| mariticide | (noun) the murder of a husband by his wife | - |
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| marjoram | (noun) pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets | Synonyms: oregano |
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| (noun) aromatic Eurasian perennial | Synonyms: oregano, Origanum vulgare, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet |
| mark | (noun) something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal | Synonyms: bell ringer, bull's eye, home run |
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| (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: scar, scrape, scratch |
| (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: crisscross, cross |
| (noun) the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember | - |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: grade, score |
| (noun) a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) | - |
| (noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: brand, stain, stigma |
| (noun) a distinguishing symbol | Synonyms: marker, marking |
| (noun) a visible indication made on a surface | Synonyms: print |
| (noun) a reference point to shoot at | Synonyms: target |
| (noun) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) | Synonyms: sign |
| (noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker |
| (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Germany | Synonyms: Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, German mark |
| marker | (noun) some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something | - |
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| (noun) a writing implement for making a mark | - |
| (noun) a distinguishing symbol | Synonyms: mark, marking |
| market | (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | Synonyms: market place, marketplace |
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| (noun) a marketplace where groceries are sold | Synonyms: food market, grocery, grocery store |
| (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market place, marketplace, mart |
| (noun) the customers for a particular product or service | - |
| (noun) the securities markets in the aggregate | Synonyms: securities industry |
| marketer | (noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | Synonyms: seller, trafficker, vender, vendor |
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| marketing | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: merchandising, selling |
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| (noun) shopping at a market | - |
| (noun) the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service | - |
| marketplace | (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | Synonyms: market, market place |
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| (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market, market place, mart |
| markhoor | (noun) large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns | Synonyms: Capra falconeri, markhor |
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| markhor | (noun) large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns | Synonyms: Capra falconeri, markhoor |
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| marking | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, scoring |
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| (noun) the act of making a visible mark on a surface | - |
| (noun) a pattern of marks | - |
| (noun) a distinguishing symbol | Synonyms: mark, marker |
| markka | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Finland | Synonyms: Finnish mark |
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| marksman | (noun) someone skilled in shooting | Synonyms: crack shot, sharpshooter |
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| marksmanship | (noun) skill in shooting | - |
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| markup | (noun) detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics) | - |
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| (noun) the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price | - |
| markweed | (noun) climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact | Synonyms: poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak, Rhus radicans, Toxicodendron radicans |
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| marl | (noun) a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime | - |
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| marlberry | (noun) tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries | Synonyms: Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata |
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| marlin | (noun) large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes | - |
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| marline | (noun) a small usually tarred line of 2 strands | - |
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| marlinespike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlingspike, marlinspike |
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| marlingspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlinspike |
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| marlinspike | (noun) a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing) | Synonyms: marlinespike, marlingspike |
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| marlite | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlstone |
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| marlstone | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlite |
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| marmalade | (noun) a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | - |
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| marmite | (noun) a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup | - |
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| (noun) soup cooked in a large pot | - |
| marmoset | (noun) small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails | - |
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| marmot | (noun) stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the Northern Hemisphere; hibernates in winter | - |
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| marocain | (noun) a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe | Synonyms: crepe marocain |
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| maroon | (noun) an exploding firework used as a warning signal | - |
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| (noun) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color | - |
| (noun) a person who is stranded (as on an island) | - |
| marque | (noun) a name given to a product or service | Synonyms: brand, brand name, trade name |
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| marquee | (noun) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. | Synonyms: marquise |
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| (noun) large and often sumptuous tent | Synonyms: pavilion |
| marquess | (noun) a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl | - |
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| (noun) nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count | Synonyms: marquis |
| marqueterie | (noun) inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture | Synonyms: marquetry |
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| marquetry | (noun) inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture | Synonyms: marqueterie |
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| marquis | (noun) nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count | Synonyms: marquess |
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| marquise | (noun) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. | Synonyms: marquee |
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| (noun) a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess | Synonyms: marchioness |
| marri | (noun) very large red gum tree | Synonyms: Eucalyptus calophylla, red gum |
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| marriage | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage ceremony, wedding |
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| (noun) two people who are married to each other | Synonyms: man and wife, married couple |
| (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| (noun) a close and intimate union | - |
| marriageability | (noun) eligibility for marriage | - |
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| married | (noun) a person who is married | - |
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| marrow | (noun) the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
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| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins | Synonyms: vegetable marrow |
| (noun) very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones | Synonyms: bone marrow |
| (noun) any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh | Synonyms: marrow squash, vegetable marrow |
| marrowbone | (noun) a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup | - |
