Makeup, cosmetics, or its application, especially in theatrical or excessive use.
maquillages
maquillages
noun
plural of maquillage
maquiritare
maquoketa
marinduque
marlowesque
marque
marque
noun
A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
A ship commissioned for making captures.
marquee
marquee
adj
Most famous; preeminent.
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
(Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
(US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
(US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
(computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
verb
(graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
To display text prominently at the top, as in a video. i.e. The text was marqueed at the end of the presentation. Marquee it.
marquees
marquees
noun
plural of marquee
marques
marques
noun
plural of marque
marquesan
marquesan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Marquesas Islands.
Noun
An inhabitant of the Marquesas Islands.
Proper noun
A collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands.
marquess
marquess
noun
(obsolete) A marchioness.
A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.
marquessate
marquessate
noun
The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank.
marquessates
marquessates
noun
plural of marquessate
marquesses
marquesses
noun
plural of marquess
marquet
marqueterie
marqueterie
noun
Alternative form of marquetry
marqueteries
marqueteries
noun
plural of marqueterie
plural of marquetery
marquetries
marquetries
noun
plural of marquetry
marquetry
marquetry
noun
(countable) An example of this work.
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
marquette
marquette
Proper noun
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
a city in Michigan, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a town and a village in Wisconsin, USA.
marquez
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marquisates
marquisates
noun
plural of marquisate
marquise
marquise
noun
(architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
(chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.
(cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.
(historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
(jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
A marquee.
marquises
marquises
noun
plural of marquis
plural of marquise
marquisess
marquisess
Noun
A marchioness.
marquisette
marquisette
noun
A sheer cotton fabric used for mosquito nets and curtains
marquisettes
marquisettes
noun
plural of marquisette
marquisotte
marquisotte
verb
(obsolete, rare) To shave off the beard but leave the moustache.
martinique
martinique
Proper noun
An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
masque
masque
noun
(historical, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
A facial mask.
A masquerade.
Archaic form of mask.
Words and music written for a masque.
masquer
masquer
noun
One who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
masquerade
masquerade
noun
(fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
(figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
(obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
(obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
(intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
(transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
masqueraded
masqueraded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of masquerade
masquerader
masquerader
noun
One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask or disguise.
masqueraders
masqueraders
noun
plural of masquerader
masquerades
masquerades
noun
plural of masquerade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of masquerade
masquerading
masquerading
noun
The act of one who masquerades.
verb
present participle of masquerade
masquers
masquers
noun
plural of masquer
masques
masques
noun
plural of masque
massapequa
mastoideosquamous
mastosquamose
mauresque
mcquade
mcqueen
mcqueeney
medrinaque
medrinaque
noun
A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
melquist
menaquinone
menaquinone
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C₄₁H₅₆O₂ that is obtained especially from putrefied fish meal and produced by bacteria in the large intestine and essential for the blood-clotting process. It is much more unsaturated than vitamin K₁ and slightly less active biologically, and is an isoprenoid derivative of menadione.
meq
mequon
meriquinoid
meriquinoidal
meriquinone
meriquinonic
meriquinonoid
mesquin
mesquit
mesquita
mesquite
mesquite
noun
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in North America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.
The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.
mesquites
mesquites
noun
plural of mesquite
mesquits
mesquits
noun
plural of mesquit
metasequoia
metasequoia
noun
Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
mezquit
mezquite
mezquite
noun
Dated form of mesquite.
mezquites
mezquites
noun
plural of mezquite
mezquits
mezquits
noun
plural of mezquit
michelangelesque
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
microtechnique
microtechnique
noun
Any small-scale technique.
The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
milliequivalent
milliequivalent
noun
(chemistry) One thousandth of an equivalent
milquetoast
milquetoast
adj
(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
noun
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
miquela
miquelet
miquelet
noun
(military) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
miquelets
miquelets
noun
plural of miquelet
miquelon
miquelon
Proper noun
The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
misconsequence
misconsequence
noun
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
misqualified
misqualified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misqualify
misquote
misquote
noun
An incorrect recitation of a quote.
An incorrect recording of a quote.
verb
To incorrectly recite a quote.
To incorrectly record a quote.
misquoted
misquoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misquote
misquoter
misquoter
noun
One who misquotes.
misquotes
misquotes
noun
plural of misquote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misquote
mocambique
monchiquite
monchiquite
noun
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
monegasque
monique
monique
Proper noun
name from the French form of Monica.
monocoque
monocoque
noun
A structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure.
montesquieu
moonquake
moonquake
noun
A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake.
moquelumnan
moquette
moquette
noun
A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.
An article covered in such material.
moquettes
moquettes
noun
plural of moquette
moresque
moresque
Adjective
Moorish
moresques
mosque
mosque
noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
mosquelet
mosquero
mosquero
Proper noun
a village in New Mexico, USA, and the county seat of Also partly in
mosques
mosques
noun
plural of mosque
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitoes
mosquitoes
noun
plural of mosquito
mosquitoey
mosquitoey
adj
Swarming with mosquitoes.
mosquitofishes
mosquitofishes
noun
plural of mosquitofish
mosquittoey
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
mousquetaires
mousquetaires
noun
plural of mousquetaire
moweaqua
mozambique
mozambique
noun
Any of various kinds of dress material.
multiloquence
multiloquence
noun
The state or condition of being multiloquent; talkativeness.
multiloquent
multiloquent
adj
Talkative.
musquashes
musquashes
noun
plural of musquash
musquashweed
musquaspen
musqueto
mystique
mystique
noun
An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
mystiques
mystiques
noun
plural of mystique
nondesquamative
nondesquamative
adj
Not desquamative.
nonequilibrium
nonequilibrium
noun
The condition of not being in equilibrium
nonrelinquishment
nonrelinquishment
noun
Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
nonrequirement
nonrequirement
noun
That which is not a requirement.
normanesque
obsequium
omniloquent
oversqueamish
oversqueamish
adj
Excessively squeamish.
oversqueamishly
oversqueamishness
oversqueamishness
noun
The quality of being oversqueamish.
pamaquine
pamaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used for the treatment of malaria, closely related to primaquine; it was the first synthetic antimalarial.
parietosquamosal
parietosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the parietal bone and the squamous part of the temporal bone
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquism
noun
pectoriloquy
pemaquid
petrosquamosal
petrosquamosal
adj
(anatomy) petrous and squamosal
petrosquamous
petrosquamous
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the petrous and squamous parts of the temporal bone.
plasmoquine
plasmoquine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of chloroquine
plusquamperfect
plusquamperfect
noun
(grammar, rare) pluperfect
preequipment
prerequirement
prerequirement
noun
A prerequisite requirement
primaquine
primaquine
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
prosequendum
pseudosquamate
qeshm
quadmeter
quadragesima
quadragesimal
quadragesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number forty.
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
That lasts forty days
quadragintesimal
quadrennium
quadrennium
noun
A period of 4 years, particularly (historical) the sets of four years in the ancient Egyptian and Greek calendars.