Words that start with M

Mild mannered mice melt marshmallows in Minnesota.

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.

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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.

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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.
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.

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Mart is an abbreviation of the word market, which is a store or shop that sells a variety of things such as food, clothing or household items.

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A marten is a small wild animal that lives in forests. It looks a bit like a weasel and has soft fur. Martens hunt small animals and birds, and they also eat fruit and nuts. You can find them in many parts of Europe and Asia, and some live in North America. They often make homes in trees or hollow places.

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Maryland, abbreviated to MD, is a state on the east coast of the United States of America. The capital of Maryland is Annapolis and the largest city in Maryland is Baltimore.

Mis forMascara

Mascara is a kind of make-up that you put on your eyelashes to make them darker and thicker.

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When you mash something, you change its consistency to be soft and mushy, but not completely smooth. The most common kind of food that is mashed is boiled potato, which is mashed with milk and butter and called simply mashed potato.

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A mask is something you put over your face. Some masks are used by doctors so they do not breathe on you in a hospital. But many masks are pretend faces that are fun to wear, and make you look like a monster or an alien or just a different person.