Markoff Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
misgive suggest fear or doubt
make off run away
mark off set boundaries to and delimit
Markova English ballet dancer (born in 1910)
Muscovy a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries
moo-cow female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
Markov Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
Mojave a desert area in southern California and western Arizona
Moscow a city of central European Russia
mikvah (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)
McGuffey United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)
M-1 rifle a semiautomatic rifle
Mangifera tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit
mocha coffee a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia
macaw long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
Mugil type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
magic any art that invokes supernatural powers
motif a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Magi (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them