Marcel Proust |
a French author (b.1871--d.1922). |
March |
the third month of the Gregorian calendar year, having thirty-one days. |
march |
to walk with a steady, regular stride, esp. in step with others. [11 definitions] |
marchesa |
an Italian noblewoman, ranking with a marchioness, and just above a countess. |
marchese |
an Italian nobleman, ranking with a marquis, and just above a count. |
marching orders |
orders to leave or move on. |
marchioness |
the wife or widow of a marquess. [2 definitions] |
marchpane |
almond paste; marzipan. |
Marco Polo |
a Venetian traveler in East Asia (b.1254?--d.1325?). |
Marcus Aurelius |
a Stoic philosopher who was emperor of Rome in 161-180 A.D. (b.121--d.180 A.D.). |
Mardi Gras |
the day before the beginning of Lent, celebrated by some Christians with elaborate merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday. |
mare1 |
a mature female horse or horselike animal. |
mare2 |
a large flat dark area on the moon or Mars. |
mare's-nest |
something thought to be an incredible discovery that turns out to have been a hoax or delusion. [2 definitions] |
mare's-tail |
a narrow, filmy, sweeping band of cirrus cloud that resembles a horse's tail blowing in the breeze. [2 definitions] |
margarine |
a butter substitute made of hydrogenated vegetable oils, milk, coloring agents, and other ingredients; oleo. |
margarita |
a cocktail made of tequila and lemon or lime juice and usu. served in a glass whose rim is coated with salt. |
margarite |
a mineral related to mica that has a pearly sheen. |
margay |
a spotted cat of Central and South America that resembles an ocelot. |
margin |
an edge and the border area near it. [9 definitions] |
marginal |
of, concerning, near, or forming a margin. [4 definitions] |