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   marine law
         n 1: the branch of international law that deals with territorial
               and international waters or with shipping or with ocean
               fishery etc. [syn: {maritime law}, {marine law}, {admiralty
               law}]

English Dictionary: marmalade orange by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Marineland
n
  1. a commercial aquarium featuring trained dolphins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmalade
n
  1. a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmalade box
n
  1. tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
    Synonym(s): genipap fruit, jagua, marmalade box, Genipa Americana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmalade bush
n
  1. evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
    Synonym(s): marmalade bush, fire bush, fire-bush, Streptosolen jamesonii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmalade orange
n
  1. any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
    Synonym(s): sour orange, Seville orange, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, bigarade, marmalade orange, Citrus aurantium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmalade plum
n
  1. brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn: sapote, mammee, marmalade plum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmalade tree
n
  1. tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
    Synonym(s): marmalade tree, mammee, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mary Mallon
n
  1. United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
    Synonym(s): Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meromelia
n
  1. congenital absence of part of an arm or leg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Myrmeleon
n
  1. type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions [syn: Myrmeleon, genus Myrmeleon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Myrmeleontidae
n
  1. antlions
    Synonym(s): Myrmeleontidae, family Myrmeleontidae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a
            given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite
            fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of
            temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay
            Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}.
  
      {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under
            {International}.
  
      {Law of nature}.
            (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant
                  action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death
                  is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature.
                  See {Law}, 4.
            (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality
                  deducible from a study of the nature and natural
                  relations of human beings independent of supernatural
                  revelation or of municipal and social usages.
  
      {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the
            land.
  
      {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}.
  
      {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac
            Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or
            of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as
            it is made to change that state by external force. (2)
            Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force,
            and takes place in the direction in which the force is
            impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to
            action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon
            each other are always equal and in opposite directions.
  
      {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch
            of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea,
            such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.
            --Bouvier.
  
      {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above).
  
      {Martial law}.See under {Martial}.
  
      {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law,
            consisting of rules ordained for the government of the
            military force of a state in peace and war, and
            administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's
            Blackstone.
  
      {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and
            wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten
            commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2.
  
      {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3.
           
  
      {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the
            supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing
            some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from
            international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1.
  
      {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}.
  
      {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the
            codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of
            ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws
            of the several European countries and colonies founded by
            them. See {Civil law} (above).
  
      {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive
            enactments of the legislative body.
  
      {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}.
  
      {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by
            bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute
            some one.
  
      {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to
            bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor.
            --Addison.
  
      {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}.
  
      Syn: Justice; equity.
  
      Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict},
                  {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with
                  reference to, or in connection with, the other words
                  here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one
                  who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a
                  particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly
                  enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action
                  founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of
                  justice. A regulation is a limited and often,
                  temporary law, intended to secure some particular end
                  or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a
                  sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A
                  decree is a permanent order either of a court or of
                  the executive government. See {Justice}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
            vessel.
  
      {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.
  
      {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
            including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
  
      {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
            lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
  
      {Marine law}. See under {Law}.
  
      {Marine league}, three geographical miles.
  
      {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
            for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
  
      {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
            quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
           
  
      {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
            bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
            vessel.
  
      {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.
  
      {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
            including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
  
      {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
            lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
  
      {Marine law}. See under {Law}.
  
      {Marine league}, three geographical miles.
  
      {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
            for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
  
      {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
            quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
           
  
      {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
            bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marmalade \Mar"ma*lade\, n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr.
      marm[82]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. [?] a
      sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; [?] honey + [?]
      apple. Cf. {Mellifluous}, {Melon}.]
      A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the
      quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and
      brought to a jamlike consistence.
  
      {Marmalade tree} (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree ({Lucuma
            mammosa}) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has
            large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to
            five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and
            a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or
            natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marmalade \Mar"ma*lade\, n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr.
      marm[82]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. [?] a
      sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; [?] honey + [?]
      apple. Cf. {Mellifluous}, {Melon}.]
      A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the
      quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and
      brought to a jamlike consistence.
  
      {Marmalade tree} (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree ({Lucuma
            mammosa}) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has
            large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to
            five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and
            a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or
            natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marmalet \Mar"ma*let`\, n.
      See {Marmalade}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marmolite \Mar"mo*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] to sparcle + -lite.] (Min.)
      A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale
      green color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maroon \Ma*roon"\, a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a
      large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. [?]. Cf.
      {Marron}.]
      Having the color called maroon. See 4th {Maroon}.
  
      {Maroon lake}, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished
            for its transparency and the depth and durability of its
            color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
            producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
            {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
            species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
            and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
            Both are edible, but of little value.
      (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morinel \Mor"i*nel`\, n. [Cf. F. morinelle.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The dotterel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mormal \Mor"mal\, n. [F. mort-mai a deadly evil. Nares.]
      A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [Obs.] [Written also
      {morrimal} and {mortmal}.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mormal \Mor"mal\, n. [F. mort-mai a deadly evil. Nares.]
      A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [Obs.] [Written also
      {morrimal} and {mortmal}.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morrimal \Mor"ri*mal\, n. & a.
      See {Mormal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mormal \Mor"mal\, n. [F. mort-mai a deadly evil. Nares.]
      A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [Obs.] [Written also
      {morrimal} and {mortmal}.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morrimal \Mor"ri*mal\, n. & a.
      See {Mormal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mur91na \[d8]Mu*r[91]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of large eels of the family {Mir[91]nid[91]}. They
      differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in
      having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry
      ({Mur[91]na Helen[91]}) of Southern Europe was the mur[91]na
      of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ant-lion \Ant"-li`on\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a
      pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is
      {Myrmeleon obsoletus}, the European is {M. formicarius}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Marineland, FL (town, FIPS 43250)
      Location: 29.66399 N, 81.21332 W
      Population (1990): 21 (16 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maryneal, TX
      Zip code(s): 79535
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