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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.verified
Marine MuseumnounMWEa tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animalsverified
Mariner's CompassnounMWEcompass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic northverified
Mariposa LilynounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverified
Mariposa TulipnounMWEany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverified
Marital Communications PrivilegenounMWEneither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were marriedverified
Maritime LawnounMWEthe branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.verified
Market AnalystnounMWEan analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)verified
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 shareverified
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 shareverified
Market CrossnounMWEa cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conductedverified
Market EconomynounMWEan economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine pricesverified
Market LetternounMWEa newsletter written by an analyst of the stock market and sold to subscribersverified
Market OrdernounMWEan order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market priceverified
Market PenetrationnounMWEthe extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular marketverified
Market PricenounMWEthe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplaceverified
Market ResearchnounMWEresearch that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumerverified
Market ValuenounMWEthe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplaceverified
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.verified
Marketing CostnounMWEthe cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer)verified
Marketing ResearchnounMWEresearch that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumerverified
Markup LanguagenounMWEa set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a documentverified
Marmalade BoxnounMWEtree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruitverified
Marmalade BushnounMWEevergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowersverified
Marmalade TreenounMWEtropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruitverified
Marrow SquashnounMWEany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish fleshverified
Marsh AndromedanounMWEerect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowersverified
Marsh BellflowernounMWEbellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowersverified
Marsh CressnounMWEannual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherbverified
Marsh EldernounMWEany of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowersverified
Marsh FelwortnounMWEperennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowersverified
Marsh GentiannounMWEperennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heathsverified
Marsh HennounMWEany of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensverified
Marsh HorsetailnounMWEscouring-rush horsetail widely distributed in wet or boggy areas of northern hemisphereverified
Marsh MarigoldnounMWEswamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercupsverified
Marsh MilkweednounMWENorth American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purpleverified
Marsh OrchidnounMWEany of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous rootsverified
Marsh PeanounMWEscrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowersverified
Marsh PinknounMWEany of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centauryverified
Marsh TeanounMWEbog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japanverified
Marsh TrefoilnounMWEperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leavesverified
Marsupial MousenounMWEany of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or ratsverified
Marsupial RatnounMWEany of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or ratsverified
Martial LawnounMWEthe body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs, usually in time of war or civil crisisverified