| marat | (n) French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793), Syn. Jean Paul Marat |
| maratha | (n) a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra, Syn. Mahratta |
| marathi | (n) an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script, Syn. Mahratti |
| marathon | (n) any long and arduous undertaking, Syn. endurance contest |
| marathon | (n) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards |
| marathon | (n) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians, Syn. battle of Marathon |
| marathoner | (n) someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons), Syn. long-distance runner, marathon runner, road runner |
| marattia | (n) type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows, Syn. genus Marattia |
| marattiaceae | (n) constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds, Syn. family Marattiaceae |
| marattiales | (n) lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae, Syn. order Marattiales |
| potato fern | (n) large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people, Syn. Marattia salicina |
| Fumarate | n. (Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mahratta | { , prop. n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Marathi |
| marathon | n. 1. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. Hence: Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- endurance contest. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. (Capitalized)a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- battle of Marathon. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Marattia | prop. n. The type genus of the Marattiaceae, consisting of ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows.
Syn. -- genus Marattia. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Marattiaceae | prop. n. The natural family of ferns coextensive with the order Marattiales, consisting of chiefly tropical eusporantiate ferns with gigantic fronds.
Syn. -- family Marattiaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Marattiales | prop. n. An order of lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae.
Syn. -- order Marattiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
