| Markov, Andrei | <person> Russian mathematician, 1865-1922. See: Markov process. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| marl flats | Marl flats are areas where the soil has accumulated high concentrations of calcium carbonate (lime) from the strongly alkaline groundwater. (09 Oct 1997) |
| marlin | <zoology> The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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. Marline spike, Marling spike A tropic bird. A jager, or skua gull. Origin: LG. Marlien, marling, or D. Marling, marlijn, fr. D. Marren to tie, prob. Akin to E. Moor, v, and lijn line: cf.F. Merlin. See Moor, Line. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marlite | <chemical> A variety of marl. Origin: Cf. F. Marlite. See Marl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marlstone | <geology> A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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. <botany> Marmalade tree, a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor. Origin: F. Marmelade, Pg. Marmelada, fr. Marmelo a quince, fr. L. Melimelum honey apple, Gr. A sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; honey + apple. Cf. Mellifluous, Melon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marmatite | <chemical> A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in colour. Origin: Cf. F. Marmatite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Marme's reagent | A solution of potassium iodide and cadmium iodide used in testing for alkaloids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marmolite | <chemical> A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green colour. Origin: Gr. To sparcle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marmorated | Denoting a condition in which the appearance of the skin is streaked like marble. See: cutis marmorata. Origin: L. Marmoratus, marbled (05 Mar 2000) |
| marmorosis | <geology> The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marmose | <zoology> A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marmoset | <zoology> 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. Synonym: squirrel monkey. Origin: F. Marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. Fr. LL. Marmoretum, fr. L. Marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See Marble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marmoset virus | A herpesvirus obtained repeatedly from throat swabs and tissues of New World monkeys. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marsupial |
A mammal that gives birth to under-developed young and rears them in a pouch
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| margin |
the white space surrounding a page of type.
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Month of March.
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Music for marching, usually in quick 2/4 or 6/8 time or slow 4/4 time.
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A military style (or piece) characterized by strongly accented duple meter and clear sectional structures.
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| MAR | United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972) |
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| MAR | French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models |
| MAR | French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842) |
| MAR | courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793) |
| MAR | French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) |
| MAR | French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842) |
| MAR | birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958) |
| MAR | French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models |
| MAR | a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine |
| MAR | a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands |
| MAR | any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers |
| MAR | a soft drug consisting of the dried leaves of the hemp plant |