Mariposa lily () One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California.
Mariput (n.) A species of civet; the zoril.
Marish (n.) Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor.
Marish (a.) Moory; fenny; boggy.
Marish (a.) Growing in marshes.
Marital (v.) Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority.
Maritated (a.) Having a husband; married.
Maritimal (a.) Alt. of Maritimale
Maritimale (a.) See Maritime.
Maritime (a.) Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states.
Maritime (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.
Marjoram (n.) A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.
Mark (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque.
Mark (n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc.
Mark (n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.
Mark (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.
Mark (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
Mark (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
Mark (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.
Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark.
Mark (n.) An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.
Mark (n.) That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.
Mark (n.) Attention, regard, or respect.
Mark (n.) Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
Mark (n.) Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.
Mark (n.) Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.
Mark (n.) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
Mark (n.) A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.
Mark (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.
Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
Marked (imp. & p. p.) of Mark
Marking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mark
Mark (v. t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.
Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.
Mark (v. t.) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.
Mark (v. t.) To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.
Mark (v. i.) To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.
Markable (a.) Remarkable.
Marked (a.) Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance.
Markee (n.) See Marquee.
Marker (n.) One who or that which marks.
Marker (n.) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.
Marker (n.) A counter used in card playing and other games.
Marker (n.) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
Marker (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
Market (n.) A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.
Market (n.) A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.
Market (n.) An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.
Market (n.) Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.
Market (n.) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.
Market (n.) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.
Marketed (imp. & p. p.) of Market
Marketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Market
Market (v. i.) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
Market (v. t.) To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops.
Marketable (a.) Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.
Marketable (a.) Current in market; as, marketable value.
Marketable (a.) Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country.
Marketableness (n.) Quality of being marketable.
Marketer (n.) One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
Marketing (n.) The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.
Marketing (n.) Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.
Marketstead (n.) A market place.
Markhoor (n.) A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.
Marking (n.) The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage.
Markis (n.) A marquis.
Markisesse (n.) A marchioness.
Markman (n.) A marksman.
Marksmen (pl. ) of Marksman
Marksman (n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
Marksman (n.) One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.
Marksmanship (n.) Skill of a marksman.
Marl (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
Marl (n.) A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
Marled (imp. & p. p.) of Marl
Marling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marl
Marl (n.) To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
Marlaceous (a.) Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.
Marlin (n.) The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).
Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
Marline (v. t.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
Marlite (n.) A variety of marl.
Marlitic (a.) Partaking of the qualites of marlite.
Marlpit (n.) Apit where marl is dug.
Marlstone (n.) A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.
Marly (superl.) Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
Marmalade (n.) A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.
Marmalet (n.) See Marmalade.
Marmatite (n.) A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.
Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.
Marmoraceous (a.) Pertaining to, or like, marble.
Marmorate (a.) Alt. of Marmorated
Marmorated (a.) Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.
Marmoration (n.) A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.
Marmoratum opus () A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.
Marmoreal (a.) Alt. of Marmorean
Marmorean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.
Marmorosis (n.) The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble.
Marmose (n.) A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.