Reverse Dictionary: MARS – MASTT

MARSH, MARSHY – adjectives
– BUTTERMILK having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy …1843 Amer. dial.
– HELOBIOUS * living in marshes or swamps …1889
– MARISH † of the nature of a marsh; marshy …1543
– MARISHY † marshy …1607
– MARSHLY †* marshy …c1386
– MUGGY of land: marshy …1966 Amer. dial.
– PALUDAL pert. to a marsh or fen; produced by or arising from a marsh …1818-20 chiefly medical usage
– PALUDIATE † pert. to marshes …1632
– PALUDIC pert. to marshes …1897
– PALUDICOLE inhabiting marshes …1857
– PALUDICOLINE inhabiting marshes …1857
– PALUDICOLOUS inhabiting marshes …1857
– PALUDINAL pert. to a marsh …1858
– PALUDINE pert. to a marsh …1858
– PALUDINOUS pert. to a marsh …1866
– PALUDIOUS pert. to marshes …1594
– PALUDOSE * belonging to marshes, marshy; inhabiting marshes …1866
– PALUDOUS * belonging to marshes, marshy; inhabiting marshes …1803
– PALUSTRAL * pert. to or inhabiting marshes …1879
– PALUSTRIAN * pert. to or inhabiting marshes …1787
– PALUSTRINE. inhabiting marshes …1882
– PONDY swampy; marshy …1686 Amer. dial.
– QUEECHY of land: wet, boggy, marshy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUOBBY marshy, boggy …1881 Eng. dial.
– SLUMPY marshy, swampy, muddy, boggy …1823 orig. Eng. dial.
marsh, marshy – nouns  (includes MARSHINESS)
– CAMARINE † a fetid marsh or swamp …1576
– DAGO a low-lying meadow; a kind of grassy marsh …1955 Amer. dial.
– DANK † a wet place, a pool, a marsh …1513
– FALL low-lying, wet, marshy land …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GASEYN marshy ground …c1420
– GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh …1824 Sc. & Irish
– HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh … 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LOGAN a wet, marshy piece of land …1903 Amer. dial.
– MARISH † a marsh or low-lying ground liable to be flooded  …c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MARISHNESS † marshiness …1652-62
– MERE a marsh; sodden, reedy ground; ground permanently under water …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MERSK a marsh …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MUSKEG a marsh or bog …1890 Amer. dial.
– PALUDE †* a marsh, a fen …1412-20
– PALUS †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss …1471
– PALUSCHE †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss …1471
– PALUSTRIAN * an animal that lives in a marsh …1607
– PANYAL a boggy, marshy, or muddy place; an ill-drained swampy piece of ground …1920 Sc.
– QUAB † a marshy spot; a bog …a1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– QUAG a marshy or boggy spot …1589
– QUAW a bog, a quagmire, a marsh …1535 Sc.
– QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand …1876 Eng. dial.
– SLUMP a marsh; a swamp; a muddy or boggy place …E19 Eng. dial.
– SUG † a marsh, a bog, a swamp …1578
– SUMP a marsh, a swamp, a bog, a morass …c1425
– SUMPT † a marsh, a bog, a swamp …c1425
– VLY a swamp or marshy pond …1645 Amer. dial.
– WAGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool …1762 Sc.
– WUGGLE a marsh, a bog, a pool …1762 Sc.
marsh, marshy – person
– YELLOW-BELLY a term of derision applied to dwellers in marshy districts …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
MARSHAL – person
– BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal …1966 Amer. dial. ​
– CHICKEN HAWK a marshal …1968 Amer. dial.
 
MART – nouns
– VENT † a place where goods are or may be sold; a market, mart …1580
 
MARTIAL – adjectives
– BELLIC † pertaining to war; warlike, martial …1627
– MARTIABLE † martial, pert. to war or battle …1470
– MAVORTIAL † warlike, martial …1595
– MAVORTIAN adj. warlike, martial …1557
– WARLY † skilled in war; martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant …1423
martial – person 
– MARTIAL † a martial person, a soldier …c1611
 
MARTIALLY – adverbs
– WARFARINGLY † in a warlike manner; martially …1611
 
MARTINI – nouns
– MARTOONI a martini …1954 Amer. sl.
– VIRGIN a martini, i.e. a mix of vermouth and gin …1910s US sl.
 
