| 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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| marry | (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, wed |
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| (verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: splice, tie, wed |
| 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 |
| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: mobilise, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) arrange in logical order | - |
| (verb) place in proper rank | - |
| (verb) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession | - |
| 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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| marshy | (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
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| marsupial | (adjective) of or relating to the marsupials | - |
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| (noun) mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | Synonyms: pouched mammal |
| 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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| martial | (adjective) of or relating to the armed forces | - |
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| (adjective) suggesting war or military life | Synonyms: warlike |
| (adjective) (of persons) befitting a warrior | Synonyms: soldierlike, soldierly, warriorlike |
| martially | (adverb) in a martial manner | - |
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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 | - |
| (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyrise, martyrize |
| (verb) kill as a martyr | - |
| 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 |
| martyrise | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrize |
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| martyrize | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrise |
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| 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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| (verb) express astonishment or surprise about something | - |
| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: wonder |
| marveller | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: wonderer |
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| marvellous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvelous, tall |
| (adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | Synonyms: marvelous, miraculous |
| marvellously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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| marvelous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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| (adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: improbable, marvellous, tall |
| (adjective) being or having the character of a miracle | Synonyms: marvellous, miraculous |
| marvelously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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| marzipan | (noun) almond paste and egg whites | Synonyms: marchpane |
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