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  • English Word Mariolatry Definition The worship of the Virgin Mary.
  • English Word Marionette Definition A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
  • English Word Marionette Definition The buffel duck.
  • English Word Mariotte's law Definition See Boyle's law, under Law.
  • English Word Mariposa lily Definition 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.
  • English Word Mariput Definition A species of civet; the zoril.
  • English Word Marish Definition Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor.
  • English Word Marish Definition Moory; fenny; boggy.
  • English Word Marish Definition Growing in marshes.
  • English Word Marital Definition Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority.
  • English Word Maritated Definition Having a husband; married.
  • English Word Maritimal Definition Alt. of Maritimale
  • English Word Maritimale Definition See Maritime.
  • English Word Maritime Definition 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.
  • English Word Maritime Definition Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.
  • English Word Marjoram Definition 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.
  • English Word Mark Definition A license of reprisals. See Marque.
  • English Word Mark Definition An old weight and coin. See Marc.
  • English Word Mark Definition 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.
  • English Word Mark Definition 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.
  • English Word Mark Definition A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
  • English Word Mark Definition A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
  • English Word Mark Definition A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.
  • English Word Mark Definition 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.
  • English Word Mark Definition An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.
  • English Word Mark Definition That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.
  • English Word Mark Definition Attention, regard, or respect.
  • English Word Mark Definition Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
  • English Word Mark Definition Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.
  • English Word Mark Definition Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.