| amaranth | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food | - |
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| (noun) seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America | - |
| amarelle | (noun) pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice | - |
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| (noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus caproniana |
| amaretto | (noun) an Italian almond liqueur | - |
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| amaryllis | (noun) bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers | - |
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| aquamarine | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise |
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| (noun) a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color | - |
| benchmark | (noun) a standard by which something can be measured or judged | - |
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| (noun) a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point | Synonyms: bench mark |
| birthmark | (noun) a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth | Synonyms: nevus |
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| bismark | (noun) a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam | Synonyms: Berlin doughnut, jelly doughnut |
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| bookmark | (noun) a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place | Synonyms: bookmarker |
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| bookmarker | (noun) a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place | Synonyms: bookmark |
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| broodmare | (noun) a female horse used for breeding | Synonyms: stud mare |
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| bulimarexia | (noun) a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting | Synonyms: binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulimia nervosa |
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| calamari | (noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | Synonyms: calamary, squid |
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| calamary | (noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | Synonyms: calamari, squid |
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| camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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| camarilla | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, faction, junto |
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| catamaran | (noun) a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
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| chamarre | (noun) a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century. | Synonyms: chimer, simarre |
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| cimarron | (noun) wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns | Synonyms: bighorn, bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep |
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| costmary | (noun) leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings | - |
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| (noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita |
| coumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, cumarone |
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| countermarch | (noun) (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route | - |
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| cumarone | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: benzofuran, coumarone |
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| customariness | (noun) The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage. | - |
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| damar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| dammar | (noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine | Synonyms: damar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| decumary | (noun) woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters | Synonyms: Decumaria barbara, Decumaria barbata |
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| demarcation | (noun) a conceptual separation or distinction | Synonyms: contrast, dividing line, line |
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| (noun) the boundary of a specific area | Synonyms: demarcation line, limit |
| demarche | (noun) a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs | - |
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| dicoumarol | (noun) an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin | Synonyms: dicumarol |
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| dicumarol | (noun) an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin | Synonyms: dicoumarol |
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| earmark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: hallmark, stylemark, trademark |
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| (noun) identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal | - |
| fingermark | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingerprint |
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| footmark | (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footprint, step |
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| foulmart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| foumart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| fulmar | (noun) heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions | Synonyms: fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis |
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| grammar | (noun) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | - |
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| grammarian | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: syntactician |
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| greenmarket | (noun) an open-air marketplace for farm products | Synonyms: farmer's market, green market |
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| hallmark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: earmark, stylemark, trademark |
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| (noun) a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity | Synonyms: assay-mark, authentication |
| hamartia | (noun) the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall | Synonyms: tragic flaw |
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| hamartoma | (noun) a focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ | - |
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| hashmark | (noun) an insignia worn to indicate years of service | Synonyms: hash mark, service stripe |
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| hypermarket | (noun) a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) | - |
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| imaret | (noun) a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
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| infirmary | (noun) a health facility where patients receive treatment | Synonyms: hospital |
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| inmarriage | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: endogamy, intermarriage |
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| intermarriage | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: endogamy, inmarriage |
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| (noun) marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | Synonyms: exogamy |
| jacamar | (noun) tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage | - |
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| khimar | (noun) a headscarf worn by observant Muslim women that hangs down to just above the waist | - |
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| landmark | (noun) an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken | - |
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| (noun) a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land | - |
| (noun) an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | Synonyms: turning point, watershed |
| (noun) the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape | - |
| mar | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: blemish, defect |
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| mara | (noun) hare-like rodent of the Pampas of Argentina | Synonyms: Dolichotis patagonum |
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| marabou | (noun) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments | Synonyms: Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou stork, marabout |
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| (noun) the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments | - |
| marabout | (noun) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments | Synonyms: Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabou stork |
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| maraca | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs | - |
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| marang | (noun) tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp | - |
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| (noun) Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit | Synonyms: Artocarpus odoratissima, marang tree |
| maranta | (noun) any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves | - |
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| marasca | (noun) Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca |
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| (noun) small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made | - |
| maraschino | (noun) cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur | Synonyms: maraschino cherry |
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| (noun) distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries | Synonyms: maraschino liqueur |
| marasmus | (noun) extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders | - |
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| marathon | (noun) any long and arduous undertaking | Synonyms: endurance contest |
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| (noun) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards | - |
| marathoner | (noun) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) | Synonyms: long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
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| maraud | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, raid |
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| marauder | (noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: piranha, predator, vulture |
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| marauding | (noun) Raiding and pillaging. | - |
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| maravilla | (noun) leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico | Synonyms: Mirabilis longiflora, sweet four o'clock |
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| (noun) wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico | Synonyms: Colorado four o'clock, desert four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora |
| marble | (noun) a small ball of glass that is used in various games | - |
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| (noun) a sculpture carved from marble | - |
| (noun) a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material | - |
| marbleisation | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleising, marbleization, marbleizing |
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| marbleising | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleization, marbleizing |
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| marbleization | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleising, marbleizing |
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| marbleizing | (noun) a texture like that of marble | Synonyms: marbleisation, marbleising, marbleization |
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| marbles | (noun) a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass) | - |
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| (noun) the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception | Synonyms: wits |
| marblewood | (noun) large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood | Synonyms: Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii, marble-wood |
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| (noun) hard marbled wood | Synonyms: marble-wood |
| marbling | (noun) the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat | - |
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| marc | (noun) made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing | - |
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| marcel | (noun) a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron | - |
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| march | (noun) the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | Synonyms: marching |
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| (noun) a steady advance | - |
| (noun) genre of music written for marching | Synonyms: marching music |
| (noun) a procession of people walking together | - |
| (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, borderland, marchland |
| marcher | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman |
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| (noun) walks with regular or stately step | Synonyms: parader |
| (noun) an inhabitant of a border district | - |
| marching | (noun) the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | Synonyms: march |
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| marchioness | (noun) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess | Synonyms: marquise |
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| (noun) the wife or widow of a marquis | - |
| marchland | (noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | Synonyms: border district, borderland, march |
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| marchpane | (noun) almond paste and egg whites | Synonyms: marzipan |
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| mare | (noun) female equine animal | Synonyms: female horse |
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| (noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | Synonyms: maria |
| margarin | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine |
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| (noun) a glyceryl ester of margaric acid | Synonyms: glycerol trimargarate |
| margarine | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, marge, oleo, oleomargarine |
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| margarita | (noun) a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice | - |
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| margate | (noun) a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil | Synonyms: Haemulon album |
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| margay | (noun) small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil | Synonyms: Felis wiedi, margay cat |
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| marge | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, oleo, oleomargarine |
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| margin | (noun) an amount beyond the minimum necessary | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, tolerance |
| (noun) the blank space that surrounds the text on a page | - |
| (noun) the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities | Synonyms: security deposit |
| (noun) (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold | Synonyms: gross profit, gross profit margin |
| (noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: border, perimeter |
| marginalia | (noun) notes written in the margin | - |
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| marginalisation | (noun) the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society) | Synonyms: marginalization |
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| marginality | (noun) the property of being marginal or on the fringes | - |
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| marginalization | (noun) the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society) | Synonyms: marginalisation |
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| marginocephalian | (noun) includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs | Synonyms: Marginocephalia, suborder Marginocephalia |
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| margosa | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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| margrave | (noun) a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) | - |
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| (noun) the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany | - |
| marguerite | (noun) tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Leucanthemum vulgare, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, oxeye daisy, white daisy |
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| (noun) perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy |