<B>market value,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the probable price at which an article would be bought or sold at a given time on the open market. <BR> <I>Ex. The discovery that the painting of St. Jerome is the work of the Flemish master has "vastly increased the market value" of the work, according to Edgar P. Richardson, director of the institute (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="marketwise">
<B>marketwise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>with regard to the stock market. <BR> <I>Ex. The steel news yesterday had virtually no effect marketwise (Baltimore Sun).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in the market; commercially. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Morgan ... hopes that chemical products (other than cellulose) derived from wood may become valuable marketwise (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="markhor">
<B>markhor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, wild goat of the Himalayas, with long, spirally twisted horns. </DL>
<A NAME="marking">
<B>marking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mark or marks. <BR> <I>Ex. The marking on the wall was childish and unsightly.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an arrangement of marks. <BR> <I>Ex. the traditional marking of a tiger.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of a person or thing that marks. </DL>
<A NAME="markka">
<B>markka, </B>noun, pl. <B>-kaa.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the unit of money of Finland, equal to 100 pennia; mark. </DL>
<A NAME="markmaster">
<B>Mark Master,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Mason of the first degree of the York Rite. </DL>
<A NAME="markofcadency">
<B>mark of cadency,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) an additional device used on a shield when more than one individual claims the same coat of arms. The file or label is the mark of cadency of the eldest son. </DL>
<A NAME="markovchain">
<B>Markov chain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) a succession of random events each of which is determined by the event immediately preceding it. <BR> <I>Ex. In its simplest form, a Markov chain states that the probability of a succeeding event occurring is dependent upon the fact that a preceding event occurred. For example, if the letter Q is known to exist, what is the probability of it being followed by the letter U? (John P. Dowds).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="markovian">
<B>Markovian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or based on a Markov chain or Markov process. <BR> <I>Ex. On the average, only about one-sixth of a stock's price change is due to a common market factor. This type of process is said to be "Markovian" because it has no memory (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="markovprocess">
<B>Markov process,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any process based on a Markov chain. <BR> <I>Ex. The interconnection between classical potential theory and Brownian motion depends heavily on the fact that Brownian motion is a Markov process, that is, its present behavior is not influenced by its past behavior (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="marksman">
<B>marksman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a person who shoots well at a target. <BR> <I>Ex. He is noted as a marksman.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a person who shoots at a target. <BR> <I>Ex. Some marksmen shoot badly.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a soldier in the United States Army having the lowest range of qualifying scores in firing a weapon. </DL>
<A NAME="marksmanship">
<B>marksmanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or skill of a marksman; skill in shooting at targets. </DL>
<A NAME="markswoman">
<B>markswoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman who shoots or is skilled in shooting at a target. </DL>
<A NAME="markup">
<B>markup, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an increase in the price of an article. <BR> <I>Ex. The concern is getting a slightly higher gross markup on shoes this year (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the amount of this increase. <DD><B> 3. </B>the percentage or amount added to the cost of an article to determine the selling price. The markup takes care of profit and overhead. <BR> <I>Ex. Many large firms are able to work on narrow markups because of enormous turnover.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) the act or process of putting a legislative bill in final form. </DL>
<A NAME="markworthy">
<B>markworthy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> worthy to be marked or noticed; noteworthy. </DL>
<A NAME="marl">
<B>marl</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a loose, crumbly soil consisting usually of clay, sand, and calcium carbonate, used in making cement and as a fertilizer. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) earth. <BR> <I>Ex. to seize upon his foe flat lying on the marl (Edmund Spenser).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fertilize with marl. </DL>
<A NAME="marl">
<B>marl</B> (2), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to wind, cover, or fasten with marline. </DL>
<A NAME="marlaceous">
<B>marlaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or resembling marl. </DL>
<A NAME="marlin">
<B>marlin</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-lins</B> or (collectively) <B>-lin.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large sea fish related to the swordfish and the sailfish. <BR> <I>Ex. The Wanderer ... was damaged by the sword of a blue marlin as they lay becalmed off the Azores (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=spearfish.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="marline">
<B>marline</B> or <B>marlin</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small cord wound around the ends of a rope to keep it from fraying. It has two loosely twisted strands. </DL>
