| 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 | - |
| calamari | (noun) (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | Synonyms: calamary, squid |
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| camarilla | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, faction, junto |
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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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| grammarian | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: syntactician |
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| maria | (noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | Synonyms: mare |
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| mariachi | (noun) a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
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| marigold | (noun) any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers | - |
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| marihuana | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: cannabis, ganja, marijuana |
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| (noun) a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction | Synonyms: Cannabis sativa, ganja, marijuana |
| marijuana | (noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | Synonyms: cannabis, ganja, marihuana |
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| (noun) a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction | Synonyms: Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana |
| marimba | (noun) a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets | Synonyms: xylophone |
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| marina | (noun) a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers | - |
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| marinade | (noun) mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking | - |
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| marinara | (noun) sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs | - |
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| marine | (noun) a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land | - |
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| mariner | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar |
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| marionette | (noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer | Synonyms: puppet |
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| mariposa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: mariposa lily, mariposa tulip |
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| mariticide | (noun) the murder of a husband by his wife | - |
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| minisubmarine | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisub |
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| nightmarishness | (noun) The property of being extremely bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying; resembling a nightmare. | Synonyms: hellishness |
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| samarium | (noun) a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite | Synonyms: atomic number 62, Sm |
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| submarine | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: pigboat, sub |
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| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
| submariner | (noun) a member of the crew of a submarine | - |
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| summarisation | (noun) the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly | Synonyms: summarization |
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| summarization | (noun) the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly | Synonyms: summarisation |
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| tamarillo | (noun) South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato | Synonyms: tree tomato |
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| tamarin | (noun) small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: leoncita, lion marmoset, lion monkey |
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| tamarind | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarindo |
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| (noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica |
| tamarindo | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarind |
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| (noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind, tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica |
| tamarisk | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil | - |
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| ultramarine | (noun) a vivid blue to purple-blue color | - |
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| (noun) blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli | Synonyms: ultramarine blue |