AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
marginella: a genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.
margosa: a large tree of genus melia (m. azadirachta) found in india. its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. a valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. the m. azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the southern united states, where it is known as pride of india, pride of china, or bead tree. various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.
margrave: originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in germany.-the english equivalent of the german title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.
marguerite: the daisy (bellis perennis). the name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the china aster.
marian: pertaining to the virgin mary, or sometimes to mary, queen of england, daughter of henry viii.
mariet: a kind of bellflower, companula trachelium, once called viola mariana; but it is not a violet.
marigold: a name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the calendula officinalis (see calendula), and the cultivated species of tagetes.
marikina: a small marmoset (midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.
marimba: a musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.
marimonda: a spider monkey (ateles belzebuth) of central and south america.
marinade: a brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.
marinate: to salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.
marine: of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.-formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.-a solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.-the sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.-a picture representing some marine subject.
marionette: a puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.-the buffel duck.
mariposa lily: one of a genus (calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. called also butterfly lily. most of them are natives of california.
marish: low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor.-moory; fenny; boggy.-growing in marshes.
marital: of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority.
maritime: bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states.-of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.
marjoram: a genus of mintlike plants (origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. the sweet marjoram (o. majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. the wild marjoram of europe and america is o. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.
mark: a license of reprisals. see marque.-an old weight and coin. see marc.-the unit of monetary account of the german empire, equal to 23.8 cents of united states money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. also, a silver coin of this value.-a visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.-a character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.-a character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.-a fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.-a trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark.-an evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.-that toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.-attention, regard, or respect.-limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.-badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.-preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.-a characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.-a number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.-image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.-one of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. the unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."-to put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.-to be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.-to leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.-to keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.-to notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.-to take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.
marked: of mark-designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance.
marker: one who or that which marks.-one who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.-a counter used in card playing and other games.-the soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.-an attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
market: a meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.-a public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.-an opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; india is a market for english goods.-exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.-the price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. hence: value; worth.-the privelege granted to a town of having a public market.-to deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.-to expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops.
marketable: fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.-current in market; as, marketable value.-wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country.
marketer: one who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
marketing: of market-the act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.-articles in, or from, a market; supplies.
markhoor: a large wild goat (capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. it inhabits the mountains of northern india and cashmere.
marking: of mark-the act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage.
marksman: one skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.-one who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.
marl: to cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.-a mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. see greensand.-to overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
marlin: the american great marbled godwit (limosa fedoa). applied also to the red-breasted godwit (limosa haematica).
marline: a small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.-to wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
marlstone: a sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower lias of england.
marly: consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
marmalade: a preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.
marmatite: a ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.
marmolite: a thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.
marmoration: a covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.
marmoratum opus: a kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.
marmose: a species of small opossum (didelphus murina) ranging from mexico to brazil.
marmoset: any one of numerous species of small south american monkeys of the genera hapale and midas, family hapalidae. they have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. they are often kept as pets. called also squirrel monkey.
marmot: any rodent of the genus arctomys. the common european marmot (a. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the alps and pyrenees. the bobac is another european species. the common american species (a. monax) is the woodchuck.-any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
marmottes oil: a fine oil obtained from the kernel of prunus brigantiaca. it is used instead of olive or almond oil.
maronite: one of a body of nominal christians, who speak the arabic language, and reside on mount lebanon and in different parts of syria. they take their name from one maron of the 6th century.
maroon: in the west indies and guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.-to put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.-having the color called maroon. see 4th maroon.-a brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.-an explosive shell. see marron, 3.
marplot: one who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.
marque: a license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
marquee: a large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
marquetry: inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.
marquis: a nobleman in england, france, and germany, of a rank next below that of duke. originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. the office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
marquisate: the seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
marram: a coarse grass found on sandy beaches (ammophila arundinacea). see beach grass, under beach.
marriage: the act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.-the marriage vow or contract.-a feast made on the occasion of a marriage.-any intimate or close union.
marriageable: fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
marron: a large chestnut.-a chestnut color; maroon.-a paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.
marrot: the razor-billed auk. see auk.-the common guillemot.-the puffin.
marrow: the tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. in the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.-the essence; the best part.-one of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.-to fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.
marrowbone: a bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
marrried: being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman.-of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.
marrubium: a genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.
marry: to unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.-to join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. see the note to def. 4.-to dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.-to take for husband or wife. see the note below.-figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.-to enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.-indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the virgin mary.
mars: the god of war and husbandry.-one of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. it is conspicuous for the redness of its light.-the metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same as that of the planet mars.
marsdenia: a genus of plants of the milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.
marseillaise: of or pertaining to marseilles, in france, or to its inhabitants.-a native or inhabitant of marseilles.
marseilles: a general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in marseilles, france.
marsh: a tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
marsh marigold: a perennial plant of the genus caltha (c. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. in the united states it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. see cowslip.
marshal: originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.-an officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like-one who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.-one who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.-the chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.-the highest military officer.-a ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the united states, to execute the process of the courts of the united states, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. the name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.-to dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.-to direct, guide, or lead.-to dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
marshaling: of marshal-the act of arranging in due order.-the arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
marshalsea: the court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
marshy: resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.-pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed.
marsipobranchia: a class of vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. it includes the lampreys and hagfishes. see cyclostoma, and lamprey. called also marsipobranchiata, and marsipobranchii.
marsupial: having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the marsupialia.-of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.-one of the marsupialia.
marsupialia: a subclass of mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of america. they differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. the female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. called also marsupiata.
marsupiate: related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and crustacea.
marsupite: a fossil crinoid of the genus marsupites, resembling a purse in form.
marsupium: the pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain crustacea.-the pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. see pecten.
mart: a market.-a bargain.-to buy or sell in, or as in, a mart.-to traffic.-the god mars.-battle; contest.
martagon: a lily (lilium martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in europe and asia.
martel de fer: a weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the middle ages to break armor.
martello tower: a building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.
marten: a bird. see martin.-any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus mustela, closely allied to the sable. among the more important species are the european beech, or stone, marten (mustela foina); the pine marten (m. martes); and the american marten, or sable (m. americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the russian sable.-the fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
martial: of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.-practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.-belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.-pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, mars.-pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.
martin: a perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.-one of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
martinet: in military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.-the martin.
martineta: a species of tinamou (calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.
martinetism: the principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.
martingal: a strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. it is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.-a lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. also, the dolphin striker itself.-the act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.
martinmas: the feast of st. martin, the eleventh of november; -- often called martlemans.
martite: iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.
martlet: the european house martin.-a bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. as a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.
martyr: one who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, stephen was the first christian martyr.-hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.-to put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.-to persecute; to torment; to torture.
martyrdom: the condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the christian faith, or to any cause.-affliction; torment; torture.
martyrological: pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
marvel: that which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.-wonder.-to be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.-to marvel at.-to cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.
marvelous: exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.-partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible.
marvelousness: the quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.
marver: a stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.
marysole: a large british fluke, or flounder (rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.
mascagnite: native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from mascagni, who discovered it.
mascled: composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.
mascotte: a person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.
masculine: of the male sex; not female.-having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.-belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.-having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. see gender.
mash: a mesh.-a mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. specifically (brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.-a mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.-a mess; trouble.-to convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. specifically (brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.
masher: one who, or that which, mashes; also (brewing), a machine for making mash.-a charmer of women.
mashy: produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.