| 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] |
| marginalia |
notes in the margin or margins of a book or other printed matter. |
| marginalize |
to exclude or treat as being of no importance, esp. so as to divert attention from. |
| marginate |
having a margin or distinct border. [2 definitions] |