Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.
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The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble.
A species of small opossum (Didelphys murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.
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.
Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae. The common European marmot (Marmota 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 (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.
See Marmoset.
Of or pertaining to Morocco; as, Maroc mosques cannot be entered by women without a head covering.
A dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe.
See Maroon, the color.
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.
A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
One who, by his officious interference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
A marquis.
Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.
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.
The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
A marquisate.
The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
A marquisate.
A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.
One who mars or injures.
Marriageable.
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.
The quality or state of being marriageable.
Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
Being in the state of matrimony; having a spouse; wedded; as, a married man or woman; -- of one person.
One who marries.
Same as 1st Maroon.
The razor-billed auk. See Auk. The common guillemot. The puffin.
To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.
A bone containing marrow; ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
A rich but late variety of pea.
Of the nature of, or like, marrow.
Destitute of marrow.
Full of marrow; pithy.
A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.
Morocco, a country in Northwestern Africa.
Indeed! in truth! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
The god of war and husbandry.
A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.
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.
The menhaden.
A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.
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.
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
One who marshals.
The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
The office of a marshal.
The state or condition of being marshy.
A natural family of clover ferns.
One of the Marsipobranchia.
A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.
One of the Marsupialia.
A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.
One of the Marsupialia.
Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.
Same as Marsupium.
A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.
The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea. The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.
The god Mars.
A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.
To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.
A bird. See Martin.
Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Martes (formerly Mustela), closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech marten or stone marten (Martes foina); the pine marten (Martes martes); and the American marten, or sable (Martes Americana), which some Zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.
Same as Marten.
The genus of mammals including the martens.
The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.
A warrior.
To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.
In a martial manner.
The quality of being martial.
An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or hypothetical.
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
The martin.
A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.
The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.
A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.
The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called martlemans.
Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.
See Martinmas.
A natural family in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae.
To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture.
To make a martyr of.
In the manner of a martyr.
A martyrology.
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.
Martyrdom.
To marvel at.
A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or Mirabilis uniflora) of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.
Marvelous.
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.
The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.
A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.
A system of economic and political thought, originated by Karl Marx, and elaborated by others. It holds that the state has been the a device for suppression of the masses, allowing exploitation by a dominant (capitalistic) class; that historical change occurs through class struggle; and that the capitalist system will inevitably wither away to be superseded by a classless society.
Marxism, as interpreted by V. I. Lenin.
Of or pertaining to Marx or Marxism.
of or pertaining to Marxism-Leninism.
See Marry.
The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.
Mariolatry.
A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.
A confection made of almonds and sugar mixed into a paste and molded into shapes. Same as marchpane.
A Nilotic language.
Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.
A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eye lashes, usually applied with a small brush.
A lozenge voided.
Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.
A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.
To make strong.
Of the male sex; not female.
The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.
See Maze.
To emit coherent microwave radiation, as in a maser{2}.
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