| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| marabout | noun | A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally. |
| marasmus | noun | A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. |
| marauded | imp. & past participle | of Maraud |
| marauder | verb | A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. |
| maravedi | noun | A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin. |
| marbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Marble, The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble., An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance., Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects. |
| marching | present participle & vb. noun | of March, a. & n., fr. March, v. |
| marchman | noun | A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales. |
| margaric | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly. |
| margarin | noun | A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin. |
| margined | imp. & past participle | of Margin, Having a margin., Bordered with a distinct line of color. |
| marginal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a margin., Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss. |
| margrave | noun | Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany., The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis. |
| marigold | noun | A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes. |
| marikina | noun | A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin. |
| marinade | noun | A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish. |
| marinate | verb t. | To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade. |
| maritime | adjective | Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states., Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea. |
| marjoram | noun | A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other. |
| markable | adjective | Remarkable. |
| marketed | imp. & past participle | of Market |
| marketer | noun | One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market. |
| markhoor | noun | A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere. |
| marksmen | plural | of Marksman |
| marksman | noun | One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well., One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents. |
| marlitic | adjective | Partaking of the qualites of marlite. |
| marmalet | noun | See Marmalade. |
| marmoset | noun | Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey. |
| marmozet | noun | See Marmoset. |
| maronite | noun | One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century. |
| marooned | imp. & past participle | of Maroon |
| marquess | noun | A marquis. |
| marquise | noun | The wife of a marquis; a marchioness. |
| marriage | verb t. | The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony., The marriage vow or contract., A feast made on the occasion of a marriage., Any intimate or close union. |
| marrried | adjective | Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman., Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state. |
| marrowed | imp. & past participle | of Marrow |
| marrying | present participle & vb. noun | of Marry |
| marsupia | plural | of Marsupium |
| martagon | noun | A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia. |
| mar-text | noun | A blundering preacher. |
| martinet | noun | In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods., The martin. |
| martyred | imp. & past participle | of Martyr |
| martyrly | adverb | In the manner of a martyr. |
| marveled | imp. & past participle | of Marvel |
| mary-bud | noun | The marigold; a blossom of the marigold. |
| marysole | noun | A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); — called also carter, and whiff. |