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Marine LawnounMWEthe branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Marine MinenounMWEan explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into itverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marine MuseumnounMWEa tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marine MusselnounMWEmarine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shellverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mariner's CompassnounMWEcompass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic northverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mariposa LilynounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mariposa TulipnounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marital BednounMWEthe relationship between wife and husbandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marital Communications PrivilegenounMWEneither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were marriedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marital RelationshipnounMWEthe relationship between wife and husbandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marital StatusnounMWEthe condition of being married or unmarriedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Maritime LawnounMWEthe branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
mark downverbMWEreduce the price ofverifiedJun 3, 2026
Mark of CainnounMWEthe mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful natureverifiedMay 18, 2026
mark offverbMWEput a check mark on or near or next toverifiedJun 3, 2026
mark outverbMWEset boundaries to and delimitverifiedJun 3, 2026
mark upverbMWEincrease the price ofverifiedJun 3, 2026
Market AnalysisnounMWEmarketing research that yields information about the marketplaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market AnalystnounMWEan analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Market CapitalisationnounMWEan estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a shareverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market CapitalizationnounMWEan estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a shareverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market CrossnounMWEa cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conductedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market DaynounMWEa fixed day for holding a public marketverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market EconomynounMWEan economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine pricesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market ForcesnounMWEthe interaction of supply and demand that shapes a market economyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market GardennounMWEa garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market GardeningnounMWEthe growing of vegetables or flowers for marketverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market KeepernounMWEa merchant who owns or manages a shopverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market LetternounMWEa newsletter written by an analyst of the stock market and sold to subscribersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market OrdernounMWEan order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market priceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market PenetrationnounMWEthe extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular marketverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market PricenounMWEthe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market ResearchnounMWEresearch that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market SquarenounMWEa public marketplace where food and merchandise is soldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market StrategistnounMWEsomeone skilled in planning marketing campaignsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market TownnounMWEa (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated timesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market ValuenounMWEthe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Market-wide testsnounMWEMarket-wide tests are also called cross-market tests or "street tests" that are sponsored by the Securities Industry Association, Bond Market Association, and Futures Industry Association. These tests validate the connectivity from alternate sites and include transaction, settlement, and payment processes, to the extent practical.verifiedAug 30, 2026
Marketing CostnounMWEthe cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Marketing ResearchnounMWEresearch that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marking InknounMWEan indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Markup LanguagenounMWEa set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a documentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmalade BoxnounMWEtree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmalade BushnounMWEevergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmalade OrangenounMWEany of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmalade PlumnounMWEbrown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmalade TreenounMWEtropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage BednounMWEthe bed shared by a newly wed coupleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage BrokernounMWEsomeone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage BrokeragenounMWEa business that arranges marriage contractsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage CeremonynounMWEthe act of marryingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage ContractnounMWEa prenuptial agreement or contractverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage CounselingnounMWEcounseling on marital problems and disagreementsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage LicencenounMWEa license authorizing two people to marryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage LicensenounMWEa license authorizing two people to marryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage MartnounMWEa business that arranges marriage contractsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage of ConveniencenounMWEa marriage for expediency rather than loveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage OffernounMWEan offer of marriageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage ProposalnounMWEan offer of marriageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriage SettlementnounMWEa prenuptial agreement or contractverifiedMay 18, 2026
Married CouplenounMWEtwo people who are married to each otherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Married MannounMWEa married manverifiedMay 18, 2026
Married PersonnounMWEa person's partner in marriageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Married WomannounMWEa married womanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marrow SquashnounMWEany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish fleshverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marrowfat PeanounMWEa variety of large pea that is commonly processed and sold in cansverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh AndromedanounMWEerect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh BellflowernounMWEbellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh BuggynounMWEan amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh ClematisnounMWEclimber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh CressnounMWEannual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherbverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh EldernounMWEany of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh FelwortnounMWEperennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh GasnounMWEmethane gas produced when vegetation decomposes in waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh GentiannounMWEperennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heathsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh HarenounMWEa wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to FloridaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh HarriernounMWEOld World harrier frequenting marshy regionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh HawknounMWEcommon harrier of North America and EuropeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh HennounMWEany of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh HorsetailnounMWEscouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphereverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh MarigoldnounMWEswamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercupsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh MilkweednounMWENorth American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purpleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh OrchidnounMWEany of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous rootsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh PeanounMWEscrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh PinknounMWEany of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centauryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh PlantnounMWEa semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet landverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh St-John's WortnounMWEperennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh TeanounMWEbog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and JapanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh TrefoilnounMWEperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsh WrennounMWEa wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marshalling YardnounMWEa railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loadedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marshmallow FluffnounMWEa very sweet white spread resembling marshmallow candyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsupial MolenounMWEsmall burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a moleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsupial MousenounMWEany of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or ratsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marsupial RatnounMWEany of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or ratsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Martello TowernounMWEa circular masonry fort for coastal defenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marten CatnounMWEagile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weaselsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Martial ArtnounMWEany of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defenseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Martial LawnounMWEthe body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs, usually in time of war or civil crisisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Martial MusicnounMWEbrisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military paradeverifiedMay 18, 2026