MARTYR – adjectives
– MARTYRIAL †* befitting a martyr …1678
– MARTYRISH having the air of a martyr …1888 nonce word
– MARTYRLY * characteristic of a martyr …1659
– MARTYROLOGIC * concerning the history or sufferings of martyrs …1849
– MARTYROLOGICAL concerning the history or sufferings of martyrs …1656
martyr – nouns  (includes MARTYRDOM) 
– MARTYROLATRY the worship of martyrs …1889
– MARTYROLOGE † 1. a list or register of martyrs …1500
† 2. the histories of martyrs collectively …1631
– MARTYRY † martyrdom …c1325
– SUFFERING † the act of suffering death; execution, martyrdom …1651
martyr – person 
– MARTYRAGO † a female martyr having the courage of a man …1654 nonce word
– MARTYRESS † a female martyr …1471
– MARTYRIOLOGER †* a one versed in the history of martyrs …1643
– MARTYROLOGIST one versed in the history of martyrs …1676
– MARTYROLOGUE * one versed in the history of martyrs …1647
– MOTTAH a martyr, one who suffers gladly for posterity; a glorified masochist …Bk1992 Amer. South 
martyr – verbs
– MARTYREESE to victimize, to martyr …1884 Sc.
– MARTYRIZATE † to put to death as a martyr; to make a martyr of …1432-50
– MERTYREESE to victimize, to martyr …1884 Sc.
 
MARVEL, MARVELLING – adjectives
– TERATICAL * relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous …1722
marvel, marvelling – nouns 
– ADMIRATION the act of wondering or marvelling; wonder, astonishment, surprise …1506 arch.
– FIRLY-FARLY a wonderful thing, a marvel …19C Eng. dial.
– GOLLY-WHOPPER something extraordinary of its kind; a wonder, a marvel …1933 Amer. dial.
– MARL † a marvel, a wonder …1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MARVELMENT * the condition of marvelling …1823
– SIGN † a marvel or wonder …a1400-50 obs.
marvel, marvelling – verbs 
– ADMERVEYLLE † to marvel; to marvel at, to wonder at, to admire …1474
– ADMIRE † to feel surprise or astonishment; to wonder, to marvel …c1590
– AWONDER † to astonish, surprise, marvel; to be astonished or amazed; to cause to wonder …c1230
– MARL † to marvel, to wonder …1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MIRATE to wonder, to marvel; to admire something …1893 Amer. dial.
 
MARVELLOUS – adjectives
– ACES AND EIGHTS wonderful, marvellous, excellent …1920s sl.
– ACKNICKELOUS marvellous …1988 Amer. rap music usage
– ACKNICKULOUS wonderful, marvellous …1980s US Black & teen sl.
– ADMIRABLE † to be wondered at; wonderful, surprising, marvellous …1596
– BAD marvellous, wonderful; deeply satisfying; stunningly attractive or stylish; sexy …1897 US sl., esp. Black usage
– BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate …1926 Amer. dial.
– FANTABULOUS wonderful, marvellous, really great …1958 Amer. sl.
– MARVEL † marvellous, wonderful …a1300
– MARVELLABLE † marvellous …1483
– MARVELLY † marvellous, amazing, astonishing …c1420
– MARVY marvellous …1931 US sl.
– WIZARD excellent, marvellous …1922 UK sl.
 
MARVELLOUSLY – adverbs
– MARVELLY † amazingly, wonderfully, marvellously …c1330
 
MARVELLOUSNESS – nouns
– MARVELNESS † the quality of inspiring wonder; marvellousness …1434
 
MARYLAND – nouns
– BIG B Baltimore, Maryland …1974 US sl.
– CRABTOWN Annapolis, Maryland …US Civil War usage ​
– MOB CITY Baltimore, Maryland …1837 US sl.
– MOB TOWN Baltimore, Maryland …1859 US sl.
Maryland – person 
– BALTIMOREAN a native or inhabitant of Baltimore …1816
– CRAB a girl from Annapolis, Maryland …World War II Amer. sl.
– MACARONI in U.S. History: one of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary war, who wore a showy uniform …Bk1908
 
