Marmoset (n.) Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.
Marmot (n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.
Marmot (n.) Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
Marmottes oil () A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil.
Marmozet (n.) See Marmoset.
Marone (n.) See Maroon, the color.
Maronites (pl. ) of Maronite
Maronite (n.) One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.
Maroon (n.) In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
Marooned (imp. & p. p.) of Maroon
Marooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maroon
Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Maroon (a.) Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
Maroon (n.) A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
Maroon (n.) An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
Marplot (n.) One who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.
Marque (n.) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
Marquee (n.) A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
Marquess (n.) A marquis.
Marquetry (n.) Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.
Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
Marquisate (n.) The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
Marquisdom (n.) A marquisate.
Marquise (n.) The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
Marquisship (n.) A marquisate.
Marram (n.) A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.
Marrer (n.) One who mars or injures.
Marriable (a.) Marriageable.
Marriage (v. t.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.
Marriage (v. t.) The marriage vow or contract.
Marriage (v. t.) A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
Marriage (v. t.) Any intimate or close union.
Marriageability (n.) The quality or state of being marriageable.
Marriageable (a.) Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
Marrried (a.) Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman.
Marrried (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.
Marrier (n.) One who marries.
Marron (a.) A large chestnut.
Marron (a.) A chestnut color; maroon.
Marron (a.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.
Marroon (n. & a.) Same as 1st Maroon.
Marrot (n.) The razor-billed auk. See Auk.
Marrot (n.) The common guillemot.
Marrot (n.) The puffin.
Marrow (n.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
Marrow (n.) The essence; the best part.
Marrow (n.) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
Marrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Marrow
Marrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marrow
Marrow (v. t.) To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.
Marrowbone (n.) A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
Marrowfat (n.) A rich but late variety of pea.
Marrowish (a.) Of the nature of, or like, marrow.
Marrowless (a.) Destitute of marrow.
Marrowy (a.) Full of marrow; pithy.
Marrubium (n.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.
Married (imp. & p. p.) of Marry
Marrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marry
Marry (v. t.) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.
Marry (v. t.) To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.
Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
Marry (v. t.) To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
Marry (v. t.) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
Marry (v. i.) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
Marry (interj.) Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
Mars (n.) The god of war and husbandry.
Mars (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.
Mars (n.) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet Mars.
Marsala (n.) A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.
Marsdenia (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.
Marseillais (a. f.) Alt. of Marseillaise
Marseillaise (a. f.) Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants.
Marseillais (n. f.) Alt. of Marseillaise
Marseillaise (n. f.) A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.
Marseilles (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.
Marsh (n.) A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
Marshal (n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
Marshal (n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
Marshal (n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
Marshal (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
Marshal (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
Marshal (n.) The highest military officer.
Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.
Marshaled (imp. & p. p.) of Marshal
Marshalled () of Marshal
Marshaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marshal
Marshalling () of Marshal
Marshal (v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
Marshal (v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.
Marshal (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
Marshaler (n.) One who marshals.
Marshaling (n.) The act of arranging in due order.
Marshaling (n.) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
Marshalsea (n.) The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
Marshalship (n.) The office of a marshal.
Marshbanker (n.) Alt. of Marsebanker
Marsebanker (n.) The menhaden.
Marshiness (n.) The state or condition of being marshy.
Marsh marigold () A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.
Marshy (a.) Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.