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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(verb) make a marcel in a woman's hair | - |
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 |
(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge |
(verb) walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride | - |
(verb) march in a procession | Synonyms: process |
(verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, parade |
(verb) force to march | - |
(verb) cause to march or go at a marching pace | - |
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: demonstrate |
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 |
marginal | (adjective) of questionable or minimal quality | Synonyms: borderline |
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(adjective) just barely adequate or within a lower limit | Synonyms: bare |
(adjective) at or constituting a border or edge | Synonyms: fringy |
(adjective) producing at a rate that barely covers production costs | - |
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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marginalise | (verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people | Synonyms: marginalize |
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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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marginalize | (verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people | Synonyms: marginalise |
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marginally | (adverb) in a marginal manner | - |
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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 |
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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(verb) soak in marinade | Synonyms: marinate |
marinara | (noun) sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs | - |
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marinate | (verb) soak in marinade | Synonyms: marinade |
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marine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the sea | - |
(adjective) of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps) | - |
(adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | Synonyms: maritime, nautical |
(adjective) native to or inhabiting the sea | - |
(noun) a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land | - |
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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marital | (adjective) of or relating to the state of marriage | Synonyms: married, matrimonial |
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mariticide | (noun) the murder of a husband by his wife | - |
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maritime | (adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | Synonyms: marine, nautical |
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(adjective) bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | - |
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 |
(verb) make or leave a mark on | - |
(verb) insert punctuation marks into | Synonyms: punctuate |
(verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: grade, score |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: commemorate |
(verb) put a check mark on or near or next to | Synonyms: check, check off, mark off, tick, tick off |
(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish |
(verb) make underscoring marks | Synonyms: score |
(verb) remove from a list | Synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out |
(verb) designate as if by a mark | - |
(verb) establish as the highest level or best performance | Synonyms: set |
(verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: nock, score |
(verb) mark with a scar | Synonyms: pit, pock, scar |
(verb) attach a tag or label to | Synonyms: label, tag |
(verb) notice or perceive | Synonyms: note, notice |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, denounce, stigmatise, stigmatize |
marked | (adjective) having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate | - |
(adjective) strongly marked; easily noticeable | Synonyms: pronounced |
markedly | (adverb) in a clearly noticeable manner | - |
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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 |
(verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialise, commercialize |
(verb) engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of | - |
(verb) deal in a market | - |
(verb) buy household supplies | - |
marketable | (adjective) capable of being marketed | - |
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(adjective) being in demand by especially employers | - |
(adjective) fit to be offered for sale | Synonyms: merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible |
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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marly | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl | - |
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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 | - |
marmoreal | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of marble | Synonyms: marmorean |
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marmorean | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of marble | Synonyms: marmoreal |
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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 | (adjective) of dark brownish to purplish red | Synonyms: brownish-red |
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(noun) an exploding firework used as a warning signal | - |
(noun) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color | - |
(noun) a person who is stranded (as on an island) | - |
(verb) leave stranded on a desert island without resources | - |
(verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | Synonyms: strand |
marooned | (adjective) cut off or left behind | Synonyms: isolated, stranded |
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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 |
marred | (adjective) blemished by injury or rough wear | Synonyms: scarred |
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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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marriageable | (adjective) of girls or women who are eligible to marry | Synonyms: nubile |
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married | (adjective) joined in matrimony | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the state of marriage | Synonyms: marital, matrimonial |
(noun) a person who is married | - |
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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