English Words: M

4,057 words · Page 19 of 82

marlinnoun

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

Marlowname

A common placename:

Marlowename

A habitational surname from Old English from the English place name Marlow.

marlyadj

Containing or resembling marl.

Marmadukename

A male given name from Irish, once popular in parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham.

marmaladenoun

A kind of jam made with citrus fruit, distinguished by being made slightly bitter by the addition of the peel and by partial caramelisation during manufacture. Most commonly made with Seville oranges, and usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit.

Marmaraname

Synonym of Sea of Marmara.

marmitenoun

A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals.

marmosetnoun

Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.

marmotnoun

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

Marnename

A right tributary of the Seine, in eastern France, flowing 319 miles east and southeast of Paris through the departments of Haute-Marne, Marne, Aisne, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.

Marnername

A surname.

Marniename

A female given name from Latin or Hebrew.

maronnoun

An alpine guide.

Maroneyname

A surname.

Maroniteadj

Of or pertaining to Saint Maron or the Maronite Church.

maroonnoun

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

Marplename

A town in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Cheshire.

Marquandname

A surname from French.

marquenoun

A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.

marqueenoun

A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.

marquessnoun

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

marquetrynoun

A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.

Marquettename

A surname.

marquisnoun

A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.

marquisenoun

A marchioness, especially one who is French.

Marrname

A surname.

marranoun

A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

Marrakechname

The capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco.

marredadj

Spoiled; harmed or damaged.

marriagenoun

The state of being married.

marriageableadj

Suitable for marriage; nubile.

Marrickvillename

A suburb of Sydney in the Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.

marriedadj

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

Marrinername

A surname originating as an occupation.

marringverb

present participle and gerund of mar: ruining, thwarting, spoiling.

Marriottname

A matrilineal surname.

marronnoun

A sweet chestnut.

marrownoun

The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.

marryverb

To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

marryingverb

present participle and gerund of marry

marsverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

Marsalaname

A town in western Sicily.

Marsalisname

A surname.

Marsdenname

A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.

Marseillaisename

The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.

Marseillename

The capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Marseillesname

Alternative spelling of Marseille: the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

marshnoun

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.

Marshaname

A female given name from Latin, variant of Marcia.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 4,057 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 82 pages, and you are currently viewing page 19. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "M" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.