8-letter words starting with mar
- marinera — a South American folk dance
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- marishes — a marsh.
- maritage — the right of a lord to choose the spouses of his wards
- maritain — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- maritime — connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- marivaux — Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de [pyer kar-le duh shahn-blan duh] /pyɛr karˈlɛ də ʃɑ̃ˈblɛ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1688–1763, French dramatist and novelist.
- marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- marjorie — a feminine name
- mark off — delineate, outline
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- mark you — You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.
- markable — Capable of being marked.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- markered — Simple past tense and past participle of marker.
- marketed — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketer — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- markhoor — markhor.
- markhors — Plural form of markhor.
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- markland — An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.
- marksman — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marksmen — Plural form of marksman.
- marlboro — a city in E Massachusetts.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marlitic — having the nature of marlite
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- marooned — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- marooner — a person, often a fugitive, who lives in a remote area and survives as a hunter or buccaneer
- maroquin — morocco leather
- marquand — J(ohn) P(hillips) 1893–1960, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- marquees — Plural form of marquee.
- marquesa — A Spanish marchioness.
- marquess — marquee (def 3).
- marquise — the wife or widow of a marquis.
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- marrieds — Plural form of married.
- marriner — Sir Neville. 1924–2016, British conductor and violinist; founder (1956) and director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which specializes in baroque music
- marry up — to join
- marrying — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- mars red — a deep red-orange color.
- marsalis — Wynton [win-tn] /ˈwɪn tn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, U.S. jazz and classical music trumpeter, jazz composer, educator, and executive.
- marsanne — a white grape grown in the N Rhône region of France and in California and Australia, used for making wine