MASCARA –  see MAKEUP
 
MASCULINE – adjectives
– FAST of a woman: acting in a masculine and thus socially unacceptable manner …E19 sl.
– HAIRY overtly, aggressively masculine …1940s sl.
– HAIRY-ARSED overtly, aggressively masculine …1940s sl.
– HAIRY-ASS overtly, aggressively masculine …1940s sl.
– HAIRY-ASSED overtly, aggressively masculine …1940s sl.
– LAD-LIKE boyish, masculine …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MACHO excessively masculine, virile, and brave …1959 US sl.
– MACK extremely masculine in appearance or behaviour …1967 US Black sl.
– MAN-FACED having masculine features …1877 Sc.
– MANKIND † of women: masculine, virago-like …1585
– MANRITCH of a woman: masculine …Bk1905 Sc.
– MASCULO-FEMININE partly masculine and partly feminine …1646
– MASCULOUS †* masculine …1619
– RAMSTOUGAR of a woman: bold, masculine …a1838 Sc.
– RUDAS bold, masculine …B1900 Sc.
– T.A.N. aggressively masculine (Tough As Nails) …1980s US college sl.
masculine – nouns
– BALLS masculine behaviour in a female …20C US sl.
masculine – person 
– ALLIGATOR an assertively masculine, flashily dressed, and up-to-the-minute male …Amer. Black sl.
– AMAZON an extremely masculine woman; a virago …M18
– BEEF a masculine man; a well-built male; a large and muscular person; used by heterosexuals and homosexuals …1929 US sl.
– GAL-BOY a romping girl, a tomboy; a mannish or masculine woman …1848 Amer. dial.
– HE-BODY a woman of masculine appearance …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HE-MAN a very masculine man …1859 US sl.
– HE-WEAN a woman of masculine appearance …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HE-WIFE a woman of masculine appearance …Bk1902 Sc.
– HE-WOMAN a woman of masculine appearance …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HORSE-GODMOTHER a large, ungainly, masculine woman, coarsely fat …1569-70 Eng. dial.
– JACK GENTLEWOMAN a large masculine woman …L18 sl.
– JACK-WHORE a large, masculine, overgrown wench …1785 
– MANIKIN † a masculine woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
– MANKIND-WOMAN a coarse, masculine woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAN-WEEAN a woman fond of men; a masculine woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAN-WOMAN a mannish woman …1894
– MASCULINE-FEMININE † a mannish woman …1620
– MASTER WOMAN † an imperious or masculine woman …1534
– RUDAS a strong, masculine woman …B1900 Sc.
– STRAMULLION a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago …B1900 Sc.
– STROMP a masculine woman; a woman exhibiting male behaviour …20C Amer. dial. or colloq. ​
masculine – verbs
– MASCULATE * to make masculine …1623
 
MASCULINITY – nouns
– GUYNESS maleness; masculinity …1990s Amer. sl.
– MASCULARITY * masculinity …1817
 
MASH – verbs
– MANCH to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up …1895 Eng. dial.
– SMUSH to mash …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. ​
 
MASK – nouns
– FALSE FACE a mask …1818
– LARVE † a mask …a1656
– MASKER † a mask …1532
– MASKERY † masking, wearing of masks; a masquerade …a1548
– OOSER a grotesque mask …1891 Eng. dial.
– VIZARD a mask, a visor …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mask – verbs 
– IMMASK †* to cover as with a mask; to disguise …1596
– MASCHERATE †* to disguise the appearance of something, to mask, to conceal …1654 
​ 
MASKED – adjectives
– LARVATED † provided with a mask ; masked, concealed …1623
– LARVED † masked, concealed …1654
 
MASOCHISM – nouns
– B. AND D. a form of sadism and masochism ; ‘Bondage and Discipline’ …M20 US sl.
– S. AND M. sadism and masochism …M20 US sl.
 
MASOCHIST – person
– MASO a masochist …1960s US sl.
– SAM a masochist who is rude in order to receive punishment (Smart-Assed Masochist) …1990 US homosexual sl.
 