<A NAME="marlinespike">
<B>marlinespike</B> or <B>marlinspike, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pointed iron tool used by sailors to separate the strands of a rope in splicing. </DL>
<A NAME="marling">
<B>marling</B> (1), noun. =marline.</DL>
<A NAME="marling">
<B>marling</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> fertilization with marl. </DL>
<A NAME="marlingspike">
<B>marlingspike, </B>noun. =marlinespike.</DL>
<A NAME="marlite">
<B>marlite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of marl that resists the action of the air. </DL>
<A NAME="marlitic">
<B>marlitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like marlite. </DL>
<A NAME="marlovian">
<B>Marlovian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characteristic of the English dramatist and poet Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) or his work. <BR> <I>Ex. He is too eager in straining for Marlovian echoes in Shakespeare (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="marlstone">
<B>marlstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rock consisting of a hardened mixture of clay, calcium carbonate, and other minerals. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the marlstone formations of the Colorado region (Gerald L. Farrar).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="marly">
<B>marly, </B>adjective, <B>marlier,</B> <B>marliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> of, like, or full of marl. </DL>
<A NAME="marmalade">
<B>marmalade, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a preserve similar to jam, made of oranges or of other fruit. The peel is usually sliced up and boiled with the fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="marmaladecat">
<B>marmalade cat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tabby cat with stripes of an orange color like that of marmalade. </DL>
<A NAME="marmaladetree">
<B>marmalade tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an evergreen Central American tree of the sapodilla family that yields a fruit whose pulp resembles marmalade. The fruit is used in preserves. </DL>
<A NAME="marmesman">
<B>Marmes man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a prehistoric man whose fossil bone fragments were discovered in 1965 in the state of Washington and dated as being over 11,000 years old. <BR> <I>Ex. Marmes man was a Mongoloid, having a broad-cheeked, flat face (Bert Salween).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="marmite">
<B>marmite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an earthenware pot in which soups are made and served. <DD><B> 2. </B>a yeast extract that has a rich vitamin content and acts as an antineuritic agent. </DL>
<A NAME="marmoreal">
<B>marmoreal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of marble. <DD><B> 2. </B>like marble; cold, smooth, or white. <BR> <I>Ex. The thronging constellations rush in crowds, Paving with fire the sky and the marmoreal floods (Shelley).</I> adv. <B>marmoreally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="marmorean">
<B>marmorean, </B>adjective. =marmoreal.</DL>
<A NAME="marmoset">
<B>marmoset, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a verysmall monkey of Central or South America having soft, thick fur and a long, bushy tail. </DL>
<A NAME="marmot">
<B>marmot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rodent related to the squirrels, having a thick body and a bushy tail. Woodchucks are marmots. </DL>
<A NAME="marocain">
<B>marocain, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dress fabric of silk and wool or cotton, having a texture like crepe. </DL>
<A NAME="maronite">
<B>Maronite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a group of Syrian Christians in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. <BR> <I>Ex. The Maronite congregation conducts its services in Syriac (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="maroon">
<B>maroon</B> (1), adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> very dark brownish-red. <DD><I>noun </I> a very dark brownish red. </DL>
<A NAME="maroon">
<B>maroon</B> (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put (a person) ashore in a desolate place and leave him. <BR> <I>Ex. Pirates used to maroon people on desert islands.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to leave in a lonely, helpless position. <BR> <I>Ex. During the storm we were marooned in a cabin miles from town.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Southern U.S.) to camp out for several days. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a descendant of escaped Negro slaves living in the West Indies and Surinam. <DD><B> 2. </B>an escaped Negro slave, an ancestor of these people. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who is marooned. </DL>
<A NAME="marplot">
<B>marplot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who spoils some plan by meddling or blundering. </DL>
<B>marque</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>official permission from a government to capture enemy merchant ships. Governments used to issue letters of marque to individuals authorizing them to plunder an enemy's shipping. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) reprisal. </DL>
<A NAME="marque">
<B>marque</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a mark; make; brand. <BR> <I>Ex. Pride of ownership has for decades made this dignified marque the choice of the discriminating motorist ... (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="marquee">
<B>marquee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rooflike shelter over an entrance, especially of a theater or hotel. Theater marquees usually display the names of shows being featured. <BR> <I>Ex. At eight o'clock I'd been waiting fifteen minutes under the marquee of the Bellevue theatre (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Especially British.) a large tent with sides that can be rolled up, often put up for some outdoor entertainment or exhibition. </DL>
