English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 129 of 732

Mari Lwydname

A Welsh winter holiday custom involving wassailing with a horse's skull carried by an individual hidden under a sheet.

Marianame

A female given name from Hebrew.

Maria Clara gownnoun

A traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines; an aristocratic version of the baro't saya.

mariachiadj

Of or pertaining to a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.

mariagenoun

Obsolete spelling of marriage.

Mariahname

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria used since the nineteenth century. Popularized by singer Mariah Carey in the 1990s

marialitenoun

A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, chlorine, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

marialiticadj

Relating to or containing marialite.

Mariammanname

The Hindu goddess of rain or small-pox.

Marianname

A female given name from Hebrew.

Mariananame

A female given name from Latin [in turn from Aramaic] or from Hebrew; variant forms Marian, Maryana.

Mariana snailfishnoun

Pseudoliparis swirei, a snailfish considered to be the deepest-swimming fish on Earth.

Mariana Trenchname

A submarine trench in the North Pacific Ocean, noted for having the deepest known point on Earth.

Mariananadj

Of or relating to the Northern Mariana Islands.

Marianasname

An archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, a part of the geographical Micronesia.

Marianiname

A surname from Italian.

Marianismnoun

The veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in the Roman Catholic Church.

Marianismonoun

The concept, found in Latin American folk culture, that a virtuous woman should emulate the Virgin Mary in piousness, sexual purity, modesty, etc.

Marianistnoun

A member of the Society of Mary, a congregation of Roman Catholic brothers and priests who look to the Virgin Mary as a model of faith and spirituality.

Marianitenoun

A member of an ancient sect that regarded the Virgin Mary as divine.

Mariannaname

A female given name from Italian.

Mariannename

The personification of France, a woman symbolizing liberty and reason and appearing on French coins, stamps, etc.

Mariannhillname

A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Mariateguiname

A surname from Spanish

Mariaviteadj

Of or relating to the Mariavite Church.

maribavirnoun

An experimental antiviral drug for the prevention and treatment of human cytomegalovirus disease in transplant patients.

maribounoun

Alternative spelling of marabou.

Maribyrnongname

A river in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Marichalname

A surname from Spanish.

maricitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

maricolousadj

Inhabiting the sea.

mariconnoun

An effeminate homosexual male in a Spanish-speaking region, especially Central America.

Maricopanoun

A member of a Native American people belonging to the Yuman linguistic stock, a part of the Hokan family. They originate in the Colorado River area, but following an exodus in the 1700s or 1800s, they live amongst the Pima in the vicinity of the Gila and Salt Rivers.

Maricopa Countyname

One of 15 counties in Arizona, United States. County seat: Phoenix.

maricopaitenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.

mariculturenoun

aquaculture using seawater

mariculturistnoun

One who engages in mariculture.

Mariename

A female given name from Hebrew.

Marie Antoinettenoun

Someone with an extravagant and luxurious lifestyle, often at the expense of those who lack food, clothes, or shelter.

Marie Antoinette syndromename

A sudden whitening of the hair.

Marie biscuitnoun

A sweet biscuit, somewhat like a rich tea biscuit, and usually vanilla-flavoured.

Marie Byrd Landname

A region in western Antarctica, between latitudes 158°W and 103°24'W, considered terra nullius as it is largely unclaimed by any country.

Marie Celestenoun

Alternative form of Mary Celeste.

Marie's diseasenoun

The disease acromegaly.

Marie-Foix syndromenoun

Synonym of lateral pontine syndrome.

Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndromenoun

Synonym of lateral pontine syndrome.

Marie-Galantename

An island in the archipelago of Guadeloupe.

Marie-Kondoverb

Alternative form of Kondo.

Marielname

A female given name.

Marielitonoun

A refugee in the Mariel boatlift.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 129. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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