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Marrownounany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish fleshverified
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
Marshallnouna law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of lawverified
Marshmallownounspongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugarverified
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
Marsupiumnounan external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckledverified
Martagonnounlily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asiaverified
Martensitenouna solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressedverified
Martial LawnounMWEthe body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs, usually in time of war or civil crisisverified
Martinnounany of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wingsverified
Martynianounsprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruitverified
Martyrdomnoundeath that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or causeverified
Marupanountree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attackverified
Marvel-Of-Perunouncommon garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoonverified
Marxismnounthe economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communismverified
Masculinisationnounthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)verified
Masculinizationnounthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)verified
Mask of PregnancynounMWEa tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptivesverified
MaskingnounA computerized technique of blocking out the display of sensitive information, such as passwords, on a computer terminal or reportControl
Masking PapernounMWEadhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be paintedverified
Masking PiecenounMWEscenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seenverified
Masking TapenounMWEadhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be paintedverified
Mason WaspnounMWEany of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their youngverified
Masquerade AttacknounMWEA type of attack in which one system entity illegitimately poses as (assumes the identity of) another entity.Threat