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| marseille | (noun) strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads | - |
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| marsh | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marshland |
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| marshal | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshall |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshall |
| marshall | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshal |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshal |
| marshalship | (noun) the post of marshall | - |
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| marshland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marsh |
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| marshmallow | (noun) spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - |
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| marsupial | (noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
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| marsupium | (noun) an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | - |
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| mart | (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market, market place, marketplace |
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| martagon | (noun) lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia | Synonyms: Lilium martagon, Turk's-cap |
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| marten | (noun) agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels | Synonyms: marten cat |
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| martensite | (noun) a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel | - |
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| martin | (noun) any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas | - |
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| martinet | (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: disciplinarian, moralist |
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| martingale | (noun) a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head | - |
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| (noun) spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat | Synonyms: dolphin striker |
| martini | (noun) a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth | - |
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| martynia | (noun) sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit | Synonyms: Martynia annua |
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| martyr | (noun) one who suffers for the sake of principle | Synonyms: sufferer |
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| (noun) one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion | - |
| martyrdom | (noun) death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause | - |
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| (noun) any experience that causes intense suffering | Synonyms: calvary |
| marum | (noun) Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats | Synonyms: cat thyme, Teucrium marum |
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| marumi | (noun) shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats | Synonyms: Fortunella japonica, marumi kumquat, round kumquat |
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| marupa | (noun) tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack | Synonyms: Simarouba amara |
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| marvel | (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: wonder |
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| marveller | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: wonderer |
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| marzipan | (noun) almond paste and egg whites | Synonyms: marchpane |
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| mascara | (noun) makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes | - |
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| mascarpone | (noun) soft mild Italian cream cheese | - |
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| mascot | (noun) a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure | - |
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| masculine | (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | - |
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| masculinisation | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinization, virilisation, virilization |
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| masculinity | (noun) the properties characteristic of the male sex | Synonyms: maleness |
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| (noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men | - |
| masculinization | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, virilisation, virilization |
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| masdevallia | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia; tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube | - |
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| maser | (noun) an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation | - |
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| mash | (noun) mixture of ground animal feeds | - |
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| (noun) a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing | - |
| masher | (noun) a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women | Synonyms: skirt chaser, wolf, woman chaser |
| mashie | (noun) middle-distance iron | Synonyms: five iron |
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| masjid | (noun) (Islam) a Muslim place of worship | Synonyms: musjid |
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| mask | (noun) activity that tries to conceal something | - |
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| (noun) a covering to disguise or conceal the face | - |
| (noun) a protective covering worn over the face | - |
| (noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: masque, masquerade, masquerade party |
| masker | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masquer, masquerader |
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| masking | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, screening |
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| (noun) scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen | Synonyms: masking piece |
| (noun) the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation | - |
| masochism | (noun) sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) | - |
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| masochist | (noun) someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment | - |
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| mason | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | Synonyms: stonemason |
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| masonry | (noun) the craft of a mason | - |
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| (noun) structure built of stone or brick by a mason | - |
| masque | (noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: mask, masquerade, masquerade party |
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| masquer | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masker, masquerader |
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| masquerade | (noun) making a false outward show | Synonyms: charade |
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| (noun) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party | Synonyms: fancy dress, masquerade costume |
| (noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | Synonyms: mask, masque, masquerade party |
| masquerader | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masker, masquer |
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| mass | (noun) the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field | - |
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| (noun) the property of something that is great in magnitude | Synonyms: bulk, volume |
| (noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed |
| (noun) an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) | - |
| (noun) a body of matter without definite shape | - |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| massacre | (noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people | Synonyms: butchery, carnage, mass murder, slaughter |
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| massage | (noun) kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| massager | (noun) someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| massasauga | (noun) pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians | Synonyms: massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus |
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| (noun) small pygmy rattlesnake | Synonyms: ground rattler, Sistrurus miliaris |
| masse | (noun) a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball | Synonyms: masse shot |
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