MASON – nouns
– MASON-WORD a masonic password …1695 Sc.
– WAREHOUSE † a mason’s or carpenter’s workshop …1530
mason – person 
– BAIARDOUR † a mason’s labourer or who helps to carry the ‘baiard’, a large hand-barrow with six handles on which building stones are carried …1780
– BANKER a mason who constructs banks, lays pavements, etc. …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BARROWMAN one who carries stones, mortar, etc. on a hand-barrow to masons when building …1716 Sc.
– GINOUR † a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines …1265
– HAWK a mason’s labourer; the man or boy who carries the hod …1862 Eng. dial.
– HAWK-BOY a mason’s labourer; the man or boy who carries the hod …1862 Eng. dial.
– LAYER † one who lays stones; a mason …1382
– MASONER † a mason or bricklayer …1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MELL’S MAN a stonemason; one who can handle a ‘mell’ …1890 Eng. dial.
– PUDDING BASIN a mason …Brit. rhyming sl. ​
– QUAREOR a mason …Bk1880 Sc
– ROUGH SETTER † a mason who ‘sets’ or lays undressed stone …a1669
– WALLARE – a stone-mason …Bk1888
– WALLER a mason; a wall-builder, esp. one who builds rough, mortarless walls …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mason – verbs
– MASONER to do the work of a mason …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MASONY to work as a mason; to follow the trade of a mason …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
MASQUERADE – adjectives
– MASKFUL †* of the nature of masquerade …1655
– MASQUERADISH * befitting a masquerade …1681
masquerade – nouns 
– MASKEN † a masquerade or masquerading costume …1578
– MASKERY † masking, wearing of masks; a masquerade …a1548
– MASQUE * a masquerade, a masked ball …1514
– MASQUIN † a masquerade or masquerading costume …1578
masquerade – person 
– MASQUERADE † one who takes part in a masquerade …1651
masquerade – verbs 
– MASK † to take part in a masque or masquerade; to masquerade …a1562
 
MASS – verbs
– MISSIFICATE †* to perform Mass …1641
 
MASSACHUSETTS – adjectives
– BOSTONIAN belonging to Boston …1698
Massachusetts – nouns 
– BAY STATE the State of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay …1883
– BEAN TOWN Boston …Bk1927 criminals’ sl.
– EASTIE East Boston, Massachusetts …1983 US sl.
Massachusetts – person
– BAKED BEAN a native of Boston, Massachusetts …1882 US sl.
– BAY-MAN an inhabitant of Massachusetts Bay …1773 US Hist.
– BAY STATER a native or inhabitant of Massachusetts, orig. the Colony of Massachusetts Bay …1845
– BEAN-EATER a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston, Massachusetts …1842 sl.
– BEAN-SHOOTER a native of Boston, Massachusetts …1921 US sl.
– BEANTOWNER a native, inhabitant, or representative of Boston …1997
– BOSTONER † a Bostonian …1758 US
– BOSTONESE natives or inhabitants of Boston …1888 US
– BOSTONIAN a native or inhabitant of Boston, Massachusetts …1698
– BRAVA a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands …1933 Amer. dial.
– BRAVO a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands …1931 Amer. dial.
– NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island …1821 sl.
– NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island …1883 sl.
– SCRAP ISLANDER applied to a Nantucketer by the people of Martha’s Vineyard …1916 Amer. dial.
 
MASSACRE – adjectives
– MASSACROUS † pertaining to massacre; cruelly murderous …1593
massacre – nouns 
– MASSACREE massacre …20C jocular
– SLAUGHTERDOM * slaughter; massacre …1592
massacre – verbs 
– MASSACREE to massacre, to butcher, to kill; to destroy life by accident …1891 Eng. dial.
 
MASSAGE – nouns
– BODY-RUB SHOPS massage parlours …Bk1998 Can. sl.
– FACE-UP MASSAGE an erotic massage …2002 Can. sl.
– SWITCH in a sexually oriented massage parlour: a massage given to the masseuse by the customer …1982 US sl.
massage – person 
– MASSER one who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse …1888
– MASSEUR a man who practices massage …1876
– MASSEUSE a woman who practices massage …1876
massage – verbs 
– MASS * to massage …1786
– MASSÉ * to massage …1887
– NOACH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down …1982 Amer. dial.
– NOATCH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down …1982 Amer. dial.
 
MASSIVE – adjectives
– BOISTOUS † roughly massive; bulky; clumsy …c1325
– BONZAI large, massive …20C teen & high school sl.
– DERF massive, capable of giving a severe blow …B1900 Sc.
– LUSTY † massive, substantial, large …1640
– MASSY massive, bulky, strong; big …1720 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MASTIFF † massive, solid, bulky …1495
– MOLIMINOUS † massive, cumbrous …c1643
– ROBUSTIOUS of things: big and strong, massive …a1548
 
MASSIVELY – adverbs
– HEAVY heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively …c1000
– MASSILY † massively …c1400
 
MASSIVENESS – nouns
– MASSEDNESS † massiveness …1398
– MASSINESS massiveness …1570
 
