| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| marred | imp. & past participle | of Mar |
| maraud | verb i. | To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder., An excursion for plundering. |
| marble | noun | A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc., A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles., A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child’s game played with marbles., Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper., Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart., To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper. |
| marbly | adjective | Containing, or resembling, marble. |
| marcid | adjective | Pining; lean; withered., Characterized by emaciation, as a fever. |
| marcor | noun | A wasting away of flesh; decay. |
| mareis | noun | A Marsh. |
| marena | noun | A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus. |
| margay | noun | An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat. |
| margin | noun | A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake., Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing., The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article., Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty., Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc., To furnish with a margin., To enter in the margin of a page. |
| marian | adjective | Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII. |
| mariet | noun | A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet. |
| marine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine., Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits., A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy., The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine., A picture representing some marine subject. |
| marish | noun | Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor., Moory; fenny; boggy., Growing in marshes. |
| marked | imp. & past participle | of Mark, Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. |
| markee | noun | See Marquee. |
| marker | noun | One who or that which marks., One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards., A counter used in card playing and other games., The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment., An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it. |
| market | noun | A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week., A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold., An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one’s wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods., Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market., The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth., The privelege granted to a town of having a public market., To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods., To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops. |
| markis | noun | A marquis. |
| marled | imp. & past participle | of Marl |
| marlin | noun | The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica). |
| marmot | noun | Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck., Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog. |
| marone | noun | See Maroon, the color. |
| maroon | noun | In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains., To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate., Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon., A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple., An explosive shell. See Marron, 3. |
| marque | noun | A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals. |
| marram | noun | A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. |
| marrer | noun | One who mars or injures. |
| marron | adjective | A large chestnut., A chestnut color; maroon., A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, — used to make a noise like a cannon. |
| marrot | noun | The razor-billed auk. See Auk., The common guillemot., The puffin. |
| marrow | noun | The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color., The essence; the best part., One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate., To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut. |
| marshy | adjective | Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny., Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. |
| martel | verb i. | To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. |
| marten | noun | A bird. See Martin., Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable., The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc. |
| martin | noun | A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding., One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. |
| martyr | noun | One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr., Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause., To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession., To persecute; to torment; to torture. |
| marvel | noun | That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle., Wonder., To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder., To marvel at., To cause to marvel, or be surprised; — used impersonally. |
| marver | noun | A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape. |