(Irish mythology) The wife of Nemed. She died only twelve days after arriving in Ireland. / Macha of the Tuatha Dé Danann who is the daughter of Ernmas and sister of Mórrígan.

a Bantu language spoken in parts of Tanzania

Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.

Any sabre-toothed animal of the subfamily Machairodontinae

(paleontology) A fossil form of segmented (annelid) worm, of the class Machaeridia, that had a scaly armour of mineralised plates

plural of machaeridian

Alternative spelling of makhaira

plural of machaca

A kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.

(geology) A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.