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macadam
Form of pavement invented by J. McAdam. McAdam's road cross-section consisted of a compacted subgrade of crushed granite or greenstone designed to support the load, covered by a surface of light stone to absorb wear and tear and shed water to the drainage ditches. In modern macadam construction, crushed stone or gravel is placed on the compacted base course and bound together with asphalt cement or hot tar. A third layer to fill the spaces is then added and rolled. Cement-sand slurry is sometimes used as the binder.
macadamia
Any of about 10 species of ornamental evergreen trees in the family Proteaceae, and their edible, richly flavored dessert nuts. Macadamias originated in the coastal rain forests and scrubs of NE Australia. Those grown commercially in Hawaii and Australia are principally of two species, the smooth-shelled Macadamia integrifolia and the rough-shelled M. tetraphylla. Macadamias are grown in quantity also in parts of Africa and S. and Central America. Hard to propagate and slow to bear, the trees grow only in rich, well-drained soil with 50 in. (130 cm) of rain annually. Fragrant pink or white flower clusters on trees with large, shiny, leathery leaves produce bunches of 1-20 fruits. The nuts contain much fat but are a good source of minerals and vitamin B.
macaque
Any of about 12 primarily Asian species of omnivorous, diurnal monkeys (genus Macaca) with cheek pouches for carrying food. Some species have long tails, some have short tails, and some have none. Males are 15-30 in. (40-70 cm) long (excluding the tail) and weigh 8-40 lbs (3.5-18 kg). Troops live in mountains and lowlands and along shores. Some species, incl. the rhesus monkey, are important to humans. Malays train pigtailed macaques (M. nemestrina) to pick coconuts. See also Barbary ape, bonnet monkey, Celebes black ape.
Maccabees
Priestly family of Jews who organized a successful rebellion against Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Palestine and reconsecrated the defiled Temple of Jerusalem. The rebellion began under the leadership of the Jewish priest Mattathias after Antiochus sought to stamp out Judaism by forbidding all Jewish practices and desecrating the temple (167 BC). When Mattathias died (c.166 BC), his son Judas Maccabaeus recaptured Jerusalem and reconsecrated the temple. After Judas's death, the war continued intermittently under his brothers Jonathan and Simon. The Maccabees formed the Hasmonean dynasty.
Maracaibo
City (pop., 1990: 1,250,000), NW Venezuela, situated on the channel connecting Lake Maracaibo with the Gulf of Venezuela. It is Venezuela's second-largest city. Founded in 1571 as Nueva Zamora, it became a center for inland trade after Gibraltar, at the head of the lake, was destroyed in 1669. It changed hands several times during Venezuela's struggle for independence from Spain. Within a decade of the discovery of oil in 1917, it became the oil ...
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