SPELLING man, manu = hand

manipulate  verb  To skillfully operate by hand  They had to manipulate the big tractor.

manager  Noun  A person who has the upper hand (in charge of someone or something)  The manager will tell the employees what to do.

manicure  Noun  A treatment for the hands and nails  I received a manicure and had my nails painted.

manacles  noun  handcuffs  The prisoner was taken away in manacles.

manual  Noun  A handbook; book of directions  We read the manual to know how to put the bike together.

emancipate  verb  To set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone  Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves by setting them free.

manufacture  verb  To make by hand or by machine  The people will manufacture the clothes by making them by hand.

manuever  verb  To handily or skillfully go around something  The driver will manuever or go around the corner carefully.

manuscript  noun  A handwritten or typed piece of writing such as a book  The manuscript of the book was written by hand.

mandate  Verb  A command placed in one’s hands  The command or mandate about no recess was placed in the teacher’s hands.