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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Maputo
capital of Mozambique noun the capital and largest city of Mozambique

maquiladora
noun an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border

Maquis
noun the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II

mara
Dolichotis patagonum noun hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina

marabou
marabou stork noun large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

marabout
marabou stork noun large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

Maracaibo
noun a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center

Maracay
noun a city in north central Venezuela; cattle center

Maraco
Maracan language noun the language spoken by the Maraco

marang
noun tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp

maranta
noun any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves

Marantaceae
family Marantaceae noun tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes

marasca
marasca cherry noun Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur

maraschino
noun distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries

maraschino cherry
noun cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur

maraschino liqueur
noun distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries

Marasmius
genus Marasmius noun chiefly small mushrooms with white spores

marasmus
noun extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders

Maratha
Mahratta noun a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra

Marathi
Mahratti noun an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script

marathon
endurance contest noun any long and arduous undertaking

Marathon
noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

marathoner
marathon runner noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)

Marattia
genus Marattia noun type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows

Marattia salicina
noun large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people

Marattiaceae
family Marattiaceae noun constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds

Marattiales
order Marattiales noun lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae

marauder
predator noun someone who attacks in search of booty

marauding
predatory adjective characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; `bands of marauding Indians`; `predatory warfare`; `a raiding party`

marble
noun a small ball of glass that is used in various games

marble cake
noun made of light and dark batter very lightly blended

marbled
marbleized adjective patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble; `marbleized pink skin`

marbleization
marbleisation noun a texture like that of marble

marbles
noun a children`s game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)

marblewood
marble-wood noun large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood

marbling
noun the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat

Marburg disease
Marburg hemorrhagic fever noun a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness

Marburg virus
noun a filovirus that causes Marburg disease; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

marc
noun made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing

marcel
noun a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron

march
marching noun the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); `it was a long march`; `we heard the sound of marching`

march
verb march in a procession; `They processed into the dining room`

marchand de vin
mushroom wine sauce noun brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira

Marchantia
genus Marchantia noun type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores

Marchantia polymorpha
noun a common liverwort

Marchantiaceae
family Marchantiaceae noun liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli

Marchantiales
order Marchantiales noun liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally

Marche
Marches noun a region in central Italy

marched upon
adjective being or having been trodden or marched on

marcher
noun walks with regular or stately step

marching music
noun genre of music written for marching; `Sousa wrote the best marches`

marching order
noun equipage for marching; `the company was dressed in full marching order`

marching orders
noun an order from a superior officer for troops to depart

marchioness
marquise noun a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

Marciano
Rocco Marciano noun United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969)

Marcionism
noun the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human

Marco Polo sheep
Marco Polo`s sheep noun Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon)

Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi noun Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)

Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday noun a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans

Marduk
Merodach noun the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu

mare
female horse noun female equine animal

mare clausum
noun (closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation

mare liberum
noun (free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access

mare nostrum
noun (our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans

mare`s tail
noun a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud

Marengo
noun a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians

Marfan`s syndrome
noun an autosomal dominant disease characterized by elongated bones (especially of limbs and digits) and abnormalities of the eyes and circulatory system

Margaret Mead
noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell noun United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)

margaric acid
heptadecanoic acid noun a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid

margarin
glycerol trimargarate noun a glyceryl ester of margaric acid

margarine
margarin noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

margarita
noun a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice

margate
Haemulon album noun a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil

margay
margay cat noun small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil

margin
noun an amount beyond the minimum necessary; `the margin of victory`

margin
noun the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

margin account
noun an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit

margin call
noun a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement

margin of profit
profit margin noun the ratio gross profits divided by net sales

margin of safety
safety margin noun the margin required in order to insure safety; `in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress`

marginal
adjective being close to a lower limit or or of lower class; `marginal abilities`

marginal cost
incremental cost noun the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output

marginal placentation
ventral placentation noun with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary

marginal utility
noun (economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service

marginal wood fern
evergreen wood fern 1 leatherleaf wood fern noun North American fern with evergreen fronds

marginalia
noun notes written in the margin

marginality
noun the property of being marginal or on the fringes

marginalization
marginalisation noun the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); `the marginalization of the underclass`; `the marginalization of literature`

marginally
adverb in a marginal manner; `marginally interesting`

Marginocephalia
suborder Marginocephalia noun includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs

margrave
noun a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)

marguerite
Paris daisy noun perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum

marguerite daisy
Paris daisy noun perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum

Maria
Calophyllum longifolium noun valuable timber tree of Panama

Maria Mitchell
noun United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)

mariachi
noun a group of street musicians in Mexico

Marian
adjective of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary

Marian Anderson
noun United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)

Mariana Islands
Marianas noun a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521