastery : The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. ;; Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. ;; Contest for superiority. ;; A masterly operation; a feat. ;; Specifically, the philosopher's stone. ;; The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.Mastful : Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.
Masthead : The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds. ;; To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.
Masthouse : A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc.
Mastic : A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree. ;; A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. ;; A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
