Words that start with M

Mis forMarket

A market is a place where temporary shops are set up, selling things like fruit and vegetables.

Mis forMarmalade

Marmalade is a way of preserving citrus fruits like oranges and lemons. Marmalade made in the same way as jam, but jam is a name for preserved fruits that are not citrus.

Food

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Mis forMarquee

A marquee is a protruding structure over a theater typically decorated in neon lights, which advertises a movie or play.

Structures

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Mis forMarried

Two people are married if they have been through a wedding ceremony together and have formally become a couple.

Wedding, Adjectives

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Marrow is found in the middle of your bones. Marrow produces many cells vital to keeping you alive, including red blood cells. Marrow from cooked bones can also be eaten. The marrow in the picture is meant to be eaten spread on toast. You may also like to know about the vegetable kind of marrow.

Body parts, Food

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Mis forMarrow (vegetable)

Scientific name: genus: cucurbita

A marrow is another name for a vegetable in the squash family. Marrows come in all sorts of different sizes and shapes.

Vegetables

Mis forMars

Mars is a small rocky planet with ice caps on its poles. It has many volcanoes and is occasionally covered by dust storms. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Mars is 227,936,640km from the Sun. Its radius is 3,397km.

Planets

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Mis forMarsh

A marsh is an area that is often underwater, or is mostly shallow water. Marshes are different to swamps in that they only have low grass and shrubs, and swamps have larger plants and trees.

Landscape

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Mis forMarshmallow

Marshmallows are a type of sweet candy confection that have a spongey texture. They are made mainly from sugar and gelatin. Marshmallows are most often eaten plain, in hot chocolate, or roasted over a fire on a stick and eaten hot.

Candy