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Marine IguananounMWEshore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos IslandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
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
Marinernouna man who serves as a sailorverifiedMay 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
Marionettenouna small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mariposanounany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petalsverifiedMay 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
Mariticidenounthe murder of a husband by his wifeverifiedMay 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
Marjoramnounpungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omeletsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mark of CainnounMWEthe mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful natureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Markernounsome conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark somethingverifiedMay 18, 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.ProcessInternalMay 12, 2026
Marketernounsomeone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for moneyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marketingnounthe commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or serviceverifiedMay 18, 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
Marketplacenounthe world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and soldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Markhoornounlarge Himalayan goat with large spiraled hornsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Markhornounlarge Himalayan goat with large spiraled hornsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Markingnounevaluation of performance by assigning a grade or scoreverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marking InknounMWEan indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Markkanounformerly the basic unit of money in FinlandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marksmannounsomeone skilled in shootingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marksmanshipnounskill in shootingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Markup LanguagenounMWEa set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a documentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Markweednounclimbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlnouna loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomiteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlberrynountropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlinnounlarge long-jawed oceanic sport fishesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlinenouna small usually tarred line of 2 strandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlinespikenouna pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlingspikenouna pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlinspikenouna pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlitenounmetamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marlverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marlstonenounmetamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marlverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmaladenouna preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruitsverifiedMay 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
Marmitenouna large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmosetnounsmall soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nailsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marmotnounstocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphereverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marocainnouna dress crepeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marquenouna name given to a product or serviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marqueenounpermanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Marquessnouna British peer ranking below a duke and above an earlverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marqueterienouninlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furnitureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marquetrynouninlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furnitureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marquisnounnobleman (in various countries) ranking above a countverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marquisenouna noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marrinounvery large red gum treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Marriagenounthe state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life or until divorceverifiedMay 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
Marriageabilitynouneligibility for marriageverifiedMay 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