Nouns

maroc

noun

a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa w...

marocain

noun

a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe

marquand

noun

United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr....

marquetry

noun

inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or pictu...

marrano

noun

(medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew w...

marruecos

noun

a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa w...

marsupialia

noun

coextensive with the subclass Metatheria

martagon

noun

lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe a...

martensite

noun

a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when...

martingale

noun

spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat

martinmas

noun

the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland

masefield

noun

English poet (1878-1967)

masker

noun

a participant in a masquerade

masonite

noun

a type of fiberboard

masorah

noun

a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures in...

masorete

noun

a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of th...

masorite

noun

a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of th...

masqat

noun

a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of O...

masquer

noun

a participant in a masquerade

massasauga

noun

small pygmy rattlesnake

massasoit

noun

Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)

massenet

noun

French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-191...

massicot

noun

the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow pow...

massorete

noun

a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of th...

mastaba

noun

an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base a...

mastership

noun

the position of master

masterwort

noun

any plant of the genus Astrantia

mastigophora

noun

protozoa having flagella

mastigophoran

noun

a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whipl...

mastigophore

noun

a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whipl...

mastoiditis

noun

inflammation of the mastoid

mastoidectomy

noun

surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process

mastopathy

noun

any pathology of the breast

mastopexy

noun

plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts

matabele

noun

a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu

matchboard

noun

a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut...

matchet

noun

a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a w...

matchlock

noun

an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lower...

matelote

noun

highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel,...

materfamilias

noun

a female head of a family or tribe

matriarchate

noun

a form of social organization in which a female is the famil...

matric

noun

admission to a group (especially a college or university)

matrilineage

noun

line of descent traced through the maternal side of the fami...

matronymic

noun

a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal an...

mattock

noun

a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade se...

matzah

noun

brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

mauldin

noun

United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers...

maulstick

noun

a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding...

maund

noun

a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in diffe...

maundy

noun

a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distri...