MASTER – adjectives
– MAGISTERIAL 1. pert. to a master or teacher, or one qualified to speak with authority …1632
2. † ​pert. to a master-workman; displaying a master’s skill; also, having the qualifications of a master …1643
– MAGISTERIOUS † exercising the authority of a master …17C
– MAGISTRAL * pert. to or befitting a master; authoritative, dogmatic …1605
– MAISTROUS † characteristic of a master …1642
– MASTERFAST † bound to a master …1469
– MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill …1580
– MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering …1531-2
– MASTEROUS † characteristic of a master …1642
master – nouns 
– MASTERHEAD †* the condition or quality of being a master …1382
master – person 
– BAAS a master, an employer of labour …1625 S. Afr.
– BACKRA a master, a boss …c1790
– BACKRA-MAN a master, a boss …1775 W. Indies
– BOSS OF THE SHANTY the master or manager of the place …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– BUCKRA a boss, master …1886 Amer. dial.
– DEACON a superior or head workman; an adept, a proficient, a master; a thoroughly capable man …1790 Sc.
– GAFF a master, the head of a house; a foreman or overseer …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAFFER † a master, a ‘governor’ …a1659 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HEAD-MUCK one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HEAD-SHA-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master …1893 Eng. dial.
– HEAD-SIR-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master …1893 Eng. dial.
– MAGISTRICIDE a murderer of one’s master or teacher …1670 nonce word
– MASSA master …1774 US Black usage
– MAST † master …c1460
– MASTER-HOUSEHOLD † master of the household …1536
– MASTERLING † a petty master; a would-be master …1869 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MONSTER-MASTER a master who is a monster …1841
– MORENA a title of or respectful form of address used to a chief or any person in authority; hence, a chief; a master; esp. among speakers of the Sotho languages …1840 S. Afr.
– NABS a master; a governor; an employer of labour …1877 Eng. dial. 
– NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman …Bk1902 Eng. dial. ​
– OLD a master, a boss …M19 sl.
– PADRONE a master, employer, patron, or proprietor …1670
– YED-SIRAG a master, overseer …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
master – verbs
– GET THE MASTER OF A PERSON to become or act the master over …1887 Brit. colloq.
– HAVE THE HANK IN ONE’S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one’s own …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HOLD THE HANK IN ONE’S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one’s own …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– KEEP THE HANK IN ONE’S OWN HAND to be master of the situation; to hold one’s own …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LIVE WITH ONE’S UNCLE to have a kind master …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAISTRIE † 1. to master …c1412
†* 2. to make oneself master of; to conquer …1636 obs
– MATCH to manage; to master …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NAIL to get right, to master …1989 US colloq.
– NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul …1768 Sc.
– SIGNORIZE IT †* to play the master …1611
 
MASTERED – adjectives
– MASTERABLE capable of being mastered …1882
 
MASTERFUL – adjectives
– BOUNCEFUL arrogant, domineering, masterful …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– OBSTRACKLOUS obstreperous, wayward, masterful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
masterful – nouns 
– MASTERDOM † masterful behaviour …1596
masterful – person 
– COCK-OF-THE-WALK a masterful person …1781
– RANEGILL a masterful, turbulent person or animal …1871 Sc.
– RANNIGAL a masterful, turbulent person or animal …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SHEIK a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women …sl.
 
MASTERLY – adjectives
– MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill …1580
– RICKY masterly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
masterly – nouns
– MASTERPIECE a person’s greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability …1605
 
MASTER OF CEREMONIES – person
– AIR-MAN-CHAIR the chairman or master of ceremonies …L19 sl.
 
MASTERPIECE – nouns
– HEAD-BIT a masterpiece; something surprising or astonishing …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HEAD-PIECE a masterpiece; something surprising or astonishing …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– TOP-PIECE †* the best or finest piece; a masterpiece …1682
 
MASTERSHIP – nouns
– MAGISTERIALITY † mastership; authoritative position …1655
– MASTER-PRIZE † a masterpiece …1604
– MASTER’S PRIZE † a masterpiece …1604
– MASTER-WORK a work of pre-eminent merit; a masterpiece …1617
 
MASTERY – nouns
– HIGHER HAND † superiority in contest, mastery …a1225
– MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat …a1300, chiefly Sc.
– MAISTRY skill, power, superiority, mastery …1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. ​
– MASTERDOM mastery, the upper hand …1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.